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dollars a thousand for box material and ten cents for a sixteen- 

 quart crate and twelve cents for a twenty-four-quart crate. 



President Smith. I would recommend the boxes made at St. 

 Joseph, Michigan; they cost three dollars and fifty cents there. 

 For the sixteen-quart crate the cost will be six dollars and fifty 

 cents; the twenty-four-quart will cost eight dollars and fifty 

 cents and ten dollars there at the factory. They give better 

 satisfaction, come cheaper and are very generally adopted by 

 those who handle goods on commission. The best way to handle 

 berries is to let the boxes go with the fruit. This is the square 

 box and it holds a full quart, dry measure. I would move, if in 

 order, that this society recommend and adopt the full quart 

 or dry measure. 



Mr. Whipple. I would second that motion. I know there 

 has been a great deal of trouble in years past in getting what is 

 supposed to be a quart; for when you would measure the berries 

 there would be no more than a pint and a half. I am in favor, 

 when we sell a quart of berries, of giving good measure. If we 

 get the Sherman box we get a full quart. 



President Smith. You are not certain of that, for they manu- 

 facture both kinds, the wine quart and the other size. In send- 

 ing orders for boxes you should state whether you want the full 

 quart or they will send the wine quart. 



Mr. Pearce. Do you mean a full quart inside of the box or 

 outside? 



President Smith. They make a box that will hold an exact 

 quart, salt or dry measure. 



Mr. Pearce. There are boxes that hold a quart from the out- 

 side and the cost is about two dollars and fifty cents a thousand. 



Mr. Harris. You have heard the motion that this society 

 recommend and adopt the full quart boxes for the handling 

 of the strawberry crop. 



Col. Stevens. Suppose I go into the market and buy two or 

 five quarts of berries, do I not, nine times out of ten, get a full 

 ([uart of berries'? 



President Smith. You do in the St. Paul market, for here 

 they make it a finable offense to sell less than the full quart. 



Mr. Pearce. What is the weight of a quart of berries'? 



President Smith. That is a question which it is imjjossible 

 to answer; the weight varies according to the variety of berries. 

 They give the dimensions in the circulars of the St. Joseph 

 manufactory. I have dealt with them a good many years and 



