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BETTER FRUIT 



Page 13 



contains much valuable information on 

 plums and prunes, which will be of in- 

 terest to the grower in assisting him to 

 make up his mind about the advisability 

 of planting plums and prunes. This 

 article also gives much valuable infor- 

 mation about varieties which are best 

 adapted to the Northwest, and the ones 

 whicli are the best money makers. 



Apple Harvest. — The apple picking and 



packing season will begin in September 

 with the fall varieties. It is no unusual 

 thing for dealers to be short on sup- 

 plies, such as picking buckets, baskets, 

 ladders, etc., during these years of de- 

 pression, when dealers are ordering in 

 small quantities. Therefore, it seems 

 wise to suggest to the fruit grower 

 that it is advisable for him to order his 

 ladders, picking receptacles, nail strip- 

 per, box press and stamping machine, 

 and such other articles as he may need, 

 without delay, for otherwise the suijply 

 in the different local stores may be sold 

 out and consequently the grower will 

 be unable to get just what he wants, 

 when he needs it the most. Therefore, 

 the editor seems justified in advising 

 the fruit growers to give attention to 

 tills matter promptly. 



tiew Fruit Juices. — Since the wave of 

 prohibition has swept over the country 

 people are now looking for new drinks. 

 Prohibition will undoubtedly create an 

 immense demand for many kinds of 

 fruit juices, which will enable the fruit 

 grower to convert much of the surplus 

 into juices, in this way realizing a good 

 profit and saving much waste. The 

 sliort article on New Fruit Juices in 

 this edition is forth reading. 



Store Apples 



NEAR BIG MARKET 



Apples stored with us take in transit rate 

 and quick delivery to 



New York, Boston 

 Philadelphia 



and other big eastern markets. 



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Comfort for the Milch Cow 



Careful dairymen are paying greater 

 attention each year to the little savings 

 hitherto unthought of in the way of 

 stock. Particularly is this true in pro- 

 tecting the herd from the annoyances 

 which have hitherto been regarded as 

 altogether in the course of nature. Bark- 

 ing dogs are being less and less permit- 

 ted upon the premises, still less to chase 

 in the cows. The necessity of pure 

 drinking water is appreciated as never 

 before, and above and beyond all else, 

 the loss in milk production, flesh, time 

 and temper, incident to the irritation of 

 winged pests — flies, gnats and mostpii- 

 toes, is being conibatted as never in the 

 past. There are on the market today 

 reliable preparations which act as ab- 

 solute fly repellants, used externally, 

 harmless yet wonderfully elVective. 

 Applied with a sprayer or with a soft 

 cloth, sponge or brush, to the exposed 

 surface of the cattle daily, they furnish 

 instant and complete relief. No dairy- 

 man can afford during the fly season to 

 be without a supply. Their use will 

 spell dividends many, many times in 

 excess of the slight initial cost. The 

 government is now issuing bulletins 

 advocating the use of fly repellants. 



Asphalt-Base Oils Are Best Lubricants 



Lieutenant G. S. Bryan, of the Naval 

 Engineering Experiment Station, An- 

 napolis, Maryland, in a paper pub- 

 lished in the Journal of the American 

 Society of Naval Engineers for Febru- 

 ary, 1915, says: "Oils made from 

 asphalt-base crudes have shown them- 

 selves to be much better adapted to 

 motor cylinders, as far as their carbon- 

 forming proclivities are concerned, 

 than are the paralline-base Pennsylva- 

 nia oils. The carbon formetl from the 

 latter is, as a rule, extremely hard and 

 clings to the metal surfaces, while that 

 from the former is soft and can easily 

 be wiped olf any surface that it is de- 

 posited on. This would be expected 

 from a consideration of the nature of 

 the h\-drocarbons composing the oil, 

 and it lias also been demonstrated in 

 practice. The exijlanation lies in the 

 fact that the parafline-base oils are gen- 

 erally composed of the paradine series 

 of hydrocarbons, while the asphalt- 

 base oils are composed mainly of the 

 ethylene and napthene series. One of 

 the characteristics of the latter two 

 series, as compared with tlie i)nrallinc 

 series, is their tendency to distill with- 

 out decomposition. 



