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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



Floral Edition. 



Nova Scotia Growers Review Their Year's Results 



THE shareholders of The United Fruit our membership a splendid tree-run return. 

 Growers of Nova Scotia, Limited, held In reckoning apples tree-run there are 

 their annual meeting the last week many matters that must be taken into con- 

 In June. The following extracts are taken sideration, the principal of which Is that 

 from the annual report of the Board of many co-operators do not bring in full bar- 

 Management: rels, their apples being often several inches 



Your Board of Management have pleasure down In the barrels. V«ie manager of one of 



In submitting for your consideration their our largest companies has stated that it 



report covering the third year's operations takes one barrel In eig'.it to fill up slacks, 



of The United Fruit Ck>mpanies of Nova so that the growers bringing in 100 barrels 



Scotia, Limited. It was realized at the com- thus slack should only really reckon that 



mencement of the year that unusual diffl- they have brought in 87 barrels of apples, 



cultles were to be encountered on account The average prices on standard varieties 



of the great crops reported from all sec- was as follows: 



bions. When a little later, Europe, our No. No. No. Co-op. No. 



greatest market, was plunged Into a fearful Bbls. 1. 2. No. 3. 3. 



devastating war, those difficulties were in- Blenheims 6,451 11.54 $1.30 11.00 $ .90 



creased tremendously, but your management Baldwins 58,510 1.76 1.50 1.08 .90 



were quick to understand and take advan- Ben Davis 27,3&1 1.90 1.65 1.61 1.25 



tage of the fact that these very difficulties Bishop Pippins. 6,580 1.38 1.11 .89 .75 



but provided opportunities for Co-operative Fallawater 9,092 2.20 2.00 1.60 1.36 



Centralization to accomplish useful work Gravensteln— 



and to demonstrate to the world what could ist ave 9,860 1.80 1.41 1.50 .90 



be accomplised by the united efforts of a 2nd ave 55,711 1.16 .90 .67 



community banded together for mutual General 6i5/574 1.31 1.05 .76 



assistance and protection. Golden Russet . 20,232 2.70 2.5il 1.80 1.78 



In reviewing the results of the marketing Greenings 8,231 2.00 1.50 1.00 .90 



operations of the many apple-producing- Qano 1,040 1.80 1.62 1.15 1.02 



countries of the Northern Hemisphere, it Is Kings 32^97 8.04 1.76 1.30 1.02 



evident that Nova Scotia has fared far bet- Mann 3,400 1.33 1.25 .90 .75 



ter than any of her competitors. Without Nonpareils 28,i4S 2.35 2.16 1.50 1.33 



investigating and pas.smg judgment publicly Pewaukee 2,422 1.70 1.38 .90 .90 



on the reason for the lack of success on the Pomme Gris . . . 1,363 2.35 2.04 1.60 



part of our competitors, which lis, after all, Ribston 31,604 1.60 1.33 1.03 1.03 



their business rather than ours, we know r^j Russett .. 1,«90 1.80 1.53 1.20 1.15 



that it was the inspiration of this organlza- stark 12,061 1.75 1.51 1.14 .90 



tlon that provided the courage for the Valley Northern Spy .12,305 2.00 1.65 1.25 1.00 



and prevented the greater portion of Nova gggjj 14,85 i §5 x.40 1.25 .85 



Scotia's apple crop being sacrificed at ridicu- Twenty Ounce. 1,403 1.70 1.46 1.13 .90 



lous prices or left to rot on the ground. Wagner 3,171 1.60 1.40 .90 .80 



iPanIc commenced early in the season to ■Weilangton .... 1,184 1.82 1.40 1.20 



take hold of tl^^^ f^'^.'g'-^^"- „,^'^. ,':°°- During the season your Central has han- 



vlnced were we that aisaser would follow « of apples, 



such panic tha we felt it Incumben on us These have been dispo^^d of as follows:- 



to issue a warning, which we d>d through tne ^^ ^^^^^^^ 



columns of the Co-operative News, early in f^j^g^pgoj 83,704 " 



September. j^icoo-t^m 9=;'n87 " 



While we felt sure oi all this, yet we knew ^^f^f^ZtL' 9r 1 qs " 



also that advantage would be taken of war ^^^^^^.^f.^^ • 2?'i?| .. 



conditions to advance expenses and the cost ^^^5°"^^],^°,° / JAli .. 



of many necessities, and we prepared to West^™ Canada 22,351 _ 



meet any such attempts. Our purchases of I-ooa Sales- 41,836 _ 



feed and flour alone totalled $108,661.16. I^ocal Consigned 28,3o6 _ 



This was turned over to the local companies ^^^ .""^ • ,1 ;: fnfts " 



at very little more than cost. |o«th Africa 1,008 __ 



Through the work of your officials, hav- South America 12,000 



In? behind them the united support of the Out of this quantity there were 203,564 No. 



fruit growers of the Valley, the threatened I's; 94,910 No. 2's; 51,232 Co-op. No. 3's; 



Increase In steamship rates was prevented 56,595 small No. 3's; and 231 Varieties, 



from going into effect, thus saving the Valley The iflgures given represent a return far 



about $140,000. in excess of the average received for that 



While we have been much more fortunate portion of the fruit outside of the Co-opera- 



than our competitors during the past season tlve 'Movement. 



in the matter of transportation, yet we have During the season your Central loaded ap- 



had to a certain extent to work under diffl- pies and potatoes onto 138 boats. Of these, 



cultles and have had to make the best of 19 were mail boats doing the trip In seven 



what opportunities presented themselves to days; the others were boats many new to 



ship your apples. the apple trade. Our regular boats were 



Liverpool, which at many times was by early in the season requisitioned toy the 

 tar the best market for much of the fruit we Government, but Messrs. Furness, Withy & 

 had to handle, was absolutely inaccessible Company looked after the trade In a most 

 except for very spiall parcels. Therefore, creditable manner, drawing on their almost 

 our opportunities to regulate supplies to the Inexhaustible supply of boats and maintain- 

 best market were limited, but we did, during Ing a regular service to London throughout 

 the season, withhold considerable quantities the season. Owing to the negotiations 

 from markets which would otherwise have started by Messrs. MacMahon and Adams, 

 been overcrowded. when in Ottawa and subsequently carried 

 Yet in spite of these difficulties and re- on by your secretary, a subsidy of $4,000.00 

 strictions, we have been able to so well place was procured from the Dominion Govern- 

 your fruit that we have paid to subsidiary ment in respect of the four transatlantic 

 companies for Numbers 1, 2 and 3 of 231 boats, this money representing $4,000 of the 

 different varieties, a net average of $1.67 amount being placed to reserve fund. These 

 per barrel, and In addition to this have been chartered boats made good trips and landed 

 able to place to reserve fund a sum of $7,500. cargoes In excellent condition; they also 

 Such a return for all grades must have giiven performed a splendid service in providing 



transportation to Liverpool and Glasgow at 

 a time when only London boats were avail- 

 able, thus keeping 40,000 barrels oft that 

 Market. 



We have handled, during the Season, 15,- 

 034 boxes. For some time to come we shall 

 have to limit our box trade to certain varie- 

 ties and certain markets. The time is far 

 distant when any con&idefable quantities of 

 our apples will be so packed. 



The principal reason for this is the fact 

 that boxing brings us Into direct competi- 

 tion with the better colored and perfectly 

 packed fruit of the West in which competi- 

 tion we suffer by comparison. 



Throughout the season we adhered to the 

 system Inaugurated last year and have 

 promptly, at the end of each month, mailed 

 statements and cheques in settlement to all 

 Companies covering ali apples shipped dur- 

 ing the month. 



As soon as averags prices have been as- 

 certained, cheques have also been mailed In 

 payment of balances. 



It has been obvious for some time past 

 to those closely connected with the manage- 

 ment of subsidiary Companies that some 

 method of flnancing that would enable sub- 

 stantial advances to be made to members 

 on account of winter fruit stored In the 

 warehouses would have to be devised. The 

 fact that no funds were available for such 

 purposes has been used frequently as a very 

 telling argument against the Co-operative 

 Movement. 



To work out a scheme whereby such 

 funds would be available, was entrusted to 

 your secretary and we are pleased to be able 

 to report to you that arrangements have 

 now been concluded whereby a sum of about 

 $200,000 will be at your disposal for this 

 purpose. 



If has not been easy under existing finan- 

 cial conditions to negotiate this matter; it 

 has been necessary for us to guarantee that 

 these funds shall be used only for the pur- 

 pose intended and no advance to any one 

 company may exceed $5,000. We feel that 

 the facilities provided by this arrangement 

 will be welcomed by ail Companies and will 

 do much to provide members with money 

 at a time when funds are most urgently 

 required. 



Year's Turnover. 



Although the season under review resulted 

 in a short crop, thus considerably reducing 

 the volume of business possible, your turn- 

 over was ho less than $1,130,770.65. This 

 was compiled as follows:^ 



Apples $ 714,162.22 



PoUtoes 131,773.84 



Feed and Flour 111,059.79 



Fertilizer 102,316.64 



Seeds 21,613.49 



Spray Material 30,062.07 



Merchandise 17,641.39 



Insurance 2,141.11 



$1,130,770.55 

 The expenses Incurred in running this 

 business amounted to $28,781.84 or 2.54 per 

 cent, of your turnover. Applying $3,000.00 of 

 that sum to cover your supplies business 

 and the balance to cover your apple and 

 potato business, we find that the output of 

 406,301 barrels of apples and 64,405 barrels 

 of potatoes, has been marketed at an ex- 

 pense per barrel of 5 1-2 cents. 



These expenses were compiled as follows: 

 Salaries — 



S. CB. Chute $3,000.00 



A. E. Adams 1,500.00 



J. N. Chute 1,500.00 



F. M. Chute 1,000.00 



A. E. MadMahon 1,200.00 



IR. N. Clark 600.00 



Manning K. Ells 500.00 



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