FARMERS COOPERATIVE BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS 
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Percentage of Associations Reporting Business of Various Amounts, 1923 
Business is 
thousands 
op dollars 
20&UNDES 
2 1—40 
41 
— 60 
6 
— 80 
ei 
— 100 
10 
— 120 
IS 
— 140 
141 
— 160 
•; 
— 180 
ibi 
— 200 
1861 GRAIN 585 FT? U IT & VEGETABLE 
ASSOCIATIONS ASSOCIATIONS 
pot can pcrccit 
100 i UNDER 
101— 200 
201 — 300 
SOI— 400 
401— 500 
60!— 600 
601— 700 
701 — 800 
601 — 900 
eoi — uoco 
OV&p 1.000 
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10 2C 30 « 
50 6! 
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408 LIVESTOCK 
ASSOCIATIONS 1139 CREAMERIES 328 CHEESE FACTORIES 
PER CENT PER CENT PER CENT 
10 20 30 40 SO 60 70 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 10 20 30 40 SO 60 70 60 90 100 
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Fig. ig —Reports from 4,321 associations of amount of business transacted annually indicates that a major- 
ity of the associations handling fruits, vegetables, and livestock, and operating creameries and cheese 
factories are in the group credited with less than $100,000 per year. Grain-marketing associations fall 
largely in two groups; that is, under $100,000 and between $100,000 and $200,000. (See Table 26.) 
percentage: or total cooperative business 
in each division 
10 20 30 40 
WEST NORTH 
CENTRAL 
PACIFIC 
WEST SOUTH 
CENTRAL 
EAST SOUTH 
CENTRAL 
[1915 I.I 
NEW ENGLAND^ 1919 I 
[ 1923 a I 
Fig. 19.— During the years from 1915 to 1923 the West North Central, Pacific, and Mountain States lost 
in relative importance as regards total amount of cooperative business handled. The other groups of 
States made gains 
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