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that was sold, orchard run. for $2.00 a barrel that was bet- 

 ter than the Heath run of api)les. In other words they got 

 as much for their ungraded apples as many of the good 

 crops in Franklin County that were sold orchard run. And 

 this year they more than made good. 



I want you to notice also that whereas the year before 

 Avhen they had a better crop of apples 98 barrels of A were 

 packed, we find this year with a poorer normal crop they 

 packed 200 barrels of A apples and the percentage instead 

 of being less than 10 was nearly 25 per cent of A grade 

 apples. They realized that it costs no more for tiie barrel 

 to pack that $3.25 barrel of apples, it took no longer to 

 pack it, cost no more to haul it to the station t'nan the one 

 they sold for $2.25. or the year before for $1.95. and that 

 their profits depended upon the quality of their apples 

 largely. That is, m packing ni 1915 this Association learned 

 the real value of good a]:)ples to themselves how much more 

 they were worth, so they are taking a good deal more in- 

 terest in growing their apples, and are going to grow bet- 

 ter apples next year than this year; I am very sure of that. 



The cost of packing the first year was 20c a barrel. 

 That is excessive. Of course, they paid this man from 

 Nova Scotia good wages and he, of course, did not do a 

 great deal of actual work. He was selling his knowledge 

 and his ability rather than his labor so it made rather ex- 

 pensive packing the first year. This year they cut the 

 packing down to 16c per barrel, 4c less. That is too high, 

 because there are other places where the apples were 

 packed and were just as well graded in the County for 12 

 and 13c a barrel. That was aboiit the same price given by 

 ]\[r. Conant as the expense in ]Maine for packing apples. 

 They go from farm to farm to pack the apples. These 

 farms only averaged about 60 barrels to a farm. 



Now, what are the advantages? There is no question 

 but what they could sell those 900 barrels of graded appl-es 

 at much greater advantage than any one man. The first 

 great advantage is in selling. "When they got the volume 



