The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-09-21

First. II the package failS to bear
all statements required by section
twenty-eight
Second. II the package bears any
statement, design or device regarding
such article or its contents which
shall be false or misleading in any
particular. or is falsely branded in
any particular
Section 30, pg Is. THE commission
er of agriculture, in person or by dep
uty, shall have free access, ingress
and egress, at all reasonable hours
to any place or any building wherein
apples are packed stored, transport
/ ed, sold. offered or exposed for sale,
or for transportation He may also,
in person or by deputy, open any box,
/ barrel or other container, and may,
upon rendering the market price, take
samples therefrom."
Section 80. pg Is, Whoever adul-
/ terates or misbrands apples within
/ the meaning of section thirty and
thirty-one of this chapter, or who
/ ever packs, sells distributes, trans
ports. offers or exposes for sale, dis
/ tribution or transportation, apples in
violation on any provision of sections
twenty-five to thirty-four, both inclu-
sive of this chapter, shall be punish
ed by fine not exceeding one hundred
dollars for the first offence, and by
fine not exceeding 5000 for each
subsequent offence.
Section a. pg Is. mo person shall
| be prosecuted under the provisions of
the nine preceding sections when he
can establish a guaranty signed by
the person from whom he received any
such article, to the effect that the
same is not adulterated or misbrand-
ed, within the meaning of sections
thirty and thirty-one designating it.
Said guaranty, to afford protection,
shall contain the name and address
of the party or parties making the
sale of such article to said dealer,
and in such case said party or parties
shall be amenable to the prosecutions.
fines and other penalties which would
attach. in due course, to the dealer
under the provisions of the nine pre-
ccding sections"
Next week we will tell how apples
are handled both at the receiving
/ freight Office and when in the hands
of the commission houses. Costs
will be given and every apple raiser
should be sure not to miss reading.
Having learned the Maine Law re-
garding the packing of apples we must
now find out something about trans
portation. The Skowhegan Freight
Office tell us that during cold wealth
or they will not accept other than
car load lots. This is due to the fact
that, TO prevent them from freezing
it is necessary to use refrigerator
car We are informed they would
perhaps take on n small quantity dur
ing cold weather providing the ship
per is willing to furnish a written re-
lease against damage by freezing.
1t is not advisable to send less than
three barrels to the commission hOuS-
es. Our advice would be to consume
two barrels or less oii9thc farm or
dispose of them locally. A lot of :
barrels is an amount sufficient to make
a pack of at least two grades, or even
probably three grades. if the apples
arc of good size and color; a barrel
of faneies, barrel of No. Is and a
barrel of No. rs. If however the
apples run generally about the same
as to size and color it would be a
waste of time to try to grade them
so closely as this.
The commission houses sell apples
on their merits. the range of values
being dependent on market conditions.
The mark on the head of the barrel
has little or no relation to the con
tents. In packing apples for mar
ket it is always important that the
packages arrive tight and well filed,
with the face of the barrel attractive
ly arranged and indicative of the
quality and size which is to he found
right down TO the bottom of the bar
rel This result is obtained by care
fully laying the face against card
board paper cap and laying in the
next few layers with great care. AS
the barrel is filled u it should be
rocked gently until completely filled,
and the bottom head should he put
on with a press. If pressure is not
used apples will invariably arrive
slack.
The cost Of sending barrel of APP
pies from Skowhegan to Boston in
small lots is 63 12 cents per hun
dred pounds. There is a carriage
charge at Boston OF 12c per barrel
with minimum carriage charge of
80 cents per lot This minimum
charge, however, is not made use of
provided enough apples arrive to make
a load for the teamster. Usually 81
barrels of apples are placed on team.
They are delivered by the railroad ac-
cording to marks. and the tcamstcr
lists his load in the same way, Civ
ing his load slip so called, to the
apple salesman. Generally the team
ster endeavors to have sample of
each lot available. and for this rea-
son, as can be seen. he tries to OBJ
tain at least three lots of eight bar
rels or more. The load is so arrang