The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-08-16


Agriculture)
Put common storage houses for
apples and potatoes in shape. Make
such improvements now. Do not put
this matter off until harvest time.
Make arrangements now for the
handling of your perishable fruit or
vegetable harvesting arrangements,
especially as regards labor, picking
and packing house foremen, and have
packing houses In order. Have crate
and bog material on hand. Make ev-
cry possible provision for the proper
and careful handling of perishable
produce.
If preceding facilities are avail
able, have them in shape for handling
the maximum capacity, efficiently and
quickly.
Remember we must conserve as eff
ficiently as possible all the food prod
ucts produced. The farmer will do
his share only if he exercises every
care in his handling, picking and pack
ing operations so as to eliminate all
possible waste in transportation, as
on the care exercised in handling de-
pends largely the condition of the
produce when it reaches the market.
Shipper and Carrier.
Heavier loading of cars will be nec-
essary if all our perishable crops are
to be moved to market. To prevent
;Nts thnrn T1oIlSt hn
full cooperation between shippers
and carriers. The shippers can aid
greatly in making possible the sue
cessful movement of our perishable
food products, through more careful
attention to handling, to maturity of
product ut time of harvesting, to the
securing of quick cooling by cool night
temperature, by preceding or quick
handling to refrigerator cars, and,
last but not least, to proper slowing
and bracing in the car to facilitate
quick refrigeration and provide safety
of lading from breakage in transit.
Due attention to proper strength of
packages is also essential.
1t is not sufficient for the fruit and
vegetable growers simply to order
their shipping packages in advance.
The manufacturer should be directed
to ship them at the earliest possible
date. Unless this is done it is prob
able that in many sections the grow
ers will be without packages when the
harvesting season arrives. Storage
space should be arranged for, even
though it requires additional handling.
Careful Grading.
1t is of the utmost importance that
fruits and vegetables be carefully
graded before being shipped to the
markets. The high cost of production
makes this of greater Importance this
year than ever before. Shipping the
diseased with the sound, the overrlpe
with the properly matured specimens,
and failure to classify the product to
meet the various demands, result in
deterioration, decay and inefficient
distribution. The understandable
and inferior grades should be con-
verted into by-products, or discarded
and the good fruit or vegetables sep
arated into classes according to their
quality, in order to minimize contain
ination and therefore prevent waste
as we'll as to reduce the cost of mar
keting.
An example of the effect of pool
grading can be seen in the marketing
of the early potatoes. Poor grading
to a large extent causes the gluttlne
of the market and consequent loss tt
the producers, dealers and all con
cerEed.
Cooperative Shipping.
Shipping organizations can pool the
OUTPUT of their members and load cars
of some commodities to full capacity
for large markets. Cars should bt
loaded and unloaded by shippers IL
the shortest possible time, and any
work in regard to diversion of car:
In transit should reduce delay al
much as possible.
Southern growers should study datt
published by the bureau of crop es
Inmates with view to determining
what Northern crops seem to be short
and plan their fall ploWing, etc., IL
preparation for planting the crops fo
which there seems likely to be thu
greatest need next spring. Both th'
condition and the acreage, as well Al
the estimated yield, should receive
careful consideration.
Farmers should estimate their labo
needs as far in advance as possible
! that is, not only the number of th'
help which will be needed, but tn
approximate time when they will frs
; be needed and the length of time thu
, they will be needed in each locality
Farmers should cooperate in ever,
; way practicable with local, state o
national employment bureaus.
Shippers should pay more attention