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made, and more successful results obtained than from 

 ordinary labor. 



Second : From 25 to 30 per cent could be saved on 

 the cost of fertilizers, and their quality could be im- 

 proved. The chemicals could be bought and their mix- 

 ing done by the company, thus making a better fertilizer 

 than we now buy, at a saving of 25 to 30 per cent on the 

 cost. 



Third : The implements for cultivation could be bought 

 at wholesale by one of the interested parties, thus saving 

 no small amount. 



Fourth : The trees could be bought for the company 

 at cheaper rates. 



Fifth : The spraying could be done with power ma- 

 chines and by experienced men, thus making it practic- 

 able to perform it at much less expense, and more success- 

 fully. 



Sixth : Barrels could be bought to better advantage. 

 If necessary, a cooper could be hired to set up the barrels 

 from staves made where timber is cheap ; or, if in ship- 

 ping fancy apples boxes were preferred, they could thus 

 be made more cheaply and more uniformly. 



Seventh : A cold storage building could be built, with 

 comparatively little cost pro rata, near a railroad station. 

 Here apples could be stored, kept from decaying, quickly 

 shipped when required, and sold at better prices. 



Eighth : An agent could be sent to New York, Boston, 

 or to~ Europe, to make sales for the apples, providing 

 shippers would not pay satisfactory prices. 



Ninth : A drying or evaporating plant could be erected, 

 at small cost to each farmer, where from 500 to 1,000 

 bushels per day of "wind-fall" or inferior apples (if there 

 were any) could be dried, thus deriving some profit from 

 what is now largely wasted. The cores and parings could 

 be made into apple jelly or apple butter, which would find 

 a ready market at good profit. To show 5^ou the extent to 

 which this evaporating business is carried on in some sec- 

 tions, I will quote again from The American Fruit - Grower 

 of January 3: "The Lakeville, New York, evaporating 

 works are closed for the season. Besides building the 



