FAKMERS' COOPERATIVE BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS 
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FORAGE CROPS 
NUTS 95.9 
WOOLAND MOHAIR 92.7 
LI VESTOCK 89. 7 
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES 86.4 
POULTRY AND PRODUCTS 83.3 
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COTTON AND PRODUCTS 54.9 
GRAIN 51.5 
DAIRY PRODUCTS 4-9.2 
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PERCENTAGE OF ASSOCIATIONS 
NG PATRONAGE DIVIDENDS 
60 70 80 90 100 
NUTS 95.7 
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES 80.2 
TOBACCO -- 75.0 
FORAGE CROPS 70.6 
DAIRY PRODUCTS--- 65.9 
GRAIN 65.4 
POULTRY AND PRODUCTS— 64.7 
LIVESTOCK- 53.7 
WOOL AND MOHAIR 49.4 
COTTON AND PRODUCTS 42.2 
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Fig. 13. — Whether patronage dividends are paid by an association depends largely upon the business 
methods employed. Such dividends are paid from funds accumulated by charging the members more 
than the cost of the service rendered. If all but actual cost is returned to members in connection with 
current transactions, no fund is accumulated from which dividends can be paid at the close of the season 
or year. (See Table 20.) 
AVERAGE NUMBER OF MEMBERS PER ASSOCIATION 
25 50 75 100 125 150 175 
LIVESTOCK 
1924 161 
CREAMERIES 
1915 - -83 
1924 158 
FRUITS & VEGETABLES 
1915 124 
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stock increased from 140 to 161, the average number for associations operating creameries from 83 to 158, 
for associations handling fruit and vegetables from 124 to 156, and for associations handling grain from 
102 to 141. (See Table 21.) 
