ROAD GRADING ON THE ROCKVILLE-NORBECK ROAD 



daily. Trucking is of course done almost exclusively for the Washington 

 market. The district is well provided with available pikes. 



Bethesda. This is the least important district, agriculturally, in the 

 county. All of its products are hauled direct to Washington. Good 

 roads are available. 



One other feature of the market situation which deserves attention 

 is the way in which garden products, eggs, butter, poultry, etc., are 

 handled. A number of hucksters have well established routes through 

 the county which they cover on set days picking up these particular 

 products. At the end of the week they take them to Washington, 

 usually selling from the stands in the City market. Returning they 

 bring melons, fish, etc. in season, peddling them through the county. 

 Almost the entire county is covered in this fashion and a good proportion 

 of these products are so handled. 



In general it will be observed that market conditions are very favor- 

 able. The market is constant and moreover is a growing market, and 

 for the most part it is a cash market. But little time is required to reach 

 it and in most instances it is fairly accessible. However, it is also ap- 

 parent that more good roads are required' and that from every point 

 of view it will pay the county to build them. This is quite generally 



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