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his commission man should be largely depended on in all 

 matters pertaining to their care and sale. 



Costs of marketing. 



The various items entering into the expense of shipping 

 and selling a load of hogs at one of the large market 

 centers may be grouped as follows : (1) cost of hauling to 

 local shipping point ; (2) cost of loading on to car, includ- 

 ing bedding and feed ; (3) freight ; (4) shrink ; (5) com- 

 mission, yardage, feed, and the like. These costs of course 

 vary widely, depending chiefly on the distance to market. 

 The charges assigned below to each of these items are 

 largely based on investigations made in 1909 and later by 

 the Office of Markets and Rural Organization of the 

 United States Department of Agriculture. 1 



1. Cost of hauling in wagon (average dis- 



tance of 5 miles) $1.44 per wagon load 



2. Cost of loading on cars, including cost 



of bedding and feed 2.00 per car 



3. Freight (maximum rates, single-deck 



cars, Central Association, Interstate 

 Commerce ruling, Jan. 1915 ; mini- 

 mum weight for single-deck cars, 

 17,000 pounds) 

 (a) distance 100 miles . 13.22^ to 13.80 per cwt. 



(6) 200 ' 



(c) " 300 " 



(d) " 400 " 



(e) " 500 " 



4. Shrink (estimated average) 



16.96^to 18.11 j 

 19.84 to 20.99^ 

 22.71^ to 25.30^ 

 25.59^ to 28.17 1 

 3 per cent 



5. Commission, 



(a) for single-deck car $ 8.00 per car 



(6) for double-deck car 12.00 " 



6. Yardage 8i per head 



7. Feed corn $1.25 per bushel 



1 L. D. Hall, F. M. Simpson, and S. W. Doty, Bull. 113. 



