Show prepared by the united states department of 0 agriculture standard tn rd containers s for marketing fruits and are of more inore in terest to tile average citizen than hi generally realizes not only la Is lie ile e frequently ly by the lie substitution of if short 0 pac linges nt at the full Ill ensure price la Is inevitable if lip lie difference in ill the lie size of tile the ages Is not easily detected lut but ni ako 0 o the lie cost of marketIng ts indrea ed by the tie greater expense of manufacturing a large number of styles and sizes bild hy 14 arti lit in transit sometimes soniat lines directly to th alio difficulty of loading odd sized con coil these ossis constitute nn an unnecessary tax un the fruit and vegetable industry taint the bureau of markets united states department of Airi agriculture culture 19 13 endeavoring to cut down don by fo s terina the use of standard containers ants cause confusion local package units that came into use long ago are most anost largely responsible pon sible for present such packages may have been satisfactory when their use rise was conland con lined to a limited territory but of late lae years year rapid ind and the afie use lisp of special refrigerator and yenti ventilator lilor cars lieve brought the products of 0 AA gl ca rp ersley of styles and shies ot of containers have resulted in unnecessary confusion then are in common use today about 40 sizes ot bt ral bage crates 20 styles of celery crates 30 lethue crates or boles 50 styles mul and size of harri pers 15 styles find sizes of round stave stare bohets mul baskets basket tn in size froin I 1 to 21 quarts duarts lu arts standard atzet would satisfy nil all the demands of the trade tuo the unfair competition of short measure hns has been unsatisfactory factor certain shrewd pa packers ekers have found that by slight in tho the shape of packages the cubical contents can he be reduced 11 substantially without noticeably affecting the lie appearance short measure package commodities sold in these contain ers can be offered tit at a lower price per package than those sold lit in standard pac packages linges but the th e price jy hy unit of nf weight Is of course higher often tills this lias hns caused the general ad opton of tile the short measure package and there Is no end to tills this procedure for once tho the short measure Is recognized agthe standard a still sli shorter orter orie one Is put put auf ly by nn in minority the alie six kunrt market basket the 14 quart basket the seven even beigh tit s b ushel bean harn hamper hariper per arld tile hie five peck lettuce har harriger riper are easily confused with peck liala imah el andl and l baskets another factor iras ims caused the ho addition of many unnecessary packages Is the lack inch of a wilt unit ahk h Is accepted as tile the busts basis for all package standards standard if a wishes to introduce a crate isloa ahto a producing section auction normally using tate barrat instead of using tile basliel unit the tendency la Is to offer a barrel crate or half harrel erste at tile the present nt jimb tile crates and boxes arti are being wing ln manufactured in sizes bawl bad oil in the united states standard bawl barrel IW quarts with its the united states cranberry barrel 81 86 45 6 04 quarts wit hIts the weight bushel the heaped bushel and the volume bus bushel liel these different standards are used because of competing packages series of crate tile the result may be seen open by a glance at the following table three ahr sirlei ot of crates which cannot he Itta tilly distinguished icom each bach other craten based on U t 8 apple barrel 1 barrel crate quarts U barral crate cra tB do 62 13 1 3 barrel crate I 1 do 85 catts based on U 8 cranberry barrel i crate quarts es 68 ci 61 Mr barrel crate I 1 do 22 ia 11 1 1 barrel erate cratem tei cra 4 do SS crates based baked on standard atan dard bueti tl 2 9 bushel crate aarts 96 lu IIA bushel brehel orate crat 0 do 13 1 bishal crate crat I 1 do 12 32 A standard unit of measure should be anent definite and of fixed and uniform value the heaped bushel Is a in common use is far fron from eing fixed and in many instances K lit 91 hns has practically disappeared a of the bureau of mar K A proper heap liua has never been defined ly by and fill in those states where all n attempt lins failde to les crIlle tile lie in III the inea inc asure lie tile the chrit beology generally Is vague ad lintel title the HIP lipai lim him bv thui referred to us As it 11 cone the baso biving the lie top of the lie roan nikl and tho the lepo ild ins ing upon tit lie nature tit it the lu 0 cuticle i IN liell piled na As filah ns ali inn hol li elli with out inal in ll effort or design such vegetables ns sweet potatoes under tills this dc flon might lo lie 10 so HO filah alrh that tin ile licup would be us its large ns As the asure itself in view lc of the ile which are necessarily encountered in to secure it ft uniform method of filling or packing l containers it Is generally reco recognized that weight la Is the only really definite basig ot of wile mile for that hint reason the pound or should be e whore where tills ilas Is an ali exception he be noted lit in regard to products which are carefully fully gi graded its is to size in n which case tile tho fales mas inny tie lid anade artly dortly lj by numerical count |