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BETTER FRUIT 



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it should be kept in the shade and the 

 hauling wagon should be provided with 

 good springs and covered with canvas 

 in order to keep ofT sun and dirt. In 

 grading, all damaged fruit should be 

 culled out, and as soon as the shipment 

 has been packed it should be placed in 

 the refrigerator car. The extra expense 

 of careful handling, it is said, will be 

 more than offset by the reduction of 

 losses from decay and the ability of the 

 fruit to maintain itself in good condi- 

 tion while exposed for sale. If these 

 suggestions are adopted generally by 

 fruitgrowers and in consequence a 

 larger proportion of the crop marketed 

 fresh, it is believed that the industry 

 will benefit greatly and its extension 

 will be made profitable. That this fact 

 is being recognized by fruitgrowers is 

 indicated by the co-operation afforded 

 the Department in its investigation by 

 the growers in the Willamette Valley. 



The United States Department of 

 Agriculture, through the Office of Mar- 

 kets and Rural Organization, has 

 employed a large number of able men 

 for Investigation and market report 

 work during the coming season. The 

 government will open offices and carry 

 on this work from some of the prin- 

 cipal consuming centers in the United 

 States, among which may be mentioned 

 New York, Boston, Chicago, Philadel- 

 phia, Buffalo, Kansas City, St. Louis and 

 Pittsburg. As rapidly as possible 

 offices will be opened and the work 

 carried on in a number of other im- 

 portant cities, which may include 

 Cleveland, Detroit, Milwaukee, Sioux 

 City, Des Moines, Indianapolis, Colum- 

 bus, St. Paul and Denver. It is evident 

 that the government has fully realized 

 not only the importance and the value 

 of the fruit industry, but the necessity 

 of giving the fruitgrowers, marketing 

 agencies and distributors all such in- 

 formation as is possible which will be 

 helpful to them in marketing their crop 

 to the best possible advantage. These 

 offices will report the number of cars 

 of different kinds of fruit arriving 

 daily, and it is understood will give 

 considerable information about prices 

 as well. 



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