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BETTER FRUIT 



Novcnibc 



The War News. — If you want to ab- 

 solutely waste two or three hours a 

 day without learning much of anything, 

 take the war news each day and read 

 it all. In previous wars the war news 

 as given furnished leliable and full in- 

 formation about the progress of the 

 war. In this present war news is cen- 

 sored so severely that from the war 

 news given in the papers one seldom 

 gets more than a few of the unimpor- 

 tant details, which are enlarged into 

 four-column articles. The war corre- 

 spondents of some of the greatest pub- 

 lications in the United States are 

 cabling a one and a half colunui mes- 

 sage which absolutely gives no further 

 information than to state that the writer 

 slept on a bed of straw on the floor of 

 a garage or he only had a loaf of rye 

 bread to eat in three days. Such news 

 about the war is tonuiiyrot and it is 

 certainly a waste of time to read it. In 

 fact most of the war news so far is 

 about siiuilar details and slight engage- 

 ments which have no significance as to 

 the actual conditions. About the only 

 information that seems worth while is 

 that either one side or the other is ad- 

 vancing, and just how valuable even 

 this information is becomes a question, 

 for the reason that the war report from 

 one country states the enemy has re- 

 tired and the war reporf from head- 

 quarters of the other country on the 

 same day reports just exactly the 

 opposite. 



So, again, it seems well enough to 

 say: Do not spend so much time read- 

 ing the war news, but spend your time 

 talking business and attending to your 

 own business. 



Perhaps in no section of the United 



States have the railroads and agricul- 

 tural colleges shown more progressive- 

 ness than in the Northwest. Every 

 yeai' the various railroads of the North- 

 west in dill'erent states send out dem- 

 onstration trains, accompanied by a 

 stall' of lecturers from the dilTcrent 

 agricultural colleges in Oregon, Wash- 

 ington and Idaho. These trains are 

 equipped with exhibits of the most 

 approved machinery for doing farm 

 woik to the best advantage in the most 

 economical way. In addition to this, 

 they are eciuiijped with many exhibits 

 of products in the horticultural depart- 

 ment, and always very extensive ex- 

 hibits from nature showing all the dif- 

 ferent diseases of fruit trees. These 

 trains are fre(|uent)y accompanied b\ 

 thoroughbred cattle, hogs and chickens. 

 Usually a staff of lecturers from the 

 agricultui'al colleges accompany these 

 trains with specialists in the depart- 

 ments of horticulture, dairying, poultry, 

 cattle, grain, etc. 



The Agricultural Colleges of Oregon, 



Washington and Idaho will h(dd short 

 courses during the winter for the edu- 

 cation of farmers in practically every 

 department of farming. The Oregon 

 Agricultural College has already an- 

 nounced their dates as follows: Farm- 

 ers' Week, November 30th to December 

 5th; Forestry Short Course, November 



2d to April Kith; Winter Short Course, 

 January 4th to 30th. We regret we 

 have not received the dates of the 

 Washington .Agricultural College and 

 tile hiaho Agricultural College winter 

 short courses, but the same can be 

 secured by residents of these states 

 by writing the state college. These 

 courses have proved so highly in- 

 structive and beneficial to every at- 

 tentlant that we have no hesitancy in 

 saying to the farmers and fruitgrowers 

 of the Northwest that everyone who 

 can possibly spare the time and ex- 

 pense, which is very small, to take one 

 of these winter courses, should avail 

 themselves of the opportunity to do so 

 this winter. 



Economy in Harvesting Apples. — The 



editor of "Better Fruit" was one of the 

 first growers of the Northwest to fur- 

 nish a public statement of the actual 

 cost of harvesting apples, showing in 

 detail the cost of each individual ex- 

 pense, box, paper, packing, picking, 

 grading, hauling, etc. This was fol- 

 lowed by a great many growers pub- 

 lishing their expenses in various pub- 

 lications, and by comparison the grow- 

 ers have learned where any one part 

 of the harvesting expense connected 

 with their own business was too great. 

 Conse(|uently the growers during the 

 last couple of years have been study- 

 ing economy in the harvesting cost. It 

 is safe to say that many growers are 

 hai'vesting their apples this year at 

 from five cents to twenty cents per box 

 cheaper than formerly. 



The Seventh National Apple Show at 

 Sijokane this year will devote a special 

 part of the program to the discussion 

 of the costs of harvesting, and without 

 question the many experiences of the 

 growers will be very valuable in 

 assisting other growers to reduce this 

 expense. 



National Apple Day. — Mr. James Han- 

 ley of Illinois deserves great credit as 

 being the originator, piomoter and de- 

 veloper of a National Apple Day in the 

 United Stales. The immense amount of 

 publicity that is given to the apple on 

 the National .\pple Day without any 

 question has a very stinuilating inllu- 

 ence in starting the consum[)tion of 

 apples. While some growers have dif- 

 ferent ideas as to the most advisable 

 date for National Apple Day, it seems 

 that there can be no (piestion that the 

 proper time for a National Apple Day 

 was wisely selected, because October 

 20th is just in advance of the time when 

 fall and winter apples begin to become 

 plentiful an<l is therefore just the right 

 time to start the i)eople consuming 

 apples. 



The Seventh National Apple Show. — 



The Seventh National Apple Show at 

 Spokane will be held from Noveml)er 

 Kith to 21st. Hei)orts from headquar- 

 ters indicate that this will be one of 

 the best apple shows that has ever been 

 pulled off, as the number of exhibitors 

 who have already ])romised to exhil)it 

 is very large indeed. In adilition to 



this leature, there will be many special 

 features like Wenatchee Day, Yakima 

 Day, Spokane Day, Walla Walla Day, 

 Hood River Day, etc. Perhaps equally 

 as important is the geneial conferences 

 of growers at whii-li discussions will 

 take place on all features connected 

 Willi the orcharding industry. 



Manufacturers and Land Products 



Show. — The Manufacturers and Land 

 Products Show is being held in Port- 

 hind the last week in October and the 

 first two weeks in November. Without 

 question this is the greatest and most 

 extensive show that has ever been 

 pulled oil' in Portland, and it may be 

 truthfully said that its educational 

 value in showing the resources of the 

 Northwest is almost incalculable. In 

 the December issue of "Better Fruit" 

 we intend to have a complete account 

 of the Land Products Show in the form 

 of a good stor\-. 



The People of the United States and 

 the Present War. — About nine men out 

 of ten, if you talk to them for an hour, 

 will spend about .^9 minutes talking 

 about the war and the depressing efl'ect 

 on business. About the same number 

 spend about one-quarter of their busi- 

 ness time in reading the war news in 

 detail. If the people of the United 

 States will stop reading so much war 

 Tiews and stop talking so much war 

 talk and talk business and attend to 

 business, without (piestion, in our 

 o])inion, the business conditions of this 

 country will rapidh- begin to improve. 



The Apple Demonstration of the 



O.-W. H. & N. Co.— The O.-W. R. & N. 

 deserves special credit from the apple 

 growers and the business interests of 

 the Northwest for their enterprise in 

 going to the expense of employing an 

 expert on cooking apiiles in various 

 ways to demonstrate to the people, — 

 the consumers of the Northwest, — the 

 best methods of cooking apples in ways 

 too numerous to mention. 



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