176 VEGETABLE FORCING 



There is one reliable house in each important city that 

 receives consignments of the Hotbed Association. In 

 return for the privilege of receiving all of the consign- 

 ments, each commission house sends and pays for a 

 private telegram reporting prices obtained for each ship- 

 ment. In addition to this information, a daily market 

 wire from each of these houses is sent during the ship- 

 ping season to the Hotbed Growers' Association through 

 the Southern Produce Company. The members of the 

 Hotbed Growers' Association are very enthusiastic con- 

 cerning the benefits of the organization. 



Market slumps of greenhouse products sometimes 

 occur because of inefficient distribution. Many small 

 towns, and occasionally cities, are meagerly supplied with 

 greenhouse vegetables, while other centers of population 

 have a surplus. It is extremely difficult to avoid such 

 congestion without co-operation among growers. 

 Progress in this direction, for various reasons, has not 

 been very encouraging. 



