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SOM E AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION
Among the Orchards of the Northwest
A Page of Interesting Advice and Information About Fruita, Large and SmalL
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a some responsible company that can give
<!■ the same care to his orchard they would
a- give their own, his orchard will then
<i- become a producer of commercial ap
<i plea I f these orchards o f non residents
not intelligently and skillfully
<$ are
<s-' handled, and the fruit not graded and
<$> honestly peeked, then it will not enter
-$> the markets.
A year o f large production like 1912
surrounds an incompetent or financially
BY E. F. STEPHENS.
weak grower with grave difficulties.
HE commercial apple orchardist is Perhaps bis capital will not allow him
often asked by his friends, “ Do to store his fruit in his own or some
you hope to find room to market other warehouse until the markets ask
all the apples you are grow in g!“ In for it. Perhaps his fruit is shipped be
ruy own case I expect to produce in a fore there is a demand, or too many
single season three hundred to four care are shipped to one point, or for
hundred car loads o f apples from the some other reasons ■ it doos not render
orchards in my care.
him a suitable profit, then the weaker
What are the conditions surrounding and less successful growers become dis
the future market of the commercial couraged and neglect their orchards.
applet Kecently, in Lincoln, Neb., X They then drop out o f the race and are
found Ben Davis grown in Kansas sell no longer competitors with the up-to-
ing at wholesale for $ti a barrel. Jona date commercial orchardists.
thans at SB.50 a barrel, and other va
Tep Per Cent Produce.
rieties in barrels at similar prices.
Professor Bailey, a very noted and
Western box apples, wholesale, are sell reliable writer on horticultural topics,
ing at *2.25 to $2.75 a box. The Yakima states that only 10 per cent o f the
Fruit UTuwera’ Union is selling Wine- fruit trees sold by nursery men ever
saps f. o. b. Yakima, Wash., at $2.25 a become productive and bear fruit for
box. These prices are extraordinary, a continuous period. The others fall by
and arise from the fact that the crop the wayside.
of apples for 1913 in the United States
The production o f apples is less at
with boxes computed in barrels, was this time than ten years ago for the rea
only 25,000,000 barrels as against 45,- sons above suggested, while the citrus
000,000 barrels for the crop o f 1912.
growers and the banana trust have
taken up some portion o f the apple
Production on Increase.
The average production of the United market, yet the production of apples
States for the last ten years has fallen has fallen off, and during the next five
to not far from 30,000,QUO barrels an years the market is not likely to be
nually. Whenever the crop falls below overstocked with apples. There seems
40,000,000 barrels the commercial grow yet to be room in the expanding mar
er may be sure o f good prices for his kets of the world for extra fancy and
apples, if propbrtly grown, packed and fancy grades of fruit, grown and mar
keted by the intelligent, up-to date and
marketed.
On the (treets, my friends tell me successful orchardist. It is believed
that oranges are as cheap as apples, that the Panama Canal will help to ex
that while the consumption o f oranges pand the market for apples grown upon
is up to the limit of production, the the Pacific Coast. The inhabitants of
orange does not take the place o f the the islands of ttas Pacific and the
apple. The apple can be eaten for oriental raees are gradually becoming
many months in the year and can bo consumers o f apples.
By the use o f g ra d e « and by pack
cooked in many and varied ways. It
will be difficult to develop any other ing in the most attractive and up-to
fruit whieh will really supplant the date manner, the orchardist can get his
product before the public in sush form
apple in the markets o f the country.
People tell us that by persistent ad as to increase the sale and broaden bis
vertising, wide distribution and forc market. A year like 1912 should de
ing the fruit into consumption, ofttimes cidedly encourage the orchardist who
by very low prices, they have been has sufficient capital to construct cold
able to increase the consumption of air storage houses either on his own
the banana from 10,000 to 75,000 ear land or at his nearest railroad switch.
loads annually. Their effort is to make Thus equipped with storage facilities
the banana the fruit o f the workman under hia own control, the orchardist
will not contribute to the depressing
sud the child.
overstock at any point by tnrowing un
Millions of Trees Planted.
solicited ear losde on market# already
The apple orchardist has these con
ditions to eontend with. He must or filled.
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The big problem the orchard-
1st face* these days, and it is a
problem for commercial pur-
poeee, aa part o f hia work, ia the
&
disposal o f his crop. Mr. Stcph-
<s> eus has a few ideas well worth
4> considering on how to obtain
<$> the maximum cash yield from
♦ apple orchards.
T
ganize a campaign of education, call
tag attention to the many and varied
usee that can be made o f the apple,
and must endeavor to inaugurate d if
ferent systems o f distribution. Under
previous methods, too many carloads
o f apples were shipped to the large
centers. The smaller towns, able to
handle a ear or one-half car, were often
overlooked and neglected. The retailer
usually asks for more profit' for his
work in distributing apples than the
grower can hope to make on the entire
y e a r’s work.
To illustrate: In my home town I
■apply the local merchants with ap
ples at $1.50 n box, and they immedi-
ctely dispose o f them at $2.25 n box, a
profit of 50 per cent on an article in
his hands but a few days. Should these
apples go on the stand or be sold by
the grocer ia email lota, the selling
price is likely to be doubled. This phase
o f distribution will require earnest at
tention.
In the matter o f production, we know
that millions o f apple trees have been
planted in Montana, Washington, Ore
gon and Idaho. These states have the
climate, soil and water suited to large
production. What then will happen to
the nulLoaa of trees planted in the
Antes «*** said to non resident inves
tors!
Incompetent Grower In Fix.
If the non resident investors finds
himself able to give op hie present line
m f work and to givo personal attention
he his five or tea acres; or if be is
•hlo to placo the care of his orchard
FARMERS!
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EVERYTHING GOES, IF SOLD
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$
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W ILL REQUIRE $4,600 CASH.
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IN C .
710 LEWIS BUILDING,
Fourth and Oak.
Marshall 4200.
A-7158
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ACRES
Level Valley Land For Sale In Harney Val
ley, Harney County, Oregon, at Prices
Ranging From $20.00 to $00.00 Per Acre.
Terms, ten per cent cash aud the balance
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alfalfa, meadow grasses, fruits ami garden
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A s unsurpassed opportunity, for thoa*
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portation has up to the present time kept
this great valley from being largely brought
under cultivation; however, the Oregon &
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in constructing a line into the valley, and
tha road will be completed in the very near
future.
For booklet containing further information,
addreaa
Oregon & Western Coloni
zation Co.
MS Stork St., Portland, Ore.
FARMS WANTED
From 10 to 500 acres, state how much
under cultivation and also what improve
ments; full description and location, terms,
etc. I ’ ll do the rest; option required.
CHAS. HIRSTEL
104 8herlock Building, Portland, Oregon.
5 Acres for $250.00
$10.00 DOWN AND $6.00 PER MONTH.
Buys 6 acrea of good level logged-off land»
between Portland aud Ceutralia, on the main
line of three railroads, 1 V4 miles from a
town of 1,000 population, sawmills and
other industries. We have 160 acres to
choose from, some of theae tracts ore about
V 2 cleared; also' a fine trout cveok rum
through them. You can get any kind of lay
ing tract that you wank Some of this laud
is bottom land.
Perfect Title and Warranty Deed.
CHARLES DELFEL
212 Railway Exchange Bldg., between 3rd and
Fourth, on Stark at., Portland, Ore.
A SNAP
A first class steam laundry. Fully equipped.
Laundry buildings and residence; wagon;
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PEOPLES REALTY CO.,
14 N. Cth St., Portland, Oregon.
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JOHN SPRINGS, 312 Henry Bldg.
312 Henry Bldg., Portland, Oregon.
A RARE OPPORTUNITY FOR AN
ALASKAN INVESTMENT.
The stock and bond house of Herrin
& Rhodes, Inc., Seattle, Wash., the old
est established firm in this line in
Washington, has been authorized by the
management of the Golden Hill Con
solidated Mines Company, situated in
tho famous Willow Creek free gold
quartz district o f Alaska, to sell 100,*
000 shares of tieasury stock at I5c per
share. The remarkable feature of this
commission is that wo are furnished
with a written guarantee that the full
purchase price of these shares is to bo
returned to ail of the purchasers of
this stock in dividends before any other
shareholders can participate in the
profits. The guarantee provides that
the money is to be used only for a
stamp null, which is under construction
now, and is expected to be iu operation
on July 15. There is sufficient ore in
sight to warrant a substantial profit
from this season’s run, aud to reim
burse the purchasers o f this stock. By
reason of this operation the shares
should greatly increase in face value.
This is a great opportunity for a good
investment. Mail your check today. We
will gladly furnish you further infor
mation. References— Any Seattle Bank.
Herrin At Rhodes, Inc., established lW*d,
Mining, Oil St Bank Stock Brokers, 11!)
Cherry ttfc., ¡Seattle, Washington. Adv.
Itudwood sawdust is being used by vine-
yardiHts in California for packing fresh table
grapes.
It takes» tho place of tho ground
cork used for imported Spanish grapes.
New Cherry Pests Are
Being Found
fll/% I E R B Y trees In this region are
infested with two serious in
sect pests, and my office re
ceives a great many inquiries concerning
methods of combatting thorn,” said J.
B. Bhinn, county agriculturist o f Spo-
itana
“ The insects srs the blaek
cherry aphie and the cherry leaf slug.
“ 8praying with n combination of the
lime sulphur, and the tobacco spray
known ns Black Leaf 4 0 / just as the
cherry buds srs opening has resulted
in preventing 90 to 100 per cent of
aphis infection. The mixture is made
by using one gallon of commercial lime
sulphur to 10 gallons of water, and add
ing one part of the ‘ Black Leaf 40 ’ to
890 parte o f tho dilute lime sulphur.
“ Tbs eherry sing is the progsney of
n small fly which deposits eggs on the
lower surface o f the leaves.
These
eggs hatch into slime-covered larvae
that do to much damage by eating away
the green portion of tho leaven, leaving
nothing but a network o f leaf veins,
Two remedies have proven sneeeanful in
the northwest ia combating these slugs.
On# M the use e f s spray containing one
pound of white hellebore to 50 gallons
of water and tho other contains one part
of • Black Leaf 4 0 ' to NO parts e f water.
Those sprays are need aa BOOS aa the
slugs arc discovered an the foliage.”
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