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The Boston Farmer's Produce Market Report, a sheet con- 

 taining wholesale prices received by farmers on the Boston 

 farmers' market on fruits and vegetables, is mimeographed 

 daily and sent to the mailing list of some 400 farmers, the 

 recipients furnishing the postage. On Thursdays the Brighton 

 Live Stock Market is included as well. This information is 

 also sent out daily on the Associated Press wire. The "Man- 

 chester Union," the "Lowell Courier Citizen" and the "New 

 Bedford Morning Mercury," carry our Boston market news. 



The Boston report is published during the entire year, while 

 the Worcester and Springfield wholesale produce markets were 

 covered by market reporters from July 1 to December 1. The 

 Worcester mailing list was composed of 100 names who received 

 the daily mimeographed sheet, and the information was also 

 published in two newspapers, the "Gazette" and "Post." 



The Springfield produce market news was published in the 

 "Union" and "News," and a weekly retail price report was 

 also published in these papers. It was the practice of the 

 Springfield reporter to summarize the news of the week and 

 this summary was published in the Sunday issues of the 

 "Springfield Union" and "Springfield Republican." During 

 the latter part of the reporting season the Springfield produce 

 market reports were also published in the "Daily Hampshire 

 Gazette," Northampton, and the "Greenfield Recorder," Green- 

 field. On Tuesday the Worcester bulletin carried the Boston and 

 Springfield markets, whereas the Boston bulletin published the 

 Worcester and Springfield prices on Tuesday and Thursday, 

 this information being relayed by telephone on these days. An 

 urgent request was received from the Berkshire County agri- 

 cultural agent at Pittsfield for a market news service, but to 

 our regret we were unable to render such a service to this 

 locality, owing to the fact that there were insufficient funds. 



A weekly circular quoting Boston retail prices collected 

 from the various types of retail stores, including range of prices 

 on vegetables, fruit, dairy products, meat and fish products, 

 indicating weekly demand for certain commodities and what 

 is new on the market, is also published by this Division. A 

 paragraph in this report is devoted to brief market news items 

 covering crop outlooks, predicted shipments of food, supply, 

 •etc., ending with a new recipe in season or a practical economi- 



