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BETTER FRUIT 



October 



FARMERS 



SHOOTING 

 CLUBS 



Provide just the fun 

 the farmer needs. Be sociable. 

 Invite the neighbors to a trapshoot 

 in the meadow. Find out who is the 

 best shot. Meet once a week in 

 winter — once a month in summer, 

 and soon all will be good shots. 



HAND TRAP 



throws clay targets 40 to 75 yards 

 just like flying ducks or quail. 



Great practice for hunters. Fun 

 for everybody. Let the women try. 

 They ought to know how. 



The Hand Trap costs only I4.00 

 at your dealers, or sent prepaid 

 by us. Write for free Hand Trap 

 Booklet No.S-5 34 , also "The Sport 

 Alluring" (men) and "Diana of the 

 Traps" (women). 



DU PONT POWDER CO. 



Established 1802 Wilmington. Del. 



Richey & (iilbert Co., Toppenish; 

 Thompson Fruit Co., North Yakima; 

 The E. E. Samson Co., North Yakima; 

 C. R. Paddock, North Yakima; Pike & 

 Blood, North Yakima; Yakima Fruit 

 Sellers, North Yakima; Richey & (Iil- 

 bert,- North Yakima; Horticultural 

 Union, North Y'akima; Hafenor >S: I'lath, 

 North Yakima; Producers' and Con- 

 sumers' Alliance, North Yakima; J. F. 

 McCurdy, \Vapato; H. H. Davis Co., 

 Kenncwick; Northwestern Fruit Ex- 

 change; North Pacific Fruit Distrib- 

 utors (which includes the Yakima Val- 

 ley Fruit Growers' Association); A. F. 

 Carpenter; J. McPhee Ferguson; J. E. 

 Shannon; ^Vright Fruit Co.; Fruit 

 Growers' Exchange, Sclah; Roy C. 

 Brown, Zillah. 



There is some talk about ^V. II. Paul- 

 hamus running for governor, but Mr. 

 Paulhamus has not yet expressed him- 

 self definitely so far as has been ascer- 

 tained. It is generally conceded and 

 admitted that Paulhamus is not only a 

 very able man and that he would make 

 an excellent governor, but the fruit- 

 growers believe that he has a greater 

 opportunity to do more good by de- 

 voting his time to the berry lousiness of 

 Puyallup, which he has built up ex- 

 tensively and successfully. Fruitgrow- 

 ers all over the Northwest are also put- 

 ting up a strong claim for his services, 

 believing that he can be of more value 

 to the Northwest as a member and 

 president of the Fruit Growers' Coun- 

 cil than in any other position. 



The Apple Show at the International 

 Apple Shippers' Association at Chicago 

 was a winner, both in (piality and 

 ((uantity. At the convention in Boston 

 in 1014 the exhibit consisted of 1.10(1 

 plates, but this year the exhibit at Chi- 

 cago consisted of 2JMU plates. Exhibits 

 were made from the Northwest by 

 Wenatchee, Hood River, I'ayette, Idaho, 

 and also Sebastopol, California. The 

 latter section is well known in the 

 trade on account of being the largest 

 producing section of Gravensteins of 

 any single district in America. 



According to general reports, busi- 

 ness in the United States has been 

 showing material improvement. A map 

 has been compiled showing every state 

 in the Union, and the states where 

 business is good are marked in white 

 and other states where business is only 

 moderate are shown slightly shaded in 

 black, while where business is below 

 normal or poor that state is marked all 

 black. Many states show white and 

 some states show black shading, while 

 some show slightly black shading, 

 whereas only two states are put down 

 in black or I'eported "poor." 



F. E. DeSellem, horticultural in- 

 spector from Yakima, accompanied by 

 Dr. J. W. Hotson, pathologist, con- 

 nected with the Experiment Station at 

 Pullman, who is doing special work in 

 Yakima Valley, made a visit to Hood 

 River in the month of August. Mr. 

 DeSellem is one of the most energetic 

 inspectors located anywhere in the 

 Northwest, with an extensive ac- 

 quaintance among fruitgrowers all 

 over, having been a regular attendant 

 at all of the horticultural meetings and 

 apple shows held in the Noithwest. 



Philadelphia fruit dealers attended 

 the International Ap])le Shippers' Con- 

 vention at Chicago in large numbers, 

 being very enthusiastic in according 

 the meeting a great success. 



West Virginia reports the apple crop 

 of excellent quality, there being about 

 40 per cent of last year. 



Things We Are Agents For 



Enox Hats 

 Alfred Benjamin & Co.'s Clothlnif 



Dr. Jaeger Underwear 



Dr. Deimel Linen Mesh Underwear 



Dent's and Fownes' Glovea 



Buffum & Pendleton 



311 Morrison Street 

 PORTLAND, OREGON 



There seems to be something peculiar 

 about the fruit business. Prices do not 

 depend entirely upon quantity, but they 

 are due largely to other conditions 

 which are not always tangible. It is 

 usually a fact that when early fruits 

 like cherries, apricots, plums and 

 peaches bring low prices, all other 

 kinds of fruits later in the season, like 

 pears and apples, sell also at low fig- 

 ures. When the demand is good at the 

 beginning of the season, fruit selling at 

 good prices, usually this condition pre- 

 vails throughout the year. 



Mr. I). J. Whitney, editor of The 

 Orchard and Farm, a short time ago 

 made a flying trip through the North- 

 west, visiting the editor of "Better 

 Fruit" on his way. Mr. Whitnex is one 

 of the best informed editors of all the 

 fruit publications on the Pacific Coast. 

 Orchard and Farm is one of the best 

 fruit iiublications, typographically, in 

 the Stale of California, and ablv edited 

 by Mr. Whitney. 



It is stated by local Wenatchee pa- 

 pers that E. Wagner & Sons have con- 

 tracted about 300,000 boxes straight 

 orchard run of api)les at an average of 

 .*1.00 per box for Australian and South 

 American markets. These i)urchases in 

 a large measure consist of the early 

 and fall varieties. 



Statement of the Ownership, Management, Circulation, Etc. 



Required liy the Aet of August 21, 1;U2. 



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



for October, 1915 



Ncile: This statement is tii lie made in dnplicate, b'lth copies to be delivered l)v the 

 pidjlisher lo the postmaster, wlio will send one copv to the Third Assistant Postniasler 

 lleneial (Division of Classification), \Vashington, D. C, and retain the other in the tiles of 

 the pi)st ollice. 



Name of Kditor, E. H. Shepard. Post ofTice address. Hood River, OrcRon. 



Name of Managing Editor, E. H. Shepard. Post office address. Hood River, Oregon. 



Name of Rnsiness Manager, E. H. Shepard. Post oHiee address. Hood River, Oregon. 



Publisher, Better Fruit Publishing Company. E. H. Shepard, sole owner and pub- 

 lisher. Post ofhce address. Hood River, Oregon. 



Owners: (If a corporation, give its name and the names and addesses of stockholders 

 holding 1 per cent or more of total (unount of stock. If not a corporation, give names and 

 addresses of individual owners. I E. II. Sheparil, sole owner. Address, Hood River. 

 Oi-egon. 



Known bondholders, mortgagees and other security holders, holding 1 per cent or more 

 of total amount of bonds, mortgages, or other securities: (If there are none, so state.) 

 None. 



Aveiage nmnber of copies of each issue of this publication sold or distributed through 

 the mails or otherwise, to paid subscribers during the six months preceding the date 

 shown above: (This information is re((Uired frinn daily ncwspai)ers onlv.i 



K. H. SHEPARD, Editcn- ami Publisher. 



Sworn to and subscribed befine me this 2.'ith liav of September, Ifll.'i. 



(Seal I ERNEST C. SMITH, 



Notary Public f<n- the State of Oregon. 

 (My commission expires August 7, Iflll).) 



WHEN WRITING ADVERTISERS MENTION BETTER FRUIT 



