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VIJEE 

 SUPPLIES 



Keep Bees this Summer 



nteresting there is mom 

 3ur line is complete. W 

 ForlEWIS BEE WARE 



JheChas.H. Lilly Co. Seattle. 



Till Your Orchard 



as thoroughly as you culti- 

 vate your cornfield. Inten- 

 sive tillage conserves the 

 moisture and sets plant food 

 free. For more and better 

 fruit, use an 



"Acme" 



Orchard Harrow 



Works right under the branches. 

 The sharp-ground coulters work 

 the soil easily, cutting r.utweeds 

 and leaving a loose dust mulch 

 at the top. Extension and reg- 

 ular styles — 1 horse to 4 horse 

 sizes— 3 ft. to l7'/2 ft. wide. 

 Our free book, "The Acme Way to 

 Cri pa That 1 ay," prints the road to 

 bifger orchard prohts. Send today. 



Duane H. Nash Inc. 



j* 343 A E. Morrison St. 



'■ff .o, Portland, Oregon 



A Patriotic Duty " 



Serve by Saving. Can fruits, 

 vegetables and meats. Let 

 nothing go to waste. Every 

 mouthful is needed. 



The wonderful, simple "NATIONAL" 

 Steam Pressure Canner makes this 

 work quick and easy. Prevents spoil- 

 age. Cans anything in glass or tin. 

 Mslce big profits. Home outfit Slo, 

 Commercial outfits up to $2,000. 

 Write fur FRkE catalog. 



Northwestern Steel & Iron Works 



82U Spring St. Eau Claire. Wis. 



FRED EBERLE, General Manager 



Growers' Agents 

 Yakima Valley Fruit 



General Offices, Yakima 



WAREHOUSES: 



Yakima, Naches, Selah, Wapato, 



Exchange and Tieton 



COLD STORAGE IN CONNECTION 



ment contracts are being accepted by some of 

 the box-producing mills, prompts me to urge 

 all growers and shippers to co-operate with one 

 another, ascertain their requirements, or at least 

 S0% to 90% of same, and place their orders 

 with the box factories, making arrangements 

 for storage and delivery as soon as cars are 

 available. In this connection I might mention 

 that the Car Service Commission of Washing- 

 ton, D. C, promises no relief from the present 

 situation for next spring and summer. By 

 accepting shipments from now on you are not 

 only protecting yourself from a box shortage, 

 but assuring yourself that your supply will be 

 on hand when wanted. 



Standard specifications for the coming year 

 were adopted at the conference after careful 

 consideration, sample containers for all fruits 

 and vegetables being on exhibition, which in 

 no way conflict with state or national laws or 

 vary from containers heretofore used by grow- 

 ers and shippers so far as inside measurements 

 are concerned. The changes deal entirely with 

 the thickness and width of the various pieces 

 used in the construction of a box. These 

 changes appear to work to the best advantage 

 of all concerned in the effort to meet the de- 

 mand of the coming season. The specifications 

 adopted for the standard apple box are as 

 follows : 



Standard Apple Box — Two ends, one or two 

 pieces, H%XlO%xlVi«; two-piece ends securely 

 fastened with three corrugated steel fasteners. 

 Two sides, one piece each, 19%xl0%x%. Two 

 tops, one piece each 19%x5%x%t. Two bot- 

 toms, one piece each 19^x5^4x^i6- Four cleats 

 ll%xi% 6 x%. 



To meet the unusual situation forecasted for 

 1918, the following exceptions to the standard 

 specifications were permitted in emergencies: 



Exception No. 1 — Two ends, one, two or three 

 pieces, ll%xlO%xHie; two or three-piece ends 

 securely fastened with three corrugated steel 

 fasteners at each joint. Two sides, one piece 

 each, 19%xl0%x%e« Two tops, one piece each 

 19 1 /.x5 1 4^6' Three bottoms, one piece each 

 19V»x3Vox3' 16 . Four cleats ll%xiy 16 x%. 



Exception No. 2 — Same dimensions as Excep- 

 tion No. 1 with %-inch sides, which can be 

 50% two pieces when dressed and matched. 



Other containers were approved as displayed. 



The box manufacturers will endeavor to meet 

 all requirements along the lines of the adopted 

 standards and can do so if you will place your 

 orders immediately, so that they can take 

 advantage of the slack season in other depart- 

 ments to divert regular employes to making 

 these boxes. 



The purpose in calling the conference of 

 November 21th was to avoid the uncertainties 

 of last season as to deliveries and to prepare 

 for the condition of labor shortage, which will 

 undoubtedly be most serious in 1918. Will you 

 not co-operate by placing orders for boxes and 

 accepting deliveries as early as possible? 



UNION PACIFIC SYSTEM. 



Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation 



Company. 



General Passenger Department. 



Portland, Oregon, January 29, 1918. 

 Editor Better Fruit : 



"War Gardens" is a little pamphlet issued by 

 this company for the purpose of stimulating 

 food production this coming season. I am 

 pleased to enclose a copy. 



This is in continuation of our efforts along the 

 same line in past years. Under the auspices 

 of the extension departments of the Oregon 

 Agricultural College and State College of 

 Washington last season our campaign through- 

 out Oregon and Washington resulted in the 

 formation of "garden clubs" in nearly all of 

 the places visited, and, according to reports, in 

 a largely increased acreage in gardens and field 

 crops. We aim to continue the work this year 

 in the hope of still greater increase, and this 

 pamphlet is the "first gun." 



It is free for distribution. Such mention as 

 you may see fit to make of it to that end may, 

 we trust, be regarded by you as co-operation 

 in behalf of a good cause, and will be much 

 appreciated by all concerned. 



Wm. McMurray, 

 General Passenger Agent. 



Subscribe to the Y. M. C. A. and keep 

 on subscribing. They are adding cheer 

 and comfort to the lives of our soldier 

 boys in Europe. 



The United Stales will have 1,000,000 

 men in France, maybe more. Keep the 

 lines open and the food moving. 



5PPAY 

 MATERIALS 



Orchard Brand Standard Ar- 

 senate of Lead (paste) is guar- 

 anteed not to contain less than 

 15% Arsenic Oxide, not to ex- 

 ceed 50% water, and not to 

 exceed 0.5% soluble arsenic. It 

 is a soft, creamy paste, so man- 

 ufactured, by chemical and 

 mechanical processes, as to 

 give the best possible results 

 under orchard conditions. 



Orchard Brand Powdered 

 Arsenate of Lead is double the 

 strength of the paste, and 

 when used in water only one- 

 half the quantity of the prepar- 

 ation is required. It is a finely 

 divided powder that mixes 

 readily with water and remains 

 in good suspension when 

 diluted in the spray tank. To 

 control Codling Moth and sim- 

 ilar insects, use 2 pounds to 

 100 gallons of water. 



A full line of other 

 materials for con- 

 trol of aphis, etc., 

 ready for shipment 



Responsibility of the maker 

 of insecticides is so important 

 that you should be most care- 

 ful of the brand you buy. Re- 

 liable sprays will save the crop, 

 while unworthy ones may 

 ruin it. 



To get your sprays when 

 needed buy of the dealer hand- 

 ling Universal and Orchard 

 Brands. 



Write for full 



information 

 and directions. 



General Chemical Co. 



Dep't F-5 



777 Royal Insurance Bldg. 

 SAN FRANCISCO 



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