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soil and climatic conditions to enable it to grow the apple with profit. 

 Hermiston and Stanfield, new fruit-growing districts, are beginning to 

 get results. 



Better work in spraying for San Jose Scale has never before been done 

 in the county than in the past year. The fruit grown in the county the 

 past year has been remarkably clean and free from scale and Worms. 

 The growers are fast learning that it pays to produce fruit of the best 

 quality and are using the methods which produce such fruit. 



THE MILTON FRUIT GROWERS' UNION. 



The Milton Fruit Growers' Union of Milton and Freewater is the 

 inspiring cause of the production of cleaner fruit and the obtaining of 

 better prices. It was organized in 1901 and the capital stock was $2,000. 

 Fairly good results were obtained from the start and from year to year 

 its opponents grew weaker and the union stronger. With the growth of 

 business it became advisable in 1908 to increase the capital stock to 

 $10,000 and to erect a two-story building and basement, 40 by 80 feet. 

 Capital and building were not fully adequate to handle the business in 

 1911, and in 1912 the capital stock was increased to $20,000 and a good 

 building was erected at State line on the interurban railroad. 



The value of the fruit handled by the union in 1911 was $185,000. 

 This year the union has shipped 75 cars of peaches, 40 cars of cherries, 

 nearly 200 cars of prunes, and will handle over 350 cars of apples. In 

 addition to handling all this fruit the union handles vegetables, hay, 

 wood and coal for the benefit of its members and pays a dividend of 10 

 per cent on its capital stock. We hope to profit by the experience of each 

 season's profits and losses and make the union a steadily growing factor 

 in advancing the prosperity of this section. 



PRUNES EXPORTED FROM AND IMPORTED INTO THE 



UNITED STATES. 



The quantities of prunes imported into the United States and the 

 quantities exported from the United States for the fiscal years ending with 

 June 30th for the years mentioned below have been: 



Year — Imports, pounds. Exports, pounds. 



1891 34,281,322 Not segregated 



1895 14,352,057 Not segregated 



1898 303,992 15,940,791 



1899 600,360 5,615,565 



1900 443,457 25,922,371 



1901 745,974 10,021,564 



1902 522,478 23,358,849 



1903 633,819 66,385,215 



1904 494,105 '. 73,146,214 



1905 671,604 54,993,849 



1906 497,494 24,869,744 



1907 323,377 44,400,104 



1908 335,089 28,148,450 



1909 .' 296,123 22,602,288 



1910 Not segregated 89,014,880 



1911 Not segregated 51,030,711 



1912 Not segregated 74,328,074 



