. Bulletin - Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station. Agriculture. 102 MASS. EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 169. Amherst to Boston, Central Vermont Railroad, . Cushman to Boston, Central Vermont Railroad, . Cushman to Norwich, Ct., Central Vermont Railroad, Cushman to Stafford, Ct., Central Vermont Railroad, . Greenfield to Boston, Boston & Maine Railroad, South Deerfield to Tampa, Fla., Boston & Maine Railroad, Amherst to Boston, Boston & Maine Railroad, . Amherst to New York, Boston & Maine Railroad, Hadley to Boston, Boston &.Maine Railroad, South Deerfield to Boston,
. Bulletin - Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station. Agriculture. 102 MASS. EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 169. Amherst to Boston, Central Vermont Railroad, . Cushman to Boston, Central Vermont Railroad, . Cushman to Norwich, Ct., Central Vermont Railroad, Cushman to Stafford, Ct., Central Vermont Railroad, . Greenfield to Boston, Boston & Maine Railroad, South Deerfield to Tampa, Fla., Boston & Maine Railroad, Amherst to Boston, Boston & Maine Railroad, . Amherst to New York, Boston & Maine Railroad, Hadley to Boston, Boston &.Maine Railroad, South Deerfield to Boston, Boston & Maine Railroad, . South Deerfield to New York, Boston & Maine Railroad, Cents. 11 14 13 12 12 42 12 17 12 13 13 Problems of Transportation. Shortage of Cars. When shipping is at its height some trouble is experienced in getting a sufficient number of cars. This is not always due to a real short- age of cars, but rather to a lack of. FiQ. ;— Loading onions into the car. Note the coarse mesh bag and the typical method of handling it. After December 1 refrigerator cars are used almost exclusively. extra track for the placing of empty cars at some of the local shipping points in the valley. In general, however, there is little complaint against the railroad companies in this respect. More frequent complaint comes because of delays while in transit. Onions which leave the valley on Thursday should arrive at Boston the next morning in time for' the Friday morning market. Ship- ments which do not arrive at that time must be held over until the following week, because Satur- day's market is usually small. During the fall such delays are especially frequent making it diffi- cult to time shipments properly. De7nurrage. Demurrage in Massachusetts is regulated by a commission which has accepted without any prescribed regulations the application of the "unified code" or "national car demurrage rules" by the railroad companies. Among other thin
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