The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-01-11

| various States with those Of the
department.
The issuance Of monthly cold
storage reports on apples has
been continued. and the work has
been extended to include butter,
eggs and cheese. These reports
show the cold->torage holdings
throughout the country and in
clude comparison Of the hold
Tags Of the cE-rent year with
those Of the previous year. IL
cooperation with carriers. extern
Sive Investigations Of the econo-
mic waste Of foodstuffs in transit
have been conducted. The OBJ
ject of these Investigations is to
secure better cooperation between |
shippers and carriers and great
CT efficiency in methods Of handl-
ing. with view To eliminate or
at least greatly to reduce. the
present waste.
Well-teSted systems of ac-
counts and records for primary /
grain elevators. for livestock ship !!
ping associations and for cooper !
ativeS stores have heen issued.
Systems for country creameries |,
and cotton warehouses have been |
devised and are being tested un-
d.r commercial conditions. Sys
TENS perfected by the department i
for farmers cooperative elevators
and for fruit and produce aSSocia |
tions already are in extensive U.s..
4 plan for adapting farmers
grain elevator companies TO the
Observation-Disclosures basis has |
| been worked out and published.
marketing Live Stock and Meats.
y systematic survey of central
lied livestock markets. begun dur
ing 1915. has been extended 70
cover practically all the large
stock wards centers. Arrange
In"ntS have been made with SO .
Stockyard companies to secure
monthly reports Of livestock re-
! ceipt> and shipments. 4 uni
form system Of market records ,
has been adopted. at the instance
Of the department. by number
og the yards. Iwenty-six COM
panicS are reporting stocker and
feeder shipments separately. in
accordance with a form prepared
10y the Office of Markets and Rur-
al Organization.
An investigation Of the orga l..
iZation and conduct of coopera- !
tive livestock shipping associa-
ti"nS. begun during 1915. has
been completed and the results
published.
\ conference relative to the
marketing of live stock and meats
was held at Chicago November IS
and i6. 1915. for the purpose OF
'aScertaining the essential facts
pertaining to tn" industry. with a
view +" bringing about more ST
able marketing conditions. moro
efficient methods. closer cooper i
alton. and better understanding
among all the interests connected
with the Industry"
Methods and costs of marketing
| live stock and means in the .
| United STATES were investigated.
y preliminary investigation of tln
sources. accuracy and use of
market reports on live stock and
meats has been made. The re-
suits Of this study also have heeI
published and have been utilized
in the development of plans for
the organization Of demons ra-
| ton market n"w> service for live
stock similar to that now con-
Quoted for p"rishahlc crops. An
appropriation of sos 900 has been
made available for the purpose.
Other subjects which received at
t"nti"n are public ahattoirs.
transportation of live stock. organ
ization and methods of the whole
sale meat packing industry. and
| local marketing of live stock and
meats.
Surveys have been made of the
marketing facilities for agricult-
ural products in nine cities and
advice has been given regarding
the location. establishment and
management of municipal retail
and wholesale public markets.
Detailed studies also have been
made of local conditions in other
cities.
designations concerning m"th
DDS of handling and grading per
ishable products and the practi-
cability of the Standardization
of the products and their con- ain
"rs have progressed rapidly. Ten
tativc grades for sweet potatoes
Of Arkansas and Bermuda. onions
of Texas have been worked out
and adopted by the local growers
associations.
Market News Service
The value to producers of fruit
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