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It would seeia advisable to market test the processed chile on a small scale 

 in several selected States. Perhaps an arrangement could be made to obtain a 

 limited supply of processed chile from the Las Cruces plant for use in this test. 

 The RC&D project planners as well as the Espanola Valley grov?ers -would then be 

 in a better position to evaluate the feasibility of establishing a processing 

 plant for chile. 



Services Already Provided Chile Growers 

 Considerable assistance has already been given to the chile grow-rs iu the 

 Espanola Valley. W. Y. Fowler, Secretary of the Cooperative Council of Mew 

 Mexico, supplied Fanner Cooperative Service with a list of the following ser- 

 vices provided by personnel from the State Extension Service and Mew Mexico 

 State University: 



' i. Experimental results on chile varieties and cultural practices from 

 test conducted by the Experimenr Staiion substation at Espanola. 



2. Results of on-farm. chile demonst': scions conducted by the Department 

 of Agricultural Services, NMSU, have oeen provided, 



3. A study of chile marketing ptactices in the Rio Grande Valley, con- 

 ducted by the Agricultural Economi:s Department of NMSU^ was suiranarize-i 

 abd adapted to the Espanola Valley, 



4. The extension engineer developed information on chile processing 

 facilities and processing techniques for the group. This information 

 included estimates of facility costs and plynned capacities,. 



5. An analysis of market potential of chilfe a.Tiii chile production for the 

 Espanola area was prepared by the far^u -^.nd business management special- 

 ist. In additions information was ;jrvviJe<:- on the different orgarii.:a- 

 tional alternatives and the advantages nr>d disadvantages of each,, 



6. Recommended chile production practices hav^e, been provided by the 

 extension horticulturist. 



