Arizona republican., 1922-01-10

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profitable proposition for all con-
cerned, as it saves money for every
| grower.
The next speaker was I der. Miller
manager of the Arizona Citrus Grow
ers' company of Phoenix, who said
in part:
Whether all those present are
| stockholders of the Arizona Citrus
Growers company or not, the sue
! cess of the policy of the company
! is of prime Importance to each one
| 1t is certain that the greater num-
| ber of growers in the valley will al
ways have TO pack through a central
organization; therefore, the control-
| ing bulk of the fruit viii always be
| concentrated in one place. so that
the fruit itsell or the markets which
| the packing house finds itself faced
with are going to. determine the home
market for the product of the grow
ers that are not members of the
company. Naturally the companys
fruit will flow to the best market.
If it's is the local market the COM
pany's fruit will occupy the greatest
part of it, II il is the outside mar
ket most OF the fruit will flow there.
SO that the conditions that the pack
ing house are faced with is Of prime
Importance to each and ALL Like
wise it's management determines in
more than one way the prosperity Of
the industry, so we are going to oc-
| cupy several moments of your time
by talking TO you all as IL you were
members of the Arizona Citrus Grow
ers' company, as we hope some day
you all will be.
Let us look for a while on what
the province of your packing house
is.
Its first duty is to prepare your
fruit properly for market. To this
end it should have the best sort Of
machinery and should be so equipped
that 1t can handle the fruit in the
largest volume possible. We believe
that these conditions are now full
filled
The second point is to make good
marketing connections. Our expert
ence with the Mutual Orange dis
tributors for the last three or four
years, through good times and
through times not so good, has con-
vinced us that we have secured the
proper afflliation inA this regard.
The third point, your packing
house should secure prompt returns
and make prompt disbursements and
we feel that we are improving con-
tinuously in this line.
These three fundamental duties we
are trying to improve in every way,
but another direction in which we
feel equally responsible that is TO
DO everything in our power to bring
better information and methods OF
citrus culture into the valley; TO or
ganize the growers in the production
or better fruit larger crops and the
consequent enlargement and pros
perity of the industry. We feel that
we have made a considerable start
in this line. This endeavor you have
already seen some of the results Of
and the meeting we are having to-
day is only further proof OF the
determination of your company to
be of service.
The meeting was then addressed
by Mr.. George III. Libbey, superin-
tendent of the local packing plant on
the subject of various forms of de-
cay found in the citrus fruit brought
in TO the packing house and the ne
cessity OF the greatest care in ham
ding the fruit in order to eliminate
contamination and increasing decay
IN transit to the eastern markets.
Prof. Crider of the University of
Arizona then spoke on the funda-
mentals OF fertilizing: the work Of
the different chemicals in the soil.
their especial. province in affecting
plant life and the best ways TO Sc
cure sufficient proportions of each
Plans were laid for Experimentation
in the comparative value OF several
fertilizers and chemicals TO the cit
rus groves of the valley.
DR.. Oscar Bartlett of the state en-
tomologist's office, then spoke on
the several insect pests that had an
peared in the groves OF the Salt Riv-
er valley and the best means of COM
batting them. The depredations az
the navel worm were completely
discussed and the plans laid for IFS
eradication We're given the grow
efs. DR.. Bartlett spoke also on the
control OF thrips and the necessity
OF spraying for this pest.
The meeting then adjourned i'm
the following day.
The second day of the school oman
ed with demonstration of prrning
IN the w. s. Perry grove on the In.
dian school road. The work was done
by MI. Ray Ward, a citrus grower
or long experience and an interest
ing discussion of methods followed
Ihere was then an adjournment 10
the club house where Prof. w r
FaWcett of the Citrus experiment sta
tlon at Riverside, Calf, gave a lee
ture on the several plant diseases
found in the Salt River valley These
diseases, mostly of the fungus or
lgin' are brown rot camosis, scalv
park ana the black rot of navels. The
nletnods OF their cure were explained
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