Excerpt from Farmer Cooperative Statistics, 1991Farmer cooperative statistics are collected annually to provide information on the progress and trends in cooperatives' growth and development. Many people use these statistics for various purposes such as research, technical assistance education, planning, and public policy. Acquiring, analyzing, and disseminating farmer cooperative statistics are authorized by the Cooperative Marketing Act of 1926.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.