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MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Minnesota State Archives

SECRETARY OF STATE Corporations Division

An Inventory of Its Articles of Incorporation of Cooperatives

OVERVIEW OF THE RECORDS

Agency: Minnesota. Secretary of State. Corporations Division.

Series Title: Articles of incorporation of cooperatives.

Dates: 1919-1974.

Quantity: 4.7 cu. ft. (5 boxes).

Location: See Detailed Description section for box locations.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF COOPERATIVES

The Legislature authorized the incorporation of cooperative associations under the same provisions as for other corporations [Laws 1919 c382, amended Laws 1921 c63, and Laws 1923 c326]. The incorporation of cooperative marketing associations was authorized in 1923 [Laws 1923 c264].

SCOPE AND CONTENTS OF THE RECORDS

Articles of incorporation of cooperative marketing and mercantile companies, warehouses, elevators, creameries, livestock and shipping associations, and others dealing largely with farm produce marketing and other rural services. Some include draft copies, amendments, bylaws, articles of merger, and/or certificates of dissolution. Many files are missing.

Also housed in this series are a list of cooperatives instituting proceedings for dissolution (December 30, 1955), an alphabetical index card file of cooperatives, arranged by city (ca. 1928-1962), and an alphabetical index card file of cooperatives not included in the main articles of incorporation set, arranged by cooperative (1941).

ARRANGEMENT OF THE RECORDS

The subseries are arranged in three sequences: 1919-1928, 1927-1936, and 1936-1974; thereunder they are arranged by chronologically assigned file number.

SECRETARY OF STATE. Corporation Division.

Articles of incorporation of cooperatives. p. 2

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INDEX TERMS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics: Cooperative marketing of farm produce--Minnesota. Incorporation--Minnesota.

Types of Documents: Articles of incorporation--Minnesota.

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Preferred Citation: [Indicate the cited item and folder title here]. Minnesota. Secretary of State.

Corporations Division. Articles of Incorporation of Cooperatives. Minnesota Historical Society. State Archives.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information: Accession number(s): None, 989-98, 2004-18.

Processing Information: Processed by Cheri Thies 1988; Debbie Sher, September 2003. PALS ID No.: 0800000865 RLIN ID No.: MNHV143-A

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION

Note to Researchers: To request materials, please note both the location and box numbers shown below. Each file consists of one folder unless specified otherwise.

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112.B.17.10F 1 Articles of incorporation, 1919-1928. 1. Buffalo Lake Cooperative Store, Incorporated. 2. Wood Lake Cooperative Mercantile Company. 3. Northfield Cooperative Dairy Association. 4. The Cooperative Wholesale Society of America. 5. Olmsted Cooperative Creamery. 8. Cook County Cooperative Land and Livestock Company. 9. The Cooperative Garage-Supply Company. 10. Farmers Terminal Packing Company. 11. Madelia Cooperative Mercantile Company. 12. Union Consumers Cooperative Society. 13. Knapp Cooperative Mercantile Company. 15. Consumers Cooperative Association. 16. Goodhue County Cooperative Company.



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112.B.17.10F 1 17. Douglas County Cooperative Association. 18. Minnesota Lake Farmers Cooperative Mercantile Company. 21. Brook Park Cooperative Mercantile Company. 22. Farmers Cooperative Company. 23. New Richland Farmers Cooperative Company. 24. Hector Cooperative Milling Company. 25. Breckenridge Cooperative Association. 29. Farmers Cooperative Potato Exchange. 30. St. Paul Cooperative Mercantile Association. 31. Hopkins Cooperative Association. 32. Bluffton Mercantile Association. 33. Blackduck Cooperative Exchange. 35. Farmers Cooperative Supply Company. 38. Elgin Cooperative Mercantile Company. 39. The Cooperative Maine Roller Mills and Power Company. 40. Farm and Rail Cooperative Store Company. 43. Porter Farmers Cooperative Elevator Company. 44. Olmsted County Cooperative Association. 45. The Winona Cooperative Association. 46. Farmers Cooperative Milling Company. 48. Garfield Cooperative Company. 49. Hancock-South-Western Electric Company. 50. Lake Benton Cooperative Mercantile Company. 51. Waldorf Farmers’ Cooperative Elevator Company. 54. The Peoples Cooperative Association of New Ulm. 56. Bethel Cooperative Store Company. 57. Minnesota Cheese Producers Cold Storage and Warehouse

Association. 58. Peoples Cooperative Store Company of Ruthton. 59. Lake City Motor Company. 60. Lewiston Cooperative Trading Company. 63. Farmers Cooperative Mercantile Company. 64. Bird Island Cooperative Company. 65. Plainview Cooperative Kraut and Storage Company. 66. Peoples Cooperative Store Inc. 68. “Farmer and Labor Cooperative Association.” 73. Rose Creek Cooperative Company. 75. Four County Farmers Mill Cooperative Association. 78. Ruskin Farmers Cooperative Elevator Company. 79. The Minnesota Threshermen’s Mutual Insurance Association. 80. Lakeville Farmers Cooperative Warehouse and Exchange. 82. The Farmers Cooperative Society of Alpha, Minnesota. 85. Stillwater Market Company. 86. Consumers Cooperative Association of Litchfield. 89. Farmers Cooperative Company of Reading, Minnesota. 91. Montevideo Farmers and Merchants Elevator Company.



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112.B.17.10F 1 92. Benson Cooperative Company. 97. Hampton Farmers Cooperative Elevator Company Inc. 102. Shieldsville Cooperative Creamery Association. 103. Rice County Cooperative Egg and Poultry Association. 107. Equity Livestock Commission Inc., South St. Paul, Minnesota. 109. Duluth Vegetable Growers Association. 113. Silver Creek Cooperative Creamery Association. 114. Vernon Center Creamery Cooperative Association. 117. Argonne Farms Egg And Berry Association. 118. Farmers Cooperative Elevator Company of Arco. 123. Ghent Cooperative Creamery Company. 124. Jasper Cooperative Creamery. 125. Twin City Cooperative Egg and Poultry Association. 126. Owatonna Cooperative Poultry Producers’ Association. 129. Watonwan Cooperative Egg and Poultry Association. 130. Lac Qui Parle Cooperative Egg and Poultry Producers

Association. 131. Redwood Falls Cooperative Egg and Poultry Association. 135. Farmers Cooperative Livestock Shipping Association. 136. Havanah Cooperative Creamery Association. 140. Grasston Shipping Association. 144. Johnson Shipping Association. 145. Norcross Cooperative Creamery Association. 156. Parkers Prairie Livestock Shipping Association. 158. Economy Fuel Company Cooperative. 159. Alma Cooperative Creamery Association. 161. DeLuxe Hotel Register Company. 162. The Modern Bookstore, Incorporated. 163. Blooming Prairie Livestock Shipping Association. 199. Eastern Minnesota Cooperative Egg and Poultry Producers

Association. 204. Stillwater Fruit Growers Association. 206. Poultry Producers Cooperative Association. 207. Freeborn County Cooperative Egg and Poultry Producers

Association. 211. Utica Farmers Cooperative Association. 214. Dentaybow Cooperative Telephone Company. 216. Maple Ridge Rural Telephone Company. 217. Northern Minnesota Telephone and Telegraph Association. 218. Waldo Farmers Cooperative Telephone Association. 219. Maple Plain Livestock Shipping Association. 220. Otisco Livestock and Grain Association. 221. Odessa Cooperative Oil Company. 224. North Central Minnesota Cooperative Poultry Producers

Association. 225. West Central Cooperative Poultry Producers Association.



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112.B.17.10F 1 226. D.A.V.A. Farms, Incorporated. 227. Fulda Cooperative Creamery Association. 228. Forada Cooperative Creamery Association. 231. The Minnesota Grimm Alfalfa Growers’ Association. 232. Vernon Center Livestock Shipping Association. 235. Alpha Creamery Association. 236. Peoples Voice Cooperative Publishing Company. 238. Lincoln Country Cooperative Egg and Poultry Producers

Association. 241. Little Falls Canning Company. 243. Northern Cooperative Mercantile Company. 244. Thief River Valley Cooperative Poultry Association. 247. St. Charles Cooperative Egg and Poultry Producers

Association. 250. Windom Livestock Shipping Association. 251. Veteransville Association. 252. Winnebago Livestock Shipping Association. 255. Martin County Cooperative Fire Protective Association. 258. Wallblom Cooperative Furniture Association. 274. Bancroft Creamery Association. 275. Cooperative Live Stock Shipping Association of Rose Creek. 276. Farmers Cooperative Livestock Shipping Association of

Waltham. 277. Fairbault Cooperative Livestock Shipping Association. 278. Albin Cooperative Creamery Company. 279. Farmer Cooperative Shipping Association of Louisberg. 282. Lake Pepin Cooperative Poultry Producers’ Association. 284. Mabel Shipping Association. 285. Lyle Livestock Shipping Association. 286. Farmers Cooperative Shipping Association of Marietta. 287. The Purity Cross Laboratories Incorporated. 288. Russell Cooperative Livestock Shipping Association. 295. Weaver Shipping Association. 296. West Union Cooperative Livestock Shipping Association. 297. Gateway Cooperative Egg and Poultry Association. 299. Farmers Shipping Association. 301. Interstate Cooperative Egg and Poultry Association. 308. Lester Prairie Cooperative Dairy Association. 309. Lewiston Livestock Shipping Association. 315. Rice Lake Cooperative Creamery Association. 316. Union Cooperative Bakery, Incorporated. 317. Minneapolis Cooperative Association of Kosher Butchers. 318. Arrowhead Cooperative Egg and Poultry Producers

Association. 324. Kennedy Cooperative Oil Company. 327. Hammond Cooperative Creamery Association.



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112.B.17.10F 1 328. Essig Cooperative Shipping Association. 329. Norman County Farmers Elevator Company. 331. Winnebago Rural Cooperative Fire Association. 332. Blue Grass Cooperative Creamery. 334. Preston Live Stock Shipping Association. 336. Grocers Cooperative Commission Company. 338. Peder M. Hage, Inc. 342. East Chain Cooperative Creamery Association. 343. Wadena Livestock Shipping Association. 347. The Green Valley Cooperative Livestock Shipping

Association. 349. Northwestern Beef Growers Marketing Association. 351. Midstate Cooperative Poultry Association. 352. Osakis Livestock Shipping Association. 353. Livestock Shipping Association of Winthrop, Minnesota. 354. East Union Livestock Shipping Association. 357. Lockhart Cooperative Creamery Association. 360. Glenwood Livestock Shipping Association. 361. Lake Park Shipping Association. 369. Lakeland Knitting Cooperative Association. 370. Wyoming Syndicate, Inc. 372. Idrott Cooperative Society, Incorporated. 373. Ceylon Community Fire Protective Association. 376. Cooperative Live Stock Shipping Association of Tintah,

Minnesota. 377. Shelly Cooperative Auditorium Association. 385. Farmers Live Stock Shipping Association of Chatfield,

Minnesota. 386. Long Siding Livestock Shipping Association. 390. Clover and Island Lake Livestock Shipping Association. 393. United Cooperative Oil Company. 397. Hokah Cooperative Creamery Association. 400. Heron Lake Cooperative Creamery Association of Heron

Lake, Minnesota. 401. Park Region Cooperative Egg and Poultry Association. 402. New Munich Livestock Shipping Association. 403. Bingham Lake Shipping Association. 404. Long Prairie Livestock Shipping Association. 406. Good Thunder Shipping Association. 408. Waldorf Cooperative Oil Company. 409. Cambria Shipping Association. 410. Cobden Shipping Association. 411. Eagle Lake Shipping Association. 412. United Cooperative Lumber Company. 418. Crow River Creamery Association. 423. Hancock Livestock Shipping Association.



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112.B.17.10F 1 424. Gowan Cooperative Association. 426. Community Grain Company. 427. Metropolitan Cooperative System of Barber Colleges,

Incorporated. 429. The Cooperative Seed Exchange. 430. Badger Livestock Shipping Association. 433. Farmers Livestock Shipping Association of Lake Benton,

Minnesota. 434. Alexandria Livestock Shipping Association. 437. Sanborn Independent Shipping Association. 438. Aitkin Cooperative Livestock Shipping Association. 439. Nelson Livestock Shipping Association. 443. Hawk Creek Cooperative Electric Light and Power

Association. 444. Minnesota Baby Chick Cooperative Association. 446. Growers’ Market Association. 447. Prinsberg Farmers Shipping Association. 450. Lonsdale Farmers Shipping Association. 453. Randolph Shipping Association. 454. Stanley Cooperative Telephone Company. 455. Burr Shipping Association. 461. Tenny Cooperative Shipping Association. 462. Three Mile Creek Rural Cooperative Telephone Company. 463. The Farmers Shipping of Erhard, Minnesota. 464. Ringe Cooperative Creamery Association. 465. Minneapolis Concrete Block Manufacturers Association. 468. Farmers Cooperative Shipping Association of Arco. 470. Wanke Farmers Cooperative Creamery Association. 472. North Germany Telephone Company. 474. Farmers Union Shipping Association of Olivia. 476. Gateway Service Corporation. 477. Farmers Central Cooperative Shipping Association. 478. Nassau Farmers Shipping Association.

112.B.17.11B 2 481. Farmers Terminal Shipping Association, Hector, Minnesota. 482. Ada Cooperative Livestock Shipping Association. 483. Contracting Plasterers’ Cooperative Association. 484. Cloverdale Community Club. 486. Farmers Shipping Association of Gaylord, Minnesota. 487. Forest Cooperative Creamery Association. 489. Porter Shipping Association. 491. Willmar Cooperative Shipping Association. 492. Kester Cooperative Shipping Association. 494. Blooming Prairie Egg Pool Cooperative Association. 498. The Hawley Farmers Elevator Company. 499. Wylie Cooperative Shipping Association. 500. Chisholm Cooperative Pure Milk Association.



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112.B.17.11B 2 504. Polk County Cooperative Oil Company. 510. Farmers Cooperative Elevator Company of Climax. 517. Crown Creamery Association. 518. Chippewa Cooperative Creamery Association. 519. Walnut Grove Shipping Association. 520. Hendrum Cooperative Creamery Association. 522. Clitherall Cooperative Creamery Association. 523. Palmer Livestock Shipping Association of Palmer, Minnesota. 524. Gluek Shipping Association. 525. Cerro Gordo Cooperative Electric Company. 526. Ogema Livestock Shipping Association. 530. Dalton Livestock Shipping Association. 532. The Home Cooperative Club, Incorporated. 534. Cushing Shipping Association. 535. Westbrook Shipping Association. 542. Farmers’ Store Association (Brimson Cooperative

Association). 549. Mayer Farmers Cooperative Shipping Association. 554. Cosmos Cooperative Shipping Association. 559. Johnson Light and Power Company. 562. Wabasso Shipping Association. 566. St. Peter Farmers Shipping Association. 568. Farmers Cooperative Poultry Association. 575. Bruno Farmers Feed Association. 576. Red River Valley Guernsey Breeders’ Association. 577. Alvarado Cooperative Creamery Association. 582. Forada Cooperative Shipping Association. 587. Springfield Farmers Shipping Association. 589. Minneapolis Associated Druggists Incorporated. 594. Evan Shipping Association. 595. Baudette Farmers Shipping Association. 598. Spicer Farmers Cooperative Shipping Association. 600. White Iron Telephone Company. 601. Browns Valley Cooperative Shipping Association. 602. Rabbit Association of Minnesota. 604. Clifton Rural Telephone Company. 605. Leaf City Telephone Company. 607. Echo Shipping Association.



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112.B.17.11B 2 Articles of incorporation of cooperatives, 1927-1936. These files also include amendments, certificates of dissolution, articles of merger, bylaws, extension of articles of incorporation, and related papers. The bulk of the records are articles of incorporation, which date 1927-1936; the other papers were filed at later dates.

1. Farmers Union Shipping Association of Olivia. 2. Farmers Central Cooperative Shipping Association, New York

Mills. 3. Nassau Farmers Shipping Association. 4. Belgrade Farmers Cooperative Shipping Association. 5. Farmers Terminal Shipping Association. 6. Ada Cooperative Livestock Shipping Association. 7. Farmers Shipping Association, Gaylord. 8. Porter Shipping Association. 9. Willmar Cooperative Shipping Association. 10. Kiester Cooperative Shipping Association. 11. Blooming Prairie Egg Pool Cooperative Shipping Association. 12. Kellogg Shipping Association. 13. Wylie Cooperative Shipping Association. 17. Walnut Grove Cooperative Shipping Association. 18. Palmer Livestock Shipping Association. 19. Gluek Shipping Association. 20. Ogema Livestock Shipping Association. 21. Farmers Shipping Association of Harmony. 24. Pine Island Shipping Association. 25. Farmers Cooperative Shipping Association, Little Falls. 27. Barry Shipping Association. 28. Delhi Shipping Association. 29. Judson Shipping Association. 30. Ottertail Shipping Association. 31. Currie Shipping Association. 32. Dotson Farmers Shipping Association. 33. Lincoln Livestock Shipping Association. 34. Mayer Farmers Cooperative Shipping Association. 35. Elizabeth Livestock Shipping Association. 36. Cosmos Cooperative Shipping Association. 37. Winthrop Shipping Association.

See also 555.

38. Brooks Cooperative Shipping Association. 39. St. Clair Cooperative Shipping Association. 40. Butterfield Livestock Shipping Association. 41. Swanville Cooperative Shipping Association. 42. Wabasso Shipping Association. 44. St. Peter Farmers Shipping Association.



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112.B.17.11B 2 45. Farmers Cooperative Poultry Association, Thief River Falls. 46. Amiret Shipping Association.

See also 567.

47. Farmers Cooperative Shipping Association, Staples. 48. Farmers Marketing Association, Village of Kent. 49. Isle Cooperative Shipping Association.

See also 242.

50. Elmdale Shipping Association. 51. Underwood Cooperative Shipping Association. 54. Springfield Farmers’ Shipping Association. 55. Bellingham Cooperative Shipping Association. 56. Wolverton Marketing Association. 57. Evan Shipping Association. 58. Baudette Farmers Shipping Association. 77. Pennington County Turkey Breeders Association. 78. Finlayson Farmers Shipping Association. 79. Collis Cooperative Shipping Association. 81. Sanborn Livestock Association. 83. Browerville Cooperative Shipping Association. 84. Land O’Lakes Creameries, Inc.

See also 883, 895, 909, 910, 920, 930, 949, 963, 967, and 980.

89. Shevlin Cooperative Produce Association. 90. City O’Lakes Cooperative Marketing Association. 91. Brown County Farm Bureau Service Association. 92. Yellow Medicine County Farm Bureau Service Association. 100. Minnesota Wheat Growers Cooperative Marketing

Association, Minneapolis. 115. Ivanhoe Farmers Shipping Association. 116. North Carlton County Livestock Shipping Association. 120. Waldorf Cooperative Livestock Association. 126. Beardsley Cooperative Livestock Shipping Association. 127. Minnesota Tobacco Pool. 132. Battle Lake Community Shipping Association. 138. Olivia Cooperative Shipping Association. 151. Litchfield Livestock Shipping Association. 154. Hubbard County Farm Bureau Service Association. 155. Murray County Farm Bureau Service Company. 156. Pipestone County Farm Bureau Service Association. 157. Elmer Cooperative Produce Association. 200. Minnesota Cooperative Wool Growers Association, St. Paul. 201. Belview Cooperative Shipping Association. 242. Isle Cooperative Shipping Association.

See also 49.

253. Minnesota Cooperative Wool Growers Association, Wadena.



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112.B.17.11B 2 270. Minneiska Farmers Livestock Shipping Association. 289. Lamberton Livestock Shipping Association. 290. Hawley Livestock Shipping Association. 292. Sacred Heart Cooperative Livestock Shipping Association. 294. Amboy Cooperative Livestock Shipping Association. 302. Farmers Livestock Shipping Association of Rice. 305. Farmers Independent Elevator Company, Russell, Minnesota. 323. Farmers Cooperative Elevator Company of Big Stone. 356. Askov Livestock Shipping Association. 359. Palisade Cooperative Livestock Shipping Association. 417. Garfield Livestock Shipping Association. 420. Canby Livestock Shipping Association. 425. Milroy Farmers Shipping Association. 429. Cooperative Seed Exchange, Minneapolis. 431. Palisade Cooperative Creamery Association. 435. Courtland Livestock Shipping Association. 436. Waverly Livestock Shipping Association. 438. Aitkin Cooperative Livestock Shipping Association. 440. Roseau Shipping Association. 441. Holt Cooperative Livestock Shipping Association. 442. Comfrey Shipping Association. 445. Hanley Falls Shipping Association. 449. Cambridge Farmers Livestock Shipping Association. 459. Lake Crystal Shipping Association. 502. Oklee Cooperative Shipping Association. 508. Roseland Farmers Livestock Shipping Association. 511. Hibbing Cooperative Milk Producers Association. 530. Dalton Livestock Shipping Association. 534. Cushing Shipping Association. 535. Westbrook Shipping Association. 536. Pine Island Shipping Association. 537. Farmers Cooperative Shipping Association of Little Falls. 544. Judson Shipping Association. 552. Argyle Cooperative Livestock Shipping Association. 555. Winthrop Shipping Association.

See also 37.

560. Swanville Cooperative Livestock Shipping Association. 567. Amiret Shipping Association.

See also 46.

570. Farmers’ Cooperative Shipping Association of Staples. 572. Farmers’ Marketing Association of Kent, Minnesota. 574. Elm Dale Shipping Association. 581. Independent Shipping Association of Detroit Lakes. 582. Forada Shipping Association. 588. Bellingham Cooperative Shipping Association. 596. Dumont Shipping Association.



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112.B.17.11B 2 597. Delft Shipping Association. 598. Spicer Shipping Association. 599. Farmers’ Cooperative Shipping Association of Winsted. 601. Brown Valley Cooperative Shipping Association. 603. Wood Lake Cooperative Shipping Association. 607. Echo Shipping Association. 611. Independent Cooperative Shipping Association of Deer Creek. 615. Farmers Union Shipping Association of Canby. 616. Farmers Livestock Shipping Association of Rushmore. 617. Farmers Union Shipping Association of Taunton. 621. Welcome Shipping Association. 623. Hinckley Community Cooperative Association. 627. Elbow Lake Farmers Cooperative Shipping Association. 628. Barnesville Cooperative Livestock Shipping Association. 633. Montgomery Cooperative Shipping Association. 637. Almora Cooperative Livestock Shipping Association. 640. Foxhome Farmers Livestock Shipping Association. 642. Farmers Cooperative Shipping Association of Silver Lake. 655. Searles Shipping Association. 658. Pine Cooperative Association.

Askov Livestock Shipping Association merger with Pine Cooperative Association.

661. Benson Cooperative Shipping Association. 665. Kandiyohi Farmers Cooperative Shipping Association. 676. St. James Shipping Association. 680. Bemidji Cooperative Shipping Association. 684. Fillmore County Farm Bureau Service Company. 686. Pine River Cooperative Shipping Association. 705. Mentor Cooperative Shipping Association. 708. Sandstone Livestock Cooperative Shipping Association. 709. Farmers’ Buying Association of Stillwater. 710. Farmers’ Union Shipping Association of Lac Qui Parle. 711. Farmers’ Union Shipping Association of Correll. 713. Houston County Farm Bureau Service Association, Caledonia. 714. Cooperative Farmers Northwest Grain Corporation,

Minneapolis. 714. Lincoln County Farm Bureau Service Association. 715. Aitkin County Farm Bureau Service Company. 716. Olmsted County Farm Bureau Service Association. 717. Steele County Farm Bureau Association. 718. Mower County Farm Bureau Service Association. 721. New York Mills Farmers Shipping Association. 722. Washington County Farm Bureau Service Association. 723. Wilkin County Farm Bureau Service Association.



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112.B.17.11B 2 724. Dodge County Farm Bureau Service Association. 725. Itasca County Farm Bureau Service Association. 726. Wheaton Farmers’ Cooperative Shipping Association. 730. Brandon Independent Livestock Shipping Association. 731. Otter Tail County Farm Bureau Service Association. 736. Nashua Cooperative Shipping Association. 738. Faribault County Farm Bureau Service Company.

112.B.17.12F 3 740. Farmers Cooperative Shipping Association, Ivanhoe. 743. Darfur Cooperative Shipping Association. 744. Winona County Farm Bureau Service Association, Lewiston. 745. Dakota County Farm Bureau Service Association, Farmington. 746. Goodhue County Farm Bureau Service Association, Zumbrota. 747. Freeborn County Farm Bureau Service Association, Albert

Lea. 748. Waseca County Farm Bureau Service Association, Waseca. 749. Scott County Farm Bureau Service Association, Jordan. 750. Cottonwood County Farm Bureau Service Association,

Windom. 751. Morrison County Farm Bureau Service Association, Little

Falls. 753. Beardsley Cooperative Shipping Association. 757. Norcross Cooperative Shipping Association. 766. Reiner Shipping Association, Town of Goodridge. 767. Moose Lake Cooperative Shipping Association. 770. Farmers’ Shipping Association of Wilder. 783. Becker County Livestock Shipping Association, Detroit Lakes. 786. Hope Cooperative Marketing Association. 791. Bertha Cooperative Egg Pool. 797. Cook Livestock Shipping Association. 808. Hendricks Community Shipping Association. 815. Farmers’ Shipping Association of Vining. 821. Kensington Shipping Association. 823. Morgan Cooperative Shipping Association. 824. Farmers Union Shipping Association of Grandview. 825. Farmers Union Shipping Association, Montevideo. 827. Villard Shipping Association. 829. Farmers Union Wool Marketing Association, St. Paul. 830. Farmers Union Shipping Association, Dudley. 831. Battle Lake Farmers Shipping Association. 835. Farmers Union Shipping Association of Dawson. 836. Erskine Cooperative Shipping Association. 842. Red River Valley Wool Growers Association, Thief River

Falls. 845. Bagley Cooperative Shipping Association. 851. Interstate Livestock Shipping Association, South St. Paul.



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112.B.17.12F 3 859. Beardsley Farmers Elevator Company. 862. Brooten Cooperative Shipping Association. 879. Odessa Shipping Association. 881. Merchants Cooperative Egg Association, Village of Walters. 883. Fifteenth District, Land O’Lakes Creameries, Inc. 885. St. Hilaire Cooperative Livestock Shipping Association. 890. Livestock Cooperative Shipping Association, Village of

Strandquist. 895. Twelfth District Cooperative Association (Land O’Lakes

Creameries, Inc.) 896. Meadowlands Farmers Produce Association. 897. Koochiching County Alsike Seed Growers’ Association,

Village of Littlefork. 898. Farmers’ Union Shipping Association of Odessa. 902. Perham Cooperative Shipping Association. 903. Rice County Farm Bureau Service Company, Faribault. 904. Tri-County Egg Association of Mapleton. 908. Blackduck Marketing Association. 909. Land O’Lakes Creameries, Inc., District No. 2, District

Cooperative Association, Mora. 910. Seventh District Cooperative Association, Sauk Centre (Land

O’Lakes Creameries, Inc.) 913. Browerville Farmers’ Produce Company. 917. Storden Shipping Association. 920. Tenth District Cooperative Association, St. James (Land

O’Lakes Creameries, Inc.). 924. Holloway Livestock Shipping Association. 925. Math Barzen Cooperative Elevator Association, Thief River

Falls. 926. Jeffers Shipping Association. 928. Minnesota-Iowa Beet Growers’ Association, Mankato. 929. Sherburne County Farm Bureau Service Association, Elk

River. 930. Eighth District Cooperative Association, Mankato (Land

O’Lakes Creameries, Inc.). 935. Cooperative Creameries Trucking Association, Detroit Lakes. 936. Koochiching County Farm Bureau Service Association,

International Falls. 942. Garfield Poultry Farms. 947. Strathcona Cooperative Shipping Association. 949. M.S.S. Osasto. 949. Ninth District Cooperative Association, Minneapolis (Land

O’Lakes Creameries, Inc.). 954. Farmers Cooperative Seed Association, Mabel. 962. Farmers Cooperative Creameries of Minnesota, St. Paul.



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112.B.17.12F 3 963. Fourth District Cooperative Association, Rushford (Land O’Lakes Creameries, Inc.).

967. Sixth District Cooperative Association, Faribault (Land O’Lakes Creameries, Inc.).

968. Florence Farmers Cooperative Shipping Association, South St. Paul.

970. Seventeenth District Cooperative Association, Thief River Falls (Land O’Lakes Creameries, Inc.).

975. Owatonna Milk Producers Association. 978. Mapleton Cooperative Shipping Association. 980. Fifth District Cooperative Association, Albert Lea (Land

O’Lakes Creameries, Inc.). 981. Cooperative Sales Agency, Inc., Village of Elysian. 989. Farmers Cooperative Shipping Association of Verdi. 1001. Kerkhoven Cooperative Shipping Association. 1002. Farm Womens Cooperative Association, Minneapolis. 1004. Aitkin Turkey Association. 1010. Radium Cooperative Shipping Association. 1018. St. Cloud Milk Producers’ Association. 1019. Waterville Shipping Association. 1029. Trout Lake Livestock Cooperative Association. 1030. Northern Rutabaga Growers’ Association, Askov. 1035. Head O’Lakes Poultry Producers, Cloquet. 1039. Northland Milk Producers Association, Angora. 1065. Mankato Milk Producers Association. 1066. Farmers Shipping Association of Wegdahl. 1075. Head O’Lakes Cooperative Fruit Growers Association,

Duluth. 1077. Greenbush Farmers Union Shipping Association. 1079. St. Louis County Farm Bureau Service Company, Duluth. 1087. Head O’Lakes Cooperative Dairy Association, Duluth. 1098. Renville County Farmers Union Elevator Company, Bird

Island. 1107. Freedhem Cooperative Creamery Association. 1108. Market Place Cooperative Association, St. Paul. 1121. Central Cooperative Service Association, South St. Paul. 1124. Garvin Farmers Cooperative Shipping Association. 1127. The Federated Cooperative Trucking Association,

Cambridge. 1129. Eden Valley Shipping Association. 1130. Grey Eagle Shipping Association. 1134. Redwood Cooperative Livestock Shipping Association. 1135. Steele County Livestock Cooperative Shipping Association,

Owatonna. 1140. Gibbons Farmers Cooperative Shipping Association. 1143. Farmers Cooperative Shipping Association of Murdock.



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112.B.17.12F 3 1146. Foxhome Cooperative Elevator Company. 1148. Warroad Potato Growers Association. 1149. Lemond Cooperative Shipping Association. 1162. Two Harbors Milk Dealers Association. 1164. Cherry Grove Cooperative Shipping Association. 1167. Holding Farmers’ Cooperative Shipping Association,

Holdingford. 1168. Vernon Cooperative Shipping Association. 1169. Frazee Cooperative Association. 1170. Royalton Cooperative Shipping Association. 1171. Nicollet Livestock Shipping Association. 1172. Lafayette Farmers Cooperative Shipping Association. 1174. Farmers Cooperative Shipping Association, St. Peter. 1176. Askov Federated Cooperative Trucking Association. 1182. Upsala Stock Shipping Association. 1189. Sobieske Farmers’ Cooperative Shipping Association. 1190. Harding Cooperative Shipping Association. 1193. Rice County Cooperative Shipping Association, Faribault. 1195. Ogilvie Cooperative Shipping Association. 1198. Elk River Cooperative Livestock Shipping Association. 1201. St. Louis County Certified & Registered Seed Potato

Growers Association, Eveleth. 1202. Tri-County Cooperative Shipping Association, Stewartville. 1203. Quincy-Dover Cooperative Shipping Association. 1206. Stearns County Farm Bureau Service Association, St. Cloud. 1207. Marshall Cooperative Shipping Association. 1216. Good Thunder Shipping Association. 1217. Dassel Cooperative Shipping Association. 1220. Maple Lake Farmers Shipping Association. 1223. Mountain Lake Shipping Association. 1226. Madison Lake Cooperative Shipping Association. 1227. Viola-Eyota Shipping Association. 1231. Farmers Cooperative Shipping Association of Rock Creek. 1232. Farmers Cooperative Shipping Association of Rock Creek. 1234. Blue Earth Livestock Shipping Association, Blue Earth. 1235. Hanska Farmers’ Cooperative Shipping Association. 1240. Western Itasca County Cooperative Shipping Association,

Deer River. 1246. Duluth Market Gardeners’ Association. 1270. Hendrum Cooperative Shipping Association. 1271. Brook Park Farmers Shipping Association. 1282. Fairmont Farmers Shipping Association.



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112.D.16.1B 4 Articles of incorporation, 1936-1974. These files also include amendments, certificates of dissolution, articles of merger, bylaws, extension of articles of incorporation, and related papers.

1288. Buffalo Lake Shipping Company. 1289. Northern Farmers Cooperative Exchange. 1293. Farmers Cooperative Elevator Service. 1297. Stewart Trucking Association. 1300. Thief River Falls Livestock Cooperative Shipping

Association. 1304. Mildred Poultry and Berry Association. 1311. Clearwater County Cooperative Trucking Association. 1312. Tyler Farmers Cooperative Shipping Association. 1316. Clinton Livestock Shipping Association. 1322. Eastern Itasca County Cooperative Shipping Association. 1323. Cuyuna Range Fruit Growers Association. 1325. Middle River Shipping Association. 1326. Northern Cooperative Shipping Association. 1335. Tri-County Shipping Association. 1339. Loman Cooperative Creamery Association. 1344. Claremont Farmer’s Cooperative Association. 1354. Viking Cooperative Association. 1357. Peoples Cooperative Service Association. 1365. Boon Lake Shipping Association. 1374. Farmers Elevator Cooperative Shipping Association. 1378. Winnebago Cooperative Shipping Association. 1379. Spring Lake Cooperative Shipping Association. 1380. Chokio Cooperative Shipping Association. 1381. Farmers Society of Equity of Dent. 1387. Minnesota Dairy Industry Committee. 1393. Morgan Cooperative Creamery Company. 1394. West Polk County Service Company 1410. Farmers Cooperative Shipping Association of Milaca,

Minnesota. 1424. Revere Shipping Association. 1439. Sibley Cooperative Shipping Association. 1441. Featherstone Cooperative Shipping Association. 1448. Community Cold Storage Cooperative Association. 1451. Koochiching Cooperative Shipping Association. 1452. Tri-County Cooperative Shipping Association of Floodwood. 1456. Dairy Cows Cooperative Association. 1460. McLeod County Shipping Association. 1470. Rum River Valley Exchange. 1485. Southern Minnesota Growers Association.



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112.D.16.1B 4 1487. Cokato Farmers’ Cooperative Shipping Association. 1488. Head of the Lakes Milk Producers Cooperative Union. 1491. Twin Valley Cooperative Shipping Association. 1493. Truman Farmers Shipping Association. 1494. Farmers Cooperative Creamery Association of Zimmerman,

Minnesota. 1497. Clay County Service Company. 1498. Shelly Cooperative Shipping Association. 1499. Wadena Cooperative Shipping Association. 1500. C and W Cooperative Shipping Association. 1501. Winger Cooperative Shipping Association. 1502. Farmers Service Company. 1503. East Polk County Service Company. 1504. Red Lake County Service Company. 1507. Pipestone County Service Company. 1520. Burschville Cooperative Marketing Association. 1527. Fergus Falls Livestock Shipping Association. 1542. Cloverdale Cooperative Shipping Association of Cloverdale,

Minnesota. 1553. Garden City Creamery Association. 1562. Lake of the Woods Cooperative Shipping Association. 1563. Gaylord Cooperative Shipping Association. 1572. Mesaba Cooperative Marketing Association. 1578. Farmers Cooperative Creamery Company of Garvin,

Minnesota. 1581. Farmers Cooperative Elevator Shipping Association of

Appleton. 1588. Upsala Cooperative Creamery Association. 1594. Sveadahl Cooperative Creamery Association. 1597. West Hayfield Cooperative Association. 1617. Marshall County Service Company. 1618. Norman County Service Company. 1629. Beltrami Farmers Union Cooperative Association. 1637. Farmers Cooperative Creamery Association of Grasston,

Minnesota. 1646. Ormsby Cooperative Shipping Association. 1650. Lake Wilson Cooperative Shipping Association. 1655. Farmers Cooperative Elevator Association. 1656. Mahnomen Farmers Cooperative Grain Association. 1657. Climax Grain Cooperative Association. 1658. Farmers Union Grain Association. 1659. Breckenridge Cooperative Shipping Association. 1661. Farmers’ Cooperative Elevator Association of McIntosh,

Minnesota. 1664. Granite Falls Shipping Association. 1668. Clinton Cooperative Farmers Elevator Association.



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112.D.16.1B 4 1670. Producers Cooperative Shipping Association. 1673. Morris Cooperative Elevator Association. 1676. Morristown Cooperative Shipping Association. 1680. Farmers Cooperative Trading Company of Lake Bronson. 1681. Clay Center Cooperative Association. 1682. Tabor Farmers Cooperative Association. 1686. Red Lake Falls Cooperative Elevator. 1696. Central Minnesota Farmers Cooperative Association of

Motley, Minnesota. 1706. Murray County Cooperative Shipping Association. 1729. Almelund Creamery Company. 1730. Minhybrid Growers Association. 1741. Sebeka Cooperative Trucking Association. 1746. Clearbrook Elevator Association. 1749. Greenbush Coop. Grain & Seed Association. 1751. Clitherall Cooperative Shipping Association. 1754. Janesville Creamery Association. 1760. Starbuck Cooperative Elevator Association. 1762. Farmer’s Cooperative Grain & Seed Association. 1763. Brooks Farmers Cooperative Association. 1764. Fish Lake and Harris Cooperative Shipping Association. 1765. Minnesota Falls Cooperative Elevator Association. 1768. Alberta Farmers Cooperative. 1770. Perley Farmers Cooperative Elevator Association. 1773. Gluek Cooperative Elevator Association. 1780. Roseau County Service Co. 1782. Atwater Cooperative Shipping Association. 1783. Gopher State Coop. Egg Association Of Windom, Minnesota. 1785. Donaldson Farmers Cooperative Elevator Association. 1792. La Porte Shipping Association. 1799. Riggers Cooperative Dairy Association. 1801. March Farmers Cooperative Elevator Association. 1803. Fertile Cooperative Shipping Association. 1805. Gary Creamery Association. 1815. Barry Farmers Cooperative Association. 1816. Doran Farmers Elevator. 1818. Pumpkin Hollow Dairy Association. 1819. Madison Cooperative Shipping Association. 1822. State Line Produce Association of Gordonsville, Minnesota. 1827. Leonard Cooperative Shipping Association. 1836. Erskine Creamery Association. 1837. Clearbrook Cooperative Shipping Association. 1838. Lake Park Creamery Company. 1839. Farmers’ Shipping Association of Strathcona. 1845. Mabel Feed Association. 1847. Vernon Center Cooperative Shipping Association.



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112.D.16.1B 4 1850. St. Michael Cooperative Creamery Association. 1857. Swift-Pope Cooperative Shipping Association. 1859. Porter Cooperative Shipping Association. 1862. Pillager-Motley Cooperative Association. 1864. Southern Minnesota Beet Growers. 1865. Mountain Lake Cooperative Creamery Association. 1869. St. Leo Cooperative Shipping Association. 1878. Salol Farmers Union Cooperative Elevator Association. 1881. Paradise Poultry Cooperative Association. 1888. Granada Cooperative Shipping Association. 1895. New Ulm Cooperative Shipping Association. 1898. Twin Valley Cooperative Elevator. 1906. Renville County Farm Improvement Association. 1911. Minnesota Lake Cooperative Shipping Association. 1913. Itasca County Farm Improvement Association. 1914. Belview Farmers Union Cooperative Association. 1918. Graceville Cooperative Shipping Association. 1921. Anoka County Farm Bureau Service Company. 1923. Hoffman Cooperative Grain Association. 1924. Carlton County Farm Improvement Association. 1926. Dakota County Farm Improvement Association. 1928. Morrison County Farm Improvement Association. 1929. Sunberg Cooperative Livestock Shipping Association. 1951. West Stearns Cooperative Shipping Association. 1954. Minneapolis Market Gardeners Association. 1965. Fairfax Cooperative Shipping Association. 1972. Mazeppa Shipping Association. 1985. Hamburg Livestock Shipping Association. 2002. Greenwood Prairie Cooperative Shipping Association. 2004. Washington County Farm Improvement Association. 2009. Plummer Cooperative Shipping Association. 2029. Farmers Union Elevator Association, Thorpe. 2036. Nicollet County Farm Bureau Service Company. 2050. Keystone Cooperative Shipping Association. 2056. Beltrami County Farmers Union Cooperative Association. 2060. Farmers Shipping Association of Georgeville, Minnesota. 2061. Todd County Cooperative Truck Association. 2066. Moorhead Onion Cooperative Warehouse Association. 2076. Our Own Cooperative Shipping Association. 2079. Perley Cooperative Shipping Association. 2081. Farmers Shipping Association of Lewisville, Minnesota. 2085. New Munich Cooperative Shipping Association. 2089. Ulen Cooperative Shipping Association. 2092. Westbrook Cooperative Shipping Association. 2096. Starbuck Shipping Association.



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112.D.16.1B 4 2098. Brownton Cooperative Shipping Association; Brownton-New Auburn Livestock Shipping Association.

2099. Garden City Shipping Association. 2102. Elrosa Shipping Association. 2106. Buckman Cooperative Shipping Association. 2113. Fertile Farmers Union Elevator Association. 2117. Valley Cooperative Shipping Association. 2130. Farmers Shipping Association of Ashby, Minnesota. 2168. Warren Cooperative Shipping Association. 2169. Farmers Union Cooperative Elevator. 2195. Gully Farmers Livestock Shipping Association. 2197. Stevens County Service Company. 2198. Kittson County Farm Bureau Service Company. 2211. East Otter Tail Farm Bureau Service Company. 2212. Jackson County Farm Bureau Service Company. 2215. Fillmore County Farm Bureau Service Company. 2216. Renville County Farm Bureau Service Company. 2217. Sibley County Farm Bureau Service Association. 2219. Wright County Farm Bureau Service Company. 2225. Traverse County Farm Bureau Service Company. 2239. Mahnomen County Farm Bureau Service Company. 2242. Wabasha County Farm Bureau Service Company. 2244. Lac qui Parle County Farm Bureau Service Company. 2250. Madelia Cooperative Shipping Association. 2256. McLeod County Service Company. 2257. Redwood County Service Company. 2260. Henning Farmers Cooperative Shipping Association. 2266. Becker County Service Company. 2268. Todd County Farm Bureau Service Company. 2278. Carlton County Service Company. 2299. Lancaster Livestock Shipping Association. 2333. Benton County Farm Bureau Service Company. 2349. Martin County Farm Bureau Company. 2374. Ramsey County Service Company. 2398. Mille Lacs County Service Company. 2406. Third District Cooperative Association. 2407. Battle Lake Shipping Association. 2413. LaSalle Live Stock Shipping Association. 2415. Butterfield Livestock Marketing Association. 2438. Fourth District Cooperative Association. 2457. Farmers Cooperative Shipping Association of Park Rapids. 2483. Mahnomen Cooperative Shipping Association.



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112.D.16.2F 5 2518. Thirteenth District Cooperative Association. 2544. Newfolden Cooperative Shipping Association. 2547. Menahga Cooperative Shipping Association. 2553. Mizpah Cooperative Shipping Association. 2555. Fosston Live Stock Shipping Association. 2589. Callaway Cooperative Shipping Association. 2603. Lyon County Farm Bureau Service Association. 2671. McIntosh Cooperative Shipping Association. 2771. Lake of the Woods Potato Growers Association. 2845. Tri-County Cooperative Association of Claremont. 2864. Rapidan Cooperative Shipping Association. 2865. Tri-County Cooperative Egg Association. 2927. St. Paul Growers Association. 2960. Houston County Cooperative Shipping Association. 2971. Fourteenth District Cooperative Association. 2972. Blooming Prairie Cooperative Shipping Association. 2998. Koochiching Timber Producers Association. 3011. Onamia Shipping Association. 3037. Dunnell Livestock Association. 3093. South Eastern Minnesota Cooperative Creameries Shipping

Association. 3094. Hutchinson Cooperative Shipping Association. 3096. Kilkenny and Waterville Cooperative Shipping Association. 3126. Brownsdale Cooperative Shipping Association. 3134. Waldorf Farmers Cooperative Shipping Association. 3135. Balaton Shipping Association. 3146. Brainerd Livestock Shipping Association. 3150. Winona Cooperative Shipping Association. 3157. Korona Cooperative Shipping Association. 3158. Sauk Center Cooperative Shipping Association. 3175. Vergas Cooperative Shipping Association. 3183. Watkins Shipping Association. 3185. Grove City Shipping Association. 3196. New Prague Cooperative Shipping Association. 3204. Lonsdale Cooperative Shipping Association. 3225. Claremont Cooperative Shipping Association. 3228. Randall Cooperative Shipping Association. 3236. Marshall Milk Producers Association. 3248. Adams Cooperative Shipping Association. 3258. Grygla Cooperative Shipping Association. 3277. Chisago City Shipping Association. 3282. Lake Park Shipping Association. 3283. Southern Minnesota Creameries Association. 3284. Root River Livestock Cooperative Shipping Association. 3285. Plainview Cooperative Shipping Association. 3297. Dovray Cooperative Shipping Association.



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112.D.16.2F 5 3310. Guthrie Livestock Shipping Association. 3312. Northern Park Blue Grass Growers Association. 3313. Pierz Cooperative Livestock Shipping Association. 3314. Sauk Rapids Shipping Association. 3322. Eleventh District Cooperative Association. 3323. Motley Cooperative Shipping Association. 3330. Minnesota Egg Producers Association. 3340. Ivanhoe Cooperative Shipping Association. 3348. Carlisle Livestock Shipping Association. 3366. Hallock Farmers Shipping Association. 3378. Lindstrom Livestock Shipping Association. 3391. Hitterdal Cooperative Shipping Association. 3406. Delavan Feed Buyers Cooperative Association. 3409. Ostrander Cooperative Shipping Association. 3415. Karlstad Cooperative Shipping Association. 3422. Clements Cooperative Shipping Association. 3426. Tintah Livestock Shipping Association. 3427. Sleepy Eye Cooperative Shipping Association. 3432. Beltrami County Cooperative Shipping Association. 3433. American Dairy Foods, Inc. 3435. Storden Shipping Association. 3436. Meriden Cooperative Shipping Association. 3437. Northfield Cooperative Shipping Association. 3444. Nashua-Tintah Cooperative Shipping Association. 3451. Milaca Shipping Association. 3453. Eagle Bend Shipping Association. 3454. Pineco Evergreen. 3456. Elysian Cooperative Shipping Association. 3461. East & West Union Cooperative Shipping Association. 3462. New London Shipping Association. 3469. Henderson Shipping Association. 3473. Granite Ledge Shipping Association. 3477. Howard Lake Farmer’s Cooperative Shipping Association. 3480. Duluth Superior Milk Producers Association. 3481. Nelson Shipping Association. 3483. Alexandria-Nelson Cooperative Shipping Association. 3507. Dent Cooperative Shipping Association. 3508. South Central Grade A Milk Producers Cooperative

Association. 3530. Federated Milk Producers. 3534. Minnesota Pulpwood Producers Association. 3537. Turkey Producers Association of America, Inc. 3569. Red River Valley Sugarbeet Growers Association, Inc. 3613. Northwestern Minnesota Timbermen’s Association. 3633. Lake States Organized Loggers, Inc. 3640. Equity Zumbrota Livestock Marketing Cooperative.



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112.D.16.2F 5 Unnumbered Articles of Incorporation: Genetics Unlimited Co., 1976. Unnumbered Articles of Consolidation, 1974-1975.

Kittson County Cooperative Shipping Association. Park Rapids Cooperative Shipping Association. Perham Cooperative Shipping Association.

List of cooperatives instituting proceedings for dissolution, December 30, 1955.

Index card file of cooperatives, [ca. 1928]-1962. Arranged alphabetically by city.

Index card file of cooperatives not included in articles of incorporation, 1941.

Arranged alphabetically by cooperatives.