. Bulletin. Agriculture -- New Hampshire. 14 U. OF N. H. AGRI. EXP. STATION [Bulletin 249 ages of each of the seven groups then are given in Table VII. The five largest producers of farm products for the roadside market aver- aged to sell $4063 worth of these goods. They sold other things, such as $1658 worth of home cooking; $2156 worth of gasoline and oil; $825 worth of merchandised food materials, like candy and ice cream; and less amounts of the other classes, making up total sales per stand of $9479. The largest sales of farm products purchased averaged $2439 for five places. A group of f
. Bulletin. Agriculture -- New Hampshire. 14 U. OF N. H. AGRI. EXP. STATION [Bulletin 249 ages of each of the seven groups then are given in Table VII. The five largest producers of farm products for the roadside market aver- aged to sell $4063 worth of these goods. They sold other things, such as $1658 worth of home cooking; $2156 worth of gasoline and oil; $825 worth of merchandised food materials, like candy and ice cream; and less amounts of the other classes, making up total sales per stand of $9479. The largest sales of farm products purchased averaged $2439 for five places. A group of five similarly selected in respect to home prepared food products averaged $3731, and for merchandised food, candy, etc., $2,697. The gasoline and oil group showed the largest sales of any, both in the product by which selected and in total sales, $6074 and $10,438 respectively. But it should be borne in mind that the margin of profit on gasoline is small, without accounting for evaporation and other possible shrinkage. Overnight accommodations, including a few meals for the lodgers as well as room rent, amounted to $684. This group depends on sales of home cooking $2293, farm products mostly raised $1228, merchandised food $618, and gasoline $104, to make up total sales per stand of practically $5000. The sell- ing of old-fashioned furniture, groceries, hand-made baskets, sewing and weaving, auto tires, and similar articles, uncommon to roadside marketing in general but representing an appreciable amount of busi- ness in a few individual cases, made it possible to pick out five records with average sales from miscellaneous, so-called, of $2560. Perhaps. The variety at farm produce markets ojien ranges from vegetables to balsam pillows. this condition suggests that almost anything may be sold at a roadside stand under opportune conditions. Some of the averages for the whole group are of possible interest, showing the total sales as $6902, which represents per cent of the to
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