After the brooms are thus assem: bled and bound tightly into the regulation 10 to a bundle, and the bargain being made where to deposit them, the farmer sees to their transportation whether by coolie or harrow. Usually they are dumped by the y ide. This last April the cost per bundle was $1 or just a few cents under. One dealer told me he had bought at from 11 to 21} brooms for $1. The larger qua tities were for lots bargained and money paid winter. There well-known rate these down to Chengy For a run of about 300 li 100 bundles is charged. A raft take 300 bundles, some go up nearly 500, Five men man the r and the raft is almost certain of a return load. Yet raftsman are seldom satisfied with this. They want to add a few tens of bundles to the already fully loaded raft. The amount is usually fixed by the money they can get together, so de. lays often take place in dry weather.
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