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station and take a barrel out of the car or take a barrel off 

 the team as they were unloading it into the car, then open it 

 up and go through it to find its condition. If he found the 

 barrel was all right, that it would pass the law, because it 

 had been taken at random he would take that as typical and 

 pass the pack. It might not be, but that has been the rule. 

 Last year the work was almost entirely educational, and this 

 year it has not been enforced as rigidly as it will be in years 

 to come, because there has been the desire to help men to 

 conform to the conditions of the law rather than to force 

 Ihem to do it. As regards the apple that is without any out- 

 ward defect, that is, something which the eye could not de- 

 termine, but in the new law, it requires that a barrel of fancy 

 or No. 1, or Grade A, shall be free from wormy apples, and 

 in Grade B, or what is under the old law No. 2, if there is 

 one worm hole upon the side, if the skin is not broken or the 

 keeping quality of the apple is not injured. 



QUESTION: Then I understand that up to the present 

 time they really have passed everythicg along in a pleasant 

 manner? 



DR. TWITCHELL : Oh, no, I could easily cite some men 

 that wouldn't say that they had, because they have been 

 called into court in several cases. The effort of the inspec- 

 tors has been to bring about harmony with the law on the 

 part of the packers. Where a packer has been willing to co- 

 operate, I think the tendency has been to allow a little, look- 

 ing to the future good of the industry and of the growers: 

 but where, as in one or two cases, they have found that the 

 violation was continued after attention being called to it. 

 why, then there have been several cases reported. 



QUESTION : Might I ask what the penalty is for viola- 

 tion ? 



DR. TWITCHELL: It reads something like this: "Any 

 person who adulterates or misbrands apples within the 

 meaning of this act, or any person who packs, sells, distri- 

 butes, transports, offers or exposes for sale, distribution or 

 transportation apples in violation of the provisions of this 



