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Total crop of Oregon Reds handled, 

 3,562 boxes. Charges: Commission, 10 

 cents; storage, 8 cents; advertising fund, 

 2 cents; purchasing fund, 1 cent. 



Miscellaneous Varieties 

 The average price received on the 

 miscellaneous varieties not listed above, 

 for the three standard grades, consist- 

 ing of 21,333 boxes, is $1.15 per box. 

 Paid 68 per cent. 



To recapitulate, the following are the 

 prices received by the association for 

 the following varieties and grades, re- 

 spectively : 



Extra 'iC" 



Fancy Fancy Grade 



Spitzenburgs $1.62 $1.-13 $1.15 



Newtowns 1.49 1.32 1.10 



Arkansas Blacks 1.73 1.69 1.26 



Ortlevs 1.69 1.49 1.23 



Red Cheeks 1.68 1.47 1.17 



Jonathans 1.19 1.05 .92 



Delicious 1.86 1.59 1.20 



Winter Bananas 1.88 1.64 1.18 



Oregon Reds 1.47 



Returns to March 1, 1918, have been 

 received on 55 per cent of the crop, 

 viz.: $517,034.91 in settlement of 367,827 

 boxes of apples, or an average on all 

 varieties, grades and sizes on which 

 the association has received payment, 

 of $1.40 per box, against a like average 

 a year ago of $1.17 per box, with 55 per 

 cent of the crop paid for this year 

 against 47 J /2 per cent paid for at the 

 same time last year. 



The percentage of grades on which 

 we have received pay up to the present 

 time is as follows: Extra Fancy, 51 per 

 cent; Fancy, 59 per cent; "C" grade, 73 

 per cent. 



The percentage of tiers on which we 

 have received pay up to the present 

 time is as follows: 4 tier, 74 per cent; 

 4V> tier, 60 per cent; 5 tier, 23 per cent. 



In considering the returns this year 

 it is well for us to investigate the re- 

 turns we have received for previous 

 years. We therefore give below a state- 

 ment of the amount received by the 

 association from its organization down 

 to the present time, which is as follows: 



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Past Averages Are Given 



For the 1913 crop the average price 



of the three standard grades was $1.23, 



for 1914 76 cents, for 1915 $1.27, for 



1916 $1.13, and for 1917 for the fruit 



MORE WORKUP 

 YOUR HORSES/ 



The use of collar pads is humane. Again, 

 your horses will do more work if properly 

 protected by the right kind of pad. 

 TAPATCO is the right kind. 



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Consisting of wire staple, reinforced 

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Pit. toll. S.Dec. 1.1914. 

 Pat.lnCan.Apr. 6. 1915. 



on which we have received pay up to 

 the 1st of March (being 55 per cent of 

 the crop) $1.40 per box. These are the 

 highest returns received in the Valley 

 for the crop since 1911. This could 

 only be accomplished by the best of 

 teamwork and the fact that we have in 

 the different districts in which we have 

 representatives men who are especially 

 adapted and fitted to secure the best 

 results in those markets. 



Amount of Business Is Shown 



The amount of business done by the 

 association for the season of 1917, com- 

 mencing with June 1, 1917, and May 31, 

 1918 (from March 1 to May 31, 1918, 

 being estimated), is as follows: 



Stores $250, 000.00 



Apples 875.000.oo 



Strawberries 118,960.12 



Pears 31,103.02 



Cherries 1 4,045.85 



Raspberries 111.42 



Loganberries 1.75 



Gooseberries 1.35 



Prunes and plums 30.49 



Blackberries 181.06 



Crabapples 182.27 



Quinces 4.76 



Ice 8,400.00 



Total ? 1,298,022.09 



The amount of business done by Hit- 

 association for the four years last past 

 was as follows, viz.: 1914, $671,559.82; 

 1915, $947,754.73; 1916, $1,609,295.50; 

 1917 (part estimated), $1,298,022.09. 



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