18 



Heavy Loading of Northwestern Apples 



season when heating precautions should have been taken. The best 

 treatment of the apples would have been for the heaviest loads to 

 move under ventilation. 



Box cars were not extensively used until the week of October 12 to 

 18 and their greatest use was during the week of November 9 to 15, 

 when 525 were shipped. Out of 10,180 carloads, shipped from the 

 Northwest, 2,290 loads were shipped in box cars, more than 845 of 

 which had destinations in Eastern States. 



Comparing the weekly shipments from different districts, a wide 

 variation is found in the weight of the loads in different shfpping 

 localities. During the week of October 12 to 18, the average refriger- 



TABLE 5. Western Oregon District: Summary of carlol shipments of apples from 

 Medford, Grants Pass, Gold Will, Voorhies, Dallas, and Ashland. 



[August 15 to December 15, 1917.] 



Grand total: 



Total number of cars, August 15 to December 15 

 Total number of boxes, August 15 to December 15-. 

 Average load in all cars, August 15 to December 15. 



248 



195,507 

 788.3 



