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neighbors' cellars with the other boys, and knew very well 

 where to find the best apples, and I think if you will stop to 

 think of it, you will remember that the cellars which had the 

 most water in them were always the cellars where you found 

 the most good apples late in the spring. That was my experi- 

 ence, and I think if you will think it over that you will remem- 

 ber, or a good many of you will, that the neighbors' cellars 

 where you got second-class apples, along towards spring, were 

 not the wet cellars. It was the wet cellars that had the plump, 

 sound apples in every time. 



The President: I think Mr. Berry, of the Hartford Cold 

 Storage Company, is still with us, and if he has anything to 

 offer on this interesting subject, we will be glad to have him 

 take the platform. As many of you know, he is one of the 

 proprietors of this new cold storage plant in Hartford, and we 

 shall be glad to have him speak to us if he will. 



Mr. Berry : The question has been raised here in regard 

 to humidity, etc., in regard to the storage of apples, and it 

 has also been remarked that dampness and ' moisture in the 

 apple room is a point that is not favored by the storage men. 

 From our experience so far (and we have been in that par- 

 ticular branch of the business), it is absolutely without any 

 question, that is something we have got to learn a good deal 

 about. But as regards humidity or dryness in the modern cold 

 storage plant, it is a matter which can be regulated. We 

 have our system under absolute and complete control as regards 

 the dryness or humidity of the atmosphere. We use in con- 

 nection with our cold storage plant a chloride-calcium system 

 for preventing too much dryness and also too much moisture. 

 That is something which is always within the control of the 

 superintendent of our plant. The control is maintained by an 

 instrument which measures the amount with mathematical 

 accuracy, so that the amount can be reduced or increased as 

 the necessity of the case requires, by the application of the 

 chloride-calcium to the refrigerating surfaces, and that, of 

 course, is in the discretion of the superintendent. 



Prof. Powell: That is a matter of judgment. 



Mr. Berry : Altogether. There is a scale on this instrument 

 which indicates the change or variation, and, therefore, enables 

 the superintendent, by reading the registration of the instru- 

 ment, to regulate and control that matter. 



