Excerpt from A Business Analysis of the Producers Live Stock Commission Association of National Stock Yards, Ill As a part of its program Of research in the field Of cooperative marketing by producers of agricultural commodities, and at the request of the board of directors of the association, the Division of Cooperative Marketing Of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics undertook a business analysis of the Producers Live Stock Commis sion Association Of National Stock Yards (near East St. Louis), Ill. The study was begun in March, 1927, and included as its principal features, analysis of the association's internal organization and operation, relation to its membership, and selling policies. Use was made of available records in the Offices of the association and in the files Of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics, together with informa tion Obtained through questionnaires and personal interviews with officers, employees, members, and nonmembers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.