FARMERS COOPERATIVE BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS 9 
The changes in relative importance of the several geographic divi- 
sions are shown by the following percentages : 
Geographic division 
Number of 
associations 
Esti- 
mated 
number 
of 
members 
Estimated amount 
of business 
1915 
1924 
1915 
1915 
1923 
"West North Central .. 
Per cent 
47.5 
17.9 
7.7 
3.9 
5.8 
4.3 
6.1 
3.9 
2.9 
Per cent 
45.1 
25.8 
6.2 
5.2 
4.9 
3.8 
3.6 
2.9 
2.5 
Per cent 
39.1 
16.5 
10.1 
9.8 
4.7 
5.4 
5.7 
5.5 
3.2 
Per cent 
45.1 
14.2 
23.7 
8.8 
1.2 
3.2 
1.6 
1.1 
1.1 
Per cent 
28 9 
East North Central. .. 
15 4 
Pacific. . 
18 8 
Middle Atlantic. 
12.5 
West South Central 
4.2 
Mountain.. 
1.9 
South Atlantic 
6.6 
East South Central 
8.6 
New England 
3.1 
United States 
100.0 
100.0 
100.0 
100.0 
100.0 
Changes in the number of associations in the various geographic 
divisions has not been great but the changes in the distribution 
among the different divisions of the amount of business transacted 
is marked. The West North Central, Pacific, and Mountain States 
have lost in relative importance, and the Middle Atlantic, South 
Central, South Atlantic, and New England States have gained. These 
changes seem to indicate that cooperative selling and buying, which 
10 years ago was largely confined to the North Central and Pacific 
States, is becoming more generally established in all parts of the 
United States. 
The total figures for number of associations, estimated number of 
members, and estimated amount of business, broken up according 
to kind of associations and converted into percentages, point out 
further tendencies of the agricultural cooperative movement, as will 
be noted by the following: 
Kind of association 
Number of 
associations 
Estimated number 
of members 
Estimated amount 
of business 
1915 
1924 
1915 
1924 
1915 
1923 
Per cent 
30.2 
31.5 
16.0 
1.8 
3.9 
.8 
5.1 
10.7 
Per cent 
30.8 
19.4 
12.1 
15.7 
1.1 
.2 
7.1 
13.6 
Per cent 
25.6 
21.6 
16.9 
2.1 
2.8 
2.7 
9.1 
19.2 
Per cent 
19.8 
9.9 
9.9 
12.3 
12.3 
14.3 
7.4 
14.1 
Per cent 
45.6 
14.0 
31.7 
.9 
.2 
1.0 
1.8 
4.8 
Per cent 
27.3 
18.2 
13.6 
11.4 
4.5 
6.8 
2.3 
15.9 
Total - 
100.0 
100.0 
100.0 
100.0 
100.0 
100.0 
While there has been a marked increase in the total number of 
associations, the estimated membership, and the estimated amount 
of business, the gains for some kinds of associations have been much 
greater than for others, so that the relative importance of the differ- 
ent kinds of associations has changed materially during the 10-year 
