198 MODERN FRUIT MARKETING 
the management of the exchange and not by the indi- 
vidual grower. In the case of the more perishable fruits, 
like strawberries, and occasionally peaches and apricots, 
they are packed by the individual grower under the 
supervision of the exchange. Inspectors are provided 
that open and inspect a certain per cent of the pack- 
ages that are brought into the warehouse. If any are 
found not up to the standard they are returned or re- 
packed at the expense of the producer. In this way the 
management is able to maintain a standard pack. 
Where warehouses are maintained it is necessary to 
keep a foreman to look after the fruit during the busy 
part of the year. When each grower brings in his fruit 
the foreman receives it and stores it away in some spe- 
cial place. He then makes out a receipt for this fruit in 
triplicate, stating the grower’s name, the varieties and 
number of boxes or packages sent in. The grower is 
given one of these, one is sent to the manager at the 
central office and the third is put on the files at the 
warehouse. This receipt is kept by the producer for 
references and also to check up returns when final set- 
tlements are made. 
‘Where there are a number of local warehouses con- 
nected with the central exchange this enables the man- 
ager to have at all times before him a complete manifest 
of the contents of all of the different warehouses. This 
information is sent by the general manager to each of 
the selling agents. When an order is received at the 
central office for a car of fruit the manager looks over 
his files and determines which warehouse can best load 
out the shipment. He then wires the foreman of the 
local exchange instructing him to load so many cars 
