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parison of some with those of last year is, however, quite 

 interesting. 



New York City, with a total of 35, leads in number of cars 

 received. These shipments represent apples offered for im- 

 mediate sale. Shipments to Worcester, numbering 18, were to 

 new buyers, and all went into storage. Boston receipts, total- 

 ing 13 cars, were light, due to the druggy condition of the 

 Boston market resulting from heavy receipts of Maine and 

 Nova Scotia apples. The Providence total of 11 cars is quite 

 striking as indicative of the inroads made by the auto truck. 

 These were all shipped by one buyer who takes about the same 

 number of barrels each year. This buyer used auto trucks 

 quite extensively this year, shipping 80 barrels to the load, 

 making his rail shipments less than half of last year. Ballston 

 Spa shipments, totaling 10 cars in comparison to 43 of last 

 year, show the decrease in amount handled by one of the 

 largest buyers. Another striking figure showing the decrease 

 in number of barrels handled by last year's largest buyers is the 

 Lockport, New York, total of 6 cars, representing total ship- 

 ments of this firm which last year handled about 75 cars. 



Shipments by auto truck can, of course, only be estimated, 

 but the consensus of opinion through the county seems to be 

 that the quantity thus shipped would equal that going out by 

 rail. Rail shipments totaled 135 cars, and the average carload 

 was 180 barrels (18 less than last year), making a total of 

 24,300 barrels by rail. Approximating the auto shipments as 

 an equal number makes a grand total of 48,600 barrels shipped 

 from the county. 



Cider apple shipments were very light, totaling only 7 cars. 

 Pedlers with trucks took out so many apples which ordinarily 

 would have gone into cider that the local mill was obliged to 

 go to points outside the State for its supply. 



Standard Containers. 



The passage of a bill entitled "An Act establishing a Massa- 

 chusetts Standard for Boxes and Half Boxes for Farm Produce 

 sold at Wholesale" established containers on the basis of the 

 United States volume standard of 2,150.42 cubic inches, which 



