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defining what a standard apple barrel shall be, but they 
have not gone far enough to include in their law a 
standard apple box. Laws and customs of the various 
states so far as standard packages for apples are con- 
cerned, are very similar. These laws are summarized 
for the information of the reader. 
Regarding the standard sizes of apple barrels, the 
Maine law requires the length of staves to be 28144 
inches, the diameter head 171% inches, the distance be- 
tween heads 26 inches, the circumference at bulge 64 
inches, and the capacity 7,000 cubic inches. The New 
York law is the same. By the Missouri law the length 
of the staves is 2814 inches, the diameter head 1714 
inches, the center diameter 2014 inches, and the chines 
34 inches. The Canada law states that the distance be- 
tween heads shall be 2614 inches, the diameter head 17 
inches, the inside diameter 181, inches, and the capacity 
96 quarts. The United States law is the same as the 
Maine law. 
By the Maine law apple boxes shall be 10144x11144x 
18 inches inside measurement, and have a capacity of 
2,350 cubic inches. The New York law is the same. 
Canada requires the boxes to be 10x 11x 20 inches in- 
side measurement, while the Pacific Coast associations 
have 1014x1114,x18 inches inside measurement as a 
standard, and 10x 11x 20 inches as a special size. 
It will be noted from the foregoing figures that Mis- 
souri is the only state that has a law on standard apple 
barrels which differs in any particular from the United 
States law. This was originally made to conform to the 
dimensions of the common flour barrel and does not 
differ sufficiently in any of its dimensions but what its 
