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formation relating to the standardizing, grading, packing, as- 

 sembling, storing and distributing agricultural products; to 

 assist; county agents in perfecting assembling and marketing 

 organizations in the counties; . . . and to assist in the dissem- 

 ination through county agents and otherwise of market informa- 

 tion gathered by the Office of Markets' news service." The 

 exact methods of procedure are next outlined. The organiza- 

 tion of the work is shown, and it is agreed that the entire cost 

 of the work shall be borne jointly by the Office of Markets and 

 Rural Organization and the State College of Agriculture. It is 

 further agreed that no change in any of the plans or policies in 

 the conduct of the work shall be made without the mutual con- 

 sent of both parties to the agreement. 



The Memorandum of Understanding with the State of Vir- 

 ginia is of an entirely different type, and covers " Investigational 

 work in problems relating to the marketing of agricultural prod- 

 ucts in the State of Virginia, to be conducted by co-operation 

 between the Office of Markets and Rural Organization and the 

 Division of Markets of the Department of Agriculture and Im- 

 migration of the Commonwealth of Virginia." In Colorado the 

 work is demonstrational; in Virginia, investigational. In the 

 former, co-operative arrangement is made with the State Agri- 

 cultural College; in the latter, with the Division of Markets of 

 the State Department of Agriculture and Immigration, corre- 

 sponding to your State Board of Agriculture. The object of the 

 work in the State of Virginia is not to carry to the farmers by 

 demonstrational met^iods information relating to the distribut- 

 ing of farm products, but "to acquire useful information with 

 reference to the various problems arising in connection with the 

 distribution and marketing of farm products in the State of 

 Virginia, particular attention at first to be given to the market- 

 ing of apples, poultry products, dairy products and peanuts." 



The methods of procedure are definitely outlined, as is the 

 "organization" of the work in the State, as well as the propor- 

 tion of the expenses to be borne by each party to tlie agreement. 



It is the intention eventually to have all questions in market- 

 ing, in States where we have established this relation, referred 

 to the field agents in marketing, in order that all marketing 

 activities may be correlated and conducted upon principles 



