518 ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



prepared for publication on various phases of the marketing of dairy 

 and poultry products. Demonstrations have been made of better 

 methods of grading and packing eggs, and information has been 

 given to producers, shippers, and others regarding improved methods 

 of marketing dairy products. 



MARKET NEWS SERVICE ON DAIRY AND POULTRY PRODUCTS. 



The division leader has been assisted in the market news-service 

 work by L. M. Davis. 



This work has proceeded along the lines laid down in former 

 years, but a constant effort has been made to secure wider dissemi- 

 nation of the available information. Branch offices have been main- 

 tained at the following points : New York City, Chicago, Philadelphia, 

 Boston, San Francisco, Minneapolis, and Fond du Lac. 



Daily and weekly market reports have been issued as a part of the 

 telegraphic news service as follows : 



Daily Market Report (butter, cheese, eggs, and dressed poulti\v). 



Weekly Butter Market Review. 



Weekly Clieese Market Review. 



Monthly Cold Storage Report. 



Noon Report on Butter and Egg Markets. 



(For distribution to local trade by messenger.) 



These reports w^ere issued at all branch offices and at Washington 

 to a mailing list of approximately 10,000 names, representing all 

 classes of trade and others who were interested. All mailing lists 

 in the division are kept active by circularization once each year. 



The branch offices of the division have continued to be large dis- 

 tributors of market news by telephone and otherwise to members of 

 the local trade and to some extent by commercial wire to persons 

 interested who pay for this special service. Telegraphic " flash " 

 reports covering morning trading on the New York and Chicago 

 markets have been improved in nature and in manner of handling, 

 and represent a service which has met a special demand from the 

 wholesale trade in the various markets where offices are located. 



The following monthly reports have been issued from the Wash- 

 ington office : 



Monthly Condensed and Evaporated Milk Market Report (contains buying 

 and selling prices, stocks, and exports). 



Monthly Powdered Milk Market Report (similar to preceding but covering 

 powdered milk). 



Monthly Fluid Milk Market Report (producers' prices, and wholesale and 

 retail prices in more than 125 of the larger and more important cities of the 

 United States). 



Monthly Export Report (exports of butter, cheese, eggs, condensed and evapo- 

 rated milk, powdered milk, and butter substitutes). 



The mailing list for distribution of this group of reports includes 

 approximately 9,000 names. 



A quarterly report of dairy products manufactured is compiled 

 from schedules received from more than 9,000 concerns manufac- 

 turing dairy products. This report covers 40 commodities and shows 

 the amount manufactured each month. This report, as well as other 

 special reports, is printed in the department publication Weather 

 Crops, and Markets. 



