History 
References and useful sources of information

Cobia, D. ed. 1989. Cooperatives in agriculture. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Inc.

Farm Credit Council web site. Farm Credit System section. Online. Retrieved August 18, 1999. http://www.fccouncil.com/public2/fcsystem/history.htm .

Frederick, D.A. 1997. Co-ops 101: An introduction to cooperatives. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Business - Cooperative Service division, Cooperative Information Report 55. Online. Retrieved August 13, 1999. http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rbs/pub/cir55/cir55rpt.htm .

Mather, J.W., K.C. DeVille, A.L. Gessner and C.C. Adams. Revised 1998. Cooperative Historical Statistics. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Cooperative Information Report 1, Section 26.  Online. Retrieved September 1, 1999. http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rbs/pub/cir1s26.pdf .

National Cooperative Business Association web site. Online. Retrieved August 16, 1999.  http://www.cooperative.org .

National Grange web site. Online. Retrieved August 18, 1999. http://www.nationalgrange.org/whatis.htm .

Richardson, R.M., C.C. Adams, K.C. DeVille, J.E. Penn and C.A. Kraenzle.1998. Farmer Cooperative Statistics, 1997. U.S. Department of Agriculture, RBS Service Report 56. Online. Retrieved September 1, 1999. http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rbs/pub/sr56.pdf .

Vogelsang, D.L., J.M. Bailey, L.C. Biser, E.E. Eversull and J.W. Mather. 1993. Cooperative organization and structure: Farmer cooperatives in the United States. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Cooperative Information Report 1, Section 6. Online. Retrieved September 1, 1999.  http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rbs/pub/cir1sec6.pdf .

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