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What They're Doing in CaUfornia 



Oioville, Cal., Invs rliiini to the distiiu liuii 

 of shipping the first olives from Californiu to 

 eastern markets this season. 



rrnit shipments from the Vara Valley, So- 

 lano county, totalled 1,045 carloads this year. 



Nearly 100 students— orchardists, horticul- 

 turists and farm advisers — were enrolled in 

 the short course in horticulture which is being 

 held at the State University Farm at Davis, 

 California. 



One thousand dollars a day was expended 

 in the campaign for the eradication of ground 

 squirrels in California during the past year, 

 says G. H. Hcoke, head of the State Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture. 



According to reports received from Chieo, 

 the value of the three principal orchard crops 

 in that vicinity this year was .?3,000,000. The 

 crops are peaches, prunes and almonds. 



With the fruit shipping season practically 

 over, the California Fruit Distributors, of Sac- 

 ramento, announce that 30,000 cars of fruit 

 were shipped cast this year, an increase of 

 5,000 cars over last year. The total number 



BETTER FRQ IT 



of cars and contents leaving Sacramento were: 

 Cherries, 335 cars; apricots, 125 cars; peaches, 

 2,800 cars; plums, 2,900 cars; pears, 4,300 

 cars; graiies, 19,000 cars. 



The California Almond Growers Exchange, 

 with headquarters at Sacramento, recently 

 completed niling orders for 70 cars of almonds 

 the purchase price of which totalled $1,700,000. 

 Tlie California almond production this year 

 broke all records, totalling 7,000 tons com- 

 pared with 5,000 tons last year. The growers 

 also secured the highest figure ever paid for 

 almonds, the total return being more than 

 $3,000,000. The Sacramento plant is the clear- 

 ing house for twelve other plants and 22 local 

 stations throughout the state. It has a storage 

 capacity of 300 tons and is equipped with 

 bleaching machines, steam apparatus which 

 kills pests on the shells, and other modern 

 machinery, all automatic. Special machinery 

 has been installed for handling "Sticktight" 

 almonds, formerly used for hog feed, so that 

 the growers now get from six to ten cents a 

 pound for this kind of almonds — as much as 

 was paid formerly for first class varieties. 

 More than 100 persons are employed at the 

 Sacramento main plant. The valuation of the 

 plant is $250,000. The eastern market for 

 California almonds was stimulated by an ex- 

 tensive advertising and promotion plan con- 

 ducted by the Almond Growers' Exchange. 



January, ip^u 



ORCHARD SUPERINTENDENT 

 WANTED 



Man to act as resident manager for a 

 prune ranch. Must have experience, execu- 

 tive abiUty, be able to keep books and be 

 willing to do manual work on place as far 

 as his other duties permit. Give salary, 

 references and state when you can come. 



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 5 to 9 cords daily is the usual average for one man 



Onr 1920 Model Machine saws faster, runs easier end will 

 last longrer than ever. Adjusted in a minute to suit a 

 12-veir-old boy or strongest man. Ask for catalog No. 

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ONE of our H.&A. Hand Power Double Seamers. : 

 It is the only hand power seamer built that will seal all 5 

 sizes or sanitary fruit and vegetable cans. Write for prices = 

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says the Good Judge 



Go to real tobacco— 

 the small chew with ^^^ 

 the rich tobacco taste ^^ 

 that lasts a long time. 

 It will cost you less to 

 chew than ordinary 

 tobacco. Any man 

 who uses the Real 

 Tobacco Chew will 

 tell you that. 



Put Up In Two Styles 



RIGHT CUT is a short-cut tobacco 



W-B CUT is a long fine-cut tobacco 



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Cannery Notes 



A census of the l>y-prrKluct plants in Yakima 

 county, Wash., show a total of 13, with a 

 total consumption of 37,122 tons of fruit dur- 

 ing the season. Of the total tonnages used 

 24,790 tons were apples, 222.5 pears, 500 

 prunes, 350 cherries, 9257 peaches. The total 

 value to growers is flgured to be $525,505. 

 Total tonnage of fruit dried was given as 

 11,700; canned, G250; vinegar and cider, 5900; 

 jelly and apple butter, 500. Cull apples from 

 this county used in by-products plants totaled 

 2212 cars, 15C2 of which were used in the 

 county and 650 elsewhere. 



Libby, McNeill & Libby are to locate another 

 large cannery in the Sacramento Valley. It 

 will be a $335,000 structure on a 13-acre site 

 in Gridley. 



C. G. Horner, representing Libby, McNeil 

 & Libby, recently visited Prosser, Benton 

 county, Washington, with a view of establish- 

 ing a branch cannery, if local growers will 

 contract enough Blenheim or Tilton apricots, 

 Tuscan cling peaches and Royal Anne cherries 

 to keep the cannery in operation from July 1 

 to August 15, annually. 



The cannery at Juliaetta, Idaho, has closed 

 with the biggest tonnage of any season since 

 it was installed. The plant opened July 1. 

 The output was approximately 400 tons, of 

 which 65 tons were apples, 40 tons cherries, 

 55 tons prunes, 150 tons tomatoes, 30 tons 

 pears and about 50 tons beans and other vege- 

 tables and fruits. 



Bits About Fruit, Fruitmen 

 and Fruit Growing 



A recent report is to the effect that ocean 

 freight rates on apples have been reduced. 

 Tlie reduction on box apples is from 85 cents 

 to 70 cents per box and from $3 to $2.50 on 

 barrels. 



Winchester, Va., apple growers who had 

 been expecting to export large shipments of 

 apples to England in January and February 

 are withholding them due to the advice that 

 the English market is not promising. 



According to the South African Fruitgrower 

 there have been planted in that country 100,000 

 acres of oranges only a small portion of 

 which are yet in bearing. As oranges from 

 that part of the world are marketed in March 

 and April they do not come into competition 

 with the American crop. There has also been 

 planted on the upland sections of South Africa 

 a large acreage to apples. Both the citrus and 

 deciduous fruitgrowers of Africa are making 

 a close study of the methods employed in 

 growing fruit in the United States. 



Southern fruitgrowers are making a protest 

 to the federal government against the prices 

 of fertilizers. The Alabama Department of 

 Agriculture recently sent a representative to 

 Washington to take up the matter with govern- 

 ment officials of the United States Agricultural 

 Department. 



The cooperative organization of fruitgrowers 

 is taking hold in the east. The Frederick 

 County Growers' Association was recently 

 formed at Winchester, Va., with an initial 

 membership of 100. The association as one 

 of its first actions went on record as against 

 a national grading and packing law, and in 

 favor of a state law. 



The Tennessee State Horticultural Society, 

 State Nurserymen's Association and State Bee- 

 keeper's Association recently held a joint 

 meeting at Nashville that was attended by 600 

 delegates. Tlie program which contained many 

 valuable subjects for discussion was carried 

 out successfully. Of interest in connection 

 with the meetings was a fine exhibit of the 

 fruit and vegetable products of the state. 

 Many new members were added to the horti- 

 cultural association during the session and it 

 is expected that a strong organization will be 

 built up in Tennessee which is rapidly coming 

 to the front in many horticultural lines. 



With the apple crop of the country harvested, 

 it is apparent that control of the codling moth 

 has been more effective this year than for 

 many seasons past, according to deciduous 

 fruit specialists of the Bureau of Entomology, 

 United States Department of Agriculture. Be- 

 cause of the unusually high value of the apple 

 crop, the specialists expect that the results 

 obtained will stimulate similar thorough work 

 another year. 



WHEN WRITING ADVERTISERS MENTION BETTER FRUIT 



