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BETTER FRUIT 



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Here's the Catalog 



for Northwest Farmers 



— And it's free 



The farmer is the most important of Uncle Sam's 



soldiers because, as Napoleon said: "An army fights 



on its stomach/' Every 



seed sown helps win 



the war — choose your 



seeds then by the select 



draft system. 



lUfig seeds, acclimated 

 for northwest soils 



and conditions — best for the 

 west — are tested for germi- 

 nation and purity. 



Our catalog is complete 



and contains the accumulated 

 experience of thirty years in the 

 selection of seed for Pacific 

 Northwest farmers. 



Write for free copy and buy your seeds early 



[ij£S 



The Chas. H. Lilly Co., Seattle 



Established 1885 



Tractors. — Already a large number of 



men have volunteered, a large number 

 have been drafted, and in addition to 

 this the Government has to supply am- 

 munition, war machinery, clothing, 

 food and all kinds of supplies, not only 

 for the men at the front but for our 

 Allies, consequently every industry 

 should use all the machinery possible 

 in this way, relieving men for work 

 that cannot be done by machinery. 

 There is no line of work on the farm 

 that takes more time or more men than 

 cultivating. One tractor will do the 

 work of many men and many tractors 

 can be bought at a very moderate price. 



Where they are used they not only save 

 the cost of extra men but the cost of 

 capital invested in extra horses, extra 

 cost of feed. They have proved effi- 

 cient, and economical and by using 

 them the United States will be able to 

 produce a greater amount of food, 

 which is absolutely necessary. 



is a serious mistake, because cows will 

 be very high after the war and possibly 

 be very difficult to get. With the in- 

 creased production of feed undoubtedly 

 in the near future feed will be much 

 cheaper. The Government is urging 

 everybody, and wisely too, to keep the 

 family cow. 



Keep the Family Cow. — On account 



of the war, the shortage and high cost 

 of feed in foreign countries, the num- 

 ber of cows will be reduced to a mini- 

 mum. The same is true to a great ex- 

 tent in this country. A great many 

 people arc selling off their cows. This 



Horticulturist J^S^e 



orchard company. 8 years' experience 

 in orcharding and farming; college edu- 

 cation; married; age 31. Can furnish 

 best of references as to ability and char- 

 acter. Address "C. A. "care Better Fruit. 



