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Newspaper Page Textv. HOMES' AND FAESf MAGAZINE SECTION Among the Orchards of the Northwest A Pag of Interertiaf Advic tad MkhuOIoo About Frail Large and SmalL ' 1 1 .1 i i I The big problem the orchard- itt faees the days, and it U problem, (or commercial pur- 4 posea, u part of his work, is th disposal of his crop. Mr. Steph- ens has a fair ideas wall worth $ considering on how to obtain the mai'unum eash yield from apple orchards. 4 BY P. STEPHENS. THE eommorcial apple orchardist is often asked by his friends, "Do you hope to find room to market all the apples you are growing! " In my own case I expect to produce in a tingle season three hundred to four hundred, ear loads of apples from the orchards in my care. What are the conditions surrounding the future market of the commercial pplet Recently, in Lincoln, Neb., 1 found Ben Davis grown in Kansas sell ing at wholesale for $8 a barrel Jona thans at 16.50 a barrel, and other va rieties in barrels at similar prices. Western box apples, wholesale, are sell ing at 2.25 to 2.75 a box. The Yakima Fruit Growers' Union is selling Wine saps f. o. b. Yakima, Wash., at $2.25 a box. These prices are extraordinary, and arise from the fact that the crop of apples for 1913 in the United Statos with boxes computed in barrels, was only 25,000,000 barrels as against 45, 000,000 barrels for the crop of 1912. Production on Increase. The average production of the United States for the last ten years has fallen to not far from 30,000,000 barrels an nually. Whenever the crop falls below 40,000,000 barrels the commercial grow er may be sure of good prices for his apples, if propertly grown, packed and marketed. On the streets, my friends tell me that oranges are as cheap as apples, that while the consumption of oranges ' is up to the limit of production, the orange dons not take the place of the apple. The apple can be eaten for many months in the year and can be cooked in many and varied ways. It will be difficult to develop any other fruit which will really supplant the apple in the markets of the country. People tell us that by persistent ad vertising, wide distribution and forc ing the fruit into consumption, of ttimes by very low prices, they have been able to increase the consumption .of the banana from 10,000 to 75,000 ear loads annually. Their effort is to make the banana the fruit of the workman and the child. Millions of Trees Planted. The apple orchardist has these con ditions to contend with. He must or ganize a campaign of education, call ing attention to the many and varied uses that can be made of the apple, and must endeavor to inaugurate dif ferent systems of distribution. Under previous methods, too many carloads of apples were shipped to the large centers. The smaller towns, able to handle a car or one-half car, were often overlooked and neglected. The retailer Usually asks for more profit for his jrork in distributing apples than "the grower can hope to make on the entire year's work. To illustrate: In my home town I apply the local merchants with ap rdes at $1.50 a box, and they immedi ately dispose of them at $2.25 a box, a profit of 50 per cent on an article in Bis bands but a few days. Should these apples go on the stand or be sold by the grocer In small lots, the selling price is likely to be doubled. This phase of distribution will require earnest at tention. In the matter of production, we know that millions of 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 millio of trees planted in the states and sold to non resident inves tors f Incompetent Grower In Fix. If the non-resident investors finds himself able to give up his prosent line tt work and to give personal attention to his five or ten acres; or if he is (his to place the care of his orchard in the hands of. some capable friend or some responsible company that can give the same care to hia orchard they would give their own, hie" orchard will then become a producer of commercial ap plet. If these orchards of non-residents are not intelligently and skillfully handled, and the fruit not graded and honestly packed, then it will not enter the markets. A year of large production like 1912 surrounds an incompetent or financially weak grower with grave difficulties. Perhaps his capital will not allow him to store his fruit in his own or some other warehouse until the markets ask for it. Perhaps his fruit is shipped be fore there is a demand, or too many care nre shipped to one point, or for some other reasons it does not render bim a suitable profit, then the weaker and less successful growers become dis couraged and neglect their orchards. They then drop out of the race and are no longer competitors with the up-to-date commercial orchardists. Ten Per Cent Produce. Professor Bailey, a very noted and reliable writer on horticultural topics, statos that only 10 per cent of the fruit trees sold by nursery men. ever become productive aid bear fruit for a continuous period. The others fall by the wayside. The production of apples is less at this time than ten years ago for the rea bods above suggested, while the citrus growers and the banana trust have taken up some portion of the apple market, yet the production of apples has fallen off, and during the next live years the market is not likely to be overstocked with apples. There seems yet to be room in the expanding mar kets of the world for extra fancy and fancy grades of fruit, grown and mar keted by the intelligent, up-to-date and successful orchardist. , It is believed that the Panama Canal will help to ex pand the market for apples grown upon the Pacifio Coast; The innamtants or the islands of the Pacific and the oriental races are gradually becoming consumers of apples. Bythe use of graders and by pack ing in the most attractive and up-to-date maimer, the orehardist can get his product before the public in sush form as to increase the sale and broaden his market A year like 1912 should de cidedly" encourage the orchardist who has sufficient capital to construct cold air storage houses either on his own land or at his nearest railroad switch. Thus equipped with storage facilities under his own control, the orcnaraist will not contribute to the depressing overstock at any point by tnrowing un solicited car loads on markets already filled. New Cherry Pests Are Being Found f infested with two serious in sect pests, and my office re ceives a great many inquiries concerning methods of combatting them," said J. R. Shinn, county agriculturist of Spo kane. "The insects are the black cherry aphis and the cherry leaf slug. "Spraying with a combination of the lime , sulphur, and the tobacco spray known as Black Leaf 40,' just as the cherry buds are 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 800 parts of the dilute lime sulphur. "The cherry Blug is the progency of a small fly which deposits eggs on the lower surface of the leaves. . These eggs batch into slime-covered larvae that do so much damage by eating away the green portion of the leaves, leaving nothing but a network of leaf veins. Two remedies have proven successful in the northwest in combating these slugs. One is the use of a spray containing one pound of white hellebore to 50 gallons of water, and the other contains one part of 'Black Loaf 40' to 800 parts of water. These sprays are used as soon as the slugs are discovered on the foliage." FARMERS! BIG SACRIFICE! MO sere diversified' Dairy sot Hot fa h all a cultivation newt acre in pastor, rm SPRISO AkTD CREEK. -deed Sevesv&ooav Hons, Hue Large Bun. OTHER OUT BUODIXaa, Following STOCK Included : SBVBKTEEN MILCH OOWs) (Mostly Jerseys) FOUR CALVES ' ONE BOLL EIGHT HORSES " SIXTY HOGS AND ABOUT 1000 WORTH MACHIH KRT, TOOLS, ETC THIS ENTIRE PROPERTY WELL WOBTH 118,000 EVERYTHING GOES, IF BOLD THIS WEEK, FOB $10,000.00 WILL REQUIRE 14,500 CASH. The Harbolt Realty Company INC. 710 LEWIS BUILDING, Fourth and Oak. Marshall 4200. A-715S 5 Acres for $250.00 110.00 DOWB ABB 6.00 FEB MONTH. . Burs S sens ol good level logged-off land, Between Portland and Centralis en th main I'M throe railroads, Hi milas from a "J 1.000 population, sawmills and other industries. We have 1G0 aeres to choose from, some of these traeta are about 14 cleared: alao a fine trout creek runs through them. You can get any kind of lay lag tract that you wank Some oi this laud is bottom land. Perfect Title and Warranty Bead. CHARLES DELFEL 313 Railway Exchange Bldg., between 3rd and Fourth, on Stark St., Portland, Ore. 50,000 ACRES Level Taller Land For Sals in Barney Val ley, Harney Comity, Oregon, at Frlcei Ranging From 120.00 to $30.00 Fer Acre. Terms, ten per cent cash and the balance in sine equal annual payments, payable en or before maturity, with interest at six per cent Deep and productive loll, no rock, no grarei. yields magnificent crops of wheat, barley, rye, oats, flax, field peat, field roots, alfalfa, moadow grasses, fruits and garden truck, Excellent and abundant water al from tea to fifteen feet. - ' An unanrDaeaad Annnrtnnll nw looking for home.. Lack of railroad trans pertaiion has up to the present time kept thia creat valla from hii ).. k . under cultivation; however, the Oregon A eastern Railway Company Is m engaged in ooaetructlng a line into the valley, and wiu o cesepieica in tae vary soar future. Fer booklet com address taininf further information. Oregon & Western Colon.. zation (Jo. - 888 Btark St, Portland, Ore. FARMS WANTED From 10 ttt 500 aipAB at.. hn l under cultivation and also what improre- Jm, j uyauriinion ana location, terms, etc. I U do the rust: option required. CHAS. HIRSTEL 104 Sherlock Building, Portland, Oregon. A SNAP A first class steam laundry. Fully equipped. Laundry buildings and realdenca; wagon; teams. Earning $700 pSr week. Splendid town. 14,000; easy terms. PEOPLES EEALTT CO., 14 M. (th Bti Portland, Oregon. WOULD YOU LIKE AN INCOME 07 $2500 A TEAS? If so, and you hare $1,000 to invest in s good, legitimate busiuesi that will stand the ttriotest investigation, write to mo JOHN SPRINGS, 312 Henry" Bldg. S12 Henry Bldg., Portland, Oregon. A BABE OPPORTUNITY FOB AN ALASKAN, INVESTMENT. The stock and bond house of Herria & Bbodes, Inc., Seattlo, Wash., the old est established firm in this lino in Washington, has been authorized by the management of the Golden Id ill Con solidated Mines - Company, situated in the famous Willow Creek free gold quartz district of Alaska, to sell 100, 000 shares of treasury stock at 15c per share. The remarkable feature of this commission is that we are furnished with a written guarantee that the full purchase price of these shares is to be returned to all of the ourchusors of this stock in dividends before any other shareholders can participate in the profits. The guarantee provides that the money is to be used ouly for a stamp mill, which is under construction now, ana is expected to be in operation on July 15. There is sufficient ore in sight to warrant a substantial urofit from thia season's run, and to relin Dorse tne purchasers of this stock. Bv reason of this operation the shares Bhould greatly increase in face value. This is a great opportunity for a good investment. Mail your check today. We will gladly furnish you farther infnr. nation. References Anv Seattlo Bank. Herein & Bhodes, Inc., established 189 (3, Mining, ou dt Bank Stock Brokers, 119 Cherry St,, Seattle, Washington. Adv. Redwood sawdust in lfinir 1l(l h vi.ia. yardista in California for packing fresh table grapes. It takes the place of the ground cork used for imported Spanish graphs. tji 7 TVie Qreet Ocean lsaort of kT "Sr Voxif is Norlhweii Have you ever experienced the delights of a vacation at a real seaside resort? It's the finest outing in the world, for nothing compares with th real ocean for genuine fun, pleasure, sport and health upbuilding recreation power. A If you would like to know how you can obtain a choice lot for nothing in the new Northwest Pacific Ocean Resort Town site of SEAHUEST, where $100,000.00 will be spent in improve ments, simply fill in and mail us the attached coupon. The proposition is only open to a limited number of people. To be in time you must return the coupon promptly. OBEOOH h WASHTHGTOB DEVELOPMENT COM? 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