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particular, by so doing I get a better run. I have seen apple bu3-ers 

 put in as N. I's, apples which I would not put in. We should club 

 together to ship. Mr. President, I would like to ask if apple barrels 

 were scarce last fall? 



President Pope. They were. Some were unable to get them. 



Mr. Keith. I think it lots of extra work to prepare second-hand 

 barrels. It looks to me to be very ex[)ensive and la!)orious woik to 

 wash out every barivl before it can be used. These new l)arrel3 are 

 better for us. I know some will take old ones because they are 

 cheaper. I have had good flour liarrels offered to me for fifteen 

 cents, but I would take new ones at t\veut\-Iive cents instead. 



Mr. Prince. Are they planed? 



Mv. Keith. No, not wholly. 



Mr. Prince. Are they straight or bilge? 



Mr. Keith. Bilge. 



Mr. S. L. BoARDMAN. What is the kind of wood of which they 

 are made? 



Mr. Keith. Generally birch, but also of other kinds. I think 

 the}- should be used. 



Mr. Kicker. Are they all of the same size? 



Mr. Kkitii. Tliey are the same size as a flour barrel. 



Mr. J. K. Hammond. Many in our section have had the privilege 

 of procuring new barrels at from twenty to twenty-five cents each. 

 We get them, and although there are a number of thousand made 

 there are not enough to supply all who want them. I would pay 

 thirty-five cents for them. They are of good stock, planed, heads 

 planed, and flat hoops. I consider those with flat hoops the best. 

 They are a little smaller than a flour barrel and save about one 

 barrel in fourteen. We have had a .sad experience in packing apples. 

 The men who came to buy apples would buy almost anything and 

 got us in a bad way of packing. For the past few yeai's we have 

 shipped our apples across the water. There are but very few in ni}' 

 section of the country who bin their apples. They sell them all in 

 the iall of the year. 



Mr. Keith. Why were these barrels smaller than flour barrels? 



Mr. Hammond. The heads were tlie same size but there was not 

 so much bilge to them. 



Mr. Nelson. I have had some experience with these new barrels. 



Mr. Keith. How much did they hold? 



Mr. Nelson. They fell short Irom two to four quarts. 



