May, 1921 



greens is l<> trellis the fruiting canes 

 at about four feet in height and the 

 new canes underneath about 18 inches 

 from the ground. When training is 

 done the new canes are raised to the 

 upper trellis. 



BETTER FRUIT 



Page 17 



Marketing Conference 



(Continued form page 5) 

 districts to consolidate their marketing 

 machinery. 



THE FAILURE of the North 

 •*■ Pacific Fruit Distributors has been 

 a monument which certain speculators 

 have been prone to point out to growers 

 of the Northwest. The details of the 

 plan of this organization were made 

 subservient to the desire to get 'tonnage. 

 The large salaries that were paid to the 

 bell wethers of the different growing 

 districts and the little attention that was 

 devoted to developing a marketing sys- 

 tem, will surely not be repeated. 



The committee to be appointed by the 

 American Farm Bureau Federation will 

 include representatives of the Florida 

 growers and of the California growers 

 and of organized growers and authori- 

 ties throughout the country. Its delib- 

 erations will he concerning not how to 

 get more tonnage, but rather how to get 

 an economical distribution. 



There should be no personal attack 

 upon individuals and private marketing 

 interests that are not endevoring to 

 mislead the growers. There should 

 simply be an elimination as far as 

 possible of unnecessary factors and a 

 stabilization of prices paid for fruit and 

 the profits realized thereunder. 



The national convention passed a 

 resolution, however, warning the grow- 

 ers not to tie np their tonnage with 

 private marketing concerns under the 

 impression that they are participating 

 in the movement towards co-operative 

 marketing by so doing. 



Box Shooks 



East Side Box Co. 



SPRUCE AND 

 HEMLOCK 



Box Shooks 



Foot of Spokane Avenue 

 Portland, Oregon 



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LABELS 



that reflect 

 the quality 

 of the goods 

 they cover 



Schmidt Lithograph Co. 



SEATTLE EOS ANGELES FRESNO 

 PORTLAND SACRAMENTO HONOLULU 



SAN FRANCISCO 



Renfrew Portable 

 Scale 



If you sell ANYTHING you need a 



RENFREW 



Weigh your berries for the cannery 

 before they leave your farm — it saves 

 much time at point of delivery. Your 

 spuds or cull apples for the cider mill 

 all must be weighed. 



This fine weighing machine is a com- 

 bination Scale and hand truck. You 

 can wheel it to the object to be weighed 

 and weigh it accurately on uneven 

 ground. 



J. C. Robinson Co. 



55 First St Portland, Ore 



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