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sidered a lack of preparation for entertaining the guests. He 

 said that he and his brother would have liked more time to 

 get the orchard in readiness for inspection. This remark 

 caused laughter because everyone present had previously 

 walked through the orchard and noted the wonderful care 

 that had been given every tree — not in preparation for the 

 occasion, either, as thorough cultivation is a matter of habit 

 with this firm of peach growers. Mr. Barnes cordially wel- 

 comed the visitors and gave them the freedom of the orchard 

 and grounds. 



Secretary H. C. C. Miles was then called upon to explain 

 the real occasion of the meeting, namely, to obtain statistics 

 of the peach crop for a working basis for obtaining transpor- 

 tation facilities. Mr. Miles told of the arrangements which 

 the society had made with the railroad for the movement of 

 peaches to market. He stated that growers should give him 

 an estimate of their shipments in order that the railroad may 

 be advised in advance and afforded an opportunity to reserve 

 cars and prepare them for handling the crop. Mr. Miles 

 passed around blanks for each grower to fill out giving an 

 estimate of the number of baskets to be shipped and their 

 probable destination. 



Mr. Flint, manager of the traffic department of the N. 

 Y., X. H. & H. R. R., was then called upon to explain the 

 arrangements that his company had made for moving this 

 year's peach crop. He said that his company was making a 

 great effort to cooperate with the growers in getting the crop 

 to market, and to that end had fitted up a number of refriger- 

 ator cars. Still other cars were being fitted with shelving 

 and would be reserved for shipping peaches. Mr. Flint ex- 

 plained how important it was to both grower and transporta- 

 tion company that he be advised in advance of the probable 

 extent of shipments in order that they may have sufficient cars 

 equipped in advance for the purpose. A charge of $15 per 

 car in addition to the regular freight tariff will be charged 

 for the use of the cars, the same being for the expense of 

 extra equipment. Cars containing 10,000 pounds and up- 



