. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. GROWEES ISrATIONAL MARKETING AGENCY, 29 The usual brokerage rates on car-lot sMpments are S20 a car whicli averages around 10 cents a barrel. In some of the Southern and Western States where the demand is lighter 15 cents a barrel is charged, while three Southern States reported a brokerage charge as high as 20 cents. By far the greater bulk is handled for 10 cents if in car-lot shipments. This fee is paid by the central association and is covered by the handling charge of 46 cents a barrel. The total charge of both St
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. GROWEES ISrATIONAL MARKETING AGENCY, 29 The usual brokerage rates on car-lot sMpments are S20 a car whicli averages around 10 cents a barrel. In some of the Southern and Western States where the demand is lighter 15 cents a barrel is charged, while three Southern States reported a brokerage charge as high as 20 cents. By far the greater bulk is handled for 10 cents if in car-lot shipments. This fee is paid by the central association and is covered by the handling charge of 46 cents a barrel. The total charge of both State and central cooperative association in 1920 was cents a barrel. ADVERTISING. Expenditures for advertising amounted in 1920 to 27-| cents a barrel. An allotment of 35 cents a barrel was reserved, but because of the good demand for the product during the latter part of the selling season, it was not found necessary to expend the entire allotment. CRANBERRY SHIPMENTS BY COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATIONS, SEASON isao-isai. Fig. 7.—During the season 1920-21 the cranberry growers shipped cooperatively a total of 1,050 cars. These shipments went direct from producing districts to nearly every State in the Union. Forty-five cars not shown on the map were sent to Canada. TRANSPORTATION. Figure 7 is a graphic presentation of the car-lot shipments of the three cooperative associations through their central sales agency. This chart, together with the chart in Figure 5, shows that the ^liddle West furnishes the largest outlet for cranberries, and that the South consumes very small quantities in proportion to other sections of the country. Figures 8, 9, and 10 show the car-lot shipments from Massachu- setts, New Jersey and Wisconsin respectively. These charts show that there is no division of territory between the different associations. Even though such arrangement might be possible, and in a number of. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have bee
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