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arrangements were made whereby on June 15 the St. Paul office of 

 this division supplemented its regular daily report of the St. Paul 

 live-stock market with reports of actual sales of steers by grade. 



MARKET INIOKMATIO.N INCl.l UKU IN WKATHER, CROPS. AM) MARKETS, ETC. 



This division cooperates with the Division of Information in the 

 preparation of material for press releases, reports for trade papers 

 and for publication in Weather, Crops, and Markets. 



EXTENSION OK LIVE-STOCK MARKET NEWS SERVICE. 



Through cooperative arrangements with the Missouri State De- 

 partment of Agriculture the leased wire service of the bureau was 

 extended to include St. Joseph, Mo., and a reporting office was estab- 

 lished there in March, 1922. Arrangements were made also just 

 before the end of the fiscal year in cooperation with the California 

 State Department of Agriculture to inaugurate a special live-stock 

 market reporting service at San Francisco and Los Angeles for the 

 benefit of the live-stock producers of California and adjoining 

 States. 



DIVISION OF DAIRY AND POULTRY PRODUCTS. 



The work of the Division of Dairy and Poultry Products has been 

 directed by Roy C. Potts. The following activities are included in 

 this division: 



Research studies relative to the luarketing of dairy and poultry products. 

 Market news service on dairy and poultry products. 

 Inspection of butter. 



RESEARCH STUDIES RELATIVE TO THE MARKETING OF DAIRY AND POULTRY 



PRODUCTS. 



The research studies covering problems relating to marketing dairy 

 and poultry products have for their purpose the gathering and dis- 

 semination of information which may aid in improving marketing 

 methods, conditions, and practices and thereby reduce the costs of 

 marketing and distributing these commodities. 



A study of the methods of operation and form of organization of 

 15 producers' cooperative milk-marketing associations which had been 

 begun in the previous year was continued. The results of these 

 studies have been embodied in a bulletin prepared for publication. 



Special attention has been given to the subject of market standards 

 and grades for eggs. After careful investigation of the commercial 

 grades now in use in the large wholesale markets of the country, 

 tentative standards and grades were formulated and have been sub- 

 mitted to the trade for approval. Thus far the views of the trade 

 have been very favorable to the tentative grades. The matter of 

 establishing rules and regulations covering the inspection of eggs 

 is being given attention. Preliminary investigations are being un- 

 dertaken for the purpose of establishing grades for live and dressed 

 poultry. 



Assistance has been given to State marketing bureaus m the formu- 

 lation of grades for eggs and for cheese, and bulletins have been 



