ONION SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION. 



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Until Sept. 1, 1914, the rate per carload to Amherst was $6 from Sunder- 

 land and $5 from North Amher&t. Since then the charges have been 

 increased to $10 from Sunderland and 18 from North Amherst. These 

 charges are considered too high, and a good many of the shippers are now 

 hauling onions directly to the railroad stations at Amherst, Cushman, 

 Hadley and South Deerfield. In spite of the heav-y crop harvested during 

 the season 1914-15 the shipments bj^ trolley showed a decided falling off. 



The trolley shipments by months from 1913 to 1916 were as follows: — 



Railivay Transportation. 

 Three lines of railroads serve the Connecticut Valley growers — the 

 Boston & Maine, the New York, New Haven & Hartford, and the Central 

 Vermont. The principal shipping points in the valley, together with the 

 number of cars shipped from each point during the three seasons of 1913, 

 1914 and 1915, are given below: — 



1 In 1315-16 a considerable number of cars of onions produced in Amherst were shipped by 

 way of Sunderland and Hadley, which explains the apparent drop from 163 cars in 1913-14, to 

 153 cars in 1915-16. 



' Central Vermont. 



• New York, New Haven & Hartford. 



