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An Investment 

 Worth While 



70 acres bearing apple orchard in one of 

 Eastern Oregon's choicest fruit districts. 

 Trees 10 and 13 years old. 



Good buildings and full equipment. 

 This is well worth investigating. 



For full information address 



WM. MILLER, Owner 

 La Grande, Oregon 



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BETTER FRUIT 



Scandinavia a Market for 

 Northwest Apples 



Continued from page 14. 



foot for boxes and $1.94 per 100 

 pounds for barrels. The duty on ap- 

 ples is about 1% cents per pound. 



There are also several good lines 

 connecting this country and Sweden. 

 Regular schedules are maintained be- 

 tween New York, Stockholm and 

 Gothenburg. The ocean rates on ap- 

 ples are $3.50 per barrel and $1.40 

 per box. The duty on apples entering 

 Sweden is somewhat less than iy 2 

 cents per pound. 



Boats run from New York to Copen- 

 hagen twice and sometimes three 

 times a month. Ocean rates are 70 

 cents per cubic foot and $3.25 per 

 barrel. The duty is negligible, being 

 about 6% cents per 100 pounds. 



There is practically only one way 

 of transacting business in the apple 

 trade between this country and Scan- 

 dinavia. The actual importers prefer 

 to do business through resident agents 

 on a commission ranging from 3 to 

 10 per cent, which is arranged for and 

 included in the quoted price. 



The resident agents receive cable 

 quotations f. o. b. New York. They 

 present these to a clientele of apple im- 

 porters and cable the acceptance. The 

 transaction then becomes one between 

 the importers and the shippers on the 

 basis of cash against documents or 

 sight draft attached to bill of lading, 

 and payable before inspection or de- 

 livery at the bank in the foreign port. 

 Inspection on behalf of the importer 

 at port of shipment is not usual, 

 though sometimes arranged. 



The agents do not handle the cash. 

 The shippers receive the total amount 

 from the importers through the bank 

 and settle with the importers quar- 

 terly or as arranged. The duties of 

 the agents are confined to placing or- 

 ders and to making necessary adjust- 

 ments, etc. 



The main essential to success in bus- 

 iness conducted this way is delivery 

 of the goods at the time promised. 

 Failure in this respect offers the only 

 reasonable loophole for rejection. 

 An importer who purchases for the 

 Christmas trade can not be held to 

 his contract for apples that arrive at 

 the end of January. 



Many importers obtain their supply 

 of trans-Atlantic apples at the apple 

 auction in Copenhagen, where free 

 port facilities offer special induce- 

 ments for this business. Sales are held 

 every Monday and Thursday. Al- 

 though the auction is confined to Co- 

 penhagen buyers alone, sales notices 

 are sent out all over Norway, Sweden 

 and Denmark, and outside merchants 

 arrange to purchase through members 

 of the auction. 



Soil For Strawberries. 



Soil for planting strawberries should 

 be thoroughly prepared before they 

 are planted. Failure in this respect 

 usually means a poor yield as straw- 

 berries require abundant humus to 



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thrive properly. Probably the best 

 results are obtained from growing and 

 turning under a green manure crop 

 although heavy applications of stable 

 manure will greatly aid in supplying 

 the lack of humus. In planting straw- 

 berry plants in the fall care should be 

 taken to have the rows well hilled up 

 to prevent the roots from freezing. 



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