Agricultural Publishers Association Records, Series No. 8/3/80, Box 16, Page 1 of Minutes of the APA meeting, Chicago, Illinois, January 26, 1944., President Charles E. Sweet reports that the 25 members when 1943 began represented a total circulation of 7,700,000. The present 34 members represent a total combined circulation of more than 11,750,000. APA now has within its membership all but four of the total number of publications eligible for membership.