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Owing to the scarcity of good fruit this year, the Exchange 

 has not been able to do many of the things hoped for, but con- 

 siderable progress has been made, and with a good crop next 

 year, there is no reason to doubt but that the organization will 

 be launched upon a successful career. 



Individual growers, who ship in car lots and who are located 

 in sections where there is no organization, can obtain member- 

 ship in the Exchange and ship their fruit under the same con- 

 ditions as local associations. A few of the growers, so situated, 

 took advantage of the opportunity this year and are holders of 

 stock in the Exchange. 



A large saving was made in the purchase of packing sup- 

 plies this fall and plans are under way for the purchase of 

 sufficient materials for the use of the growers for the coming 

 season. In the purchasing end alone, the Exchange will be able 

 to save the growers a large amount of money, probably more 

 than enough to offset the expenses connected with the opera- 

 tion of the Exchange. 



APPLE SHIPMENTS. 



In the 1914 Report this Bureau estimated that the crop 

 would be approximately 600,000 barrels. This of course refers 

 to the commercial crop handled by the various transportation 

 companies. The actual transportation was 598,487 barrels, 

 showing that the Bureau was less than 2,000 barrels, or one- 

 fourth of one per cent out of the way. The Government Re- 

 port for the same season was approximately 7,000,000 bushels. 

 There is no reason to doubt these figures, as they are based on 

 the total production. Upon these figures as a basis, we find 

 that the difference between the commercial and the actual 

 production is in the vicinity of 5,000,000 bushels, or approxi- 

 mately a waste crop of 70 per cent of the total fruit produced. 

 The reason for this enormous waste is based upon several 

 factors. These factors include inferior fruit, varieties having 

 little commercial value, and low prices. It is generally con- 

 ceded that the crop this year was about 20 per cent of last 

 year's crop; so that we would expect a commercial crop of 

 about 125,000 barrels. Notwithstanding the fact that fruit 

 this year was much inferior in quality, there was probably a 



