. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. BULLETIN OF THE No. 74 Contributed by the Bureau of Crop Estimates, L. M. Estabrook, Chief and by the Office of Markets, C. J. Brand, Chief. December 19, INLAND BOAT SERVICE: FREIGHT RATES ON FARM PROD- UCTS AND TIME OF TRANSIT ON INLAND WATERWAYS IN THE UNITED STATES. By Frank Andrews, Chief, Division of Crop Records. PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF INQUIRY. The purpose of this inquiry was to collect information relative to freight rates and time of transit of farm products carried on inland waterways of the United States
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. BULLETIN OF THE No. 74 Contributed by the Bureau of Crop Estimates, L. M. Estabrook, Chief and by the Office of Markets, C. J. Brand, Chief. December 19, INLAND BOAT SERVICE: FREIGHT RATES ON FARM PROD- UCTS AND TIME OF TRANSIT ON INLAND WATERWAYS IN THE UNITED STATES. By Frank Andrews, Chief, Division of Crop Records. PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF INQUIRY. The purpose of this inquiry was to collect information relative to freight rates and time of transit of farm products carried on inland waterways of the United States. It being impracticable to collect complete data, the inquiries were made to cover a large number of representative routes and commodities. The freight rates apply to September and October, 1912, when a large part of the agricultural products of 1912 was moving to market and, naturally, traffic on waterways would be relatively large. The freight rates by boat were obtained directly from captains, agents, and other officials of steamboat lines. Some reports for distances were also obtained from these persons, but mostly from the Chief of Engineers of the United States Army, who has charge of the improvement of water- ways. For minor items and for verification other sources were used; they included notes made by the author at various times in the course of field work, information received through correspondence, and data gathered from various printed matter. RIVER TRAFFIC DEFINED. River traffic as discussed in this bulletin is to be distinguished from the traffic by coastwise vessels and on the Great Lakes. Conditions are different in many respects between the river transportation and that conducted by the large vessels on deep water. One point of difference lies in the size of the river boats as compared with the lake and coastwise vessels. A large freight steamer on the Great Lakes will carry as much as 400,000 bushels of wheat at one load. On June 30, 1912, the average gross
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