42 COOPERATIVE MARKETING 



Shipments of Citrus Fruits from California in Car- 

 loads, 1886-87 to 1915-16^ 



Oranges Lemons Total 



i886-7 2,200 12 2,212 



1887-8 2,500 20 2,520 



1888-9 2,782 26 2,808 



1889-go 3,476 34 3,510 



1890-1 4,016 40 4,056 



1891-2 4,400 52 4,452 



1892-3 5,871 65 5,936 



1893-4 5,726 145 5,871 



1894-S 4,687 335 5.022 



1895-6 7,010 565 7,575 



1896-7 5,972 1,378 7,350 



1897-8 13,987 1,166 15,153 



1898-9 9,448 903 10,351 



1899-1900 16,362 1,447 17,809 



1900-1 21,173 2,924 24,097 



1901-2 17,571 2,8x6 20,387 



1902-3 21,080 2,649 23,729 



1903-4 26,684 2,782 29,466 



1904-5 27,342 4,274 31,616 



1905-6 23,739 3,789 27,528 



1906-7 26,319 3,507 29,826 



1907-8 27,688 4,959 32.647 



1908-9 34,376 6,ig6 40,572 



1909-10 28,252 4,891 33,143 



1910-1 39,508 6,891 46,399 



1911-2 34.557 6,133 40680 



1912-3 16.027 2,304 18,331 



1913-4 45,306* 3032* 48.338* 



1914-5 39.744* 7,068* 46,812* 



191S-6 37.229* 7,244* 44,473* 



♦Figures from Citrus Protective League. 



Note : The standard car of oranges contains 384 boxes, 



that of lemons, 312 boxes ; but orange cars have varied 



from 374 to 512 boxes, and lemon cars from 310 to 376 

 boxes. 



before the cooperative era? They were simply those ordi- 

 narily employed in the sale of farm products. Either the 

 crop was sold to buyers or it was sold by commission mer- 



1 California State Board of Agtriculture : Report for 1913, p. 135. 



