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"they are from Missouri and have to be 

 shown." There is no way of obliter- 

 ating tlie old expression which remains 

 true — "A burnt child dreads the fire." 

 Apparently it is evident that the fruit- 

 grower is inclined to take nothing new 

 for granted, but must be absolutely con- 

 vinced in his own mind before he is 

 willing to enter into anything new or 

 agree to pay any additional cost in con- 

 nection with marketing. It also seems 

 evident that the fruitgrower must be 

 not only convinced of a few of the 

 principal features in connection with 

 any new program, but he must be abso- 

 lutely convinced that each and every 

 one of them is for his own interest. 



Automobiles. — The fruitgrowers are 



most extensive purchasers of automo- 

 biles, per capita, of any kind of farm- 

 ers. In the past automobiles have been 

 very high in price, until during the last 

 two or three years, when some automo- 

 biles were put out at low prices. A 

 number of the higher-grade machines, 

 with complete equipment are now 

 being manufactured at a very reason- 

 able figure. By that is meant at a price 

 ranging from $700 to .$1,200. Such ma- 

 chines are complete in equipment, with 

 self-starters, electric lights and practi- 

 cally all of the modern attachments. 

 They are meeting with popular favor. 

 A few illustrations of some of these, 

 with complete equipment at moderate 

 prices, from time to time, will appear 

 in "Better Fruit." It is hoped they will 

 be interesting to the fruitgrowers who 

 are thinking about buying an automo- 

 bile, as possibly some of the pictures 

 may illustrate an automobile which the 

 fruitgrowers have not seen advertised 

 in any of the publications which they 

 are taking. 



Officers and By-Laws of Fruit Grow- 

 ers' Agency, Inc. — In order that the 

 fruitgrowers of the Northwest may be 

 fully informed in connection with the 

 Fruit Growers' Agency, Inc., although a 

 number of articles about this agency 

 have appeared in previous issues of 

 "Better Fruit," showing their scope, 

 the by-laws and a list of officers are 

 published elsewhere in this edition. 

 Anyone wishing information can write 

 any of the ollicers or members and 

 obtain information. However, it seems 

 wise to suggest that correspondence 

 primarily should be directed to the 

 president, C.ai)tain Paul H. Weyrauch, 

 at the present acting secretary, address, 

 Walla Walla, Washington. In order 

 that fruitgrowers may form a personal 

 impression of the splendid character of 

 the head of this institution Captain 

 Paul H. Weyrauch's picture is pro- 

 duced on the outside cover of this 

 edition. 



Fire Blight. — Fire blight has not been 



reported to any extent from any of the 

 districts of the Northwest up to the 

 first of June, but that does not mean it 

 may not break out in the near future. 

 Therefore, again it seems wise to sug- 

 gest to the fruitgrowers to be on the 

 lookout, following the rccommcnilations 

 given bv tliose who have made a study 



Stop - Look - Listen 



A new car i 

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Quality and 

 Reputation ■ 

 at a ^— 

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If interested 



WRITE FOR INFORMATION 



E. Second and 

 E. Morrison 

 Portland, Oregon 



Distributors for Oregon, Washington and Idaho 



of the subject. If you are not posted 

 consult your Horticultural Inspector or 

 Experiment Station, or someone else 

 who knows. 



Mr. E. E. Samson of North Yakima, 

 Washington, after an extended trip 

 throughout the East, states that on 

 account of the large crops during the 

 last few years that there is an evident 

 tendency on the part of the dealer and 

 operator to buy less for cold-storage 

 purposes. It is evident it will be very 

 diflicult in advance to determine the 

 amount that will go on cold storage 

 during 191(). It is Mr. Samson's opin- 

 ion that the amount of hail-marked 

 apples, wormy apples and apples 

 affected with various other defects, 

 which were shipped last year, were a 

 serious menace to tlie industry, and in 

 order to recover from the bad im- 

 pression created it will be absolutely 

 necessary for the pack to be very high 

 grade this year. 



Yakima Valley shows a very prosper- 

 ous condition. While Yakima is one of 

 the largest fruit-producing sections in 

 the Northwest, there is much diversity 

 farming, which is mighty heli)ful to 

 the fruitgrowers, bringing in a satis- 

 factory income, tiding over the years of 

 light fruit crops, or the big crops and 

 low prices. 



Mr. J. M. Perry of North Yakima 

 believes the excessive amount of apples 

 held on cold storage, which were 

 forced on the market at low prices 'y\ 

 order to clean up the 191.5 crop, will 

 be a factor in creating an apple-con- 

 suming habit, resulting in increased 

 demand during the year 1910. 



The apple holdings in storage May 

 1, lOlfi, were 92 per cent greater than 

 May 1, 191,"). One or two conclusions 

 is evident. Either the holders wanleil 

 too much money and held too many 

 or they held too long, exiiecling higher 

 prices at the end of the season. 



Mr. J. A. Westerlund of Soullurii 

 Oregon is a strong advocate for the 

 I-'ruit Growers' Agency, Incorporated, 

 and has been doing some very a<»tive 

 campaign work in urging the fniil- 

 growers of Southern Oregon to afiiliate. 



Are You Overlooking 



Extra Profits? 



The up-to-date fnait grower 

 knows that he should have 

 other sources of profit than 

 his orchard. No other fine 

 pays so well as dairying, for 

 your own and your neigh- 

 bors' needs. Get a few good 

 cows and an 



Many prominent fruit 

 growers in the North- 

 west bought INDIAN.^ 

 SILOS last year. We 

 would like to refer you 

 to some of them. Over 

 60.000 lNDiAN.-\ Silos 

 now in use — an unpar- 

 alleled record. 



iiiHI t'iiiii^ Write for our new Silo 

 BBSIH^ ^<'o^' sent FREE to 

 •"vaimaei^ readers of Bclhr Fruit. 



Built on the Pacific Coast hy 



The Chas. K. Spaulding 

 Logging Co. 



SALEM. OREGON. U. S. A. 



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