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BETTER FRUIT 



March 







■ Right Back in the Same Row ■( 



■ and Right Up to the Trees 5 



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J Under the Low Branches! 



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Turning Feature " 



Immensely Important in Orchard 

 Tractor 



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jjj Will the tractor vou buy turn In a 10- 5 

 5 foot circle (5-foot radius i pulling as 5 

 S strong on the short turns as on the _ 

 •S straight away — and will it do that with- „ 

 ^2 out straining <m< side or one wheelf pi 

 Z That's of vital importance ! Many trac- m 

 E S tors work well when pulling straight — g 

 5 it's on the turns that you will get good oj 

 B or poor service from your tractor. ■ 



The Bean TrackPTTI.L Tractor is the ! 

 5 niilu small orehard-and-vineyard tractor 5 

 5 mn'ilc that delivers full power on 10-foot Hi 

 ! turns and it turns without straining one _| 

 S side, pivoting, or doing anything else that g 

 S a tractor shouldn't do. 



This remarkable machine is built on ■ 



■ patented FHONT-DR1VE principle — you ■ 



■ steer with the single hack which does all ■ 

 J the pulling whichever way you go. You ■ 

 J can turn it back down the same row fsee ■ 



■ illustration above) without lifting out ■ 



■ the tools making as short a turn as with 5 

 |J a team ! 



■ Absolutely no other tractor acts so like ■ 



■ a team while doing three times as much, I 

 !■ is so handy, so efficient, so staunch, and B| 

 !■ so protected against over-strain! 



You'll want the TrackPTJLL eventually o 



g — go see it now. Send coupon at once b 



| for catalog, complete description, and B| 



H name of nearest demonstrating agent. ■ 



Don't buy a tractor that does less. ■ 



!U Don't do without one that does so much. ■! 



m Send the coupon now. 



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I Track PULL Tractor j 



Both Prof. Lovelt and Prof. Barss, 

 Oregon Agricultural College specialists, 

 think that growers had best order as 

 early possible. Lead arsenate has prac- 

 tically doubled in price, and in many 

 eases it may be advisable to substitute 

 arsenate of lime (calcium arsenate). 

 This material is satisfactory and safe 

 when used properly. Representative 

 samples of the material (one-half 

 pound) should be sent to the chemist 

 at the Oregon Experiment Station, Cor- 

 vallis, for analysis and advice as to the 

 dilution to use and the proper pro- 

 cedure when mixing. 



With Invaluable Patented 

 Front-Drive 



Don't buy a tractor until you have mailed 

 the coupon. 



Bean Spray Pump Co. 



81S W. Julian St., 

 San Jose, California. 



Send me catalog and full information without 

 ' bligatlon on my part. 



Name 



Street 



City 



County- 

 No. of acres.... 

 Kind of crops grc 



Our Hour of Trial 



Now is the hour of our testing. 



We must save, serve and sacrifice. 



If we are selfish or even careless, we 

 are disloyal; we are the enemy at home! 



"Food will win the war!" Whose 

 food, German or American? The world 

 awaits your answer. 



We must save, serve and sacrifice. 



The Task Ahead 

 Germany's greatest ally is the false 

 belief in the United States that the war 

 will be short. Face the grim facts. 

 Prepare in your own home, in your 

 business and in your community. 



The war is causing a shortage of men 

 in all classes of labor. The fruit grower 

 should realize that it is not going to be 

 as easy to secure men in 1918 as in 

 former years. Therefore he should 

 provide himself with all kinds of ma- 

 chines that will save the work of men, 

 consequently the tractor should be 

 thoroughly investigated by the fruit 

 grower. Tractor-manufacturing com- 

 panies which have made large tractors 

 for farmers have realized for a long 

 time the necessity of devising and 

 building a tractor adapted to orchard 

 work which is low down, so not to 

 rub against the trees, and one that can 

 turn around in the orchard without 

 taking up too much room. During the 

 last few years a number of tractors de- 

 vised for orchard work have been put 

 on the market. Growers who have used 

 them state they are proving highly effi- 

 cient and extremely economical, claim- 

 ing that one tractor will do the work 

 of several teams, so it seems wise to 

 suggest that the tractor is worthy of 

 favorable investigation by every fruit 

 grower, especially those who have the 

 largest-sized orchards. 



WHEN WRITING ADVERTISERS MENTION BETTER FRUIT 



On account of the shortage of labor 

 and supplies it is wise of the fruit 

 grower to order his grading machine 

 early. Grading machines have proved 

 efficient and economical. Those who 

 have used grading machines have re- 

 duced the cost of packing very mate- 

 rially, which is variously estimated 

 from three or four cents per box to 

 seven or eight cents. Fruit growers 

 will save extra money, and on account 

 of the scarcity of men, the economy 

 and efficiency of grading machines no 

 fruit grower with a good-sized crop of 

 apples should fail to use a grading ma- 

 chine in packing out his crop. 



Technical 



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PAJARO VALLEY 



IS ONE OF THE CLEANEST 



HORTICULTURAL DISTRICTS 



IN THE UNITED STATES 



This condition is due largely to the State 

 and County investigations that have been 

 conducted there by Mr. W. H. Volck. 



Mr. Volck is now Director of Research 

 of the California Spray Chemical Co., and 

 his recommendations are of the highest 

 authority. 



Success in orcharding depends upon 

 the orchard management, and one of the 

 serious factors of orchard management 

 is spraying. Expert opinion can be 

 readily obtained by writing Mr. Volck. 



ORTHO DRY Arsenate of Lead, 

 in competition with other 

 brands, received the highest 

 award ever conferred on sprays 

 at any exposition. 



ORTHO DRY Arsenate of Lead 

 is a light, finely divided powder, 

 equally suitable for either wet 

 or dry application. The conven- 

 ience and ease of handling should 

 recommend it to any progressive 

 fruit grower; only half the 

 weight to haul; no rubbing or 

 or mixing; just put it in the tank 

 and start the agitator. 



ORTHO DRY Arsenate of Lead 

 has been used in all the fruit 

 growing districts of the Pacific 

 Coast, and has an army of friends 

 who maintain that it is vastly su- 

 perior to any other lead arsenate. 



Successful control of pests 

 depends largely upon the sprays 

 used. You get the best results 

 when you use ORTHO DRY Ar- 

 senate of Lead. 



California Spray Chemical Co. 



Seattle— Watsonville-New York 



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