Excerpt from The Marketing and Transportation Situation, Vol. 129: April 1958 The total farm - retail spread for the foods in the market basket was 4 percent wider in the quarter just ended than in the first quarter last year. Marketing charges for all product groups except poultry and eggs were higher than a year earlier. 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.

Excerpt from The Marketing and Transportation Situation, Vol. 1: May 1942 Problems developing daily in the marketing and transportation of farm products point to the imperative need for conservation and increased efficiency in the use of existing facilities. Except for ocean shipping, current demands for transportation are being met, but the big season of crop harvesting, processing, and distributing is still ahead. The reduction of coastal shipping and the shortage of parts, tires, and gasoline for trucks as well as complete stoppage of new truck production throws a heavy burden on the railroads. On all transportation fronts, plans are underway to eliminate waste effort, to take better care of equipment, and to make fuller use of facilities through elimination of less-than-capacity loads and cross-hauling, consolidation of routes, the standardization of new designs, and the granting of shipping and storage permits. 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.

Excerpt from The Marketing and Transportation Situation, Vol. 125: May 28, 1957 Average hourly earnings of employees in food-marketing enterprises increased in nearly every month of 1956 and averaged more than 5 percent higher in the first quarter of 1957 than a year earlier. Railroads, trucking firms, and other freight carriers raised their rates during the last year (pp. 11 and The Interstate Commerce Commission approved increases in charges for railroad refrigeration ser vices and in railway express rates. 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.

Excerpt from The Marketing and Transportation Situation, Vol. 21: May 1944 The Bureau-of Agricultural Economics estimate of consumption on farms where ed; adjusted upward for farm consumption by purchase, is millions of or 73.171percent of the millions of pounds reported by the farm ives. Assuming the discrepancy between reported and ent actual con w on is the same for nonfarm as for farm consumers, and ying the same tion factor 6/ to the millionsfef;p6unds of nonfarm housekeeping con? 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.

With the increasing sophistication of urban rail networks, the combined effects of rail transit on urban development are more and more complex and in-depth, and large-scale rail transit construction and operation have placed new demands on planning, construction, investment and financing. This main aim of these proceedings is to study and explore theoretical progress, methodological innovation and lessons learned in aspects of the planning stage, urban planning, architectural design, development and construction, safety systems, management support, etc. involved in the process of comprehensive utilization along urban rail transit lines and in the development and utilization of the surrounding land, in order to provide a platform for decision-makers and researchers involved in urban rail transit construction, urban construction and development.