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BETTER FRUIT 



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necessity of proper railroad service, 

 and it is to be hoped tliat the railroads 

 will receive proper consideration from 

 the public in the future. 



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The 1915 Outlook. — During the year 

 1914 many adverse conditions pre- 

 vailed which were accountable for the 

 low prices that the fruitgrower real- 

 ized. In the first place, an immense 

 crop; in the second place, a general 

 depression of business; in the third 

 place, the war broke out just as the 

 apples were beginning to go on the 

 market; in the fourth place, the crop 

 got ripe all together; in the fifth place, 

 there was much indiscrimate market- 

 ing and cutting of prices and unneces- 

 sary competition; in the sixth place, 

 much fruit was shipped without ice to 

 save the extra expense. Perhaps this 

 is enough to account for the low prices 

 prevailing in the year 1914. It is rea- 

 sonable to assume that such a combi- 

 nation of conditions will not occur 

 again very near in the future. The 

 Northwest feels assured that much bet- 

 ter marketing conditions will prevail 

 and it is reasonable to assume a big 

 crop will not follow on top of last 

 year's crop, so therefore growers can 

 reasonably hope and expect to obtain 

 much better prices than during the 

 past year. 



The Policy of the Growers' Council. 



It will be the aim of this body, through 

 their Board of Control and Executive 

 Committee, to create a policy that can 

 be consistently followed by different 

 marketing concerns. All of the differ- 

 ent members of the Board of Control 

 and Executive Commitfee, in the minds 

 of the fruitgrowers, are safe, sane and 

 conservative people; therefore it is to 

 be assumed they will act with good 

 judgment and impose no condition on 

 the marketing concerns that cannot be 

 reasonably complied with. Such a 

 policy will meet with success and 

 support of the marketing concerns. 

 On the other hand, if their demands 

 were impossible opposition would nat- 

 urally spring up which would result in 

 friction and the good work impaired in 

 the very beginning. But it is believed, 

 as already stated, that the Board of 

 Control and the Executive Conniiittec 

 are such reasonable men that they will 

 only ask such reasonable considera- 

 tions as the marketing concerns will 

 cheerfully comply with. 



The Growers' Council, Its Board of 



Control of Ten and the Executive Com- 

 mittee of Three. — This issue contains 

 a very interesting personal account of 

 each member of the Growers' Board of 

 Control and the Eexccutive Comniiltee 

 of Three, which should prove very in- 

 teresting to every fruitgrower of the 

 Northwest. The growers have placed 

 a great big responsibility on these 

 people and it is well they shouhl have 

 as much information about their past 

 history as is obtainable. "Better Fruit" 

 has secured from each one of the 

 Board of Control and Executive Com- 

 mittee a brief personal account of their 



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past and present, which is embodied in 

 a short personal article in this issue, — 

 the age, birthplace, date of birth, dif- 

 ferent lines of business each one has 

 been engaged in, different public posi- 

 tions each member has held, his pres- 

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ofTice. 



* * * 



Concentration of Tonnage. — The 



opinion seems to prevail among quite 

 a few growers that, with the Board of 

 Control, everything will be clear and 

 easy sailing for the independent ship- 

 pers and small shipping concerns. The 

 Growers' Council and Board of Control 

 and Executive Committee entertain a 

 different idea. This committee states 

 very positively they feel they can ren- 

 der far more efficient service with a 

 smaller number of marketing concerns 



than with a large number, therefore it 

 is their desire that the tonnage be con- 

 centrated as much as possible, and it is 

 to be hoped the grower will choose 

 with wisdom and judgment the selec- 

 tion of his marketing concern, select- 

 ing such one as in his opinion he feels 

 is reliable and such a one as will se- 

 cure good, satisfactory prices. 



Spraying. — In these times of rigid 

 economy the fruitgrower should give 

 the matter of spraying careful consid- 

 eration. Economy must prevail in 

 every feature of apple producing as 

 well as in marketing, therefore we are 

 publishing a splendid article entitled, 

 "Spraying Economy and Insecticide 

 Efficiency." The object of the grower 

 is to get a clean crop of fruit, therefore 

 he sprays. At the same time it is im- 



against Gypsy, Brown-tail and Tussock 

 Caterpillars, Canker Worms, Climbing 

 Cut Worms and Ants. It is also effective 

 against any crawling insects attacking 

 fruit, shade or ornamental trees. 



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 or melt, yet always elastic, expanding with 

 growth of tree. No mixing, simply open can 

 and use. Will not injure trees. 



For Tree Surgery- 

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