Show association METHODS IN horticulture in report of skateboard slate State Board bo rd of horticulture by J edward taylor secretary arter after it iball said and lone done the fruit business to be a success must be a money maker and there Is nothing like financial success to stimulate I 1 any industry it is a well recognized fact that the selling of fruit is a L distinct branch of the fruit hu business siness and requires I 1 training raining A growers time is needed in the orchard to 10 produce the he fruit and see that it 11 1 Is properly picked it certainly takes all other mens time to see that the fruit Is marketed to the best ad advantage Vanta c otherwise all our efforts to produce a superior article may be w wasted sted it if we are going to compete on oil tile the markets of the world and maintain a national reputation for our fruit we must operate cooperate co and establish fruit growers associations or unions the association methods of 0 handling fruit Is tar far pas past an experimental stage and what it has done for colorado oregon and california it ial will do for utah insure a uniform pack fisli a national nat lonal reputation or rather an international reputation give every grower the advantage of larger mal markets bets better prices and greatly lessen lessell the expense speaking ing of uniform pack this is a very important question and one that the grobeis of utah have sadly neglected neglect eil where every one packs liis his own fruit it Is hard to get a uniformity for mity as every man has a different idea ss as to what is good enouf enough and he often packs some fruit he e should not it the best interests of the Indu industry siry are to be served where the fruit is is all packed at central points or under the supervision of inspectors it is more uniform and the buyers will pay more for it and buy more freely the honest pack soon wins ivins a reputation and Is in demand much utah fruit has already gone to the eastern market without being property properly graded or packed the result has peen been disastrous and our reputation is some what against us on oil some mark ets we must correct this evil and nothing will do it faster than good live fruit growers unions today the majority of orchards in utah are small and mixed as to variety so that daily carloads are almost impossible as far as individual growers are concerned now with a growers union all of these orchards are one as far as the market is con pred p ned r ed and sall sah liwes ro ica set r 1 1 I the id til vantages that large growers have by centralizing our efforts we get the benefit of expert service at minimum cost if every grower builds a packing house the cost to a district bouhl ile fi enormous the size of the orchard will wil let kofl often cn justify it again say e ch raca malm builds a atle I 1 0 o le tor for v bples or pea 3 the me cast would be very great while ahil e altogether the united cost would lie be small and rauch much better laci lites furnished we giov what organization has do di d as for the laboring classes and we know what is has done tor for every other line of industry we live in the age of large enterprises and utah fruit growers should profit by the experience of other industries I 1 I 1 Ln important imports t point in organization the buying of c materials and sup supplies pIles materials can be bought lu ill quantities aal supplied to growers at a greatly reduced rate over the retail price and your needs are more closely watched the aings vc T C must have lave are on hand wien needed there are numerous instances where or organizations animations have been a benefit befit to utah growers and one growers grovers union has been operated in utah county this last season all ali benefits of operation cooperation co are too numerous to mention but if the utah growers wll but follow the wise example set by other successful fruit dis tracts of the west success for the majority of the gro is ia assured under the present system of mis buying there is a lack ot of confidence and a feeling of mistrust between grower and buyer but where wo we know the price that our fruit brought and xie we have a right to we are sure of getting our sh share ire to the man who has watched and studied the salt lake market very little need be said for lie he soon realizes i that tile the average attempt to sell produce Is in a great majority of cases a failure as far as profit and satisfaction are concerned the man who has studied the eastern market also sas by all means get together and he is joined by the buyer who says it is far more satisfactory to deal with an organization than the individual report state board of horticulture ti deseret farmer |