Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-05-12

be undertaken that does not plan its
buildings and equipment with the idea
of an ultimate daily capacity of not
less than 600 bushels of apples Exper-
fence has shown that plants with a
total capacity srcaller than this size are
not truly economical, although all
plants should be arranged in units to
permit parts of the capacity to. be OPP
Grated.
The board commends to the attention
of the fruit growers three types of
evaporators:
Kiln evaporators: Constructed on the
plan of the old style hip kiln-suitable
for evaporating apples, but not well de-
signed for any other fruit or vegetable.
In general use in western New York.
because it evaporated apples at slightly
less cost than other types. A 500 bushel
capacity plant can be built IT cost OF
$500 to $4,000, depending on the ma
terial cos in the district.
Tunnel evaporator: Where the fruit
is placed on trays and Is treated by the
heat during its progress through tun-
ne1s. The type of evaporator best suited
for evaporating nrunes but can be used
for apples and other products by the
use of fans and a forced draft, will cost
in excess of $4,000 to build a 600-bushel
plant in the northwest, but should not
exceed $4,000. Smaller size i'll approx
mate proportion.
Uniform heat or Snyder type IF eva
porators: Where the fruit Is handled
on trays but the heat is applied uni
formly throughout the compartment
by passing up from belo The All
Purpose" evaporator that can be used
for apples and any other product will
cost less than u cent per pound more
to produce evaporated apples than the
kiln type and makes better apples. Cost
Of construction approximately the same
as tunnel type.
The committee wishes to particularly
impress upon our growers the de7irabil-
/ ity of constructing type of plant that
will produce high grade product even
at trifle greater cost. The grower
must bear in mind that the man who is
now purchasing New York or CAL
ifornia evaporated apples is not goirg
to buy our product unless we can offer
him better product. We believe that
our experience with evaporated fruit
in this respect will be somewhat sim
liar to our experience with fresh fruit
we must win the markets by offering
the best product.
| BY the use of any of these types of
evaporators 100 pounds of apples will
produce approximately 10 pounds Of
evaporat - frui'.
The board sees a great danger in the
number of plants that will probably / Q
constructed, with an uncertain quality
of product produced with little know
ledge of costs. This condition will
flood and break the market unless care
fully guarded against.
The first essential in meeting this
situation is the establishment of a
uniform standard of quality, for the
purpose we are preparing uniform rules
for evaporating apples, covering the
percentage of moisture and providing
grades for packing.
Because of the distance from export
and the big central markets of the
United States, we must in building the
Ievaporated apple business, depend upon
the same high quality and dependable
pack that has made a market for our
boxes of apples. In order to bring that
about we rye upon all existing plants,
and all new plants, the Importance of
CO. operating wi Us in establishing
this uniform az lit. Especially do we
urge upon fruit growers and CONNER
cial organizations the immediate pass
ing of legijlatior in the four northwest
ern states that will legally establish
these uniform rules.
The second essential Of the situation
is to tring ,Vaod a co operative mar
keting that will prevent the demoraliz-
alton of the markets o. the northwest
and Alaska. and the; will prov e for a
systematic Development of outside mar
kets at a rate fast enough to eel our
increasing product at a profit
To meet this situation your board
announces its purpose to organize an
evaporated apples sales agency to un-
dertake the marketing of all evaporat-
We AIN "ST ATTN