Marketing Perishable Farm Products / / Arthur B. Adams.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Archive 1898-1999
• VerfasserIn: Adams, Arthur B.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1968]; ©1968
• Year of Publication: 1968
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in History, Economics, and Public Law
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (180 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CHAPTER I. Character And Significance of the Problem --; The Scope of the Investigation --; Extent of Trade in Perishable Produce --; Seasonal Fluctuations in Prices of Perishables --; Sectional Fluctuations in Prices of Perishables --; Cost of Getting Perishables From Producers to Consumers --; Losses from Decay of Perishables --; Summary of the Social Costs incident to the Marketing of this Class of Goods --; Causes of the Demand for a Reduction in the Cost of Marketing these Products --; What Has Been Done to improve the Marketing of Perishables --; Statistical Tables --; CHAPTER II. The Present System of Marketing Perishables --; Outline of the Machinery of the Market --; Complications and Lack of Uniformity in Marketing Operations --; Cost-factors of the Middleman System --; Distinction between the Middleman Machinery and its Operators --; Tables of Transportation Rates --; CHAPTER III. Why the System is a Burden to Society --; Reasons for Wide Fluctuations in Prices in Each Market --; The Fundamental Economic Forces which Regulate Prices --; How these Forces Regulate the Prices of Perishables --; Sectional Margins in Prices: Causes --; Causes of Losses from Deterioration --; Causes for Wide Margins Between Farm Prices and Consumers' Prices --; Summary of Factors to be Dealt With in Reducing the Social Costs of Marketing Perishables --; Chapter IV. Reform of the Marketing Processes or Machinery --; Suggested Programs of Reform --; Limitations of Direct Marketing --; Finding Consumers --; Transferring the goods to Consumers --; Economic Value of Marketing Machinery for Perishables --; Reduction of the Cost of Marketing through Simplification of the Processes --; Sales by Producers --; Sales by Professional Shippers --; Purchases by Retailers --; Simplification of Marketing Processes through Cooperation and Municipal Markets --; Farmers' Cooperative Marketing Associations --; Consumers' Cooperative Stores --; Municipal Markets --; Summary --; Chapter V. Reduction of Costs of Performing the Marketing Processes --; Through Government Market Departments or Bureaus --; Standardization of Grades and Packages --; Elimination of Unfair Business Practices --; Organizing Market Information --; Regulation of Transportation, Refrigeration and Terminal Facilities --; Investigative and Educational Work --; Getting Efficient Market Departments --; Reduction of the Costs Through Cooperative Associations --; Reduction of Costs through Competition --; Among Shippers --; In the Wholesale Trade --; In the Retail Trade --; Chapter VI. Reduction of the Burdens of Marketing by Changing the Nature of the Goods and Area of Production --; Reduction of the Perishability of the Goods --; Cold-storage --; Manufacturing --; Producing Hardier Varieties --; Reduction of Seasonal Production --; Development of Varieties which have a Long Season of Harvesting --; Widening the Area of Production for Different Goods --; Development of Centralized Producing Sections --; APPENDIX --; A. The National Law for the Standardization of Apple Grades and Containers --; B. Market Information of Peach Movement for One Day as given out by the Office of Markets of the U. S. Department of Agriculture
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780231886178; 9783110442489
• DOI: 10.7312/adam91928
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Arthur B. Adams.

Studies the marketing of fruits, vegetables, dairy, and poultry products to point out the economic forces which underlie the marketing of these goods.