So MODERN FRUIT MARKETING 
Fig. 73—EXPERT BOXERS AT WORK IN A WESTERN 
PACKING-HOUSE 
the packing is done in a central packing-house, a little 
more elaborate system of keeping records is needed. 
This will be discussed under the general subject of co- 
operative organizations. 
Cost of Packing Apples.—It is hard to get a very 
definite comparison of the cost of packing apples in 
boxes or in barrels, but the following figures will serve 
as a guide for the different operations: Making cal- 
culations on the basis of three boxes equal to one barrel, 
the relative costs would be about as follows: Barrels 
cost from 30 to 40 cents; the pasteboard caps about 75 
cents a 100; circles about the same; and the filling and 
packing of the barrel varies from 10 to 25 cents, depend- 
ing upon the variety. For apple boxes, the first cost 
runs from 10 to 15 cents, the setting up 1 to 2 cents 
each, box liners 15 cents a 100, layer boards 75 cents 
