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Told of Progress
Regional SS Group
Southern States Cooperative’s dollar volume for the first six months of the 1965-66 fiscal year stood at $43,600, 000-up $1,500,000 over the same period a year ago. Net savings for the same period totalled $675,000, an increase of over 50 per cent from the previous year. This information was contained in a report presented by J. H. Buchholz, Director of Wholesale Services of the cooperative, to members at a regional board meeting held in Culpeper, February 15. A total of 44 of these regional meetings are now being held by Southern States over a five-state area. The cooperative serves over 234,000 farmer-members in Virginia, West Virginia, Mary
94.4%