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markets in some cities. During the three months of the past year in 

 which the market was operated by the department, the interior of the 

 auditorium and the market weve painted and extensive repairs were 

 made which have material!}' improved the appearance of the market. 

 The insulation of part of the cold-storage rooms was renewed and 

 other improvements made. All of the spare time of the force of the 

 mechanical department was used in making minor repairs too nu- 

 merous to mention. 



The total receipts for the three months' operation of Center Mar- 

 ket in the fiscal year 1922 amounted to $57,400.20 and the expendi- 

 tures to $53,376.37. In these expenditures is included about $10,000 

 for repairs in the nature of permanent improvements. All receipts 

 are turned into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts and all ex- 

 penditures are paid from an annual appropriation. 



The control of Center Market furnishes an excellent opportunity 

 for certain much needed research work, and plans are being made for 

 the conduct of studies of the methods used in public-market opera- 

 tion and management in municipalities and of the development of 

 modern sanitary market equipment. The actual operation of the 

 market is being kept on a commercial basis and the methods em- 

 ployed in its management are those used by the most up-to-date 

 commercial enterprises. 



The efforts of the department have been met by a splendid spirit 

 of cooperation, both on the part of former employees of the Wash- 

 ington Market Co. who have been retained in the service, many of 

 whom have willingly worked overtime in an effort to prevent con- 

 gestion and inconvenience to tenants and patrons of the market, 

 and on the part of stand holders and other tenants who have cheer- 

 fully complied with the regulations of the department and have co- 

 operated in an effort to improve the quality of the service rendered 

 to the public. 



PUBLICATIONS ISSUED DURING THE FISCAL YEAR 1922. 



DEPARTMENT BULLETINS. 



No. 948. Composition of Cotton Seed. 1921. 



No. 977. Marketing Hay at Country Points. 1921. 



No. 978. Wei^iiing of Market Hay. 1921. 



No. 979. Marketing Hay Through Terminal Markets. 1921. 



No. 980. Inspection and Grading of Hay. 1921. 



No. 982. Market Statistics. 1921. 



No. 985. A System of Accounting for Cotton Ginneries. 1921. 



No. 987. Handbook of Foreign Agricultural Statistics. 1921. 



No. 990. Preliminary Manufacturing Tests of the Official Cotton Standards of 

 the United States for Color for Upland Tinged and Stained Cottons. 1921. 



No. 999. Prices of Farm Products in United States. 1921. 



No. 1002. Open Types of Public Markets. 1921. 



No. 1006. Accounting Records for Sampling Apples by Weight. 1921. 



No. 1013. The Influence of Relative Humidity and Moisture Content of Wheat 

 on Milling Yields and Moisture Content of Flour. 1921. 



No. 1019. Marketing Broom Corn. 1921. 



No. 1030. Meade Cotton; an Upland Long-Staple Variety Replacing the Sea 

 Island. (In cooperation with the Bureau of Plant Industry.) 1922. 



No. 1044. Self-service in the Retailing of Food Products. 1922. 



No. 1056. Marketing Cotton Seed for Planting Purposes. 1922. 



No. 1065. The Test Weight of Grain ; A Simple Method of Determining Accu- 

 racy of the Testing Apparatus. 1922. 



