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BETTER FRUIT 



August 



WON HIGHEST 

 AWARD 



SANFMNCISCO 

 EXPOSITION 



International Motor Trucks 



TIME is such an important factor in the 

 marketing of fruit and vegetables, that any 

 reasonable device for saving time receives earnest 

 consideration. Perhaps the principal reason why 

 International Motor Trucks are so popular among fruit and 

 vegetable growers is because they save so much time on the road. 



Around the larger cities truck farmers buy International 

 Motor Trucks because their produce is on the road from one to 

 three hours less time and is, therefore, delivered in such good 

 condition that it commauds the best prices. 



Add to this advantage the ability to see customers first, which 

 an International Motor Truck gives, and add again the saving of 

 time on the return trip, and you have three good business-getting, 

 money-making reasons for buying an International Motor Truck. 



Tliere are also other good reasons which every fruit and 

 vegetable grower should know and which it costs nothing to find 

 out. Drop us a line and we'll send you complete information 

 about our three motor truck models, "M" for 1,000-lb. loads, 

 "E" for l,S0O-lb. loads, and "F," the new International 2,0UU-lb. 

 truck. 



International Harvester Company of America 



(incorporated) 

 Crawford, Neb. Denver, Col, Helena, Mont. Portland, Ore. 

 San Francisco, Cal. Spokane, Wash. Salt Lake City, Utah 



There Are Big Profits 

 in the Cider Business 



Let us tell you liow you can earn big profits making 

 Older, Vinegar, Apple Butter, etc., on a "Mount Gilead" 

 Hydraulic Cider and Grape Juice Press. A"Mount Gilead" 

 Cider and (xrape Juice Press Ayill pay 

 for itself in the extra juice it will extract 

 as compared to other makes. 



We manufacture Evaporators, Apple 

 Butter Cookers, Vinegar Generators, 

 Cider and Vinegar Filters, etc. Let 

 us tell you about '-Mount Gilead" 

 outtits and how you can put good 

 profits in your pocket by their 

 use. 



The Hydraulic Press Mfg. Co. 



60 Lincoln Ave., Mt. Gilead, O. 



Pacific Coast Representatives 



THE BERGER & CARTER CO. 



17th and Mississippi Streets 

 San Francisco. Cal. 



and has an excess of moisture under a 

 puddled surface. In this case a thor- 

 oush cultivation as soon as the land is 

 in condition to cultivate, making a soil 

 nudch to conserve the moisture in the 

 lower soil, will raise the temperature. 



The matter of supplying artificial 

 moisture to the soil by means of irri- 

 gation, is no doubt the most important 

 feature of soil management. And irri- 

 gation justly comes under the head of 

 soil management in any irrigated coun- 

 try. The amount of moisture in the 

 soil and the way it is applied or 

 drained off, tends to regulate the move- 

 ment of soil air, and afTects the tem- 

 perature, the decomposition of organic 

 matter, and transforming the various 

 mineral elements into soluble forms of 

 plant foods available to plant life. The 

 corrugation or furrow system is the 

 best method of irrigation. Our plans 

 in irrigating the Swiss Valley orchards, 

 where we have 120 acres of young 

 apple trees and 230 acres of Italian 

 prunes, one and two years old, has 

 been lo start to irrigate the young trees 

 as soon after planting as possible, with- 

 in a week, anyway. ^Ve make furrows 

 on each side of the tree rows, about 

 18 inches from the trees, and allow 

 the water to soak well into the roots. 

 ^Yhen the land is not very moist we 

 follow the planters as soon as possible 

 and run the water directly into the 

 hole and puddle each tree. We found 

 the very best way to plant a young 

 tree was to puddle it in as it was being 

 set, either by irrigation or by pouring 

 in a bucket of water on the roots and 

 then cover that up with about four 

 inches of dry soil. By this method we 

 got nearly 100 per cent stand. 



The greater portion of our land is 

 rather coarse sandy land, and the wa- 

 ter percolates rapidly and subs w-ell. 

 The second year we run the furrows 

 farther away from the trees on both 

 sides, allowing the moisture to reach 

 the roots by subbing as much as pos- 

 sible, thereby retaining the soil air 

 with the moisture, generally following 

 each irrigation by a thorough cultiva- 

 tion, which aids greatly in the develop- 

 ment of nitrogen. 



■\Mien we raise other crojis between 

 the trees we never plant anything 

 nearer than four feet from the trees, 

 and the trees are irrigated and culti- 

 vated the same as if there was no other 

 crop there. ^Ve raise alfalfa, clover, 

 corn, beans and potatoes between the 

 tree rows, and fnid the trees do as well 

 there as where we clean cultivate. In 

 fact, where we have potatoes or beans 

 between the trees they have done bet- 

 ter than any place else. ^Vhe^e other 

 crops are raised between the trees it 

 takes more water. However, where the 

 trees are cultivated and irrigated as 

 usual and the crops between the rows 

 are kept in good condition by thorough 

 cultivation and irrigation, the trees 

 will make as good healty growth as if 

 no other crop was there. \Vhere trees 

 are making a good healthy growth it is 

 not best to irrigate too late in the grow- 

 ing season, as it is best to let the new 

 wood harden up a little before the ex- 

 treme cold weathiM- sets in. In this rc- 



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