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that ordinarily accrue to the man who has good fruit and stores 

 it well. Less than two weeks ago I visited the 40 acre orchard 

 of T. K. Windsor in Rhode Island. He is probably the best 

 apple grower in the state and while this year the crop was short, 

 he had 1600 barrels. Asked about the matter of storing, he 

 told me that he always makes a good thing by storing his apples. 

 Fruit that would ordinarily return $1.50 to $2.50 a barrel in the 

 orchard brings him $3 to $6 in the spring, with average around 

 $4. He now has 1250 barrels in the Providence cold storage. 

 They charge him 50 cents a barrel for the privilege of storing. 

 He has had six years' experience in storing his way and says 

 he always comes out several hundred dollars to the good by the 

 storing method. H this is good for Rhode Island growers I 

 am not so sure but it would be worth while for Maine growers, 

 especially if they have the proper storage and a good product, 

 uniformly graded and packed. The care and sale of this fruit 

 in the winter would make interesting knitting work for the 

 manager. 



In my opinion the Turner society has already made one seri- 

 ous mistake and that is, in not securing the services of a com- 

 petent manager. Even if they had but 20,000 barrels of apples 

 this year, 5 cents a barrel would mean $1000 for some competent 

 manager to have graded that fruit, packed it uniformly and 

 given it a distinguishing brand which another year would mean 

 an increased price over miscellaneous fruit. Then again, 

 matters of barrels, prospective new stock, fertilizer, etc., 

 would have been more carefully investigated. Presumably, 

 spraying would have been better done and more of it. I cannot 

 imagine a satisfactory co-operative exchange without the ser- 

 vices of a good manager who is ready to give more or less, 

 usually more, of his time to the problems that interest members 

 of the association. While one grower could not stand the addi- 

 tional expense of a manager, the cost is nominal when it is 

 shared co-operatively among many. With a good manager the 

 Turner association can accomplish marvelous results another 

 year. 



You will agree with me that Turner is not the only section 

 of the State where apples grow and there is room for a half 

 dozen or more other co-operative societies. If a few of these 

 local associations once get started and get on to a working basis 



