26 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



Our policy has been to maintain close contact with all the 

 agencies concerned with marketing work, including the County 

 Farm Bureaus and farm and trade organizations, in the belief 

 that the greatest benefit will be accomplished when those vitally 

 interested present directly the problems in which they are 

 concerned. 



Information in Marketing. 



We have sincerely welcomed every opportunity to be of 

 service to any individual or group of individuals, whether it 

 be to assist them in selling their produce or in expediting 

 their shipments of goods, and although the opportunities for 

 big and broad service stand out as we look to the future, yet 

 we hope we may continue to be of service to each and every 

 one coming to us with a question or problem. 



The daily conferences and correspondence of this Division 

 contain questions on general agriculture, requests for informa- 

 tion on marketing conditions, prospects, crop conditions, supply, 

 prices, grades, standards, market legislation, lists of producers, 

 brokers, distributors and many other inquiries and requests of 

 a similar nature. 



Investigations have been conducted on the following: sugar 

 for canning purposes; transportation facilities at times of inter- 

 state commerce rulings; trade satisfaction with Massachusetts- 

 packed apples; cider manufactured by farmers; tracing and 

 expediting shipments, and others of a similar nature. 



The Division has been called on at times to speak and write 

 on marketing subjects. Some forty addresses have been made, 

 and ten articles for publication have been released. 



Four exhibits have been conducted at agricultural meetings 

 or fairs during the past year, demonstrating the work of our 

 Division, the most extensive of which was held at the Eastern 

 States Exposition, Springfield, Massachusetts, in which was 

 featured a modern roadside stand, with educational material 

 relating to this method of marketing. Demonstration of grades 

 and standards and information relative to the w^ork of this 

 Division formed a large part of this exhibit. 



Drainage Board. 

 The director of the Division of Reclamation, Soil Survey and 

 Fairs was appointed by the Department as its representative 



