The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1915-09-23
ASSOCIATION In
FORMATION GIVEN

The Apple Growers Association last
Saturday issued a bulletin giving IN
formation for the handling Of the sea
sons crop. The bulltein in part fol
lows:
The inspection department desires &c
see every grower in this valley before
be starts to pick or pack his fruit.
The way to prevent mistakes Is to
start right. For information call up
any of the gentlemen below who have
been appointed as inspectors, and they
can arrange to 90 to you very prompt
| ly. The inspectors are as follows:
Sam 6. Campbell, chief inspector,
phone 1852.
Jno. Stranahan, for West Side. phOre
STA.
Peter J. Mohr, for East Side and
Odell, phone 1921.
Rea Babson, for Mount Hood, Park
dale. Trout Creek and Dee, phone
33xl.
General offices, phone 1881 or Sill.
Warehouse No. / (Davidson) Cooper
inspector, phone 1892.
Warehouse No. (Union) lsenberg
| Inspector, phone 229l.
ali llOll " INNlOhoCt hihAboiA "a
spectOr. phone 47lS.
Odell Warehouse, Stewart inspector,
| phone 0dell 3S2.
Packers are going to be held this
year to a reasonable number of boxes
and the inspection department is going
to insist on absolutely good work. We
are asking the growers to coincide and
cooperate with the inspection depart
ment in helping US make better cOndl-
tions in the Hood River valley.
The Association will issue an entire
ly new set Of packers stamps this sea-
son. We will not accept any fruit
packed under the old stamp numbers.
All stamps must be registered and can
be obtained from any of the inspectors
named above, or at the warehouse No.
/ (Davidson) in Hood River. These
stamps will be taken back at the orig.
inal cost when you are through with
them and the old stamps can be eX-
changed for new ones without cost.
The number of all stamps must be
registered in the name of the packer
so that we can keep an absolute check
on the quality and have a perfect
| knowledge of the work being accom-
plished. This order is most import
ant one and will enable us to place the
responsibility of error where it right
fully belongs.
To obtain the right results and to be
positive that every box of fruit equals
each other, we are going to scrip each
car showing the number of boxes it
contains from each grower, conse-
quently every grower must have a
number and these number stamps may
be obtained from the Association.
Please obtain yours before the packing
season commences, the object being
that by this method every grower can
be held responsible for any defective
grading.
If you will refer to the book of grad
ing rules issued, you will note our
standard for marking boxes. Owing
to the fact of scriping cars. matter
determined on after grading rules were
issued, we are obliged to make minor
change. Boxes to be marked in &C.
cordance with the rules as given, with
the exception that on the upper left
hand corner mark the sizes; in the
center of box, not over Tan inch from
top, mark the variety and on the upper
right hand corner mark the grower s
number.
AS we'are close to the ripening peri
cd we urge you to watch closely eact
variety of apples SO that we may har
vest them at the right time. If there
is any doubt in your mind whatever as
to the maturity. call in your district
Inspector promptly. We urge you alsC
to watch the picker to see that ht
avoids absolutely any rough handling
of the fruit. Carelessness would bt
costly.
We are making for you separate
grade for wind falls, and the inspect
urs are instructed to see that the winC
falls are eliminated from all but theil
own grades. Be careful on this.
While our board of directors can TAKE
! no positive stand on pr ces that can bt
| paid for labor, they make the following
suggestions that are very plainly il
line with the financial conditions of thu
northwest. Labor for orchards anC
picking should command from Is cents
to l7t cents per hour; packers 25 cents
per hour, or when packers are paid to
piece work we believe that the price Of
three cents from the machine and fou
cents from the table should rule. Neal
to be supplied on the basis of 25 cent
| each,