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PRUNERS 



"^aiOne piece Pruner. Pruning Shears 

 for top dressing, cutting berry bushes, 

 rose bushes, etc. 



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N. W. FENCE ©. SUPPLY CO. 



STATION A, PORTLAND, OREGON 



Fruit Growers' Conference, Spokane, 1916 



[Editorial Note. — Since the Fruit Growers' 

 Conference at Spokane strong opposition lias 

 developed to i hanging the present grading 

 rules. The fniilgrowei s are divided. It does 

 not look wise to make a change unless the 

 change will be satisfactory to a large majority 

 of the growers. The fact of the matter is that 

 no desire to change the grading rules occurred 

 until 1916. When a change is made it should 

 be made with due deliberation, not hastily, 

 with a pel feet understanding of market re- 

 quirements. Another important fact in con- 

 nection with changing the grading rules would 

 be a definite knowledge of the profit the change 

 will bring to the grower. It hardly seems 

 there is sufficient information on these two 

 subjects at the present time to jump into 

 something, turning from grades that are not 

 perfectly satisfactory at the present time to 

 other grading rules that are not known well 

 enough and satisfactory to a large majority. 

 It seems to the editor of "Better Fruit" that 

 inasmuch as Eastern fruitgrowers are putting 

 up a better grade the Northwest should rather 

 look to improve the grade instead of lowering 

 it. The editor, for some time, has had the im- 

 pression that when a change is made that 

 only two grades should be packed, the C grade 

 to be eliminated. However, with this proviso, 

 some method should be adopted to control the 

 amount of C grade, or the third grade, if it is 

 packed at all, so that the quantity put up will 

 be just about sufllcient to supply the territory 

 west of the Mississippi River. The editor of 

 "Belter Fruit" is convinced it will not pay to 

 ship C grade east of the Mississippi River. 

 In a nut-shell, the editor does not believe the 

 fruitgrowers are sufficiently united to know 

 just how to adopt new grading rules, or that 

 they are sufricienlly informed or have given 

 the matter thorough enough investigation to 

 know definitely just what changes in grading 

 rules will be advisable, and therefore believes 

 they should be held in abeyance for at least 

 one year.] 



THE meeting was called to oriler by 

 Assistant Commissioner of Agri- 

 culture T. 0. Morrison, who read 

 the ofTicial call for the meeting and 

 then called for the election of a chair- 

 man. C. H. Hinnian of Yakima nomi- 

 nated J. L. Dumas of Walla Walla. 

 Seconded. Mr. T. O. Morrison and Dr. 

 D. W. King of Wenatchee were also 

 nominated. 



Moved by L. Tichcnal of Wenatchee 

 that nominations he closed. Seconded. 

 Carried. 



J. L. Dumas was elected chairman, 

 the election later being made unani- 

 mous. 



J. R. Schwartze of Yakima nominated 

 H. E. Waterbury of North Yakima for 

 Secretary. Mr. Waterbury was elected. 



Discussion followed as to seating of 

 delegates, several speakers contending 



that only duly elected delegates should 

 be allowed to hold proxies. 



Moved that only duly elected dele- 

 gates be allowed to sit in the meeting 

 or to hold proxies. Seconded. Mo- 

 tion lost. 



A credentials committee consisting of 

 A. A. Bousquet and N. D. Austin of 

 Wenatchee and Ed Reniy of Yakima 

 was nominated and elected. An inter- 

 mission was taken during the retire- 

 ment of the credentials committee, the 

 time being employed in a discussion of 

 the horticultural laws of the State of 



Washington bv F. B. Utter, T. O. Mor- 

 rison, W. P. Sawyer, L. Tichenal, C. H. 

 P'urman, W. Gwyn, Guy Seaton, J. F. 

 Sugrue, W. O. Dow, Hanson, Patterson, 

 Mrs. .1. H. Stuckrath, Mr. Allen of Med- 

 ford, Oregon, Commissioner Dean of 

 Montana and H. M. Winslow, Provincial 

 Horticulturist of British Columbia. 



The Credentials Committee having 

 completed their work, the chairman 

 called for a report. N. D. Austin pre- 

 sented the report of the committee 

 .showing the seating of the following 

 delegates with proxies as noted: 



Pacific Coast Agents 



United States Steel 

 Products Co. 



San Francisco 

 Los Angeles 

 Portland 

 Seattle 



J.C.PearsonCo.^inc. 



Sole Manufacturers 



Old South BIdg. 

 Boston, Mass. 



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