March, 3916. 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



79 





east may be able to sell direct to coopera- 

 tive grain-growers in the west at a total cost 

 of twenty-five cents per barrel for the agea- 

 cies doing the handling. 



"No matter what is done, however, we can- 

 not loolc for high prices; but even if we get 

 only 50 cents a barrel for fruit on the trees 



is year we shall not do so badly if, as a 

 fpsult of lower prices this season, we can 

 evelop a larger consumptive market in the 

 years to come. Most of our apple-growers 

 are mixed farmers, and this is where we 

 have an advantage over the specialized 

 fruit-growers of British Columbia and 

 Oregon. We can stand a year of adversity 

 «s they cannot. We can live under condi- 

 tions that will put them out of business. 

 Still it will be necessary, even in our case, 

 to reduce our expenditures to the minimum. 

 Where an orchard is pretty well clear of 

 bark louse I would be inclined to omit the 

 flrst spraying, the most expensive of the 

 lot. On the other hand, if an orchard has 

 been long in sod I would cultivate it well 

 this year with a view of bringing it Into full 

 production next season. 



"I can see nothing else for It but fairly 

 low prices this season, particularly for the 

 poorer varieties. It may be, however, as 

 In other seasons, that as a result of low 

 prices in the early part, consumption may 

 run away beyond expectations, and that to- 

 wards the close of the season there may be 

 scarcity and comparatively high prices in 

 consequence." * 



How to Prevent Co-operation 



If the farmers in your neighborhood want 

 to co-operate in the shipping of their pro- 

 duce, never ship with them, but immedi- 

 ately notify the largest speculators what is 

 going on, so that they may buy your pro- 

 duce at a little better price and enough of 

 your neigibbor's stock to make cooperative 

 shipping impossible. By doing this you will 

 be doing your community a good turn, be- 

 cause the speculator is usually one of your 

 citizens, and you must assist him in build- 

 ing up his business. Anyway, the extra 

 money that your neighbors would get by 

 cooperative shipping might cause them 

 some embarrassment. 



If this plan does not commend itself to 

 you, then agree to ship with your neigh- 

 bors; but at the last moment sell to the 

 old-time speculator for a little more money 

 than you think you will get cooperatively, 

 and in that way prove to the community 

 that cooperation i.s all a humbug, and that 

 it pays well to be a traitor. 



If the cooperative organization happens 

 to sustain some loss on one of their ship- 

 ments, due to unusual circumstances or 

 conditions, even if absolutely unavoidable, 

 get all the information possible and make 

 It your special business to see everyone 

 you can and tell them all you can about it. 

 In this connection \ery telling work can 

 be done by careful exaggeration, double or 

 treble the quantity of goods concerned, paint 

 It very black, make it very much worse than 

 it actually is, because the fact that there 

 may be a little truth in it will enable you 

 to carry that class of campaign a very long 

 way successfully. Pretend to sympathize 

 with the cooperatora and pretend that you 

 could have handled the business better; 

 that will make them dissatisfied. 



Incidentally you should be careful not to 

 mention that you have yourself met with 

 much worse luck en various occasions in 

 the past. This, method of procedure has 

 much to recommend It. Your neighbors will 

 consider you very much Interested In their 

 welfare, and therefore a real good fellow. 



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