MARKETING AND DISTRIBUTION OF WESTERN MUSKMELONS. 5 
provided with proper springs to prevent bruising, the cantaloupes to be properly 
protected after picking from exposure to the direct rays of the sun. 
The Distributor agrees to perform the following: 
' ' First. To provide a shipping shed through which to load all cantaloupes accepted 
by the Distributor for shipment, for the use of which the Grower hereby agrees to 
pay the Distributor a shed fee of not to exceed one (lc.) cent per crate for.every crate 
accepted and shipped by the Distributor, said shed fee to be deducted from the cash 
advance hereinafter proAided for. 
''Second. To provide and sell to the Grower cantaloupe seed of first quality at one 
dollar and twenty-five ($1.25) cents per pound. To furnish to the Grower the fol- 
lowing supplies at prices named, to wit: Registered paper wraps bearing the 
Brand trade-mark, at eighty (80c.) cents per thousand, and in consideration of this 
price it is hereby agreed by the Grower that he will not ship any cantaloupes wrapped 
in the above-mentioned paper wraps except through the above-mentioned Distributor , 
nails at five dollars ($5.00) per keg; standard, pony, and jumbo crates at sixteen 
(16c.) cents each, and flat crates at nine (9c.) cents each, complete, including regis- 
tered label bearing the Brand, for which no charge is made, and it is under- 
stood that this label is loaned to the Grower, and the Grower hereby agrees that crates 
bearing this label shall be used only for such shipments of cantaloupes as are made 
through the above-mentioned Distributor under this contract. It being expressly 
understood that the Distributor shall not be liable to the Grower for failure to furnish 
such crates or other material or supplies if prevented from doing so by strikes or other 
causes beyond the control of the Distributor. 
" Third. In consideration of the above clause, the Grower hereby irrevocably 
agrees that the terms under which the above supplies are sold to him will not be vio- 
lated at any time during the shipping season and that under no circumstances will any 
portion of said crop be shipped through any other agency than through the Distributor, 
and hereby agrees that in the event that he violates said terms, or permits others to 
violate said terms, and ships or permits to be shipped any cantaloupes comprising 
said crop through any other agency without the written consent of the Distributor, 
that the prices named herein for supplies and material of every kind are null and 
void, and that he accepts said material, seed, crates, wraps, nails, etc., at an advanced 
price of twenty-five per cent above the prices mentioned in this contract, and that his 
entire season's supply is to be charged to him at said advanced prices. The said 
increased amounts over and above prices mentioned in this contract are to be credited 
to the "Surplus account" of the Distributor and, at the ending of the season said 
amounts are to be prorated, in accordance with the actual number of the crates shipped 
by other growers shipping through the Distributor, and are to be paid on that basis to 
the growers who have not violated their contract and whose interests have been 
injured by the shipment of said cantaloupes through other agencies by said Grower. 
"Fourth. To adA-ance to the Grower cents per crate for all standard, pony, 
and jumbo crates of cantaloupes and cents per crate for all flat crates of can- 
taloupes delivered by the Grower and accepted by the Distributor for shipment 
(except as may herein be otherwise provided for or agreed upon) less the average cost 
of crates, paper wraps, and nails, namely, twenty (20c.) cents for full-size crates and 
ten (10c.) cents per crate for flat crates, for all crates, paper wraps, and nails delivered 
to the Grower, the Distributor reserving the privilege to withdraw the advance on all 
varieties of crates excepting Fancy Standard and Fancy Jumbo crates containing 
forty-five (45) cantaloupes each upon twenty-four (24) hours' notice to the Grower, 
such notice to be given to the Grower either in writing or by posting same at the ship- 
ping shed. In case of an oversupply of cantaloupes, where, in the opinion of the 
Distributor, the markets of the country are in danger of being overstocked, the Grower 
agrees upon one day's notice from the Distributor to reduce his deliveries to five 
