The Springdale news., 1912-08-16

they will load ear and take it to various points in the effort to build i up a regular trade. They do not expect 10 make so much money this year as to create a demand for their goods Mir Porter. as many l readers Of Farm and Ranch who read my aeeounto his farm manage ment operations about two years ago will remember has built up his pres ent prosperity by catering 10 peo- pie who are willing To pay good price for farm products, provided they have confidence in the produc- CT.
 Captain Geo r Lincoln of Ben tonrille. one of the veterans in the apple deal. has been remarkably successful in carrying out a simil- ar line of selling This year Captain Lincoln has 1000 bearing apple trees h 1910 he grew 1.50o= bar rels; in 1911. 2.0oo. and he expects 5000 this year Perhaps no man grades his apples closer thanZ does Capt Lincoln. and perhaps no oth- CT grower takes better care Of his trees than the Captain With small Der rent of eHils, nevertheless he will grade out fully a8 Der rens of his 1a12 crop a. being unit to market as faaetes and N5 stuff fsa Hi.l then ao oH tHe market with 2.56o barrels of apples that Will please any taste
 For several years Captain Lin- eoIa has entrusted the marketing Of his apple erop to he Ozark Fruit Growers Association. though thai organization always eousults him be- fore final contract fs closed 50 careful las he=be-a .1s selecting maf- ketable szHff that Ha las I5ae 5s old= customers Nho= aeH.ang state meHt he makes and f4 il0gets hts=owH price. whisa Tar above tllaf l. .aeig4bors ase 5a!a Q se= cure. tZthe= =sanGa=flnle many of those ueighbors VII tat sell to lae captain when He wishes to i'll oat ear, beaag-e He applie- tHe x peHt.s privilege of throwing out tu- ferior apples with a44 roo se- we're Tor them
 T pack mg 3aeses4d apples with corrugated iaper al head and bot tom, said Captain I.HaeoIu T shake the barrel hard after every half bushel is put in When the barrel is full weigh f down and rock it hard
 Consumers are becoming more partial to the bushel box every year. shall attempt to satisfy the de- mand
 tain with d smile Last year of selling apples remarked ehe cap tain wiht smile Last year I of fered to sell b al dealers Jonathans and Maiden Blush apples a. s3 S lad down al BentonYille They said I wanted to rob them but thought knew market conditions ship- ped those same apple to st Louis, where tHeg brought without aHg trouble s5 aftes deaa ting all costs for packing aH5 tte!sft ue-- Led S3S2 per bus z
 T also put Hp - barrels 9t ian v stuff and kea BY 8Id asfom- CTS S779 per barFst t9s item 1 sold all exceps i've or six barrels. Then a man fa9m aH oat 5s ehe ay town in Arkansas. Vao Ead heard of me, wrote and asked me D ship nm all ] had
 In year Ike tae pre,-u- | Will pay every grower to make onlX one grade of apples first [ lass Al the rest he should sell D the evaporat-| DTS and other plants that want that kind of stufI. r I store apples this year | think I will take little run down into Texas and sell personally guaranteeing all my stuff of course, some Reasons Why the Cost of
 Living is High.
 Let us say the farmer sells his ap- ples to the packer for s1so. The packer sells to the jobber at B 30 The jobber adds 2 cents for his commission. 6712 cents for freight and sells 10 the retailer for S322 The retailer breaks the package and gets from 5 to s7 per barrel But If the packer decides to handle bulk shipments he pays only 50 cents freight to common points in Texas, since he can load into the same car 1S0 barrels of bulk apples while only 160 would go into the car if the apples were barreled The freight brings the cost of the apples to $40 per barrel T. will cost an additional 50 cents for distribu tion But when peddled directly to Brip O