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Show FEDERAL AID FOR FARMERS i Market Newe Service May Be Established Estab-lished to Aeslst These Who Raise Perishable Products. A Washington dispatch says: "A market news service for farmers and truck gardeners who rale perishable trodurts may be established by the recently re-cently created offlce of markets of the department of agriculture. The feasibility feasi-bility of such a serrice Is to be studied by a specialist of the office, who also will take up tbe best way of making statistics of demand and supply useful use-ful to the farmer. The prices received ; by producers, the cost of transportation transporta-tion and storage, profits and other useful use-ful elements will be Investigated to this connection. Tbe service would be Invaluable to truck producers of tbe Atlantic roast states. Other specialises. It was announced, are to give attention to co-operative orgsnlrstions of producers snd consumers, con-sumers, and will assist ta tbe formation forma-tion of new cooperative enterprises. An expert In co-operative accounting will assist such organisations to keep their books and records effectively, to establish cot systems and follow-up methods of bsodltcg goods, Specialists la transportation win assist as-sist producers to obtain equltsble freight rates and will discuss questions ques-tions of extended facilities, determination deter-mination of rates, routing and other matters concerned with the speedy and chesp moving of produce. The tnill'nj rnd otillzatlon of cotton se4 wi'l e given special attention. |