August, 1921 



BETTER FRUIT 



Page 27 



Oregon Growers' Associa- 

 tion Notes 



A REVIEW of the activities of the Oregon 

 -^ Growers' Co-operative Association shows that 

 on its second anniversary, July 26, this year, it 

 had grown in membership from 137 to 1,836 

 with a fruit acreage under its control of more than 

 30,000 acres. During this time the organization 

 has met with strong opposition, unfavorable con- 

 ditions in the fruit industry and a financial de- 

 pression, but is now declared to be in a better 

 condition to be of service to its members than at 

 any time since it was formed. It recently added 

 14 members with an acreage of 265 acres. R. C. 

 Paulus, General Manager of the Association esti- 

 mates that it will handle $2,300,00 worth of 

 fruit products this year. 



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'T'HE association recently went into new territory, 

 having signed up 1,000 acres of the finest 

 fruit and berry land in The Dalles district. Hav- 

 ing studied the matter of co-operative mar- 

 keting, a number of successful growers invited the 

 association to come to The Dalles and within a 

 short time 80 of the most successful growers in 

 that district became members. Already it has 

 purchased the large plant at The Dalles, formerly 

 operated by the Stadleman Fruit and Produce 

 Company, and is shipping vegetables and berries. 



Cannery Notes 



TJETURNS received by the government from 

 3,190 establishments engaged in the canning 

 industry in 1919, according to the recent census, 

 show that the products for that year were valued 

 at $416,145,000. In the census of 1914 there were 

 3,250 establishments reported with products val- 

 ued at $158,016,000. While there was a decrease 

 In the number of canneries, the total value of 

 products Increased $258,129,000, or 163.3 per 

 cent. The following table shows the value of 

 canned and dried fruits packed during the year 

 1919: 



Number of establishments 3,190 



Value of products $416,145,000 



Veget.ables, canned _ 164,619,000 



Fruits, canned 127,965,000 



Fruits, dried 86,024,000 



Soup, canned 11,857,000 



AH other products (1) 25,680,000 



(1) Including dried vegetables, preserves, 

 pickles, cider, vinegar and other canned foods 

 produced In canning establishments. 



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'T'HE Libby, McNeil & Libby cannery at Yakima 

 will receive 800 tons of Bartlett pears con- 

 tracted for under its old agreement, which calls 

 for a price of $22.50 per ton. It is expected that 

 this stock will run through its plant at The Dalles. 

 Last year, owing to the higher price being generally 

 paid for canning pears, the company ignored its 

 low contract price and gave the growers the bene- 

 fit of a compromise price between it and the higher 

 price. The Bartlett pear crop In Washington Is 

 said to be of fine quality this year and select stock 

 in some of the orchards is reported to be running 

 as large as three Indies in circumference. 



A SSERTING that the Industry is willing to sup- 

 ■^ plement the efforts of the government by the 

 expenditure of hundreds of thousands of dollars 

 of Its own money In research work, the board of 

 directors of the National Canners' Association at 

 Chicago recently passed a resolution to this effect. 

 The canners also adopted a resolution at this meet- 

 ing, Urging support by the government of import- 

 ant scientific research formerly conducted by dif- 

 ferent departments of the government, especially 

 the Department of .-Xgrlculture, but now curtailed 

 for lack of funds. 



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