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have done it. I never knew of any section of the country 

 where that was so universally done as it is with us. 



We have had no trouble in selling all our windfalls and 

 culls. They are sold to buyers who make a specialty of 

 picking up that class of fruit, and they are sent up into 

 the mining towns and sold there for immediate consumption. 



A Member: Do you thin your fruit, Air. Lupton? 



Mr. Lupton : Xo, sir, I have only practiced thinning fruit 

 just a little, but only enough to keep the trees from breaking. 

 Where I thought a limb was liable to break ofif I would take ofif 

 enough fruit to save the limb. It has not been generally 

 practiced, although some of the peach growers have prac- 

 ticed it in an indifferent way. 



The President: Have you anything further to ask of 

 Mr. Lupton ? I would say that we do not propose to let 

 Mr. Lupton get away from us, but if any of you have anv- 

 thing that you wish to ask him, now is your chance. We 

 want to get as much out of him as possible. 



If there are no further questions I would say that the 

 time for our adjournment has already passed and if there is 

 no further business — 



The Secretary: Mr. President, before we adjourn I 

 want to call your attention to the fact that a report has been 

 handed in from the auditing committee. The report is as 

 follows : 



We have examined the books of the treasurer. ]\Ir. R. A. 

 Moore, and compared the vouchers therewith, and find the 

 same to be correct. 



George \\\ Staples, 

 Albert B. Plant, 

 A udifiiig Committee. 



The President: If there is no objection this report will 

 be accepted and the meeting will now stand adjourned until 

 1.30 this afternoon. 



