6 UNIV. OF N. H. AGR. EXPERIMENT STATION [Bulletin 222 



Potatoes Tomatoes Asparagus 



Cabbage String beans Butter 



Beets (Cut) Peas Eggs 



Carrots (Cut) Cauliflower Chickens 



Turnips Cucumbers Turkeys 



Parsnips Beets (Bunch) Strawberries 



Sweet corn Carrots (Bunch) Raspberries 



Dry beans Spinach Blackberries 



Dry onions Shell beans Blueberries 



Squash Celery Apples 



Meat, milk, canned fruits and vegetables were not included in this 

 study. 



Stores 



Practically all the retail stores in the state handling vegetables or fruit 

 were visited and estimates obtained from proprietors as to amounts of 

 each product shipped in and amounts purchased from local farmers. 



In a few cases the desired information could not be secured, and the 

 investigator made estimates for the^e stores by comparing with similar 

 stores. While each of the 1,229 store records is an estimate, few stores 

 having complete records, it is thought that the results obtained in sum- 

 mary fairly represent the situation. When checked with data from other 

 sources such as railroad records, no large discrepancies appear. 



Hotels and Camps 



The hotels were visited and estimates secured as to products purchased 

 from local farmers and from others. It was planned to secure records 

 from all large hotels in the state, but while practically all of these were 

 visited, we were unable to secure records from all the summer hotels before 

 they closed for the season. In this case an adjustment was made in the 

 final summary to cover hotel records not obtained. This was done by 

 multiplying the total of each commodity b^^ a correction figure which was 

 worked out on the basis of total capacity of all operating hotels as com- 

 pared to hotels where records had been obtained. Since the records ob- 

 tained represented about 70 per cent of the total capacity of all the 

 hotels, the corrected figure for purchases of all hotels is thought to closely 

 represent the situation as to hotel demand. The purchases of very small 

 hotels or small restaurants were not obtained because they buy practically 

 all of their supplies from retail stores. 



The state has many camps for boys and girls, and the number is rapidly 

 growing. Estimates on purchases were secured from 35 camps, and from 

 these the total purchases of all camps were estimated on the basis of 

 capacity. Since these camps are usually located in inaccessible or isolated 

 places the estimates were secured by correspondence. 



Seasonal Distribution 



The seasonal distribution of receipts throughout the year was obtained 

 by analyzing the actual purchases of a few retail stores and wholesale 

 companies and freight records of receipts at a few important centers. 



At Fabyan practically all receipts for a number of hotels came in 

 by a special freight car and records of these receipts were obtained and 



