The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1946-10-12
CENTRAL FARMERS MARKET
ITO BE AMONG NATIONS BEST,
SAYS COMMISSIONER CORLEY

Mississippi Central Farmers Mar
ket will have been organized with
all the good points of practically
every known market in the nation
whel. it opens, ST Corley. Commits
sioIer of Agriculture. predicted to
day.
Leon Scott, fruit ard vegetable
Inspector, State Department Of AS
riculture, recently returned from an
| inspection tour of ten leading mar
lkets in the nation, as authorized by
the Market Board, reported en-
couraging findings and optomistic
opinions from market msSters over
the country. Mr.. SCOTS tour OF in
spection took him from Crystal
Springs to Michigan and the Pacific
coast, covering nearly 5000 miles
in 80 days.
Truckers the nation over want
10 know beforehand that there will
be produce available in sufficient
quantities and variety of seasonal
commodities to select from before
send;ng trucks and buyers into pro-
ducing areas" Mr.. Scott said. TOO,
truckers and produce buyers are
demanding variety and superior
products, no matter where the mar
ket is located" he continued.
Mississippi marketing opportuni-
ties are pitifully lacking in there
being no central market, and we
are far behind in offering the farm
er place to show and process his
produce" Mr.. Scott said.
New Day Coming
The purpose of this tour was to
give the Market Board first hand
report on "Any markets in the
United States selected to visit" that
had not already been reported on
The tour started from Crystal
Springs to Benton Harbor, Michi-
gan, to visit the fruit market there,
and to st. Louis, followed by an
inspection tour at City Market in
Kansas City, Missouri. Some time
was spent with managers and deal
ers at the Denargo and Wazee Mar
ket in Denver, and at the Growers
Market Company in Salt Lake City
On the West Coast, the market
at Los Angeles was visited, then
markets at Phoenix, Arizona; Ell
( Paso and Dallas, Texas; and Shreve-
port. In Los Angeles the Central
| Wholesale Terminal Market was in
spected, and the City Market in Ell
Paso. The splendid Municipal Pro-
duce Market at Dallas compared
nearest to the type market antici-
pated in Mississippi. Last stop was
an examination of administration
and facilities of the Municipal Pro.
duce Farmers Market in Shreve-
port, Louisiana.
Mr.. Scott said new day fol-
mississippi producers is dawning
and new period for buyers AND
professors in this state. A most
productive area will be made avail
able to professors and truckers
not common to Mississippi produc-
. ers at this time.
| Where heretofore there has been
defensive, but strictly seasonal, truck
farming and shipping in the Crystal
Springs area, it was estimated there
would be year around market for
producers of all sorts of produce
| throughout the entire state here
after.
Many new money crops" will be
planted, since it appears new and
steady market will be constantly on
hand. Ordinary vegetables now pro-
/ duced in scattered areas and in the
home gardens will soon find place
on Mississippi farm planting sched-
Iules. Some crops now planted in
Imost instances for home use, for
example, carrots, beets, spinach
squash, and okra, will be produced
in sufficient quantities the year
| around to warrant facilities fol
grading and marketing on large
scale.