UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 BULLETIN No. 1019 



Contribution from the Bureau of Markets and Crop Estimates 

 H. C. TAYLOR, Chief 



Washington, D. C. 



April 14, 1922 



MARKETING BROOM CORN 



G. B. ALGUIRE 

 Assistant in Marketing Hay and Broom Corn 



CONTENTS 



Page 



Use and Importance of Crop ........ 1 



Preparation for Market ,. 2 



Selection of Brush 3 



What Not to Harvest ...,..:.. 3 



Thrashing 4 



Curing 7 



Baling 10 



Marketing at Country Points 11 



Kinds of Dealers 11 



' Time of Movement .'. . . . 15 



Principal Country Shipping Points . . 16 



Opening the Market 16 



Page 

 Marketing at Country Points— Contd. 



Methods of Marketing 18 



Sampling 25 



Country Storage 26 



Transportation 28 



Methods of Loading at Country 



Points 28 



Channels of Traffic 29 



Principal Terminal and Manufactur- 

 ing Points 30 



Cooperative Marketing . 30 



WASHINGTON 



GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 



1922 



