The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-07-17
SOME FIGURES
FOR FRUIT men
Lloyd Carretson Estimates Con-
sumption Annually Here Of
Citrous Fruits
VALLEY AND CITY ARE
CONSUMING SIXTY CARS
Robinson's Suggestion of Ways of
Using the Hay Crop for For
eign Shipment IL Best Market
News of the Week

| Lloyd Garretson, of the Pacific
Fruit & Produce company, estimates
that North Yakima and the Yakima
valley consumes annually twenty five
carloads of bananas, thirty carloads
of oranges and seven carloads of lem
ons. In addition there are many
hundred pounds of grape fruit and
other such fruit products of the
south used up by this town and val
ley. Figuring North Yakima at $4,000
| population and the valley at $4,000,
or rather the county, this is pretty
good showing. Mr.. Garretson says
that Yakima eats more lemons than
| the average community and that the
west generally is a better fruit con-
sumner than is the east Moreover, the
west does not begin to use as much
fruit as it might and the east, there
fore, has long way to go before IT
has arrived at it's fruit consuming
limit.
East Grows Much Fruit
| Asked whether an eastern town of
$4,000 people and a county of fifty
thousand people might be expected to
use as much Yakima fruit as Yaki-
ma does of bananas and oranges and
lemons, Mr. Garretson said No" He
gives various reasons for this and one
is that in most of the eastern dis
tricts there Is a considerable quantity
1of deciduolls fruit grown locally
while the citrous fruit used in Yaki-
ma is all grown in the south. In 9TH
er words, the, local supply, in noSt
sections, goes a long way toward sup
plying the deciduous market and linn
Its the demand for outside fruit. Mr..
Garretson, however, does say that he
thinks, the, quantity used is not pro-
portionate to that consumed here and
that the use of fruit can be made
more general and the demand in
creased materially.
Can Work Up Data
There is no special point to be
made in connection with these facts,
but the data with regard to the
quantity of citrous fruit used in Yak
ina county ought to prove interest
ing to the Yakima fruit growers By
observing the proportions of citrous
to deciduous fruit used in his own
home any person statistically inclined
ought to be able to work out totals
for this valley on the fruit grown a.
home which is used at home, and go
ing further by that method, arrive
at some idea of what the United
States and Canada alone would con-
sumo in a year if properly encour-
aged
The sale of orchard products in
Yakima goes steadily forward The
local houses are taking large quaint
ties of what is offering and there are
heavy shipments, all things consid-
cred The Northern Pacific railway
has opened up its zillah service and
there is a promise of considerable
Shipments from there by both rail
roads.
Piece of Good News
Perhaps the best piece of news
which has come to Yakima growers
for some time is that in the state
ment of W. w. Robinson, of Seattle
that he proposes to establish alfalfa
mills in this valley and double COM
press the hay and go out after some
of the export business. 1t has pre-
viously been pointed out that the pro.
duction of alfalfa is increasing and
that the Columbia river country Is
bringing in large producing acreage
which has never before been in the
competition. To this John Gourley oi
Seattle adds his positive statement
that the auto truck Is cutting in
heavily on the draft horse business
1t is generally known that there is q
| in, hAn ~,
dairy cattle. so the plan of Mr.. Rob
inson opens up an outlet which is
greatly needed, or will be.
Advance in Dairy Products
Indications are that there will be
an advance in dairy products But.
ter and eggs have been firm and un-
expectedly heavy shipments have moi
bothered them. An advance may be
looked for. Yakima spuds are quoted
at $3.50 in the Tacoma market with
CALIFORNIA; fifteen cents higher.
Locally, there is no change in the
meat situation. Portland reports the
arrival, for the first time in the his.
tory of the stockyards there, OF
feeder shipments from the south tive
carloads of Texas stock having ar.
rived there, The shipment opens VI
the question of Portland as livestock
center and of the cattle market in
general. On beef, mutton and hogs
the general belief is that high prices
are inevitable the coming fall ano
winter.
Hop Prospects
Hop reports regarding the crop Of
the present season continue to be ex-
cellent. The price of bids from thi,
time forward win be matter of un.
certainty, but on the new crop basis
a decline is expected. In a nominal
way 1915 are quoted at Portland al
20 and 27 and IS to 20 for contracts
General Quotations
The general market is as follows:
Kalispell hard wheat -four, sack. 81 65
| Dutch mlll ...... $50. .... -. u. 80
Yakima Best, per sack ....s1.45
Minnesota Blend, hard wheat 81 so
iProsser flour, per sack. ......Sl.5 so
Washington hard wheat four .S1.45
lKennevick Best patnt hour 81 az