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right of owners of public lands to sell "stumpage" for blueberry 

 or other fruits being established once for all. Mr. Freeman's 

 action not only benefited other owners of wild lands, as well as 

 himself, but it resulted in the perfect system of management 

 already detailed. 



A r.LUlJP.KP.KY CANNISU FACTORY. 



The financial importance of the blueberry industry is very 

 dii^cult even to estimate at the present time. In Maine the 

 canning of blueberries is largel}' in the hands of a few leading 

 packers. The largest of these factories has a daily capacity of 

 700 bushels and the average annual output is 8,300 cases of two 

 dozen cans each ; representing 6,250 bushels of fresh fruit. The 

 average price per case for the canned fruit is $1.90. In other 

 words, the value of the annual product of this one factory is 

 not far from $15,000.^ 



There were in igoo seven factories in Maine which engaged 

 in canning blueberries. These were as follows : 



J. and E. A. Wyman, Cherryficld, 



Durnham and Morrill, Harrington, 



'This is tlip Wyiiiiiri fiif-'niy "liicli IimihII.'- :\[r-. Frceiniin's f init. AswUllifi 

 sppii. Mr. KrrenijuiV Tojitll y \\ \\\ iiiimuiit to Sl.'iiin, -n Mil I lii.-. f i-(nii iiiml \\']iipli is 



