Agricultural Appropriation Bill; 1924, Hearing 67th Congress, 4th Session (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 Excerpt: ...Anderson. Have you done anything in the way of development for a market for these products?. Mr. Campbell. That thing has been urged by the industry itself, Mr. Anderson, but I can not see that that is any part of our business; and we ourselves have not attempted to do anything with that. Very naturally it could not be done with a fund of this size, and our concern is to make available through the investigations that we have underway the methods which should be employed for the manufacture of a standardized article and then quit with that. Mr. Anderson. What I mean is, is there any real development in the sale of these products commercially? Mr. Campbell. In certain products there are. Certain products are being put out in fairly well standardized fashion now, and very naturally the department is getting inquiries all the time where there is a desire to undertake this on a cooperative plan by agricultural communities themselves in the establishment of dehydrating plants. But until the department is in a position to prescribe the method by which this can be done and arrive at some logical and accurate conclusion concerning the cost that would be involved and the type of supervision that should be maintained, it can not speak in a definite fashion regarding the financial advantage that would accrue to a community from an undertaking of this sort. Mr. Buchanan. When you speak of "dehydrating" you simply mean drying? Mr. Campbell. Yes. Mr. Buchanan. Are the markets filled with dried fruits and vegetables, or is there any considerable market for dried fruit now? Mr. Campbell. Oh, yes; dried fruit is a pretty well established industry, but on vegetables it is hardly that, and I do not think that dehydration will ever be an industry actively supported in...