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VOLUME XXXIV.
SHELTON, MASON COUNTY, WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 1920
NO. 16
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PLAN TO PROMOTE
BERRY RAISING ON
LARGE SCALE HERE
LOCAL DELEGATES TO PUYAL-
LUP FIND READY MARKET
THERE FOR ALL BERRIES
THAT COUNTY CAN
PRODUCE
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One of the projects which the
Mason County Farm Bureau has in
hand is the promotion of berry rais-
ing in this county, and for some time
past it has been working up an in-
terest in this branch of farming, for
which the county affords ideal con-
ditions. In order to secure informa-
tion as to the probable market and
.direct benefits a delegation of Mason
County citizens accompanied County
.Agent Drew on a visit to the Puyal-
Iup cannery and consultation with
President Paulhamus.
Mr. Paulhamus has made occasional
visits to Mason County in the past,
is quite familiar with conditions here
and offered the most encouragement
to induce our people to engage in
this most profitable industry, even
though taken up a side-line. He
offcred to establish one or two receiv-
:ing stations, if fifty or a hundred
acres were guaranteed in the county,
and agreed still further to make five-
year contracts with growers who
would phmt ccFtain berries at a min-
:imum figure that would insure a
good proiit, but would pay whatever
the going market price was at the
time of marketing, and take all the
fruit offered. This would remove any
.element of uncertainty and guarantee
the grower a safe and sure business.
The Puyallup cannery, needs Or-
gon Champion gooseberries so badly
that Mr. Paulhamus even offered to
fuimish the plants free to those who
wouhl plant this berry on a large
scale. They also desire the following
berries in large quantities, in about
the order name, l: Marshall strawber-
ries. (Xthh'erl ra,..pbcrries, I,oganber-
ries and lqvelgreen blackberries.
Some of these l)lants are not now
obudnable in larg'e quantitie% but it
i, ,;,.bable lh-.t the cannery would
I'\\;. H t"il I'll !-:11 b.']l t,O c,ontrat:t hlff
I'l" .- , ll5' next 5 tl" ill el'do( to ill-
,,., ':,,v::. plfiai Li',.:• The ],ureau
< to st,era"' :; least 50 acres in
:, ,: , /lie ::',k,.!<, aL-;h :rod Kamitche
X : 1 " I :,,> ",voi a::l e(lll:tl [l}?IO1.11lt
vll tiler i lilt< <\