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hig-h prices paid for apples in the retail market, I have taken pains 

 to investigate some of them, and find that the commission man is 

 the one that put up the price. I know of some markets where I am 

 positive this was the case. 



Mr. Black, Illinois — Some asking about No. 2 apples and culls. 

 The best way to adjust this is not to grow so many of them. We 

 certainly ought to reach the conclusion that we should not have so 

 many culls to handle. Trees need spraying and care. We must 

 study the methods which gives us best results. A big pile of culls 

 makes me feel bad. Don't know what to do with them. 



Secretary Goodman — There were a great many No. 2 apples 

 the past year. To take care of our 25,000 bushel culls is a serious 

 problem, which cheap handling, evaporating, etc., must help us 

 solve. We may get as much from this grade as for some of the 

 best which are put in storage. We are not always to blame for the 

 amount of culls we may have. Some things are beyond our control. 

 If these culls are shaken down and sold at 10 to 15 cents, they turn 

 into money pretty fast. We have got to fix to take care of our cull 

 apples. Lots of them were lost this year because we were not pre- 

 pared to turn them into cider or vinegar and other things. We 

 should get ready and save these culls, and often can pay all the ex- 

 pense of handling the orchard by these alone. Some methods of 

 handling apples are very expensive. Would like to ask Mr. Kings- 

 bury the price of picking and packing. Used to count on 20 cents, 

 but this year some cost 40 to 45 cents, and I was among the pickers 

 all the time. 



Mr. Kingsbury — Ordinarily it costs 10 to 15 cents for packing; 

 picking about the same. This year it run up to 25 and 30 cents. 

 Twenty cents per barrel is about right for packing, and picking 

 about the same. 



Mr. Tippin — I wish to speak about Mr. Irvine's statements re- 

 garding the market. He speaks of the price that Jonathans sold 

 on the market. The per cent, of Jonathans, compared to the Ben 

 Davis, is very small. Good Jonathans are very scarce. Ninety 

 per cent, of the apples in Missouri are Ben Davis. They are not 

 selling at $4.00 per barrel. They are selling at $1.75 to $2.00 ; now 

 and then some are selling at $2.25. This is the jobber's price to 

 the man who distributes them. 



Mr. Gano — I was superintending some orchards this year. Two 

 orchards were run to one grade, and the actual cost of picking, 

 packing and delivering was 13 cents per barrel. We put four men 

 at a table, and they averaged close to one hundred barrels a day. 



