Excerpt from the report: Part I of this Handbook gives information for each of 23 major regional farm supply cooperatives in the United States for their fiscal years ending in 1954 and 1955. These associations each normally do more than $5 million of farm supply business annually. They are listed according to the amount of their total wholesale and retail supply business for 1955. Although there is wide variation in the forms of organization, methods of operation, and accounting and reporting practices followed by these associations, effort has been made to present information on a comparable basis. Part II summarizes information for the group for 1954 and 1955.
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Includes Association reports for fiscal years ending 1954 and 1955 for the following major regional farm supply cooperatives: Cooperative Grange League Federation Exchange, Inc., Ithaca, N.Y.; Southern States Cooperative, Inc., Richmond, Va.; Consumers Cooperative Association, Kansas City, Mo.; Eastern States Farmers' Exchange, Inc., W. Springfield, Mass.; Illinois Farm Supply Company, Chicago, Ill.; Farmers Union Central Exchange, Inc., St. Paul, Minn.; Indiana Farm Bureau Cooperative Association, Inc., Indianapolis, Ind.; The Farm Bureau Cooperative Association, Inc., Columbus, Ohio; Farmers Cooperative Exchange, Inc., Raleigh, N.C.; M.F.A. Milling Company, Springfield, Mo.; Washington Co-operative Farmers Association, Seattle, Wash.; Midland Cooperatives, Inc., Minneapolis, Minn.; Poultry Producers of Central California, San Francisco, Calif.; Pennsylvania Farm Bureau Cooperative Association; Farm Bureau Services, Inc., Lansing, Mich.; Pacific Supply Cooperative, Walla Walla, Wash.; Iowa Farm Supply Company, Des Moines; Poultrymens Cooperative Association of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif.; Central Cooperative Wholesale, Superior, Wisc.; Arkansas Farmers Association, N. Little Rock, Ark.; Tennessee Farmers Cooperative, LaVergne, Tenn.; Farmers Union State Exchange, Omaha, Nebr.; Southern Farm Supply Association, Amarillo, Texas.
