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BETTER FRUIT 



APPLE SEEDLINGS 



A surplus in all grades. Grown on new land. 

 Strong, healthy Stocks that will please. 



APPLE GRAFTS 



Made to order. Satisfaction guaranteed. If short of labor, 

 let us make you Grafts for you. 



A Complete Line of General Nursery Stock for the Spring Trade 



Always pleased to quote prices. Ask for Price List. 



Mount Arbor Nurseries 



E. S. WELCH, Pres. 



SHENANDOAH, IOWA 



MORE WORK™™ 

 YOUR HORSES/ 



Heavy spring work takes the surplus flesh from 

 the horse. His collar no longer fits. His neck 

 and shoulders chafe and gall. He 

 can't do his full share of work and you 

 lose money. Prevent these evils by 

 using TAPATCO Pads. 



A NEW AND BETTER 

 HOOK ATTACHMENT 



Consisting of wire staple, reinforced 

 with felt washer (note where arrows 

 point). This gives the hook a better 

 hold and prevents pulling off. The 

 weakest point is made strong and 

 life of pad greatly lengthened. 

 Found Only on Pads Made by Us. 



Look For The Felt Washer. 

 SOLD BY DEALERS EVERYWHERE 



The American Pad & Textile Company 



GREENFIELD, OHIO 



Canadian Branch: Chatham, Ontario. 



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Pat. InU S.Dec. 1.1814. 

 Pat.lnCaa.Apr 6.1915. 



Steel Box Strapping 



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Used in connection with 

 metal seals consists of 

 encircling a package 

 with a metal strap, draw- 

 ing the strap very tight 

 and interlocking the 

 overlapping strap -ends 

 within a metal sleeve 

 (SIGNODE) in such a 

 manner that the joint has 

 agreater tensilestrength 

 than the strap itself. 

 Nails, rivets and buck- 

 les, with their attendant 

 objections, are entirely 

 eliminated. 



Write for 

 Catalog 



Acme Strapping packed in bbls. of about 500 lbs. or larger pkgs. 

 Metal Seals packed in cartons containing 2.000-2,500 seals. 



ACME STEEL GOODS CO. MFRS. 



Factory: 2840 Archer Ave., Chicago 



311 California St., San Francisco 



January 



Spray Guns. — A new spray gun is 

 being put on the market by spray-outfit 

 manufacturers, which is being found 

 very eflicient and economical. One 

 spray gun with sufficient power back 

 of it in a spray outfit will do the work 

 of two spray rods. By using a spray 

 gun which is adapted to present ma- 

 chines one spray outfit with one man 

 can do the work of two men. Large 

 machines of greater power are being 

 made at a moderate increase over the 

 average power outfit, which are made 

 with sullicient power to operate two 

 spray guns, which will do the spraying 

 in half of the time required by the ordi- 

 nary spray outfit. A large orchardist 

 should get a large machine and use two 

 spray guns. A moderate-sized orchard: 

 ist can use his own machine and use 

 one spray gun instead of two spray 

 rods. Spray guns, while they have not 

 been used generally, give every evi- 

 dence of doing satisfactory work. 



Nitrate of Soda. — Many fruit growers, 

 who had complained of light yields, 

 have been using nitrate of soda for two 

 years, with wonderful results. In cases 

 where the supply of nitrate had become 

 deficient many orchards bloomed but 

 failed to set a crop. One orchard in 

 Hood River blossomed well for several 

 seasons but failed to set a crop. Nitrate 

 of soda was applied at the proper time, 

 about March, and in the same year the 

 grower produced a crop of about 500 

 boxes to the acre. Nitrate was used 

 again the next year and a crop of more 

 than 500 boxes to the acre produced. 

 It seems to be generally conceded by 

 the fruit growers that where apples 

 have failed to set, due to the deficiency 

 of nitrate contained in the soil, that 

 by judicious application of nitrate a 

 good set and increasing yield results in 

 a most wonderful way. 



Professor C. I. Lewis, one of the most 



eminent horticulturists in the United 

 States, Professor of Horticulture of the 

 Oregon Agricultural College, has a very 

 interesting article in the December 

 22nd issue of the Country Gentleman, 

 entitled "Northwestern Apples and 

 Other Fruits." Professor Lewis is ap- 

 preciated for his splendid knowledge 

 of fruit growing and is recognized as 

 one of the most practical men that ever 

 filled a chair of horticulture in any of 

 the agricultural colleges. Professor 

 Lewis is so well known and is so popu- 

 lar with the fruit growers that anything 

 we might say would be of faint praise. 



Winter Short Courses. — Winter short 

 courses will be held this year at the 

 Washington State Agricultural College, 

 Pullman, Washington: The Idaho Agri- 

 cultural College, Moscow, Idaho, and 

 the Oregon Agricultural College, Cor- 

 vallis, Oregon. Every fruit grower and 

 farmer who can possible get away 

 should write for a schedule and plan 

 his work so as to be able to attend. 



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