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Show Berry Growers Warned - '. - Against Size of Boxes Reports " have reached the-United States Department of Agriculture that some dealers in berry-boxes ore endeavoring en-deavoring to secure sales by telling prospective customers that boxes sold by them hold less than other berry boxes. Growers are warned to pay no attention to such claims. If actual ly true, It means that the boxes ate below the standard In capacity, In which case persons using the boxes might 'find themeslves in violation of the United States Standard container Act of 1010. Department of Agriculture officials declare that there Is very little difference differ-ence In capacities of the berry boxes turned out by different manufacturers. Samples of the output of each factory are tested by the department at Intervals Inter-vals and but little variation Is found-Differences found-Differences in the dimensions used by Individual manufacturers, however, sometimes make one box appear to be smaller than another. One box, for example, may have a slightly smaller top and yet have a slightly larger capacity than a bor, with a larger top. |