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COOPERATIVE WORK IN ONTARIO 



HE vd\n(\ increase in the number of side of the passage, where they are kept un- 



fruit growers' cooperative associa- til taken to the station. The cuHs are sent 



tions is one of the most encouraging signs to the evaporator. A careful record is 



of progress in the development of the fruit kept of the amount of fruit sent by each 



industry in Ontario. The success of the man, and oi the number of barrels of first 



St. Catharines, Walkerton, Chatham and and second grade fruit, and of culls, it 



Forest associations has done much to edu- grades into. 



cate the growers of the province in regard " Our first season," said Air. Walter A. 



to the value of cooperation in the handling Inglehart, the manager, " is going to prove 



of fruit. Not only have these associations a most successful one. At the beginning 



had a successful season this year, but sue- of the year we expected t(j handle some 



cess has also attended the efforts of the two 4,000 barrels, but we are going to hanile 



new associations at Oakville and Thorn- about 7,000. We have some 40 growers 



bury. 



The Oakville Fruit Growers, Limited, 

 was the name adopted for the company or- 

 ganized last spring by some 40 growers in 

 the vicinity of Oakville. A few days ago 

 a representative of The Horticulturist vis- 

 ited this plant and was greatly impressed by 

 the large amoimt of business being done. 



The building, in which the fruit is packed, 

 is a temporary structure, 50 x 80 feet long, 

 located on Mr. Inglehart's property near 

 the railroad. The fruit is received at one 

 end of this building. There is a ])assage 

 way down the centre, 

 on each side of which 

 are bins in which the 

 fruit of the members 

 is stored as rapidlv as 

 it is received. On 

 each side of this pas- 

 sage, at the opposite 

 end of the building 

 from which the fruit 

 is received, there are 

 two large spaces. In 

 one of these the fruit 

 is graded and ])acked. 

 The culls are dropped 

 through a chute to 

 the basement. As 

 soon as the apples are 

 packed the barrels are 

 rolled across to the 

 spa:e on the cpposite 



in our company, and at the outset placed 

 our shares at $10 each, on which we have 

 called up 25 per cent. The fruit of our 

 members is picked by them, and all the fruit, 

 including the culls, is brought direct to the 

 packing house. We only handle apples. 



" We have been paying $1 a barrel for all 

 fruit packed during the week. The balance 

 is kept for working capital, and the surplus 

 will be divided at the end of the season. 

 We do not pay dividends, as everything 

 goes back to the grow-ers. All our stock 

 has been subscribed. The prices we have 



Part of the Stock at Oakville Waiting for the Graders 



