January, ip20 



Extends Operations of Small 

 Fruit Industry 



W. II. Paullmmus, pioneer in launch- 

 ing propaganda as to Ihe opportunities 

 in the Northwest for tlie small fruit- 

 grower and president of the Puyallup 

 and Sumner Fruit Growers' Gunning 

 Company of Puyallup, Wash., is still a 

 firm heliever in future prospects for a 

 greatly increased production of berries. 

 Having brought the Washington branch 

 of the organization he represents to a 

 high state of ediciencv and success Mr. 



W. H. PAVLHAMUS 

 Prcsifienl Puynlliip niui Siinincr Fi-uit Grow- 

 ers' Canning Conijiany, which is extending its 

 operations in small fruit industry. 



Paulhamus entered the Oregon field 

 early last spring and establi-shed a large 

 and modern canning and berry hand- 

 ling plant at Albany. This field was 

 selected on account of the large acre- 

 age of soil in the vicinity of Albany 

 adapted to berry growing and also due 

 to the fact that a large number of fruit 

 growers there were willing to insure 

 sufficient tonnage to make the plant a 

 success. 



The Puyallup company now plans to 

 widen its operations in Oregon by 

 establishing another cannery to be lo- 

 cated at Salem. In connection with 

 this movement growers of 300 acres of 

 loganberries recently held a meeting at 

 Salem and formed a tentative organiza- 

 tion. W. R. Scott, Oregon manager for 

 the Puyallup company addressed the 



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meeting. Mr. Scott said his company 

 had great faith in the future of the 

 Salem district, and it was the purpose 

 of the corporation to erect a cannery 

 there in the event sulUcient acreage was 

 available. He declared that there was 

 no danger of low prices for at least 

 another year, for the reason- that the 

 demand for berries was fast increasing, 

 both in the local and eastern markets. 



During the past season the Puyallup 

 and Sumner Fruit Growers' Canning 

 Company handled in the neighborhood 

 of 20,000,000 pounds of berries at its 

 Washington plants, the larger part of 

 which were sold before the product 

 was ready for shipment. This tonnage 

 is expected to be greatly increased this 

 year at the Puyallup and Sumner 

 plants while a large output is looked 

 for by the company from its Oregon 

 enterprises. 



Another Montana Man Resigns 



Montana is again called upon to re- 

 giet the retirement of one of its prom- 

 inent men in horticulture owing to the 

 decision of Mr. A. L. Strausz to sever 

 his connection with the Montana State 

 Board of Horticulture. 



Mr. Strausz has served as State Horti- 

 culturist since .lune, 1917, and during 

 that time has done much to assit and 

 encourage the fruit growers in Mon- 

 tana, and has won the respect and con- 

 fidence of every one who has had the 

 good fortune to meet him. Previous to 

 his appointment as State Horticulturist, 

 Mr. Strausz was for three years in- 

 structor in horticulture at the State 

 College of Washington. He graduated 

 there in 1913 and in 1917 was given the 

 degree of master of science. 



As proof of the faith which Mr. 

 Strausz has in the fruit industry he has 

 purchased a tract of bearing orchard in 

 the Yakima Valley near Yakima, and 

 will in the future direct his efforts to 

 the production of apples and pears. 



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Montana Fruit Men to Meet 

 The Montana Horticultural Society 

 will hold its annual meeting at Mis- 

 soula on January 21, 22, 23, 1920. 



One of the most important subjects 

 up for discussion at this time will be 

 the "Standardization of Grades for the 

 Northwest." The Department of Agri- 

 culture has worked on this problem for 

 several years and the grade rules which 

 they have formulated were adopted at 

 the Grade and Pack Conference held 

 lately at .Spokane and will be in force 

 in the State of Washington for the com- 

 ing year. 



Jam Shortage Predicted 

 A report from the Canailian Trade 

 Commissioner, stationed at Manches- 

 ter, England, bears out the statement 

 recently made by the American trade 

 representative in London, regarding 

 a shortage of jam in the United King- 

 dom. 



The Canadian commissioner says 

 that "though there may be fair quanti- 

 ties on the market during the next 

 three months, it is anticipated that a 

 serious shortage will be experienced 

 from January next until May. The 

 high prices of fruit ruling this Sum- 

 mer made it impossible for jam makers 

 to lay down large stocks. For ex- 

 ample, raspberries, which were at the 

 high price of .$225 a ton in 1918, rose 

 to $425 this year; black currants ad- 

 vanced from $300 to •$525; red cur- 

 rants rose from $160 to $250; goose- 

 berries advanced from $135 to $230; 

 and strawberries rose from $200 to 

 $480. To these enhanced values of 

 the raw material had to be added the 

 increased cost of labor, coal, jars, bot- 

 tles, etc." 



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