Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-08
KING OF FRUITS. EXALTED
Fruit Shows, Fruit Trains and Fruit MEETINGS.
Awakening New Enthusiasm in Eastern Apple.

combined to do great credit to co,
and the Empire state. eh
a WORD concerning an experiment -
operative fruit selling in this s,at. :" CO.
be of interest to Maine orchard;s,. as
'Canandaigua Lake Cooperative IN, me
Growers Association is = br,, iuil
| larger organization whose hoasN VI
are in Rochester. This loca, 'ers
started operations late tho No.. .idtion
IL mas ALREADY handled sixty carload. u
fruit grown in its home vicinity wb,s VI
was sent to the following named "on
Portland, Me-. Providence. r DIS
cab, KY, Minneapolis, Mimi cha..a
| nooga, Tenn, Lancaster and Auon.e
Pa, Hartford, CT, Jacksonville N.
| Fayette, n. c., and to South Caro,ip. -,
other points. This association is 90,
WINGED that without such assoca,os
means of marketing, large portion =,
this fruit would have gone to a few mo-
kets, some of which would no doubt b.vo
been already supplied and in consequence
| Slutted conditions would have followed
Whereas by the wide distribution and nre-
| Vlous knowledge of demand where sh,n-
| ments We're made loss was prevented and
| at the same time the product Of the ann.
clatlon was well advertised, systematic
precautions having been taken to shin
nothing but fruit that would satisfy Gus.
toners.
The intention is to enlarge the scope of
this cooperative association to include
later every kind of produce from that
part of the state.
The city of Canandaigua has a Chamber
of Commerce which is promoting the in
terests of the place and the farmers sur
| rounding are rightly urging this organi-
cation to unite with them in erecting
storage building in which fruit and other
perishable products may be safely stored
and held for favorable market and
thus bring better returns and increased
prosperity to the community in general
The action of this farmers association
can be proftably studied by Names Pro.
ducers' and Consumers League recently
organized under the auspices of the
Grange.
There is real satisfaction for all cham
pions of the Pine Tree State to be found
in the prospects for the continued ad.
vance of her agricultural interests The
annual conventions of the various asso.
ciations-fruitmen, dairymen, poultrymen
Patrons of Husbandry and lesser organi.
zations-have all pulsated with healthy
vigorous activity for Improvement and
movement toward higher levels must re-
suit.
Particularly is the writer gratified at
the outlook for growth and Improvement
of Names orchard industry. The evil
dences of what some Maine apple growers
had done at the New England Fruit
Show last October, spoke volumes of
what may be realized in this direction
later The chief horticultural authority
of Cornell College of Agriculture who
acted as a referee to decide some knotty
judging points at the Boston show came
back with hearty words of praise OF
Names part in that first great New Eng
land fruit exposition.
the special efforts being put nDrth by
the Maine Department of Agriculture for
orchard improvement, directly in charge
of Prof. f. F. Hitchings, will unques-
tionaby result in marked benefit to the
industry. Similarly the election Of DR..
G. NJ Twitchell to the presidency Of the
Pathological Society insures continued ex-
cellent work by this ever influential fac
tor which has long labored for the Same
end.
In closing this letter, | cannot remain
from expressing regret that a few A11o
farmers are decrying their vocations1
arguing that farming is a losing
Worse than all. one who speaks for ~
agriculture and should understand n
widespread injury that unfair stat tH
or misrepresentation may entail col 1ue1 !
to deliberately encourage public ref FL o.
failure from those who either tkfQugh
misfortune or incapacity are dissAtishM
and willing to flaunt their failure through
the public press to the country a13Args
and thus help to tarnish the reputa POI
the State.
1t is high time that Maine citizl@s Of
all vocations came to understand tM full
power of united effort in voicing he a..
fractions and resources of their State y
a means of promoting the general vel
fare. Conversely. they should not forget
that pcssmistic grumblng can and does
retard and hinder development and i'm
provement all along the line. The West
has this lesson learned in it's entirety ana
the East cannot longer afford to ignore
the vital truth contained in this watch'
word of the West-viZ: practical PUP
licity is a Power for Promoting Pubic
Good
BF w. THORPE,
Cornell University, Ithaca. n. " Jan
4, 1910. a.