48 
Appendix table 17.--Fruit and vegetable processing cooperatives discon- 
tinued because of merger, consolidation, or acqui- 
sition, 1957 through the third quarter of 1965 
Year : Canning : Drying : Total 
Number Number Number 
E957 = = = 
1958 1 - i 
1959 = = = 
1960 - 2 2 
1961 L 6 7 
1962 1 - 1 
1963 1 = 1 
1964 a = = 
1965 4 2 6 
TOTAL 8 10 18 
Appendix table 18.--Cooperatives processing fruits and vegetables, or 
both, by geographic region, 1964-65 
: ; : Fruits 
Geographic region c7 Fruits?) 2*) Veeetables: : and < Total 
: : : vegetables ; 
Number of cooperatives 
New England i - - 1 
Middle Atlantic 5 2 5 12 
East North Central 3 1 L 5 
West North Central - 1 - 1 
South Atlantic 6 1 - 7 
East and West South Central (no returns) 
Mountain - 1 1 2 
Pacific 7 oe 8 28 
TOTAL 32 9 15 56 
Source: Special survey of fruit and vegetable cooperatives conducted 
by Farmer Cooperative Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 
1965. 
