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vision was first opened in ISTew York City in the fall 

 of 1915. Preliminary to this, the first sales, which 

 dealt with apples, were held in orchards in several 

 parts of the State where the frnit in several adjacent 

 orchards was catalogued in one list for the guidance 

 of buyers. By the extension of these auction mar- 

 kets, by means of a thorough system of bulletins on 

 market conditions, distribution of products and 

 prices from day to day, and with perhaps additional 

 storage facilities to supplement that in private hands, 

 it may be hoped to stal)ilize prices, make them more 

 satisfactory to producer and consumer and insure a 

 better distril)ution of tbe products of the farm. To 

 bring the producer and consumer nearer together, 

 some progress has been made in establishing munici- 

 pal markets in the larger cities. Extensive investi- 

 gations have been made of the model municipal 

 market quarters and storage facilities provided by a 

 number of European cities. As a result, there has 

 been strong advocacy of the further extension of this 

 system of municipal aid in the larger cities of the 

 State. The universal interest of the population in 

 the supply, quantity and price of agricultural prod- 

 ucts is the justification for such public aid and 

 cooperation. In New York City there are public 

 markets where all kinds of produce are sold from the 

 wagon or stall of the producer to the dealer and to the 

 consumer. These markets are poorly equipped and 

 managed and are inadequate to the problem in hand. 

 A municipal committee has been studying the situa- 

 tion and has brought in recommendations looking to 



