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Ave know more about it; it might not do the same as in the 

 Hudson River Valley. 



We are now going to have the Secretary of the State 

 Board of Agriculture, ]\Ir. "Wilfrid Wheeler, talk to us on 

 spple grading and packing. The Grading Law is going in- 

 to effect next July, and Secretary Wheeler is going to be 

 tJie one to enforce this law, he will tell 3^ou what you will 

 Lave to come up to. Secretary AVheeler. (Applause). 



THE NEW APPLE GRADING AND PACKING LAW 



Hon. Wilfrid Wheeler, Boston, Secretary of State Board of 



Agriculture 



~Slr. Chairman and friends : 



Before I speak of the apple grading law as it will be 

 carried out this year, I want to bring to your attention one 

 other matter which really has some bearing on this whole 

 subject, and that is the bill which has gone into the House 

 this year to provide for a Department of Markets under the 

 State Board of Agriculture. As you know, the question of 

 producing crops in this State and all over the United States 

 iii\,s ])een pretty thoroughly discussed; there is enough ma- 

 terial on how to produce most every crop we grow. If a 

 person wants to follow directions they can get all the 

 jna^terial they want on production and most farmers realize 

 that it's not a very big problem to produce crops if they put 

 their Avhole attention to it; but one of our biggest troubles is 

 in disposing of the crops after we have raised them, and we 

 ^re trying this year to work out a system in co-operation 

 with the United States Department of Agriculture and the 

 Departments of other States, which will provide for a De- 



