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BETTER FRUIT 



Jaitiiarv 



The Alpha Automatic 

 Power Spray Outfit 



(PATENTED) 



Fitted with 2-inch or 2i''2-inch Automatic Duplex or Triplex 

 Pump. — Equipped with the New Mechanical 



Automatic Pressure Governor 



Which Insures Safety, Secures Uniform Pressure and Elimi- 

 nates Unnecessary Wear.— No Relief or Diaphragm Valve 

 Required. — Top Guard Rails Fold Up or Can Bs Quickly 

 Removed. — Gear or Belt Driven. — Brass Fitted Throughout. 

 THE TWO ESSENTIALS in a iniwer spraypr are a thoroughly 

 dependable eiiyiiie ui aniijle horsepower and a positive and 

 reliable pressure i emulator that will insure uniform pressure 

 and eliminate unnecessary wear. 



THE AVERAGE SPRAY RIG i.s equipped with a cheap engina 

 and a maUeshift pressure relief valve or diaphragm, which i.s 

 exposed to the corrosive action of the spray matei-ial. which 

 soon iiuls it out of eomniission. 

 THE ALPHA AUTOMATIC PRESSURE GOVERNOR with 

 Which the Alj.ha Spray ijuttit is e. pupped is a simple arrange- 

 ment of a combined lever and spring on each plunger connecting rod 

 which when the presstire reaches a pre-determined limit, automati- 

 callv discontinues the operation of the pump without interrupting 

 the 'driving power, again permitting it to resume operation when the 

 pressure tails below the point at which it has been set. 

 THIS INSURES SAFETY, seeuies uniform pressure, and eliminates 

 unnecessary wear (no liquid pumped except it passes through the 

 nozzles), tlie pressure relief is not dependent on the operation of a 

 sluK=-ish or .lefective relief valve, but is positive and mechanical, 

 thus making it impossible to run the pressure up to the danger 

 point. 



THE POWER PLANT, depending on the size rig. is either a2%-h.p. 

 ,,!■ I :'.'/„-h p Alpha Engine, equipped with a "built-in," gear-driven 

 positively-limed magneto, requiring no batteries or 

 easily started on the magneto without cranking. 



coil, and 



CAN YOU AFFORD to own a spray outfit that will balk? "When 

 you get ready to spray you have no time to tinker with a defective 

 engine, pump or relief valve, but want an outfit that is capable of a 

 continued high pressure raaintenanee and one that is thoroughly 

 dependaVile in eveiT particular. 



THE ALPHA AUTOMATIC SPRAY OUTFIT will meet your most 

 exacting demands. The entire framework is made of channel and 

 angle iron, fitted with a wrought steel bedplate on which the engine 

 and pump are mounted, direct connected with machine-cut steel 

 gears. 



BUILT IN ALL SIZES from a 2-inch pump and a 100-gallon tank to 

 a 2V2X.3-inch pump and a 200-galIon tank. (Either duplex or triplex.) 

 IT WILL PAY YOU to investigate thoroughly the merits of the 

 Al|>ha Automatic Power Sprayer before buying. Send for catalog 

 and prices. 



De Laval Dairy Supply Co. 



SAN FRANCISCO 



SEATTLE 



Everything for the Dairy 



DE LAVAL DAIRY SUPPLY CO., 



1016 Western Avenue, Seattle, Wash. 

 Ple.^se mail yonr Cat.ilog C-2 describing your Alpha 

 Sprayer Outfit to — 



..Name 



linues for a month or more in a weakt-r 

 and weaker degree. Not all scale in- 

 sects succumb to the first shock fol- 

 lowing the application of spray, but 

 many individuals maintain a tenacious 

 hold on life that carries them past the 

 danger period, and later these few indi- 

 viduals grow and reproduce. Sulphur- 

 lime undoubtedly induces a selective 

 mortality in the case of the San Jose 

 scale and of the eggs of red spider and 

 aphid.s. In these cases the actual 

 strength of the solution appears to have 

 little effect on the degree of resistance 

 of the insects. 



SHADY BROOK 



DAIRY FEED 



What One 



User Says 



"It speaks wen for Shady Brook when three 



cows ted upon it make over 105 pounds 



butter In seven days and each breaks a 



world's record for age" 



Am a nodrm bu.loeM dalrym»o «e ««k yon to try <mf 



,ll>lli Md blsb tnit •■■.« moU-... 50» .o«.>. 

 WrtU loF nam* o( nearby d«»l«r »nd b<KikI«t No. yo. 



Shady Brook MUling Company 



WAIXA WALIA. WASHINGTON 



Farmers' Week at O. A. C. 



The Farmers' and Home-makers' 

 Week and Rural Life Conferences to 

 be held during the week of January 3, 

 just in advance of the regular short 

 course, will give the fruit grower and 

 farmer a splendid opportunity to hear 

 lectures on valuable subjects of vital 

 importance to them. There will also 

 be brief, pointed, instructional lectures 

 by leaders in our state and from other 

 states on subjects of importance to 

 home-makers, engineers and all indus- 

 trial workers. There will be demon- 

 strations in the laboratories, dairy, 

 domestic science kitchens, stock barns, 

 gardens, orchards, greenhouses and 

 fields. There will be opportunities 

 afforded for examining and testing the 

 merits of many dilferent types of farm 

 machinery; opportunities for judging, 

 according to accepted standards, the 

 dilferent breeds and types of livestock; 

 conventions and conferences of some 

 of the state's greatest industrial and 

 professional associations. 



The Oregon Agricultural College is 

 going to make this week a profitable 

 one (^or all those interested in the de- 

 velopment of the stale, community and 

 of the individual. As the regular col- 

 lege will not be in session that week, 

 the students' (juarlers will be available 

 for visitors, thus assuring ample ac- 

 commodations at moderate prices. The 

 college faculty will devote their entire 

 time to personal interviews and to the 

 regular exercises of this week. The 

 railroads will give reduced rates and 



there will be no charges or fees for the 

 lectures or conferences. For further 

 information write H. I). Hetzel, director 

 Extension Service, Corvillas, Oregon. 



lircirster. \VashinglfUi . won the sweepstakes 

 award for the wnrUl's best apples, which went 

 to Mr. Fred Conklin. This exhibit was pre- 

 pared by Henry E. Tweed, a student of the 

 Washington Atjricultural College, Pullman. 

 Much credit has been giycn Mr. Tweed for the 

 careful pains in preparing the exhibit. Con- 

 siderable aniusciiient is being obtained at the 

 expense of Hood River, for the reason tlie 

 exhibil of Hood Hiver was seven points ahead 

 in the scoring until the judges happened to 

 discover a tiny worm in the Hooil River ex- 

 hibit, which lost the prize for the State of 

 Oregon, giving the honor to Mr. Tred Conklin 

 of Brewster, Washington. 



Feijoa Sellowiana is the name of a new 

 fruit that is being introduced by W. A. Lee, 

 Covina. California. The fruit is about the 

 size of a hen's egg and is said to be of very 

 delicious flavor. The Teijoa Sellowiana is a 

 native of Southern Rrazil and Uruguay, having 

 been introduced into the moderate climates 

 of France and Southern California very suc- 

 cessfully. 



HONEST TREES ATI 

 HONEST PRICES 



Order your trees direct from loncest 

 established, most reliable nursery in the 

 West. Save money - avoid disappoint- 

 ment. 500 acres— 50 yeare thoroughly 

 rehable dealings. Gel our list and prices 

 before you buy a tree 



THE 

 WOODBURN NURSERIES 



Woodburn, Ore. 



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