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would make a difference how large an area was covered by your orchard 

 and how much help was required. Not very long ago a fellow wanted 

 to put in 160 acres of Montmorency cherries. He had not thought of the 

 help question. He was away from where he could easily secure it, and 

 I said to him, "Do you know where you can get 1,000 men, women and 

 children at one time to pick these cherries?" He had not thought of 

 that and he said no. Then I suggested to him that the area be made 

 smaller. Now right here I would like to ask if you think it is right 

 to be telling to people what wonderful things we are doing so that 

 people with a little money, widow women and others, furnish money to 

 invest in lands by the land boomers, when many of these practical prob- 

 lems have never occurred to them and they find out only too late after 

 their money is gone that they have made a mistake. 



A member — Do you spray your orchard the first and second year? 



Mr. Rose — We spray our trees before we put them in the ground and 

 then spray them afterwards. 



A member — I think that one phase of this market problem has been 

 overlooked, and that is, the greed of the men who stand between the 

 grower and the eater of the fruit. A friend of mine went to a grocery 

 in Chicago on the 10th of September and saw a basket of pretty good 

 Maiden Blush apples. He asked the price, and was told .$.75 a peck. 

 Then he went down to the South Water St. market, and there he saw 

 practically the same apples, same grade, and was told that the price was 

 f 1.25 per bushel. You see that retailer was standing between the whole- 

 saler and the eater of the fruit, to the tune of $1.75 a bushel. 



The Chairman — I desire you to take particular notice of your new 

 president, Mr. Munson. He will now take the chair for the remainder 

 of the sessions. 



Mr. Munson — I thank you, Mr. Farrand. (Applause.) 



The Chairman — I am requested here to announce the award for the 

 judging and identification of fruit. The first prize goes to Mr. Robert 

 Loree; second, to F. C. Crawford; third, to -S. C. Olney; fourth, to Mr. 

 Relaire. 



FACTS LEARNED IN THREE YEARS ORCHARD RENTING. 



W. S. PULLEN, HILLSDALE. 



Four years ago when we began renting orchards we knew of no 

 one who was making a specialty of this work. We soon learned of 

 a few others, one of whom was our president, Mr. T. A. Farrand. In 

 the section we chose, Hillsdale county, for a goodly number of fair- 

 sized orchards making little or no returns to the owner, and in some 

 instances very lightly valued by them. In fact the second man I went 

 to see about renting his orchard was plowing a stoney field and was 

 not enough interested io stop on a corner and talk with me, so the deal 

 was made while he turned a furrow and occasionally broke the Third 

 Commandment as the plow handle hit him in the ribs, or he thought 

 of the usclcssncss of the orchard on which I was endeavoring to keep 

 his attention. 



