Show idaho prune crop yield half million BOISE september tj 29 approximate ly 00 per cent of this years idaho fresh cresh prune crop has moved to market and the he remainder is expected to bo be chipped by october 1st J H McBirn mcbirney vy eh chairman airmail of the idaho fresh purne growers stabilization committee announced today ue he said that nearly carloads of prunes will be shipped this year ant and will yield idaho growers an income ranging benteen and the growers this thia tall fall are rec receiving eivin from ba cents to a half bushel blishel basket the best price received tor for our tresh fresh prunes in recent years mr air mu me barney bli ney asserted this price will bring the grower a profitable return on his hd crop and will no doubt stimulate a heavier production of prunes next year sir mcbirney praised the chain food stores for their as assistance istance in advertising idaho fresh prunes nationally and aiding in an orderly marketing program for this years crop the food chain stores responded promptly to our request for help to to as assure tire a proper distribution of our crop he said it is their combined burine power for retail outlets throughout the united states that proved a tremendous factor in the stabilization of f the fresh prune market for years we have suffered principally from lack of proper distribution with food chains chain manifesting such a real interest we are cm convinced vinced that through adv ertling of our product nationally and through orderly marketing the growers will be able to obtain a profitable return the prune stabilization committee of which mr lIeB imy is chairman opp Paled to the food chain stores earia in september to assist in distri distributing distribution butin this years crop rilea W doe auf president of the national nal a association of food chains chaing came to bole boie personally in 0 o pled the support of his organization 1 and to assist asit in a proper marketing program |