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shall be in block letters of size not less than seventy-two point 

 one-inch gothic. 



Sec. 5- That barrels packed with apples shall be deemed to 

 b2 misbranded within the meaning of this Act — 



First. If the barrel bears any statement, design, or device 

 indicating that the apples contained therein are "Standard" 

 grade and the apples when packed do not conform to the re- 

 quirements prescribed by section two of this Act. 



Second. If the barrel bears any statement, design, or device 

 indicating that the apples contained therein are "Standard" 

 grade and the barrel fails to bear also a statement of the name 

 of the variety, the name of the locality where grown, and the 

 name of the packer or the person by whose authority the apples 

 were packed and the barrel marked. 



Sec. 6. That any person, firm or corporation, or associa- 

 tion who shall knowingly pack or cause to be packed apples 

 in barrels or who shall knowingly sell or offer for sale such 

 barrels in violation of the provisions of this Act shall be liable 

 to a penalty of one dollar and costs for each such barrel so 

 sold or offered for sale, to be recovered at the suit of the 

 United States in any court of the United States having juris- 

 diction. 



Sec. 7. That this Act shall be in force and effect from and 

 after the first day of July, nineteen hundred and thirteen. 



Approved, August 3, 1912. 



CROP REPORT. 



Cards were sent out just before the end of the month, during 

 the fall, to find out as definitely as possible the conditions of 

 the crops in the State and to further find out the conditions 

 throughout the country. 



Inquiries were sent to the various Bureaus in the fruit pro- 

 ducing states to obtain their estimates and reports. In this way 

 we hoped to get an accurate and unprejudiced estimate and to 

 put it out so the orchardists in the State might benefit by it 

 in disposing of their fruit. 



The following card was sent to as many active growers as 

 were interested enough to send in prompt answers and who 

 were scattered throughout the fruit sections: 



