. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. GROWEKS NATIONAL MARKETING AGENCY. 31 JOBBERS. In answering a questionnaire 173 jobbers located in 26 States submitted handling margins on cranberries for 1920 which ranged from 4 per cent of selling price to more than 25 per cent. The range of jobbers' margins is shown below: Margin: ^ Number of j obbers 5 per cent or below 9 6 to 10 per cent 66 11 to 15 per cent 64 16 to 20 per cent 30 Above 20 per cent 4 The weighted average margin for all jobbers is per cent of their selling price. The weighted average selling
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. GROWEKS NATIONAL MARKETING AGENCY. 31 JOBBERS. In answering a questionnaire 173 jobbers located in 26 States submitted handling margins on cranberries for 1920 which ranged from 4 per cent of selling price to more than 25 per cent. The range of jobbers' margins is shown below: Margin: ^ Number of j obbers 5 per cent or below 9 6 to 10 per cent 66 11 to 15 per cent 64 16 to 20 per cent 30 Above 20 per cent 4 The weighted average margin for all jobbers is per cent of their selling price. The weighted average selling price of cranberries CRANBERRY SHIPMENTS FROM NE\A/ JERSEY, SEASON isao-isai. Fig. 9.—New Jersey car-lot shipments through the cooperative association amoimted to 354 cars. Canadian shipments, not shown on the map, amounted to 5 cars. by jobbers during October, November and December, the months of greatest sales, was $ a barrel. Hence the jobbers' margin for the country as a whole was around $ a barrel. OTHER WHOLESALERS. Although the jobber is the principal wholesaler of cranberries after they leave the hands of. the exchange, some of the product is handled by more than one wholesaler in the same market. For instance, it is not unusual for a car-lot receiver to sell to a smaller wholesaler, or for a wholesaler to sell to a wagon peddler, who in turn supplies the retailer. This being the case, the jobber's margin does not cover the entire wholesale handling charge for all berries. It is difficult to as- Percentage of selling Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. Dept. of Agriculture. [Washington, D. C. ?] : The Dept. : Supt. of Docs. , G. P. O.
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