AORirULTURAl. Al'i'ROPRlATHi.N UlLI^ llC4. 809 



Mr. Andkkson. Wrll, this (ooprrutivc luurkrtiii); in Hiisxa, I lake 

 it, is not tlu' liolsliovik muvuinciit ut nil < 



Mr. 'I'kwv. No; tlu* <«u»pi'iutivr nii»vcimiii ut !' m 



fxistciicf Ion;; Id'foiT till' Bi>l>lirvik m»vrrnau'nt. i .. .j . . ik 

 jjoviMnnu'nt took over the prodiu-ts from thr coofHTulivi's for u <*om- 

 pariitivoly short nrriod. 1 think uliout u vfjir up» thry turniMl the 

 inanii^cnicnt of the ro<ip('rnliv«'s hiick to tlw ••oopmitivi'j*, und thev 

 havr Ik'cii functioning uuh'pfiuh'nt Iv for the hi.>t \rar. 



UAIIKKTI.NU FKL'ITH \Sl> \ HU KT A lllttt . 



The second project is one ontith-d " Marketing fniits and vpj;o- 

 tal)l<'s," in wliich wo luivc an iiurcMisc of ?t(»,f)(M) in oin* r-^tuuatcs 

 for lO'JI. We, arc spending $1."),()(K) in that project at tlic prcM-nt 

 tinu'. This |)n)jcct covers practically nil. as 1 have said, of the 

 researcli worK in connection with the niark«'tin<; of fruits and vejro- 

 tahles. This has been lar^'cly in the past rcscanh work on standardi- 

 zation, and all of our staiulards on fruits and ve<;etal)!es have hcen 

 worked under this appropriation. A verv nnirked increase in the 

 use of these standards has been noted in tfie past year, especially on 

 such conunodifies as potatoes, where there has been a <xood deal ()f 

 dilliculty in tinanciji^ and delivering; the crops. We are now askinj; 

 for the increase larjiely for the economic lines of work. We are 

 inakini; a complete picture of the handling of a nund)er of our fruits 

 and vegetables from the producj'r to the consumer, studyini; especially 

 such cjuestions as in one particular case, the use of the public auction. 

 We are in that case makin*; complete studies of all phases of tho 

 auction trade in the lar^rer cities: the relati«)n of the auction and 

 receipts at terminals to the financing of the crops and methods of 

 tiinmcin^ in their relation to the methods of marketing, with the 

 idea of ultimately having a very clear picture of all of the thiiiirs 

 involved in so far as we are able to work them out In connection with 

 our bi^ fruit and veojetable crops. 



Mr. Anderson. To what extent does this study enlighten you as 

 to the terminal-handling situation ? 



Mr. Tennv. In this particular project we are not spending a great 

 deal of money in connection with the terminal handling. In coopera- 

 tion with the farm people we are studying finances. In this project 

 we are in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, especially, and also to 

 (|uite an extent in Washington, studying terminal facilities an<l termi- 

 nal handling. That is largely being linanced, however, through the 

 cost of market studies. 



MARKET PRICES AND TRANSPORTATION. 



The fourth project is market price trends and transportation. I 

 am omitting tne costs of marketing and will come back to it. \\ ^ 

 are now doing the same work that we have been doing in the nature 

 of ser\'ice work for the rest of the department in that contracts must 

 be made with a large number of railroad people in order to get the 

 information that is needed for market movements and market prices. 



In connection with our live-stock movement, which is being devel- 

 oped to a much greater extent than it has been heretofore, our trans- 

 portation man is now in the field making those contracts to get the 



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