CONTENTS. 



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Bulletin 1G9 — continued. 

 Part I. — concluded. 



Connecticut Valley onion district, 



Topographic features of the Connecticut Valley, 



Onion soils, . 



General marketing facilities, 



General histor5' of onion growing in Massachusetts, 



Economics of production — tenure of land. 



Soils and climatic conditions. 



Extent of industry. 



Methods of culture. 



Seed and sets. 



Varieties, 



Weeding, 



Economic factors. 



Harvesting, . 



Cost of production. 



Cost of production, to the landowner. 

 Cost of production, to the cash tenant. 

 Yields, .... 

 Part II.: — 



Marketing the crop. 



Preparation for market, 



Topping and curing, 



Screening and grading, . 



Labor required to prepare onions for market, 



Hauling, ..... 



Containers for handling and shipping, 

 Methods of sale, .... 



Local dealers and storage men. 



Abuses by local dealers and storage men. 



Traveling buyers and brokers, 



Commission men, 



Sales for immediate shipment. 



Sales from field to local storage. 



Sales after storage, 

 Storage of onions, .... 



Methods of storage. 



Hired storage, .... 



Storage by local corporations or dealers. 



Storage men, .... 



Description of storage equipment, . 



Dates and periods of storage, 



Cost of local storage, 



Insurance, ..... 



Depreciation, .... 



Specific problems of storage, . 



Shrinkage, ..... 



Immediate sale or storage, 



Local cold storage, 



Terminal storages, 

 Transportation of onions, . 



Local transportation. 



Transportation from local sliipping points. 



Trolley transportation, . 



Railway transportation. 



Methods of shipping, 



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