Marketing Perishable Farm Products / / 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.
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| 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
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| 505 | 0 | 0 | |t Frontmatter -- |t CHAPTER I. Character And Significance of the Problem -- |t The Scope of the Investigation -- |t Extent of Trade in Perishable Produce -- |t Seasonal Fluctuations in Prices of Perishables -- |t Sectional Fluctuations in Prices of Perishables -- |t Cost of Getting Perishables From Producers to Consumers -- |t Losses from Decay of Perishables -- |t Summary of the Social Costs incident to the Marketing of this Class of Goods -- |t Causes of the Demand for a Reduction in the Cost of Marketing these Products -- |t What Has Been Done to improve the Marketing of Perishables -- |t Statistical Tables -- |t CHAPTER II. The Present System of Marketing Perishables -- |t Outline of the Machinery of the Market -- |t Complications and Lack of Uniformity in Marketing Operations -- |t Cost-factors of the Middleman System -- |t Distinction between the Middleman Machinery and its Operators -- |t Tables of Transportation Rates -- |t CHAPTER III. Why the System is a Burden to Society -- |t Reasons for Wide Fluctuations in Prices in Each Market -- |t The Fundamental Economic Forces which Regulate Prices -- |t How these Forces Regulate the Prices of Perishables -- |t Sectional Margins in Prices: Causes -- |t Causes of Losses from Deterioration -- |t Causes for Wide Margins Between Farm Prices and Consumers' Prices -- |t Summary of Factors to be Dealt With in Reducing the Social Costs of Marketing Perishables -- |t Chapter IV. Reform of the Marketing Processes or Machinery -- |t Suggested Programs of Reform -- |t Limitations of Direct Marketing -- |t Finding Consumers -- |t Transferring the goods to Consumers -- |t Economic Value of Marketing Machinery for Perishables -- |t Reduction of the Cost of Marketing through Simplification of the Processes -- |t Sales by Producers -- |t Sales by Professional Shippers -- |t Purchases by Retailers -- |t Simplification of Marketing Processes through Cooperation and Municipal Markets -- |t Farmers' Cooperative Marketing Associations -- |t Consumers' Cooperative Stores -- |t Municipal Markets -- |t Summary -- |t Chapter V. Reduction of Costs of Performing the Marketing Processes -- |t Through Government Market Departments or Bureaus -- |t Standardization of Grades and Packages -- |t Elimination of Unfair Business Practices -- |t Organizing Market Information -- |t Regulation of Transportation, Refrigeration and Terminal Facilities -- |t Investigative and Educational Work -- |t Getting Efficient Market Departments -- |t Reduction of the Costs Through Cooperative Associations -- |t Reduction of Costs through Competition -- |t Among Shippers -- |t In the Wholesale Trade -- |t In the Retail Trade -- |t Chapter VI. Reduction of the Burdens of Marketing by Changing the Nature of the Goods and Area of Production -- |t Reduction of the Perishability of the Goods -- |t Cold-storage -- |t Manufacturing -- |t Producing Hardier Varieties -- |t Reduction of Seasonal Production -- |t Development of Varieties which have a Long Season of Harvesting -- |t Widening the Area of Production for Different Goods -- |t Development of Centralized Producing Sections -- |t APPENDIX -- |t A. The National Law for the Standardization of Apple Grades and Containers -- |t B. Market Information of Peach Movement for One Day as given out by the Office of Markets of the U. S. Department of Agriculture |
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