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BETTER FRUIT 



.March 



A Year of Hard Labor LOST 



By an Hour of Frost! 



More than one orchardist and truck gardener has 

 learned this by hard experience! To make certain of a 

 full crop, install the 



"Bolton" Orchard Heater 



Gives maximum heat, evenly distributed. Burns 

 cheap fuel oil. Can be lighted quickly. Burns long 

 time on one filling. No waste — you light only enough 

 heaters to hold temperature above the frost point. 



Send for Booklet "B" 



Tells you how to save your crops from frost. Filled 

 with valuable information for the grower. 



AMES-IRVIN CO. 



Irrigation Pipe, Orchard Heaters, Etc. 

 8th & Irwin, San Francisco, Cal. 



Cherry's Dependable Seeds 



DIRECT FROM GROWER TO PLANTER PRICE LIST FOR 1918 NO W READY 



Never before has there been such a shortage of seeds as this year. 



Never before has there been such a necessity for everyone to plant a garden. 



You will save money by ordering "Cherry's Dependable Seeds" from our special list 



Realizing that everyone must plant a garden this year, and in view of the fact that present 

 seed shortage necessarily makes higher prices, we are not getting out an elaborate 

 illustrated catalog this year. Instead, we will send you an advance Price List in which the 

 Price is at Least 25 per cent Lower than would have been possible had we published 

 a big book. We are grateful for your past orders, and hope you will appreciate our effort 

 to give you low prices. Write for special Wholesale Price List. 



CHAS. J. CHERRY & CO., Rockford, Illinois 



Statement of the Ownership, Management, Circulation, Etc. 



Required by the Act of Congress of August 24, 1912. 



of "Better Fruit," Published Monthly at Hood River, Oregon 



for October, 1917 



State of Oregon, ) 



County of Hood River, ) ss ' 



Before me, a notary public in and for the state and county aforesaid, personally 

 appeared E. H. Shepard, who having been duly sworn according to law, deposes and 

 says thar he is the editor and business manager of "Better Fruit," and that the follow- 

 ing is. to the best of his knowledge and belief, a true statement of the ownership, 

 management, (and if a daily paper the circulation), etc., of the aforesaid publication 

 for the date shown in the above caption, required by the Act of August 24, 1912. 

 embodied in section 443, Postal Laws and Regulations, printed on the reverse of this 

 form, to wit: 



1. That the names and addresses of the publisher, editor, managing editor and busi- 

 ness manager are: 



Publisher, Better Fruit Publishing Company, Hood River, Oregon. 

 Editor, E. H. Shepard. Hood River, Oregon. 

 Managing editor, E. H. Shepard, Hood River. Oregon. 

 Business manager, E. H. Shepard, Hood River, Oregon. 



2. That the owners are: (Give names and addresses of individual owners, or, if a 

 corporation, give its name and the names and addresses of stockholders owning or 

 holding one per cent or more of the total amount of stock.) 



Better Fruit Publishing Company, Inc., Hood River, Oregon. 

 E. H. Shepard, stockholder, Hood River, Oregon. 



3. That the known bondholders, mortgagees, and other security holders owning or 

 holding one ner cent or more of total amount of bonds, mortgages, or other securities 

 are: (If there are none, so state.) None. 



4. That the two paragraphs next above giving the names of the owners, stockholders 

 and security holders, if any, contain not only the list of stockholders and security 

 holders as they appear upon the books of the company, but also, in cases where the 

 stockholder or security holder appears upon the books of the company as trustee or in 

 any other fiduciary relation, the name of the person or corporation for whom such 

 trustee is acting, is given: also that the said two paragraphs contain statements em- 

 bracing affiant's full knowledge and belief as to the circumstances and conditions under 

 Which stockholders and security holders who do not appear upon the books of the com- 

 pany as trustees, hold stock and securities in a capa.city other than that of a bona fide 

 owner; and this affiant has no reason to believe that any other person, association, or 

 corporation has any interest direct or indirect in the said stock, bonds or other securi- 

 ties than as so stated by him. 



5. That the average number of copies of each issue of this publication sold or dis- 

 tributed through the mails or otherwise, to paid subscribers during the six months 

 preceding the date shown above is: (This information is required from daily publica- 

 tions only.) (Signed) E. H. SHEPARD, 



Editor and Business Manager. 

 Sworn to and subscribed before me this 13th day of February, 1918. 



ALTON W. ONTHANK, 

 (Seal) Notary Public for the State of Oregon. 



(My commission expires May 29, 1919.) 



Government Inspection. — One of the 

 best moves ever made in behalf of the 

 vegetable grower and the fruit grower 

 is Government inspection which is 

 being carried on in a number of cities 

 in the United States. A list of the cities 

 and the names of the inspectors, is pub- 

 lished elsewhere in this edition. In 

 previous years the fruit growers and 

 fruit-shipping concerns have been 

 largely at the mercy of the man at the 

 other end, if he is inclined to be other- 

 wise than straightforward. By this sys- 

 tem of Government inspection the fruit 

 grower is given protection. If the Gov- 

 ernment inspector passes on the fruit 

 the buyer is compelled to carry out his 

 contract and does not have an oppor- 

 tunity of making a claim or rejecting 

 on account of off-condition, if the Gov- 

 ernment inspection is O. K. 



Codling- Moth. — In this edition ap- 

 pears an article on "Trapping Codling 

 Sloth," by Alfred M. Wilson. Growers 

 frequently have appreciated the value 

 of banding the trees and killing the cod- 

 ling moth under the bands. Mr. Wil- 

 son's method is an improvement, as the 

 trap holds the codling moth after they 

 have emerged and prevents them from 

 getting away. While the editor has 

 never seen one of these traps and can- 

 not say how successful they may prove 

 to be, he is inclined to believe the sug- 

 gestion is well worth trying, and there- 

 fore has published in this edition a 

 contribution from Mr. Wilson showing 

 how the traps are made, with the hope 

 it may be a benefit to the fruit growers. 



Spraying. — The spraying season for 



some diseases and pests will commence 

 in March or April, according to the 

 weather conditions. Ordinarily spray 

 for San Jose scale should be applied 

 late in March or early in April. The 

 first spray for fungus should com- 

 mence about this time; therefore if the 

 fruit grower does not already possess a 

 first-class power outfit he should buy 

 one immediately. It does not pay to 

 depend on hiring your neighbor to 

 spray your orchard, because if you do 

 he sprays his own orchard first and 

 yours afterward, and yours is some- 

 times sprayed too late. 



Pruning. — Strange to say pruning is 



one of the subjects the least understood 

 by growers. Most growers have had a 

 vague idea of what they ought to do, 

 but comparatively few have had a com- 

 plete understanding of just why they 

 pruned in a particular way. The im- 

 portance of thinning out and heading 

 back in connection with production is 

 very ably covered in an article by 

 Professor V. R. Gardner, appearing in 

 this edition. Professor Gardner's article 

 is not one of opinion, but is founded on 

 actual observation and practical expe- 

 rience. 



Sugar. — All fruits contain more or 



less sugar. The system requires a cer- 

 tain amount of sugar, and the more 

 fruit you eat the less sugar you will 

 have to buy. What is equally impor- 

 tant, the sugar in fruit is in a far more 

 digestible form than ordinary sugar 

 which you buy. 



