Pa'zc 



BETTER FRUIT 



December 



Don't Let the Northwest Become the 

 Abode of Worn-Out Lands! 



Our warehouses are full and overtlowing. Our fruits 

 and grains are going to all parts of the world — for the 

 soil has given up its yield. BUT are we doing what 

 the farmers of New England did — take from the soil 

 without giving to it? 



Don't let the Northwest l)ecome the abode of worn- 

 out lands. After harvest time, the soil is weakened. 

 If we do not put back in our soil the plant food taken 

 out, upon what is the next crop to feed? 



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Union Meat Company 



North Portland. Ore. 



This is (lone in tiie winter, two wires 

 being used, one above the other, ;il)out 

 Iwo and ;i half feet and three and a 

 half feet above the ground. The plants 

 from these varieties are grown from 

 "tips," which means putting a trowel 

 full of soil on the tip of the new growth 

 after the first rain in the fall, causing 

 it to take root, and by spi-ing these are 

 ready for planting. Ttiorough cultiva- 

 tion is very necessary in the raising of 

 fine berries. The ground should be 

 plowed four times, that is away from 

 vines both ways, then back again 

 (after the hoeing has been well done), 

 wilh a thorough harrowing after each 

 phnving. As we do no irrigating, this 

 leaves our ground light and mellow, 

 and is able to hold the moistuie <luring 

 Ihe warm sunmier days. 



Our berries are all sold through our 

 Sebastopol berry growers' association, 

 which was organized in February, 

 1909, under the name of the Sebastopol 



I5i-rr\ (udwers, Incorporated. We had 

 oui' ui)s and downs the first year, but 

 we all held together and have been 

 very successful in marketing our ber- 

 ries to good advantage. It has caused 

 number one fruit to be put on the mar- 

 ket, has opened up good Eastern mar- 

 kets and relieved our home supply so 

 the canneries are able to pay us a good 

 l)rice for our surplus. .\n(l I nuist not 

 forget to mention our dried berry mar- 

 ket, which we have been working up 

 by sending from one-half to one car- 

 load out each year, and are now begin- 

 ning to have many inquii'ies for our 

 dried aitiele, which is a very fancy 

 grade. Our shipping berries (except- 

 ing a few which supply our northern 

 towns) are shijjped to Eastern markets; 

 we are now sending out several car- 

 loads a week. These are all packed in 

 oiu'-pound baskets, and there are 

 twenty-four to a crate. Then they are 

 delivcied to our warehouse, pre-cooled 



and loaded into iced cars, and are then 

 ready for shipment. The cannery takes 

 our surplus, which are picked in live- 

 pound Iraxs and delivered in chests of 

 twelve aiul twenty trays each. 



I will here give sonu- of our rules, 

 which are very inijjortant in the har- 

 vesting of our berries: (1) Never 

 pinch a berry so as to crush it. Prac- 

 tice the light-fingered art, and never 

 let a berry bleed. (2) Berries should 

 be broken from the stem, not pulled. 

 (3) All ripe berries to be picked clean 

 each time, as they spoil your next pick- 

 ing. (4) Never touch a berry but once. 

 (.5) Never allow any leaves or stems 

 in your basket and throw out all 

 crushed fruit. (6) Fill your baskets as 

 full as possible, so they will not crush 

 against the lid of the crate. (7) Do not 

 pick berries when a heavy dew is on 

 them. Take pride in your work and be 

 a workman that need not be ashamed 

 to put every box on exhibition as one 

 of the most beautiful fruit creations of 

 nature cultivated bv man. 



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