June, 1922 



BETTER FRUIT 



Page Thirty Thres 



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CEVERAL markets, including that of New York, 

 report that fancy apples are scarce. Supplies 

 continue quite moderate and are varied as to 

 quality and condition. Some received in New 

 York show signs of scald and the effects of hold- 

 ing. 



The demand for fancy large northwestern boxed 

 apples has continued good in New York, with 

 prices tending upward. The third week in May 

 Newtown Pippins and Winesaps brougiit $2.00 to 

 $5.25, and Bens, $2.00 to $4.00. California fancy 

 yellow Newtowns of small size sold generally at 

 $2.60 to $2.6?; fancy large Spitzenbergs brought 

 $3.25 to $3.75 and medium to small marks $2.50 

 to $3.00 per box. 



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"OOUNDING out its needs of 2,000 cars of 

 boxed apples to fill its line of fruits and 

 vegetables, the Associated Fruit Company of Chi- 

 cago, general distributors, expects to contract 500 

 cars in the Spokane valley, according to S. H. 

 Boddlnghouse, sales manager, who has been In the 

 district meeting growers. The company recently 

 purchased the warehouse and boarding house of 

 the defunct Spokane Growers' Company at Otis 

 Orchards and the warehouse at Park's Spur. 



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' I^HE peach crop of Texas will be almost a 

 total loss as a result of the peculiar after ef- 

 fect of the freeze of March 1, according to In- 

 formation being gathered by entomologists of 

 the state. The loss became apparent only two 

 weeks ago and Indications are that In many places 

 where peaches are an important money crop and 

 where many carloads are shipped annually, the 

 yield will hardly be sufficient to harvest. 



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XVTORK tending toward establishment of the 

 headquarters of the Northwestern Fruit Ex- 

 porters, Inc., is going ahead rapidly at Seattle, and 

 the organization will be working long before 

 time for the season's business to begin. Branches 

 are planned for Hood River, Yakima, Wenatchee, 

 London and Portland, Ore., and the London of- 

 fice win be kept open the entire year. The In- 

 corporators are H. F. Davidson of Hood River; 

 Edwin Smith of Wenatchee, and J. MacPhee 

 Ferguson of Yakima. The Individual members 

 will continue their operations independently, but 

 will combine when It comes to the export trade. 



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T F. HENDERSON, pioneer pear grower of 

 • Hood River says that in all of his experi- 

 ence here he had never seen pear blossoms heavier 

 than this season. He declares that the crop will 

 be a record one if only one of every ten pears set. 



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T3RUNE sales In early May on the New York 

 market brought firm and rising quotations. 

 California packers were quoting 25 cents for 20s, 

 with smaller grades In proportion, f. o. b. San 

 Francisco. 



Bulletin for Poultrynieii 



"Suggestive Points on Hatching and 

 Feeding Chicks" is the title of a new 

 circular by H. E. Cosby, just issued by the 

 extension service of the Oregon Agricul- 

 tural College. Mr. Cosby Is extension 

 specialist in poultry husbandry. Subjects 

 explained include selection and care of 

 eggs for incubation, operation of the in- 

 cubator, brooder preparation, chief causes 

 of chick losses, feeding principles, and 

 a tentative feeding schedule. 



Beekeeping Commer- 

 cialized 



5i' A. SWAHN 



•npHE TIME Is coming, and not In the distant 

 future either, when beekeepers must put the 

 honey Industry on a business basis the same as 

 all other successful business enterprises. In other 

 words, it must be commercialized. 



In the honey Industry, like any other business, 

 we cannot expect the best results without trained 

 brains, without work and without proper Invef^t- 

 ment. We cannot expect to meet competition by 

 sitting around pitying ourselves, and bemoaning 

 the fact that the big fellows In the business are 

 making money. Why do they make money? 

 Simply because they put both money and brains 

 behind their business. 



The old adage, "The pen Is mightier than the 

 sword," might be modernized and brought to dite 

 by a new adage, "The penc'l is mightier th m the 

 plow." This means that If we use our brains 

 and a pencil, as well as the necessar)' cap'tal, we 

 will find means by which we can eliminate the 

 hard work of holding the old plow, and pound- 

 ing old Dobbin on the back. 



Do like the big fellows In other industries. 

 Systematize your work. 



The secret of successful beekeeping is Intelli- 

 gent management, co-operation and maintaining 

 fair prices. The very men who kill prices are 

 the ones who do the most kicking about the high 

 cost of supplies and the low price of honey. 



Every time you feel that some one should be 

 kicked, ask some of your kind :ind obliging friends 

 to kick you first, and the chances are that the 

 right party will receive the kick. 



Think more about your own faults and short- 

 comings, and less about the faults of others, and 

 the present dark cloud will soon turn toward you 

 Its silver lining. 



We have enough beekeepers, but not enough bees. 

 We will now consider the point around wh'ch 

 the success of the whole Industry turns, viz: 

 The cost of production. There are three ways 

 to increase the profits of any business: 



First — Better prices without Increase In cost of 

 production. 



Second — Decrease In cost of production without 

 a corresponding decrease in selling price. 



Third — Increase in the turnover. .A,pplied to 

 beekeeping this means more honey without an in- 

 creased operating expense. 



A greit many beekeepers have the wrong Idea 

 In thinking that the only way to make more 

 money is to get higher prices. We should con- 

 sider the cost of production a great deal more 

 than the selling price. It Is the cost of doing 

 business that ruins so many business men. While 

 it is true that the local prices are often established 

 by the smaller beekeepers, it Is also true that the 

 wholesale or quantity prices are established by the 

 real commercial beekeepers who keep a large 

 number of colonies. 



We who have only 7^ to 100 colonies, must not 

 think wc are commercial beekeepers In the true 

 sense of the word, and unless wc have some other 

 source of revenue will not get to first base in 

 a profit comparison with some of the large bee- 

 keepers who keep from 500 to several thousand 

 colonies. They can sell at a profit for less than it 

 costs us to produce. 



We must do one of three things. Do less work 

 with our present number of colonies, and more in 

 some other line of business, or keep more bees with 

 better working methods, or stop kicking because 

 the other fellow can undersell us at a profit. 

 Commercial beekeeping means business bee- 

 keeping where cost is considered more than selling 

 price. In other lines of business the selling price 

 Is usually established by keen competition, and 

 success depends mainly on the cost of doing busi- 

 ness. The same rule must be applied to the 

 honey industry In order to make It a greater sue- 



FOR FARMERS WHO 

 GROW FRUIT 



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 peach orchard will find much of in- 

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