lieavy, incomes small, and to make a long story short, we ran 

 behind the sum of $182.52. But the Exchange stuck to- 

 gether and that above all things was most to be desired. 



On May 1, 113, we started with 68 members and closed 

 the year with 108. It was during this year that the capital 

 stock was increased to $4000, giving 200 shares. Our busi- 

 ness that year, consisting of commission sales, F. 0. B. sales. 

 and merchandise bought and sold, amounted to $250,108.42. 

 Without reckoning the produce consigned to commis- 

 sion houses, we sold 3000 lb. for Export; bought 



600 tons of Fertilizers and Chemicals 

 1,000,000 quart Cups 

 350,000 pints 



6,000 Gift Crates 



21 cars of Feed and Oats. 

 Bought oats delivered, as low as 36 cents. 

 27 cars Manure 

 2 cars Baskets. 

 Sold 100 cars of Strawberries, Raspberries and Currants 

 10 cars Pears and Apples for U. S. A. 

 Fruit sold F. 0. B. to points as far south as Tampa. Fla. 

 and as far west as Cincinnati. 

 Also bought 6 cars Agric. Lime 



150 lb. Lime-Sulfur Solution 



5 tons Arsenate of Lead Paste and Powder 

 The members became very enthusiastic over the pros- 

 pects for future business. Claims for lost fruit were taken 

 up by the manager with the express companies and settled 

 within a few weeks, while before, the individual grower of- 

 ten had to wait a year or more for his claim to be paid. 



Of course difficulties came up, such as different methods 

 of grading, packing and marking, which of course made it 

 hard to send car lots. This difficulty has not yet been ad- 

 justed satisfactorily. 



This past season we started with 108 members and now 

 have 119. The small gain is due to the extremely poor year. 

 We suffered an entire loss of the peach crop and had, gener- 



