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BETTER FRUIT 



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An Optimist 



A man who 

 owns a 



Fish Brand 



Reflex 



Slicker 



$3.00 



when Old Prob 

 says rain. 



Waterproof, 

 absolutely 



^ Protector Hal, 75 cents 



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A. J. TOWER CO. °r»^ ,„" 

 BOSTON 'JSHm^ 



A NEW OPPORTUNITY 



IN THE WEST OKANOGAN 

 IRRIGATION DISTRICT 



9,400 acres bordering the Okanogan 

 River will be irrigated with the com- 

 pletion of this project. This section 

 combines the soil and climate of the 

 most favored fruit growing districts of 

 the state, with unusual opportunities 

 for dairying and stock growing. A 

 farm unit of 40 acres has been estab- 

 lished and a price fixed on the excess 

 acreage of land by the Board of Direc- 

 tors, which enables the homeseeker to 

 purchase high class irrigated land at 

 prices lower than prevailed twelve years 

 ago in irrigated sections of Washington. 



Send for out FREE piihlication -with 

 map and full description of country. 



F.W. GRAHAM 



Western Immigralion 



Agent 



Great Northern Ry. 



Seattle, Wash 



r.F. 



Ask for Catalogue No. 5 



Reasons Why You Shbuld 



Investigate the SANDOW 



, Kerosene Stationary EK8INE 



It rana on kerosene (onal oi1)f gnsollDef 



diitillitle and ulcobot nilhiiut rhoofce ID 



eijui^ment — HtartH without enitikiii^ — 



runs in ellher dlreell.m— Ihrottle got- 



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oonlrnlled while ranninff— no earns — no 



Tolfes — no ftei^<*s — no sproekets — only 



e muTinK parts — ti^ht weight — easllr 



tahle — c^eut power — starts easily at 



forty df£repH beiow lero- o. inplsie r.sdj to 



ruO'-ct Uilreti ■jfwrato them--low fsot'iry 



prices li^Bi'd on enormous out put-80 dny 



m.ineT- bsok tri»l-10 jrSrs Irondsd gust 



an'es. Biros, I 1-2 to 18 horsepower. 



tend a po"'sl today for free csislogirbloh 



"I bo. Sendow trill be useful to you 



K'-ietweens. Poolret agents' ami 



diUeuieo's oommlsBlocs by dealing 



rrot .1th faotorj. (tiO'.') 



Delroit Motor Car Supply Co. 

 .t^ CaDtoQ Are.r Detroit, MiiJi. 



shipping period may begin earlier and 

 last longer, thereby securing greater 

 time for efTecting distribution. Further- 

 more, if all the fruit is harvested at the 

 same time, it is to be remembered that 

 shipments represent extreme stages of 

 maturity, ranging from ripe to green in 

 the same package, and that freciuently 

 toward the end of the season overripe 

 condition of a portion of the crop may 

 result from failure to pick first only 

 what is in condition for marketing. 

 Careful handling from tree to car is 

 necessary to prevent deterioration. It 

 is not dillicult to understantl why a lot 

 of fruit does not arrive in the market 

 in prime condition if it is picketl and 

 piled on the gound in the hot sun, 

 placed in packages in a heated condi- 

 tion, and finally hauled in wagons with- 

 out covers or springs over rough roads. 

 With proper facilities, apples picked on 

 hot days should not be packed until the 

 following day. For this purpose shelter 

 should be provided in order that the 

 fruit may be packed in a cool, dry con- 

 dition. Growers who have no packing 

 sheds should either build them or ar- 

 range to use their barn floors. Wagons 

 should be equipped with springs and 

 covers provided for the protection of 

 the fruit from the weather. Culls and 

 cider stock should be eliminated from 

 the better grades and as far as possible 

 diverted to cider mills, canneries and 

 evaporators. While in short-crop years 

 there is a fair demand for low-class 

 apples, still by filling the autunm mar- 

 kets with poor stocks it is possible to 

 obstruct seriously the disposition of the 

 standard giades, and force into cold 

 storage larger (luantities than the con- 

 ditions may justify. In general, only 

 long keeping, standard pack apples 

 should be placed in the coolers, though 

 it is freciuently profitable to store for 

 relatively short periods such sorts as 

 Grimes, Wealthy and Jonathan, for 

 withdrawal during autumn and early 

 winter as the demand justifies. In pack- 

 ing fruit for storage special care should 

 be exercised to pick the fruit in sound 

 condition, pack it carefully, and rush it 

 into storage without delay. Such meth- 

 ods add materially to the life of the 

 product. 



Owing to geographic location, some 

 important apple-producing states have 

 the natural advantage of an early sea- 

 son. It would be folly for such states 

 not to profit by that advantage. It is 

 jjossible for growers so situated to leave 

 their crop on the trees until the [jcriod 

 of greatest movement, and freciuently 

 in years past they have sulTered great 

 loss by doing so. The Southern states 

 of the apple belt should begin early ami 

 market the greatest portion possible 

 prior to the period of greatest move- 

 ment, and thereby avoid competition 

 with the producing areas of the north- 

 ern belt. On the other hand, stales that 

 go to market latest should be in no 

 hurry to rush the markets during the 

 I)eriod of greatest movement. In brief, 

 the croj) should be dislribuled through- 

 out the longest lime possible, cold and 

 dry storages being judiciously utilized 

 for conservatitm. Small towns outside 



This WlrrB Eiigtnc,aftesl1yenra.Ktill gnhtg 

 good service to S. .4. Stone, t'hiUicothe, Mo. 



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less than you can 



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pine for 

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 16 H-P, $279.70; 22 H-P, $359.80. F.ctonr. 



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 Write us today. 



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ii<> OaKland Ave., 

 Kansas City, Missouri. 



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 HONEST PRICES 



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apiece. Special sizes made lo order. 



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