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few good ones, one or the other. Every time a farmer in 

 Connecticut sells a barrel of apples that is not the same all the 

 way through, dock him a certain per cent, the same as they 

 would in a bank. If you intended to put $100 in a bank and 

 only put in $90, they would give you credit for only $90. 

 (Applause.) 



I want to most heartily endorse what Mr. Wilson has 

 said about grading. I knew him as a boy in the orchard 

 business. He is the young son of a mighty good old father. 

 (Applause and laughter.) 



Prof. Wilson : How much do you want for that com- 

 pliment? I haven't anything but small change. 



Mr. Hale: I will take half a dollar now and the 

 rest when you settle up that $10 you borrowed of me the last 

 time you were here. (/\pplause and laughter.) 



Mr. Tuttle: I would like to ask what the cost of pack- 

 ing is? 



Prof. Wilson : I had a slip giving exactly all the figures 

 right straight down through the orchard, of all operations in 

 the West, but I lost it, and so I didn't say anything about it, 

 but I can give it to you approximately, anyway. The girls pack 

 more apples than the boys, girls can do this seemingly better 

 than the boys. I don't know why, it is one of those things where 

 the fingers come in handy, and girls' fingers twist around 

 better. They get 6 cents a box for the packing; grading 10 

 cents ; then the box in the West costs 10 cents, we have to 

 pay about 12 cents here, possibly we could do it for 11 cents 

 if we went to the largest manufacturers and asked for large 

 quantities. Then pruning, spraying, hauling, picking, harvest- 

 ing, and drawing to market, and the grading and packing alto- 

 gether 40| cents per box. That includes the cost of the box. 



A Member: Is it practical to use a grader? 



Prof. Wilson : I don't believe so, I don't believe we 

 want to try any grader for our fruit. The best graders are 

 the human hands, it seems to me. because they will not bruise 

 the fruit. 



