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BETTER FRUIT 



December 



We carry in Portland Stock Labels for 

 Apples and Pears 



Send for samples 

 and prices. 





ATTRACTIVE 



We make Special 

 Designs for all 

 kinds of 

 labels 



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i NORTHWESTERN B^Nr 



and the profits for those hauled for 

 other parlies were divided equally 

 among the members. They ran a com- 

 mon picking crew and were in a posi- 

 tion to handle the fruit of each member 

 from the tree to the warehouse. All 

 labor was hired by the hour. They 

 made a flat charge of 20 cents a box for 

 sorting, sizing, packing, nailing, fur- 

 nishing paper, etc., and delivering to 

 the warehouse in Hood River. All 

 apples were delivered to the house in 

 packing boxes with the owner's name 

 stamped on each box, and this seemed 

 to obviate confusion. The equipment 

 consisted of a Palmer sizer, two box 

 presses and one truck. The members 

 state that they would not for a moment 

 consider going back to the old way of 

 each man handling his own fiuit. They 

 claim they are able to hold the same 



help from year to year, and are plan- 

 ning a little later on building a bunk- 

 house to handle the help. Instead of 

 paying a cents a box for hauling, as 

 they did formerly, they now do it for 

 21/2 cents. They have also been able to 

 do very good inspection of fruit at a 

 minimum cost. They have demonstrated 

 that they can pack their fruit together 

 much cheaper than they can singly, and 

 that they can afford to take care of some 

 of their neighbors at a price which is 

 attractive to them. The accompanying 

 statement of the amount of work that 

 has been done by the Pioneer Packing 

 House in the past two years, as fur- 

 nished by the secretary, Mr. George B. 

 Gladden, will be of interest to those 

 growers who are planning the forma- 

 tion of a similar plant. 



PIONEER PACKING HOUSE— GENERAL SUMMARY FOR 1915 



Grower's 

 Number 

 1 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 



10 



11 



12 



13 



200 and 



larger 



908 



. 770 

 486 

 440 

 CfiO 



. 1,879 



. l.OOfi 

 G32 

 1 9,') 

 2r>4 

 266 



. 214 

 240 



Smaller 

 Hum -200 



11 



16 



ii 



15 

 27 



29 

 3 



's 



2 



1 



Totals 



Percentages 



2,950 

 36.7 



Fancii 



473 



213 



188 



111 



159 



565 



270 



170 



67 



70 



116 



51 



60 



2,513 

 31.3 



Choice Cookers 



Continued from October issue. 



Extra 



Fan cy 



22."j 



285 



171 



214 



299 



547 



517 



293 

 23 



138 

 58 



115 

 65 



154 



204 



95 



90 



144 



490 



219 



133 



92 



34 



86 



41 



69 



1,851 

 23 



pi) lie; 

 eking 



COSTS: 1915 



Number of packed boxes 8,128 



Supplies .$0,039 



035 



035 



117 



0017 



0583 



10.176 



Pa 



Hauling to town 



Overhead and depreciation 



Haul store to shop 



All other labor 



67 

 84 

 42 

 36 

 71 

 265 



65 

 16 

 12 



14 

 9 



47 



728 

 9 



19U 



4,891 



$0,035 



.04 



.035 

 .012 



.054 



$0,176 



Totals 



ITEMS OF PROFIT: 



3,319 boxes packed for members at ,|0.024 saving $ 79.65 



Boxes packed for others 128.32 



Picking crew 9.24 



Teamster 8.01 



Total $225.22 



COSTS OF PICKING AND HAULING: 

 Grower No. 5: 



Cost of picking .J36.97 



Cost of picking 9.41 



Totals 



Grower No. ii : 



Cost of hauling $6.40 



Cost of additional one mile 



Grower No. 8: 



Cost of hauling $11.35 



Cost of additional one-half mile 



Packed ho.r 

 $0.0562 

 .0137 



Loose bo.i 

 $0.0369 

 .0092 



$0.0099 



$0.0236 

 .0099 



$0,017 

 .0033 



.$0.0461 



$0.01 4(> 

 .0054 



$0.0113 

 .0021 



The only candied apple made in the 

 United States is made from Western 

 ajjples by a Western company. Proces.s 

 originated with Mrs. D. L. Pratt of 

 Wenatchce, Washington. She was a 

 judge of the Women's Department at 

 the Spokane National Apple Show in 

 1914, where some home-made candied 

 apples were entered for prizes. She 

 returned home and worked out a 

 proceess of her own, turning out a 

 product that com])ared to advantage 

 with any of the commercial candied 

 fruits on the market. These she had 

 as a surprise for her family Christmas 

 reunion dinner. Her son, Randall S. 

 Pratt, saw commercial possiblities in 

 the product and perfected the process 

 for commercial use at the chemical 

 laboratory at the University of Wash- 

 ington. A company -was formed, of 

 which he is manager, and operates a 

 factory at Hood River, Oregon, for this 

 and other fruit products. Name, Fancy 

 Fruit Products Co. Hundreds of boxes 

 were sent ea.st as Christmas souvenirs 

 from the difl'erent apple districts last 

 year and the factory was not able to 

 fill all the orders. They have enlarged 

 facilities this year and anticipate a 

 still lai'ger business. Are advertising 

 in this issue to send Christmas boxes 

 direct from factory to any point in the 

 United States and enclose Christmas 

 card. 



Middle aged men who are not able 

 to do hard manual work, but who 

 must earn a livelihood, can make 

 good money selling home orders of 

 our Fruits, Flowers, Roses, Shrubs 

 and Ornamental Trees. Fanners and 

 Fruit Growers are getting the high- 

 est level of prices for their products 

 in twenty-five years, and are going 

 to improve their homes. Our best 

 men are selling from $500 to $700 per 

 week— average men from $100 to 

 $500. OUR NEW AGENTS CON- 

 TRACT IS A WINNER. Write at 

 once for territory. PACIFIC NUR- 

 SERY COMPANY, 122 ;i Grand 

 Avenue, Portland, Oregon. 



Superintendent or Foreman 



Soon open for engagement. Can handle 

 any orchard or farm proposition, the 

 larger the better, successfully, that has 

 the rudiments of success in it. Address 

 K. L., care "Better Fruit." 



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