30 BULLETIN 1019, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Broadly speaking, however, it may be said that broom corn moves 

 east from the producing sections of the Southwest, as does also the 

 bulk of the Illinois crop. Investigations indicate that about 75 per 

 cent of the crop west of the Mississippi moves through the Kansas 

 City and St. Louis gateways, a large part of which moves via 

 Wichita, Kans., for diversion. It is estimated that about 15 per 

 cent could move to advantage via Memphis, Tenn., and Galveston, 

 Tex., for distribution to southeastern sections. Galveston appears to 

 be very favorably located for handling coastwise shipments from 

 Texas and Oklahoma. Much of the Oklahoma crop, however, moves 

 east via Wichita to Chicago and interior points, because of the pres- 

 ent importance of Wichita as a concentration and diversion point. 



Practically all movement from country points is in carload lots, 

 and only during the last of the marketing season are less than car- 

 load shipments made. At that time buyers are sometimes unable 

 to obtain carloads at certain points, and consignments are made to 

 neighboring factories by the growers. 



PRINCIPAL TERMINAL AND MANUFACTURING POINTS. 



.Most of the principal terminal and manufacturing centers to 

 which broom corn is shipped in carload lots are as follows : 



Amsterdam, N. Y. Lincoln, Nebr. Philadelphia, Pa. 



Atlanta, Ga. Mattoon, 111. Pittsburgh. Pa. 



Baltimore, Md. Memphis, Tenn. San Francisco, Calif. 



Chicago, 111. New Orleans, La. Seattle, "Wash. 



Cincinnati, Ohio. New York, N. Y. St. Louis, Mo. 



Cleveland, Ohio. Ogden, Utah. Tampa.Fla. 



Davenport, Iowa. Oklahoma City, Okla. Wichita, Kans. 



Indianapolis, Ind. Paris, 111. 



The bulk of the broom corn grown each year comes to these mar- 

 kets. Large manufacturers frequently find it to their advantage 

 to concentrate their purchases there until needed, but stocks of 

 dealers find their way to the sales floors, from which points they are 

 distributed throughout the year in carload and less than carload 

 shipments to factories. 



The principal country and terminal markets and manufacturing 

 centers to which large quantities move are shown in the accompany- 

 ing map (fig. 6). 



COOPERATIVE MARKETING. 



The success attending cooperative activities in connection with the 

 marketing of broom corn has so far been somewhat disappointing 

 to growers. Perhaps the greatest cooperative activity has been in 

 the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. Development in the broom corn 

 business in this district has been rapid. High prices stimulated 



