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attained with sawdust than with cork dust. Full details are given in 

 Bulletin 35, U. S. Dept. Agr., December 31, 1913, which the interested 

 reader should secure. The shipments of 1912, about thirty carloads, or 

 8,596 drums, sold in New York at an average of $2.90 per drum, which, 

 after deducting all costs of packing, transportation, storage and com- 

 mission, would net the grower about $60 per ton for the grapes. The 

 grapes thus handled were Emperors. Thus far it seems to be dem- 

 onstrated that Muscats can be sold this way until November 15th, 

 Malagas until December 15th, Emperors until about January. It is 

 expected that if California can commercially grow the Almeria, the 

 grape used in Spanish shipping, it can be safely held in storage until 

 April 1. 



