The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-07-29
MILLION-DOLLAR MISSISSIPPI
MARKET OPENS ON AUGUST 1ST

Seuliai Farmers Market, which
VIII begin operating August LIST,
Is expected to draw producers and
buyers from a 200-mile radius Of
Jackson, according to 81 Corley,
chairman OF the Market Board.
Official dedication ceremonies
July 31st will mark the opening
OF the states first market of this
kind. providing: Cd central out
let for produce, (2) facility for
grading, and CD a depot for the
buyer.
Mississippi's new super-market.
patterned after the best facilities
OF this kind in the nation, will pro-
vide farmers with so stalls for
their produce. plus space for nand-
ling an additional 100 trucks. In
the merchants building, approx
mately "a sheds will be provided
for these buyers. with space for
25 additional buyers trucks
All produce which passes
through the market will be based
on grade, determined by the Mar
ket Board and enforced by the
Market Master. or his assistant.
Federal-state inspectors will be
on the market at all times, avail
able to both the producer and buy
er. Federal-state current market
news service. via ticker tape, will
also be available to market pa
irons.
The erroneous impression that
Mississippi's newest market will be
retail outlet is discredited in the
law governing its operation. The
Act states that the Board shall
not have the power to acquire, con-
struct. maintain or operate any
market or facility which is not
operated primarily for the purpose
OF purchasing and selling at whole
sale"
MINIMUM QUANTITIES
The Board has adopted what it
considers reasonable size units as
the minimum quantities which
may be sold on one order. They
are as follows: apples. bushel
basket; apricots. ] handle basket
or equivalent: asparagus, / crate;
bananas, l bunch: beans, / bush
ell; beets, IL punches; beets, bulk,
~ bushel; blackberries, 2 gallons;
boysenberries, 2 gallons: cabbage,
30 pounds: cantaloupes, oushel
or 1 crate: carrots, IL punches,
or in bulk, ~ bushel: cauliflower,
l crate; celery, IL lunches; co.
coanuts, SO; collards. IL punches;
corn, dozen ears; popcorn, "
bushel; cucumbers. " bushel; egg
plant. l bushel; figs, 2 gallons:
onion plants, IL lunches; oranges,
AS bushel.
Parsnips, IL punches; parsley,
IL punches; peaches, / bushel:
pears, ! box or bushel; peanuts,
1a bushel: peas. / bushel: pecans,
20 pounds: peppers, l handle bas-
ket; plums, 2 gallons; pineapple,
1 dozen; Irish pota o es, So
pounds; sweet potatoes. l bushel
pumpkin, II Dozen radishes, l2i
punches; ruta bagas, SO pounds.
Ford hooks. handle basket;
grapes, l handle basket; grape
fruit, AS bushel; garlic, / handle
basket; honey, 10 Id. can; lemons,
AS bushel: mustard greens, ~
punches; okra, / handle basket;
green onions, IL lunches; onions,
50 pounds.
FEES
The following rental and park
Ing fees have been adapted by the
Board:
For Mississippi farmers: Stall
rents are $1,000 per month, or rs
cents per day: use of selling
grounds for trucks not under
sheds is so cents per day. and for
pickup trucks not under sheds
rs cents per day.
For transient trucks loaded
with foreign farm products: Truck /
space not under sheds $3.50 per
day. and for pickup trucks not
under sheds the charge is rs |
cents per day.
S. w. Box, market manager, and |
Leon Scott, chief inspector and as
slstant manager. will be in charge |
OF the market and collections of |
ices. The market will be open "a |
hours per day. but buying periods
VIII be determined later.