MAKKETING OF BERMUDA ONIONS 
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Table 5. — Geographical distribution of American-grown Bermuda-onion ship- 
ments — Continued 
1 
3 
X 
9 
Eh 
1 
9 
Eh 
1918 
1919 
1920 
1921 
1922 
03 
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X 
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8 

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3 
X 
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2 
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*-> 
Canada— Continued. 
1 
1 
3 
Moose Jaw. 
1 
1 
New London 
1 
3 
1 
1 
1 
Edmonton - 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
Stratford. 
Sudburv.. 
1 
1 
Calgarv _ _ 
1 
4 

1 
1 
Cuba 
4 ..... 
?1 
.....L... 
26 
42 L. 
13 
1 
Havana 
4 
21 
26 
42 
13 
1 1 
A more widespread primary distribution of carload shipments 
among the smaller places would probably result in moving the entire 
crop more profitably. In seasons of unusually large crops or low 
prices distribution is more general. The average number of cities 
to which shipments of Texas Bermudas are made is 215, California 
Bermudas 52, all- American Bermudas 232; but in the short-crop 
season of 1919, the respective primary destinations were only 154, 
29, and 167, as compared with 262, 77, and 293 in the heavy-crop 
year 1920. The difference in number of cities to which cars were 
destined was due to a more thorough supply of the markets within 
the same radius. So long as prices received are satisfactory, shippers 
send cars in accustomed directions, and only when forced to do so 
by an unusually large crop or low prices do they make an unusual 
effort to find new consuming centers. 
Cities of 25,000 population are usually considered large enough 
to consume Bermuda onions in carload quantities. But distribution 
of carloads to cities of this size is not so general as is desirable. Ac- 
cording to the 1920 census, there were 287 incorporated places in 
the United States having a population of 25,000 or more. Of these 
54 were located either in metropolitan areas or so close to the larger 
cities that shipment for the smaller places would ordinarily be re- 
corded as destined to the larger ones. Of the remaining 233 cities, 
156 received an average of at least 1 car of Texas or California Ber- 
mudas annually, 30 cities received an occasional car but not enough 
to average even 1 car a year, and 47 cities did not receive a single car 
of Texas or California Bermudas during the entire 8-year period 
according to primary destinations as given by railroad reports. 
Some towns of less than 25,000 population are markets for Ber- 
muda onions in carloads. Out of 279 towns of less than 25,000 popu- 
lation that received carloads of either Texas or California Bermudas 
during the 8-year period, 52 per cent received a car for only 1 year, 
