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Show ffPlTl HSE OF FARMERS reau of Markets De-,elops De-,elops System for Ac V curate Information. 0C:,al to The Tribune. " ALISADE, Colo., Aug. 9. lh 00 miles of private leased wires th are operated .by tho bureau of ' jtets, United States department of Ii .cult ure, between practically nil of V important receiving markets in the tod States, have been placed tem- ?Vly at the disposal of tho peach I-'' Vers and shippers of the Utnh-Colo-?0 district. This temporary office is : 'of a large number irf operation in .rent parts of the United States dur-N dur-N "the shipping Bcasous of fruits and (tables The market news servico of bureau has been in existenco for f, about four years, but has had n omenally rapid growth,, until now . arc thirtv-l'ive permanent offices th are in operation daily for the pur-'p pur-'p I of furnishing quick, reliable and rate information on market condi-3 condi-3 to bo.tb. the producor and con- & one of these offices is in charge trained produce man, who thorough- inJcrstnDds the business and whose is to cover the market each morn- and report the arrivals, quality and - dition and extent of demand for sea- ible perishable products which are ' vine upon the market in carloads. ! man is on the ground early in the nine while actual sales are being le, and reports conditions from per- al'observation. . , , ""Tie information gathered m this way elecrraphed to central headquarters at shington. where it is tabulated and iijtributed bv private leased wire to ections of the country from which ? imcrcial quantities of the various inha-blo .crops are moving. It is ' neographed by tho various branch of- ) of the bureau located in producing as aDd is distributed by mail free t- charge to all interested growors and " ppers. Early in the afternoon the il office in Palisnde will have infor- tion ready for distribution concerning i" liitions prevailing in tho terminal pkets at 8 and 9 o 'clock in the morn- .' ii addition to the information from " " market centers, the bureau receives Kjrts from the division superintendents every railroad in the "United States " Vim; fruits and vegetables in carlot ratifies, giving a complete record of shipments during the previous twen-(nur twen-(nur hours. This information is also idled telegraphically and appears on market bulletin, thus giving the jner complete knowledge of supplies nn to market. Supplementing that irmation, tho local office just estab-: estab-: cd will receive from the railroads a KitA of the original destinations ot $ cars shipped from this district. This I'jrmation will also be published daily the guidance of shippers in effect-tho effect-tho most efficient distribution pos- |