FARMERS COOPERATIVE BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS 
65 
Table 61. — Agricultural consumer cooperative associations, by membership groups, 
1920 
[Source of data, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bulletin 313] 
Number of members 
Number 
of asso- 
ciations 
Per cent 
of total 
associa- 
tions 
Cumula- 
tive per 
cent 
Under 100 
93 
116 
34 
12 
5 
6 
2 
1 
1 
34.4 
43.0 
12.6 
4.4 
1.9 
2.2 
. 7 
.4 
.4 
34.4 
100 and under 200 
77.4 
200 and under 300 
90.0 
300 and under 400 . - 
94.4 
400 and under 500 
96. 3 
500 and under 1,000 - - _.. 
98.5 
1,000 and under 2.000- .... 
99.2 
2 000 and under 5,000 - - ... - 
99.6 
5,000 and over . ___ - - 
100.0 
Total - 
270 
100.0 
Table 62. — Agricultural consumer cooperative associations, by length of time of 
operation, 1920 
[Source of data, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bulletin 313] 
Length of time in operation 
Number 
of asso- 
ciations 
Per cent 
of total 
Length of time in operation 
Number 
of asso- 
ciations 
Per cent 
of total 
278 
244 
211 
177 
100.0 
87.8 
75.9 
63.7 
4 vears or more 
151 
124 
24 
5 
54.3 
5 vears or more ... . 
44.6 
2 vears or more .... . . . . . 
10 years or more . 
8.6 
25 years or more „ 
1.8 
Table 63. — Publications issued by farmers 1 business associations, June, 1924 
Commodity associations 
Number 
of peri- 
odicals 
Commodity associations 
Number 
of peri- 
odicals 
20 
13 
9 
7 
6 
6 
4 
4 
Nuts. 
3 
Fruit. 
Beans... .. 
2 
Cotton 
Peanuts 
2 
Grain . ... .. 
Rice... . 
1 
Wool 
1 
Potatoes . .. 
4 
Total 
Livestock ... ... . 
82 
Table 64.- 
■Associations which ceased to operate, by geographic divisions, 1900— 
1923 
Geographic division 
Number 
of associ- 
ations 
reporting 
Per cent 
Geographic division 
Number 
of associ- 
ations 
reporting 
Per cent 
West North Central 
East North Central.. . . .. 
258 
158 
79 
59 
57 
43 
33.5 
20.5 
10.2 
7.7 
7.4 
5.6 
40 
40 
36 
5.2 
Mountain . 
South Atlantic 
5.2 
Pacific ... 
East South Central 
4. 7 
New England ... . 
770 
100.0 
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