Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-10-07
BETTER SYSTEM
OF MARKETING
SAVES MILLIONS

Five and a half millions dollars.
That is the amount of savings and in
creased profits estimated to have
been secured by producers through
the assistance of the United States
bureau of markets field representa-
tive in marketing, working in CO.
operation with state marketing
agencies in eleven states during the
year ended June co.. 1920. This fig
ure is made up of hundreds of indi-
vidual items of sayings and addi-
ton profits estimated by growers.
shippers and marketing agencies
Estates bureau of markets.
State cooperative work in mar
keting is carried On by the United
States department of agriculture in
thirty-one states. but information re-
garding the total savings effected in
all of them is not yet available.
Improvement in methods of mar
keting and distributing farm products
is the object of this marketing work.
investigations of grading; packing,
made and visual demonstrations
given producers to familiarize them
with the best marketing methods.
Thus, some 200 denominations of ap-
proved practices of preparing farm
products for market and over 700
talks relative to. packing, grading,
handling, storing and selling farm
products and the formation of as
Sc Citations for cooperative activity
were given. In one state alone two
cooperative live stock shipping as
sociations, with a membership of
5000 shippers, were formed, and an
estimated saving of $73,548 secured
through the cooperative shipping of
333 cars of cattle, hogs and sheep
from thirty-nine counties.
Aid MaYkafjnO ORGANIZATIONS
While complete igures are not
available, those at hand show that
the field men were instrumental in
the formation of 1873 marketing or
shipping associations and fifty-seven
fruit or vegetable associations. They
also assisted in the organization of
twelve credit unions and nineteen
declarations of existing associations,
scope. One hundred and sixty-six
| wool pools, handling over 10000, 900
pounds of wool were given assist
ance in organization and grading.
In number of states the field men,
adoption of federal standards for
farm products and containers. One
hundred and thirty-eight groups of
Producers were assisted in making
| cooperative sales. One sale included
AT head of cattle. which sold for So
508.97 above the prices quoted. by
local buyers on the day of sale.
Instruction in the marketing Of
sweet potatoes was given producets
and shippers in the Southern states.
| In one state plans and specifications
| for 80 sweet potato storage houses
were furnished and in another state
| So storage houses constructed from
plans furnished by the United States
| bureau of markets. A sweet potato
| exhibit car was arranged and moved
I 1r.no n Job
| ing 81 points in the sweet potato
| producing sections. The exhibit In
Guided a miniature model storage
| house, working plans and specitica-
ton" for storage houses. pictures,
charts and slides showing approved
storing, grading and packing.
Demonstrates Approved Methods
Exhibits illustrating approved
marketing practices were conducted
these exhibits were in connection
with state or district fairs or at
expositions of more than state i'm
portance. Colorado's potato ship
ments run from 5000 to 1880 cars
year. Of this quantity, 40 per
months when there is great danger
of frost damage in transit. To slim
| ulate interest among Colorado potato
growers and shippers in better mar
| keting conditions, an exhibit of a
| full-sized freight car was produced
western potato show this year to
show by actual demonstration proper
| methods of lining and loading cars
of potatoes to prevent loss from
| freezing in transit. and of sewing
slipping through the tops of sacks.
! Some 5000 people attended the ex-
| hibit, and it is confidently believed