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BETTER FRUIT 



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Bale Faster — Last Longer 



Ueera genernlly ndmit that a CASE Baler 

 takes hay fatter thiin they can fetil if— and 

 with minimum power. Only 6 to 10 Bnilie h.p. 

 required to operate. Two Sizes— 14 1 1>S inches 

 (3>-^ to 5 tons) ami 17 i 22 inches (4 to 6 tons 

 per hour). No other presses (ire so well made 

 and HtroHR. They outlast the next best by 

 vears. Built as carefully ns the IhrceHt and 

 inosteinensivo C.\8E Tractors. But th.ir nie- 

 chanicul perfection cohts jou notbint,' extra. 



CASH 



Baling Presses 



Bimplf'Bt to haiiillo Piifost to work with. 

 Ctin't bo cliMkc'i or jammed. Ko ohimco for 

 accidpnt (liM-nite with li li'ss men than others 

 —with CASE Hav Fork attachment. 



Case Sweep Power Baler is ideal for home 

 ose. 3 men ami 2 horses liale up to 2^ tons 

 per hour. Think of tlint. Start when the hay 

 IS read.v. Don't wait for the iniiehino crew. 



Mail a postcard for new Baling Press Cata- 

 log and prices. 



J. 1. Case TIir*.«hinB Machine Co., Inc. 

 Depl. 827. Racine, Wis. (303) 



ries, .$1.64 for No. 2 cans; dewberries, 

 .$1.61 for No. 2 cans; loganberries, $1.66 

 for No. 2 cans; Royal Ann cherries, 

 .$2.12 for No. 10 cans. A case will hoW 

 24 No. 2 cans, or 24 No. 2V2 cans, or 

 12 No. 10 cans. 



How profitable a factory of this kind 

 will be will depend largely upon local 

 conditions; for the condition of the 

 crop, expense of labor, location as to 

 market, all have a material influence on 

 the profits obtained. To show the pos- 

 sible profit from an acre of different 

 products we present the following: 



TOMATOES. 

 Average yield per acre, 7 tons or 2.')9 cases. 



Cost of canning per case .$0.6120 



Cost of cans per case 9216 



Cost of case and labels 1978 



Total cost of canning $1.7314 



Wholesale price .f2.20 



Total cost 1.73 



Prim $0.47 



Net proflt per acre $121.73 



BEANS. 

 Average yield per acre, 2,400 lbs. or 138 cases. 



Cost of canning per case $0.6120 



Cost of cans per case 792 



Case and label 1478 



Total cost $T.5734 



Wholesale price, per case $2.40 



Cost of canning 1.57 



Profit $0.83 



Net profil per acre $114.54 



The cost of production can be re- 

 duced materially if cans, labels, etc., 

 are bought in carload lots. Plain sani- 

 tary No. 2 fruit cans will cost approx- 

 imately $29.7.^ per thousand, f. o. b. 

 Portland. The enamel No. 2 cans cost 

 $33.2.T per thousand; No. 2% plain, .$34 



HUGO E.BIRKNER,Arborist 



Expert I'runer and Tree Repairer. Broken 

 Down Trees a Specialty. Individual Service 

 and Advice on Planting; Selection of Sound, 

 Adapted Nursery Stock; on Spraying- Prob- 

 lems; Orchard Productiveness and Soil 

 Management. 



Address P. O. Box 224, Mosier, Ore. 



per thousand; No. 2V2 enamel cans, $38 

 per thousand, and the No. 10 enamel 

 cans cost $78 per thousand. These 

 prices include solder-hemmed caps, 

 which cost $2 per thousand. In the 

 cost of production we paid the above 

 prices for our cans plus the freight; 

 15 cents and 20 cents per hour for 

 labor; approximately $2.25 per thou- 

 sand for labels, and 8 cents, 12 cents 

 and 18 cents apiece for cases, f. o. b. 

 Spokane. 



The Cutler Fruit Grader Company 



On June 29 the extensive factory of 

 the Cutler Fruit Grader Company, in- 

 cluding machinery and equipment, was 

 burned to the ground. The building 

 and machinery was owned by Cutler 

 Bros., two enterprising orchardists of 

 Hood River. Three years ago they 

 worked out a patent for a fruit grading 

 machine and continued to use it each 

 year themselves in their own orchard, 

 which is one of the best orchards in 

 Hood River Valley, and by practical 

 experience improved it from year to 

 year. Originally Cutler Bros, put out a 

 machine that graded by measurement. 

 They became convinced that a more 

 perfect grading machine could be pro- 

 duced if the sizing was done by weight, 

 and after working a year on this difFi- 

 cult problem they reconstructed their 

 machine, carrying out all the original 

 good features, which had proven good 

 by practical experience, producing a 

 machine that graded by weight instead 

 of by measurement. The experimental 

 machine gave such perfect satisfaction 

 in actual practice that they became con- 

 vinced that it was absolutely the most 

 perfect process of any they had tried, 

 consequently they were busy manufac- 

 turing machines for this year. They 

 inform us that they will immediately 

 make arrangements for building these 

 machines and will be able to furnish 

 all growers who want them, although 

 there will be some delay, and insteati 

 of being able to make deliveries in July 

 they will not be able to make them 

 until some time in August. 



The machine which was designed for 

 demonstration at the Panama-Pacific 

 Exposition was burned, and for this 

 reason Cutler Bros, have been com- 

 pelled to cancel their arrangements and 

 therefore will not exhibit their grading 

 machine at the Panama-Pacific Exposi- 

 tion. 



The Commercial Bank and Trust 

 Company of Wenatchee, Wash., has 

 issued a very interesting iiooklet with 

 a very attractive cover, entitled, "What 

 your neighbor is doing," which con- 

 tains a number of interesting and in- 

 structive short articles of the fruit 

 growers in the Wenatch,ce district, 

 giving a brief account of what each 

 one is doing, willi a view to showing 

 principally the value of diversity in 

 connection with llie fruit growing in- 

 dustry. There are many good and 

 practical illustrations showing how 

 fruit growers through diversity have 

 produced an extra and steady income 

 in addition to Iheir fruit crops. 



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