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BETTER FRUIT 



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Beware of any firm or inc1ividu.nl that 

 says build a big power plant and see 

 the money roll in — big money in evapo- 

 rating apples, etc. Better get rich in a 

 slower and surer way; best to start 

 on a small scale, get experience and 

 grow with the business. The market 

 will never be glutted with high-grade 

 evaporated apples. If you wish to 

 build a little larger dryer, don't build 

 more than four kilns in one plant. I 

 have kept a close watch on all these 

 big dryers and I know pretty well what 

 will happen inside of three years. Do 

 not get in over .$3,500. The trouble 

 with a large plant is you have to have 

 such a large stock of apples that the 

 waste by decay will eat up your profits. 

 The dryer here described can be set 

 on a side hill and the work room on 

 the ground floor. This will eliminate 

 a lot of hard work in carrying peel- 

 ing apples up stairs. 



There has been about 600 carloads 

 of evaporated apples carried over from 

 last year. This represents about one- 

 third or one-fourth the output, and 

 were bought at about five cents, and it 

 costs a half cent to carry them over 

 and another half for boxing, so you 

 see they stand the speculators six 

 cents without a profit; and with not 

 any too good a crop in prospect this 

 year we can look for a pretty fair price 

 for good stock, but I will not make any 

 prediction on price for the public. I 

 have given you the straight facts in 

 this line as from my experience. I 

 think I am quite able to do so, and I 

 have not overdrawn this in any way. 

 If any man will use good business sense 

 there is no reason why he cannot suc- 

 ceed in this business, but it's all work, 

 and it's no get-rich-quick business 

 either. If people do not fully under- 

 stand or there are other things they 

 wish to know and will write me, I will 

 put all together in an addition to this 

 next winter, and will be sent to you for 

 the asking. 



Explanation of Government 

 Crop Reports 



[L. M. Eastabrook, in The Packer] 



THE methods employed by the United 

 States Department of Agriculture in 

 estimating the production of the vari- 

 ous crops of the country, were ex- 

 plained by L. M. Estabrook of the 

 Bureau of Crop Estimates in an address 

 to the members of the Eastern Fruit 

 Growers' Association. The address was 

 both a defence of the bureau, which 

 often has been criticised for either 

 overestimating or underestimating a 

 crop, as well as an explanation of the 

 work involved. The government began 

 making crop estimates as early as 1839, 

 with an appropriation of only .*1,000, 

 but the machinery of the bureau now 

 has grown until no less than 14.5,000 

 voluntary crop reporters are employed, 

 as well as those employes drawing reg- 

 ular salaries, and an expense of $275,- 

 000 annually. Estimates are made on 

 over 50 different crops. These crop re- 

 porters are subdivided into districts 



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