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dozen, Nashua 200 dozen and Berlin 500 dozen, a very small part of the 

 total purchases. 



The demand for early sweet corn is shown in the high prices paid. The 

 price the second week in August has averaged 35 cents for five years as 

 compared to 18 cents for the second week- in September. 



Since considerable sweet corn is grown for canning factories there is 

 usually a reserve supply available which has a tendency to keep the market 

 stabilized. The factories can use the crop, so that there is no surplus, 

 and if the price is exceedingly high some of this corn grown for the factory 

 finds its way to the market. 



BEETS, CARROTS, PARSNIPS AND TURNIPS 



Since these crops are somewhat similar in production requirements and 

 are interchangeable to some extent as to demand, they have been con- 

 sidered as a group. The purchases of these crops by retail stores and 

 hotels from farmers and from others are shown in Table VI. 



Of the 13,316 bushels of beets purchased, 74 per cent were from farmers 

 and 26 per cent were from others. In the Merrimack Valley (district 6) 

 the stores purchased 6,844 bushels, of which only 15 per cent were im- 

 ported. The Lake district purchased 2,007 bushels through stores and 

 hotels, of which 54 per cent were imported. It is of interest to note (see 

 tables in appendix) that stores of Concord shipped in 414 bushels of beets, 

 Nashua 35 bushels, Manchester 288 bushels, indicating that local farmers 

 were supplying the demand. In fact the purchases of beets by bushels 

 in any one town were not large. 



Table VI — Beets, carrots, turnips and parsnips — -purchases by retail stores, hotels and camps 



from farmers and from others 



Of the 19,205 bushels of cut carrots purchased, 68 per cent were from 

 local farmers and 32 per cent from others. District 7 in southeastern New 

 Hampshire shipped in only 276 bushels, or 14 per cent of the total pur- 

 chases. On the other hand. Upper Coos county in district 1 shipped in 

 820 bushels, or 74 per cent of total purchases. District 3, or Lake area, 

 shipped in 1,577 bushels, or 61 per cent of total purchases. The Merrimack 

 Valley, district 6, shipped in 1,825 bushels, or 18 per cent of total pur- 

 chases. The stores in Nashua shipped in only 72 bushels of carrots, 

 Manchester 537 bushels, and Concord 596 bushels, while Berlin imported 

 719 bushels, which was 86 per cent of the total purchases. The local 



