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BULLETIN 927, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



The cost of assembling the seed at the various suggested utilization 

 centers, together with the approximate quantity of seed produced, 

 both wet and dry, in the several largest tomato-pulping States is given 

 in Table VII. The figures for shipping wet seed are based on the 

 rates charged for dry bagged seed. There is no classification for wet 

 seed shipped in bulk, so it is to be assumed that such bulk rate would 

 be no higher than the rates for shipment of dry seed in bags; hence, 

 the freight cost of wet seeds as given is considered to be conservative. 



Table VII. — Cost of assembling irct and dry tomato seed at several possible 

 utilization centers, together with the quantities of seed produced in the various 



States. 





Utilization centers. 



Quan- 



Product and State. 



Chicago, 

 111. 



Indian- 

 apolis, 

 Ind. 



Phila- 

 delphia, 

 Pa. 



West- 

 field, 

 N. Y. 



tity of 



seed 



(tons). 



Vet seed: 



$1,440 



1S5 



3,400 



135 



3.500 



4,120 



1,980 



990 



1, 560 



12, 160 



$1,300 

 2,060 

 2,055 

 90 

 3,240 

 3,930 

 2,000 

 980 

 1,410 

 9,870 



$630 

 4,030 

 6,860 



229 

 1,500 



970 



850 

 1, 356 



837 

 6.065 



$1,050 

 2,805 

 4, 182 



170 

 2,340 

 2,480 



900 

 1,005 

 1,120 

 8,220 



96 





184 





616 



Kentucky 



Maryland 



15 

 385 

 267 





147 



Ohio .. 



120 





92 





1,127 









29,450 



26, 935 



23,318 



24, 272 



3,049 



Dry seed: 



4S0 



55 



970 



45 



1,170 



1,070 



575 



265 



415 



4,050 



430 

 480 

 603 

 30 



1,080 

 995 

 540 

 260 

 385 



3,290 



210 

 935 



2,000 

 75 

 500 

 305 

 235 

 365 

 200 



1,860 



350 

 660 



1,240 

 60 

 780 

 665 

 255 

 280 

 320 



2,740 



31 



Illinois ' 



61 

 205 





5 





130 





88 





49 



Ohio 



40 





30 





375 









9,095 



8,092 



6, 6S5 



7,350 



1,014 



Unreported firms are those who failed to respond to the request to furnish statistics of consumption. 

 The estimates for these are hased on general information. 



The total cost of shipping wet seed to the several drying centers 

 would average $26,000 for 3,000 tons (about 1,000 tons of dry seed). 

 To ship the dry seed would cost about $7,800. 



DRYING THE SEED. 



Since it is necessary that the seed be dried either at each pulping 

 station or at a utilization center, the cost of drying will have to be 

 figured accordingly. For convenience, Table VIII is presented to 

 show the number and size of the several pulping stations. In order 

 to determine more conveniently the cost of drying the seed at each 

 of the pulping stations, they have been listed according to their ca- 

 pacity. 



