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 pendent incorporated company doing a 

 successful business. Recently the Pacific 

 Fruit Company has been organized in 

 California" for the purpose of selling 

 deciduous fruits, but will remain inde- 

 pendent, being under the management of 

 W. C. Walker, formerly sales manager 

 of the Pioneer Fruit Company. We 

 understand that the stockholders of the 

 California fruit exchanges are not to any 

 extent fruit growers themselves, in which 

 respect they differ somewhat from the 

 Northwestern Fruit Exchange, which 

 states that its directors are composed of 

 fruit growers in the Northwest. 



Mr. W. H. Stewart, of the Stewart 

 Fruit Compan}-, saj^s: "I believe the 

 constant struggle of one fellow trying to 

 beat the other fellow's price gives the 

 best results to the grower, and the dealer 

 also benefits thereby because everybody 

 is trying to please him. The supph' and 

 demand is going to regulate the move- 

 ment and prices, and there can be no 

 such thing as a trust in perishing prod- 

 ucts. They must be sold, and the more 

 men there are selling them the wider 

 will be the distribution and the better 

 will be the prices." That competi- 

 tion is the life of trade no one can 

 den}-. So long as competition is keen 

 and honest, trade is stimulated and 

 it seems just to state that the more 

 honest firms there are engaged in doing 

 a square business and the more associa- 

 tions there are engaged in selling the 

 fruit the more widely the fruit will be 

 distributed, and distribution is what the 

 fruit grower wants at the present time. 

 However, it must be admitted if private 

 incorporated companies combine, and the 

 stockholders are not composed of fruit 

 growers, such an institution might be 

 enabled to increase the dividends of the 

 stockholders at the expense of the fruit 

 growers. 



"Why talk about organizing the fruit 

 men of three states when we have not 

 organized any district?" This is about 

 as sensible a statement as probably could 

 be presented in a few words. No dis- 

 trict is yet thoroughly organized, and in 

 the districts where there are associations, 

 up to the present writing, no association 

 has yet succeeded in getting all of the 

 growers to become stockholders or ship- 

 pers through the association. The Hood 

 River Apple Growers' Union probably 



has a greater per cent of growers than 

 any other association. About eighty-five 

 per cent of the apple growers in Hood 

 River Valley are members of their local 

 organization. 



The editor is a firm believer in evolu- 

 tion, and it seems common sense to 

 assume that the central selling agency 

 cannot be composed of smaller units than 

 an association, and we doubt if a central 

 selling agency can be organized until 

 several associations in different districts 

 have achieved a moderately reasonable 

 degree of success and until their mem- 

 berships control a reasonably large per- 

 centage of the growers as stockholders. 

 In other words, if we are to have a cen- 

 tral selling agency composed and con- 

 trolled by fruit growers each section 

 must first perfect its association, and, 

 second, each district must unite the dif- 

 ferent associations in the district under 

 a district organization. When this is 

 done, and not until it is done, will we, 

 in our opinion, have a proper founda- 

 tion on which to build a central selling 

 agencv. 



HOGS AS MONEY MAKERS.— 

 The Oregon-Washington Railroad 

 & Navigation Companj- officials are cer- 

 tainlj- in a position to understand the 

 factors that are important in upbuilding 

 the country, and are doing good work 

 along this line. Thej' have recently pub- 

 lished a booklet entitled "The Money 

 Makers; Swine Raising in the Pacific 

 Northwest." This thought presents 

 itself in connection with orcharding. 

 Fruit growers will realize that sooner or 

 later the soil will need additional humus 

 after intense cultivation. Now, the 

 cheapest way to supply this is to seed 

 the orchard to clover, alfalfa or. vetch. 

 This booklet contains much information 

 about raising and feeding hogs in gen- 

 eral, and we have no doubt but what any 

 fruit grower can find ample time to take 

 care of a moderate sized bunch of hogs, 

 which would bring an additional profit. 



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THE AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY. 

 This industry is important in con- 

 nection with the fruit industry as a time- 

 saver for the fruit grower in going to 

 and from town and attending to other 

 business. The popularity of the auto 

 with the fruit grower is evidenced by the 



large number that are purchased, not for 

 pleasure, but as time-savers. In large 

 cities the auto trucks are rapidly replac- 

 ing horses. The automobile is used in 

 hauling fruit to the depot, hauling sup- 

 plies from town, and in the near future 

 we prophesy a large number of auto 

 trucks will be used by the fruit growers. 

 The average fruit grower on a small 

 place is hardly justified in buying a 

 palace touring car. but what he wants 

 is a practical machine at a moderate 

 price. That the automobile has come to 

 staj', as a matter of business more than 

 pleasure, seems evident in the increased 

 number, there having been 3,723 manu- 

 factured in 1899 and 127.289 in 1909. 

 Statistics are not out for 1910, but no 

 doubt such statistics will show a large 

 increase over the previous year. 



BOYS' DEMONSTRATION WORK. 

 The Department of Agriculture has 

 issued a bulletin on "Boys' Demonstra- 

 tion Work." Boys of today will be men 

 in the future, and to train a boy right is 

 the duty of every parent. That much 

 good can be accomplished for boys in 

 demonstration work has been proven 

 bei'ond any question. The National Cash 

 Register people were among the first to 

 encourage boys in gardening work by 

 renting a large tract of land for planting, 

 putting a superintendent in charge and 

 apportioning to each boy a small plat on 

 which to raise his crop, all of which was 

 free, and offering prizes for the best 

 results. In some cities this matter has 

 been taken up by the city improvement 

 clubs obtaining permission to use vacant 

 lots, they in turn apportioning the land 

 to dif¥erent boys. The results have been 

 gratifj-ing in many cases. These vacant 

 lots were turned into vegetable gardens, 

 which were of great assistance to poor 

 families. It seems a great deal better to 

 have these lots made attractive in this 

 way than to permit them to lie idle, cov- 

 ered with rubbish. Demonstration work 

 is being done in the South, where they 

 have formed a number of corn clubs for 

 boys, and it is promising some wonder- 

 ful results. With the many practical 

 demonstrations that have been made it 

 is evident every parent will be justified 

 in giving this matter consideration. 



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