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fruit is offered to those who are to 

 select his apples and at what price. He 

 must decide whether he should sell his 

 own crops or sell through associations, 

 and he must know where he may most 

 advantageously dispose of his fruit. 



Such preparation is not easily ob- 

 tained, hence the weeding out will take 

 place rapidly; but the man who is thus 

 armed for this competition can hardh 

 fail to succeed. 



Newspaper reports indicate that the 

 apple growers of New York State, real- 

 izing the ajjple crop is short this year, 

 at the present time are very firm in 

 their ideas of prices. It is stated that 

 New York growers, believing the crop 

 to be one-half of last year, think ajjples 

 should sell for twice the money sold at 

 in 1!)14. Those who solil at SJl.25 are 

 asking .^2.50 per barrel this year. 

 There are many who are holding for 

 $3.00 per barrel for Standard Bald- 

 wins. Very few sales have been re- 

 ported up to the present time. Dealers 

 operating in New York State intimate 

 that the price from .*2.()(l to .*2.50 ought 

 to be the limit for this year's crop. 

 Dealers believe that by starting the 

 crop off at a moderate price consump- 

 tion will be stimulated at the begin- 

 ning, the demand kept up throughout 

 the season and a better 

 obtained. 



average price 



Mr. ,1. \. Westerlund, member of the 

 Board of Control from Southern Ore- 

 gon, attended the meeting of the North- 

 west Fruit drowers' Council in August, 

 where he also met Mr. Brand and mem- 

 bers of the Federal Trade Commission, 

 composed of ,Ios. E. Davies of ^Viscon- 

 sin, chairman; Edward Hurley of Illi- 

 nois, vice-chairman, and the following 

 other connnissioners: \Vm. J. Harris 

 of Georgia, ^Vill H. Parry of Washing- 

 ton and deorge Bublee of New Hamp- 

 shire. The Federal Trade Commission 

 is making an extensive tour of the 

 United States to ascertain just what 

 trade conditions are and for the pur- 

 pose of seeing what can be done to im- 

 prove business conditions. 



Boutell Apple Paring 

 Machinery 



Dayton Hardware & Machinery Co. 



PORTLAND. OREGON 

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Reasons Why You Should 



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It mna on kprosone (eoal oil), gaiollBtf 

 distillate and alcohol nithoat fhan^c^ Id 

 eiialpment — HtKrtv nllhout eranbii)^ — 

 ruDi in either direellon — Ihrodle gov- 

 erned— hottprr and tank-flooled — spred 

 onntrolted while rtmniog— no eani> — no 

 valtes — DO prenra — no sproeketa — only 

 three moTinn; parts — lieht weig;fat — enallT 

 portable — fcreat power — Htarts AMily at 

 forty dogrtes below lero- oompl»le Mi-^y to 

 roB-otllilren iipermt* tbem-dow fsotory 

 prices Ijna'il on enormotn out put--3i) dty 

 nej-baolc trlk1--10 jtarf IronrUd Eti>r- 

 ntea. b'lra, 1 1-2 to 16 borierx'Ktr. 

 (nda postal tiwity for free cmialog which 

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Tested Seeds 



Grasses,Clovers,Alfalfa 

 Vetches, Grain and 



Special Mixtures for 

 Special Purposes 



Write for Prices and Samples. Get tlie 

 Best — Don't Take Chances on Inferior 

 Seed. Dealers Sell Lilly's Seeds. 

 THE CHAS. H. LILLY CO , Seattle 



Tlie European apple maiket appears 

 to be a very uncertain proposition for 

 export this year on account of the war, 

 the submarines and the blockades. 

 Nevertheless the same conditions pre- 

 vailed to some extent last year witli a 

 large export business being done, and 

 larger in 1914 than in 1913, but it must 

 be borne in mind that the submarines 

 are more active, while the blockades 

 are becoming more effective, with 

 England endeavoring to prevent as 

 nuich as possible shipments of many 

 kinds going through the neutral coun- 

 tries into the countries at war with 

 England and her allies. 



In the Hood River Valley there is 

 the Apple drowers' Association or- 

 ganized in 1903, which will handle 

 from two-thirds to three-cpiarters of 

 the crop, the Northwestern Fruit Ex- 

 change, the Hood River Apple and Cold 

 Storage Co. and a few independents. 



The U. S. government reports 205,- 

 000,000 bushels of apples this year. 

 Their report for last vear indicated 

 2.')3,()00,000 bushels. The State of 

 Washington is credited with 31,000,000 

 bushels. 



A local representatives of an Eastern 

 dealer is reported as having stated that 

 the following is a list of apple prices 

 that, in his opinion, can be expected to 

 prevail at the beginning of the apple 

 season: Arkansas Black, extra fancv, 

 •«1.5n, fancy S1.30; Black Bens, .sl.2'5, 

 JSI.O,"}; Delicious, $1.90, Sl.T.i; .lonathans, 

 Sl.3.1, .$1.20; Yellow Newtowns, $1.00, 

 $1.-1,'); W. W. Pearmain, $1..30, $1.1.'5; 

 Rome Beautv. $1.00, $1.45; Spitzenberg, 

 $1.85, $1.70; Stayman, $1.10, .-si. 25; 

 Winesap, $1.60, $1.45; Ben Davis, $1.00, 

 90 cents; Black Twigs, $1.10, 90 cents; 

 Grimes Golden, $1.25, $1.15; Bananas, 

 $2.25, .$2.10. 



Ridpath's 



History of the World 

 At A Bargain 



A shipment of Bartlett pears was con- 

 demned at Vancouver, B. C, on account 

 of codling moth. .-\ similar exjierience 

 occurred last year. Therefore it seems 

 wise to caution all fruit-shi|)i)ing con- 

 cerns to use extreme care in shipping 

 to Canadian ports. 



One apple grower of Wenatchec is 

 rei)orted as having sold his apple cro|) 

 of Extra Fancy and Fancy, all sizes, 

 as allowed in the Northwestern grad- 

 ing rules, at $1.40 per box. 



Nine Roy.il Volumes — 1. 000 Pages — 2,000 Pictures 

 We "ill name our price i-i]l> m direct letters lo iljuse 

 seuiling us the Coupon beloiv. Tear otf the Coupon, 

 write name and address plainly, and mail to us now 

 before you forget it. Dr. Itiilimili is dcid. his work Is 

 dOFie. bill his widow derives her support from his lilB- 

 torj-. and to print our price broadcast for the .sake of 

 qulckb' selling these few sets would cause flreat injury 

 to future sales. .Mjjil roiipoii f,.r fn,' ^-aiiiph pa^'i^ 



INSPECTION COUPON 



WESTERN NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION l<i IT. 



Better Fruit Bureau, Hood River. Oregon 

 Pltiist' mail y«mr 46- page free sample booklet of 

 Ridpath's History of the World, coiitatiiing pliotocrnT- 

 iins (if Naimlfdii. Queen Kllzahftli. Socraies, Cn'sar 

 f.tiii Shakespeare, nnd write nio full particulars of your 

 j^petlal oflfer to "Better Krull" readers. 



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