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The Exclianjse operates district sales offices in j>ractically all of the 

 important marketing- centers and from its general offices at New York 

 and Chicago constantly supervises the activities of this extensive force 

 which, however, looks directly to the shii)]»ing- associations for instruc- 

 tions, presently these facilities are utilized in season by the following 

 shipping organizations, the list to be augmented shortly b}' other desir- 

 able affiliations : 



Northwestern Fruit Exchange, Portland, Ore. 



Monmouth County Farmers' Exchange. Freehold. N. J. 



Peninsula I'roduce Exchange, Pocomoke, Md. 



Eastern Fruit & Produce Exchange, Rochester, N. Y. 



Virginia's Fruit Exchange, Charlestown, W. Va, 



St. Joseph-]\[ichigan Fruit Exchange, St, Joseph, ^lichigan. 



Georgia Fruit Exchange, Atlanta, Ga. 



Indian River & Lakeworth Orange Growers' Assn., Cocoa, Fla. 



Western Slojte Fruit Growers' Association, Palisade, Colo. 



Arizona Orange Association, Phoenix, Ariz. 



Stevensville Grape Assn., Stevensville, Michigan. 



Nauvoo Fruit Growers' Union, Nauvoo, 111. 



West Coast Fruit Association, Clearwater, Fla. 



Garfield Peach Association, Garfield, Ark. 



Independence Farmer's Association, Independence, La. 



Concluding we add that when we have before us, as now, popular 

 clamor anent the high cost of living, greater expansion of co ojterative 

 selling, supplemented when possible by consumers' co operative purchas- 

 ing, seems to be surely the order of the day. 



Necessity requires continuance of efl'ort in that direction to the end 

 that the producer may ac(piire greater returns and yet the cost may l»e 

 less to the consumer, for essential food products of the farm and 

 orchard. 



"GETTING THE DOLLARS FOR OUR FRUIT CROP." 



W. G. FARNS WORTH, WATERVILLE, OHIO. 



I believe the subjects to be discussed this afternocm are some of the 

 most imjxtrtant that we have to deal with as fi-uit growei-s or farmers. 

 We have discussed during the meeting here nearly all phases of the fruit 

 growing ])roblem and we have struck this (piestion several times. Com- 

 ing to you as I do from very different conditions and environments in 

 the adjoining sister state of Ohio, Avhat I may have to say may not 

 fit your conditions. In fact, I am fearful they niay not. However, I 

 may drop a few thoughts that may be taken home and worked over to 

 suit your conditions. We realize when we come to start the marketing 

 of our product the })roblems that we have before us, and Prof. Eustace's 

 remarks yesterday morning, coming at the opjjortune time, before your 

 crops are ready to be harvested in such enormous quantities as are shown 

 by statistics today Avill serve as a warning of the labor required in 

 liarvesting and umrketing and I believe you people realize the problem 

 that confronts you in that feature of your cherry crop especially. Now 

 in a pleasant drive we had this morning over a portion of the country. 



