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Table 45. — Creameries reporting membership and amount of business, by geographic 
divisions 
Membership 
Amount of business 
Geographic division 
Associa- 
tions 
reporting 
Number 
of 
members 
1923 
Average 
number 
of mem- 
bers per 
associa- 
tion 
Associa- 
tions 
reporting 
Amount 
of 
business 
1922 
Average 
per 
associa- 
tion 
West North Central 
716 
279 
52 
47 
33 
19 
17 
8 
2 
112, 420 
44,945 
3,843 
4,288 
9, 950 
5,523 
3,673 
1,007 
68 
157 
161 
74 
91 
302 
291 
216 
126 
34 
701 
272 
46 
44 
32 
17 
17 
8 
2 
$65, 342, 000 
35, 910, 000 
3, 827, 000 
4,966,000 
12,463,000 
2, 594, 000 
1, 912, 000 
543,000 
147,000 
$93, 213 
East North Central 
132, 022 
83, 196 
New England . 
112,864 
Pacific . 
389, 469 
Mountain . 
152, 588 
East South Central 
112,471 
South Atlantic. 
67, 875 
West South Central 
73,500 
United States 
1,173 
185, 717 
158 
1,139 
127, 704, 000 
112,119 
Table 46. — Creameries reporting membership, by leading States, 1923 
State and rank 
Number 
of 
associa- 
tions 
reporting 
member- 
ship 
Number 
of 
members 
Average 
number 
of mem- 
bers per 
associa- 
tion 
1. Minnesota . _ 
472 
199 
197 
62 
32 
32 
20 
20 
62, 367 
29,026 
28,643 
14, 599 
3,334 
2,237 
1,606 
7,993 
132 
2. Iowa.. 
146 
3. Wisconsin 
145 
4. Michigan 
235 
104 
6. Pennsylvania 
70 
7. New York 
80 
8. South Dakota 
400 
Table 47. — Creameries reporting amount of business, by leading States, 1922 
State and rank 
Number 
of asso- 
ciations 
reporting 
Amount of 
business 
Average 
per asso- 
ciation 
1. Minnesota 
460 
195 
193 
59 
31 
30 
20 
15 
$41, 009, 000 
19, 106, 000 
27, 636, 000 
6, 417, 000 
2,452,000 
4, 049, 000 
1, 565, 000 
1, 375, 000 
$89, 150 
2. Iowa. 
97, 979 
143, 192 
4. Michigan - 
108, 763 
79,097 
6. Vermont 
134, 967 
78, 250 
8. New York 
91, 667 
