. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. FRUIT AND PRODUCI-: STORE OF LAUX & AI'l'l-L. Jll I'OVDRAS STKKKT, NEW fight out a claim for damages with the railroad company. He gets what all his neighbors get, and what all the associa- tion's shippers get for the same thing. He can hardly afford to take the risk and chance of getting very much less for the chance that he might get just as much. Our own association, the North Fork Fruit Growers" Association of Paonia, is, I believe, an example of a successful association—one which has been a tre- mendous benefit to Paonia growers. Since it h
. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. FRUIT AND PRODUCI-: STORE OF LAUX & AI'l'l-L. Jll I'OVDRAS STKKKT, NEW fight out a claim for damages with the railroad company. He gets what all his neighbors get, and what all the associa- tion's shippers get for the same thing. He can hardly afford to take the risk and chance of getting very much less for the chance that he might get just as much. Our own association, the North Fork Fruit Growers" Association of Paonia, is, I believe, an example of a successful association—one which has been a tre- mendous benefit to Paonia growers. Since it has been running our shippers have received a great deal more money for their fruit than they were receiving before, and they have been getting their money much quicker. Land values have been advanced and the increase has been maintained largely upon the prices obtained by the association. In this association all fruit is packed under direct charge of the association manage- ment and all fruit is pro rated, with like grade and variety. We have a board of five directors, a manager and, in season, a foreman for each packing station. We have three regular packing and shipping houses on the railroad, and have packing stations at a number of other places at a distance from the railroad. For the last two years we have also maintained boarding and lodging tents for packers and help. In this way a large responsi- bility in harvesting is removed from the .growers, and it really makes their troubles \try much less. .\t the same time a single management can handle the situation more advantageoush^ and more economically than individual grow- ers can do for themselves. Personally I find it a great deal of comfort to know that all will be taken care of at the pack- ing house, that all I have to do is to deliver my fruit to the packing house and spend my money. Neverthless it is something of an education to learn to be a good association member, as well as something to learn to know hfiw to
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