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TWENTY-NINTH FRUIT-GROWERS' CONVENTION. 



Cars Shipped. 



Cars Reported 

 Sold. 



Cars Not 

 Accounted 



Cars Shipped. 



Cars Reported 

 Sold. 



I 



I Cars Not 

 i Accounted 

 For. 



234 



265 



Oct. 17. 



" 18- 



" 19. 



" 20. 



" 21. 



" 22. 



" 23. 



134 



24. 

 25. 



26.- I 



27- ^ 108 



28- - I 

 29.- I 

 30.. J 



100 



151 



Oct. 17.. 1 



19 

 20 

 21 



22- I 



23- J 



24- 

 25-- 

 26.. 

 27-. 

 28.. 

 29.- 

 30.. 



y 203 



y 193 



Total.- 6676 



Oct. 31-1 

 Nov. 1. 

 " 2 



S. 



4. 



" 5. 

 6- 



125 



71 



122 



3566 



3110 



The above statistics are given in order that no one may be misled in regard to the 

 true condition in which the fruit industry of the State is, at least so far as fresh-fruit 

 shipments are concerned. 



Fruit-growing is the most hazardous of all farming pursuits, for the reason that it 

 costs so much and is menaced in so many different ways by so many different things ; 

 such as early and late frosts, heavy winds, which sometimes blow off from ten to thirty 

 per cent of the fruit; early rains, insect pests, blights of different character, and new 

 and mysterious diseases that no one knows why they appear nor any remedy for them. 



By referring to the figures herewith given, it will be seen that the cost of growing 

 and marketing often exceeds the gross sale of the fruit. 



From statistics gathered by County Assessors, and in other ways, it is shown that 

 there are many thousands of trees and vines planted that are not yet in bearing. In 

 some counties the increase will amount to nearly, if not quite 33 per cent, and when 

 this new acreage comes into bearing there will have to be a very radical change made 

 for the better in existing methods of transportation and marketing, or a heavy financial 

 loss to the growers will result. 



That relief must come to the fruit-growers of California is evidenced by the following 



figures : 



Gross sale on 3,623 cars this season $3,927,492 



Freight .$1,244,500 



Refrigeration 381,500 



Commission 274,193 



Cost of production, etc 1,762,955 



3,663,148 



1264.244 



The result gives an average profit of about $72 per car. When interest is added on 

 the capital invested, the result will be over $100 loss per car to the growers. 



; A. GORDON. 



' A. N. JUDD. 



R. D. STEPHENS. 



