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south side of a hill almost too steep to cultivate, lends itself 

 admirably to grapes and it is the warm side and will hold 

 the heat into the late fall and should be utilized, particular- 

 ly near a good market. 



The automobile truck has been coming right along as 

 a means of transportation. At the present time the auto- 

 mobile trucks, most of them, are a little too heavy, too 

 shaky, to take small fruits for a long distance, but over our 

 good roads and with pneumatic tires on the lighter trucks 

 I think over a long distance we will be able to take them in 

 and sell them directly from the grower to the consumer. 

 The whole question is largely one of transportation and if 

 we are going to give all our money to the transportation 

 companies we are not going to get a great deal out of it 

 ourselves; and when we consider the high cost of commis- 

 sion a few years ago, the profit between the producer and 

 the consumer was in some cases as high as 60 per cent, it 

 seems as though the farmer who grows these things should 

 have a part of that profit, at least, and I think in communi- 

 ties where a great many small fruits are grown, a few peo- 

 ple could combine and get a truck and deliver the fruit ev- 

 en to the retail store and in that way get a great deal bet- 

 ver service and more profit. At the present time it goes 

 from the commission man to the retailer, from the retail 

 man to the customers, getting three handlings between the 

 farmer and the consumer. 



All these questions I think could be well discussed in a 

 little more extended manner if I had time, but I see my time 

 is up and I just want to leave this thought with you that 

 the principal points in small fruit growing are, getting some 

 land near a good market, as near as possible, thorough cul- 

 tivation, plenty of fertilization of the right kind, and varie- 

 ties that suit your market or your locality, and, finally, mar- 

 keting them in neat, attractive, clean packages, and getting 

 them from the farm to the consumer as quickly as possible. 



I thank you for your attention. (Applause). 



President. Mr. Brooks, wishes to make a motion. 



Mr. Brooks. This Association has been very fortnnRt'=i 

 all these years in boinpj invited by the AYorcpster Coun!".v 

 Horticultural society to the privilege of this hall and tbe 

 privilege of the city. The least we can do is to extend a 

 vote of thanks to the Horticultural society for these privil- 



