120 MASS. EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 169. 



shipments, receipts and market prices of onions should be of great value, 

 both to growers and dealers. 



As a sample of the information disseminated, one of the bulletins issued 

 by the United States Department of Agriculture to Connecticut Valley 

 growers during the early fall of the 1916 onion season is reproduced below. 



ONION SHIPMENTS August 24, 1916 



Massachusetts, 6 (2 Boston); New York, 9; New Jersey, 7; Ohio, 4; Indiana, 

 3; California, 8; Washington, 10. Previously unreported; Aug. 20: California, 11. 



TELEGRAPHIC REPORTS OF TODAY'S MARKET GIVING JOBBING 

 PRICES (WHOLESALER TO JOBBER) 



BOSTON: 2 Wash reed. Mkt steady dem moderate. Wash Walla Wallas Yellow 

 Globes qual cond good 100# bags mostly $2.25. Conn Valley qual cond gen 

 good 100# bags $2.25. Natives in bushel boxes $1.25-$1.35. 



PHILADELPHIA: Mkt weak dem limited. Qual cond fair. 100# sacks Yellow 

 Globes Ohios $2.25-$2.35. Ill 100# sacks Yellow Globes $2.60. Western bu 

 Whites $1-$1.25 Picklers $1.50-$1.75. Jerseys bu hampers $l-$2. 3 N J 

 arrived, 2 unloaded, 2 track. 3 Western arrived, 1 unloaded, 2 track. 1 Mass 

 unloaded, 1 Penn track. 



NEW YORK: Unloads 1 Iowa, 3 Ind, 1 Penn, 3 N J, 8 N Y, 1 Cal, 1 Unknown 

 origin reed. Jerseys qual ordinary cond good dem slow bu hampers $1-$1.25 

 (yellows). Whites $.60-$l, Ohios and Ind qual cond gen good dem slow Strd 

 crates Whites $1.10-$1.50 few sales 100# sacks Reds qual fine cond good dem 

 good $2.50. N Y qual fair cond good dem slow bu hampers Reds $1-$1.25 

 Yellows $.75-$1.25 100# sacks Yellows $1.25-$2.40 100# sacks Reds $2-$2.37^, 

 bu hampers Whites $.60-$. 70. Washingtons qual cond fair overlarge dem 

 slow lOOft sacks $2-$2.25. lowas qual cond good mkt dull dem slow 70# 

 sacks Yellows $2 few sales. Long Islands qual cond good small lOOtf sacks 

 Yellows $3.50 



The Federal Office of Markets also issues many bulletins on marketing 

 problems which may be had by addressing the Federal Office of Markets, 

 Washington, D. C. 



(2) The Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture, State House, 

 Boston. This Board is vitally interested in the development of the 

 agricultural resources of the Commonwealth, and is spending considerable 

 time and money in disseminating useful agricultural information through 

 lectures, demonstrations, reports, institutes and correspondence. 



(3) The Massachusetts Agricultural College. The college, more 

 especially through the Experiment Station and its Extension Service, is 

 in a position to render valuable aid to Connecticut Valley farmers. The 

 Experiment Station, especially concerned with specific problems of Mas- 

 sachusetts agriculture, stands ready to assist in every way possible, both 

 in problems of production and distribution. Its various bulletins are 

 free, and may be had by addressing the Director of the Experiment 

 Station, Amherst, Mass. 



