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BULLETIN 927, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
The cost of assembling the seed at the various suggested utilization 
centers, together with the approximate quantity of seed produced, 
both wet and dry, in the several largest tomato-pulping States is given 
in Table VII. The figures for shipping wet seed are based on the 
rates charged for dry bagged seed. There is no classification for wet 
seed shipped in bulk, so it is to be assumed that such bulk rate would 
be no higher than the rates for shipment of dry seed in bags ; hence, 
the freight cost of wet seeds as given is considered to be conservative. 
Table VII. — Cost of assembling wet and dry tomato seed at several possible 
utilization centers, together with the quantities of seed produced in the various 
States. 
Utilization centers. 
Quan- 
Product and State. 
Chicago, 
111. 
Indian- 
apolis, 
Ind. 
Phila- 
delphia, 
Pa. 
West- 
field, 
N. Y. 
tity of 
seed 
(tons). 
Wet seed: 
Delaware 
SI, 440 
165 
3,400 
135 
3.500 
4J120 
1,980 
990 
1,560 
12, 160 
. SI, 300 
2,060 
2.055 
90 
3, 240 
3,930 
2,000 
980 
1,410 
9,870 
$630 
4,030 
6,860 
229 
1,500 
970 
850 
1, 356 
837 
6.065 
SI, 050 
2,805 
4,182 
170 
2,340 
2,480 
900 
1,005 
1,120 
8,220 
96 
184 
616 
Kentucky 
15 
385 
267 
147 
Ohio 
120 
92 
1 127 
29, 450 
26, 935 
23,318 
24, 272 
3,049 
Dry seed: 
480 
55 
970 
45 
1,170 
1,070 
575 
265 
415 
4,050 
430 
480 
603 
30 
1,080 
995 
540 
260 
385 
3,290 
210 
935 
2,000 
75 
500 
305 
235 
365 
200 
1,860 
350 
660 
1,240 
60 
780 
665 
255 
280 
320 
2,740 
31 
61 
205 
5 
130 
88 
New York 
49 
Ohio 
40 
30 
375 
9,095 
8,092 
6,685 
7,350 
1,014 
Unreported firms are those who failed to respond to the request to furnish statistics of consumption. 
The estimates for these are based on general information. 
The total cost of shipping wet seed to the several drying centers 
would average $26,000 for 3,000 tons (about 1,000 tons of dry seed). 
To ship the dry seed would cost about $7,800. 
DRYING THE SEED. 
Since it is necessary that the seed be dried either at each pulping 
station or at a utilization center, the cost of drying will have to be 
figured accordingly. For convenience, Table VIII is presented to 
show the number and size of the several pulping stations. In order 
to determine more conveniently the cost of drying the seed at each 
of the pulping stations, they have been listed according to their ca- 
pacity. 
