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mote the sale of the stock of the breeders in the 

 county and a secretary is paid to pilot buyers to the 

 different farms having stock to sell and to arrange 

 joint sales. 



Produce-handling companies comprised of growers 

 have been organized at several places to concentrate, 

 grade and pack their produce, and. find a suitable mar- 

 ket for the same by means of a paid manager and 

 packing force. The South Shore Growers and Ship- 

 pers Association, southwest of Buffalo with head- 

 quarters at Silver Creek, is an example of this sort 

 of combination of farmers for selling vegetables and 

 small-fruits. Another is the Tompkins County 

 Farmers Company at Ithaca. Still another impor- 

 tant concern is the Eastern Fruit and Produce Ex- 

 change of Kochester, which was organized primarily 

 to handle fruit in western New York. This corpor- 

 ation, which is owned and officered by producers, is 

 affiliated with a national sales agency with represen- 

 tatives in different cities and doing a business in a 

 large variety of agricultural products. Produce is 

 handled only for affiliated members, which privilege 

 is secured by the ownership of stock. Local ex- 

 changes are established in the various centers of pro- 

 duction. In an increasing number of places, the 

 local exchanges are establishing central grading and 

 packing-houses to put the produce in a more satis- 

 factory market condition. For example, there were 

 organized in Niagara County in 1918 four central 

 packing-houses for fruit. These selling agencies 



