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season. If it does, then in future years 

 the gi-ower will have to determine 

 which is the greater loss, from scab or 

 the loss from the burning. However, 

 it is believed that if the grower has 

 been successful in keeping his orchard 

 free from scab by previous sprays that 

 it may not be necessary to use a fungi- 

 cide in the second codling-moth spray. 



The Stephens Bill. -— The Stephens 

 Bill before Congress is a bill for price 

 maintenance and to prevent price cut- 

 ting. There is nothing that injures any 

 business more than unnecessary and 

 serious price cutting. It applies to the 

 fruitgrower as well as any other kind 

 of business. Those who have investi- 

 gated the Stephens Bill fully believe it 

 will be a big factor in stabilizing busi- 

 ness and maintaining just prices. It has 

 received strong endorsements; there- 

 fore it is believed that every man in 

 business, including the fruitgrower, 

 will be benefited by this bill, conse- 

 quently it is entitled to support. Let- 

 ters from Congressmen from the North- 

 west indicate they have investigated the 

 bill and believe it a good one. Other 

 Congressmen, who have not investi- 

 gated the bill, say they will give it im- 

 mediate consideration. So it is to be 

 hoped that everybody will familiarize 

 themselves with the Stephens Bill, and 

 it is believed they will find it a de- 

 sirable bill. If they do, it is every- 

 body's duty to support it. 



Strawberries in the Northwest. — For 



the first year in the strawberry busi- 

 ness of the Northwest it may be said 

 that the strawberry crop has been 

 handled under more orderly control 

 than ever before. As a result splendid 

 prices are being received. Orderly con- 

 trol, intelligent distribution and elimi- 

 nation of self-competition are the nec- 

 essary factors in obtaining market 

 values for any kind of fruit. The straw- 

 berry situation has proved this in a very 

 definite and positive sort of way, so 

 that no one can question that other 

 kinds of fruit will be equally benefited 

 if marketed in the same orderly, intelli- 

 gent way, and properly distributed. 



Cherries. — A number of new can- 

 neries have been opened up in the 

 Northwest during the last two or three 

 years. In every district where there is 

 a cannery Royal Ann cherries have 

 brought good prices. A few years ago 

 the grower considered himself lucky to 

 get three or four cents a pound for 

 cherries. Since the introduction of 

 canneries markets for fresh cherries 

 have not been glutted, the grower hav- 

 ing the option of either shipping fresh 

 or selling to the cannery, resulting 

 in cherry growers being able usually 

 to obtain about five cents per pound for 

 Roval Anns. 



The strawberry reports being ren- 

 dered daily by the Ollice of Markets, 

 Department of Agriculture, are being 

 found very valuable and very helpful 

 to all shipping organizations. Each 

 report rendered contains valuable in- 

 formation to the shipper about the 

 marketing conditions in each city; for 



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instance, from the sheet of June 17th, 

 tlie report is as follows: "Minneapolis, 

 cold, cloudy. Iowa five cars, Illinois 

 one car arrived, seven cars held over, 

 demand moderate, quality fair, soft, 

 hest 24 quarts $2.50 to $3; IC quarts 

 $1.06 to $1.75." In the same report is 

 included similar statements from the 

 following cities: Boston, Hulfalo, Chi- 

 cago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columhus, 

 Des Moines, Detroit, Indianapolis, Kan- 

 sas City, Milwaukee, New York, Omaha, 



Philadelphia, Pittsburg, St. Louis, Sioux 

 City, Washington. It would be well 

 worth while for every grower when 

 he visits his shipping association to 

 ask to see one of these reports. By 

 looking it over the grower will get an 

 idea of the valuable service the govern- 

 ment is rendering on strawberries this 

 year, which is similar to the service 

 they will render on peaches during the 

 l)each-shipping season, and on apples 

 during the apple-shipping season. 



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