FARMERS COOPERATIVE BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS 
Associations by Geographic Divisions, 1915 and 1924 
WEST 1915 
NORTH CENTRAL-- I9S4 
EAST 19 15 
NORTH CENTRAL- 1924 
PAC1FIC '\Ul 
MIDDLE ATLANTIC [^ 
WEST 1915 
SOUTH CENTRAL-- 1924 
MOUNTAIN [g'^ 
SOUTH ATLANTIC-- |g^ 
EAST 19 15 
SOUTH CENTRAL-- 1924 
NEW ENGLAND !? '^ 
I------I Fruits and l/cyetob/ej 
Fig. 7. — Sixty-five per cent of all associations in 1915 were in the 12 North Central States. In 1924 the 
proportion was 70 per cent. (See Tables 2 and 7.) 
Kinds of Associations in Leading States, 1915 and 1924 
NUMBER' Or ASSOCIATIONS 
500 750 1000 
1250 
MINNESOTA 
IOWA 
WISCONSIN 
ILLINOIS 
NEBRASKA 
MISSOURI 
NORTH DAKOTA 
KANSAS 
MICHIGAN 
OHIO 
SOUTH DAKOTA 
CALIFORNIA 
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Da//y£>roducts X/Z/A Li'vestock fx^!} Fruits and Vegetables I I Other Products 
Fig. 8.— Minnesota led in number of associations in 1915 and 1924. The other leading States, in the order 
of importance, were Iowa, Wisconsin, and Illinois. (See Tables 3 and 8.) 
