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trees and have less ^^ste than to ship them and have them stored 

 in high-priced cold storage houses. 



V. P. DeCoster. Have you had any experience with the 

 apples sweating in cold storage ? 



Mr. Morse. No, we haven't. After they are once in there 

 and dry they don't sweat, because the sweat, as I understand it, 

 is being cold and then warm ; the changing of the temperature 

 is what makes them gather moisture. If the temperature is 

 even I guess the apples will never sweat. I don't know as I am 

 right, but that is my idea. I never have had any trouble in that 

 way. 



Question. I would hke to ask the gentleman if he has any 

 trouble with rats? 



Mr. Morse. No, sir, never have seen a rat in the house ; once 

 in a while a few mice but never any rats. This storehouse is a 

 mile and a half from my home. We can't care for it to as good 

 advantage as if it were right at home where we could open it 

 every cool night and shut it up every morning. But of course 

 we get up there once in a while and leave it open through the 

 night and shut it in the morning, but we have done it very few 

 times. 



Question. When you built it, you didn't put anything in to 

 make it rat proof? 



Mr. Morse. When you get it air-tight, it is pretty near rat 

 proof ; eight thicknesses of board and four thicknesses of paper 

 clear round it, a rat has got to have pretty good courage if he 

 gets in. 



Question. Sill at the bottom? 

 Mr. Morse. Yes, sir. 



C. S. Phinney. It seems to me it would be of advantage if 

 we could know something about the cost of the storehouse. 



Mr. Morse. I can't give you much of an idea as to that. 

 The cost would be entirely different with different people 

 according as they are situated. Of course if you were to build 

 one now, and use lumber at a high price as it is, and hire a 

 carpenter to do all the work, and put in eight thicknesses of 

 board and four of paper, it would be very expensive. But I 

 think it could be built with matched board, one thickness per- 

 haps, just as well, or perhaps something else could be used. 

 We built ours of cheap lumber except matched boards outside 



