. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. 1915 ing through the state laws of many states and finding hivvs which are dead and no attempts have been made to en- force them for many years, they being impracticable. The important point about any legislation would be the mat- ter of quantity and it might be well to say that there is a decided tendency at present time to require a statement on the container of the net contents, stated in terms of weight or numerical count. In fact the new federal law requires on all interstate shipments that the con- tents be so stated. No provision is made however, as to the
. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. 1915 ing through the state laws of many states and finding hivvs which are dead and no attempts have been made to en- force them for many years, they being impracticable. The important point about any legislation would be the mat- ter of quantity and it might be well to say that there is a decided tendency at present time to require a statement on the container of the net contents, stated in terms of weight or numerical count. In fact the new federal law requires on all interstate shipments that the con- tents be so stated. No provision is made however, as to the shape of the package. One of the greatest dangers in standardizing packages or products is the legislature, as they may pass mea- sures that are impractical for the fruit grov^'ers to live up to. Standardization must be simple and legislation must take place only after the public opinion is with vou. BETTER FRUIT Page The Eternal Question "What I would like to know," ex- plained the agriculturist patiently, "is what I need in the way of new tools and new buildings and new ideas. Tell me why my wife keeps complaining and telling me she's tired of farm life and wants to move into town? I don't want to go to ; This isn't a fairy story. It isn't fic- tion. It isn't even a story about a dis- tant land. It happened in the Middle West, in the East, in the Far West. It's happening today, everywhere. The agriculturist was up to date. He had a first-class farm. He rotated his crops. He kept the soil fertile. He had good machinery and treated his men well and his livestock well. For the heavy work he had motor-driven ma- chinery. His pumping was done by motor. He had an expensive silo. He kept his roads in good repair. He had quit borrowing money and was invest- ing money instead, most of it in the farm, but a good deal in securities. It was a paying farm. And yet his wife wasn't satisfied. The farmer's friend went into the farm house to see what could be the mat
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