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Mich. Increasing Efficiency in Operation of Firms Handling 

 Agricultural Products * To conduct studies designed to 

 measure and compare costs and efficiency of alternative 

 technologies, practices, procedures, and size of firms or 

 plants handling agricultural products. 

 Agr. Econ. ES 289 



N. J. Pilot Scale Pre cooling Studies with Certain Fresh Fruits 

 and Vegetables and Shipping Quality Characteristics of New "" 

 Jersey Blueberry Varieties . To evaluate (l) hydrocooling 

 (with new test chemicals) on quality maintenance of straw- 

 berries, lettuce, peaches, snapbeans under controlled lab 

 conditions ; (2) vacuum cooling on quality maintenance of 

 lettuce and other produce under controlled lab conditions; 

 (3) economic feasibility of vacuum cooling and hydrocooling 

 under State conditions; (U) shipping quality characteristics 

 of blueberry varieties under controlled lab conditions and 

 in test shipments to distant markets; and (5) air blast 

 cooling process on quality maintenance of berries under con- 

 trolled pilot scale operations. 



Agr. Econ., Food Technol., Plant Path. 28 



Methods and Costs of Storing and Packing Apples . Improve 

 overall efficiency of apple storing and packing in order that 

 unit costs and fruit injury may be reduced. 



Agr. Econ. 11*- 9 (NEM-19) 



Changes in Coats of Marketing Apples Associated wxth 

 Curtailment or Expansion in Consumer Service . To determine 

 the comparative costs of different types and methods of con- 

 sumer packaging. Costs will be examined in terms of man- 

 power, equipment and material requirements together with the 

 distributive shares of such costs. 



Agr. Econ. 191 



Ohio Methods, Costs and Efficiencies in Grading, Packaging, 



and Marketing Apples . To (1) determine costs for various 

 methods of grading, packaging, and marketing of apples under 

 various scales of operation; (2) compare relative efficiencies 

 of farm, wholesale and retail store level prepackaging opera- 

 tions and determine probable trends in each; and (3) develop 

 ideal or model plans for apple packaging and marketing from 

 studies and theoretical packaging and marketing operations. 

 Agr. Econ. and Rur. Sociol. Ill* 



N. Y. 

 (Cornell) 



N. Y. 

 (Cornell) 



