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That sulfate of ammonia has been given a price ceiling which will 

 govern the sales by producers, importers, and jobbers? The base price is 



,20, or ^29,20, depending upon point of shipment plus transportation charges. 



That pectin, normally used for making jams and jellies, is proving 

 valuable to the Allied Nations for extending the supply of blood plasma for 

 transfusion? It is reported that the British Purchasing Commission is prepared 

 to buy large quantities of this material. A so-called "artificial blood" made 

 from fruit pectin which may supplant blood transfusions in the treatment of 

 shock, is being tested in the Henry Ford Hospital Laboratories. 



That the Agricultural Marketing Administration has opened an office 

 in Boston to handle Nev/ England apple purchases? The address is Room 609, 

 600 V/ashington St. (telephone Hubbard 5-675). J. Stanford Larson is the Pur- 

 chase Representative, Purchases are nov; being made of U.S. No. 1 V/ealthy and 

 Mcintosh apples, 2^ inch minimum, at $.1.25 per bushel. 



That the food habits of 4,860 farm families in Essex, Franklin and 

 Hampshire Counties have recently been studied? Of the families with children, 

 from 70 to 75^ in eacli of the three counties were found to have an inadequate 

 supply of canned vegetables. In the consumption of milk, from 2 6 to 42^o fell 

 below the standard set for good nutrition, while in egg consumption^ 31 to 54^ 

 fell belov/ the recognized standard. 95,3 of the children were reported as eat- 

 ing raw fruit or other Vitamin C-rich food every day. 



That apples shov/ much more bruising on the average when delivered to 

 chain stores from central warehouses than when delivered directly by the grower? 

 Recent studios in Connecticut reveal the follov/ing differences: 48 samples of 

 apples from central warehouses showed 31.6% bruises and stem punctures, v^ile 

 24 samples delivered by growers showed only 8,6%. 



That the indicated production of apples in Nev/ England this season is 

 over 8,000,000, the largest crop since apple orchards were seriously injured by 

 the freeze in 1934? A largo crop of Baldwins accounts for part of this increase. 

 For the United States, production in coiTunercial areas is now placed at 

 126,131,000 bushels compared vdth 122,059,000 bushels in 1941, 



That the estimated cranberry crop in the United States this year 

 (756,400 barrels) is 4% larger than in 1941 and 25% above the 10-year average? 

 All cranberry producing states except Massachusetts anticipate a larger yield 

 than in 1941. The yields (in barrels) by states are as follows: 



State 1941 1942. 



Massachusetts 500,000 490,000 



Now Jersey 80,000 100,000 



V/isconsin 99,000 115,000 



V/ashington 36,000 40,000 



Oregon 10 , 200 11 , 4p0 _ _ 



Totals - 'T25,200 756,400 



