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Mr. WooDWORTH. We try to regulate the temperature as 

 well as we can, but you see when in the autumn days it gets 

 hot, as it did last year, the temperature gets very high, and we 

 counsel our co-operative fellows to keep their fruit at home 

 when they can, — not to haul off too much fruit early. We 

 have no system of cold storage yet; we are talking about it. 

 It would be a pretty nice thing for us. We have accomplished 

 much, and the Nova Scotia co-operative companies are the 

 talk of all western Canada. We are way ahead of Ontario 

 along that line, and we feel very proud that we have made 

 such a business of it. We have a very fine secretary and a 

 good business man. Every central office employs a manager 

 and bookkeepers, and each co-operative company has a manager 

 and head, and then the girls and young fellows do the packing. 

 The apples are all sorted in baskets. The African trade re- 

 quires box stuff. Think of sending apples to South Africa, 

 3,000 miles. We sell large quantities of fruit right from the 

 warehouse. About all fruit sold to the Canadian west is by 

 the carload. 



Question. What is the inside measurement of your bushel 

 box? 



Mr. WooDW'ORTH. Eleven by twenty. It is a longer box 

 than the so-called standard, but not so deep. It holds a 

 bushel. 



Question. Is it 10 by 11 by 20? 



Mr. WooDW'ORTH. Yes; I think that is the measurement. 

 Our barrel is smaller than yours. I think our barrel is like the 

 New York State barrel. 



Mr. Wheeler. This Oregon box is 10| by 11^ by 18. 

 We have no law in this State requiring any size. 



Mr. WooDWORTH. Of course, there is a call for boxed stuff, 

 but the majority of our trade is packed in barrels. The size of 

 our box is regulated by the Dominion government. You will 

 never feel happy until you get a good stiff law on about in- 

 spection; it is one of the very best things for any agricultural 

 or any fruit-growing district. There will be a lot of kickers at 

 first, but they will all disappear. 



