. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. 8 BULLETIN 979, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. Another factor entering into the cost of warehousing hay is the "transit ; Some railroads allow dealers owning ware- houses situated on their lines the privilege of unloading hay into their warehouses, of grading it, storing for a period not exceeding 6 months, reloading and rebilling it upon the through rate. While the stop-off charge is from $2 to $3 per car, this is more than covered in most instances by the difference be- tween the through rate an
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. 8 BULLETIN 979, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. Another factor entering into the cost of warehousing hay is the "transit ; Some railroads allow dealers owning ware- houses situated on their lines the privilege of unloading hay into their warehouses, of grading it, storing for a period not exceeding 6 months, reloading and rebilling it upon the through rate. While the stop-off charge is from $2 to $3 per car, this is more than covered in most instances by the difference be- tween the through rate and the combi- nation of local rates which would apply if the hay were shipped only to the warehouse, and after a time reloaded and shipped to a con- suming market. Many roads do not allow transit privi- leges, however, which is probably one of the reasons that practically no hay warehouses are in operation in some sections of the country. TV h i 1 e no com- plete data are avail- able as to the costs of marketing hay through a ware- house, studies and observations made indicate that on an average hay that has been classified and graded by being handled through a well-equipped warehouse would have to sell about $1 above the price of hay loaded directly into the car. It is asserted that while buyers are frequently dissatisfied with hay that is not of. Fig. 3.—One of the gates in distributing chutes. When the pieces numbered 1 are in the position indicated the hale is stopped and its weight opens a trap door in the bottom of the chute. This allows the bale to drop into another chute which delivers it to the floor below. When the pieces numbered 1 are pulled down by the levers shown in Fig. 2 the bale shoots over the trap door onto this 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.
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