Show I WAR APPLE CROP I I This Years Year's s Harvest of Fruit Will H Help lp Whip Enemy SCARCITY OF PICKERS PICKERS' FELT Size of Crop Equal to T Two o Bushels for Each Person in Land Calls for Special Meth Methods ds of Handling for Market In Iii a n couple of weeks we will begin harvesting all 1111 over the United States an un apple crop U to two bushels for flir every man woman and child in the tIme country This is a war crop The consumers of the United States Stales will willbe be urged to use apples In the food suIng saving saying say sav ing campaign I by which we wc are Increasing Increasing In in- creasing the time amount of wheat arid and other uther staple foods sent to our fighting allies I Eat n t an apple send end a n biscuit is the time motto this year ear War conditions also ulso confront the time apple growers vers for there Is a n scarcity of or pickers and anti careful preparations must now be made to see that this thus crop i is all safely harvested and put Into storage Now Is the time to tp begin begin begin be be- gin or organizing ot picking crews In every apple growing section A survey urvey of the situation shows that the farmer fanner will need operation co from flom business businessmen men macmu in the towns and cities round roundabout roundabout roundabout about at which he trades and which have Just jURt as great an Interest In this timis crop fl as the farmer farmel himself This is emergency 7 organization work to be betaken betaken taken up imp Immediately l by chambers of ot commerce boards of trade state and county councils of defense and und busIness business busi busI- ness floss men generally The Time labor supply to harvest this crop exists right In the cities adjacent to the time apple orchards In most cases but the time draft and dem demands of factories factories fac fac- factories tories aria and railroads for labor have disturbed bed the not normal supply of workers workers workers work work- ers u abort upon on which the farmer usually draws draw and It is necessary ap y to recruit new now kinds of workers People who have never regarded themselves as ap appie pie pickers ma may this year ear be asked to togo togo togo go to the orchards and help get in the crop for pa patriotic reasons Much is heard about the scarcity of labor but there is not as great a n scarcity scarcity scar scar- city ity as most people imagine Workers upon whom the time farmer depends In ordinary ordinary or or- times have ha simply been shifted into other occupations and war conditions conditions condi condl- Uon demand that business men step stepIn In locate other classes lase of w workers who can cnn be shifted to the orchards for this timis emergency and see th that tiit t the farmer has plenty of help There will probably be some difficulty culty in harvesting the thc apple crop with these volunteer workers many of ot whom have no experience at the time work Perishable fruit must be handled carefully carefully care care- fully to prevent Injury to the time skin antI and bruises These would later hater cause de decay decay de- de ca cay when nien the time apples go Into storage Tile The principles or of careful fruit picking pick pick- Ing lag are very simple and easily under under- stood StOOl If the farmer can cnn start with two or three experienced pickers and spend a little time explaining good picking methods to his hi volunteers he lie should get excellent results for these volunteers while new to time the work vork will also be people of good average intelligence intelli gence and the time war emergency will appeal appeal appeal ap ap- ap- ap peal to their interest so that they will willbe he be more than ready to help harvest the crop skillfully Apple growers are advised to get In touch with the business organizations organza In their nearest town ask that help be e given In securing pickers and report the thc number of pickers needed by them them- selves One of the time greatest difficulties ties tics in organizing harvest hands for forI I tiny any crop Is that of gathering accurate Information as to how itow mun many helpers are ate needed on oti each farm and in each township For lack of such information information tion tiomi it very often happens that one township will vill be handicapped because it is without sufficient helpers and a township twenty five five or thirty miles away will have a surplus of wOl-l wOl workers ers B By ascertaining In in advance just how many workers ers will be needed in each locality business organizations will be he beable beable heuble able uble to recruit z a c. sufi sufficient clent force This years year's apple crop calls for special special cial methods of handling The Time size of the crop croll makes it necessary to sen send only the first class s fruit to market and to see ec that all seconds and culls are sold In bulk around home or worked up into Into b by There must be great reat care to see that apples are not exposed to the time heat hent or outdoors after aftel picking lug but are arc properly iy housed in temporary ary storage places on the time farm farmand farmand and anti carefully cooled The Time scarcity of pickers picket will probably make It necessary necessary sary to pick and amid house the crop first and anti grade and und pack It afterwards Full direction for handling the fruit will wIlI be published later inter The great big hig task immediately ul ahead end is that of securing a picking force and In this work worl the business businessman man and amid the thc farmer ar are co operating to an n extent never known before This Is a w war vau- r It crop will be e harvested bur with a n war organization |