March. ip20 



BETTER FRUIT 



Baled Hay SavesThousands of Boxes of Apples 



By R. A. Laird 



ANY notion that the farmer is less 

 resourceful than the city man does 

 not hold good in the Spokane country. 

 The Okanogan, Washington, district 

 produces high grade export apples in 



of warehouse capacity, facing a heavy 

 cash loss. 



Did the farmers throw up their hands 

 in despair? Not for a moment. There 

 was some quick planning, the apples 



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The beauty of the whole matter was 

 that the upward trend of forage prices 

 netted the apple men a handsome profit 

 on the hay after the hastily contrived 

 warehouse was dismantled. 



The accompanying picture is repro- 

 duced with the permission of the Foy 

 Film Service. 



Peanuts 



Most people who eat peanuts, says the 

 American Economist, believe that they 

 are all grown in this country and will 

 be surprised to learn that there were 

 70,947,036 pounds of these nuts im- 

 ported during the fiscal year 1918, prac- 

 tically all of which came from China 

 and Japan. Most of the imported pea- 

 nuts are grown in China. The 1919 

 crop in that country is estimated at 

 33,000 tons. 



Many Tractors in Missouri 



According to the State crop report- 

 ing service, there are now in the state 

 of Missouri 7202 tractors. How rapidly 

 these are being bought and used is best 

 indicated by the fact that nearly half 

 of them have been purchased since the 

 first of June of the present year. 



Apple storage house made of baled hay that saved thousands of boxes of apples in the 

 Okanogan, Washington, district from freezing. 



considerable quantities and had a big 

 crop in 1919. Shipping was hampered 

 by a car shortage, and an unexpectedly 

 early cold snap found apple producers 

 with several thousand boxes in excess 



were assembled at a convenient point- 

 and piled in tiers. Then the owners 

 bought every bale of hay in the district 

 and built a frost proof structure of 

 baled hay around the fruit. 



The inspection service for shipments of 

 fruits and vegetables started in 1917 by the 

 Bureau of Marlcels, United States Department 

 of Agriculture, has been extended to cover 150 

 designated markets. The certificates issued by 

 inspectors upon request state the condition of 

 interstate shipments as they arrive at market 

 centers and are used as a basis for settling 

 claims that may arise between shipper and 

 consignee. 



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