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the problem of distribution and marketing and 

 the United States Government has solved the 

 problem of harvesting and transportation. 

 Both problems are handled in a highly efficient 

 and scientific manner. 



The growers acting as a unit through the 

 Fruit Growers' Exchange were able to stand- 

 ardize their product by uniform methods in 

 grading and packing. The individual with a 

 few boxes of fruit, were it not for the citrus 

 selling organizations, would not be able to dis- 

 pose of his product except to local jobbers, 

 who would oftentimes be compelled to regrade 

 and repack the fruit. The association packing 

 house plan does away with all this and makes 

 it possible for those with less than carload lots 

 to pool their interests with others and secure 

 the benefits of standard grades and packs as 

 well as shipment in carload lots. Organiza- 

 tion could accomplish this unaided, but it could 

 not stop the loss from decay in transit, and it 

 was at this point that scientific management 

 under 1 the direction of a trained horticulturist 

 entered the field, determined the causes leading 

 to the losses in transit, and by applying simple 

 and easy methods practically eliminated them. 

 An interesting feature of this achievement was 

 that the processes of handling were simplified 



