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unique in the scheme employed to establish a record of the various 

 grades and sizes of apples packed for each grower. The aim of this 

 method is to accelerate the movement of the fruit through the packing 

 rooms and to avoid the expense of repiling and checking that so 

 frequently arises in attempting to retain the identity of each growers' 

 lot of loose fruit on the packing-house floor. A sample is selected from 

 each lot of fruit received. This sample is graded and sized, and a 

 record made of the weight of each grade and size in the sample. The 

 percentage relation of the total weight of the sample to the total 

 weight of the lot is then applied to ascertain the weight of the various 

 grades and sizes that make up the load, and the grower is given credit 

 for the total weight, classified as to grades and sizes. 



THE FORMS AND THEIR USE. 



Accounting forms have been devised for use in community packing 

 houses operating in the usual way. A complete description of those 

 forms may be found in United States Department of Agriculture Bul- 

 letin 590, A System of Accounting for Fruit-Shipping Organizations. 

 Ample provision has been made in them for the adequate handling 

 of the business performed by most of the fruit-shipping institutions. 

 However, with the introduction of the sample test plan as a means 

 of determining the various grades and sizes packed for each grower's 

 account, a condition has been created which is entirely different from 

 that existing in other organizations. For this reason special forms 

 are required. 



All forms described in Bulletin 590 can be used by packing houses 

 that sample fruit by the weight method, with the exception of the 

 Loose Fruit Receipt Form No. 9, Packed Fruit Receipt Form No. 11, 

 Register of Receipts Form No. 12, Reconcilement of Fruit Deliveries 

 Form No. 13, and Account Sales Form No. 21. To take the place of 

 these, five new forms are presented in this bulletin. 



The new forms have been devised with the view of relieving the sam- 

 ple test clerk of all unnecessary clerical work so that the weighing of 

 each sample may be carried on without undue interruptions or delays. 



THE LOOSE-FRUIT RECEIPT. 



The loose fruit receipt (Form No. 1) is made out in triplicate; the 

 original copy is given to the grower, the duplicate tissue copy is sent 

 to the office, and the triplicate cardboard copy follows the sample 

 through the test room. A small tin holder is attached to one of the 

 boxes of the sample and in this the triplicate of the receipt is inserted. 

 This card serves as a means of identification of the sample until it has 

 been graded. 



