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Eeport of Farmers' Institutes 



the public packing house as used in the Citrus Fruit Company, 

 the ISTorthwestern Apple Growers' Association, and the United 

 Fruit Company of Xova Scotia. 



It is not possible to educate all producers to understand the 

 grading of products. Several elements enter in : iirst, lack of 

 understanding of market conditions and therefore no conception of 

 .standards required; secondly, the hesitation to put questionable 

 specimens in the grade lower; and, thirdly, and worst of all, 

 dishonesty. 



Fig. 593. — Five Grades Into Which the Ionia Growers' Association 



Sort Their Cucumbers 



A well-constructed packing house, with careful management, 

 with up-to-date appliances, and with a well-educated corps of 

 packers, will gi-ade fruit or other products to standard grades 

 capable of establishing a valuable reputation on the market for 

 less cost outlay than grading and packing can be done by the 

 grower; and, further, the grower can deliver his product as har- 

 vested to the packing house and be relieved of all further respon- 

 sibility, relying on expert graders and expert salesmanship to 

 realize for him the best results the market affords. 



