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whatever price he desires, of course he is inclined to set a dpw price-—human jiature being khat it is.
Ordinarily it is the seller that puts a price^on his product and the buyer can choose whether he wants to buy or not. But in the apple business ft has been the practice for the growers to depend on the processors to set a fair price. Any faith the growers have had in the processors to do this has not been justified the past two seasons. , / - Only by refusing to deliver without a,price* or rather refusing to deliver without a satisfactory price, and by establishing a strong grower organization can the growers hope to deal effectively with the processors. A grower can. afford to lose over one third of his crop and still come out ■ ahead if prices are raised to last years level of $2.50 per - hundred weight. Figure it- out on 1000 bushels.
At $1.75 per cwt. a 45 lb. bushel of #1 canner apples 2V«” up is worth 79c or $790 per 1000 bushels. Average picking and hauling costs amount to 25c per bushel or $250 per thousand. $790 fess $250 leaves $540 net after picking and hauling but before other costs.
At $2.50 per cwt. the same bushel is worth $1.13. 615 bushels at $1.13 equals, $694.95. Subtract the average picking and hauling costs or 25c or $153.75 for 616 bushels and we have a net of $541.20. Theref ore we see that if the price is raised to $2.50 per cwt. a grower can lose 385 bushels out of every 1000 bushels and still be ahead this year besides cutting down the processors inventory .for next -year.
The economy of Rappahannock depends largely on the apple market. EvPry gri)wer owes it to himself and ^his neighbor to cooperate and organize" as well as to diminish, divert and delay delivery of his apple crop to processors.
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