. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. i]| BULLETIN No. 1019 ^ Contribution from the Bureau of Markets and Crop Estimates "" j&?"<&j-u H. C. TAYLOR, Chief. S^K- "^f^U Washington, D. C. April 14, 1922 MARKETING BROOM CORN. By G. B. Alguire, Assistant in Marketing Hay and Broom Com. CONTENTS. Page. Use and importance of crop 1 Preparation for market 2 Selection of brush 3 What not to harvest 3 Thrashing 4 Curing 7 Baling 10 Marketing at country points 11 Kinds of dealers 11 Time of movement 15 Principal country shipping points 1
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. i]| BULLETIN No. 1019 ^ Contribution from the Bureau of Markets and Crop Estimates "" j&?"<&j-u H. C. TAYLOR, Chief. S^K- "^f^U Washington, D. C. April 14, 1922 MARKETING BROOM CORN. By G. B. Alguire, Assistant in Marketing Hay and Broom Com. CONTENTS. Page. Use and importance of crop 1 Preparation for market 2 Selection of brush 3 What not to harvest 3 Thrashing 4 Curing 7 Baling 10 Marketing at country points 11 Kinds of dealers 11 Time of movement 15 Principal country shipping points 16 Page. Marketing at country points—Cont'd. Opening the market 16 Methods of marketing 18 Sampling 25 Country storage 26 Transportation 28 Methods of loading at country points 28 Channels of traffic 29 Principal terminal and manufac- turing points 30 Cooperative marketing 30 USE AND IMPORTANCE OF CROP. Broom corn is a comparatively small crop and has a limited use, therefore it has failed to command the attention of the marketing agencies which have played such an important part in developing efficient systems of distribution for the more important products. Broom corn is marketed to-day by much the same methods as those employed TO years ago, but with the advent of regulatory measures, grading rules, and other means of bringing about a more just and economical distribution of important commodities, growers, dealers, and manufacturers find that the absence of similar advantages for broom corn leaves much to be desired in the development of better market practices. In the manufacture of brooms, broom cornx has been replaced only to a very small extent by substitutes. Grass, rattan fiber, bristles, 1 The term broom corn is applied to the growing crop1, also* to the brush or that part of the plant used in the manufacture of brooms. The words " brush" and "heads!" usually mean the portion consisting of the " stem," " knuckle," and " fi
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