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pack them, for the reason that when you haul apples over 

 stony roads without the head on the barrel it bruises them up 

 too much. 



A Member. What is the cost of labor if the farmer doesn't 

 help? 



Mr. CoNANT. Many times he's not there at all. The apples 

 are taken from the barrels as they are picked, and sometimes 

 when he's around he may take hold, but you understand a 

 grower is not allowed to pack his own apples. These packers 

 do them. No man has anything to do about sorting his own 

 apples in any way, shape or manner. 



A Member. What does it cost to send apples from here into 

 Canadian lines? 



Mr. CoNANT. I can't tell you on that part of it because we 

 sold f. o. b., and I think that it would depend on what part of 

 Canada they were sent to. Montreal I think is about 40 cents 

 a barrel. 



