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the biggest factor in producing better 

 fruit, and also an energetic campaign in 

 pruning was carried on by the members 

 that gave results. 



The growers of good fruit were re- 

 warded as in past seasons by receiving- 

 more per barrel and by having a lower 

 packing charge. For illustration. Far- 

 mer A had 1.37 A's, 71 ungraded, cost of 

 packing 14.75 cents per barrel at the 

 farm. Farmer B had 17 A's, 2.3 Un- 

 graded, cost of packing 22.0 cents per 

 barrel at the farm. At the packing shed. 

 Farmer C's apples graded 141 A's, 45 

 Ungraded, 6 culls, cost 28.2 per bairel 

 for packing; Farmer D. had 58 A's, 65 

 Ungraded and 38 culls, cost 35 cents 

 per barrel. A difference of 7 a bari'el in 

 packing alone would give a man with 150 

 barrels, .$10.50 toward his spray material 

 bill. Is this not worth considering? 



The manager's report of the Williams- 

 burg Association was very interesting, 

 showing that 2,302 barrels were packed 

 by the association, grading 1,317 A's 

 and 931 ungraded. The average cost at 

 the packing shed was 32.6 cents and at 

 the farm 19.8 cents. This difference of 

 12.8 cents is due to the farmer being 

 able to help in the packing when it is 

 done on his farm. Added to the packing 

 shed charge is 5c a barrel for cartage to 

 the station, making a total expense of 

 17.8 cents per barrel over the cost of 

 packing at the farm. 



Out of 1,411 barrels brought to 

 the packing shed, 116 barrels were culls. 

 A large per cent of the culls were of 

 fair quality, but under 2J-" size. This 

 fruit would sell to far better advantage 

 if worked into by-products instead of be- 

 ing sold as cider apples. 



Besides having a packing shed that 

 would be more convenient in order to re- 

 duce the cost of packing, it would seem 

 necessary to have a building where fruit 

 and farm produce could be stored for 

 .some length of time and also be equipped 

 to handle to advantage the poorer grades 

 of apples, manufacturing them into some 

 by-product as cider, vingear, apple but- 

 ter, etc. 



A committee composed of Mr. W. H. 

 Morey, Cummington; Victor Pearl, Ches- 

 terfield; and Ellis Clark, Williamsburg; 

 was appointed to investigate the ques- 

 tion of purchasing or building a central 

 packing and storage house and asked to 

 report at a future meeting. 



This year's figures would seem to 

 prove that unless a more convenient 

 packing house was obtained, it would be 

 better to follow the .system of packing on 

 the farms. 



The association voted to engage an as- 

 sistant manager to help handle the crop 

 in the hill towns so as to facilitate the 

 movement of the crop in the fall. 





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