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barrel of apples after being put in cans weighs the same as it did 

 before, but in the evaporating process it is reduced from one 

 hundred and fifty to twenty pounds, a little more than one-eighth 

 of its original weight. Or in other words when your team goes 

 to the station loaded with two tons of evaporated apple it is haul- 

 ing an equivalent of one hundred and ten barrels of apples in 

 their natural state. Again, when a barrel of apples is put into 

 cans the cost of the cans is equal to the value of the apples so that 

 the consumers must pay twice as much for the same quantity of 

 apples canned as they would if evaporated. 



The outlook for the home and foreign demand for evaporated 

 apple in the imm.ediate future is very encouraging. 



The preliminary report of the director of the census bureau 

 indicates that there has been an increase of 20% in the popula- 

 tion of the U. S. in the last decade giving a total of more than 

 76,000,000 people. The increase in population is entirely in the 

 cities and large towns, for it is evident that the population in the 

 rural sections of our country has decreased rather than increased 

 in the last decade. This makes it evident that the consuming 

 population is increasing faster than the production of this class 

 of goods. Another encouraging feature for the ready sale of 

 evaporated apple is the great increase in the number of people 

 who come to our State to pass the summer months. This is a 

 wealthy class of people as a rule, who demand and are willing 

 to pay for the very best products of the farms, and there 

 is already a large and increasing demand for fancy evaporated 

 apple from the hotel people who supply their wants. 



While the foreign demand for our fancy evaporated apple has 

 not kept pace with some other lines of production in this coun- 

 try, it is quietly and surely becoming an important item in the 

 export trade ; and when we consider tha,t no special effort has 

 been made to introduce or push the sale of these goods in foreign 

 countries, the business that has been done is very satisfactory 

 Bnd indicates that in the near future, when its good quality con- 

 centrated in bulk and weight and adaptability for carrying long 

 distances without regard to climatic conditions will make it a 

 favorite article of commerce. 



What needs to be done now is for our Agricultural Depart- 

 ment at Washington to bring our evaporated fruit to the atten- 



