Excerpt from Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc: Economic Impact of a Dairy Cooperative This economic history of Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc., (prairie Farms) sheds light on how and why it grew and its economic impact on members, staff, and the area served. Attention is given to the policies followed in the cooperative's growth process. Over more than four decades, Prairie Farms, a cooperative headquartered at Carlinville, Ill., has developed into one Of the larger cooperatives primarily processing and distributing fluid milk over a wide territory. With 18 operating plants distributing milk and 23 additional distribution points, the cooperative distributes milk in seven States but primarily serves Illinois and St. Louis. 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.