The San Francisco call., 1896-03-30

qualities, the old residents seldom forget
to mention that none were turned away
from the majors store cold or hungry
because they had not the means to buy.
Such mem ories in the hearts OF CRATE
full and appreciative people are OF more
worth than monuments of bronze and
marble.
The Woodland Fruit Exchange was in.
corporated June 5, 1894. 1t Is one or the
leading institutions of the county and an
important factor in the development or
the local fruit market. 1t was organized
on cooperative basis and aims to reduce
the cost of materials used by buying in
large quantities, facilitating the market
ing of crops by concentration OF proouctS
and uniform grades of cleaning and grad
ing at one place, thus largely cutting un-
der the expense of individual shipments.
The association includes nearly all grow
ers in the county The latest improved
cleaner, stemmer and grader for ralslns,
and grader and dipper for prunes, all pro-
PEELED by steam power, have been added.
Large quantities OF table grapes are
shipped to New York and the exchange
has established reputation for Woodland
grapes excelled only by one packer in the
State. During the past season forty cars
of green fruit, mostly Tokay, Cornichon
and Emperor grapes, ten cars OF pears,
peaches and shipping prunes and twenty
i've cars of seedless Sultana ralslns-ac-
knowledged by the trade to be the finest
Sultanas in the State-left the Woodland
market for Eastern points. In addition to
this the exchange sends out about forty
carloads of dried fruit-raislns, prunes,
spricots, peaches and pears.
The association has been big saving to
the growers in securing prices IN advanee
OF those obtained by Individual growers
1t is especially beneficial to the small
grower, as he receives the same price for
one ton as the man who has fifteen cars,
if quality is equal.
During the packing season about 1OO
women, girls and boys are given employ
ment The capacity of the building Will
be doubled this season.
The board of directors are H. c. How
ard tpresident), l.. G. Rhodes (vice-presl-
dent), C. Z. Bidwen (secretary and treas
urer), w. II. Dowd (superintendent), l. L.
Hoag, A. j. Thomas and Il. Gallup, all
representative business men and orchard
lists.
The Woodland Creamery is an enter
prise in which every farmer within a
radius Of ten miles of this City manlfests
a deep and growing interest. 1t was IN
corporated last October and is now fully
established as one of the leading features
OF Woodland s industrial life.
The directors are: G. \. Merritt, presi-
dent; T. S. Spaulding, secretary; Isaac
Fisher, L. s. Farnham, II. J. Rasmussen,
f. A. Dopking, J. H. Powell and H. E.
Coil.
The original cost OF the plant was $3.50.
The manufacture of butter was COM
menced November l. 1895, with W. NJ.
Turner, the veteran butter-maker, at the
helm. On the opening day $50 pounds of
milk were received from nine farmer
patrons. To-day the institution has sixty
six patrons and the daily receipts of milk
are $500 pounds.
The industry is operated on the toll sys-
tenn. Patrons are charged 81 cents per
pound for the manufacture of the product,
which is marketed and sold for the patrons
by the association.
At no time since operations were COM
menced (four months since) has Woodland