542 ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Mrtrket news service on peanuts. 



Market inspection of fruits and vegetables. 



Enforcement of the standard-container Act. 



Market grades and standards for fruits and vegetables. 



^Market surveys, methods, and costs. 



MARKET NEWS SERVICE ON FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. 



The telegraphic market news service on fruits and vegetables dur- 

 ing the calendar year of 1919 included 36 commodities, on most of 

 ^diicli complete daily rej^orts Avere issued in season covering car-lot 

 shipments, arrivals, and jobbing prices in the principal markets 

 throughout the country, as well as f. o. b. prices and other shipping- 

 point information on the more important crops. Mr. C. W. Kitchen 

 directed this work. 



Reports were obtained on the following commodities : 



Apples. Grapes. Pear.s. 



Asparagus. Greon peas. Peanuts. 



Bunched vegetables. Honey (semimonthlj). Plums. 



Cabbage. Honey-dew melons. Prunes. 



Cantaloupes. Lemons. Spinach. 



Casaba melons. Lettuce. Strawberries. 



Cauliflower. Mixed citrus fruit. String beans. 



Celery. Mixed deciduous fruit. Sweet potatoes. 



Cherries. Mixed vegetables. Tangerines. 



Cucumbers. Onions. Tomatoes. 



Dry beans. Oranges. Watermelons. 



Grapefruit. Peaches. White potatoes. 



Early in the past fiscal year 18 market stations were operated at 

 the points listed below. Because of curtailed appropriations, how- 

 ever, it w^as necessary to discontinue four of these stations before 

 June 30, 1920. 



Baltimore. Denver.* Omaha. 



Boston. Detroit. Philadelphia. 



Buffalo.* Kansas City. Pittsburgh. 



Chicago. Los Angeles. Portland.* 



Cincinnati. Minneapolis. St. Louis. 



Cleveland. New York. San Francisco.* 



Temporary field stations were operated during the calendar year 

 at 54 points in the various producing sections during the important 

 car-lot movement. This is a decrease of about 20 per cent compared 

 with the number of field stations operated in the year 1918. 



At the beginning of the fiscal year the branch offices in the large 

 cities listed were connected by leased-wire circuits having their focal 

 point in Washington, but decreased appropriations made it neces- 

 sary to eliminate the wires to Denver, Los Angeles, San Francisco, 

 Portland, and Minneapolis. These changes decreased the leased-wire 

 mileage used in connection with the market-news service on fruits 

 and vegetables from 9,000 to approximately 5,000 miles. Leased- 

 wire service also was given the following temporary stations during 

 the period of their operation : 



Rochester. N. Y. Grand Rapids, Mich. Brawley, Calif. 



Orlando, Fla. Waupaca, Wis. Turlock, Calif. 



Princeton, lud. Greeley, Colo. Idaho Falls, Idaho. 



» Discontinued. 



