March 



Keep Posted. Make Hundreds 

 of Dollars More Than You Do 



A man in Maryland wanted to spray a peach 

 orchard, but his brother, who owned a half interest, 

 wouldn't allow it. Result: that fall the crop was 

 only 30% of normal in quality, and brought little 

 profit. The first man had seen indications of a cer- 

 tain fungus, and was partly posted, but he wasn't 

 sure, and the second man didn't know anything 

 about it. 



A man in Missouri had a fine crop of apples, 

 which had been well cared for but he lacked mar- 

 keting knowledge. He didn't know what his apples 

 were worth; he didn't know how to grade them, 

 pack them, where to get packages, or who would 

 buy the fruit. A buyer visited his orchard, offered 

 him $3,000 for his crop on the trees, and he ac- 

 cepted. This was just before picking. The buyer 

 picked almost $20,000 worth of apples from this man's trees. The orchardist 

 had actually lost at least $10,000 by his failure to keep posted. 



Another man got to thinking of fruit after he had taken a trip to the city, 

 and when he came home he planted 1,800 trees of a variety which was not in 

 market demand, and what was worse, planted the block solid with the one var- 

 iety, which would not pollinate itself. He now has to top-work all those trees. 



Don't throw away so much money There's just one way to keep posted 



These are not exceptional cases. Read The Fruit-Grower, an d_read The 

 either. There are buyers who 



are 



simply look for the unposted 

 man, and when they find him, 

 they soak him hard. The 

 need of keeping posted runs 

 through all the fruit-grow- 

 ing game. You can gain a 

 year's growth sometimes by 

 some kink in planting, save 

 ten dollars here and fifty dol- 

 lars there by a little different 

 spraying, increase the bushels 

 and the quality by careful 

 r doubh 



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pruning, or double your money 

 receipts by properly grading Rl 

 and packing your fruit. 



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THE FRUIT-GROWER 



ST. JOSEPH 



MISSOURI 



