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The motion was duly seconded, and, being put by Mr. Stephens, was 

 unanimously carried. 



PRESIDENT JEFFREY. I wish very briefly to thank the com- 

 mittee on the President's Address for the sentiment conveyed and for 

 the beautiful language in which it is expressed. 



MR. DARGITZ. Just one moment, before we get so far away that 

 we forget it, a remark made in Mr. Kellogg 's paper that it is facts 

 and not theory that we are after. I am sure, as all practical growers, 

 we recognize the great importance of facts, the practical knowledge 

 that comes to us from the growing and handling of fruits, and I am 

 sure every one of us who has looked into the subject very far will 

 very greatly appreciate the theories that have come to us from the 

 scientific side; and perhaps one of the greatest values that comes to 

 the orchardist and fruit grower from these conventions is the fact 

 that here the two extremes — one of practical knowledge and experi- 

 ence, and the other of the theoretical and scientific — meet and blend, 

 and out of the two going forward we have the results that shall prove 

 success for us. (Applause.) 



PRESIDENT JEFFREY. The next topic for consideration will be 

 "Grape Transportation and Storage." You all are acquainted with 

 the work of Mr. Stubenrauch; you are personally acquainted with 

 him, most of you, and you know him to be a most excellent and capable 

 man. (Applause.) 



MR. STUBENRAUCH. Ladies and Gentlemen: Contrary to my 

 usual custom, I will read my paper. There are so many things to be 

 said that I have formulated it in a paper. 



GRAPE STORAGE AND TRANSPORTATION INVESTIGATIONS 

 OF THE U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



By A. V. Stubenrauch of Washington, D. C. 



The grape storage and transportation investigations of the Bureau 

 of Plant Industry of the United States Department of Agriculture, 

 begun in California several years ago. form part of the Fruit Storage 

 and Transportation Investigations of the Department carried on in 

 different sections of the United States. These investigations include 

 a complete study of the various problems connected with the handling 

 of fruits in storage and transit — the two are practically the same, fruit 

 in transit being simply held under storage conditions while being 

 hauled across the continent. Naturally, there are many factors which 

 have to be considered, but the investigations have narrowed down prin- 

 cipally to a study of the relation of handling in picking, packing, and 

 preparation for market to the occurrences of decay and deterioration 

 in storage and transit. This part of the problem is fundamental, and 

 it frequently happens that when once this is thoroughly understood, the 

 other parts of the investigation are comparatively simple. 



From all the Bureau work on this problem one fundamental prin- 

 ciple has been deduced, a principle so important that frequently the 

 only problem connected with the avoidance of troubles in storage or 

 transit is an application of the principle to local practice. 



