. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. September, 1921 BETTER FRUIT Page 9 Apple Packing House Needs of the Northwest By Specialists of the Bureau of Markets, U. S. Department of Agriculture ^iiitillinilitiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiilliiiiKiiiriiinilriiii nil nil iilliillllll rill iiiiiiiiilliniiniliiiiili I "The construction of v:ell-flanned | I and zvell-equiffed facking hoiisei is | I essential to the economical handling | I oj boxed affles in the Northzvest. | I The recent building frogram has not | I keft face with the demand oj the in- I i d us try, and severe losses have been i i sustained on acc
. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. September, 1921 BETTER FRUIT Page 9 Apple Packing House Needs of the Northwest By Specialists of the Bureau of Markets, U. S. Department of Agriculture ^iiitillinilitiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiilliiiiKiiiriiinilriiii nil nil iilliillllll rill iiiiiiiiilliniiniliiiiili I "The construction of v:ell-flanned | I and zvell-equiffed facking hoiisei is | I essential to the economical handling | I oj boxed affles in the Northzvest. | I The recent building frogram has not | I keft face with the demand oj the in- I i d us try, and severe losses have been i i sustained on account oj limited jacil- | I ities jor facking and jor storing un- | I facked jruit temforarily. The | I situation has been aggravated by the | I e?ior?nous increase in froduction dur- | I ing the fast jew years, as well as by | I the serious shortage oj transfortation | I ; \ ^illlllllllllllllllllllllllllinilllllllllllllllllllllllllllltllllllllllllllltllllllllllltllllllUIIKIIIIIIMl' SPECIALISTS of the Bureau of Mar- kets and Crop Estimates, United States Department of Agriculture, thus sum up the results of their study of methods and practices which have given the greatest sat- isfaction in commercial operations. Full details of the work are contained in Farm- ers' Bulletin 1204, Northwestern Apple Packing Houses, recently issued by the de- partment. Apple packing houses may be classified in two groups, individual packing houses, which are more commonly known as ranch packing houses, and community houses, op- erated either by co-operative associations or by Individuals. The percentage of the crop packed in community houses is in- creasing steadily, and though no definite figures are available, careful estimates show that the amount increased from about one- fourth of the total crop in 1916 to approxi- mately one-half of the crop in 1919. The same basic principles of construction and equipment apply to all types of houses, and the equipment and methods of opera- ti
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