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the management of the exchange and not by the indi- 

 vidual grower. In the case of the more perishable fruits, 

 like strawberries, and occasionally peaches and apricots, 

 they are packed by the individual grower under the 

 supervision of the exchange. Inspectors are provided 

 that open and inspect a certain per cent of the pack- 

 ages that are brought into the warehouse. If any are 

 found not up to the standard they are returned or re- 

 packed at the expense of the producer. In this way the 

 management is able to maintain a standard pack. 



Where warehouses are maintained it is necessary to 

 keep a foreman to look after the fruit during the busy 

 part of the year. When each grower brings in his fruit 

 the foreman receives it and stores it away in some spe- 

 cial place. He then makes out a receipt for this fruit in 

 triplicate, stating the grower's name, the varieties and 

 number of boxes or packages sent in. The grower is 

 given one of these, one is sent to the manager at the 

 central office and the third is put on the files at the 

 warehouse. This receipt is kept by the producer for 

 references and also to check up returns when final set- 

 tlements are made. 



Where there are a number of local warehouses con- 

 nected with the central exchange this enables the man- 

 ager to have at all times before him a complete manifest 

 of the contents of all of the different warehouses. This 

 information is sent by the general manager to each of 

 the selling agents. When an order is received at the 

 central office for a car of fruit the manager looks over 

 his files and determines which warehouse can best load 

 out the shipment. He then wires the foreman of the 

 local exchange instructing him to load so many cars 



