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Show ANNUAL BUSINESS OF MARKET ASSOCIATION Amount Placed at $58,500,000 by Secretary of New York Farm Bureau Federation. An annual business of $58,500,000 was done by the co-operative marketing market-ing associations of New York State last year, according to figures received at the office of E. V. Underwood, secretary of tlie New York State Farm Bureau Federation. This amount does not Include the co-operative purchasing done by tlie Grange League Federation Federa-tion Exchange, Syracuse, N. Y. Three co-operatives of the state exceeded ex-ceeded a total annual business of two million dollars. They were the Dairymen's League Co-operative Association, As-sociation, Utica, N. Y., the Eastern States Milk Producers, Syracuse, N. Y., and the Western New Y'ork! Fruit Growers Co-operative Packing Association, Associa-tion, Inc., Rochester, N. Y., showing respectively an annual business of $4.8,700,000; $5,000,000; and $2,500,000. Forty per cent of the fanners of New York State are members of cooperative co-operative associations, of which there are twelve In the state of state-wide scope. They market milk and dairy products, potatoes and cabbage, seed potatoes, wool, maple syrup, fruits, and cattle. Over 100,000 Individual farmers sell their products collectively through the co-operative associations. |