. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. IQI5 BETTER FRUIT Page J>5 (iperative by-products plant in tlic Northwest. Truman Butler is vice- vice-president and manager of the But- ler Banking Company of Hood River, Oregon. IX A. Snyder is a banker and the pro])rietor of a successful private evaporating plant and cannery at Day- ton, Oregon. J. H. Holt is manager of the Eugene Co-operative Cannery at Eugene. Oregon. M. J. Higley is man- ager of the Southern Idaho sub-central 'if the North Pacifle Fruit Distributors. The by-products meeting brought out the largest attendance of any of the fruit congresse
. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. IQI5 BETTER FRUIT Page J>5 (iperative by-products plant in tlic Northwest. Truman Butler is vice- vice-president and manager of the But- ler Banking Company of Hood River, Oregon. IX A. Snyder is a banker and the pro])rietor of a successful private evaporating plant and cannery at Day- ton, Oregon. J. H. Holt is manager of the Eugene Co-operative Cannery at Eugene. Oregon. M. J. Higley is man- ager of the Southern Idaho sub-central 'if the North Pacifle Fruit Distributors. The by-products meeting brought out the largest attendance of any of the fruit congresses, close to 500 promient growers, by-products men and scien- tific experts being present. A feature was the number of women and several (if these participated in the discussions. The papers on topics relating to home canning, read while the committee was deliberating, proved of special interest and the speakers were called upon to answer many questions. Professor C. C. Vincent of the Uni- versity of Idaho, Moscow, told of ex- periences with a home-canning plant for three years. The investigations show that eight persons can handle 370 cans of peas in a day, while five per- sons can handle 330 cans of tomatoes. .\ day's work for one person with a home-canning plant is as follows: I'eas, 120 pounds; beans, 80 pounds; tomatoes, 370 pounds; peaches, 340 pounds; apricots, 220 pounds; pie cher- ries, 20 gallons; flesh-colored cherries, 4,50 pounds; raspberries, 60 crates; strawberries, 10 crates. The cost of producing canned stuff is as follows per case: Peas, $; beans, *; to- matoes, .¥; corn, $; peaches, $; apricots, $; raspberries, $; dewberries, $; loganberries, $, and Royal Ann cherries, $ The total average cost was $ a case, while the wholesale price was $ The average profit was $114 per acre. J. R. Shinn, agriculturist for Spokane County, spoke on the value of apple pomace as a food for dairy cows. He submitted tables showing
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