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On page four I stated that successful keeping of ap- 

 ples and pears "began about the year 1890, So from the 

 table above we can see that there was a great increase 

 in the cold storage system during this period of twelve 

 years especially in the large cities. This is one great 

 proof that there is more profit in keeping fruit in cold 

 storage than in common storage houses. 



The extent of apple storage business in states in 

 which more than 100,000 barrels were stored about De- 

 cember tBie first 1902 is shown below, 



Iir COLD STORAGE, 

 STATES. mMBER OP BARRELS, 



ITew York , 967 ,000 



Illinois 524,000 



Missouri . . , , ,327 ,000 



Pennsylvania 220 ,000 



Ohio 135,000 



Massachusetts ., , ,.,, 1X8 ,000 



Indiana ,.,,,,107,000 



To compare the above table and to show the falling 

 off of the common storage methods and the great increase 

 in the development of the cold stora,ge methods, below I 

 give another table showing the different states that had 



