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taken off in the field; that the celery was carefully harvested and 
all the dirt removed from the roots — thereby keeping it clean — 
and that the crate was packed 
with uniform stalks on the out- 
side and each one with the best 
face side of the stalk on the out- 
side. We will also find that it 
is packed in a crate of good 
appearance. 
We can pack the same way 
and when we do we will be paid 
for it. I know of one instance 
where a dealer in one of our 
large markets paid a large sum 
each day for drawing away dirt 
and trimmings that should have 
been removed from the celery in 
Fie. 451.— ATTRACTIVELY PACKED the field before it was shipped. 
CELERY READY FOR MARKET 
The grower must pay for this 
extra labor, and the sooner we come to understand this the better 
for us all. 
SHIPPING AND MARKETING 
We must also give more care to the loading of our celery when 
shipping by freight in refrigerator cars. Always use a crate that 
will load so that air spaces, each one three inches wide, will extend 
from one ice bunker to the other. Always slat the crate on the 
top so that the top crate will not drop into the lower one while 
in transit. Never let the celery become wilted before loading into 
cars, and start the car with temperature down. If it is warm in 
the car when loaded, cool by using salt on the ice in the bunker 
and when cool refill bunker with ice. Always mark the crates so 
that the trade can see who puts it up. A catchy name means 
nothing to the trade, but a good, honest package will bring the 
trade your way. 
Now we come to the distribution. We send our celery to a 
few large markets and keep them glutted most of the time, while 
there are thousands of smaller towns that never receive a ship- 
ment from the grower. J am not in a position to state how to 
bring about better methods of distribution and hope that some one 
will soon find a way that will help us all along that line. 
