The Connecticut State Council of Defense also distrib- 

 uted a poster, about two or three thousand copies to the prin- 

 cipal growers and produce dealers. We had planned through 

 the Market Service Committee to have peach weeks, and 

 the machinery was organized in Springfield, Worcester, Bos- 

 ton, Providence, New Haven and Hartford, so as to take 

 care of the glut when it came. But this publicity campaign 

 created such a demand for the peaches that prominent peach 

 growers M^rote to headquarters saying "Do not send any 

 more requests for peaches to our places." New markets 

 opened up. People came in auto trucks to get the peaches. 

 The crop, by the way, did not materialize to such an ex- 

 tent as had been anticipated. They had expected about a 

 million ba'^kets, but only had about 500,000 baskets. 



The Market Committee established a reporting service 

 and the United States Department of Agriculture, Bureau 

 of Markets, gave us a man. The Connecticut Council of 

 State Defense furnished the office and requirements there. 

 Thus the members of the peach growers association had every 

 morning on their desk or in their home, the prices peaches 

 were bringing in all the different centres, not only in New 

 England, but also in the larger centres throughout the 

 country. This service the principal growers tell us was of 

 very great importance to them in helping them to market 

 their crops satisfactorily. 



The Committee on Transportation found almost insur- 

 mountable obstacles. In the first place, because of the rail- 

 way congestions the Railway Commission at Washington 

 said, "No more flats." That meant that peaches must be 

 packed into cars holding from 600 to 800 baskets packed full. 

 The flat contains 250 baskets, or a little over. That one ruling 

 meant elinjinating a large number of small markets and 

 shipping the peaches only to large centres where congestions 

 would have resulted. Through the efforts of the committee, 

 the Railway Commission rescinded their action, and the rail- 

 roads allowed flats to be used. 



Another difficulty in the transportation was this: that 



