Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-01-08

may be en- indiana iobber, who con
signs 20 a commission dealer In To
ledo. o.; here the seed may be pur
chased BY a merhcant and shipped I,
wholesale dealer "a a distant city
The last middieman IN this course nj
distribution " a country atorekeopcl
or \ city dealsr In aaricultural SUD.
pllcM
MaFkrt F7acss and warchoures.
Public market places are epts biish.
"a In a numher OF cities and towns
and IN these places consumers MAJ
buy such articles az fruit. vegcta bles
dairy producte. poultry and eggs a..
rect from farmers o. well az from
dealers.
Another institution which aids the
producer 20 dispose OF his crop Is the
public warehouse. Illustrations Of this
are afforded In tho marketing Of TO.
baccO In Virginia and North Carolina,
wool from the northern Rocky noun
tain states. aud 10 some extent rice
IN Louisiana and Texas. The grow
eFs or their representatives.. with their
produce. meet the buyers at these
warehouses.
Diversion In Transit.
while farm products are in transit
By rail-, there are certain points ai
which the conslgnor may designate
. hnal destination. The purpose Of
this practice IN 10 enable tho con-
eignor 10 find the best market for his
goods. This in tho plan followed IN
shipping fruits and vegetables by rail
from California TO tho east and frOm
southern states 60 the north.
Associative Marketing.
The secretary Of agriculture has
much 10 say concerning associative
marketing BY farmers. and the eoo-
homie advantages ara stated In detail
- survey OF the aystems Of Market
Ing farm products clearly discovers
vha, the farfnefs can besH do "a
their advantages. They must asso.
clatc Themselves together FOR the
purpose Of assembling their individual
contributions OF products. OF shipping
IN carload lots. Or obtaining market
news al places TO which "a IL practical
o. scnd their products. to sell In q
considerable number 90 markets. n
not In many markets. and TO secure
Tho various other economlc gains Of
associative selling"
To carr out this suggestluu. Il IL
recommended that " congress csiab-
bshes q division Of markets. a corps
Of travelling field agents be- maintained
to assist armces - form associations
fur marketing their products.
Hsstluiat0s u Fruit and Vegetable
supply.
II h 9lsp recommended that csti-
mates Ut tho prospective supply of
fruits and vegetables and perhs ps
other products not how repUercnted
In thu qualitative estimates OF the
departments crop reporting service.
be made n sh0Ft time before harvest.
80 that the farmer may have In
mind a tairiy definite idea OF tho vol.
umo of the crop throughout the
country In order that he may occupy
"A place In the market that IL fair TO
hlmeelf or 80 the caso may b.. a
place In the market that IL fair to
the consumer"
General market news service is not
recommended ~ such service we're
derived from telcsru phic reports. tho
expense would be enormous. one
farmers marketing association spends
Ato,oOO a year IN tclcgraphing alone
and fruit growers organization
spends $4,000 Tor this service.
lteld Agents and correspondents.
II IT. proposed that corps uf tTaN-
clins hcld agents and large corps
of local agents and correspondents
bc established 'or tho following Items
OF service. To help producers organ-
izo for associative marketing: TO Cx-
anime and remove local difficulties la
the way OF such marketing. 10 help
producers to lind markets. to report
the current descriptive condition ~
crops, In addition to tho work already
done by tho departments crop re-
porting service, To estimate the pruh-
able production uf crops short iime
before harvest. 10 report the begin
MING and ending 81 the shipping sea-
son, To report the crop movement
from producing points through gate
wuNs' ~ principal markets
subjects for Investigation.
Among the subjects whose inycs.
tigatlOn is suggested are tho storage
ui farm products either on the farm
~ elsewhere pending their sale. the
business Of commission dealers. the
various costs OF marketing, properly
itcmized, ana compared with prices
OF products al the farm and with
consumers prices, description ui
principal markets aud of chief pro-
ducing regions. and some problems
Of transportation
Some Information with regard "a
foreign markets. II H. advised. might
De made useful 10 producers n ID
proposed also 90 keep an elaborate
record OF prices of furm products la