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low zero, while on the opposite side of the lake in a corre- 

 sponding zone in Wisconsin peach-growing is prohibited by 

 the severity of the winter temperatures. The difference 

 is in the ameliorating effect of the water, which never freezes 

 over entirely, on the cold winds that sweep over it from the 

 North and West and which are unmodified as they reach the 

 Wisconsin lake shore. 



Locations with reference to accessibility of markets. 



The advantages that come from a location that is in 

 rather close proximity to a shipping station do not need to 

 be enumerated to become apparent. Such a location is not 

 only desirable but it is essential. Moreover, the restric- 

 tions in this regard are rather narrow. A haul of four or 

 five miles from the orchard to the shipping point has usually 

 been about the limit in the past and unless the roads over 

 which the fruit must be hauled are much better than those 

 in the country commonly are, the cost of delivering the fruit 

 to the station might represent an expense which would cut 

 seriously into the profits and which would place the owner 

 under a tremendous disadvantage in comparison with an 

 orchard located within a short haul of the station or loading 

 switch. 



Of course, where a peach-grower sells his fruit in a local 

 market, and personal deliveries are made so that the cost 

 of the haul represents the entire transportation charge, a 

 greater distance than four or five miles from the orchard 

 to point of delivery may not be impracticable, with good 

 roads, although distance is a great consumer of time and not 

 infrequently it is the limiting factor in marketing operations. 

 Even short hauls over poor roads are likely to prove ruinous 

 to the fruit. 



