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thc'V could sell by the carload and i^et imich iiKirc for their 

 apples than an individual. 



I have already called your attention to the value of 

 grading- the apples to the men in encouraging them to pro- 

 duce better apples, and they have also realized much more 

 for apples graded than if they had not graded them. The 

 buyer who bought the apples last year, or rather the com- 

 mission man who got the apples wished to know if they 

 would send him their apples this year, but they made a casli 

 sale f. 0. b. at the railroad station, so did not sell to him. 

 The buyer who went up and looked the crop of apides over 

 told me that it was the finest crop of apples groAvn in Frank- 

 lin County. He Avent all over that County and that there 

 Avasn 't a crop of apples aiiywliere thai compared witli Ileatli 

 apples. 



Now. as a matter of fact there A\'ere cro])s and crops oF 

 apjdes in this County that there were nnich Ix^ttcr than 

 Heath apples, but they were put up ungraded. Tie saw 

 them as they lay ungraded. 



There is n(» (|uestion l)ut the ITeath cro]) loolvcd Ix'tter 

 Avhen ]U'operly graded. They have now got a reputation 

 for their apples. Before that occasion the towns all around 

 had a better reputation for apples, but today tliey have 

 made a great reputation for apples, properly packed. 

 AVithout question they can find a market next year without 

 any stretch at all. 



There are only two' faults found witli this co-operative 

 ])acking that very much can be said about. One is tlu^ ex- 

 ]>ense and the bother of having a gang of packers around, 

 '['he wives do not like to have a big gang of men come out 

 to do tlu' ]>acking. They have to boai'd them and the men 

 have to hay and feed the horses in the barn, which is. a 

 nuisance. That is one objection, but I do not think it is 

 a real olijection. T think the value is very much more than 

 th-e loss. 



Another thing is the average apple man up in our 

 county dislikes very much to see an apple he don't sell. 



