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The Closer Relation of Horticulture to the Cannery 



OREGON as a whole is not alive to 

 all the posibilities in the canning 

 business; this, in my opinion, 

 applies to the grower as well as the 

 banker and business man throughout 

 the state, and there is a very good rea- 

 son for it. 



Many years ago, as you know, there 

 were many canneries started by ma- 

 chinery-selling houses who knew noth- 

 ing of the canning business or what it 

 took to support a cannery. These 

 plants of course were all doomed to 

 failure before they started, and nat- 

 urally the pcoi)le became discouraged 

 and became skeptical. , The growers, 

 however, being somcwhid alive to the 

 situation and knowing- they needed 

 something in the way 69;i plan to work 

 up their i)roducts frofff llie farm and 

 give they a permanent iiKirket close at 

 hand went ahead an<l ori^anized a co- 

 operative association, pulling in one of 

 their own number to man:ige the plant, 

 and went out and got a man for pro- 

 cessor or superintendent, who probably 

 had slight experience in some capacity 



By A. Rupert, Portland, Oregon 



in some particular plant, but in nine 

 cases out of ten was absolutely unfitted 

 to superintend the canning of the pro- 

 duct, and usually totally unfitted to 

 handle the machinery in the plant, 

 which is very important. These people 

 without any selling organization or 

 knowledge of the business on either 

 the marketing or canning end were of 

 course doomed to failuie, and many a 

 grower who had been enthusiastic in 

 building up something for his own 

 good had to face a heavy loss. Nat- 

 urally, everybody who had watched 

 these operations again became skeptical 

 and positively indifferent to the can- 

 ning business as a business in the 

 future. Gradnally, however, these in- 

 stitutions discontinued, except those 

 that happened to learn by experience 

 or had people more able tn manage than 

 their unfortimate comii. tilors, so that 

 today the canning business is practi- 

 cally in the hands of experienced 

 people knowing the business on both 

 ends, but there are still many things to 

 be desired. 



Oregon is undoubtedly the home of 

 the loganberry, which berry as the 

 canned article has had many ups and 

 downs, but I believe it is on the path 

 to success at this time, that is, in a lim- 

 ited way, and there is no doubt but 

 what all the tonnage that will be avail- 

 able in Oregon at the jjresent time will 

 be used for canning, loganberry-juice 

 making and dried loganberries, but 

 there would be a calamity if the logan- 

 berries were planted on an unlimited 

 scale, as it would again drug the mar- 

 ket the way it did years ago. We are 

 hoping this will not bo the case, but a 

 reasonable addition would not be un- 

 safe, and I believe thai these additions 

 in a way are being accoMiplishcd. We 

 understand there has been cjuite a little 

 new acreage planted out in 1917 and 

 1018, and theie will probabaly be quite 

 a lillle acreage planted this fall or next 

 spring. 



Red Raspberries. — The only large 

 acreage of Ibis very nmch-desired fruit 

 is in Multnomah County, with a small 

 acreage in Lane County, and a few 



