El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-22
FlRMER5AREN0 ASKING ADVICE;
WHAT THEY ASK IS INFORMATION
Government Expert Says Everybody Ready to Advise,
but Few Are Ready to Help; Recommends Dairying
in FL PasO Valley; Says Farmers Must Pack and
Classify Their Products Right to Sell Them.

pie states in the union. who had q car
4 load OF apples which he was trying
with little success to sell in certain
city. I went down to the car with him
and found that he did not have a crate
of first grade apples in the car, al
though he had a lot Of first grade ap-
pies in the different crates. None Of
the crates were packed full and every
boz would rattle and the fruit would
bruise when picked up. II that man
had packed his first grade apples to-
gether, his seconds together and fed
the hogs his bad ones, he would have
made money. As it was, he hardly got
enough out OF his apples to -ay the
freight bill.
Recently, in the west, met farm
er in town with a wagon load Of apples
for sale and examined them to see
what they looked like He had piled
them into the wagon bed and driven
IS miles to town with them, with no
springs on his wagon They were
bruised all over and not fit for any
thing He could have sorted and Grated
them and would have found a ready
market for them, and. wen packed,
they would not have been damaged in
going to market.
Throw out Bad stuff.
Tell a man you viii sell him a good
grade of stuff and then deliver it.
Throw away the bad stuff if you can't
sell it for cider in-7the case Of fruits;
throw it to the hogs and sell good hogs
rather than mix up the bad fruit with
the good and lose it all There is moth
ing more important than grading.
once knew q very fine woman who
never could get it into her head that
she should absolutely follow the rules
in grading honey, although she raised
much Of it. and the result was that
the dealers always made her regrade
1t She could not understand, If a cake
OF honey with II open cells was first
grade why q cake with only Is open
cells should not go into the first grade
Classification, and she would put II in.
The graders would take 1t out, Of
course, and she had to stand a loss
and pay for a second grading, and she
had trouble selling If the market was
flush with properly graded honey. II
she had followed the rules, she would
have saved the cost Of the second grad
market for all her output
Hard Job Helping Farmers.
1T is a hard JOB. this building up of
your farm work, and il is a long lob
Don't think IL viii be done in one year
or five; IL will improve every wear.
but keep going. City men and farmers
must cooperate, and the farmers must
be helped when they need it. Get
money for them when they need it and
deserve IT. Their prosperity means the
OF the city. You are tribu-
tary TO them as much as they are
tributary TO you and as YOU expect TO Z
benefit from the farmers. let them
benefit from what you can do for them. l
The thing the farmer must learn is
that he must pack and classify his
stun before he can sell It when he
does this, it IS up to you business men
to see that he gets a market for TT
Guest At Dinner.
Mr.. Working was met at the union
station on his arrival from Las Cruces
by president r. B. Orndorh OF the