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or whether I could make him pay my price when he came back. 

 When he came back from Virginia and tried to tell me how 

 cheap apples were, I said, "Here is the report,",and he could 

 not say anything. Now, if the Maine quotation had been in 

 there from some of the associations or growers I would have 

 had immediate information. If you growers had had informa- 

 tion from the Hudson valley as well as from western New 

 York and Virginia, you would have known, when that buyer 

 came from the Hudson valley, what price we were asking him 

 there, and it would be a cooperative effort between all the 

 growers of the states to keep themselves informed. 



Mr. Sanders : I can readily see the greater usefulness these 

 reports would have in the way you mention. I ought to say 

 I have no connection with the Market News Service here. 

 That is carried on by the office of markets, which is a separate 

 part of the department at Washington ; although we cooperate 

 most fully and most heartily, Mr. Gilbert and myself, we have 

 no official connection. I think the reason why they have not 

 done that is because they have not enough funds to extend the 

 work so much, but if there were effective cooperation in the 

 way that you indicate they might be able to extend it that 

 way. I feel, personally, that reliable information about what 

 the crop is in quantity and quality, and then this market 

 information that you have, is extremely important and valu- 

 able to you, and you can afford, from the mere standpoint of 

 dollars and cents, to put some intelligent time and thought into 

 it. A great many of the growers I approach say, "This is not 

 worth anything. I can't afford to take my time to help you 

 any." I argue that you can and that you are losing money if 

 you do not. 



Mr. Yeaton : Are there any others who have a word to 

 say on this crop reporting? We have a few minutes. Mi. 

 Robinson, have you a word? 



Mr. Robinson : No. It has occurred to me as to the number 

 of apple trees. We are setting out new trees and a good many 

 trees are dying. In the last five years the number of apple 

 trees that have died in this state can be reckoned by the scores* 

 of thousands, owing to recent depredations and diseases. An 

 apple tree is an apple tree. That is the size of it. We used to 

 sell cream by measure, you know. A quart of cream was a 



