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Third. — Standard packages established by law, suitable 

 for each class of fruit. 



Fourth. — The proper grading and packing of fruit. 



Fifth. — Organized effort, through State and local organi- 

 zations, to secure just and equitable charges for tranporta- 

 tion. 



Could these measures be carried out, I believe the results 

 would be increased consumption of fruit, because of better 

 quality, a more satisfactory state of the market, ready sales, 

 quick returns, more profit for the producer and more satis- 

 faction to the dealer and consumer. 



I plead the necessity for organized effort, because indi- 

 vidual effort avails but little. For ten years in our farmers' 

 club and fiirmers' institute work I have been pleading for it, 

 and yet I have to confess that I almost despair of ever see- 

 ins: the farmers unite to defend themselves asjainst other 

 organizations that live out of the products of their labor and 

 toil. But I believe that along the lines I have indicated 

 there is a chance of saving a profit that others are now 

 taking from us. 



In conclusion, I want to say to you, my fellow laborers 

 in the fields of agriculture and horticulture, that, while dis- 

 couragements and trials frequently fall to our lot, we are 

 engaged in a noble calling ; that it is ours to live close to 

 the great heart of the universe ; that we can turn the curse 

 which fell upon Adam into the richest of blessings, because 

 in its exercise there comes to us a realizing sense of what 

 life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness means. And, as 

 we breathe the pure air of heaven and contemplate the 

 bloom and fragrance of the springtime, or the rich fruitage 

 of the autumn, under the brightening skies of May or the 

 mellow hues of an October day, let us be mindful of the 

 fact that ours is the noblest profession of them all, and that 

 we should ennoble it by raising the standard of our ambition 

 high, and strive to leave the world better for our having 

 lived in it. 



The Chairman. The gentleman has given us a very in- 

 structive and elaborate description of the methods by which 

 be grows fruit. I have no doubt there are those here who 



