. A free farmer in a free state: a study of rural life and industry and agricultural politics in an agricultural country . H e^ aj o rt <, o Ir. .ti c^ c O (U H i -* d W ^ o 2 6 .^2 u 0 a r;^ z:. 3 ■^ H JTSo H ^ 2 < ^ tJ3 c/: ^ -c .S w ^ ZZ O z G ^ rx* t-H ^ C/I ^ ^ u 1) a £ ,55 O D o ^ rN rt i> O C4 rt t^ -S 24. WHERE HE JUMPS I FOLLOW 25 In comes the growers barge piled with salads. Twolads belonging to the mart hold up specimens of the producein either hand, throwing them to merchants if need be—even quality is guaranteed by the co-operative society towhich the grower belongs—the p
. A free farmer in a free state: a study of rural life and industry and agricultural politics in an agricultural country . H e^ aj o rt <, o Ir. .ti c^ c O (U H i -* d W ^ o 2 6 .^2 u 0 a r;^ z:. 3 ■^ H JTSo H ^ 2 < ^ tJ3 c/: ^ -c .S w ^ ZZ O z G ^ rx* t-H ^ C/I ^ ^ u 1) a £ ,55 O D o ^ rN rt i> O C4 rt t^ -S 24. WHERE HE JUMPS I FOLLOW 25 In comes the growers barge piled with salads. Twolads belonging to the mart hold up specimens of the producein either hand, throwing them to merchants if need be—even quality is guaranteed by the co-operative society towhich the grower belongs—the pointer is released, one ofthe merchants touches his button, the sale is over, theamount is entered into the growers book previously left atthe office for the purpose and now flung on the barge, thebarge is poled out, and another barge appears with afresh lot of produce. It took just a minute and a half, I noticed, to sell onebarges load of 2,200 head of lettuce and 1,000 vendor dissatisfied with the price made pulls a bell,a string attached to which hangs within reach over thebarge ; but I heard the bell rung only once. In the West-land alone there must be eight or nine vegetable and fruitauction marts of the same sort. Outside the Loosduinenmart, at which ;£ 1,000,000 worth of produce is put up
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