The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-10-14
FACTS FOR FARMERS.
Helpful Suggestions For the
AgricuIturists-
HINTS THAT ARE INTERESTING.
Some Good Advice for the RurAIIsts-A
Budget OF knowledge That May
Prove Beneficial.
our Fresh Fruit Trade.

Our Fresh Fruit Trade.
Up to August 3lst we had shipped to
Eastern points 1856 carloads of fresh
fruit, as against 2602 cars to the same
date last year, says the s. f. Chroni-
Gle. The shipments for the month Of
August were $50 cars, or about two
fifths of the total shipments to August
3lst. OF the fruit shipped in August
Chicago took 228 cars, New York 430
(which included fruit sent to Englandl,
Boston 22i, Minneapolis 81, Philsdel-
phia 40, Montreal 4S, Omaha "A, st.
Paul 80, New Orleans %, Milwaukee
% and Cleveland 20. The remainder
was divided between Baltimore, Gin
oinnati, Denver, st. Louis, Pittsburg,
Buffalo and few occasional markets
whose names are not made public.
So far as we can judge from an exami-
nation of a considerable number of re-
ports the 1866 cars shipped previous to
August list turned in, upon the aver
age, handsome profit to the shippers.
We do not think the aggregate re-
ceipts for the fruit shipped in August
any more than paid the aggregate ex-
pense of picking and delivery although
some money was made in pears and
grapes. The latest sales of August
plums and peaches are yet to heard
from at this writing, but the losses
were heavy on some shipments. The
bulk of the shipments were pears, on
many of which there was serious loss,
oltho,oL, co,,na Chi p,,apto ,no do q Drofit
The capacity of the Eastern market
to absorb our fruit at prices paying
profit to the shipper varies from year
to year with financial conditions and
the size of the Eastern crop. Our
contribution to the aggregate supply
Of fresh deciduous fruit in Eastern
markets is comparatively unimportant.
The two principal grape districts of
Nav York last year sent to market
more fresh fruit than went East from
this entire State. Tha contribution
from Missouri and the Southern States
is annually increasing, and, as against
our late plums and pears, the Oregon
!. and Washington orchards have become
an important competitor. 1t is doubt
less the addition to the former supply,
, which now comes from northern points
that has knocked the bottom out Of the
, plum and pear markets, upon which
, our late districts have relied.
1t is extremely desirable that oul
fruit-growers meet this situation in &
businesslike way. What we need il
such timely information as will enable
us to know when to ship and when t.
withhold shipments. At present W.
have no information except what come
from the forwarding houses, whose in
terests require large shipments whethe
: growers make money or not. We d.
q not think they seek to deceive growers
g or INTENT onally encourage shipment
8 upon which they believe growers will
Q lose money, but our views are Away
U influenced by our interests. Those will
have most hope of good market VIII
!, have least to fear from a poor market
+ What we need is capable, salarie
n men in the principal Eastern markets
}. whose sole business shall be to knoN
d the condition of competing crops an
n warn us in advance of what we hav
= to meet. They need not give advice
;. but should report facts. If our Place
county friends who have been losin
;. money on peaches had had timel
n warning they would have dried thei
Il crops and made little money o
! them. If Sonoma and Santa Cru
county orchardists had known cond
9 tions as they were they would hav
:. dried their German prunes and Gel
: tainly got $40 per ton out of them ne
Such information as is needed cannc
. be had without paying for it. II
probable cost would be about one.ha
of l per cent on gross sales Of all frui
We presume this revenue cannot
le had and consequently that we mu'
N go without the informa tion and col
tinue to lose money on a large part {
: our shipments, but it may be useful
lt state in commOn-sense English Jul
t, what the trouble is, and the only wa
of remedying it, We need to kno
is more.