The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-08-13
l0GAN'S LUSCIOUS FRUIT
IS FINDING READY MARKET
Over One Thousand Cars viii Be
Shipped From Guthrie The
Present Season

The biggest lLlberta crop III years
IN Logan county is now being garn
cred and viii net many thousands OF
dollars TO the orchard owner and
Guthrie merchant.
Fifteen cars of peaches we're snip.
ped from Guthrie last night over the
Santa Fe to the eastern markets.
Thirty more are scheduled for today
and tonight
An extra switch engine has been
added today to take care of the con
sCsted condition Of the local freight
ards cad8ed hy the bic rush Of peach
business From now ON 4 night force
viii be on The job. perishable
freight has the right Of way over all
other classes and I'll means hustle ana
hurry for the local yards from now
on until the close OF The season 90
take care of the big rush
II Is now certain that Logan oun
y will ship thousand ears OF ~
bertas 10 the eastern markets TraiLs
from now ON will leave day ana
night The crop is IN unusually
large one and The quality OF the fruit
exceptionally fine.
The city is full Of out or town pick
ers packers and buyers and tn"
yards near the Union station remind
cne of the busy cotton market OF the
south in cotton shipping time. every
one busy and general hustle and ac
tNity prevails The fruit crop in l.o-
gan county this season will be the
biggest crop Of all and will near
thousands of dollars for the orchard
owner good business for the mcr
chant ana general prosperity for all
this fall.
Peter Plagg will have forty cars;
un to this time he has shipped sew
en-. He employs twenty professional
PACKERS at daily cost of $3.50 His
other expenses will he that much
more.
Frank Curtis will have twelve cars
and will load two a day. He has five
packers at cost of $50 per day.
w. H. Merten will shin about forty
cars. He is paving out about $75 a
day for expert packers
The Fruit Growers association
lackine shed in the rear of Dawson
a McElhinneys are employing forty
reo0le at the rate of $125 per day.
l.. H. Beland will employ thirty-iye
pckers and packers costing $3.50
rer day.
Frank Householder will have two
hundred pickers and packers costing
$425 day for about twelve to iifteen
days. He viii ship an average of sew
en- cars day
There are eight or ten more pack
ing sheds in and around Guthrie en-
pioying from eight to twenty-five peo
pie at about the same average as the
boye rates
Oyerstreet Bros. of Kissimmee,
! Ia. have the packing contracts FOR
tho Peach Growers association. they
lave eight crews They brought for
~ professional packers with them
rom Florida.
Seven cars were shipped out OF
Crescent YESTERDAY Crescent and
lovell will average about that mum
ber for the next ten or twelve days
Peaches are selling on the ChiraGO
market for $500 the bushel Capt
Farmhouse. who claims to be pro
fcssional mathematician on the peach
question, has given the following ts
nres
Peaches, Ger bnshcl. Chicago $200l
Freight per mshel to Chicago S5l
Refrigerator and basket .. Isl
Picking ..... .................... 49,
Cartng .... ................ rel
Commission .,.............. 20
Total Observation-Disclosures. .$l.I5i
The above figures. if true leaves
he shipper profit of 81 cents per
hpshel after paying all expenses
The ordinary car viii carry four
hundred bushel of peaches in bushel
baskets or crates. There are about
three pecks of peaches to crHle.l
TWO bushels viii make three crates.
The proit 10 the orchard owner on
a car OF reaches according To the
above figures would be $4,000