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BETTER FRUIT 



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By-Products. — The By-Product Com- 

 mittee has not accomplished as much 

 as was anticipated, for which there 

 seems to be a very good reason. After 

 considerable investigation on the part 

 of the By-Product Committee, it wisely 

 arrived at the conclusion that the 

 whole success of the fruit industry did 

 not depend entirely on by-products or 

 primarily upon by-products, but that 

 the future of the fruit industry must 

 depend, first, upon the satisfactory dis- 

 tribution and sales of fresh fruit, and 

 therefore most of the members of the 

 By-Product Committee realized the 

 necessity of assisting to create a mar- 

 ket for fresh fruits, giving most of their 



The Power 



is given on page 4. 



There are also other points of interest 



to orchardists. 



W. van Diem 



Lange Franken Straat 45, 47, 49, Bl, 81 



ROTTERDAM, HOLLAND 



European Receivers of American Frulti 



Eldest and First-Class 

 House in this Branch 



Cable Address: W. Vandlem 

 ABC Code used; 5th Edition 



Our Specialties are 



Apples, Pears, Navel Oranges 



Things We Are Agents For 



Knox Hats 

 Alfred Benjamin & Co.'s Clothing 



Dr. Jaeger Underwear 



Dr. Deimel Linen Mesh Underwear 



Dent's and Fownes' Glovea 



Buffum & Pendleton 



311 Morrison Street 

 PORTLAND, OREGON 



J.& H. Goodwin, Ltd. 



APPLE IMPORTERS 



Commercial Sale Room, Deansgate, 

 Manchester, England. 



Floral Street, Covent Oarden Market, 



London, England. 



Fruit Exchange, Victoria Street 



Liverpool, England. 



Huniber Dock Street, 



Hull, England. 



AMEIUCAN ADDRESSES: 



97 Warren Street, New York, N. V. 

 60 State Street, Boston, Mass. 



ConNl^nmentN and I'orrespondence Soliolted 



attention and time to tliat subject. Much 

 has been done along this line by the 

 By-Producl Committee, it being instru- 

 mental in calling together the Growers' 

 Council. As this influence has already 

 produced good results, it seems timely 

 that the attention of the By-Product 

 Committee should again be called to 

 the subject of by-products. Every year 

 there will be a large amount of all 

 varieties of fruits which for various 

 reasons cannot be marketed as fresh. 

 In the apijle business in particular very 

 many apples are either affected by 

 worm stings, fungus, bruises or other- 

 wise below grade, so they are not sale- 

 able as fresh fruit. The value of such 

 ranges anywhere from ■*6.fl0 to flO.UO 

 per ton. In the aggregate this is cpiite 

 a large sum to the fruit grower, par- 

 ticularly the one who has a large-sized 

 tract. As an instance, a fruit grower 

 who has a full-bearing orchard with 

 a reasonably clean crop will realize 

 from the vinegar factory about .f'J.OO 

 per acre this year. A man with forty 

 acres will average for the by-product 

 factory from one to two tons per acre, 

 which at the low figure of -SO. 00 per ton 

 would bring from .'S6.00 to i?12.00 per 

 acre. This would mean to the apple 

 grower who had forty acres from 

 .$240.00 to .$480.00; .$480.00 will pay the 

 grocery and meat bills for the average 

 family for a year. With a good by-pro- 

 duct factory this means just so much 

 money saved because the fruit grower 

 has to pay out this amount and even 

 more to pick, haul and grade out the 

 stuff that is unshippable, and by dis- 

 posing of it to the vinegar factory he 

 has the opportunity of getting back his 

 money, and .$480.00 saved in this way 

 is just as good as $480.00 made in any 

 other way. 



South America as an Apple Market. — 



So many reports have appeared in 

 print about the opportunities existing 

 in South America as an apple maiket, 

 that it seems worth while for the apple 

 shipping concerns of the Northwest to 

 give South American business their 

 earnest attention. The government 

 recently sent a man to South America 

 for the benefit of the apple growers of 

 America. This man lived there, speak- 

 ing Spanish. Before going this gentle- 

 man visited the editor at his office in 

 Hood River, explaining the situation 

 quite fully in advance. Without doubt 

 .South America will take an immense 

 cfuantity of our fruit, but before this 

 can be done, necessary arrangements 

 will have to be made both in the way 

 of transportation, financing details, and 

 proper connections. But the opportun- 

 ity is so great that it shouUI have spe- 

 cial investigation by the apple growers 

 through their shipping concerns. 



Manufacturers' and Land Products 

 Show. — The editor visited the Land 

 Products Show when in Portland last 

 week, and i)ronounces it the best show 

 that Portland has ever held of this 

 class. The disjilays of diversified farm 

 products made by the different coun- 

 ties were among the most attractive, 

 interesting and beneficial features of 



HERE ARE THE 



Cut Prices 



ON 



Fruit Ladders 



6-ft. Mitchell Tri-Pod $0 ylA 

 Ladder Z.4U 



8-ft. Mitchell Tri-Pod Q <)A 

 Ladder d,L\) 



10-ft. Mitchell Tri-Pod A AA 

 Ladder ^.\)\) 



12-ft. Mitchell Tri-Pod A Q(\ 

 Ladder 4.0U 



14-ft. Mitchell Tri-Pod r (*(\ 

 Ladder J.DU 



At these prices (for a first-class 

 ladder) you simply cannot aiiford 

 NOT to send us a money order 

 or check for one of these ladders 

 BUY A 



Mitchell-Keystone 

 _ ^, Cider Mill 



°ifM(^ and you will get 



111 i-iESal-r^*^! more for your 

 money. 



tf-llll^^^ Three Sizes 



3- Prices upon request. 



Portland, Ore. 

 Spokane, Wn. 

 Boise, Idaho 



the entire show. The exhibit of manu- 

 factured goods "made in the North- 

 west" also commanded the attention of 

 the visitor in a very forcible way. The 

 exhibit of home-made manufactured 

 goods will be a strong factor in educat- 

 ing the public as to what is manufac- 

 tured at home, and with continued 

 effort along this line, a large increase 

 in business can be develo]H'd for home 

 manufacturers, which will contribute 

 to the prosperity of the Northwest. The 

 apple exhibits were not large. How- 

 ever, The Dalles had an excellent dis- 

 play of fifty boxes, and Hood Hiver 

 about thirty boxes, consisting of Spitz- 

 enbergs and Xewtowns. One display, 

 made by (ius Miller, of fifteen boxes of 

 Newtowns, was especially attractive. 

 It is to be sincerely regretted that the 

 apijle growers did not take greater 

 interest in the show and make more 

 extensive exhibits. However, the apple 

 grower himself understands pretty well 



WHEN WRITING ADVERTISERS MENTION BETTER FRUIT 



