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the construction of more adequate buildings with 

 storage, at the expense of the city and under its super- 

 vision. The cost of such plant would largely be met 

 by charge for selling space in the market. 



The city of Kochester has expended $400,000 on 

 an agricultural market building and provides addi- 

 tional space for producer-consumer trade from the 

 wagon. In the building, space is largely occupied by 

 the small dealer or huckster who purchases part or all 

 of his supplies and maintains a regular stand. The 

 market serves as a general exchange for the sale of 

 produce at wholesale, as well as retail. 



In Buffalo there are three public retail markets 

 where the producer and huckster have stalls or stands 

 and regularly meet the consumers on the three or 

 more market days of each week. The markets are 

 for both retail and wholesale business. 



Some of the smaller cities have established producer- 

 consumer markets. Curb markets are most common, 

 being merely a section of street set aside for this 

 purpose. Others have private stalls. In the latter, 

 both open and closed booths are provided and are 

 rented at a small sum a day or a fixed period de- 

 pending in part on the size of the stock to be handled. 

 Cities having the former type of market are Olean, 

 Jamestown, Elmira, Auburn, Ithaca and Troy. 



These public markets form a link in the system of 

 distribution but can not be relied on to solve market- 

 ing problems. They serve as a clearing-house for 

 local produce where the consumers and some buyers 

 may meet the producers. By means of this central 



