The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-04-29
STRAWBERRY MARKETING

STRAWBERRY MARKETING
Everyone should be interested in the development Of
the strawberry industry in the Kennewick valley ie
do this, two things absolutely essential
There no denying that this district produces the
finest strawberries world We however in competition
with other districts that produce berries under different condi
TONS where labor cheap and where productive varieties
that will out of business unless we can convince
the buying public superiority product and maintain
better price,
Every shipper who has given the matter serious thought
that the thing essential to to put
product the market that will stand class by itself
confused with junk from other seconst
be only by all the berries from this section going the
market under uniform grade and pack The Association has
led this and that the principle right and that
gave distinct advantage the marketing evidenced by all
local shippers agreeing and will insist the rules
grade pack sincerely hoped that all will comply
the rules adopted and ship through the local agencies
thus the greatest disturbing element in the marketing
conditions of coming competition with ourselves This
will insure better returns to the growers and give
to the industry.
There be for to consn his berries
unless it be to avoid putting honest pack sell his cu
the reputation built for Kennew Rhland berries by his
neghbo at the of that reputation The
does that must be regarded to the industry and
to the community and should be so marked
The Association provides way grower put
his berries the market through its saaed agents who paid
find the best markets and receive return cent his
berries will bring sell outright the local dealers
price better than possibly hope for considerable per-
centage of the crop is consigned.
The two essentials:
First-Uniform grade and pack
Second-Abosh absolutely all consignments.
Every citizen interested the community should insist
this be done
The time growers act after the market
has been ruined Yours very truly,
Nv. DISCREPANCIES,
Kennewick-Richand District Fruit Growers Asso
HILLS ARE COMING BACK
ITO THE CASUAL OBSERVER or the who not ac-
lively engaged in agricultural pursuits dryand farming
demonstration such given Horse Heaven Tuesday
sby Of but little moment To the practical farmer
ever following of the general system of cultivation
lined by the experts the difference between
failure.
Had such demonstrations been started six year ago.
the thousands tabe land which
would today be producing crops
population of the hills would not have dwned The farmer
has stuck to his and who has studied conditions and
who has farmed well with his u.s. as
rule making Of there exceptions to this
good farmers because of uavorabe circumstances
have met failure along with the poor farmers.
Farming however, reached it's lowest ebb Horse
country and undoubtedly from there going
only better and bigger but farmers
abandoned going to be cultivated again. because
been demonstrated growing hills can be made
to pay One by problems which meant failure to
many being solved few years ago cultivation of
aow thought to be mpraccabe because of the
soils blowing demonstrated however that with
worked and still held inside the fence There time when
thought that unusually wet to the
production crop But the learned that bv
per of cultivation the moisture so conserved that
profitable crop possible unusually dry seasons
The department of agriculture through its extension
work. has done much to nfuse life into dry farming COM
muntes isn't that the experts engaged this know
about farming than the farmers themselves but they
of clearing house for the collection and