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BETTER FRUIT 



July, 19 ip 



quence we cannot give a very glowing 

 report of the yield, as we lost quite a 

 large percentage of the crop in the 

 field, caused by the unusual heat ripen- 

 ing up the fruit much faster than we 

 could pick with the help at hand, though 

 under ordinary conditions we had 

 enough to gather the crop as fast as it 

 would ripen. The yield last season was 

 only a little better than a ton per acre 

 that was saved and delivered to the 

 cannery. 



We telephoned the employment agency 

 and bureau at Portland for more pick- 

 ers, but could not get any relief to help 

 us out of the emergency caused by the 

 unusual ripening conditions. 



We now have a small farm tractor of 

 the track-laying type with which we 

 can cultivate between the rows and thus 

 conserve the moisture during the heat 

 of the season, should we have another 

 year as dry as was the last. 



I might mention another thing we did 

 last July which I now think was un- 

 wise. As we finished picking the rasp- 

 berries we had a little time to spare for 

 the pickers before the Evergreens were 

 ready to pick, so we had some of the 

 pickers thin apples and others cut out 

 the old fruiting canes from the Cuth- 

 berls, thus giving the new canes a better 

 chance to grow during the balance of 



the season. We found a surprise in 

 store, for when the rains came on the 

 new canes developed fruit spurs, blos- 

 somed and in November we had a splen- 

 did crop of berries growing on the wood 

 of last year's growth. We picked as 

 many of these berries as we could, sold 

 some on the local market and shipped 

 many crates to Portland, where they 

 sold at retail for 25 cents per box. 



Now the question is, will this impair 

 the growth and yield of the plants to 

 the extent of diminishing the crop for 

 this year? At any rate, we do not plan 

 to repeat the summer pruning this 

 season. 



Through the co-operation of the Ore- 

 gon Agricultural College and under the 

 instruction of Professor C. I. Lewis we 

 applied, as an experiment, 500 pounds 

 of sulphate of ammonia on one plot of 

 ground and 500 pounds of nitrate of 

 soda to another plot, as near alike as 

 we could get, and will note the results 

 in the berries, growth of canes, flavor 

 and color of the ripe fruit, etc. 



I cannot give an exact account of the 

 expense per acre of growing the Cuth- 

 berts, as we do not keep a check on this 

 field alone, but cultivate and care for 

 the entire tract together, as we grow 

 Cuthberts, Black Caps, Lawtons and 

 Evergreens in the same field. On ordi- 



nary soil I do not think raspberry 

 growing is as profitable as the logan- 

 berry or Evergreen blackberry, but this, 

 like other propositions, all depends on 

 the price paid for the ditTerent kinds of 

 fruits. 



To sum up our past experiences I 

 might say, with the prices which pre- 

 vailed up to 1919, we came out just 

 about even with our expenses, but with 

 the prices that are being paid for all 

 berry fruits at the present time I think 

 where one owns suitable land it could 

 not well yield better returns than in 

 growing berries. 



How long these prices will prevail I 

 would not attempt to guess. History 

 tells us that during the boom of 1910-12 

 about 50,000 acres of fruit was set out 

 in the Medford district. Since that date 

 about 20,000 acres have been dug up and 

 the ground planted to grain and hay 

 crops. It is best that we do not lose our 

 balance of reason when these boom 

 prices are ofTered. Let one try a small 

 field at first. 



I do not favor long-time contracts for 

 fruit deliveries. I have had ten years' 

 experience in the canning business, so 

 I can view it from the standpoint of 

 grower and canner. From my experi- 

 ence I would say that one year at a time 

 is as long as I would advise. 



Let the CUTLER 



Cut Your Grading Cost 25% to 50% 



The Cutler 



Mechanical Sorting 

 Table will do it. 



Read what the users of 



Cutler Graders 



have to say : 



Chino, Cal 

 Cutler Manufacttuing Company, 

 Portland, Oregon. 

 Gentlemen: Tour card for suggestions as to the 

 use and care of the Grader was received with thanks. 

 As to the grader which we purchased from you and 

 used this season, we wish to express our perfect satis- 

 faction as to the work it does, and would recommend 

 it to anyone or firm wishing information as to the best 

 grader tbey could buy. 



Respectfully yours. 

 CHINO VAT.T.KT APPLE GROWERS' ASSOCIATION 

 (Signed) B. M. Lederer, Secretary. 



High Rolls. N. M., January 18. 1919. 

 Cutler Manufacturing Company, 

 Portland, Oregon. 

 Gentlemen: In answer to your letter of January 6th 

 will say as to the Grader, it is just as you recom- 

 mended. Well worth the price. 



Very truly yours. 



(Signed) S. KOTOSKY. 



January 22, 1919. 



Side view of the two-section model 

 December 3, 1918 



packer, and made himself useful besides. I don't be- 

 lieve I would get along without a Cutler even at tmce 

 the price. Sincerely yours. 



(Signed) F. E. GAHRINGER. 



Mr. Gahringer purchased a Two-Section Model in 

 1918. This is a ca.se where our smallest model was 

 run to only part of its capacity. 



Wenatchee. Wash.. January 29. 1919. 

 Cutler Manufacturing Company, 

 Portland. Oregon. 

 Gentlemen: We are very glad to report to you that 

 we had elegant success with the 191S grader that we 

 purchased from you last season. We operated the 

 macliine tliirteen hours per day four days each week, 

 twelve hours two days and ten hours the seventh day. 

 The machine ran continuously without a mechanical 

 break and throughout the season we did not lose more 

 than two or three hours on account of an occasional 

 break \rith the belts. We put over the grader 67,0ii0 

 boxes, with an average run of 1.400 boxes a day. Our 

 best run in thirteen hours wa^ 1,742 boxes. We are 

 verj- enthusiastic over your grading machine and do 

 not hesitate to recommend it very highly to anyone. 

 Very truly yours. 

 CLARK-OLIVER APPIJ3 COftrPANT. 

 ♦ By (Signed) D. L. Oliver. 



The Clark-Oliver Apple Company purcliased two 

 Four-Section Cutler Graders in 1917 which were 

 equipped with ordinary belt sorting tables, and in 1918 

 purchased one of our Four-Section Models equipped 

 with our new mechanical sorting table. Operating both 

 types in 1918 under the same conditions showed a big 

 saving in cost of sorting by the mechanical table. 



The output reported atwve averages 1131 piicked boxes 

 based on a ten-hour day. This substantiates our claim 

 that the working capacity of the Four-Section Model is 

 from 800 to 1200 packed boxes in ten hours. This 

 letter also indicates the reliability and staying quali- 

 ties of the Cutler Grader. 



Cashmere, Wash., March 15, 1919. 

 Cutler Manufacturing Company, 

 351 East Tenth Street, 

 Portland. Oregon. 

 Gentlemen: Replying to your letter asMng for state- 

 ment of our experience with your graders, we wish to 

 say that we have used your graders for several years 

 and have been verj' much pleased \rith the results 

 obtained 



During the past season we have operated four of your 

 graders — one four-section and three three-section ma- 

 chines—all of which gave excellent service. However, 

 while we have been satisfied irith the work of the 

 smaller machines, we believe in packing houses where 

 the output is considerable, that the larger type of 

 machine is the more desirable, as our experience has 

 been that its capacity is very materially in excess of 

 the three-section tj-pe. Trusting that this will give you 

 the information desired, we remain. 

 Yours very truly, 

 CASHMERE FRUIT GROWERS' UNION, 

 (Signed) C. C. Lemmon, Manager. 



Wenatchee, Wash 

 Cutler Manufacturing Company, 

 Portland, OrcKon. 

 Dear Sirs: In reply to your of the 3rd Instant, will 

 say that I like my two-grade Cutler machine very 

 much. One can take care of a crop much easier, as it 

 saves 80 verj- much of the handling of the fruit where 

 there is no grader. I used two packers and two sorters 

 and one of the sorters packed quite a number of boxes 

 each day. We packed out in all 5,200 boxes, averaging 

 235 a day. One man did the nailing up and stamp- 

 ing waited on the sorters, besides waiting on one lady 



THE CUTLER. GRADER. IS MADE IN THE FOLLO^VING SIZES: 



For Barrel Packing: 

 18 bins 1 section model — Handles 2 grades ... 8 bins 



26 bins 2 section model — Handles 2 or 3 grades . . 16 bins 



36 bins 2 section model — Handles 3 grades. Combination box and barrel 



40 bins 



Tlie Cashmere Fruit Growers' Union Ls noted for the 

 orderly and systematic movement of fruit through their 

 splendidly equipped paclting liouse at Casliniere. Wash- 

 ington. Tlieir experience concurs wth our recommen- 

 dation that large growers and padiers should use our 

 Four-Section or Big Four Models. 



For Box Packing: 



2 section model — Handles 2 grades 



3 section niodcl — Handles 2 or 3 grades 



4 section model — Handles 2 or 3 grades 



Big 4 model— Handles 2 or 3 grades 



WRITE TODAY FOR CATALOG AND PRICES 



CUTLER MANUFACTURING CO. 351 East 10th street. Portland. Oregon 



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