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extra expense of handling is really a small item. The 
only way it bothers us is sometimes in loading a car 
there will be a shipment to get off that has to have a 
few trees fumigated, and then with thirty minutes out 
of an hour taken up with the fumigating one has to 
jump around pretty lively to make connections. But 
the rush and jump are only parts of the nursery busi- 
ness and all in the same line, so we do not mind it. 
On an average it costs us 25 to 30 cents per thousand 
for the actual fumigation, including the extra hand- 
ling. 
‘‘ We have been fumigating now for three or four 
years and have had no trouble from loss of trees as yet, 
although we were assured by the antifumigators that 
we would have our trees to replace. We are careful to 
fumigate the trees when dry, and for that reason like 
the fumigating room as a part of the packing-shed 
much better than to have it as aseparate building. If 
the trees come in during a wet day they can be allowed 
to dry before being put in the fumigator, and it is far 
more convenient to be able to step into the room from 
the packing-shed during any kind of weather. 
‘The objection generally made by nurserymen is 
from the fact that a very large part of the nursery stock 
grown in western New York does not go direct to 
planters, but is shipped here and there to dealers and 
nurserymen all over the United States. Nurserymen 
in other sections must have their stock shipped early so 
they can reship to their customers, probably back in 
New York. In order to get this done and the trees 
planted before it freezes up, they have to be dug before 
they are fully matured. Some nurserymen fear that 
