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N FEBRUARY 18, the apple-canning «cason 

 came to a close at the plant of the Hood 

 River Cannmg Company. About 400 tons of 

 Newtowns and Spitzcnbcigs were canned under a 

 varietv of labels. A goodly proportion was shipped 

 abroad and I. R. Acheson, formerly a Hood 

 River banker but now sales manager of the com- 

 pany, spent considerable time abroad looking after 

 sales. 



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GM. I'ROST, member of the city council at 

 • ..\shland and a prominent orchardist there, 

 won first prize in a contest conducted by Stark 

 Bros., at their nurseries at Louisana, Mo., with an 

 exhibit of 10 Stark Delicious apples. There were 

 competing entries from many sections of the 

 country and he was highly complimented on the 

 victory. Apples exhibited by Mr. Frnst won blue 

 ribbons at the Oregon State Fair and the Med- 

 ford fruit exhibit. 



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IN ORDER th.it Wasco County may have fullest 

 development of its agricultural and horticultural 

 resources, The Dallcs-Wasco County Chamber of 

 Commerce has formed a bureau called "The Agri- 

 culture and Horticulture Bureau." It will do 

 important work in the w.ay of advice on plantings 

 and analysis of soil samples. W. S. Nelson, for 

 four years connected with Libby, McNeil & Libhy, 

 has been placed in charge. His cannery experi- 

 ence will prove valuable in the matter of advice 

 to those planting new acreages and the standard- 

 ization of output. 



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XPOURTEEN acres of Persian v\alnut trees on 

 ■*- the ranch of A. L. Page, near Jefferson, last 

 season produced 16,000 pounds of nuts. The trees 

 are 29 years old and withstood the cold snap of 

 two winters ago in fine shape, damage being con- 

 fined to loss of the 1920 crop. 



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"DeRRY GROWERS of Hood River communl- 

 ties have been discussing the question of 

 wages for the coming season. They figure that 

 prices will return to about the pre-war level and, 

 for this reason, are inclined to demand a return 

 to the wages of 1912 and 1913, when day laborers 

 were paid 20 cents an hour. 

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TN ORDER properly to handle berry and fruit 

 crops of its Increased membership in the New- 

 berg district, the Oregon Growers' Association has 

 purchased the buildings and lot formerly held 

 by the White Sox Orchard Company at that place. 

 There are three buildings, two built of concrete 

 blocks, and well located on the Southern Pacific 

 line. Acreage of association members has al- 

 most doubled in the past year and last season's 

 shipments included 12? tons of berries, 100 tons 

 of cherries and 230 tons of prunes, In addition to 

 apples, pears and walnuts. 



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A CONFERENCE of ranchers and all persons 

 "^^ interested in nut growing was held at Pacific 

 University, Forest Grove, on February 21. There 

 were some excellent discussions by experienced 

 growers, who handled phases of the growing of 

 walnuts and filberts. The meeting was arranged 

 by D. G. Lilly, project leader in horticulture for 

 the Washington County Farm Bureau, Ferd 

 Groner and County .Agent O. T. McWhorter. 



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/^ R. THOMPSON, who, for the past two 

 * seasons, was manager of the Sheridan plant 

 of the Oregtm Growers' Co-operative Association, 

 has been transferred to The Dalles plant, suc- 

 ceeding y. H. Frazler, manager there last season. 



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PROCESSING of prunes at the Dallas plant of 

 the California Packing Corporation has ex- 

 tended through February, with a force of 35 

 workers on the job most of the time. Several 

 carloads of prunes have been prepared for ship- 

 ment to eastern markets and shipments of large 



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March, 1922 



p'OLLOWING a trip of inspection through the 

 east, Frank J. Norton, who operates canneries 

 at Roseburg and Drain, announced that his plants 

 will be operated at full blast in anticipation of a 

 strong demand for canned products this season. 

 He expects to conduct extensive experiments with 



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