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bank, postoflice or other authorized 

 agency, by adding 12 cents in stamps 

 prior to February 1, 1918, and 1 cent 

 additional each month thereafter. Those 

 who prefer may buy a $5.00 stamp out- 

 right. These will be on sale from De- 

 cember 3, 1917, to January 31, 1918, for 

 .$4.12. They automatically increase in 

 value until January 1, 1923, when the 

 United States Government will pay 

 $5.00, at any postoffice or at the Treas- 

 ury in Washington, for each stamp 

 affixed to a war-saving certificate. War 

 saving certificates contain 20 spaces. 

 If these are filled with war-saving 

 stamps between December 3, 1917, and 

 January 31, 1918, the cost to the pur- 

 chaser will be $82.40. On January 1, 

 1923, the United States Government 

 will pay the owner of the certificate 

 $100, a net profit to the owner of 

 $17.60 — a mighty good way to help one 

 save and at the same time help the 

 Government carry on the war. 



Codling Moth in 1917. — In previous 



years the growers have had varying 

 degrees of success with codling moth. 

 Where conditions were favorable ap- 

 parently they got through with slight 

 damage. It is almost invariably true 

 that following clean crops growers 

 felt that the codling moth had been 

 almost completely eradicated and more 

 or less failed to apply sufficient num- 

 ber of sprays or put them on at the 

 proper times. The man who wants a 

 clean crop of apples cannot afford to 

 miss any one of the arsenate of lead 

 sprays during the entire season; put- 

 ting on every spray is the only sure 

 road to success. Equally important is 

 the selection of some well-known 

 brand, one that either you or your 

 neighbors used and obtained good re- 

 sults. The price of arsenate of lead 

 undoubtedly will be higher this year. 

 It is also possible that it may be diffi- 

 cult to obtain the necessary quantity if 

 the grower postpones purchasing until 

 late in the season. The Government 

 has issued instructions that arsenic 

 should be conserved, hoping to prevent 

 any possible shortage in the supply 

 needed by the fruit growers. 



Land Clearing and Increased Produc- 

 tion. — The administration, realizing the 

 condition fully in Europe, and in this 

 country as well, understands that the 

 United States must feed the Allies, 

 knows also that the food supply next 

 year will be very short unless super- 

 human efforts are made to increase 

 production. It is a well-known fact that 

 production can be increased in two 

 ways — intensified farming and more 

 planting. That everyone will endeavor 

 to increase by intensity goes without 

 question. It is the duty of everyone to 

 increase his output by increasing the 



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Your Uncle Samuel Says: — "Conserve all 

 food so that our Sammies at the front can be 



abundantly fed, and the folks at home still have plenty." 

 This message is of such importance to owners of orchards 

 and fruit bearing trees, vines and bushes, that Fruit Growing 

 Associations, Farmers' Clubs, Grange and other State and 

 National Organizations, are urging and insisting that each 

 member fake an active part in an earnest endeavor to increase 

 and improve his fruit and vegetable crops for 1918, and thus 

 place within easy reach of the general public such fruits, berries, and vegetables 

 for preserving, canning, drying and bin storage, as will take the place of grains 

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acreage wherever possible. It is the 

 duty of everyone who has uncleared 

 land to clear as much as his financial 

 condition will permit. Time is short 

 and quick action is necessary, conse- 

 quently land owners should use quick 

 and effective methods to clear land. 

 Special blasting powders are made for 

 this purpose. Full instructions can be 

 obtained from any company manufac- 

 turing blasting powders. There are a 

 number of good stump pullers made 

 which can be obtained at a moderate 

 price. Fruit growers should use every 

 man-saving factor possible in doing the 

 work. 



Spray Outfits. — Spraying for fungus 

 and San Jose scale will begin in most 

 districts in March. The grower must 

 bear in mind if he uses the right spray 

 at the right time he cannot get satis- 

 factory results unless he has efficient 

 equipment. It is foolish for a grower 

 to spray with a worn-out spray outfit. 

 A grower can save money by throwing 

 away the old rig and getting a new one, 

 buying one that is high-class in every 

 respect. There are several first-class 

 power outfits manufactured. Some 

 growers may like one, others another, 



but when you buy a spray outfit be 

 sure you purchase one that is abso- 

 lutely first-class, and when you buy 

 from a high-class and well-known man- 

 ufacturer you can generally feel assured 

 that you will get something that is first- 

 class in every respect. You cannot buy 

 anything good these days cheap. 



Auto and Motor Trucks. — The auto- 

 mobile is no longer a luxury with the 

 fruit grower and farmer. For some 

 time fruit growers and farmers have 

 realized that the automobile was al- 

 most a necessity. Since war was 

 declared, on account of the shortage of 

 men, it is absolutely necessary that 

 every fruit grower should economize 

 and conserve his time in every way 

 possible. The automobile fills the bill 

 and enables the fruit grower to come to 

 town, transact his business and get 

 back in the least amount of time. The 

 automobile truck, on account of quick- 

 ness and capacity, enables the fruit 

 grower lo d(i his hauling to and from 

 the depot in much less lime, and where 

 larger crops are to be moved the auto- 

 mobile truck will do the work of sev- 

 eral teams. 



