12 BULLETIX 1002, IT. S. DEPAET^IE^T OF AGEICULTTJEE. 
certain parts of the country to the handling of fresh meats and 
dressed poultry on open markets, especially if sales are confined in 
the case of meats to pieces of considerable size cut before they are 
brought to market. If an open market is to be devoted to any con- 
siderable extent to the sale of the more perishable farm products, it 
will be advisable to locate it on special market property, since sanita- 
tion can be controlled more satisfactorily under such circumstances 
than when the market is conducted in a streetror along curbs. 
Products that may be sold satisfactorily on open markets under 
ordinary conditions include fresh fruits and vegetables, eggs, live 
poultry and rabbits, plants, flowers, herbs, canned goods, packaged 
butter, and cheese. Fruits and vegetables make up the bulk of the 
products handled on open markets. 
In determining the nature of the market to be established the scope 
in regard to the classes of salesmen permitted on the market should 
be given consideration. From this point of view open markets are 
broadly either strictly " producers' " or " farmers' markets,'' on the 
one hand, or " producers' and hucksters' markets " on the other. In 
a very few cases exclusive " hucksters' markets " exist. In some com- 
munities it has been felt that complications that might result or evils 
that might grow from permitting commercial peddlers on the market 
with producers would more than overbalance any advantages owing to 
a broadening of the market. This is undoubtedly true if no restric- 
tions are placed on the admission of commercial peddlers, but many 
communities have found it decidedly advantageous to permit such 
peddlers or hucksters on the market under proper regulations. The 
advantage of having hucksters on the market is that they add tropical 
fruits and other shipped-in products to the otherwise relatively mea- 
ger assortment which local products alone provide, especially during 
certain seasons. 
The problem of the admission of hucksters often can be satisfac- 
torily solved by permitting them only on a separate section of the 
market, labeled " Hucksters." As a further restriction only licensed 
peddlers may be admitted and they ma} 7 be compelled to exhibit their 
license tags conspicuously. The matter is sometimes approached 
from another direction by supplying all bona fide producers with 
signs reading " Producer." These steps are taken on the theory that 
consumers have a right to know with what class of vendor they are 
dealing. 
The choice of a site for an open public market should be deter- 
mined after the type and kind of market to be established have been 
decided on. In general it may be said that other conditions being 
favorable a retail market should be placed as near as practicable to 
the retail shopping district or to important subordinate retail busi- 
ness districts, while a wholesale market should be situated as near as 
