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the wholesale handling of apples in either barrels or boxes 

 ■«,vhere you have got to put the weight on. You have got to 

 put the weight on if you are handling by retail at the rate of 

 48 pounds to the bushel, but not wholesale. 



MR. WHEELER: The weight of the barrel— has that 

 got to go on? 



SECRETARY WHEELER: No. 



MR. COGSWELL: If you are selling by the bushel it is 

 48 pounds, but if you are selling over your counter there is 

 no specified weight there. You may sell by the dozen; you 

 are simply selling this as a package of apples, and there is 

 no required weight there or no required number. It is 

 simply a package of apples. 



SECRETARY WHEELER: That is true. 



MR. FROST : Is there any other way a barrel can be 

 branded except by stenoiling? For instance, a small grower 

 who only has a few barrels, has he got to have a stencil or 

 can that be put on by typewriting and tacked on, or any 

 other way? 



SECRETARY WHEELER : Yes. it can be put on free- 

 hand, marked by ink pot, provided the lettering is not 

 smaller than half an inch. 



MR. COGSWELL : Has it got to be on the head or on 

 the side? 



SECRETARY WHEELER: No, it has not necessarily 

 got to be on the head. 



MR. ROBES : The question of the weight that was asked 

 seems to apply to parcels sold direct from the grower to the 

 consumer, and is really a retail proposition; must the weight 

 be put on the box or package or barrel in that case? 



SECRETARY WHEELER: You mean where you are 

 selling directly from your farm to a consumer? 



MR. ROBES : Yes. 



SECRETARY WHEELER: Yes, you are likely to get 

 into trouble with the w:eights and measures department if 

 you do not; you are selling at retail. 



