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and can find no sign of scale whatever. I shall spray it thoroughly 

 again this winter with lime sulphur as a precaution. 



E. P. Garrettson. What brand do you use principally? 



Mr. Lupton. I have been using the Thomsen Chemical Co.'s 

 goods. I read a very interesting statement from Prof. Stewart of 

 your state as to the affect of the summer spray of lime-sulphur in 

 controlling scale, and I take it from that article that Prof. Stewart 

 thinks that the summer spray of lime-sulphur will probably result 

 in 3^our being able to leave oft' the winter spray, perhaps two years 

 out of three. That is my interpretation of his article which I hope 

 may prove correct. 



There is oae other point about this qestion of fruit growing 

 that is interesting and that is the selling of the fruit. If we do our 

 duty and grow the right kind of fruit and put it up in the right 

 way, it will sell itself. I don't believe we need worry about selling 

 the fruit. Perhaps this branch of the subject can better be dis- 

 cussed under the head of organization. We are so bountifully 

 blessed in this country both in locality, soil, climate and markets, 

 that we have more than fair returns for our labor. 



Another big thing that has always impressed me as being one 

 of the chief values of fruit growing in this or other countries, is 

 that it keeps the young men at home. It is sad to me to see a 

 sturdy old farmer and his wife and hear them talk of their boy 

 who has gone to the city. It has seemed to me that this develop- 

 ment of fruit growing will keep the young men at home. Why not 

 set apart a few acres on the farm for the boy's orchard and get 

 liim interested in fruit growing before he begins to think about go- 

 ing to the city. 



W. C. Tyson. How about the packing, do you think we 

 should use the box exclusively or the barrel, or both? 



Mr. Lupton. This year there is something wrong about the 

 box packing.' The situation is a puzzle to me. I have been talking 

 to everyone who would listen to me about boxed apples. For some 

 reason, unknown to me, the boxed package seems to be having a 

 hard time this winter. Just what this means I do not know. It 

 may mean there was a larger crop in the Pacific Northwest than 

 was expected. Certain it is we must get some better package than 

 the barrel. We tumble the fruit into the barrel and roll it about and 

 put a press on it and smash the apples all to pieces. We ought to 

 have some better method than that. The labor question is a serious 

 one with us and of course this has to be considered when deciding 

 on the form of package. 



Perhaps you can get labor better here in Adams County than 

 we can but with us it would be impossible to secure enough labor 

 to handle our crop in the time necessary. 



This season I had over eleven thousand barrels to pick, pack 

 and deliver, and the work had to be done in a month. 



I have always been much in favor of the box package but I 

 confess the situation this year has staggered me. I understand that 

 this year many apples are being taken out of boxes and put in bar- 

 rels, and I do not quite understand the situation. And then again 



