42 BTTLLETIN 1206, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
pay _or the transmission of the messages. Requests for reports or 
for more detailed information regarding the service should be sent to 
the Bureau of Agricultural Economics, Department of Agriculture, 
Washington, 1). (\ 
united states department of agriculture 
market report 
Washington, D. C. 1358 B street, S. W. 
Deoembor 15, 1921. Telephone-Alain 4650-Br. 212. 
SWEET 
POTATOES - NO. 127. 
CARLOT ^rilPKENTS FOR WEDNESDAY. 
DECEMBER 
14: 
Arkansas 2 
Maryland East Shore 
13 
California 
Mississippi 
1 
Northern District 2 
New Jereey 
6 
Delaware 13 
North Carolina 
7 
Georgia 3 
Tennessee 
10 
Illinois 2 
Texas 
3 
Kentucky 1 
Virginia 
Louisiana 1 
East Shore 
1 
TOTAL 65 
NOTEr U NLESS OTHERWISE STATED. ALL QUOTATIONS ARE ON STOCK OF GOOD MERCilAiNTABLZ 
QUALITY AND CONDITION 
SHIPPING POINT INFORMATION WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 14 » 
GLEASQN. TENNESSEE : Warm. Haulings light. Carloads f.o.b. caeh tracJc - 
U. S. GRADE NO. 1, NANCY HALLS $1.25 - 1.35 per bushel hamper. 
REPORTS 3Y DIRECT LEASED WIRE FROM IMPORTANT MARKETS 
THIS MORNING'S SALE:, TO JOBBERS - UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED 
CHICAGO t 32o cloudy. 2 Del., 6 111., 2 Ky., 3 N. J. and 3 Term, arrived, 14 ears 
on track including broken. Demand and movement light, market steady. Tennessee, 
bushel hampers Nancy Halle No. 1, $1.25-1.35. Illinois, buehel hampers Nancy 
Halls No. 1, $1.00-1.15, Little Stem Jerseys No. '1, $1.25-1.35, 7/8 bushel ham- 
pers Little otom Jerseys No. 1 $1.00-1.10. New Jerseys, buehel hampers Big Stem 
Jerstye No, 1, $2.25-2.35. Virginias, cloth top stave barrels Improved Jerseys 
No* 1, $3.50-3.75, few $4.00. Correction: last Friday's (December 9) report 
price on New Jereey bushel hamper Big Stem Jerseys No. 1 should have read $2.00- 
2.25, poorer $1.50-1.55, instead of $1.50-1.65. 
ST. LOUIS : 29o partly cloudy. 1 Tenn. arrived, no oars on track. Supplies liberal. 
Practically no demand or movement. Too few sales to establish market. Operators 
asking for TenneeBeee, buehel hampers Nancy Halle No. 1, kiln dried, mostly 
around $1.25. 
ST. PAUL : 21o partly cloudy, 1 N.J. and 1 Tenn. arrived, no cars on traok. Smp- 
plieo moderate. Demand and movement light, market steady. New Jerseys, bushel 
hampers Yellow varieties No. 1, $2.65. Tennessees, bushel hampers Nancy Halls 
No. 1, $1.65. 
H. C. Taylor, 
Chief of Bureau. 
Fio. 19.— Facsimile of a market report on swoot potatoes such as is issued daily during shippine, 
on at Washington, D. ('., and branch offices at important shipping points. 
REPORTS OK STORAGE STOCKS. 
In 1022 the Bureau of Agricultural Economics began issuing period- 
ical reports estimating the commercial supply of sweet potatoes held 
in storage bouses. These reports show the quantity stored at harvest 
time, the movement out of storage, and the quantity remaining at the 
time each report is made. Prior to the inauguration of this service 
shippers were unable to determine the extent of storage holdings 
