166 



ANNUAL REPOETS OF DEPAETMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Ocala, Fla 10, 759 



Rocky Ford, Colo 10.071 



KUzabeth City. N. C 9,936 



Sulphur Springs, Tex 9, 687 



Charleston, S. C 9, 289 



Crystal City, Tex 8, 785 



Chadbourn, N. C 7,225 



Cornelia, Ga 4,917 



Aberdeen, N. C 4, 663 



Bowling Green, Ky 4, 198 



Crystal Spring, Miss 3, 951 



Kennett, Mo 3,678 



Phoenix, Ariz 3,277 



Hempstead, Tex 2,090 



SUMMARY OF ALL FRUIT AND VEGETABLE REPORTS. 



Total regular market reports issued from market stations 5, 075, 100 



Special reports issued from market stations 403,647 



Total i-eports of all kinds issued from market stations 5, 478, 747 



Total regular market reports issued from field stations 2, 042, 262 



Grand total of all reports issued from all stations during year_ 7, 521, 009 



Communication was maintained with these various field stations by 

 commercial wire directly from Washington or by relay from the 

 nearest market station. Waupaca, Wis., was connected with the 

 Minneapolis leased-wire circuit. In a large number of producing 

 sections assistance has been given by State agencies or by growers' 

 and distributors' organizations in meeting the expense of this service. 

 Although there were no funds available for the extension of the 

 service, except to Fort Worth, as mentioned above, a material in- 

 crease was made in the usefulness of this service through the coopera- 

 tion of the various States. 



Cooperative arrangements were continued with Pennsylvania, 

 New Jersey, Ohio, and Wisconsin, and for a part of the j^ear with 

 Nebraska and Texas. These States cooperated with the Federal 

 bureau in securing as well as distributing important items of market 

 information on various crops, thvis aiding materially in widening 

 the dissemination of the daily market reports. This work is done 

 largely through the daily press in these States and through mailing 

 lists in the various localities. In addition, many of the States broad- 

 cast the reports by radio. 



NEW REPORTS ON CAR-LOT SHIPMENTS BY CARRIERS. 



An important improvement was made in the system of securing 

 reports from the carriers on car-lot shipments of fruits and vegeta- 

 bles. Formerly these reports were received from 1,275 division su- 

 perintendents and other officials reporting about 500 lines. This 

 necessitated a large nmnber of commercial telegrams and conse- 

 quently a heavy expense to the bureau. A systepi was devised 

 whereby the division superintendents render their daily reports to 

 the general superintendents, who consolidate the information and 

 send it to Washington in one wire for the entire railroad or for a 

 particular region. Thus far 35 railroads have adopted the new 

 method of reporting their shipments. These daily reports show the 

 number of cars forwarded from each State of origin, the information 

 being segregated by products. Temporary field stations receive 

 copies of the rei:)orts from division superintendents, showing the 

 primary destination of all shipments in that region. In some cases 

 the reports of diversions also are obtained for field stations. Ship- 

 ment information is distributed daily from Washington by leased 

 wire, by radio, and in mimeographed form. Market and field sta- 



