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render the fruit palatable and of the 

 proper texture; if this is accomplished 

 at the boiling temperature the yeasts, 

 molds and bacteiia on the fruit will be 

 killed. If spoilage then results it means 

 defective and leaky containers. Vege- 

 tables, on the other hand, because of 

 the resistant bacteria spores, must be 

 cooked under pressure, not with the 

 idea of cooking or rendering them 

 palatable ijrimarily, i)ut with the idea 

 of killing the bacteria that cause swell- 

 ing and souring. If pressure cookers 

 are not available for vegetables re- 

 peated sterilization at 212 degrees, the 

 boiling point of water, may be used; 

 that is, three heatings on three suc- 

 cessive days. The time between each 

 heating allows the bacterial spores to 

 sprout, and when young they are very 

 easily killed. Hence if the spores have 

 survived the first heating they will 

 sprout between the first and second 

 heating or second and third, and can 

 then be killed at 212 degrees. 



By way of summary it may be stated 

 spoilage is due chielly to the action of 

 "germs" or small living organisms that 

 decompose the canned goods. Their 

 activity is favored by the following 

 factors: Six defects mentioned at the 

 opening of this article. The methods 

 of keeping down spoilage consist in 

 avoiding or controlling the above con- 

 ditions. 



Apple-Grading and Sizing Machines 

 The apple harvesting will commence 

 in September, and in October everyone 

 will be busy. While the crop is large 



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Knox Hats 

 Alfred Benjamin & Co.'s Clothing 



Dr. Jaeger Underwear 



Dr. Deimel Linen Mesh Underwear 



Dent's and Fownes' Gloves 



Bufifum & Pendleton 



311 Morrison Street 

 PORTLAND, OREGON 



The Paris Fair 



Hood River's Largest and Best Store 



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CLOTHES 



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.TOHN B. STETSON HATS 



NEMO CORSETS 



Strictly Cash— One Price to All 



The Biggest Apple Dealers 

 in California 



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A. LEVY & J. ZENTNER CO. 



Davis Street (fromwashingtontooregonsts.) San Francisco, California 



Nailing Press 



Having many years' experience in our business 

 with fruitgrowers in Hood River and thor- 

 oughly understanding their wants, we have 

 invented a new box nailing press, designed 

 expressly for efficiency, economy and rapidity. 

 It is small, compact, simple, easy and quick in 

 operation. 



The most up-to-date press on the market. 



Lowest in price, selling for $9.00 f.o.b. 

 Hood River, Oregon. 



Send your orders or write for further particulars 

 and illustrated descriptive circulars to 



Howell Brothers, Hood River, Oregon 



throughout the United States, original 

 estimates will not be fufilled. Much 

 encouragement is being ofTcred by sell- 

 ing concerns and assurances given in 

 the way of reasonably satisfactory 

 prices, from the fact that they have 

 stronger connections with selling 

 agents in many more consuming cities, 

 thus enabling them to seek a wider 

 distribution than ever before. The 

 prolits of any business are made in two 

 ways, on the prices secured and the 

 minimizing of cost of i)i-oduction. It 

 behooves the fruitgiower to give the 

 latter most earnest attention and adopt 

 any method that may be a saving to 

 him in either growing or harvesting 

 his crop. Three years ago the editor 

 bouglit the first grading machine that 

 was ever placed on the market, — the 

 first one he ever saw. Since then the 

 idea has become very popular and 

 many apple graders are saving (he 

 growers money. Sorting and grading 

 can be done for from three to four 

 cents per box by using a good grading 

 machine. Proper grading sorts the 

 fruil in sizes, so that packing can be 



more economically done, in fact many 

 grading machines have saved from two 

 and one-half to three cents per box on 

 the packing. The old methods of sort- 

 ing and wiping cost from five to eight 

 cents per box. It is the experience of 

 ])eople who have used graders and 

 sorters that from five to ten cents per 

 box can be saved. A man with from 

 two to four thousand boxes can save 

 the price of a grading machine in one 

 or two years, and with a large crop 

 can not only save the cost of the ma- 

 chine the tirsi xear bul considerable in 

 addition. 



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A New Northwest CoId-.Storaiare Plant 



The Producers' Storage Company of 

 Xorth Yakima is erecting a fine cold- 

 storage plant for the rruilgrowers. .\ 

 com|)any has been organized for Ibis 

 purpose with the following set of olli- 

 cers: General manager, F. E. Sickles; 

 l)resident, O. S. FoUansbee; vice-presi- 

 dent, U. G. Merrill; secretary, Walter 

 Ilebert; treasurer, E. L. Porter. 



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