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American Agriculturist, June 23,1923 
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Fruit Growers Hold Arinual Meeting 
Western New York Cooperative Reports Business Near $2,000,000 Mark 
D eclaring that the “underlying 
principles of the organization are 
correct and sound,” President H. W. 
Davis, in his address at the annual 
meeting of the Western New York 
Fruit Growers’ Cooperative Packing 
Association, expressed the conviction 
and the spirit of the fruit growers of 
Western New York. 
The meeting was held at Convention 
Hall, Rochester, on June 12, and de¬ 
spite good spraying weather, over 125 
fruit men were present, representing 
all but three of the 40 local packing 
houses affiliated with the association. 
“All agree,” said President Davis, 
“that standardization of our fruit is 
absolutely necessary for th® upbuilding 
of’the industry,'and that this can only 
be done through cooperative effort; all 
admit that wide distribution is neces¬ 
sary, and a certain amount of judicious 
advertising. We must look on the fruit 
industry of Western New York as a 
whole and realize that we will stand or 
fall with the industry and not as indi¬ 
viduals. If we raise the reputation of 
New York fruit through standardiza¬ 
tion so people are anxious to buy it, 
every individual grower in Western 
New York benefits. 
Mr. Davis declared that the fruit 
growers of Western New York had 
been forced into cooperative marketing 
by the growers of the Northwest. “We 
found we were literally crowded out of 
the market. Sometimes we could not 
get as much for a barrel of apples as 
they could for a box. We could see 
that this was because of the poor repu¬ 
tation New York apples had on the 
market. Retailers would not buy them 
if they could get the standardized prod¬ 
uct from the Western States. We real¬ 
ized that something had to be done, and 
we entered into the cooperative move¬ 
ment.” 
Five Year Contract Necessary 
“I think the biggest mistake we have 
made,” continued Mr. Davis, “is that 
we started on a one-year contract 
rather than a five-year contract. There 
are many sound reasons for the longer 
term contract. In the first place, it 
takes a local association five years to 
get efficiently set up and its methods 
of business in order. Then there is the 
matter of price. Price depends on dis¬ 
tribution, standardization, and adver¬ 
tising; you cannot do much on any of ' 
these in one year. Finally, a one-year 
contract does not contribute to a 
healthy relation between a local pack¬ 
ing house and the central; the manage¬ 
ment of the central has to spend too 
much time and labor, holding the locals 
in line—this costs money and detracts 
from efficient management of the 
central. 
“Make it so that no one can turn 
aside within five years, and then no one 
will want to.” 
3,553 Cars Handled 
Manager N. R. Peet reported that 
3,386 cars of fruit were shipped by the 
association, besides 167 cars of cider 
apples on which the central made no 
handling charges, a total of 3,553 cars 
sold by the farmers’ own organization. 
Mr. Peet said that the quality of this 
fruit was fully up to the average of 
Western New York when delivered to 
the packing houses, and when graded 
and packed under Cataract brand it set 
a new standard of'Vjuality for New 
York fruit. 
In all, ten counties in which the asso¬ 
ciation . operates, he said, there are 
spraying services conducted by the 
farm bureaus. Last year only five 
counties offered this spray service to 
members. This improvement in pro¬ 
duction methods Mr. Peet credited 
largely to the report of the organiza¬ 
tion’s production methods, which showed 
greatly increased returns on properly 
sprayed fruit. 
Many Varieties a Handicap 
Discussing some of the problems con¬ 
nected with the management of the or¬ 
ganization, Mr. Peet pointed out that 
the condition of the fruit itself from 
the time of delivery at the packing 
house to point of destination was onf 
of the chief handling costs. He de¬ 
plored the necessity of handling b lo 
many varieties and expressed the opin- 
■ ion that same varieties should be 
grouped in pools. 
“Few of the members,” said Mr. 
Peet, “have any conception of the im¬ 
mense amount of detail connected with 
accounting for the various pools and 
disbursing the receipts. Accounting 
problems, however, are pretty well 
solved. Next year, if the recomipenda- 
tion of the finance committee is carried 
out, a payment of substantial size will 
be made December 1, and subsequent 
payments made as pools on the differ¬ 
ent fruits close. 
“Experience has shown,”’ Mr. Peet 
said, “that a saving of about 15 per 
cent is possible through the purchase 
of large quantities of supplies such as 
barrels and packing materials—for 
cash.” He predicted more activity along 
this line. Referring to the discourage¬ 
ment of some of the growers because 
certain fruits or varieties had netted 
them very little, Mr. Peet pointed out 
that such experiences were inevitable, 
and that the only way to judge the suc¬ 
cess of the association was over a long 
period. “The greatest success will te 
possible only when growers have learned 
to think and act collectively.” 
Sales Approach Two Million 
The-report of the treasurer, which 
was made in considerable detail and 
thoroughly explained by the associa¬ 
tion’s auditor, gave the gross sales as 
$1,803,564. Deductions for storage, 
brokerage, freight, insurance, govern¬ 
ment inspection, operating and sale ex¬ 
penses, amounted to $555,133. The cen- 
ti’al association made a deduction of 
10 per cent; for operating expenses; this 
sum included' $81,955 brokerage fees 
paid to the Federated Fruit and Vege¬ 
table Growers, Inc., which acted as 
sales agent for the growers’ organi¬ 
zation. I 
New Directors Elected f 
M. C. Burritt of Hilton, representing 
the ' Parma Association of Monroe 
County, and W. J. Hall of Loekport, 
secretary-treasurer of the Loekport, 
Niagara County, branch, were elected 
to the board of directors for three-year 
terms. They take the place of the re¬ 
tiring president, H. W. Davis of Alton, 
and treasurer, I. L. Vosler of Lyndon- 
ville. William Carr of the Albion As- 
, sociation, Orleans County, was elected 
for one year to fill the unexpired term 
of J. A. McCollum of Ne'viffane, who 
had resigned. i 
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HOLSTEINS AVERAGE $617 AT 
NATIONAL SALE I 
One hundred and fifteen head of Hol¬ 
stein cattle averaged $617 at the Fourth 
National Cooperative Sale held at 
Cleveland, Ohio, on June 7 and 8, in 
connection with the 38tlr annual con¬ 
vention of the Holstein-Friesian Asso¬ 
ciation of America. The average of the 
national sale held at Kansas City, a 
year ago, was $470. The total for all 
animals sold in this year’s event was 
$71,005. 
A five-months-old bull calf consigned 
by Berylwood Stock Farm of Hueneme, 
Calif., sold for $3,100 to L. L. Allis of 
Rummerfeld, Pc. . 
A cow consigned by Daisy Hill Farms 
of Chagrin Falls, Chio, brought $1,650. 
Abner S. Deysher of Reading, Pa., was 
the purchaser. 
E. M. Clark, Secretary of the Ohio 
Holstein-Friesian Breeders’ Associa¬ 
tion, was manager of the sale. 
LONG NEWS IN SHORT 
PARAGRAPHS 
Already thousands of farm folks are 
making plans to attend the World’s 
Dairy Congress and National Dairy 
Show in Syracuse, October 5-10. W. E. 
Skinner, manager of the National 
Dairy Show, has opened offices in Syra¬ 
cuse, and has brought 20 or more as¬ 
sistants from Chicago to help him get 
veady for the great event. 
* * * 
“The Labor Movement and the 
Farmer,” by Hayes Robbins, published 
by Harcourt, Brace & Co., of New York 
City, gives a very clear analysis and 
history of the labor union movement. 
and shows the relation between the 
labor movement and agriculture. The 
book is good because it gives in a read¬ 
able manner a clear, unprejudiced view 
of the development of organized lafoor 
and endeavors to bring to the farmer 
a better understanding of the aims of 
I organized labor, and to labor a better 
knowledge of the farmer and his 
problems. 
^ * 
A representative of the League of 
Nations has stated that the League will 
do everything in its power to interest 
other countries in the World’s Dairy 
Congress. 
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Tent caterpillars, especially in some 
sections, are a dangerous menace to 
fruit trees and other vegetables this 
year. They seem to be particularly bad 
in We.stchester County, New York. 
N: * * 
The globules of fat in five quarts 
of milk would, if placed end to end, en¬ 
circle the earth, according to the com¬ 
putations based on facts found by a 
student in tke Dairy Industry Depart¬ 
ment at Cornell. There are 2,890,020,000 
fat globules in one quart of average 
milk. The average diameter of a fat 
globule is about .003 of a millimeter. 
Fat globules produced in twenty-four 
hours by one good cow would, if placed 
end to end, make an invisible thread 
more than ten times around the earth. 
More and more science is opening up to 
us great unknown realms invisible to 
the human eye. 
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The government reports that the 
principal grain crops of the counti’y 
will be smaller this year than last, with 
the exception of oats and barley. The 
reduction in wheat is estimated to be 
about five or six per cent smaller than 
last year. Smaller crops of apples-and 
peaches than last year are indicated, 
although they will be larger than the 
average crops of the five years 1917 to 
1921, inclusive. 
* sH 
The Springfield National Farm Loan 
Bank has the honor of making the first 
loan under the new Intermediate Cred¬ 
its Law. The loan was made to the 
Farmers’ Fund, Inc., of Rochester, and 
was for $50,000. The money will be 
supplied to farmers at 6 per cent 
interest. 
* * * 
The State of Wisconsin has issued a 
general order penalizing cheese fac¬ 
tories and creameries which issue false 
financial statements to farmers. 
* * H: 
Continued large importations of but¬ 
ter from foreign countries has caused 
a weak butter market in New York. 
Most of the foreign butter comes from 
Denmark and Argentine; it is also im¬ 
ported from New Zealand, Ireland and 
Holland. 
* * 
More than five million persons re¬ 
cently heard one radio address. This 
was the largest audience ever addressed 
in the world’s history. It was made 
possible by the connection of several of 
the big broadcasting stations. More 
people heard this talk than inhabited 
the whole of America in early colonial 
days. 
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The New England Milk Producers’ 
Association, with headquarters at Bos¬ 
ton, reports that there has been an un¬ 
expected increase in milk production. 
The statment says: “Milk is coming in 
a flood, a deluge. Not since we have 
had any records has so much come in 
as will come in in June. This will mate¬ 
rially affect the price, as a much larger 
proportion of the milk will have to be 
sold in Class 2, which brings a lower 
price.” 
* * * 
Hog values on the Chicago market 
touched $6.75 on June 1. This was 
the lowest price since January, 1912. 
I like the new management, and 
especially the articles by the new con¬ 
tributor, Jared Van Wagenen. His best 
work reminds me of the late Joseph E. 
Wing, and that is high praise, and I 
wish you would tell him I said so.—W. 
E. Bowman, Snow Hill, Md. 
