Show Farmers Doing a Retail Milk Business Increase ase one Forty farmer o owned farmer ned associations engaged in the retail distribution of ot milk are now now- serving customers custom custom- ers with approximately gallons of milk a da day the United States Department De Do- t of ot Agriculture reports Twenty-three Twenty of the organizations were vere formed since 1020 1920 The 41 as aa as- as I s are located In 22 states There are aro also six regional milk I marketing mar mar- I associations that operate over overlarge I large arge areas reas and perform all activities connected with the marketing of ot milk I such as collecting at country stations I Iop op operating rating cream creameries rIes cheese factories I Or r ice fee cream plants supplying supplying sup sup- I plying milk dealers on a wholesale I basIs asis and operating retail distributing ing enterprises There are also 30 80 or more farmers farmers' associations associations' primarily manly marily engaged in collecting and distributing dis milk at wholesale In addition add addi tion to 20 or more price bargaining associations assocIations as as- formed by milk producers for tor bargaining collectively with dealers |