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<*io Grade -Price Relationships for Potatoes with Special 



Reference to the Nearby Producer * To (1) learn principles 

 for profitable grading for nearby markets ; and (2) develop 

 principles of grading that will help nearby and distant 

 producer to better satisfy consumer* 



Agr. Econ. and Rur. Sociol. I3I4. (NCM-l£) 



Tex* Consumer Demand for and Development of Improved Grades 



and Standards for Pecans * To (1) learn variation in price- 

 quality and grade relationship for in- shell pecans as sold 

 under current marketing practices in retail stores; (2) de- 

 velop improved, or new. standards and grades designed to 

 eliminate consumer uncertainty as to quality of pecans 

 purchased on in- she 11 basis. Improve returns to practices; 

 and (3) measure consumer demand and preference for in- shell 

 pecans sold on improved grade basis in retail stores com- 

 pared to previous methods of selling and in relation to 

 pecans sold on shelled basis. 



Agr. Econ. and Sociol*, Home Econ*, Hort* ES 378 



Va. Time and Recovery Studies in Apple Processing . To learn 



(1) length of time required to perform different processing 

 operations when using apples of different grades and sizes; 



(2) yield of peeled, cored, whole apples and of sliced apples 

 obtained from above grades and sizes and recoverable waste 

 from same; and (3) by these data, price differentials that 

 processors could economically pay for apples of different 

 qualities and sizes based on time required to perform opera- 

 tions and recovery experiences, learn economic feasibility 



of adopting proposed new quality and size standards for 

 apples for processing. 



Agr. Econ. and Rur. Sociol., Hort* 86033 



Market Information 



Maine Developing Techniques for Improving Market News Data 



on Maine Potatoes ! To (1) learn capacity, condition of 

 structure and operational facilities of farm and track 

 potato storage houses in Maine; (2) develop and appraise 

 sampling procedures for estimating storage holdings of seed 

 and tablestock potatoes immediately after harvest and at 

 two subsequent dates during marketing season (separate esti- 

 mates for Russet Burbank and for round varieties); (3) de- 

 velop sampling techniques for evaluating size and quality 

 of important varieties stored at harvesttime and quality of 

 these at two subsequent periods during marketing season; and 

 (li) appraise need of extending scope of marketing news data 

 to include prices for additional shipping points and uses 

 made of potatoes* 



Agr. Econ. and Farm Mgt* ES $33 



