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and the picking and packing about $3,500, leaving a very hand- 

 some sum as profit. 



All the apples were hand thinned, and the spraying and culti- 

 vating were of the very best. Four large gasoline engine spraying 

 outfits are in use on the farm. Ninety hands were employed for 

 three Aveeks during the picking and packing season. 



The benefit of such an object lesson as this is incalculable. 



W. K. Newell, 

 Commissioner First District. 



