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Table 2— Ayerage Cost of Hauling Apples from Farms to SMpping Points 





Number of 

 counties 

 reporting 



Average 





Miles to 



shipping 



point 



Days for 



round 



trip 



Pounds 



in one 



load 



Cost 



per 



load 



Cost 

 per 100 

 pounds 



Maine 



6 

 6 

 1 

 2 

 1 



16 

 3 

 8 



S.8 

 6.2 

 7.1 

 9.2 

 10.6 

 7.4 

 7.1 

 8.2 



1.3 

 .6 



.7 

 .6 

 .7 

 .6 

 .7 

 .8 



2,180 

 2,630 

 3,000 

 3,250 

 2,000 

 2,523 

 2,667 

 2,362 



$4.74 

 2.02 

 2.62 

 2.63 

 2.80 

 2.U 

 2.61 

 2.73 



$0.22 



New Hampshire 



.08 



Verm.ont 



.09 



Massachusetts 



.08 



Connecticut 



.14 



New York 



.09 



New Jersey 



.09 



Pennsylvania 



.12 







Virginia 



7 

 11 



10.9 

 10.0 



1.0 

 1.1 



2,760 

 2,332 



2.88 

 4.00 



.10 



West Virginia 



.17 







Ohio 



6 

 3 

 6 



4 

 13 



7.0 

 9.7 

 5.8 

 9.1 

 10.6 



.7 



1.2 



.5 



.7 

 1.0 



2.170 

 2,283 

 2,367 

 2,538 

 2,108 



2.14 



4.20 

 1.26 

 2.06 

 2.56 



.10 



Indiana 



Illinois 



.18 

 .06 



Michigan 



.08 



Missouri. 



.12 







Kentucky 



4 

 8 

 6 



11.6 

 11.2 

 19.2 



.8 

 1.0 

 2.0 



1,600 

 1,656 

 1,700 



2.20 

 2.62 

 4.76 



.14 



Tennessee 



.17 



Arkansas. 



.28 







Oregon. 



California 



3 



4 



11.8 

 16.6 



1 9 

 1.7 



2,683 

 4,600 



6 02 

 10.40 



.23 

 23 







Geographic divisions: 



North Atlantic 



40 

 18 

 31 



18 



7 



7.9 

 10.5 



8.5 

 13.8 

 13.7 



.7 

 1.0 



.8 

 1.2 

 1.8 



2,490 

 2,584 

 2,267 

 1,617 

 3,668 



2.53 

 3.18 

 2.26 

 3.11 

 8.36 



.10 



South Atlantic 



.12 



North Central. 



.10 



South Central 



.19 



Western 



.23 



States represented. 



114 



9.6 



.9 



2,300 



2.79 



12 







Frank Andeews, 

 tJ. S. Bepartment of Affrleulture, Bulletin No. 49. 



