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BETTER FRUIT 



January 



Stranahan 

 & Clark 



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WHILE in the East last year the 

 editor visited a large apple orchard 

 which produced its first crop at twelve 

 years of age, and was told that gener- 

 ally apple orchards in the Eastern States, 

 with the exception of some few varieties, 

 do not begin to bear until they are twelve 

 years old. 



This gives a little opportunity for men- 

 tal arithmetic. If land in the East costs 

 $100 per acre and it costs $r25 per acre 

 per year to care for an orchard, expenses 

 being about the same in the East as in 

 the West, and you have had to care for 

 it for eleven years before it begins to 

 bear, it would cost a man $375 per acre 

 at bearing. This would not include liv- 

 ing expenses, taxes or interest. Good 

 fruit land in the Northwest can be 

 bought for $200 and less per acre. Care 

 for six years at $35 per acre would be 

 $150, making a cost of $350 at the end 

 of six years. Net profit has been on an 

 average, and will be in the future, in all 

 probability, in good fruit districts: 



Xet profit at 6 years of age $ KM) 



Net profit at 7 years of age 2(11) 



Net profit at 8 years of age 300 



Net profit at 9 years of age •. . 400 



Net profit at 10 and 11 years of age 500 



Total profit at beginning of twelfth year.. $1,500 

 Less the cost of the land and caring 350 



Leaving a profit for the eleven years of.. $1,150 



On the other hand, in the East at the 

 beginning of the twelfth year you would 

 be out on your investment and care $375, 

 whereas in the West, at the beginning 

 of the twelfth year, you would have all 

 the money invested out, and $1,150 to the 

 good per acre. 



Which is the best place to engage in 

 fruit growing, East or West? 



H'«> <S> <S> 

 OW do you like the editorial page 

 of this edition? The items are 

 short, but they suggest many subjects 

 for the consideration of the fruit grower, 

 and some of these subjects we will take 

 up in future issues and discuss at greater 

 length. We will be pleased to have short 

 articles from fruit growers commenting 

 on any of the editorials of this issue, any 

 criticisms that might seem proper to the 

 subscriber, and the further expression of 

 his views on any subject mentioned. Of 

 such letters we will publish the best 

 from time to time as our space will 

 permit. <*> <j> <^ 



ONE of the late governors of Ore- 

 gon became famous for his reply 

 to the President of the United States, 

 whom he considered had interfered in 

 state afTairs, by sending the following 

 message: "You attend to your business 

 and I will attend to mine." 



The East, which grows barrel apples 

 almost exclusively, is attempting to regu- 

 late the size of the box that Western 

 apple growers use. To the East we 

 repeat the reply of Oregon's governor 

 and say: "You attend to your business 

 and we (the West) will attend to ours.'' 



/. M. Schmeltzer, Secretary 



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