Show FARMERS ATTENTION fruit and vegetable growers of the united states the fruit and vegetable growers association of the united states met at the neil house columbua columbus ohio sune the meeting was one of unusual iju interest terest the various various papers read all embodied d deep thought and research the most interesting discussions we were ril on the value and use of fruits and regarding the best methods of preparing fruit for market and p preserving reserving it for Jamil family use the the opinion see seemed med prevalent th that ateva evaporated fruit was bound to obtain and hold the b highest hest position in public ic favor 1 not t only is evaporated fruit luperi superior or in in i appear appearance aric in in flavor in ill healthfulness and in keeping properties but it com nii mands indan a much higher price ardi ordinary dried apples are worth from two to two and a half cents per lb evaporated apples from eight to ten tea cent common dried peaches are worth from three to five cents evaporated ap orated from 18 to 22 cents ezra E r arnold the illinois presented drawings and specifications of a cheap evaporator made and used by himself with which he lie has had bad better success than with mhd more expensive dry houses and evaporators he orated apples in two lid tirs straw berrie berr 1 iese in three hours peaches in ill two tivo hours cherries in two hours corn in two houra hours and all kinds of fruits proportionately quick the tile evaporator ie is a marvel of aim simplicity and excellence and can be made by any one at a very frilling expense by 1 its its use millions of dollars can be saved the producer and ad consumer each year there ar are e thousands of families that dry large largo quantities of fruit annually in the old fashioned slow way and sell it at the old fashioned low price when the they could with but little expense ma make e an evaporator rand and evaporate five times as much fruit and then could sell it for five times as much per pound thera are thousands of families in the cities that can at times when the market ie is glutted buy fruit for less than the cost of production product i and with an evaporator can prepare ina in a few days sufficient fruit for a years consumption and at one tenth the 1 usual expenditure mr arnold said he did not intend in t cut to make or sell evaporators and would consign to the association his right and title to his ev apora tors provided the assoni association bation would procure e cuts to illustrate the different parts and distribute gratuitously among the farmers fruit raisers abd corleu consumers mers of the united states complete illustrated directions for making and using this evaporator on motion mr arnolds pro proposition I 1 was accepted and the forrow follow ing aag resolution lution adopted resolved that the secretary of the fruit and vegetable growers association be authorized to inform the people through the lead ing hig newspapers in each state that allu illustrated directions for making an dusing arnolds huit fruit h uit ev 1 p 4 tor can be obtained by adar addressing essing our secretary corlando WO W orlando rlando smith P V 0 Q box alliance Alli anoe alim ohio enclosing stamps for return po postage staffe and that the secretary draw on the treasurer for the necessary amount to defray expense of wood cut cuts printing etc on motion hoote a vote of thanks was tendered mr arnold for bis valuable gift to the association on motion a vote of thanks was tendered the pre press throughout through out e 0 country at large for the courtesies extended to us in publishing ishi ng the call for the tho meeting of our association pecia tion and for publishing the proceedings of our previous iotis meet ings on motion the association adjourned to meet at the southern souther n hotel st louis mo dec at 10 am ab W ly SMITH 1 f n secretary |