TKEASURER's ANNl'Al. REPORT, I903. 29 



TREASURER'S ANNUAL REPORT, 1903. 



A. B. LYMAN, EXCELSIOR. 



Receipts. 



1902. 

 Dec. I. Balance on hand $7i5-i» 



1903. 

 Mar. 10. State Treasurer, semi-annual allowance.. $750.oo 

 June 23. A. W. Latham, receipts of secretary's 



office, Dec. i, 1902, to June 23, 1903 1,60307 



Aug. 29. State Treasurer, semi-annual allowance. . 1,000.00 



Total $4,068.25 



Disbursements. 



1902. 



Dec. I. Order No. 109, A. W. Latham, Exp. 

 Secy's office from June 18, 1902, to Dec. 

 I, 1902 $268.56 



Dec. I. Order No. no, W. W. Pendergast, presi- 

 dent's salary, 1902 25 . 00 



Dec. 4. Order No. in, A. B. Lyman, Treasurer's 



Salary, 1902 25.00 



1903. 



Mar. 18. Order No. 112, A. W. Latham, Secretary s 



Salary, ist qr., 1903 250.00 



June 3. Order No. 113, A. W. Latham, Secretary's 



Salary, 2nd qr., 1903 250 . 00 



June 23. Order No. 114, A. W. Latham, Exp. Secy's 

 office from Dec. i, 1902, to June 23, 

 1903 1,783-46 



Sept. I. Order No. 115, A. W. Latham, Secretary's 



Salary, 3rd qr., 1903 250.00 



Nov. 30. Order No. 116, Premiums winter meeting, 



1902 174-95 



Nov. 30. Order No. 117, Premiums summer meet- 

 ing, 1903 136-25 



Nov. 30. Order No. 118, A. W. Latham, Secretary's 



Salary, 4th qr., 1903 250.00 



Dec. I. Balance on hand 655.03 



Total $4,068.25 



Apples for Cold Storage. — The secret of success in holding apples in 

 storage is to get them there at the earliest possible moment after being picked 

 from the tree. So said J. W. Clark, the successful Hampshire county (Mass) 

 orchardist, at a fruit growers' meeting last winter. He was very empathic in 

 placing the emphasis on this point. As apples are picked from the tree they 

 are placed upon canvas spread on the ground, and the sorters and packers im- 

 mediately follow, so that the barreled fruit is in cold storage in a veiy few 

 hours after removal from the tree. 



Influence of Paper Wrappers on the keeping qualities of apples in 

 any kind of storage is well known by all who have kept fruit both with and 

 without wrappers. Experiments do not indicate that any special wrapper is 

 superior to another, but the use of some soft paper for the inner wrapper is 

 usually practiced. This is generally a tissue paper, but unprinted newspaper 

 is very satisfactory. For the second wrapper, a paraffin paper is the most 

 desirable. Sometimes a third wrapper of common newspaper is used, and for 

 large specimens it is better to use a thin layer of excelsior between the second 

 and third wrappers. 



