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defining what a standard apple barrel shall be, but they 

 have not gone far enough to include in their law a 

 standard apple box. Laws and customs of the various 

 states so far as standard packages for apples are con- 

 cerned, are very similar. These laws are summarized 

 for the information of the reader. 



Regarding the standard sizes of apple barrels, the 

 Maine law requires the length of staves to be 28% 

 inches, the diameter head 17Vs inches, the distance be- 

 tween heads 26 inches, the circumference at bulge 64 

 inches, and the capacity 7,000 cubic inches. The New 

 York law is the same. By the Missouri law the length 

 of the staves is 28% inches, the diameter head 17*4 

 inches, the center diameter 20% inches, and the chines 

 % inches. The Canada law states that the distance be- 

 tween heads shall be 26*4 inches, the diameter head 17 

 inches, the inside diameter 18% inches, and the capacity 

 96 quarts. The United States law is the same as the 

 Maine law. 



By the Maine law apple boxes shall be 10% x 11% x 

 18 inches inside measurement, and have a capacity of 

 2,350 cubic inches. The New York law is the same. 

 Canada requires the boxes to be 10 x 11 x 20 inches in- 

 side measurement, while the Pacific Coast associations 

 have 10%xll%xl8 inches inside measurement as a 

 standard, and 10 x 11 x 20 inches as a special size. 



It will be noted from the foregoing figures that Mis- 

 souri is the only state that has a law on standard apple 

 barrels which differs in any particular from the United 

 States law. This was originally made to conform to the 

 dimensions of the common flour barrel and does not 

 differ sufficiently in any of its dimensions but what its 



