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BEFORE using Cement Coated Nails 



Western CementCoated Nails 

 for Western Growers 



Our Cement Coated Nails are always of 

 uniform length, gauge, head and count. Es- 

 pecially adapted to the manufacture of fruit 

 boxes and crates. In brief, they are the 

 Best on the, Market. 



Write for Growers' testimonials. 



Colorado Fuel & Iron Co. 



DENVER, COLORADO 



Pacific Coast Sales Offices 



Portland, Spokane, San Francisco 



Los Angeles 



AFTER use of C. F. & I. Co.'s 

 Cement Coated Nails. 



Pruning for Increased Color and Yield 



PRUNING orchard trees is one 

 phase of orchard management that 

 has been discussed by practical 

 orchardists and experiment station 

 men at various horticultural meetings 

 for a numbei' of years, hence much has 

 been said and written upon il. But 



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48 ions 

 i^y hand 



One man, alone, can pull any stump 

 that can be pulled by any horse 

 rower machine. Merely v/ork a 

 lever andeasily pull 4S tons weight 

 — all an inch-steel cable will hold, 

 A mechanical wonder. 



HAND POWER. 



Stump 

 Puller 



Madeof Krupp steel— weighs only 

 1711bs. twospeeds-endorsed by 

 U.S. Government experts. AA^orks 

 on hillsides and marshes w/here 

 horses cannot operate. One man 

 and a K can clear sinijle-handed 

 from 50 to 100 stumps per day. 

 Send for my special offer and 

 free book on Land Clearing. 



Walter J. Fitzpatrick 



Box S, 182 Fifth Street 

 SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 



Ask for Catalogua No. S 



By Professor C. C. Vincent, Moscow, Idaho. 



notwithstanding this fact, it is very im- 

 perfectly understood by the masses of 

 people and often wholly disregarded. 

 While it is true we possess climatic 

 conditions very favorable to the growth 

 and perfect development of our fruit 

 trees, which renders unnecessary much 

 of the labor and expense attached to 

 fruit growing in the Eastern States; 

 pruning to an ideal through the various 

 succes.sive stages will be absolutely 

 necessary in order to obtain best re- 

 sults. Intelligent pruning is ever pro- 

 ductive of the most satisfactory results, 

 but when it is done indifferently with- 

 out any regard to the ob.ject to be ac- 

 complished, an entirely different effect 

 is produced. 



The tree is pruned, at various sea- 

 sons of the year to accomplish very 

 different results, ^\'hile no fixed rules 

 can be given regarding pruning that 

 will apply to every tree everywhere, 

 there are, however, a few principles 

 which, if kept in mind by the oper- 

 ators, will facilitate matters consider- 

 ably. Each variety offers problems pe- 

 culiar to itself, that can be solved only 

 by the good .judgment of the man with 

 the pruning shears, but the following 

 points should be observed in every 

 case: (1) All crossing limbs .should be 

 removed for spraying is quite an item 

 in the expense of the orchard, and with 

 all superfluous limbs removed before 

 the apidication, less material will be 

 needed. f2) Prune to encourage the 

 production of fruit rather than wood. 

 (3) Prune to prevent the lower limbs 

 from hindering cultivation; the upper 

 ones fiiim growing out of easy reach 

 for spra>ing and picking. (1) Prune to 

 prevent the "off-year hal)it" in trees. 

 (5) Prune to correct too compact or 

 too spreading growth of top. 



Since there is no other ph:ise of or- 

 chard management that reiiuires as 

 much knowledge and experience ns lliat 

 of prunin.g, the grower's success will 

 be based largely upon the obscivance 

 of the above-mentioned rules. ,\s 

 |)riuiing is such a vital factor in the 

 development of a commercial orchard, 

 the time of performing the oi)eralii)n is 

 important. The season for pruning 



orchards is generaly winter or early 

 spring. In the minds of many orchard- 

 ists, no other reason is known aside 

 from that of convenience. The grow- 

 ers should know the principles in- 

 volved and where winter pruning may, 

 with profit, be exchanged for summer 



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 Not Be Dull 



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 vx Slicker 



$3.00 



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 Reflex Edges stop 

 water from run- 

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 Black, Yellow or Olive-khaki. 



Protector Hat. 75 cents 



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Prote ct Ymr 



' with I'Qur young trees, ^^k.^^ ^^L ^■^^■^1^^^ 

 One rabbit wiU LiU many ^^ 

 n a tingle night. Mice and * 

 :ui wormi will damB^e and 

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 Gel doHan' worth of protection at a frac- 

 tion of a cent cost by using ^^ 



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TreePfotectorj' 



Absolute protection against gnawers 

 and borers. ' Prevent trees from 

 becoming skinned and bruised by cul- 

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 veneer, chemically treated. Easily put 

 on and will last until tree is beyond 



needing protection Don t wait until »ome 

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 wMc 10 inches high Price in lot* of 100 — 



I cent apiece, in Iota of 1000 - ', cent 



apiece. Special sixes made lo order. 



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