88 AGRICULTURE OF MAINE. 



CAR SHIPMENTS. 



The following tables are compilations of the cars certified by 

 inspectors from March 9 until July i. The first table shows 

 the total number of cars shipped, the station from which they 

 were billed and the inspecting officer. The second table shows 

 the number of full car shipments and the number of part car 

 shipments from each town and the inspecting officer. 



From Table i it will be seen that Caribou was the heaviest 

 shipping point during the inspection period. The total ship- 

 ment from this town was 721 cars and the average for the first 

 three weeks was 86 and a fraction cars per week. Second to 

 Caribou was Fort Fairfield, with 623 cars. Then followed 

 Houlton with 530, Easton 520, Mars Hill 489, Presque Isle 486, 

 Monticello 339, and Fort Kent 336. 



The largest number of cars shipped in one week was 957 for 

 the week ending March 21, or the second week of inspection. 

 The manner in which shipments held up throughout the season 

 was remarkable, as it may be noted that for the week ending 

 June 20, 285 cars were shipped. The total shipment for the 

 season was 9,822 or an average of about 614 cars per week for 

 sixteen weeks. 



