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relatively low prices because of run-down condition. They have been 

 rehabilitated, and are producing more and better fruit than they ever 

 have in the past. 



After several fat j-ears in the fruit industry, we have now come to a 

 time when decline in prices, high costs and other factors are going to 

 eliminate the unfit. The successful orchardist, vegetable grower or 

 shipper, is tlic one who weathers the misfortunes of lean years and con- 

 verts them into opportunities for success. J\Iy man}^ years of public 

 service, naturally and inevitably color my view of the duty an organiza- 

 tion like ours owes to the industry. In this our whole staff of Executive 

 Officers are in agreement with me. We are looking not only to the suc- 

 cess of our individual organization, but we wush to help to make the 

 perishable industry as a whole, one of the stable businesses of the country. 

 *'To convert it," as our President. Mr. Crutchfield, often says, "from a 

 risky l)usiness into a business of risks'' by wide-spread operation and 

 thoroughgoing organization, securing modest average returns over a 

 period of years, lathcr than have a feast one year and a famine the next. 



WEDNESDAY MORNING. 



The meeting was called to order at 9:00 A. M. by the Chairman, 

 Mr. 0. A. Hawley. 



Chairman: Now is the time for any questions that you want to bring 

 up. 



Question: Do red raspberries need tipping like the black ones? 



Mr. Farrand: I have never tipped a red raspberry. I understand 

 you need not for they don't throw out laterals like the black ones. 



Question: Is nitrate of soda worth as much as a fertilizer as sulphate 

 of ammonia at the same price per ton? 



Mr. Farrand: Sulphate of Ammonia has about 25% niore nitrogen 

 than nitrate of soda, and should be worth that much more in proportion. 



Meml)er: When you can l)uy it at the same price I wondered why 

 the difference? 



Mr. Farrand: It is news to me if you can buy it at the same price. 

 By all means buy the Sulphate of Ammonia as it carries 25% more 

 nitrogen than the nitrate of soda if it can be bought at the same price. 



Membei'! I have a question written out on that very thing. Can't 

 something \)c done l)y the Farm Bureau to get a reduced price for the 

 farmers and fruit growers on Sulphate of Ammonia? Instead of paying 

 SI 00 per ton why not get it for half as much as that. Sulphate of Am- 

 monia is a by-i)roduct of coal l)urned in the factory near the mouth of the 

 ^coal mine. 



Question: Is it a by-product of coke? 



Member: That is a question that I cannot answer. That is a ques- 

 tion for the State Farm Bureau to work out. Whether it will be the 

 policy of our National Farm Bureau to go into the Manufacturing of 

 coke and in that way get the supplies of Sulphate of Ammonia I don't 

 know. ]\Iayl)e you could answer something about it. 



Member: The only thing that I know of what we could do today for 

 this Association is to pass a resolution for the Farm Bureau to take hold 

 of it. It don't seem right for us to pay $100 per ton for that by-product. 

 If it is in order I move that a resolution be made to that effect. 



