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Barrels of Apples Shipped from Sept. i, 191 5, to Aug. i, 



1916. 



Barrels Boxes 



Maine Central R. R 99-193 



Boston & Maine R. R 24,122 



Eastern Steamship Co i4»50O 3,000 



Grand Trunk Ry 8,626 



*Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Ry.. 3,767 



*Georges Valley R. R 3,227 



f Bangor & Aroostook R. R 2,162 



*Bridgton & Saco River R. R 766 



*Bangor Ry. & Electric Co 659 



Actual total 148,266 



*Transferred to another road. 

 tTransferred to another road, 22)7- 



Second Carleton Contest. 



Inasmuch as several of the yearly reports of the contestants 

 in this contest have not been received as yet by this bureau, a 

 conclusive tabulation of cost accounts, methods of pruning, 

 cultivation, fertilization, etc., of the past year, cannot be given 

 at this time. The regular report of this contest which is made 

 yearly will be prepared in a few days, however, at which time 

 these various items will be tabulated. 



Two years of this contest are already completed and, with a 

 comparatively small number of contestants remaining to com- 

 pete for the Gregory prize and additional offerings, a great 

 deal of interest is sure to be manifested during the coming three 

 years, at the end of which time the prizes for this contest will 

 be awarded. Three contestants have recently announced their 

 intention of withdrawing from the contest, which leaves sixty- 

 three at the present writing. The reasons for these with- 

 drawals have been, in every instance, either on account of 

 excessive moisture or inferior stock. The sum total of all the 

 prizes offered at this time amounts to about $600 which should 

 be a sufficient inducement for an effort on the part of each con- 

 testant. 



