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5. Brighton Livestock Market received through Boston office U. S. Bureau of 

 Agricultural Economics. 



6. Prices on Boston Auction Market received through local company. 



7. Figures on storage holdings, receipts and deliveries from storage obtained 

 from Quincy Market Cold Storage Co. and Commonwealth Ice and Cold 

 Storage Co. 



8. Crop Reports N. E. Cooperative Crop Reporting Service, Wakefield, Mass. 



9. Exchange of market information between Boston, Worcester and Spring- 

 field offices. 



II. Distant:— 



1. Report on hay, straw, grain and feed market received from U. S. Bureau 

 of Agricultural Economics, Washington, D. C. 



2. Crop reports released from U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washing- 

 ton, D. C. 



3. Export market on ajiples from U. S. Department of Agriculture, Wash- 

 ington, D. C, and local agency. 



4. Canadian report on foreign market by wire from Canadian fruit com- 

 missioner. 



5. New York market on apples through local office, U. S. DejDartment of 

 Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economies. 



Methods of Disseminating Market Reports. 



All i^roduce market reports, including the Boston Retail Price Report, are 

 mimeographed and sent to subscribers, who pay a small fee covering the cost 

 of mailing. 



The Worcester Gazette and the Worcester Telegram carry the Worcester 

 Produce Market daily, the retail report on Wednesday and Friday, and the 

 weekly summary of the produce market on Saturday. 



The Springfield Union, Springfield Republican, and Daily News carry the 

 Springfield Produce Market daily, the retail report on Wednesday and Satur- 

 day, and the weekly summary of the produce market on Saturday. 



The Boston Farmers' Produce Market Re]3ort is carried on the afternoon wire 

 of the Associated Press and published in the New Bedford Morning Mercury^ 

 the Lowell Courier-Citizen, and the Manchester Union. 



The Worcester, Springfield and Greenfield i^apers carry the Special Apple 

 Market Rej^ort. Daily at 12.45 p.m. Amrad Broadcasting Station, Medford Hill- 

 side, has broadcasted the Boston Produce Market Report. 



Westinghouse (WBZ), East Springfield, broadcasts the Springfield market 

 at 12 M. daily and the Boston market of the day previous. 



Sherer's Department store. Station WBDH, broadcasts the Worcester market 

 at 11.45 A.M. daily. 



Market News Service eor Housewives. 



Even the consumer who buys in small lots for the family table may profit by 

 keeping in mind the seasons of greatest supply. These are often also the times 

 of most desirable quality and usually of lowest prices. To consume, i^reserve or 

 store produce at the season of its greatest natural abundance is good policy for 

 enioyment, health and economy. 



The retail price report, published weekly by the Division, enables housewives 

 to bi;y food to advantage. Tlie information is mailed to 1 000 housewfves, 65 

 domestic science teachers, and printed in newspapers. During the past year 

 consumers market information was broadcasted from tlie Edison Station WEEI, 

 Boston, every Wednesday evening at 7.50 p.m. 



Special news articles have informed Boston, Worcester and Springfield con- 

 sumers of new fruits and vegetables in their season, when the height of the ship- 

 ping season was at hand and lower prices expected. Suggestions for canning 

 and srenei'al market information on supply and i^rices wei'e covered in these fea- 

 ture articles. This benefits not only the consumer, l)ut the producer and dis- 

 tributor as well. 



