Mr. Kellogg: How do you get rid of the waste apples that would rot in the orchard?
Mr. Dunlap: We have a large vinegar plant, and we convert the cider into vinegar and sell it as cider vinegar. We have sometimes shipped the fresh product of the cider mill to factories, where it is made into vinegar. Then there are evaporators for evaporating them. Take a certain grade of apples not good to grind up into cider, and they evaporate this grade of apples. Then there are canning factories that also take them. The cider mill is a very good way to work up your culls and then sell as vinegar.
A Member: What do these apple graders cost?
Mr. Dunlap: From $75.00 to $125.00. The price usually depends upon the equipment.
A Member: Do you use clear cider for vinegar?
Mr. Dunlap: I use clear cider for making vinegar, and if it is too strong to meet the requirements of the law we dilute it when we sell it.
A Member: I would like to ask if you have any difficulty in getting your cider vinegar up to the requirements of the law?
Mr. Dunlap: We do not have any trouble about that, except that made from summer apples. Any cider that will grade 18 or 24 with the saccharimeter in the fall of the year, when it is made, will make good vinegar.
A Member: Do you pack all one-size of apples in a barrel?
Mr. Dunlap: No.