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 (The meeting adjourned at this point.) 



THE MARKET TRIP FRIDAY AFTERNOON 



A party of about 50 people started from the Clinton Hall 

 Hotel, and visited Rood and Woodbury's retail market first. 

 Mr. Woodbury was prepared to speak to the people but as 

 we were ahead of schedule we did not see him. We next 

 visited the H. P. Stone Co. wholesale plant on Lyman Street 

 where we asked many question of J. G. Maxfield, and got 

 many good thoughts as to what the consuming public is de- 

 manding and better ways for us to cater to the public de- 

 mand and make more money. 



We next visited the H. J. Perkins Co. extensive plant at 

 Market Square. You probably know that this plant is the 

 largest of its kind, has the best facilities for handling fruit 

 and produce in New England. We went throughout the 

 plant studying the methods of curing bananas, roasting 

 jieanuts, and storing onions. We saw apples from many 

 different sections of the country in different types of pack- 

 ages, and the party learned the great possiblities which lie 

 before the New England fruit growers in growing more and 

 better fruit for supplying their own local needs. 



At the Eastern States Refrigerating Co. plant on Dwight 

 Street, the party saw an extensive cold storage plant that 

 had fruit of all kinds especially carloads of western fruit, 

 eggs, meat, poultry products, ferns and the like. The party 

 broke up at this point all satisfied with the afternoon pro- 

 gram and feeling that they had been well repaid for the 

 time and effort put into it. 



