Show x farmers Elevators v- v Doing Big Business Grain Gr rn in Handled f Had Value y- y of About A o Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture e. More than bushels of wheat corn orn r rye e and und other grains were were handled by farmers' farmers elevators elevators eleva leva tors reporting to the bureauS bureau of agricultural agri cultural economics United States Department Department De Do- of Agriculture for the 1 1925 G. G 27 21 marketing season This This- Tills grain graIn had hada a sales sale value alue of approximately S and was handled bandIed for approximately approximately ma ly 8 farmers formers in the five Ira im important producing grain areas of the I United States The associations operating the elevators reported paid up capital to the amount of and surplus surplus sur sur- plus of nearly The total Investments in buildings and equip equipment mont ment amounted to nearly The Te associations g have bave about most of whom are arc farm ers era Many of of the associations buy f farm rm supplies for their patrons this business in side lines totaling nearly last year e r. r The reports show that during the 27 1920 season about 61 Gt per cent of the associations association paid dividends on on capital sto stock k In addition aUdition about 28 per peI cent cent- of those reporting paid palt out ont patronage ge refunds refunds refunds' to their r patrons these e f facts c and also aso the fact that 83 per percept percent cent of of these farmers farmers farmers' farm- farm ers ers ers' elevators had financial surpluses while but but 17 pcr per cent reported deficits deficits deficits there Is ju Justification tf cation for the statement that farmers farmers' elevators ele n as asa asa a whole are In satisfactory financial condition at the present time |