80 MODERN FRUIT MARKETING 



Fig. 73. EXPERT BOXERS AT%WORK IN A WESTERN 

 PACKING-HOUSE 



the packing is done in a central packing-house, a little 

 more elaborate system of keeping records is needed. 

 This will be discussed under the general subject of co- 

 operative organizations. 



Cost of Packing Apples. It is hard to get a very 

 definite comparison of the cost of packing apples in 

 boxes or in barrels, but the following figures will serve 

 as a guide for the different operations: Making cal- 

 culations on the basis of three boxes equal to one barrel, 

 the relative costs would be about as follows: Barrels 

 cost from 30 to 40 cents; the pasteboard caps about 75 

 cents a 100; circles about the same; and the filling and 

 packing of the barrel varies from 10 to 25 cents, depend- 

 ing upon the variety. For apple boxes, the first cost 

 runs from 10 to 15 cents, the setting up 1 to 2 cents 

 each, box liners 15 cents a 100, layer boards 75 cents 



