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BULLETIN 1302, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Wool-Marketing Associations in Leading States, 1924 
NUMBER Or ASSOCIATIONS 
5 10 15 ao 25 
T 
Fig. 34. — Although more than twice as many reports were received from wool-marketing associations in 
New York State as from any other State, the quantity of wool handled is less than that reported by 
single associations in several of the other States. (See Table 15.) 
Associations Engaged in Handling Merchandise, March, 1934 
NUMBER OF ASSOCIATIONS 
20 4-0 60 80 
MINNESOTA 
86 
NEBRASKA 
86 
IOWA 
84- 
KANSAS 
68 
WISCONSIN 
49 
WASHINGTON 
39 
MISSOURI 
35 
SOUTH DAKOTA 
23 
NORTH DAKOTA 
22 
ILLINOIS 
22 
* 
Fig. 35.— A total of 717 associations reported as engaged in handling commodities at retail. Most of these 
associations were operating cooperative stores and handling general merchandise, a few were buying 
only special lines of goods, as fertilizers, dairy feeds, etc. An equal number of reports were received from 
Minnesota and Nebraska. (See Table 17.) 
