25 



packing, 20 cents, a total of 40 cents; the other barrel we 

 figured at the price of a new barrel or 40 cents, and the 

 packing, 25 cents, a total of 65 cents. But the 65-cent bar- 

 rel sells for $6 and the other, for $3. Now, who is making 

 the more money? What must a customer think of us when 

 we pack apples that way ! 



I also want to show the first Hood River apple I ever 

 saw that was covered with scale (exhibiting apple to con- 

 vention). That only shows that they are up against it 

 almost as badly as we are when it comes to sending out 

 scaly apples. 



I have asked Vice President Sears of Amherst to preside 

 over this meeting this afternoon, and I now take pleasure in 

 turning the meeting over to Professor Sears. (Applause). 



(Vice President F. C. Sears of Amherst presided during 

 the remainder of the afternoon session). 



PROF. SEARS. Ladies and Gentlemen : The Vice-Pres- 

 ident is expected to do anything that nobody else wants to 

 do or has time to do, and that is the reason your President 

 has turned this meeting over to me, — not because he didn't 

 want to preside, but because he hasn't time to preside this 

 afternoon. 



As you probably know from the program, the meeting 

 this afternoon is held jointly with, the Hampshire, Plamp- 

 den. Franklin Beekeepers' Association, and we are to have a 

 piogram on the general subject of bees; more particala'-ly, 

 bees in connection with fruit growing and horticultare. 

 The iirst speaker this afternoon is Dr. Burton N. Gates of 

 Amherst, who will talk to you on the subject, "Bees indis- 

 pensiblc to Modern Horticulture." Dr. Gates, (Applause), 

 whom 1 take great pleasure in introducing to the meeting. 



