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products for market. It shall employ 

 and have control over all help needed. 

 It shall provide warehouses, packing 

 houses or loading platforms necesssary 

 for handling" products. All products for 

 shipment are to be turned over to the 

 district association when properly loaded 

 on board cars or other means of trans- 

 portation to market, as may be speci- 

 fied. It may own and operate carriers, 

 by-product factories of all kinds, cold 

 storage and pre-cooling plants. Grow- 

 ers' organizations shall make a loading 

 or handling charge of a sufficient amount, 

 per package on all products or supplies 

 handled to meet the expenses of the 

 organization. 



The grower shall, when called upon to 

 do so by the Central Exchange, enter 

 into a binding contract, appointing the 

 Central Exchange his exclusive selling 

 agent for all of his products of the kinds 

 and varieties handled by the exchange, 

 except as otherwise provided for in the 

 contract. The contract shall be for a 

 period of three years; provided, however, 

 that an}- member may withdraw March 

 1 of an}- year by giving fifteen days' pre- 

 vious notice in writing. 



Men named to perfect the exchange 

 and the districts they represent are: 

 H. \^'. Otis, chairman, Wenatchee dis- 

 trict, Wenatchee; C. E. Whisler, jNIed- 

 ford. Southern Oregon; J. F. Forvis, Dil- 

 le^^ Western Oregon; C. H. Sproat, 

 Hood River, Central Oregon and South- 

 ern Washington; Sherwood Williams, 

 La Grande, Eastern Oregon; Miles Can- 

 non, Weiser, Idaho; W. B. Lanahan, 

 Clarkston. Snake River; William Teadt, 

 Hamilton, Montana; J. E. Trimble, Gar- 

 field, Inland Empire; H. D. Lamb, iNIil- 

 ton, Oregon, Walla Walla district; W. L. 

 Nelson, North Yakima, Yakima district. 



The grading of apples has also been 

 fixed by rules that cannot be mistaken. 

 These grades are: 



Extra fancy grade consists of perfect, 

 well formed apples only, free from all 

 insect pests and all defects. All varieties 

 of apples admitted to this grade shall be 

 well matured and of natural color charac- 

 teristic of the variety; Spitzenberg, Wine- 

 sap, Jonathan, Arkansas Black, Gano, 

 Lawvor and other solid red varieties 

 must have seventy-five per cent of good 

 red color. Ben Davis, Rome Beauty. 

 Baldwin, Wagener and other varieties of 

 similar color must be fifty per cent red. 

 Red Cheek Pippins and Winter Bananas 

 must show a red cheek. 



Standard grade must be free from all 

 insect pests, worm holes, scale, sun- 

 scald, dry rot, water core or other 

 defects: skin purictures or evidence of 

 rough handling shall be considered as 

 defect;. Slight limb rub or one si-nall 

 sting healed over will be permitted, pro- 

 vided not over ten per cent of the apples 

 in any box shall be so marked. All vari- 

 eties of apples admitted to this grade 

 shall be v.-eli matured and of natural 

 cr)lr)r. 



"C" grade shall be made up of all 

 merchantable apples not included in the 

 extra fancy or standard grades. These 

 apples must be free from all insect pests, 

 but will include misshapen apples or 



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apples having a limb rub or other slight 

 defects. Apples of this grade may also 

 contain two worm stings or apples show- 

 ing slight bruises. They need not be 

 wrapped. 



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It aids you in fire and acci- 

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