Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-07-02
DAILY MAR
'''''' KET SlE'I' REPORTS
May be Available During Com
ing Cantaloupe Season
GOVERNMENT NEWS
SERVICE PROPOSED
Will Give Daily Reports of Crop Con-
ditions, Cars In Transit and
Prevailing Prices

Thru the state agricultural de-
partment and Director Blinn of
the Rocky Ford experiment
station The Enterprise has been
put in touch with proposed SER
vice by the department of agri-
culture that when in actual work
ing operation will be of untold
benefit to farmers and growers
everywhere.
The proposed service is best
told bv Charles j. Brand, chief of
the office of Markets and Rural
Organization, to the Colorado
Agricultural college, and trans
mitted to Mr.. Blinn early this
week. Says Mr.. Brand:
SIN our conference we explained to
you what we have done in conducting
market news service for the straw
berry crop, and think it was stated
that we proposed to render similar ser
vice in connection with the tomato,
peach and cantaloupe movement.
Briefly, the information which we will
have will consist of telegraphic re-
port each night from each of the trans
portation companies handling any of
these commodities in CARROTS, showing
number of cars loaded during the pre-
ceding "a hours, and the districts from
which they were shipped usually by
railroad divisions. We can also obtain
destinations if it seems worth while.
number of reports from important
shippers, growers associations. etc..
giving the condition of the bulk of the
shipments and f. o. b. prices prevailing
in producing sections. This informa-
we can consolidate in one wire for the
pay the telegraph tolls on day-letter
conveying it.
An hour or two later in the forenoon
we shall have reports from large
number of important markets giving
arrivals and prices; this information is
also to be summarized and made avail
able in the same way.
We believe that large number of
local daily papers in important produc-
ing sections would be glad to receive
one or both of these telegraphic sum-
maries for at least few weeks during
the height of the shipping season. In
some towns which have no daily papers
but which are located in important
shipping districts, the chambers of
commerce or other commercial organi-
cations might be glad to pay for these
wires for short time when they will
be of greatest interest to the commun-
ity.
1t is suggested therefore, that you
acquaint your state and county agents
throughout the country with the ex-
terms upon which it can be secured,
and request them to briug it to the at
tention of any one who is likely to be
sufficiently interested to pay the tele-
graph tolls. We can supply a. sum-
mary of these kilograms by mail daily
to limited number of persons. but
YOU will realize that it is impossible for
us to offer to do this for all applicants,
as we would soon have daily mailing
list running into the thousands.
1t appears to me that in certain
states we might even go SO far as to
transmit our information at govern
ment expense to one of your state or
district agents, who could redistribute
it at reduced cost to local parties, pro-
yided the local interest was sufficiently
awakened to justify this expenditure
of time and money on our part and on
his
During the cantaloupe season, at
least, such information as is above
proposed would be Of vast impor-
tance and benefit to both canta-
loupe growers and shippers, and
upon his own initiative 2. X.
Blinn is writing to Chief Brand
for further information regarding
the probable cost of telegraphic
service, etc. and it is practically
assured that the daily market re-
ports will be available. If SO,
arrangements will probably be
made to disseminate the news
thruout the county by the Otero
County Agricultural association.