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BETTER FRUIT 



The "Wells & Wade" Box Lidding Machine 



Here is a machine that is a "World Beater." Two of them pressed and lidded in one 

 central packing house last year 



123,000 Boxes Apples Without One Cent Outlay for Repairs 



and at the end of the season could have been repainted and sold for new. The machine 

 has been improved this year to automatically receive boxes from conveyor (if used). 

 The record these Lidding machines made last year is not equalled by any other lidding 

 press made. It's the Quickest, Most Complete and Longest Lived Box Press Made and 



The Price is Only $25.00 where bank draft is mailed with the order. 



WELLS & WADE 



Wenatchee Avenue, near Courthouse 

 WENATCHEE, WASHINGTON 



September 



manufacturers are endeavoring to assist 

 the farmer who has land to clear 

 with instructive booklets and circulars, 

 which are very helpful. These can be 

 obtained free upon request. 



bors and discuss their problems, and to 

 learn what the other fellow is doing 

 and how he does it. Nearly every man- 

 ufacturer of equipment for the fruit 

 grower and farmer doing business in 

 this state will have an exhibit of ma- 

 chinery that will be well worth seeing. 

 Fruit growers and farmers, in order to 

 get the fullest amount possible out of 

 their crop, must be able to grow it and 

 harvest it at a minimum expense. The 

 Oregon State Fair provides camping 

 ground and facilities for those who de- 

 sire to camp out, which enables one to 

 make a visit to the Oregon State Fair at 

 very small expense. 



Clearing Land. — There is a critical 



shortage of all food supplies, largely 

 due to the war, which will continue 



Walnuts. — The increase in price on 

 all food commodities is undoubtedly 

 due to the increased demand and the 

 supply being somewhat short. The in- 

 creased demand is probably due to the 

 fact that so many people ordinarily 

 engaged in producing foodstuffs are 

 either at the front or making ammuni- 

 tion. Inasmuch as it will be some time 

 after the war is over, — and no one 

 knows when that will be, — before the 

 warring nations get back to productive- 

 ness, every fruit grower and farmer 

 should give special attention to increas- 

 ing his crops in producing as much food 

 as possible, particularly of non-perish- 

 able nature. Nuts are considered very 

 nutritious and at the same time an ex- 

 cellent food, consequently it seems the 

 following suggestion is well worthy of 

 consideration. Every fruit grower and 

 farmer should plant a few walnut trees 

 to help create food for the family, and 

 whatever surplus a farmer can produce 

 he can sell to excellent advantage, as 

 walnuts have been remunerative for 

 several years in the past. 



The Monthly Crop Report of August 

 1st evidently believes that apples have 

 increased in value, as indicated by the 

 estimates under "Important Products" 

 of July 15th, giving the following fig- 

 ures: Apples, per bushel, estimated 

 value July 15, 1916, 86%c; July, 1917, 

 $1.25; apples, per barrel, 1916, $2.60; 

 1917, $3.14. 



Orchard Queen 

 Cider Mill 



even after the war, as undoubtedly it 

 will take the European countries sev- 

 eral years to get back to their natural 

 producing capacity. Consequently the 

 government is urging increased pro- 

 ductivity in every way possible. It is 

 doubtful if the present amount of land 

 under cultivation can be increased suffi- 

 ciently in yield, so it seems advisable 

 to suggest to every fruit grower and 

 farmer that if he has any uncleared 

 land that it would be a paying propo- 

 sition to clear it this winter so as to get 

 it producing at the earliest possible 

 moment. There is no question but what 

 it will pay well. Blasting powder is 

 used extensively for this purpose. 

 There are many different blasting pow- 

 ders, some being especially adapted to 

 clearing land. The blasting powder 



Grinds 



Does 



Not 



Crush 



MAKE CIDER 



This New Way 



Gets Every Bit of Juice by Clean, Sanitary Methods 

 Orchard Queen grates or grinds apples into 

 fine pomace— breaks fruit cells open— allows all 

 the juice to be easily extracted in pressing- 

 insures greatest quantity and highest quality ot 

 cider, as juice is extracted in sanitary cloth-lined 

 forms. (In ordinary crushing mills only half the 

 juice is extracted and in a mussy, dirty condi- 

 tion.) Operates easily by hand or power. Write 

 today for information of this marvelously em- 

 cient mill and how it turns your usual orchard 

 losses into unusual profits. 



Puffer-Hubbard Mfg. Co. 



3222 26th St., East 



MINNEAPOLIS. MINN 



WHEN WRITING ADVERTISERS MENTION BETTER FRUIT 



