Download or read book Food Distribution Research, Educational, and Service Work of the U. S. Department of Agriculture (Classic Reprint) written by United States Department Of Agriculture and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-09-10 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Food Distribution Research, Educational, and Service Work of the U. S. Department of Agriculture Public concern with agricultural marketing problems continued in the interwar period, with the collapse of farm prices in 1920-21, the ensuing agricultural depression of the twenties, and the general economic depression of the thirties. During these decades the organization of the marketing work of the Department was modified from time to time to meet changing needs. But the work as a whole continued to receive emphasis. The variety of marketing services increased. The scope of research widened to include secondary and later stages of marketing in addition to those nearest the farm. A result of this work was a broadening and clarification of understanding of the role and importance of marketing. Studies brought out the costs necessarily involved in performing the essential and useful functions required in marketing farm products and the extent of dependence of farmers and consumers jointly upon the marketing system. The studies also indicated that in marketing, as in farm production itself, there were substantial opportunities for developing more efficient, less costly methods and practices, to the joint benefit of farmers, consumers, and the marketing firms themselves. It also became evident that agriculture and the marketing industries had a common interest in developing and expanding the markets for farm products. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.