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lieve there is a more important work before onr Association 

 today than to support this movement. „ 



4th. We ought to advertise. This is a subject in itself 

 and your officers have already shown their belief in it bj' 

 having a special paper on the subject at our convention in 

 January. But it must be pushed in every way possible. We 

 do practically none at all now. Any other business would 

 have gone to pieces long since if treated as we have treated 

 ours in the matter of advertising. It simply shows what a 

 good business we have that there is anything left of it. 



5th. We must cooperate in every way possible. Per- 

 haps it isn't possible to build up such perfect cooperative 

 machines as they have in some sections, but certainly it is 

 possible to do more than we do now! 



6th. We must develop more satisfactory packages. 

 We have made a beginning but only a beginning in this di- 

 rection. We need more thought, further experiment if we 

 are to have as we, ought to have, a reasonajbly cheap package 

 that will put our fruit in the hands of our customers in bet- 

 ter condition than is done with our present packages. 



7th. And lastly we must pay more attention to our re- 

 tail markets. At present most of them are entirely neglect- 

 ed or are given over to the western apples, 'fhousands of 

 barrels of apples might be sold in these small markets if the 

 growers in the neighborhood were alive to their opportuni- 

 ties. 



The Secretary's report consisted of a summary of topics 

 already printed in this report with elaboration of a few 

 which were new to the members. Owing to the unavoidable 

 delay in getting out this volume the report of everything up 

 to and including this annual meeting is printed this year 

 while otherwise it would be one year later. 



