Fruit and Vegetable Market News Reports
Descriptive Information
Additional URL, if any
Project and Contents Description
In 1916, the Bureau of Markets began a reporting system for carload shipments of all kinds of fresh or dried fruits and vegetables. The Bureau mailed a standard card-size report to about 25,000 agents of the various carriers that handle these commodities, with instructions to mail a card for each carload billed from their station. The National Agricultural Library (NAL) has digitized the summary reports for fresh fruit and vegetable arrival totals, and unload totals, which are arranged by commodities, states, and months and include the annual shipment summaries for eastern, western, midwestern, and southern cities.
Geographic Coverage
United States
Language(s)
- English
Any non-U.S. Government Pubs
No
Publications Source
- Library's Federal depository collection
Administrative Information
Owner
Project Contact Name
Gretchen Kaminski
Institution Name
National Agricultural Library (NAL)
Institution Type
Government Agency
Address
10301 Baltimore Ave., 20705, U.S.
Address 2
Room 300
E-mail
Telephone
301-504-6503
Secondary Contact Name
Patricia Murphy
Secondary Contact Email
Secondary Contact Phone
301-504-6503
Partners, if any
Fruit and Vegetable Market News, Agricultural Marketing Service
Project Federally Funded:
Fully
Project Status
Ongoing
Digitization Conducted In-house
No
Searching for Project Partners
No
Visited
532
Technical Information
File Formats
TIFF
Metadata Scheme in Use
Dublin Core
Metadata Encoded As
XML
Restrictions on Access
No
Other Information
Additional Information
With continued funding provided by Fruit and Vegetable Market News, NAL is now digitizing price summaries and reports for specific produce markets, such as Atlanta, Philadelphia, Idaho, and Washington state.