The Division activities also included the following: 



Exhibited at the Massachusetts State Building during the Eastern 

 States Exposition. 



Designed and constructed a 17th Century Herb Garden at the Boston 

 Coininon during the Boston 350th Jubilee. 



Designed and constructed a commercial greenhouse displaying hydrop- 

 onically grown vegetables at the New England Flower and Garden Show. 

 The Department received a gold medal for this exhibit. 



Conducted a "Taste of Massachusetts" exhibit at the New England 

 Hotel-Motel and Restaurant Show; also supervised the Massachusetts 

 Chicken Cooking Contest during the show. 



Exhibited at Commonwealth Pier during National Port Day. 



Assisted with the development of Massachusetts Horticultural Coop, 

 Inc. , a farmers flower market coop at the New England Produce Center. 



Planned a seminar on the opportunities for produce wholesaling at 

 Gardner Auditorium at the State House which was attended by Governor 

 Edward J. King, Environmental Affairs Secretary John A. Bewick, Food 

 and Agriculture Commissioner Frederic Winthrop, Jr. , several executives 

 of retail food supermarkets, retail market produce buyers, wholesale 

 produce commission merchants, as well as many fruit, vegetable, flower 

 growers and egg producers. 



The Division also promoted Massachusetts agriculture through the 

 publications of information pamphlets listing local "Pick-Your^'Own" 

 vegetables, strawberries, blueberries, apples and other fruits, "Cut-Your- 

 Own" Christmas trees, Massachusetts turkey farms and locations of 

 Massachusetts Farmers and Gardeners markets. 



MARKET NEWS 



This Division cooperates with the U.S. Department of Agriculture 

 collecting, publishing and distributing by telephone, mail, radio and 

 newspapers, timely information on market supplies and demand, commercial 

 movement, and daily market prices at the Boston Wholesale Fruit and 

 Vegetable Market, the Boston Flower Exchange and the Springfield Farmers 

 Market. It is through market reports that growers, retailers, and 

 shippers are informed of marketing conditions and prices. Many of 

 today's prices are established in retail food and flower stores through- 

 out Massachusetts based on information received by Market News reports. 



Great care is taken to make these reports complete, accurate and 

 readable. Also, all employees of the Market News section must be 

 ready to answer any questions on marketing and other agricultural topics. 

 They must be knowledgeable of the functions and the responsibilities of 

 the Department of Food and Agriculture, so they can refer people to the 

 proper divisions when asked. 



Market News publicationsinclude a weekly Special Apple Report out- 

 lining apple storage holdings, wholesale market prices, f.o.b. apple 

 prices, and movement of apples at the wholesale market place and also on 

 the farm. A consumers' weekly Buyers Guide listing retail prices of 

 fruit, vegetables, meat, poultry, eggs, and fish informs consumers of the 

 current retail prices for these commodities. This report also assists 

 the farmer who grows or produces these products in determining the price 

 he should charge at his stand or farmers markets. 



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