A 2ml, 1922 



Loganberries 



BijG.E. Davis 



Sumner, Washington 



THE big demand for loganberries and 

 loganberry juice throughout the world 

 has caused many growers to enter the field, 

 which is a profitable one if properly under- 

 stood. 



The art of growing them is simple, if 

 one has the knowledge. The two vital 

 factors that enter into successful production 

 of loganberries are soil and climatic 

 conditions. 



A good, well drained clay loam soil is 

 well adapted to their culture. The ground 

 should be thoroughly plowed and harrowed, 

 ready for planting in April. When the tip 

 plants are ready to dig, care should be taken 

 not to get plants that are not well matured, 

 as here is the reason so many young plants 

 die. 



The plants should be set 8 feet apart in 

 the row, the rows 7 feet apart. That 

 requires 775 plants per acre. The posts 

 should be 7 feet long set 2J^ feet in the 

 ground, 32 feet apart in the row. This 

 takes 210 to the acre. 



There are several systems of trellising 

 logans, but the most practical one is where 

 3 wires are used, all on the same side of 

 the posts. The lower wire is put 18 inches 

 from the ground; the middle wire 3 feet 

 high, and the top one 4-5'2 feet. The 

 young canes are left on the ground during 

 the growing season and, in fact, until 

 spring, when the old canes are cut out and 

 burned. 



The young canes are taken one at a time, 

 raised up over the hill to the top wire, then 

 out four feet and down under the bottom 

 wire and wound around, in the shape of a 

 snail or else wound in the shape of a figure 

 eight. This system gives a solid wall of 

 fruit-bearing canes. Also, the berries arc 

 out where they can be seen. This is one 

 thing that must be considered, as the logan- 

 berry has such short laterals it is very easy 

 for the berries to be hidden from view, and 

 the easier we make it for the pickers to 

 find the berries the better it is for the 

 grower. 



Great care should be taken in picking, as 

 one over-ripe berry in a crate soon starts 

 to bleed, then mold and soon spoils the 

 whole crate. 



Just here is where many growers make 

 their biggest mistake— in supervision of the 

 picking. The old saying "Every picker 

 needs watching" is pretty largely true. 



If you grow good berries, pick them 

 properly, and market them judiciously, 

 they will net you a nice profit. 



* 1 A 



"Lady Dryden," a Barred Rock hen 

 belonging to Oregon Agricultural College, 

 in the California egg-laying contest from 

 December 14, 1920 to December I+, 1921, 

 laid 324 eggs — a world's record for the 

 breed. 



BETTER FRUIT 

 Apples by Weight 



IN RECENT years several fruit shipping 

 organizations have adopted a system of 

 sampling apples by weight in determining 

 grades and sizes of apples packed for each 

 grower. 



The aim of sampling apples by weight 

 is to speed up the movement of the fruit 

 through the packing rooms, and to avoid 

 the expense of repiling and checking which 

 frequently arises in attempting to retain 

 the identity of each grower's lot of loose 

 fruit on the packing-house floor. A sample 

 is selected from each lot of fruit received. 

 This is graded and sized, and a record mado 

 of the weight of each grade and size in the 



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sample. The percentage relation of the 

 total weight of the sample to the total 

 weight of the lot is then applied to ascer- 

 tain the weight of the various grades and 

 sizes that make up the lot, and the grower 

 is given credit for the total weight, 

 classified as to grades and sizes. 



Now the government has taken up the 

 idea and has prepared accounting forms and 

 data which will be of great service to those 

 wishing to study or employ the new 

 method. Details have been published in 

 Department of Agriculture Bulletin 1006, 

 on "Accounting Records for Sampling 

 Apples by Weight." 



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Advertisers appreciate knowing in what 

 publication you found their proposition. 



FRYER SeWIcE 



SINCE 1 90 O 



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TN THE State of Washington, our representative will 

 be permanently located in the Wenatchee and 

 Yakima districts — while in Oregon, our Portland office 

 will be in a position to care for all communications 

 promptly. Speed in handling your orders is one of the 

 many services we render our clients. 



Write our Seattle office direct and your 

 request will be taken care of promptly. We 

 will gladly send you descriptive literature and 

 quotations on these products. 



D. E. Fryer & Co. 



Dept. V. Lumber ELxch. 

 SEATTLE U. S. A. 



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