THE CARDKN AND FIELD. 



inajiajjer at a good ssalarj'. This 

 worth! protect the interests of the 

 growers bv insurin<;- tliat the fin- 

 ished article would be i>roi>erlv 

 graded in size and (piality, careful- 

 ly prepared, and finished in a neat 

 and attractive manner. 



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2. The handfing of a large 

 quantity of fruit would justify the 

 purchase of the necessary machin- 

 for the manufacture of the tins 

 required, thus effecting a saving 

 that would considerably • enliance 

 the profits. 



In disposing of the crop of 

 one season and preparing for that 

 of another there would always be 

 sufficient work to occupy a number 

 of men', insuring the constant em- 

 ployment of a trained staf^ for 

 the principal operations. 



4. There would be no difficulty 

 in securing the necessary labour 

 for preparing the fruit for the tins 

 during the canning season. . 



5. The fruit systematically grad- 

 ed and of one brand, would be 

 marketed in sufficient quantity to 

 attract commercial notice, and 

 furnish a constant supply. 



On the other hand, smaU con- 

 cerns could neither afford to give 

 permanent employment to a 

 qualified manager ; nor to put in 

 the best modern labour-saving ma- 

 chinery ; neither would they be 

 justified in purchasing machinery 



for the nwinufacture of tins for a 

 conii)arativcly small output. It 

 would be imi)os.sil)lc to keep a 

 trained staff from season to sea- 

 son ; and during the summer 

 months, when all hands are en- 

 gaged in gathering the crop, the 

 necessarv labour for preparing the 

 fruit for preserving in the factory 

 would not be available, except at 

 such high wages as would materi- 

 ally af?ect the profits. Under such 

 conditions a number of different 

 grades of fruit under different 

 brands, each of comparatively small 

 quantity, would be i)laced on the 

 market, possibly in competition 

 one with another, and neither of 

 sufficient bulk to command atten- 

 tion. 



— Some Advantages of Growing 

 Canning Fruits. — 

 The grower of suitable varieties 

 of good, size and equality is inde- 

 pendent of the fluctuating fresh- 

 fruit market. 



A perishable crop that must 

 otherwise be , disposed of immedi- 

 ately in the local markets is 

 converted into a product that can 

 be conveyed to any part of the 

 world. 



The lluctuation of prices is so 

 trifling that the grower is practic- 

 ally assured of profitable retvirns. 



The grower can extend opera- 

 tions with confidence, knowing that 



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if he selects the best canning vari- 

 eties his annual crop will be pre- 

 served in a profitable, marketable 

 form. 



The establishing of co-operative 

 preserving factories will tend to 

 bring about a co-operation among 

 growers in every branch of the in- 

 dustr\-, and enal)le them, by pro- 

 viding another means of disposing 

 of their crop, to regulate the sell- 

 ing price of their fruit in the local 

 markets at a price profitable to 

 themselves. 



Canning would do much to es- 

 tablish the industry on sound busi- 

 ness lines, enabling growers to 

 systematize the working of their 

 orchards by devoting their atten- 

 tion to some special class or 

 classes, and endeavouring to pro- 

 duce the best fruit of each class. 



Orchards would not contain all 

 the different classes of fruits and 

 a large number of each class ; , but 

 with one or two classes of fruits, 

 and perhaps three or four varieties 

 of each class, growers would be 

 able to devote far more attention 

 to the study of their I trees, the dis- 

 eases, insect or fungoid, to which 

 they maj' be subject, spraying 

 when necessary, and thus maintain- 

 ing clean, healthy trees, producing 

 fruit of high quality. 



— Some Disadvantages of Growing 

 Dessert Fruits Only. — 



To consider the other side of the 

 question — ^i.e., where all growers 

 are supplying the dessert-fruit mar- 

 ket :— 



Each grower is necessarily work- 

 ing for his own interests alone, in 

 keen competition with his neigh- 

 bours and friends, endeavouring to 

 market' his fruit a few days earlier, 

 to secure fresh untouched markets, 

 to plant a fruit that is earlier in 

 ripening or more attractive in ap- 

 pearance, so that he may secure 

 the best prices ; in fact, trying to 

 make fruit-growing pay by worK 

 that is largely experimental and 

 speculative. 



Orchards are planted with all 

 classes of fruits, and a large 

 number of varieties of each class, 

 entailing constant laljour during 

 the summer months in picking, 

 packing, and shipping alone ; anxi- 

 etv in endeavouring to secure mar- 

 kets that will give profitable • re- 

 turns, often followed by disap- 

 pointment when good fruit, careful- 

 ly picked and packed, reaches a 

 glutted market and returns Httle 

 or no profit. 



