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State Co-operation in Marketing Work. 



To return to the work of the Office of Markets and Rural 

 Organization, the project, State co-operation in marketing, al- 

 though not one falling strictly within the classification of mar- 

 keting and distribution, is the one in which you are most inter- 

 ested, perhaps, at the present time. In its broader aspects the 

 work of the States in the marketing field has had a more recent 

 development than that of the Federal government, though many 

 States and municipalities for years have conducted activities 

 that have an intimate bearing on marketing. The State co-op- 

 erative and marketing project was made possible by the last 

 Congress, which appropriated $35,000 "to enable the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture to co-operate effectively with the several 

 states in the employment of agents to study methods of mar- 

 keting and distributing farm products in various states; to in- 

 corporate, guide, and assist in co-ordinating market activities 

 undertaken by the various states; and to carry to the people of 

 the states selected for such co-operation, by demonstration or 

 otherwise, the results of the investigations of the Department 

 relative to marketing and distributing farm products " 



Now note the exact procedure under which the work is to be 

 undertaken in co-operation with these different State marketing 

 agencies. Congress, in passing the $35,000 appropriation, ren- 

 dering possible the State co-operative and marketing project, 

 defined the procedure as follows: — 



This work wiU be carried on in co-operation with certain of those states 

 which appropriate money for marketing purposes through the employment 

 of specialists or agents in marketing, and such other assistants and facili- 

 ties as may be necessary. These agents will maintain headquarters in the 

 various states concerned, and their salaries and expenses will be borne 

 jointly by the Federal Government and the states. As joint representa- 

 tives of the two agencies, they will correlate and unify the marketing ac- 

 tivities of both, making available the faciUties and potentialities of the 

 other. 



Previous to the creation of this fund, co-operative work of 

 this nature had been in effect in the States of Louisiana, Ore- 

 gon, South Carolina, Vermont and Tennessee. At the present 

 time arrangements have been made to carry on marketing work 



