SWEET CORN 



SHIPPING 



Shipping does not apply to the market 

 gardener. The market gardener, as a 

 whole, carries the product to the market 

 and sells it. The truck grower, however, 

 generally has to depend upon shipments 

 for sales. The shipments may go directly 

 to large wholesale houses, or they may go 

 to commission houses. The commission 

 men charge a certain percentage on their 

 sales, sometimes 5 per cent being their 

 commission. The wholesale houses gener- 

 ally buy the corn outright and sell again to 

 the retailer. If these persons, commission 

 or wholesale, are reliable, and are willing 

 to continue in business with the truck 

 grower, it is found that sales through these 

 houses are greatly to the advantage of the 

 grower. 



Shipments may be made under three 

 heads: (1) By rail, either steam or electric. 

 This seems to be the quickest method, and 

 perhaps the most satisfactory, owing to the 

 fact that, if rapid transit is given to the 

 goods, there is less tendency for heating 



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