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Show Tins FjAim TKlvlOI'IION'I-J TN'UTS-J'iSXSAIJI.K. TN'UTS-J'iSXSAIJI.K. ' Tho (elephohc has become tho most highly prized aid to tho truck grower and orchardlst in marketing his prod- "rts, lTvcry morning and evening It vt.lu him Just how many tar of veg- I otablcs or fruit in his section "have i been shipped to iho various markets "and -what prices are bring. paid from' , day to diy IW " J "l" '""Ji""" " 1 It warns him of frosts and storms, enables him to augment his field workers by drawing upon the over-supply over-supply of labor at other points and keeps hlm'wlthln as doso touch with' every detail of the industry in which' ho Is Inlorcstcd as though he visited every farm in his di-strlct. I In California, Coloradp and throughout through-out tho south tho various associations of fruit growers connect their Individ-1 ual members by telephone and at certain cer-tain hours each day all the members on tho various lines aro called up by a given signal, at tho same Instant, and reports as to the condition of tho markets, the weather and every other fact of Interest Is thus spread through the region, often many miles In extent and embraces hundreds of growers. In this way the growers aro placed in possession of Information wljteh will tell them whether It will bo! profitable to ship to any cortaln market or to withold their shipments' entirely for a day or so longer until ( the prices tiro favorable. It prevents gluts In tho market, tells, the farmer what particular fruit or, vegetable is In greatest demand at, tho moment, enables him to work with systemf cquul to that employed by anyumercantilo or mnnufacturlng buiurioss In the country The (elephono Is rapidly reducing the marketing of farm products to an j exact iclenoo thus saving' millions' I every year to the. fuVmcrs who j produce crops' that perish (widely. I Tho house where celery Is stored should bo well ventilated because 'celery will stand a good deal of cold and damp; heat' is-fatal. '' ;i |