MARKETING CABBAGE. 
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impress their members with the responsibility of each grower in 
maintaining the reputation of the association brand. The local 
shipper or association usually provides platform scales and employs 
men who are accustomed to loading the various types of cars. (See 
fig. 12.) 
Fig. 12. — Late cabbage is hauled and loaded in bulk. 
Fig. 13.— Partly loaded car showing ventilation flue and style of pack, in warm or mild weather. 
Three types of cars are used — stock cars, box cars, and refrig- 
erator cars. In the early sections for bulk shipments and in the 
first part of the northern season refrigerator cars are greatly preferred. 
They can be used in hot weather with ice or ventilation and in cold 
weather with heating apparatus. A ventilating shaft, box shaped 
or in the shape of an inverted V, is laid lengthwise along the middle of 
the car floor, as shown in figure 13. Some shippers use a row of 
