DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


of this volume was grain marketed, and one-third supplies
purchased for the membership.

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 Maine Potato Growers, Presque Isle, Maine, during the
1936-37 marketing season, serviced 186 members and hand-
led 3,080 cars of potatoes. As a result of an aggressive cam-
paign the association now has a total membership of 320
growers.
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 Feed buying for members, started in 1936 by the Pure
Milk Producers Association, Kansas City, Mo., resulted in
a saving of about S3,700. The feed was purchased in car-
load lots; in most instances several orders were pooled to
make a carload, thus giving the advantage of wholesale
prices on small quantities. Seventy-five carloads of hay and
13 carloads of grain and mill feeds were bought.
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 Organized in 1933 and beginning with one employee,
the Lorain County Farm Bureau Cooperative, Elyria, Ohio,
did a business of $54,714. Patronage in 1934 was $127,192;
in 1935 the record was $151,954, and the total for 1936 was
$189,148. There are now 14 full-time employees.

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 Sowega Fertilizer Corporation, Adele, Ga., paid a total
patronage dividend in 1937 of $7,844. This amount was
considerably in excess of any previous season Approxi-
mately 4,500 tons of mixed fertilizers and materials were
manufactured and sold.

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 The total value of farm products sold by the Michigan
Potato Growers Exchange, Cadillac, Mich, during the 1937
season was $724,999. Of this amount, $25,642 represented
beans and grains and the balance potatoes.