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A Bill to establish a Director of Markets. 



In furtherance of these purposes the Board of Agriculture has 

 for three years presented a bill providing for a director of 

 markets under the general supervision of the Board of Agricul- 

 ture. Practically all who are interested in profitable agriculture 

 in Massachusetts have supported it loyally. In my opinion the 

 bill has been improved each year, and I think the bill presented 

 this year is better than either of its predecessors. I am in favor 

 of it in all points with the exception of the name of the director, 

 who according to this bill is to be called a director of markets 

 and organization. 



For the reasons already given you I am sure that the matter 

 of organization is one of instruction, and that this instruction is 

 being very well given through the Extension Service of the 

 Agricultural College. The name of this oflBcer should be the 

 director of markets, rather than the director of markets and 

 organization. With this amendment the bill is an excellent one, 

 and while it carries but a small appropriation, $5,000, there is 

 no doubt that if such an office is established this is but an ear- 

 nest of the sums of money which this State will in the future 

 probably place at the disposal of such a bureau. 



I sincerely hope that every man here present will see to it 

 that his representative and senator votes right on this legisla- 

 tion when it reaches the General Court. 



A Member. Mr. Chairman: Professor Cance and Mr. Gil- 

 bert both emphasized the profitable production of farm crops, 

 and so forth, and I was wondering how much profit there was 

 to the grower of those strawberries down in Florida that Mr. 

 Gilbert bought for 15 cents a quart in January. [Laughter.] 



The Chairman. I guess in a number of instances where per- 

 ishable products come from a long distance they can't tell 

 whether they will get the freight paid or pay it themselves, but 

 it would seem as though there could be some report so that 

 these growers would know about how much would come in on 

 a certain date from the difi'erent sections, and, of course, as 

 these bureaus get widened out and get more money and more 

 agents in the field they can report from the different sources 



