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A Yankee on the Pacific Coast 
We spent one day in a trip to Hood 
River, about two hours from Portland. 
The road runs along the Columbia River, 
and is one of the most wonderful we have 
ever seen. In many places it has been 
necessary to build falsework as high as 
50 to 60 feet; in other places to make 
great cuts in the rock, and in still other 
places even to tunnel. The river lies on 
one side and on the other the hills rise 
directly from the river side. There are 
several waterfalls. At this time of year 
the trees and woods had a charm peculiar 
to Winter, being covered with snow, con¬ 
trasting vividly with the green of the firs 
and pines. 
Hood River is a town of about 1.500 to 
2.000, and. like all these new towns of 
the West, distinctly modern. One thing 
is most noticeable, and that is the fact 
that, no matter how small the town may 
be. how poor the buildings, how scanty 
the building materials, every town will 
have a school building that would do 
credit to a mty of 30.000 in the East; 
practically always constructed of brick, 
of two stories, good architecture, and 
models in every respect. Time after 
time on the train we would pass these 
little towns and see the school building 
dominating everything in sight. Hood 
River is no exception. About the first 
thing one notices as he comes into town 
is a building about 800 ft. long by 60 ft. 
wide. This is the cold-storage plant of 
the Fruit Association, and from which. 
I was told, about 1.200.000 boxes of ap¬ 
ples would be shipped this year. Many 
growers have lost heavily this year from 
a freeze which came in October and 
frosted many apples. One grower told 
me he should lose nearly 6.000 boxes. 
The association has at present about 1.000 
members and maintains at iiood River 
a central office in touch with all its deal¬ 
ers and distributors. However, there are 
many growers who sell directly to buyers 
for shipment both in this country and to 
England. 
It seems that the apples are packed in 
three grades marked Extra Fancy. Fancy 
and C. corresponding roughly to our A. R 
and C grades, though even our fancy 
grade is not ns strict as their fancy. The 
boxes are packed under the supervision of 
association inspectors, either at the grow¬ 
er’s orchards or community packing 
houses. On one end. in the upper left- 
hand corner, is stamped the number in 
the box: on the upper right-hand corner 
the number of the grower, and in the 
middle of the top the variety. In the 
center of the same end, where it is later 
covered by the label, will be stamped 
grade. On the other end. in the upper 
left-hand corner, is stamped the name of 
the grower, and in the upper right-hand 
corner the number of the packer. Conse¬ 
quently. at any time anyone can get from 
the box all the data desired. 
Unfortunately, we could not spare as 
much time as we wished, and saw littte 
of the orchards, which lie back from the 
river. At the same time they do not hold 
much of interest at this time of the year. 
Even way out here we met our good old 
friend. Ben Davis, and saw boxes bearing 
his name. I imagine that there is not a 
town in the United States that has fewer 
Hood River apples on its fruit stands 
than Hood River. Ore. We wished to I 
purchase a few and could find none. 
The markets of Portland are much the I 
same as those of Seattle. They line Yarn- 
bill street for about four blocks, from 
First to Fifth, on both sides of the street. 
Practically nothing is sold from teams, 
or rather autos., for no horses are in evi-| 
deuce. Everything is piled on counters 
which line the curb, and with rent at 15 
cents per day from the city. Prices seem 
to be rather cheaper than in the East. 
The day we were there lettuce was 10c 
per head, parsnip 5c per lb., carrots 3 
lbs. for 10c. and cabbage 20c per head. 
Eggs were a little higher than in Seattle. 
Rabbits sold for 40c per lb. and weighed 
around 2 to 2*4 lbs. The general impres¬ 
sion of the markets of Portland. Ore., was 
that they did not equal those of Seattle, 
but this may have been because the same 
care and pains in display was not evident. 
California is enjoying the most pros¬ 
perous year of its existence, and every¬ 
thing is packed full, so that one must 
write ahead a week or so in advance to 
get any room at all. and in many places 
it is impossible to get accommodations 
even then. 
The “ranchers” of the West are seem¬ 
ingly most prosperous, and have all done 
well this year. The same bugaboo we 
have of farm labor is much in evidence 
here, and one hears the same discussions 
regarding it. The “going” wage here is 
$75 per mouth and “found.” 
w. r. girus. 
Hay sold at sale $20 per ton: butter. 
70c per lb.; chickens. 35c per lb.; pork, 
20c per lb.; apples, $2 per bu. No pota¬ 
toes sold here; have to buy seed: milk. 
$3.72 per cwt. for 3 per cent milk. All 
farmers I have talked with around here 
say they are running behind. Feed costs 
so high, and if they reckon cost of hay 
and work of production as nothing, they 
are losing while those who haudle milk, 
or middlemen, are becoming wealthy. 
Wayne Co.. Pa. H. C. N. 
A Handy Spraying Schedule 
The following schedule is designed to be helpful to growers, both large and small. If any 
information has been omitted in which you are particularly interested, please correspond with 
our Insecticide Department. 
Pest 
Codling Moth 
San Jose Scale 
Canker Worm 
Tent Caterpillar 
Leaf Crurapler 
Bitter Rot 
Apple Scab 
What to Use 
Dry Arsenate 
of Lead 
Dry Lime-Sulfur 
Dry Arsenate of 
Lead 
Dry Arsenate of 
Lead 
Dry Arsenate of 
Lead 
Fungi-Bordo 
Dry Lime-Sulfur 
Dilution 
First Spraying 
Second Spraying 
*1 to 1 Vt lbs. 
Immediately after 
blossomsfall 
10 days later 
*10 to 14 lbs 
*1 to 1 Vi lbs 
nto t Vi lbs, 
*1 to 1 Vi lbs 
*7 to 0 lbs 
*10 to 14 lbs. 
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