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All these factors must be kept in view by the fruit 

 grower who is studying the price of his goods. It will 

 be seen, however, that certain of these conditions are 

 more within the control of the individual fruit grower 

 than others. So far as his own goods are concerned, 

 the price at which they will sell depends chiefly on 

 quality, season, perishability, and storage. These fac- 

 tors he can determine for himself — at least to a large 

 extent — and to them he will naturally give his prin- 

 cipal attention. 



V 



VIII. UTILIZATION OF WASTES 



Fruit growing is essentially a manufacturing busi- 

 ness. The points in which the production of a fine 

 grade of strawberries agree with the production of 

 men's ready-made shirts are many, and an extensive 

 comparison of the two lines of business might be made 

 with profit, except that it would be too much of a 

 digression to fit with the simple plan of this essay. 



In most Hues of manufacturing the saving of the 

 wastes and the utilization of by-products are highly 

 important parts of the business. Some manufacturers 

 actually lose money on the main output, while paying 

 good dividends out of the by-products. The packing- 

 house men say that they can lose money on every beef 

 animal killed, and yet make money enough out of 

 cowhides and the fertilizer tank to save themselves 

 handsomely. A friend of mine who used to help Mr. 

 Armour handle pork told me that they saved every 

 jot and scrap of the hog except his dying squeal, and 

 that they hoped presently to contract that to the gov- 

 ernment for use in fog-horns. 



