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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 BULLETIN No. 401 



Contribution from the Office of Markets and Rural Organization 

 CHARLES J. BRAND, Chief 



Washington, D. C. 



October 31, 1916 



MARKETING AND DISTRIBUTION OF 

 WESTERN MUSKMELONS IN 1915 



By 



O. W. SCHLEUSSNER, Assistant in Market Surveys, and 

 C. W. KITCHEN, Market Station Assistant 



CONTENTS 



Introduction 1 



Imperial Valley District, California . . 2 



History 2 



Marketing Arrangements .... 3 



Possibilities of Cooperation .... 8 



Quality 8 



Distribution 16 



Salt River Valley District, Arizona ... 22 



History 22 



Marketing Arrangements .... 23 



Possibilitiea of Cooperation .... 24 



Quality 24 



Distribution 26 



Moapa District, Nevada 28 



History 28 



Page 

 Moapa District, Nevada — Continued 



Marketing Arrangementa .... 29 



Quality 29 



Distribution 29 



Torlock District, California 29 



History 29 



Marketing Arrangementa .... 30 



Quality 30 



Distribution. 31 



Colorado District 31 



History 31 



Marketing Arrangements .... 32 



Cooperation 35 



Quality 35 



Distribution 38 



WASHINGTON 

 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 



1916 



