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Table 87. — Litchfield Livestock Shipping Association, 1 Litchfield, Minn., 1908- 
[Compiled from annual reports of association] 
Year 
Cars 
Gross 
receipts 
Returns 
to farmers 
Per- 
centage 
Year 
Cars 
Gross 
receipts 
Returns 
to farmers 
Per- 
centage 
1908 
14 
35 
81 
104 
146 
153 
173 
172 
$11, 599 
39, 569 
102, 163 
114, 764 
181, 544 
218, 116 
256,044 
216, 518 
1916 
184 
175 
208 
217 
210 
185 
194 
236 
$284, 379 
389, 610 
552, 775 
625, 930 
436, 545 
272, 805 
298, 853 
294, 276 
1909 
1917 
$377, 005 
535, 496 
606, 432 
417, 462 
253, 115 
280, 789 
272, 966 
96.8 
1910 
1918 
96.9 
1911 
1919 
96.9 
1912 
1920 
95.6 
1913 
1921 
92.8 
1914 
1922 
94.0 
1915 
1923... 
92.8 
1 
A typical local livestock shipping association. 
Table 88. — Adams County Shippers' Association, 1 Quincy, III., 1919-1923 
[Data obtained from association] 
Year 
Number 
of cars 
Number 
of 
shippers 
Head of 
live- 
stock 
Amount 
received 
Local 
charges 
Net to 
producers 
1919 2 
101 
610 
795 
633 
689 
439 
3,335 
4,946 
4,282 
4,360 
7,679 
44,529 
59, 775 
47,230 
53,247 
$211, 640 
1, 200, 067 
1, 012, 051 
909, 379 
836, 425 
$1,409 
12, 637 
14, 535 
12, 102 
13,943 
$210, 231 
1920 
1, 187, 430 
1921 
997, 516 
1922 
897, 277 
1923 
822, 481 
1 A typical county livestock shipping association. 
2 September, October, November, and December. 
Table 89. — California Farm Bureau Marketing Association, Bakersfield, Calif., 
1919-1923 
[Compiled from data obtained from association] 
Year ending Oct. 1 
Number 
of 
auction 
sales 
Number 
of hogs 
Amount of 
sales 
1919_. 
139 
195 
181 
184 
39,388 
51,849 
44,783 
43,204 
48, 721 
$1, 316, 072 
1920. _ 
1, 467, 834 
940, 256 
1921__. 
1922 
754, 247 
1923.- 
716, 960 
Table 90. — Poultry Producers of Central California, Inc., San Francisco, Calif., 
1917-1922 
[Compiled from reports of association] 
Year 
Number 
of stock- 
holders 
Cases of 
eggs 
handled 
Receipts 
from sales 
Net 
returns to 
members 
Per cent 
returns of 
receipts 
1917.. 
213, 532 
270, 313 
228, 677 
460, 303 
662, 598 
618, 475 
$2, 382, 444 
3, 712, 523 
3, 055, 337 
6, 939, 542 
6, 905, 802 
2 5, 730, 000 
$2, 170, 626 
3, 425, 717 
2,814,737 
91.1 
1918. 
1,000 
1,201 
2,193 
2,839 
3,159 
92.3 
19191 
92.1 
1920 
1921. 
1922 
Report covers seven months only. 
2 Estimated. 
