LOCATING THE ORCHARD 19 



stage where we can run a "hoc-tin' nannie" car 

 any month in the year — at least on certain days 

 in any month. Time was, however, when our 

 roads were unspeakable. I recall that when we 

 once loaded a car of apples to ship to Cincin- 

 nati, it cost us seventeen cents a barrel to ship 

 from our station to the big Ohio city. It cost 

 us exactly twenty cents a barrel to haul those 

 apples three miles to the station. At present 

 it costs us from four to ten cents per barrel to 

 make the same haul by truck — depending upon 

 how the road happens to feel when we are 

 hauling. 



I had intending saying that in selecting an 

 orchard site one should consider the labor sup- 

 ply — but what's the use? If any one knows of 

 any place where labor conditions are any bet- 

 ter than they are any place else I wish he 

 would tell me. I would like to go there. Per- 

 haps, however, all of this about locating a de- 

 sirable orchard site does not apply to your 

 particular case. Perhaps you already have a 

 farm of your own and can not move around at 

 will but must plant your trees on the ground 

 you have available. That is all well and good, 

 simply apply to your own farm the points that 

 I have been bringing up, as closely as the lim- 

 ited geography of the place will allow. Only 

 remember this — don't go and plant that orchard 

 away off in some neglected corner of the place 



