. Bulletin - Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station. Agriculture. 118 MASS. EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 169. local buyer 100 pounds of onions. The buyer takes the equivalent of pounds for his services; hence, he actually loads on the cars the equivalent of pounds. The railroad and drayman take pounds, so that the amount delivered to the wholesale distributor is pounds. The various wholesale distributors take pounds of the , or about 19| per cent., so that the retailer receives pounds. He, in turn, takes out pounds and delivers to the consumer 37 pou
. Bulletin - Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station. Agriculture. 118 MASS. EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 169. local buyer 100 pounds of onions. The buyer takes the equivalent of pounds for his services; hence, he actually loads on the cars the equivalent of pounds. The railroad and drayman take pounds, so that the amount delivered to the wholesale distributor is pounds. The various wholesale distributors take pounds of the , or about 19| per cent., so that the retailer receives pounds. He, in turn, takes out pounds and delivers to the consumer 37 pounds; hence, 63 pounds repre- sents the approximate cost of distributing 100 pounds of storage onions; or, stated in other terms, the consumer pays as much for 37 pounds as the grower receives for b^ Loadod TeAaij b, D*livor«d to ToKoi; fcy Dolivcrod to ToKaij hy Dolivcrod ^o Locd Bujrw Local ^uy«^ 017 Cors Trerjaportatw, WbcJcMls Wtjclttsola P«toitor Ratoiler Cofjsun^or Fig. 40. — The cost of marketing Connecticut Valley onions. Recommendations. As a result of this investigation, the following recommendations are made: — 1. There should be in the hands of the farmers more general and definite information concerning the production (acreage, condition and estimated yield) and commercial movement of onions in and from the commercial onion-growing areas of the United States. Data from these sections are of great value in deciding upon the proper time for selling the crop. 2. The average onion grower is not giving sufficient attention to the problems connected with the curing, screening and grading of onions. The quality of the crop and the condition in which it is delivered to the buyer have a marked effect on the price. The requirements of the markets which are supplied with Connecticut Valley onions should be carefully studied and promptly met. This naturally demands a kiaowledge of the breadth of the Connecticut Valley onion market. The grower would do well to suppl
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