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the auction company. Auctions never received the cars 

 directly, but they are turned over to them by some au- 

 thorized agent of the exchange. As soon as a car of 

 fruit is started to the agent, the business manager of the 

 central exchange or the sales department manager makes 

 a manifest of the contents of the car, giving the name of 

 each individual who had fruit in the car, the quantity, 



Fig. 110. ARRANGING SHIPMENTS IN THE WAREHOUSE 

 OF THE AUCTION COMPANY 



variety and grade. This manifest is forwarded to the 

 agent and a copy of it turned over to the auction company. 

 The auction company then proceeds in one or two 

 ways, some take samples from the fruit when it ar- 

 rives and sell entirely from the samples. Others make 

 up a catalog (Fig. 112), and the fruit is inspected in 

 the warehouse or in the car, and then bid off according to 

 the statements in the catalog. Where these manifests 

 arrive a day ahead of time they can be cataloged and 

 ready for the auction at the next morning. Cars that 

 have arrived during the afternoon and night of any one 



