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That is about the limit of my pack. 
It costs me about four cents a box; 
that is an allowance of $2.00 per day 
for packing. If the packing went up 
to the average of the California packer 
it would cost me about $4.00 a day for 
packing. 
Mr. Von Engelken—Is the grower 
expected to clean his fruit when it is 
infected with scale or other diseases? 
Mr. Tenny—All washing and brush¬ 
ing of the fruit is done in the packing 
house. Practically all the fruit is run 
over brushes which clean it of dust. 
In case the fruit has to be washed in 
the packing house, this is charged up 
extra against that lot of fruit. 
Mr.-Did the Department have 
anything to do with the organization 
of the exchange? 
Mr. Tenny—We have had nothing 
whatever to do with the organization 
of the exchange and have done no co¬ 
operation with the exchange other 
than what we have done with in¬ 
dividuals. The fact that the Exchange 
handles its own fruit and handles 
such a large quantity of fruit has made 
it advisable for us to do a large part 
of our experimental work in their 
houses. We have shipped much fruit, 
however, in cars that have been 
packed by individual shippers, or in 
co-operative houses that are not con¬ 
nected with the Exchange. 
Dr. Inman—Through what agency 
was the fruit exchange organized and 
put into operation? 
Mr. Tenny—I cannot give you the 
details of the organization of the ex¬ 
change. 
Mr. Reaves—Does the Exchange 
use the commission men in any way? 
Mr. Tenny—All sales are made 
through their own agents or at auc¬ 
tion. 
Mr. C. L. Reaves—I located in Ma¬ 
natee county in the vegetable and fruit 
business in the spring of 1874. I have 
orange trees that are nearly forty 
years old from which I shipped the 
first fruit, and have been shipping 
fruit from them ever since. When I 
settled in Manatee county near the 
Sarasota Bay in the spring of '74, I 
had only $15.00 in money and no prop¬ 
erty at all. Now, I have an orange 
grove, a little stock farm coming on 
(about eighty acres) ; I have a store 
and the postoffice and my credit is 
good everywhere except with my wife. 
I must tell you about that. At the 
time I was married, I married a lady 
down here, there was nobody in the 
country except cattle men, and they 
were having very little work done and 
it was hard to get money in any way. 
I gave $11.00 for oranges to get the 
seed and managed somehow to get rid 
of the other four dollars, so that I did 
not have any money. I had a little 
muzzle loading rifle that was almost 
the only property I possessed. I 
pawned that to get money for the 
preacher. My wife had forty dollars 
and I borrowed money enough from 
her to pay for the license, and she de¬ 
clares to this day that I have never 
paid it back. I don't believe now she 
would lend me money to buy license 
to marry any women. 
Now, about the vegetable growing 
and shipping. I have had experience 
along this line as well as the fruit busi¬ 
ness. I don't expect to say very much 
about the growing of it; that would 
be enough to take up all the time. I 
would advise anybody who goes into 
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