The Belding banner-news., 1921-04-20
j. P. PEOPLE AP.
PREC|ATEO A LOCAL
FARMERS INTEREST
CARLOAD OF BELDING APPLES
WERE SOLD ON SQUARE
DEAL"t PRINCIPLE
r. ID. 1, Belding, Mich.
April Is, 1921

lTOIn MANY Ol my ITlenuS Oh MAR
quette, through the columns of the
Michigan Farmer, is veyy crafty
ing.
l can conceive of no bonus more
satisfying than to be elected a
champion of the square deal, by
those with whom I have dealt.
/ hope to be able to maintain my
reputation and share it with my
brother fruit growers of Michigan
and especially those in the vicinity
of Belding.
l believe that Michigan growers
by a policy of honest pack measure
and labels can build a market that
will meet all competition.
But this must be done by the
growers, they are the ones most in
terested in future deals. He is in
the deal as a life work, while the
dealer may be for a season only or at
least it is to his interest to buy as
cheaply as possible and sell as high
as possible, and the only way we
can be sure of market at all is to
establish it ourselves and do our
own selling.
The first step in establishing
market is to raise good fruit, by
proper culture, pruning and spraying
The cultivating and pruning with
in certain limitations may be done
more or less at our own convenience
but the spraying must be done at
the proper time, especially the pink
spray and the calyx spray which are
in my opinion the most important
and to be effective must be on time.
Don't wait too long for the pink
spray or you will kill the bees and
don't spray too soon with the calyx
spray for the same reason. The DOR
mant syray has a longer range of
time when it may be applied but |
think the later the better so long as
it is done before the buds get too
much swelled.
And then don't forget the August
spray for the second brood of the
moth.
And after the crop is grown we
must insist on their being properly
graded. Remember if Gull apples are
sold for No. / stock it is the Mich
igan apple that gets the blackeye
and the dealer is very apt to shift
the blame onto the grower and we
are the ones to suffer even tho we
do none of the packing ourselves. The
only way ! can see to insure an hon
est pack is to do it ourselves, either
as individuals or by forming asso-
Citations.
And if we do this | am sure the
consumers will be anxious to find us
as we are the consumers for the
Michigan apple has no superior when
it comes to flavor.
Yours truly,
Ernest E. Chickering.
The following is the article which
was taken from the Michigan Far
mer:
Meets Consumers Demands.
How one fruit grower gained favor
By Manthei Howe.
Mrs. Mary Ames, fair, fat and
nearly forty, was talking excitedly.
ut makes me furious" she declared
81 have trouble enough now to keep
within my household allowance with
out having anyone try to put any
thing over like that"
Mrs. Ames was secretary of wo
mans club and was taking advantage
of and after the meeting group to
voice her opinions. Several of the
club members were listening and
agreeing.
whats the excitement" exclaim-
ed Ms. Jacob HOLSTER as she joined
the group. "You look peeved, Mary.
81 am" retorted that lady, and she
proceeded to explain. you would be
too. | had bushel of potatoes from
Gus Wackstrom's farm. They were
delicious, flaky and white when bak-
ed. The whole family liked them so
well that | told Mr.. Wackstrom I'd
like to have him bring me my win
ter's supply. He set the price.
didn't specify or haggle. The only
was that he was TO
keep half of the potatoes until /
wanted them later in the winter be-
cause you know our cellar is too hot
to have potatoes keep WE'LL"
"Well, what was the matter?"
Mrs. HOLSTER tried to hurry her a
bit, did he bring the whole lot at
once 2"
Worse than that, snapped Mrs.
Ames. IL thought, of course, the
potatoes would be like the sample
bushel. Well, they weren't. They |
were about as different as they could
be. The potatoes were a mixture of
the red and white varieties. Some
would boil to pieces while others
stayed hard with the same length of
cooking. And in the lot there was
over half bushel of potatoes about
the size of plums. You couldn't use
them for anything but salad and they
really weren't good for that.
"You can't trust these farmers"
chimed in a listener.
"Well, he won't get another chance
to cheat me-" declared Mrs. Ames.
Next winter I'll buy from the store
from someone of an established repu-
tation. l don't relish the idea of be-
ing stung."
"Oh, see here, objected Mrs. Hollis
ter. "It isn't fair to condem all farm
ers because you've had an unfair deal
from one"
ut isn't just one" cut in another
woman. 81 had similar experience
in getting my winters supply Of cab
bage."
"But still", persisted Mrs. Holster
'You leave out Of the reckoning the |