Reasonable reserves for necessary purposes may be created by a cooperative, which shall be credited to patrons in accordance with the ratio which their patronage bears to total patronage.

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Source: SDC 1939, § 11.1131 (3) (a) as enacted by SL 1965, ch 23, § 1.