UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 BULLETIN No. 477 



Contribution from Office of Markets and Rural Organization 

 CHARLES J. BRAND, Chief 



Washington, D. C. 



April 2, 1917 



MARKETING AND DISTRIBUTION OF 

 STRAWBERRIES IN 1915 



By 



O. W. SCHLEUSSNER and J. C. GILBERT, 



Assistants in Market Surveys 



CONTENTS 



Introduction 1 



Methods employed in dealing with straw- 

 berry pickers 2 



Cooperative associations 3 



Sales methods commonly employed . . 8 



Transportation 8 



A study of the Louisiana district ... 9 



Extent, length, and volume of movement 

 from all districts 



Comparison of prices received for straw 

 berries on important markets ... 



Average quality of strawberries shipped 



Distribution of strawberries in 1915 . 



Total strawberry .shipments in 1915 . 



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