THIRTY-THIRD BIENNIAL SESSION 1 4 J 
has been doing such faithful work, amidst these terrible times; I can tell 
you they havei had their troubles! 
Mr. Close: Rest easy, Mr. President, for since our troubles are over 
I guess we better not dwell on them. When a man gets up to make an 
announcement of this kind, he likes to be somewhat deliberate, — likes to 
kill a little time, — wants to worry you a little. 
President Goodman: Give the report to me; I will read it; it would 
only take about a second, just long enough to see where Missouri is. 
Mr. Close: Why, you are too anxious! We will begin with the largest 
prize; the trophy, a $50 silver cup, is awarded to the team from Missouri. 
(Great applause.) 
But now a word of explanation: Missouri has not much to brag about. 
The trophy was won on a rating of 92.47 points. The next highest rating 
is 92.03, by the students from Cornell University. (Applause.) Now to 
show you that there was some very good and close work done, I will state 
that the third rating is 87.48, and this rating was secured by the students 
from Iowa. (Applause.) West Virginia comes next in order with 86.98 
points. (Applause.) Kentucky is not far behind with 86.92 (applause), and 
Pennsylvania is right on Kentucky’s heels with 86.20, and Massachusetts 
is right after that with 86.15, and New Jersey follows with 80.57. 
There is also a prize given by the president for the best individual rating, 
and this goes to Dudley Alleman of Cornell, with a score of 95.34, but he 
is pursued closely by S. A. Beach, of Iowa, with a rating of 94.69, and Mr. 
Beach is simply a nose ahead of Mr. L. E. Reese, of Missouri, with a score 
of 94.06 — only six-tenths of a point ahead. And the next man is Mr. Kilham, 
of Missouri, with 93.27 points. 
Now please do not understand that these ratings mean that these 
teams and these men whom I have mentioned are the best judges of fruit. 
This simply means that their markings happen to be nearer to the markings 
of the jury than the markings of the other teams who did not win the prizes. 
Of course we think that they might mean that they are the best judges of 
fruit! 
President Goodman: I wish that Missouri team would stand up. Good, 
see the victors! You boys need not be ashamed of yourselves now. (Ap- 
plause.) I tell you they have been through a pretty hard siege — but I am 
proud of them, after all. At first, I really thought these jurors were not 
very good judges of fruit, but on second thought I believe they are! 
BUSINESS ADJUSTMENTS WHICH THE PENNSYLVANIA FRUIT GROW- 
ER NEEDS TO CONSIDER. 
F. W. Card, Pennsylvania. 
My first assertion is that the fruit grower needs to be a better business 
man than the average farmer — equally good in all lines, better in some. 
Not only does he need to consider the general problems of organization, 
layout, division of capital, labor adjustments, which the general farmer 
needs to consider, but he also has a much more difficult marketing problem. 
The general farmer finds a ready market for his product at a given price, 
