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spare the time. The program this year 

 is especially instructive. The social 

 feature promises entertninment that 

 will be very delightful, not only for the 

 men, but also for their wives. One of 

 the main features of the program will 

 be Organization and Co-operation. It 

 will be of special interest to the fruit 

 growers of the Northwest to know thai 

 Mr. Wilmer Sieg, sales manager of the 

 Apple Growers' Association of Hood 

 River, six or seven years ago was pres- 

 ident of the National League of Com- 

 mission Merchants for two terms in 

 succession, and was recently elected an 

 honorary member, being the only hon- 

 orary member of the National I^eague 

 of Commission Merchants. 



some line of diversity, therefore is not 

 entirely dependent upon his orchard 

 for his living and other expenses, and 

 there is no question about the advisa- 

 bility of the fruit grower divei-sifying 

 to a reasonable extent. 



Orchard Units. — During the past few 

 years many purchasers were told that 

 a splendid living could be made on a 

 very small unit — of five or even two 

 and one-half acres. Now that fruit 

 growers have had time to reflect and 

 have had an opportunity by experience 

 to judge of the possibilities on small 

 tracts, there is a reaction in the oppo- 

 site direction and an earnest endeavor 

 to get at the logical economy unit. The 

 Editor has never favored anything 

 smaller than a ten-acre tract, which if 

 properly handled will probably pay a 

 good profit on the amount invested. 

 There are strong arguments held out in 

 favor of even larger imits, of from 

 twenty to forty acres, for which the 

 following reason is given. With a large 

 imit the grower is enabled to engage in 



Dissatisfaction. — There is no den\ ing 

 the fact that considerable dissatisfac- 

 tion in the fruit industry has existed 

 among the growers of the Northwest 

 during the last few years. There is 

 nothing strange about this, except that 

 the fruit grower sometimes thinks that 

 he is the only one that is suffering and 

 either forgets or is not aware of the 

 fact that all lines of business have been 

 suffering under the very strenuous 

 depression during the past few years. 

 Usually the fruit grower's lot is really 

 not so very much different, in the fact 

 that he has not been making very much 

 money because other lines of endeavor 

 in the business world are in the same 

 boat. Then loo, again, fruit growers 

 must remember that every product of 

 the soil some time during the past few 

 years has gone through a period where 

 it did not pay the cost of production. 



will be suited and know more about 

 some other line of farming. One piece 

 of soil may be suited to one diversity 

 crop, and another piece of soil may be 

 adapted to another diversity crop. 

 Therefore it is up to the fruit growers 

 to determine what kind of a side line 

 or diversity the soil is adapted to and 

 what he himseif is suited for. If this is 

 intelligently determined, then diversity 

 lines will be a success and a great help 

 to all fruit grov^'ers. 



Among the different diversities that 

 may be mentioned for the fruit grower 

 are dairying, bogs, cattle, truck garden- 

 ing, etc., all of which can be com- 

 bined by different individuals with the 

 orchard industry. One man may be 

 suited to one line of business and have 

 an opijorlnnity to engage in that line 

 and make a success, while another man 



Stabilizing the Orchard Industry.— 



Previous to 1912 there was an extensive 

 setting of apple trees. This was largely 

 brought about by the fact that the 

 Northwest produced very fine fruit and 

 the growers who were in the business 

 had been making good money. A large 

 part of the extra setting is undoubtedly 

 due to the fact that much unreasonable 

 boosting was done, i)articularly by 

 those engaged in selling orchard lands, 

 and on account of the fact that unrea- 

 sonable representations were made to 

 growers about the profits that could be 

 made. It is true that considerable 

 orchard land was bought on specula- 

 ficm, and it is also true that many 

 .\merican people rapidly change from 

 one business to another, going from 

 what fhcy arc engaged in to what looks 

 more appealing or encouraging. All of 

 these causes have been factors in stim- 

 ulating the selling previous to 1912. But 

 the orchard industry of the Northwest 

 is rapidly slal)ilizing itself. Already 

 nmch of Ihe acreage planted in unde- 



