FARMERS COOPERATIVE BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS 
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Distribution of Cooperative Business by Kinds of Associations, 1913, 1915, 1921, 1922 
YEAR PER 
CENT 
GRAIN 
ASSOCIATIONS 
1913 42.1 
1915 45.6 
1921 38.4 
1922 18.9 
FRUITS AND 
VEGETABLES 
1913 22.5 
1915 31.7 
1921 17.0 
1922 19.0 
DAIRY 
ASSOCIATIONS 
1913 19.2 
1915 14.0 
1921 13.1 
1922 315 
LIVESTOCK 
ASSOCIATIONS 
1913 1.6 
1915 
1921 
1922 
.9 
8.5 
7.2 
COTTON 
ASSOCIATIONS 
1913 
1915 
1921 
1922 
4.9 
1.9 
6.5 
TOBACCO 
ASSOCIATIONS 
1913 -8 
1915 1.0 
192 1 .2 
1922 6.9 
MISCELLANEOUS 
ASSOCIATIONS 
19 13 8.9 
1915 66 
1921 15.9 
1922 10.0 
PERCENTAGES TOTAL^COOPERATTVE BUSINESS 
* 10 20 * 30 40 
50 
Fig. 20.— Whereas in 1913 over 42 per cent of the total agricultural cooperative business in the United 
States was transacted by grain-marketing associations, 18.9 per cent was handled by such organizations 
in 1922. Gains in relative importance were made during the 10-year period by the associations handling 
dairy products, cotton, and tobacco. (See Table 25.) 
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