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BETTER FRUIT 



IMPORTANT EVENTS 



1914-15 AT 



OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE 



Winter Short Course— January 4-30 



Agriculture, iiicluiling Agronomy, Animal Husbandry, Dairying, Horticulture, 

 Poultry Husbandry. Ini-ects, Plant'and Animal Diseases, Creamery Management, 

 Marketing, etc. Home Economics, including Cooking, Home Nursing, Sani- 

 tation, Sewing, Dressmakii'g and Millinery. Commerce, including Business 

 Management, Rural Econoniii-s. Business Law, Office Training, Farm Accounting, 

 etc. Engineering, imluding Shopwork .and Roadbuilding. 



Farmers Week— February 1-6 



A general clearing house sexsion of six days for the exihange of dynamic ideas on 

 the most pressing problems of the times. Lectures by leading authorities. State 

 conferences. 



Extension Service 



Offers lectures, movable schools, institutes and numerous correspondence courses 

 on request. 



Music: Piano, String, Band, Voice. 



No tuition. Reduced rates on all railroads. For further information address 



THE OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE 



(tw 12 1 to 11) CORVALLIS, OREGON 



Hop Growers — Attention 



You know that the time is not far off when your hop yard will be unprofitable. 

 Why not plant a GRAFTED VROOMAN FRANQUETTE WALNUT TREE in 

 every fifth hill each way, of your yard? As you cultivate your hops you will be 

 cultivating the walnut trees without additional expense. As wahiuts can be dried 

 in hop dryers you are already equipped to handle this crop. Look into the possi- 

 bilities of this coming- industry. We are prepared to give you information, as we 

 have a bearing walnut grove and have made a study of this business. Write for 

 our booklet on soils, culture, varieties, etc. 



FERD GRONER & McCLURE 



Hillsboro, Oregon 



markets it shall be .shipped and the 

 price he is willing to receive, reserving 

 the right of free competition with all 

 other shippers, including the members 

 of tlie same organization, uncontrolled 

 by anyone. The agent in the market 

 acts directly under the order of the 

 shipper, who determines the prices at 

 which each car shall be sold outside of 

 the auction markets, and all other mat- 

 ters connected with its distribution, 

 the California Fruit Growers' Ex- 

 change acting as the medium through 

 which orders pass from the agent to the 

 shipper, but never selling a car or de- 

 termining the price at which the fruit 

 shall be sold. 



The exchange is a democratic organi- 

 zation; the growers exercise control 

 over all matters. Membership in the 

 exchange is voluntary; a grower may 

 withdraw from an association at the 

 end of a year; an association may 

 withdraw from a district exchange and 

 a district exchange may withdraw from 

 the central exchange; these relations 

 being set forth in the various contracts 

 that hold the members together. There 

 is no attempt on the part of the central 

 exchange to regulate shipments, to 

 eliminate competition, divide the terri- 

 tory or business or to influence prices. 

 In this connection its functions are to 

 keep the associations informed daily 



December 



only in the sale of fruit, in the develop- 

 ment of markets and in handling the lo- 

 cal business problems of the exchange. 



regartling the shipments fiom the state; 

 the general movement of exchange cars, 

 the general conditions of the different 

 marketing points; the prices at which 

 the exchange fruit is sold, and in fur- 

 nishing such other information as 

 will allow the growers and shippers, 

 through their association and district 

 exchanges, to decide the questions of 

 distribution and marketing for them- 

 selves. One-third of the entire ship- 

 ments are sold at public auction, the 

 remainder through unrestricted private 

 competition. There is no uniformity 

 in price in the dilTerent brands, be- 

 cause the fruit in each section, on 

 account of soil and other local dilTer- 

 ences, has an individuality of its own, 

 and every brand sells on its own 

 merits. 



The exchange is organized into sev- 

 eral divisions: Sales, legal, traflic, ad- 

 vertising, insurance and mutual pro- 

 tection, and a supiily department which 

 furnishes the materials used in the 

 packing houses and on the ranches at 

 cost to the members. The exchange 

 does not consign fruit. It is shipped 

 on order; sold f.o.b. or sold "delivered, 

 sub,iect to usual terms." The exchange 

 maintains district managers in all of 

 the important cities of the United 

 States and Canada. These employes 

 arc exclusively salaried agents engaged 



A New-Old Label Concern 



Mr. E. Shelley Morgan, who for the 

 past twenty-five years and more has 

 been engaged in the label business, 

 representing a large concern, has asso- 

 ciated himself with the Simpson & 

 Doeller Company, Baltimore, Maryland, 

 with headquarters in Portland. He will 

 have charge of their business through- 

 out the Northwest territory. Mr. Shel- 

 ley Morgan is well known among the 

 apple growers and cannery men of the 

 Northwest, having been a pioneer in 

 the label business in this field. Mr. 

 Shelley Morgan is an apple grower 

 owning a large orchard in Hood River, 

 and is hi.ehly popular with the apple 

 growers all over the whole country. 

 His many friends wish him success in 

 his new venture. 



To Remove Fruit Stains 

 Alcohol softens most fruit stains, 

 especially if it is warmed over hot 

 water. Soaking in milk also helps. 

 After softening the stain pour boiling 

 water through the cloth. Dampened 

 powdered starch applied instantly will 

 take out almost any fruit stain from 

 wash goods if left several hours. 



Some fruit and wine stains, espe- 

 cially those of apple and pear, and 

 some clarets are very diincult to re- 

 move. If they are boiled gently (after 

 soaking) in some strong borax and 

 water, well rinsed, then hung out drip- 

 ping wet in the sunshine, or during a 

 frosty night, the stains will usually 

 disappear. 



Winter Rhubarb 

 In the winter time fresh vegetables 

 are very scarce and when obtainable 

 are very expensive, as tliey are grown 

 in hothouses. Winter rhubarb is being 

 successfully grown by J. B. Wagner, 

 of Pasadena, California. It is claimed 

 that the variety is strong and vigorous 

 and does well even in climates that are 

 very cold. It is also stated that this 

 rhubarb does best on warm and well 

 drained soils. Irrigation apparently is 

 necessary in dry climates, but in the 

 Northwest where rain is so i)lentiful it 

 would seem that this variety could be 

 grown without irrigation. 



Store Your Apples 

 in Spokane 



The Natural Storage Center 



Take advantage of storage in 

 transit rate and the better mar- 

 ket later. Write us for onr dry 

 and cold storage rate and infor- 

 mation. 



Ryan & Newton 

 Company 



SPOKANE, WASHINGTON 



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