The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-04
MARKET BUREAU IS
ADVOCATED BY kO|NEn
Commissioner OF Agriculture VIII Ash,
the General Assembly to lnaugu-
rate II.
DECLARES 1T A PRACTICAL NEED
OF FARMERS SITUATION
VIII Assist the Producers of State BY
Giving Vital Information As to To-
cation OF Demand and Condition of
Markets

Virginia, in the opinion of Commits
sioner OF agriculture George w.
koiner. needs a market bureau con.
nected with the State Department OF
Agriculture and he viii ask the MEM
bers OF the General Assembly, which
meets on January IL, to make suf-
ficient appropriation for the establish
ment of this adjunct to the DEPART
ment.
In discussing this subject yesterday
Commissioner koiner said:
There are thirteen States having a
market bureau in their Departments of
Agriculture. and their work has proved
very helpful TO the farmer. The re-
ports of the National Department Of
Agriculture show that the farmer gets
less than half of the price Of his
products which the consumer pays.
The reason for this is the farmer. per-
mits it. He is content to receive the
price the other fellow offers, and hs
10 content 10 pay the price. when he
buys. that the other fellow asks The
farmer is isolated and has not the
opportunity TO get the desired market
Information when he needs H. Neither
has lie the Information regarding lo-
cations and conditions OF markets re-
auirtng his kind of products. The
farmer needs practical help very
badly in these matters. He needs also
CO. operation some Intelligent system
should be adopted that Will help the
farmer 10 get his share of the value
of his crops and To avoid giuts in the
markets as much as possible, Over
abundance of products on certain dsys
to Be followed by dearth OF supply
Is conditions tsfHt must harm all
parties interested"
To Ask Appropriation.
we shall ask our General Assembly
to make an appropriation to the De-
pa rtment OF Agriculture 10 enable US
to ssta blish a market bureau to as
slst. our farmers as much as possible
by giving all the information obtain
ati. as 70 market locations and condi-
tons One instance will illustrate the
helpfulness OF this kind OF work. In
this instance a wholesome house was
getting beans from a distant State.
paving a high freight rate. while in
the same state where this wholesale
house was located there was section
where the farmers were growing large
quantities OF beans and were not able
TO fnd market. The market bureau
found this out. putting the sellers and
the result was the wholesale house
gave the farmers one-hslf of the price
OF the freight haul over the price paid
by them to another State. The farm
ers received a good price. and the deal
ers also were benefited"
Aim to Locate Markets.
The average farmer has no oppor-
tunity to find the hest markets or to
be familiar with the grading and pack
ing necessary to place his products In
the most advantageous condition on
those markets. A market bureau In
this State could he made valuable
help to our farmers in the preparation
and marketing OF their crops. In fact.
such practical help would greatly en-
courage many farmers to diversity
their crops more than they are now
q ding by nahlinR them TO nrofitahlF