Show waste to market poor vegetables 4 ifa not good when they leave ground never will be any better vegetables that are arc not good when they leave the held will never be any better according to paul work ot of the new york state college of agriculture it does not pay lo 10 to put poor vegetables on the market for the atie good of both the producer find and tile the consumer poor stuff should be plowed under for fertilizer or fed to live stock and not dumped ou on the vegetable market grading pays careful grading of vegetables pays when the produce merchant or the customer bees sees poor specimens of vegetables or fruit in a carload or a basket lie he Judg judges esthe the whole lot to be poor in qun quality lily the buyer assumes that there Is more of the worst than he sees and lie he therefore uses the defective specimens to make the seller lower his price the cost of marketing Is so great that low grade vegetables are seldom worth shipping or taking to market less storage storage of vegetables la Is less important than formerly because shipping under refrigeration has improved the movement of products to market over long distances and during all seasons of the year lins fins reduced the need for long time storage however the fluctuation of prices from day to day and the eagerness of merchants as well as growers to catch the best prices has increased the use of storage plants for short periods refrigerated storage Is used more because it keeps the vegetables in the best condition burying vegetables in pits and other forms of outdoor storage are rapidly going out of use |