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BETTER FRUIT 



any previous shows. This dinner was to Mrs. A. C. Dukelow, N. 2209 Perry 

 required to be a complete, well-bal- Street, Spokane, who carried away S50 

 anced meal for one person, composed in gold with first honors. In making 

 of from live to ten dishes, all made up the dinners contestants were al- 

 wholly or in part from apples and all lowed such combinations as apple but- 

 carrying out the Hoover idea of food ter served with muffins, counting as one 

 conservation. Each contestant was re- dish, or cookies served with apple fluff, 

 cpiired to bring in everything pertain- counting as another. The complete 

 ing to her entrv, including cloth, dishes, meal as prepared by Mrs. Dukelow cost 

 silverware, food and all table appoint- less than 22 cents per person served, 

 ments. The judging was done upon Her menu and its scoring record fol- 

 food value, palatability, attractiveness lows: 



Proteins Fats Carbonates Calories Cost 



Cocktail J. II 3.0 118.0 12.",. .021 



SoSn 12-0 19.0 08.0 99.0 .006 



Bean Loaf 00.0 189.0 112.0 397.0 .04 



Po? a n t() ::::..: 10.0 9.0 m.o 130.0 .ooo 



Onion Patties 0-0 »■« 57 -° 77u -°L 



c.Tb^el.ndApp.;: ::::::.: m 20.6 «.o ™ . 



&e n » mnealMufflns .::::::::::: : S3 l II:S SiS $ 3 



A eSa'ul ■■■■■■ 20.0 118..", 93.0 257.5 .04 



rookies 20.0 107.(1 110.0 207.0 .01 



^?° Kies 119.0 119.0 .02 



sssl :::*.'. '.::::: 0.5 99.0 .... 100.0 .02 



Ryecnsps:::::::::::::::::::: j* _o _34.o jm .005 



Totals 222.0 07 1. 1185.0 2081.0 .217 



and economy. So extensive was the Other exhibits in the food-conserva- 

 competition that it was necessary to set tion classes embraced 33 separate by- 

 aside a special division, and this divi- products, ranging from apple mamalade 

 sion was added to from time to time, to apple jelly. Liberty bread was in 

 crowding other displays into the back- demonstration, also economical apple 

 ground. As one of the judges said, "It pies and another Hoover special show- 

 makes a man ravenous to look at those ing products made strictly from cores 

 dinners " an£ l skins of apples. 



This contest was another poser for At stated hours through the day prac- 



the judges. The decision finally went tical demonstrations in economical 



January 



cooking were given in a lecture room 

 adjoining the women's department. 

 These lectures and demonstrations were 

 given by representatives of the Wash- 

 ington Slate College faculty and of the 

 United Stales Board of Food Economy. 

 A new and highly appreciated educa- 

 tional feature was the showing of an 

 accounting department run in connec- 

 tion with the daily demonstrations of 

 a packing house. The accounting de- 

 partment was under the supervision of 

 the Bureau of Markets of the United 

 Stales Department of Agriculture, 

 which has become so impressed with 

 the value of going direct to the fruit 

 men thai instructions were given to put 

 in a complete office demonstration at 

 the apple show. 



J. H. Conn, assistant in market busi- 

 ness practice, was assigned to the man- 

 agement of Ihe office as a special repre- 

 sentative from Washington. He had a 

 trained staff at his disposal, provided 

 with every modern equipment re- 

 quired to illustrate the proper account- 

 ing systems in fruit handling. The 

 demonstration was run in connection 

 with the operating packing house. The 

 apples were checked in when they en- 

 tered the warehouse and followed 

 throughout all of their handling up to 

 the time they were billed out to the 

 Spokane Growers' Company, which 

 concern bought all the fruit used in the 

 packing house. 



Mr. Conn and his assistants went into 

 complete detail showing how each and 

 every item of cost should be properly 

 entered and explaining the value of 

 modern equipment and up-to-date meth- 

 ods as applied to every branch of the 

 fruit industry. The booth was crowded 

 all the time during the show and ex- 

 pressions of approval were heard on 

 all sides. It is probable that the De- 

 partment of Agriculture will install a 

 similar feature at each of the future 

 shows. 



The packing hous<\ in full operation, 

 was again of especial value. The big 

 grader and sorter was running morn- 

 ing, afternoon and evening with a full 

 crew of packers, handlers and superin- 

 tendent. Instead of having a quantity 

 of selected apples to be repeatedly used 

 in the demonstration, the packing house 

 handled the fruit from several orchards 

 on a regular commercial basis. The 

 apples had been bought in the orchards 

 by the Spokane Fruit Growers' Com- 

 pany and when put through the pack- 

 ing house, they were sent out as a regu- 

 lar commercial product. The advan- 

 tage in this system was that the grower 

 saw the full actual operation and not 

 merely a demonstration with selected 

 fruit. ' 



There was an unusually large line of 

 orchard appliances on exhibition. These 

 included several varieties of spray 

 pumps, pruning implements, spray ma- 

 terial, trucks, tractors, picking bags, 

 ladders, etc. All of them were given 

 prominent positions in proximity to the 

 packing house and orchard accounting 

 room, an arrangement which pleased 

 every one interested. Many growers 

 spent their entire time in the section of 

 the building devoted to the practical 



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