12 BULLETIN 477, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
number of errors and omissions must be expected. Physical condi- 
tions made it impossible to secure records of some cars, railroad 
records in some cases being in such shape that it was impossible to 
get the required information. However, on the whole, railroad offi- 
cials cooperated so heartily and effectively that it can be said that 
the reports present the best picture of the proportionate movement 
from different sections, the extent and length of that movement, and 
the volume on any one day. that has yet been presented. 
The reports begin with the opening of the carload season in Lou- 
isiana. Although Florida had been shipping berries in ••pony" re- 
frigerators 1 for some time prior to this, and shipped some carloads a 
short time after the Louisiana movement was started, at the time 
the work was inaugurated early in April it was impossible to secure 
complete reports of Florida shipments. 
The largest shipment made in any one day from any one section 
was 1S2 cars from the Xorfolk section. May IS. The same section 
shipped 163 cars May 22. 159 cars on May 24. and 142 cars May 19. 
The Carolinas made the next largest shipment, 140 cars on May 11, 
while Norfolk had 139 cars May 27. 137 cars May 25. and Tennessee 
136 cars May 12 and 134 cars on May 13. These three sections, 
which are among the heaviest shipping sections in the United States, 
were at their height at practically the same time. 
The Delaware-Maryland district, which is also a heavy shipper, 
was very fortunate in 1915 in that it escaped practically all of this 
very severe competition, heavy shipments from this district not be- 
ginning until May 25 and continuing until June 19. Early local 
berries, regarding which no figures are available, are probably heavy 
competitors of Delaware and Maryland stock in the northern mar- 
kets, as are also Jerseys. The chart of shipments would seem to 
show that, of the northerly districts, the Delaware-Maryland section 
was peculiarly favored with desirable market conditions. These con- 
ditions were reflected in the satisfactory prices paid on the markets 
for Delaware and Maryland stock during the season. 
The period of heaviest shipments for the whole country was from 
May 10. when 311 cars were shipped, to May 26, when 296 cars moved. 
During this period there were only four days when less than 275 
cars were moved, while this number was never reached at any other 
time during the whole season. On May 23. the heaviest shipping 
day of the season, 401 cars were moved, and on May 25, 400 were 
shipped. The third largest day was May 11, with 3S4 cars. While 
every shipping season will not coincide exactly with that of 1915 
(that season being a trifle late in the southern districts), a heavy 
berry movement between approximately the same dates can be ex- 
pected each year. 
i- Pony'' refrigerators are small refrigerators usually holding 64 or SO quarts, and usually shipped by 
express. 
