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HONEY. 



As a part of concerted effort in other parts of the Department of 

 Agriculture, to increase the production and use of honey, this bureau 

 undertook to issue market reports on this commodity, under the 

 direction of Mr. Wells A. Sherman. Dr. E. F. Phillips, of the 

 Bureau of Entomology, assisted in organizing the work. 



BIWEEKLY MARKPyr REPORTS ON HONEY. 



These reports show the arrivals of honey on the market at Chicago, 

 Cincinnati, Denver, Kansas City, Minneapolis, New York, Philadel- 

 phia, and St. Louis, as reported by the railroads during the previous 

 two weeks, as well as the range of jobbing prices for the different 

 varieties and gi'ades for the same period. The first report was issued 

 on June 15, 1917. 



GRAIN, SEED. AND HAY. 



Plans for the mauguration of a market reporting service on grain, 

 seed, and ha}^ are being perfected under the leadership of Mr. George 

 Livingston, Mr. K. B. Seeds, and Mr. W. A. Wheeler. Voluntary 

 correspondents have been secured and arrangements made for the 

 submission to the Washington office and to offices to be maintained in 

 the field of reports regarding prices, demands, receipts, shipments, 

 and holdings of grain, hay, and seed at different markets throughout 

 the country. These weekly or biweekly reports will be assembled and 

 compiled at the central offices and made available by telegraph and 

 by mail to all interested persons. It is planned to keep the trade 

 constantly advised as to the markets at which they can advanta- 

 geously buy or dispose of stocks in the hope of preventing the great 

 losses heretofore occasioned by producers and buyers through lack 

 of information regarding the current conditions of the various 

 markets. 



BIWEEKLY REPORTS ON GRAIN AND HAY^ 



The first reports were issued August 11, 1917. on wheat, corn, oats, 

 and hay for the States of Virginia. West Virginia, North Carolina, 

 South Carolina, Maryland, and Delaw^are, and similar Reports have 

 been issued e\ery other Saturday since that time. They show the 

 stocks on hand, the prices prevailing, and the probable receipts and 

 shipments in that territory. Special reports on other grains and 

 market conditions usually accompany these. The work of organizing 

 six other divisions is now well under way. The first reports probably 

 will be issued for the North Atlantic, Southeastern and Southwestern 

 Divisions about November 15, and for the East Central, West Central, 

 and North Central Divisions about December 15. 



MONTHLY REPORTS ON SEEDS. 



A publication under the title " Seed Reporter " is to be issued by 

 the seed-reporting service. It will incorporate reports of stocks of 

 seed on hand, movement, trend of prices, qualities, probable demand, 

 and such other information relative to seeds that should be made 



