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Show Effort to Increase Strawberry Profits Washington. To determine the ma Jor factors which affect the returns to growers the Department of Agriculture Agricul-ture is to study the strawberry Industry In-dustry In regard to price ranges, composition com-position of market supply, weather conditions and competition of other fruits. Economic Information already has been gathered in North CaroliDa, Virginia, Vir-ginia, Tennessee, Kentucky and Florida. Flor-ida. Similar work will be undertaken In New Jersey, Delaware, Louisiana nnd Arkansas. Maryland State College of Agriculture Is Independently insti ruting n similar survey In that state. Factors of particular Interest which It Is expected this study will disclose are the place of strawberries iu Hie organization of the farm; the seasonal movement from different areas, the variation In time and period of move ment, the tendency to overcrowd particular par-ticular markets and methods of mar ketlng and transportation. |