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BULLETIN 1302, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
was felt that there was need for definite information regarding the 
status of the agricultural cooperative movement in the various 
States in order that the Secretary of Agriculture might the more 
intelligently carry out the provisions of the law as occasion required. 
In planning the survey more attention was given than formerly 
to obtaining information regarding the legal status of existing organ- 
izations. A greater amount of follow-up work with ^ supplemental 
questionnaires and personal letters was conducted in connection 
with the 1922-1924 survey than had previously been possible, and 
as a result a much larger quantity of information was obtained, 
classified, and tabulated. A portion of the data collected is made 
available in the tables comprising the major portion of this bulletin. 
At the end of March, 1924, reports had been received from 10,160 
associations. In addition to certain basic tables given in the follow- 
ing pages, a number of tables give comparisons for different years. 
The data given are sufficient for the compiling of many such tables 
by those who wish to make a more intensive study of the subject. 
The 10,160 associations included in the 1924 study were distributed 
through the nine geographic divisions as indicated in the following 
table which also shows estimated amount of business for 1923: 
Geographic divisions 
Associations 
Estimated business, 1923 
Number 
Per cent 
Amount 
Per cent 
West North Central 
4,579 
2,620 
634 
531 
492 
387 
363 
298 
256 
45.1 
25.8 
6.2 
5.2 
19 
3.8 
3.6 
2.9 
2.5 
$635, 800, 000 
338, 800, 000 
413, 600, 000 
275, 000, 000 
92, 400, 000 
41, 800, 000 
145, 200, 000 
189, 200, 000 
68, 200, 000 
28.9 
East North Central . . 
15.4 
Pacific 
18.8 
12.5 
4.2 
1.9 
6.6 
East South Central 
8.6 
New England .. 
3.1 
United States... 
10, 160 
100.0 
1 2, 200, 000, 000 
100.0 
1 Not including $200,000,000 of business by cooperative selling agencies in 19 livestock terminal markets. 
Classified according to kind of associations the figures indicating 
number of associations, estimated number of members, and estimated 
amount of business are as given below: 
Kind 
Number 
reporting, 
1924 
Estimated 
number of 
members, 
April, 1924 
Estimated 
business, 
1923 
C otton 
107 
1,966 
1,232 
3,134 
1,598 
51 
56 
25 
115 
729 
717 
430 
250,000 
200,000 
200,000 
400,000 
250,000 
50,000 
15,000 
290,000 
50,000 
70,000 
150, 000 
100,000 
Thousands 
$100,000 
400,000 
Fruits and vegetables 
300,000 
600,000 
Livestock .. . 
1250,000 
Nuts 
50,000 
Poultry and poultry products . 
50,000 
Tobacco 
150,000 
Wool 
20,000 
Miscellaneous selling.. 
160,000 
Merchandise (farmers' stores) .. 
50,000 
Collective buying .* 
70,000 
Total 
10, 160 
2, 025, 000 
1 2, 200, 000 
1 Not including $200,000,000 of business by cooperative selling agencies in 19 livestock terminal markets. 
