20 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [P. D. 4. 



Now, then, if we were to know there was a scarcity of these 

 products, or that peaches were bringing $1.75 in any one of 

 those cities and low prices here, could we not profitably ship 

 to those markets and take advantage of those prices and give 

 some benefit to the people of that section who are without the 

 commodity through a large part of the season? At the present 

 time you know as well as I do that their supplies are being 

 shipped largely from Boston and from Albany, those two cen- 

 ters getting the entire benefit, and if our Springfield products 

 go up to Portland, they go to Boston first, are handled there, — 

 at expense again, — and then go on to Portland, after some 

 considerable profit has been added to them. 



Now, the idea is that there will be some bringing together of 

 these two factors, — the buyers of Portland and the shippers 

 of Springfield and Worcester and the other cities named ; and 

 we believe that that is an entirely feasible and workable plan, 

 and that plan is being suggested and considered by your State 

 Department and by the Bureau of Markets in Washington, and 

 we hope it will be brought about during the coming spring. 



Some of you may say, "How can we secure that service for 

 Worcester or for some other of these cities that have not yet 

 secured it?" You can secure it by working through your local 

 organization and in co-operation with your State leaders in 

 marketing and with the Bureau of Markets at Washington. 

 There was an amount of money available a short while ago 

 which is available until June 30, and certain cities will be 

 chosen where that service will be placed; and I will warrant, 

 from the experience which I have previously had in that de- 

 partment, that the service will be placed in the city where there 

 is the greatest demand for it. They will not go out into the 

 sections, as I stated a while ago, where they are unorganized. 

 They will look for the organized effort, so that they may show 

 the best results for the expenditure of money. They want to 

 show the results with the appropriations as they are used. So 

 your men of Worcester might be able to secure such an agent 

 here who would be able to give you that information daily, 

 and who would put you in touch with those different cities. 



Providence has been standing one-half the expense. The 

 other cities are standing one-half the expense on the local 



