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baskets — it being understood that these sizes do not apply to fancy baskets in 

 crates, but only to ordinary fruit baskets. The names given them are only to 

 distinguish them ; the sizes are supposed to be the same for each number, no 

 matter what fruit is put in them. Taking wheat of standard weight as a medium 

 to determine the capacity of packages, the sizes of fruit baskets should be as 

 follows :— lbs. oz. 



No. I (pint berry box) should (contain of wheat.) .. 12^ 



No 2 (quart berry box) " " i • 9 



No. 3 (half peach basket) " " 11 4 



No. 4 (lolb. grape basket) " " 13 14 



No. 5 (12 qt. peach basket) '• '" 22 8 



No. 6 (16 qt. grape basket or 20-lb. grape basket) 



should contain 30 



Your committee considers that the above is the simplest and most practical 

 method of determining the capacity of fruit packages. 



E. J. WooLVERTON, Chairman. 



The Government of Tasmania has agreed to guarantee the freight on 

 30,000 cases of fruit to the London market, and is making every effort to 

 encourage large export trade in apples to Great Britain. One condition is that 

 no apples be forwarded less than 234^ inches in diameter. We cannot see why 

 our own Dominion should not do as much for her fruit industry, for it is one of 

 greater magnitude than that of Australia. We need cold storage on ship board; 

 we need a Canadian market in London ; and if there is an opening for our 

 apples in Australia markets in certain months of the year, we need to have the 

 freight guaranteed us on a good sized trial shipment, until we gain confidence in 

 the possibilities of such a distant market. 



The FarmePS' Boy. — Let the areas set apart for the boy be sufficiently large 

 to ensure returns fairly commensurate with his hopes and ambitions, and cheerfully 

 accord the profits to him. Shorten the hours of the day's work and give room 

 for rest and recreation. Furnish your sitting and dining rooms with the best 

 rural pictures of your province, and make the homestead worthy of a new view 

 as often as you can. Take the farm and fruit papers published at home, and 

 add to the library such current literature as will awaken and sustain fresh interest 

 and dignify your work. Again I repeat, make business men of your boys on 

 the farm in a wide knowledge of every market available, and expert method in 

 reaching it. While you may have excellent land, use good varieties and care 

 for the orchard, giving utmost care to assorting and packing, and always use 

 clean packages. The effect of your reputation and demand for your fruit will 

 influence the boys. Education should be well laid in a full and extensive know- 

 ledge of all that relates to agriculture. How plants live and grow, or the evolu- 

 tion of plants with the origin of varieties or the history of soils ; the theory of 

 tillage and yield of crops, etc. Youth is the time to acquire familiar knowledge 

 of details near- and remote — W. C. Archibald, Wolfville, N. S. 



