XIV 



Contents 



PAGES 



Refrigerator cars 189-191 



Water transportation 191 



Pre-cooling and cold storage ..... 191-193 



Pre-cooling methods — air blast and cold room 191-192 



Cold storage 192-193 



The strawberry season ...... 193-198 



Influence of weather on the season . . 194-195 

 The procession of shipping districts in the 



market 195-196 



Normal shipping seasons of the different dis- 

 tricts 197-198 



Methods of selling in the wholesale market . . 198-201 



By consignment . . . . . . 198-199 



By f. o. b. sales 200-201 



Cooperative marketing ...... 201-206 



Types of selling associations . . . 201-203 



Forwarding associations . . 201-202 



Pooling associations . . . 203 



Essentials to success 203-204 



Sales methods 204-205 



Federation of local shipping associations . 205-206 



By-products 207-209 



Canning 207-208 



Preserves, sirups and other by-products . 208-209 



CHAPTER XI 



Cost op Production, Yields, Profits . . . 210-225 



Factors that determine the cost of production . . 210-212 



Type of farming 210-211 



Acreage 211-212 



Other factors 212 



Estimates of cost of production, yields and prices . 213-225 



Average yields in different states . . 213 



Canada and northern United States . . 214-216 



Southern states 216-219 



Florida and the Gulf states .... 219-221 



Pacific states 221-223 



Results under market garden culture . . 223-225 



