No. 123.] DIVISION OF MARKETS. 61 



the aim of being of mutual assistance in our work along mar- 

 keting lines. The good offices of the Worcester County Farm 

 Bureau and the Hampden County Improvement League made 

 possible the publishing and dissemination of market reports in 

 these two cities. 



Information on Marketing. 



We are always pleased to assist individuals, especially through 

 their organizations, in the problems constantly arising, and 

 urgently request those having an interest in Massachusetts 

 marketing to express their ideas freely with regard to methods 

 of advancement, as marketing work is yet in a development 

 stage, and such suggestions will undoubtedly be a valuable 

 guidance. 



The Division has been represented at over fifty meetings at 

 which marketing subjects have been discussed, and several 

 articles have been published to promote this interest. 



The exhibit work of the Division this year was confined to a 

 display at the Eastern States Exposition, Springfield, Massa- 

 chusetts. One end of the building, devoted to the exhibit, w^as 

 transformed to represent a market window display of Massa- 

 chusetts grown products intended to demonstrate the attractive 

 manner in which our fruits, vegetables and manufactured fruit 

 and vegetable products may be displayed, the demand for them 

 thus increased, and Massachusetts agriculture correspondingly 

 benefited. The interest aroused by this movement is evidenced 

 by the fact that twenty-three retail stores in Springfield en- 

 tered a competition during the week of the exhibit for the best 

 display of Massachusetts fruits and vegetables. A model de- 

 signed to show one manner of constructing a cellar storage for 

 apples with an overhead room for packing and storage of sup- 

 plies was made a part of the exhibit. One side of the exhibit 

 room was devoted to a display of standard grades and educa- 

 tional matter in relation thereto. This exhibit also contained 

 the current price reports issued by the Division of Markets and 

 a chart entitled "Who Gets the Money?" showing the manner 

 in which a 25-cent purchase of onions is divided among those 

 rendering the marketing service. The American Railway Ex- 

 press Company co-operated by putting on an attractive and 



