Employees . --The corporation employs a general manager and a bookkeeper 

 full time. An auctioneer, clerk, two men on the auction block, and a 

 woman accountant for the asparagus processing program are hired as part- 

 time employees. 



Policies . --The ob-jective of the corporation is to encourage growers to 

 market their fresh produce through the auction by striving for the best 

 possible price and to accommodate buyers in terms of volume and quality 

 of produce and services rendered. 



The corporation, through mediation with the processor and growers, works 

 for an equitable annual contract on asparagus acreage. 



Operations 



The corporation normally handles over 400,000 packages of produce annually 

 through its auction and between 1 and 1.5 million pounds of asparagus 

 for the processor in its marketing operation. 



Major produce handled are asparagus, tomatoes, and green peppers. Other 

 produce include mixed and red peppers, eggplants, cantaloupffia and a 

 variety of miscellaneous vegetables. 



Services Provided . --Growers patronizing the Swedesboro auction are paid 

 on an individual account basis for their produce on the first Thursday 

 after the week of the sale. 



The corporation contracts with farmers for asparagus acreage, performs 

 some quality supervision, and then weighs, inspects, and supervises 

 delivery of the produce to the processing plant. 



The corporation guarantees the quality of produce to buyers at auction 

 based on samples displayed and also extends credit to reliable customers 

 if absolutely necessary. 



Sales . --Total value of auction sales has shown an upward trend in the 

 past 5 years ending Oct. 1969 as indicated below. 



Season "Volume of auction sales 



Nov. thru Oct. Dollars 



1964-65 1,278,194 



1965-66 1,393,619 



1966-67 1,351,427 



1967-68 1,714,925 



1968-69 1,731,178 



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