188 MASS. EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 193. 



Sorting Shops. 

 Map 5 shows the locatioi] of these sorting shops in Massachusetts. 

 During the sorting season of 1917-18 there were 46 tobacco sorting and 

 packing shops emplo^ang 2,832 laborers, an average of 62 laborers per 

 shop. Twenty of these local sorting shops, nearly one-half, are located 

 in Hatfield, including North Hatfield and Bradstreet. 



LOCATrOH OF TOBACCO SORTIKG SHOPS 

 IN MASSACHUSETTS, 1917-18 



Table 26. — Tobacco Sorting Shops in Massachusetts, 1917-18. 



One closed 1916-17. 



Labor transferred to Springfield. 



