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Rear view 

 Security Step Joir.t 



Security 8-ft, Tripod 



SECURITY 



ORCHARD LADDERS 



YOUR PROBLEM 



—to readily replace worn-out steps in 

 yourorchard ladders without weakening 

 the sides or losing the rigidity so necess- 

 ary to the user's safety and efficiency. 



YOUR ANSWER 



— is ready if you are one of the 4500 

 growers in 89 Coast fruit sections who 

 use ^-ecurity ladders, equipped with 

 Security steel step-joints. These grow- 

 ers, scattered over four states, saw that 

 the additional tirst cost of the Security 

 would be returned to them, with inter- 

 est, in the form of better and longer 

 service. Their neighbors are buying 

 Securities now. 



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Fruit Pools in the Yakima 



The Yakima County Horticultural 

 Union has closed a number of pools on 

 (lilTerent varieties of fruits, which will 

 be read by the fruit growers in other 

 districts with much interest. The pools 

 on winter apples have not yet been 

 closed, but the prices realized on early 

 fall apples and other varieties of fruits, 

 as indicated in a report rendered, which 

 is given below, will prove interesting. 

 Prices realized, net to the union, and 

 the tonnage handled were: 



Peaches — 219,764 boxes, all varieties $0.2777 



Bartlett Pears — 28,217 boxes Fancy 8908 



9,270 boxes "C" grade 53 



37,193 boxes average 8007 



ApricoLs— 10,288 boxes 69 



Tragedy Prunes — 7,716 boxes 85 



Clapps Favorite Pears — 689 boxes Fancy .84 



17 boxes "C." grade 57 



I'leinish lieaiity Pears — 918 boxes Fancy .80 



326 boxes "C" grade 61 



C.lairgeau Pears — 189 boxes Fancy 955 



172 boxes "C" grade 79 



Fall Butter Pears — 445 boxes Fancy... 1.00 



94 boxes "C" grade 75 



Anjou Pears — 118 boxes Extra Fancy... 1.79 



500 boxes Fancy 1.55 



273 boxes 'T." grade 1.28 



Winter Nelis Pears — 8,987 boxes Fancy. 1.05 



775 boxes "C" grade 80 



Transcendent Crabs — 3,080 (pear) boxes .96 



Hyslop Crabs — 472 boxes 80 



.Jonathans — 18,152 boxes Extra Fancy, 



4 and 41/2 83 



14,132 boxes Fancy, 4, 41/. and 5 66 



6,537 boxes "C," 4, 4Vi and 5 52 



General average 725 



Grimes Golden — 5,136 boxes Extra Fancy, 



4 and 4y, 67 



1,632 boxes Fancy, 4, 41/2 and 5 57 



2,880 boxes "C," 4, 4V. and 5 50 



General average 60 



Fall Apples, assorted varieties — 16,484 



boxes Extra Fancy and Fancy, 4, 414 



and 5 tier 70 



"C" Grade Apples — 33,184 boxes, all 



varieties and sizes 57 



The union's handling charges are 10 

 cents per box on apples and pears and 

 o cents per box on peaches, apricots, 

 prunes, etc., which must be deducted 

 from the foregoing prices to ascertain 

 the prices net to the grower. 



All Farm Products Low, As Well As 

 Apples, Except Wheat and Meat 



The following crop report was issued 

 by the government in February: While 

 it has not put any extra dollars in the 

 pockets of the apple growers for the 

 crop that has been sold at extremely 

 low prices, it will at least assure them 

 that the apple grower is not the only 

 kind of farmer who has had his trou- 

 bles this year. The report is very in- 

 teresting and shows the gradual decline 

 in prices of farm products on the arti- 

 cles mentioned, such as apples, cabbage, 

 potatoes, hay, cotton and horses. It is 

 well worth studying, and careful com- 

 parison and observation should be made. 

 From the government report it is evi- 

 dent that something is wrong with farm- 

 ing conditions or the methods of mar- 

 keting the farmers' and fruit growers' 

 crops. It is up to the fruit growers and 

 farmers to study the situation and solve 

 the problem. The following arc the 

 average prices for dillVrent i)ro(lucts of 

 the farm for the years 1910 to 1!)1-1: 



On December 15 — Apples, per bushel: 

 1914, f)7c; 1913. .fl.04; 1912, 7,3c; 1911, 

 8f)c; 1910, iFl. Cabbage, per cwt.: 1911, 

 !?1.2C; 1913, .$1.75; 1912, ,¥1.45; 1911, 

 .$1.83; 1910, .$1.41. Horses, per head: 



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