. Eastern fruit. Fruit-culture; Farm life; Country life. yij. 4âIndiana Lever Road Drag. An excellent type of drag. R. Dactwylcr, a prominent commis- sion merchant and business man of I' has given me some facts in an interview held with him on his recent visit to State College. Mr. Daet- wyler has handled the box pack and the barrel for some time, and is, there- fore, in a good position to know the exact facts relative to the box and barrel from the "middleman's" standpoint, lie said that boxing apples has proved a successful and profitable method ot securing to the prod
. Eastern fruit. Fruit-culture; Farm life; Country life. yij. 4âIndiana Lever Road Drag. An excellent type of drag. R. Dactwylcr, a prominent commis- sion merchant and business man of I' has given me some facts in an interview held with him on his recent visit to State College. Mr. Daet- wyler has handled the box pack and the barrel for some time, and is, there- fore, in a good position to know the exact facts relative to the box and barrel from the "middleman's" standpoint, lie said that boxing apples has proved a successful and profitable method ot securing to the producer higher average prices. The fact that the originators of box packing, and who are producers 111 Idaho. Washington. Oregon. California and Colorado, and who must meet .1 freight charge of 50 cents per box 111 carload lots as against 24 cents to cents per barrel, containing three tinu s the amount of fruit, has made it neee^ for them to grade and pack the ! evidence of wear it should be promptly repaired. This work can be done either with a road drag or with a light road ! machine at small expense, providing it i i, taken in time. The road drag as an implement for ' repairing dirt roads has come into ' popular favor during the past few years. It should be faithfully borne I in mind that a road drag is not in- tended to take the place of a road should attempt to than over any railway system. Why then is it not good policy from an economical busi- ness standpoint, to say nothing of the comfort and pleasure of our people, to maintain our dirt roads in the be-t possible condition? Must public sary .... ...^ ^ - - . be well for the j;---,^'--Ji^-He ^X^:X^nT^"^ cxiyelneiy ^au'^Sag^ 'Fi^'^l^ f^y fiiih- cal^less,' packing poorly colored and .le- oriced apples should be shipped in boxes ; secondly% only the best grades are pre- ferred; thirdly, the box IS the only prac- tical package in which apples can be transported with reasonable economy. The Western apple, when packed m
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