Farmer's magazine (January-December 1920) . form is worded in the following manner: Dear SirâCommencing Monday (date inserted) weoffer you, here, subject supply: Hothouse Cukes, No. 1, per 11 qt. bskt (Price Inserted) Hothouse Cukes, No. 2, per 11 qt. bskt Field Tomatoes, No. 1, per 11 qt. bskt. Field Tomatoes, No. 2, per 11 qt. bskt Green Sweet Peppers, per 11 qt. bskt. Red Hot Peppers, per 11 qt. bskt Cabbage, per bushel Sweet Corn, per dozen ears Etc., Etc The distribution, therefore, is absolutely accordino- to market requirements. The better prices whichthe gr
Farmer's magazine (January-December 1920) . form is worded in the following manner: Dear SirâCommencing Monday (date inserted) weoffer you, here, subject supply: Hothouse Cukes, No. 1, per 11 qt. bskt (Price Inserted) Hothouse Cukes, No. 2, per 11 qt. bskt Field Tomatoes, No. 1, per 11 qt. bskt. Field Tomatoes, No. 2, per 11 qt. bskt Green Sweet Peppers, per 11 qt. bskt. Red Hot Peppers, per 11 qt. bskt Cabbage, per bushel Sweet Corn, per dozen ears Etc., Etc The distribution, therefore, is absolutely accordino- to market requirements. The better prices whichthe growers are able to obtainthrough the association are not dueto a holding-up of the consumer,but to an intelligent distribution tomarkets not already glutted. Keeping a Standard of Quality T^O maintain a uniform standard-*â of quality is one of the bigjobs in the management of any co-operative selling association. TheErie Company has accomplishedthis admirably. Each member ofthe association is registered byjnumber. He is given a rubber. On the Pelce Point Marsh. AboveâOne of the large drainage canals. BelowâJust onions. i ti^n district has a Dominion-wide reputation for itsarly tomatoes. Leamington tomatoes are on theniarkets from the first of July until late Fall. Atthe height of the season the Company has handledas many as 12,000 baskets in a day. 12,000 basketsmeans ten minimum carloads; that is 1,200 basketss the least number which can be shipped in a carat car-load rates. Some of the larger cars will con-tain 2,400 baskets if loaded to capacity. The nor-mal years crop of onions on the Pelee Point MarshIS from three to four hundred car loads. In 1918It was five hundred and fifty cars and this yearscrop will be about the same. Besides these two maincommodities, the company handles all greenhouse To dispose at best prices of 12,000 baskets of to-matoes in one day and arrange to handle an equalnumber the next day and to take care of a Fall rusho-f 150,000 bags of onions (500
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