Show n Q PACKING HOUSES WIN FAVOR shelter affording during unfavorable weather and permit installation of machinery prepared by the united states department of agriculture the use of packing houses by apple growers has increased rapidly during recent years and constitutes a development in the right direction say specialists cia lists of the bureau of markets and crop estimates of the united states department ot of agriculture they have come into use in both large and small and many growers who operate only a few acres ofaf of apple appie trees have their packing done in a house or shed this practice affords the following advantages shelter Is afforded in the assembling of unpacked fruit and the grading and packing can be continued without interruption in spite of unfavorable weather equipment packages and fruit are protected from the weather at all times the use of a house encourages the installation of sizing machinery and t Y VVE 1 ak apple appl slier or grader at work other laborsaving labor saving devices which ca can n riot not be used to advantage in the open the efficient organization of labor I 1 is simplified by having all of the work done in one place there Is no necessity for the confusion and loss of time that Is caused when the packing equipment Is moved frequently the tendency among the larger and more progressive growers in all sections see Is toward the use of packing houses equipped with machinery in small orchards when the weather la Is favorable it may be advisable to pack in the orchard but in most instances the use of a house or shed of some sort will insure better results |