552 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Section 6 — To collect or assist in collecting all possible infor- 

 mation as to the consumption of the beef and by-products of the 

 different grades of cattle and as to the prices of these products; 

 to study the channels thru which different grades of beef and 

 especially the better grades, are distributed, to determine the 

 normal seasonable demands and the industrial and financial forces 

 that modify these demands in order to make possible estimates 

 of the probable consumptive demand over a given period of time, 

 and to keep a continuous record of such information for statis- 

 tical purposes and to give it out to members from time to time 

 for their guidance. 



In other words, the market is largely influenced by business 

 conditions and industrial conditions. The purpose is to study 

 those conditions, to anticipate them as far as possible. 



Section 7 — To maintain agencies at different markets and else- 

 where for the purpose of buying feeding cattle upon orders from 

 members and to collect all available information as to the sup- 

 ply and movement of such cattle. 



The purpose is to know how many are going out into the coun- 

 try every month ; how that number going out this fall, for exam- 

 ple, compares with the number going out last fall or the year be- 

 fore, and its relation to the probable demand. 



Section 8 — To develop a financial organization for the purpose 

 of securing funds to finance the purchase of feeding cattle and 

 to make directly available to members the credit facilities and 

 interest rates of the federal reserve banks. 



Section 9— To work for the best conditions and services in 

 transportation and thus enable members to secure cars promptly 

 and assure them of the expeditious movement of their stock to 

 market with decent accommodations and courteous treatment 

 for the shippers en route. 



Section 10 — To undertake to prevent or to have revised all 

 unfair and unreasonable charges for feeds, yardage, handling or 

 selling, either en route or at the market. 



Section 11 — To maintain a traffic department for the adjust- 

 ment and collection of all reasonable claims of members against 

 transportation, handling or selling agencies. 



Section 12 — To work with governmental agencies and other 

 interests in the industry, to establish, maintain and make widely 

 understandable, dependable and readily determinable grades for 

 different classes of fed cattle. 



Section 13 — To correct trade evils and abuses by discouraging 

 all customs and practices not in accordance with sound business 

 principles. 



