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and where it will uot drag down the price and choke the demand for 

 the better fruit. We recognize the fact that bu\ers have a responsi- 

 bility in this matter and it is onl}' in conjunction with them that any 

 change in this direction can be accomplished. 



In the matter of packing we recognize the importance of the 

 subject yet see no way to control or improve present practices so 

 long as the packing is controlled by, and only subject to, the approval 

 of the buyer. Growers seem to do their duty when they conform to 

 the requirements of the buyer. It is more than we should undertake 

 to require to ask or urge that sellers make the quality of the fruit 

 put up better than is asked for. We do not therefore charge off the 

 defective packing wholl}' to the account of the producer. 



Z. A. Gilbert, 



W. M. MuNsoN, }- Committee. 



H. W. Brown, 



OUR LABORS AND OUK REWARDS IX FRUIT CULTURE 



By J. W, True, Xew Gloucester. 



While looking over our account of fruit sold the past season, the 

 question presented itself whether our reward was a fair compensa- 

 tion for our labor in raising and preparing it for market, and many 

 were the thoughts that were called up. In the first place our reward 

 for labor should not always be counted in dollars and cents. Those 

 people that have accomplished the most for their fellowmen have 

 not taken their pay in the "Coin of the Realm" but in a more last- 

 ing and satisfactory way. The inventor is never satisfied with his 

 invention, no matter how much money it brings him but pushes on 

 making improvements here and there, and the reward in which he 

 takes the most satisfaction is that he has accomplished something 

 new that will give him a name and fame that will live after he has 

 passed away. The Navigator will push out for the coUl North with 

 just the hope that he may be able to discover new lands or get just 

 a little nearer to the North Pole than any of his predecessors, if he 

 succeeds it is ample reward for him ; he counts money as nothing 

 compared to his victory over the forces of nature with which he 

 has been contending. The fruit grower should have something of 

 that spirit. The forces of nature give us the small natural fruit, 



