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pose they can be assembled this summer. 
A Member: How many boxes can one 
of them run an hour? 
Mr. Skinner: I can’t tell you just now 
how many, but it will run a whole lot of 
them. My dryer was thirty feet long and 
three feet wide. There is a double run 
and it takes about twenty minutes for 
them to go through. Maybe you can fig¬ 
ure that out. 
Prof. Hume: I think the point brought 
out with regard to Mr. Skinner’s washing 
machine is extremely interesting and im¬ 
portant. 
We have all heard of the great success 
of the California Fruit Exchange. All 
of their work has been attempted in Flor¬ 
ida. It has met with a great deal of suc¬ 
cess, and we believe that it is doing great 
things for the State. The success of this 
exchange for the past winter has been, of 
course, largely dependent upon the men 
who have been handling it. It has passed 
through the* most critical season of trial 
and the success of carrying it through 
is due } to a great extent, to Mr. Burton, 
and I am now pleased to introduce to you, 
ladies and gentlemen, Mr. R. P. Burton. 
Prof. Hume : Three years ago, a num¬ 
ber of men interested in the growing of 
pecans met and organized a small asso¬ 
ciation known as the Georgia-Florida, 
Nut Growers Association. That associa¬ 
tion has grown to be one of considerable 
size and it has been doing a very impor¬ 
tant work in connection with the develop¬ 
ment of the nut growing industry. Those 
who are not intimately in touch with nut 
growing are not aware of the develop¬ 
ments that are taking place, but one of 
these days we will awaken to the fact 
that a new industry of vast importance 
has taken its place in the south. 
Now, we have with us tonight by spe¬ 
cial arrangement, the members of this 
Nut Growers’ Association, and the joint 
program is in their hands, and I am 
pleased to introduce to you, to take charge 
of the Nut Growers’ part of the program, 
Mr. Miller, president of the Nut Growers’ 
Association of Georgia and Florida. 
M,r. Miller: Ladies and Gentlemen: 
You will have to take Mr. Hume’s word 
with regard to the size of our association^ 
as the representatives we can produce to¬ 
night would not indicate that our num¬ 
bers are very strong. Unfortunately, a 
combination of circumstances prevented 
quite a number who originally intended 
to come to this meeting, from attending. 
Our friends in Georgia found it inconven¬ 
ient to come to this meeting at this time. 
I am glad, however, to see that we have 
a representative from the State of Geor¬ 
gia and am very sorry that we did not 
have more. 
We have something more than fifty 
members in the State of Georgia, and a 
like number in the State of Florida. 
What we lack in numbers, we will try 
to make up to you in interest tonight. 
If anyone is interested, we will be glad 
to have you ask any questions which may 
come to your mind, and we will answer 
them to the best of our ability. 
