FARMERS COOPER ATIVE BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS 
17 
Percentage of Associations Reporting Business of Various Amounts, 1923 
1861 GRAIN 585 FRUrT& VEGETABLE 408 LIVESTOCK 
ASSOCIATIONS ASSOCIATIONS ASSOCIATIONS 1133 CREAMERIES 326 CHEESE FACTORIES 
BUaiNESSJN PES CENT PERCENT PERCENT PERCENT PERCENT 
50 SO 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 10 20 30 40 SO 60 70 80 90 100 
THOUSANDS ( 
5 1 
20 30 4< 
20 & UNDER 
i 
2 1 — 40 
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41 — 60 
61 — BO 
81 — 100 
101 — 120 
a 
121 — 140 
141 — 160 
}6I — ISO 
■ 
181 — 200 
■i 
100 & UNDER 
10 1— 200 
201^-300 
301— 400 
AOI — 500 
i 
601 — 600 
601 — 700 
701— 800 
601— 900 
eoi— uooo 
OVEP 1,000 
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Fig 18 —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.) 
DIVISION 
WEST NORTH 
CENTRAL 
PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL COOPERATIVE BUSINESS 
IN EACH DIVISION 
20 30 40 
PACIFIC 
EAST SOUTH 
CENTRAL 
p9!5 I.I 
NEW ENGLAND< 1919 I.I 
1923 3.1 
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 ol 
States made gains 
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