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box net to approxiniately 30 cents and 

 reduce the percentage received by the 

 grower of the consumers' dollar to 

 13% per cent. Again the editor calls 

 the attention of the apple grower, ask- 

 ing the question. Why? The matter 

 needs serious investigation and stud\ 

 in order that the problem may be 

 solved and the a))ple grower of the 

 Northwest should receive as high a 

 percentage of the consumers' dollar as 

 has been obtained by Mr. G. Harold 

 Powell, manager of the California Fruit 

 Growers' Exchange for the orange 

 growers of the State of California. 



Apple Grading. — Grading machines 



were introduced into the Northwest 

 four years ago when the editor of "Bet- 

 ter Fruit" placed on order for the first 

 grading machine that was ever sold in 

 the States of Oregon, Washington, 

 Idaho and Montana. Since that time a 

 number of new grading machines have 

 been manufactured and placed on the 

 market, all meeting with pretty good 

 success and giving pretty good satis- 

 faction. Each year each one is im- 

 proved. Thirteen different grading 

 machines are being manufactured. The 

 main point to jjresent for the fruit- 

 growers' consideration at this time is: 

 That grading machines, according to 

 the experience of different users and 

 operators, have saved the growers from 

 three to ten cents per box in grading 

 and packing the apple crop. Many of 

 these graders have been found practical 

 for grading pears and even fruit that 

 can be bruised as easily as peaches. In 

 fact it is claimed by some manufac- 

 turers that their machines will grade 

 every variety of fruit without bruising. 

 The opinion seems to generally prevail 

 that every fruitgrower who has 2,000 

 boxes of apples can save enough in one 

 or two years to more than pay the cost 

 of the machine. \\Tien the crop is 

 larger he can save the price of the ma- 

 chine and considerably more in one 

 season, ^\^lile the item of saving, as 

 already suggested, is an important 

 factor during the present time when 

 stringent economy is necessary, an- 

 other fact well worth the attention of 



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 grader the fruit can be graded more 

 uniformly to size and the grading, as 

 far as blemishes are concerned, can be 

 done more perfectly for the reason that 

 the man operating the grading machine 

 has his mind concentrated on his work 

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 particularly when packers are paid by 

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 done then the packing will not be up 

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 paid by the box who is anxious to earn 

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