19 1 5 



ing through the state laws of many 

 states and finding hivvs which are dead 

 and no attempts have been made to en- 

 force them for many years, they being 

 impracticable. The important point 

 about any legislation would be the mat- 

 ter of quantity and it might be well to 

 say that there is a decided tendency at 

 present time to require a statement on 

 the container of the net contents, stated 

 in terms of weight or numerical count. 

 In fact the new federal law requires on 

 all interstate shipments that the con- 

 tents be so stated. No provision is 

 made however, as to the shape of the 

 package. One of the greatest dangers 

 in standardizing packages or products 

 is the legislature, as they may pass mea- 

 sures that are impractical for the fruit 

 grov^'ers to live up to. Standardization 

 must be simple and legislation must 

 take place only after the public opinion 

 is with vou. 



BETTER FRUIT 



Page 



The Eternal Question 



"What I would like to know," ex- 

 plained the agriculturist patiently, "is 

 what I need in the way of new tools 

 and new buildings and new ideas. Tell 

 me why my wife keeps complaining 

 and telling me she's tired of farm life 

 and wants to move into town? I don't 

 want to go to town." 



This isn't a fairy story. It isn't fic- 

 tion. It isn't even a story about a dis- 

 tant land. It happened in the Middle 

 West, in the East, in the Far West. It's 

 happening today, everywhere. 



The agriculturist was up to date. He 

 had a first-class farm. He rotated his 

 crops. He kept the soil fertile. He had 

 good machinery and treated his men 

 well and his livestock well. For the 

 heavy work he had motor-driven ma- 

 chinery. His pumping was done by 

 motor. He had an expensive silo. He 

 kept his roads in good repair. He had 

 quit borrowing money and was invest- 

 ing money instead, most of it in the 

 farm, but a good deal in securities. It 

 was a paying farm. 



And yet his wife wasn't satisfied. 



The farmer's friend went into the 

 farm house to see what could be the 

 matter. The house was clean and well 

 kept, but the housewife looked tired. 

 In one corner was a sewing machine. 

 The window beside it looked out on the 

 motor-driven pump. 



"Where's the motor for that ma- 

 chine?" inciuired the friend. 



"Motor?" said the farmer; "there 

 isn't any. My wife runs it." 



In the laundry were the tubs hanging 

 from the wall, an ironing board, an 

 old range which had passed its period 

 of usefulness as a cookstove and had 

 been exiled to the laundry. 



"Ever tr>- washing machines and all 

 the other kinds of laundry machinery?" 

 inquired the friend. 



"No," said the farmer. "My wife 

 does that." 



"I notice you don't have electric 

 lighting here." 



"No," said the farmer after a i)ause. 

 "Lamps. My wife takes care of them." 



The visitor had a lot of comments as 

 he went through the rest of the house. 



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