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fruit, so that the trade one season secured, can be supplied the coming 

 and other seasons ahead. 



To have a regular supply of fruit from season to season brings 

 home a moral obligation to the fruit grower. He must be big enough 

 to see this obligation and realize that the canner must each season 

 receive his proportionate supply of the fruit raised, even at a loss for 

 that season in the way of returns for his crop. 



There is no future for the canning of fruits in our section, unless 

 the growers realize the above conditions and work with the canner in 

 a co-operative manner to establish an industry that will be one of the 

 various avenues for the disposing of his fruit products. 



Many fruit grow-ers refuse to deliver apples to the canner if they 

 see only about labor returned in making such delivery. This is wrong. 

 The canner is entitled to his supply every season and the grower should 

 'never neglect any product that can be consumed, that brings returns to 

 labor in the factory, even though only wages is returned to the grower. 



There is a big consuming demand for canned apples and small 

 fruits in the surrounding territory and further west? This trade can be 

 taken over by our fruit growers if they will work with the canners and 

 furnish them a sure and steady supply of good fruit, that will enable 

 the canner to develope a trade based on quality and an assured supply 

 from season to season. The supplying of this trade will bring assur- 

 ance and safety to the grower. Assurance that his annual fruit crop 

 will find a ready market at its maturity. Safety for his labor and his 

 investment, for the reason that disaster from an over supply or heavy 

 crop cannot occur as the canner is onhand to absorb this over supply. 

 Is not this proposition big enough to warrant serious consideration 

 from the grower and support and consideration to the canner so as to 

 create a condition as outlined. 



The Chairman: The next paper or subject lor an address will be 

 by Prof. Laurenze Green, Ames, la., upon the subject: "Cold Storage 

 Investigations." 



COLD STORAGE INVESTIGATIONS 



Prof. Laureiiz Green, Ames, la. 



Throughout the middle west a greater or less amount of summer 

 apples is grown. In the main these app'es are alomst entirely a total 

 loss to the producers. Our summer markets are glutted, the price is 

 so low as to make their handling unprofitable. Cold storage offers an 

 opportunity of holding this fruit for a short time, often not more than 

 a week or ten days, until the markets are cleared when good profits 

 could be realized. During the time for apple harvest in the fall of 

 the year there are large quantities of fruit throv.'n upon the markets 

 by growers, dealers and others which is low in quality. This fruit makes 

 it extremely difficult to realize a profit on w-ell-grown, well-graded 

 fruit. Were it not for the cold storage facilities at hand it would often 



