THJRTIlliXTH ANNUAL MEETING. yy 



Prof. Waugii : Mr. Chairman, if I may sa}- a word, I would 

 like to state that 1 think Mr. Parker's ideas are excellent. But 

 I have a little scheme of my own for this matter and would like 

 to tell you ahout it. Now, a good surveying instrument you 

 can buy, one which is suitable for all this work, and a level with 

 a horizontal line for turning ofif the angles, and stakes for read- 

 ing the elevations, and you can buy this whole outfit for $i6. 

 That is not an outlay be}"ond the means of any farmer around 

 here. You have boys on your farms, and any good bright boy 

 can soon learn how to handle this instrument ; then, too, he can 

 get a lot of fun out of it. I have gone over my father's land 

 with an instrument of this sort and thought it would be a fine 

 thing to map out the farm at home. I borrowed a transit 

 weighing about 150 pounds and surveyed the whole place. I 

 enjoyed it very much, and I know the boys on your different 

 farms would also. They can make a good survey. 



It was decided to defer the address of Mr. Hoyt on "Coopera- 

 tion" until Wednesday's session, and in its place a number of 

 questions from the printed list were called up and discussed. 



Question i. The future selling package for the apple — shall 

 it be box or barrel ? 



Mr. Robertsox : I think, l\lr. Chairman, the box is the com- 

 ing thing. 



]Mr. Lewis : I should think that would depend altogether upon 

 the quality of the fruit to be sold. 



President Gulley : Air. Chairman, we have been told it is 

 doubtful wdiich would work best, the box or the barrel. Now, 

 I know of one man who has given this a thorough trial. , He 

 packed some apples in a box and some in a barrel and made 

 shipment. The result was that in every case of first grade fruit 

 the profit of the box over the barrel averaged 75 cents for the 

 same amount of apples. The average of three or four ship- 

 ments was just about this margin with ju$t one offset; it took 

 just a little more work to pack the box than the barrel. 



J\Ir. Waller : I would like to ask the cost of the box itself. 



President Gulley : In this test I speak about we had some 

 very nice boxes. They were neat and plain and the cost was 

 verv little. 



