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BETTER FRUIT 



February 



Lime Sulphur 

 Lead Arsenate 

 Bordeaux Paste 

 Spra-Sulphur 



The most serious pests and diseases doing the most dam- 

 age to trees in the Northwest are San Jose Scale and Anthrac- 

 nose. The ones doing the most damage to crops and causing 

 a loss of millions annually to fruit growers, are Codling Moth 

 and Scab. 



Growers Must Have Sprays that are Efficient 



We make the above sprays of the highest degree of effi- 

 ciency and sell at reasonable prices. 



Clean crops are necessary if you expect to sell your apples 

 at good prices. 



Use Our Sprays and Grow Clean Fruit 



Factory at Clackamas, Oregon. 

 New factory being built at Hood River, Oregon. 



For the present direct all correspondence to 



Oregon Arsenical Spray Co. 



CLACKAMAS, OREGON 



NITRATE OF SODA 



WRITE FOR PRICES 

 BUTZER SEED STORE, 180-190 Front St., Portland, Oregon 



Every present-day device of proven 

 worth that adds to the comfort, pleas- 

 ure or safety of travelers is employed by 



Union Pacific System 



Automatic Electric "Safety" Signals — Steel cars — Double 



Tracks on Much Traveled Sections — Through Trains — these 



are good reasons why your tickets should read 



Union Pacific System 



STANDARD ROAD OF THE WEST. 

 Joins the West and East with a Boulevard of Steel. 



Information, tickets and expert travel service upon 

 application to any agent, or the 



General Passenger Agent, Portland 



The History of Axle Grease 



While luhricants have been used on 

 axles ever since the first pair of wheels 

 was carved out of wood, the axle 

 grease of the present day is of com- 

 paratively recent manufacture. Prob- 

 ably the first lubricant of any kind to 

 be used on axles was pure animal fat — 

 ([uite similar in every respect to the 

 grease the housewife of today uses in 

 greasing her pans. This met the re- 

 quirements of that (lav and genera- 

 tion — and indeed, it is still used in some 

 parts of the world. We need go no 

 further than Cuba, or Central America, 

 W'here the big clumsy wooden-wheeled, 

 ox-drawn carts are still in vogue. Fach 

 carreta (as they are called) carries a 

 bottle of grease tied to the axle, so it 

 will be handy when needed. Owing 

 to the poor lubricating (jualities of this 

 tallow, the axles must be greased fre- 

 (juently. What a contrast between this 

 and our present-day methods! 



Various kinds of oils have been used 

 for axle lubrication, but for the reasons 

 that they were too expensive, not heavy 

 enough, etc., they have been discarded, 

 notably castor oil, which is now pro- 

 hibitive in price. The ideal axle grease 

 must embody these point.s — a good 

 lubricant — must not contain acids that 

 will injure the axle — must be durable — 

 of sufiicienl consistency to withstand 

 the summer heat — and in wet and 

 stormy weather during the winter, axle 

 grease nuist be sulliciently adhesive 

 (without being gumnn) so that the 

 water will not wash it from the axles. 

 Flake graphite added in the manufac- 

 ture to Regular Amber-Colored Axle 

 Crease makes a combination which is 

 particularly fitted to overcome mois- 

 ture, and that is why a graphite axle 

 grease is recommended during the win- 

 ter months. The labor-saving Ameri- 

 can public is willing to pay for any- 

 thing that will, in the end, save them 

 time or money. Although there are 

 many cheap grades of axle grease on 

 the market, the best brands, which cost 

 a trifle more, are the onlv kind that 

 have given satisfaction. Sensible pur- 

 chasers throughout the world realize 

 that qualitv means more than price, 

 and that cheap greases cost more in 

 the end. F'or that reason, sales of high- 

 grade axle greases are increasing every 

 vear. 



Winter Injury of Fruit Frees 



The extremely cold weather of the 

 early part of this month (,lanuarv, 

 Ifllfi) will probal)ly do harm to manv 

 tender fruil trees and shrubs. The most 

 severe cases will result in killing back 

 the young wood and si)litting the 

 trunks and large branches of the trees: 

 the young branches turn brown or 

 black throughout and usually wither 

 slightly. In the larger branches and 

 trunk the inner bark, or the cambium 

 layer, and part of the sap wood may 

 turn brown, the bark often si)lits in a 

 perpendicidar line and ciu'Is back. The 

 wood of llie trunk ma\ split in extreme 

 cases. The bark is sometimes killed 



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