Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-12-13
ROBERT PAULUS HEADS
STATE ASSOCIATION
Next Meeting Of Horticultural
Association Comes to
Salem

Hood River, Or, Dec. l3.-The thirty
second annual meeting of the State
horticultural society win be held in
Salem next year, and Robert Paulus,
manager of the Salem Fruit Union, was
named as next years president. Other
officers elected were DIR. c. II. Bailey,
of Roseburg, vice president, succeeding
". NJ. johnson of Corvallis. and C. ID.
Minton of Portland, reelected secretary
A. F. Bateham, a MOsier fruitgrower,
whose home is in Portland, was re-eleet
ed TO the board of trustees Other trus-
tees are Judge Charles McNary of Sa-
lem, and Albert Brownell.
Following a talk ON pruning by A.
B. Gardiner, of the Oregon Agrieul-
tural College, discussions on the more
absorbing topics of the day, grading
rules and marketing, were launched
in addresses delivered by the follow
ing; f. H. Shepard, editor of "Better
Fruit, of this city; Wilmer Sieg, sales
manager of the Apple Growers associ-
alton, of Hood River, and c. A. Nal
boeuf, general manager of the West
ern Oregon Fruit Distributors.
SO, Gents Necessary for Culls
Dealing with the subject, "What
Shall we Pack in Apples9' Mr.. Shep-
ard made the declaration that the cost
of growing box of apples was 80
cents and that another 80 cents was re-
quired in the expenditure of packing
and marketing. Unless growers can get
this price for box of a certain va
riety, he said, it should be eliminated
| Mr.. Shepard further declared that
| hnx . kl,os.
cull product for at least 80 cents a
box in the open market, packed, would
find it more profitable to dispose of
| it to by-produet plants at the rate of
Sc ton.
Touching on the subject of stand
ard grading rule for the four north
western apple states, Oregon Wash
ington, Idaho and Montana, Mr.. Shep-
ard said that such plans were impos-
soble of practical solution.
Two Grades Only Are Suggested
Mr.. Shepard further suggested that
a saving in the preparation of apples
for market would be effected if in
stead OF the three grades, extra fancy,
fancy and G grade, as now generally
included in northwestern grading rules,
only two grades were used. He sug-
gested that extra fancy should consist
o. as perfect apples as possible, and
that the best of the q grade fruit be
packed with the fancy, the combina-
tion to be called a standard grade,
Mr.. Shepard would have the worst of
the c grade product disposed of to
by-produet plants.
Mr.. Sieg, while he agreed with Mr..
Shepard in opposing standardized
system for the northwest, declared
that growers would never get away
from the G grade apple.
1.-The instant that you put G grade
Eapple in the fancy pack, - he declared,
you are going to lower the entire box
of apples to the third grade
Federal Agency Belittled
! Mr.. Sieg gave the convention its first
surprise when he characterized the eff
forts of the federal office of markets
to aid fruitgrowers by organizing the
Fruit Growers Agency at Spokane as
failure He referred to the Growers
agency as a "neutral neuter.
Gentlemen, y he modified his re-
marks, "I do not desire to be mean,
but the government has done us no
good because of the fact that it has
Ihlltu 10 iHCIuut III lls .OTSuHlZd blOIi
}some 80 per cent Of the shippers and
Igrowers of the northwest, and this 30
per cent is tearing down all that the
Growers Agency is trying to build up,
You cannot have good salesmanshir
without good organization. The individ
ual districts themselves must get to
Igether, and then work in cooperation
through some method of centraliza
tion. "
Mr.. Sieg also said that despite talk
of the stringent ear shortage, tOta
of 1880 carloads of apples had al
ready been shipped from the northwest
this season, more than were shipped
out during the entire marketing season
of last year.
/ Mr.. Malboeuf, whose subject wa;
Has High Apple Grading Paid Dur