ABSTRACT
Agriculturists were informed as to what the markets could absorb of products that they might grow in place of unprofitable ones. At that time a Fruit Union was in existence, handling shipments of whole trainloads at a time, but the problem of distribution in the Eastern markets seemed beyond the capacity even of this agency. While liquid milk production was on the increase near the Eastern industrial centers, general dairying was spreading out through much of the United States, and particularly in the North Central section. The Easterners, for the most part, lived on farms that had been in the family for generations, and they knew the possibilities of the soil. The most noticeable adjustment to Western competition, and the one getting the most attention, was the abandonment of farms. Notable progress was made in the dairy industry, both in volume and in adjustment to Western competition.
