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` j The Zllarketirng of Kentucky Strawberries 11  
. A number of crates, the grade of berries and the names of the   `
g   growers delivering them, also is kept for each car shipt. This it
Ex   record is essential when earlot pools are employed. r  
§   Nearly all the berries are shipt to markets in the states to Z  
,,, the North and East either by freight or express. Express ship- * l
E   ‘ ments are mostly from points on one railroad line which fur- i
E nishes service of this kind. The shipments, of course, must be  
E V made under refrigeration. or
E   The sales are made f. o. b. shipping point when possible so  
E that the associations are relieved of the marketing of the berries A  
5 T after they are loaded on board ears. Shipments are consigned ’  i
§   to dealers in distant markets to be sold for the association Ton  
,6 p a commission basis when satisfactory f. o. b. sales cannot be  
”‘ . made. Some of the f. o. b. sales are made to buyers who have A l
é A personal representatives at the shipping points, while others  
D , are made by wire to distant buyers. .
S   Information regarding market conditions is obtained by  
ii , wire. During most of the 1922 shipping season, a representative  
3   A of the U. S. Department of Agriculture was stationed at Bowl-  
gg   ing Green to obtain shipping point information and to distribute  
“’;, information sent him from representatives of the deparitment ` IQ
  in the principal markets. Part of the expense involved in ren- ` A  
3`§, p clering this service was paid by several of the associations, which  
gf T earlier in the season established an informal central association ‘  
E; T for the interchange of information.  
  , The U. S. Department of Agriculture, tln·u its Food Prod-  
’§   11CtS inspection Service, has inspectors stationed in a 1lUlHb€I`  
    Ofhthc leading markets, These inspectors make inspections of g l
    shipments of fruits and vegetables when called upon to do so by L ·
Eb , an interested party. A fee is charged for this service and a T  
,2   Ceiiiiicate showing the results of the inspection is f\11‘niSl1€Cl. V 
‘;   This Service is of value in settling disputes between the buy€I‘  
i:   and the seller. Government inspection is not used directly to {Q,
    Hny great extent by the strawberry marketing associations in  
•·· j Kentucky. One reason for this is that many of the shipments  
are sold at the shipping point.  
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