. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. Juhj, 1921 BETTER FRUIT Fage 25 i^OVERNOR WILLIAM D. STEPHENS rc- ^^ cently telegraphed President Harding that thousands of acres of food in California, espe- cially potatoes, will not be harvested unless some relief is forthcoming in the matter of freight re- ductions. Governor Stephens stated in his that the state's vegetable industry is "slowly but furely being strangled to de:ith by what seems to the producers to be prohibitive ; Cannery Notes W/" E. ST. JOHN in charge nf the big plant of " ⢠the Oregon Growers' Co-operati
. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. Juhj, 1921 BETTER FRUIT Fage 25 i^OVERNOR WILLIAM D. STEPHENS rc- ^^ cently telegraphed President Harding that thousands of acres of food in California, espe- cially potatoes, will not be harvested unless some relief is forthcoming in the matter of freight re- ductions. Governor Stephens stated in his that the state's vegetable industry is "slowly but furely being strangled to de:ith by what seems to the producers to be prohibitive ; Cannery Notes W/" E. ST. JOHN in charge nf the big plant of " ⢠the Oregon Growers' Co-operative . tion at Sutherlin, Oregon, announces that canning machinery is being installed in the main building, and everything made ready to handle the big loganberry crop in the valley and vicinity. AAA /California, the greatest of all our states in the matter of the canning of fruits, canned In 1920, fruit of approximately $1 10,000,000 in value, while the little island of Hawaii put up a pack of pineapples alone to the value of $31,- 000,000. AAA TT F. DAVIDSON, president of the recently formed Oregon Canning Company, operating five canneries, in speaking of the cannery situation says: "Marketing conditions this year do not war- rant a capacity pack. For this reason we will be unable to take all the fruit offered, but will handle all we can with safety, and will pay the growers as much as we can afford under the existing con- ; AAA T^HE Hood River cannery has been running strawberries and will handle cherries, pears and peaches as they come along. AAA ''pHE Idaho Canneries, Inc., at Payette, canned 16,700 cases of fruits and vegetables in 1920. The management reports a production plan for 77,000 cases this year, warranted they say, by the ready demand for their pack last season. AAA A S a result of an agreement between creditors "^^ of the A. Rupert Company and the recently organized Oregon Canning Company, at least two of the big Rupert Company p
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