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BETTER FRUIT 



Fcbruarv 





on Shade and Urchard Trees against Gypsy, 

 Brown-tail and Tussock Caterpillars, Canker 

 Worms, Climbing Cut Worms and Ants. 

 It is equally effective against any crawling 

 insects. 



Band Trees About Two Weeks Before 

 Insects Appear to Get Best Results 



Easily applied with wooden paddle. One pound 

 makes about 10 lineal feet of band. One applica. 

 tion stays sticky 3 months and longer outlasting 

 10 to 20 times any other substance. Remains effec- 

 tive rain or shine. Won't soften— won't run or 

 melt, yet always elastic, expanding with growth of 

 tree. No mixing, simply open can and use. Will 

 not injure trees. 



For Tree Surgery 



Tree Tanglefoot is superior to anything on the 

 market — it is the best application after pruning or 

 trimming. It will water-proof the crotch of a tree, 

 or a cavity, or wound in a tree, when nothing else 

 will do it. 



Sold by Ail First-Class Dealers 



Mb. cans ,35c; 3-lb. cans $1.00; 10.|b. cans $3.00; 

 20-lb. cans $5.50, and 25-lb. wooden pails $6.75. 



Write today for illustrated booklet on Leaf- 

 eating Insects. Mailed free. (55) 



THE 0.& W.THUM COMPANY 



135 Straight Ave., Grand Rapids, Mich. 



Manufacturers of 



Tanglefoot Fly Paper and Tree Tanglefoot 



Dependable Brand 

 Lime SulpHur Solution 



The Standard Solution for the Fruit Growers of the Northwest. 

 Highest percentage of Sulphur in Solution in proportion to Baume 

 test of any brand offered on the market. 



MANUFACTURED BY 



GIDEON STOLZ CO., Salem, Oregon 



Ridley,Houlding&Co. 



COVENT GARDEN, LONDON 



Points to remember when cousiguiug 

 apples to the Loudon Market 



1.— We Specialize in Apples 



2.— All Consignments Receive our 

 Personal Attention 



3.-The Fruit is Sold by 

 Private Treaty 



CABLE ADDRESS: BOTANIZING, LONDON 



Cheer for Fruitgrowers 



Continued from page 12 

 "The ii.ssociation had plenty of fine 

 I'liiit ill it.s (iwn cold storage to ,sup])ly 

 (k'lnand through the.se new outlets 

 erealed hy real salesmanship. But as 

 soon as healthy distribution began in- 

 dividual growers in the Northwest 

 would ship in two or three cars that 

 represented their whole crop and sell 

 a little below association prices. In a 

 little while box apples were on the 

 toboggan slide, and the individual 

 growers often got less than freight 

 charges for their fruit. 



"This price was scare, pure and 

 simple. There was no glut in those 

 markets. Dealers had been .shown how 

 to make money out of box fruit, but 

 the small individual shipments of a 

 few cars, coming in at a slightly lower 

 price, destroyed confidence. The fruit 

 dealer who had his money invested in 

 box apples did not know how cheaply 

 his competitors would be getting sim- 

 ilar fruit tomorrow. So he closed out 

 his hoklings and turned to barrel 

 apples, or oranges, or something with 

 greater stability. 



"The unorganized grower brings price 

 panic into the market in this way again 

 and again, pulling prices down to a 

 ruinous level, causing loss to all grow- 

 ers and dealers. He sets out with the 

 idea, usually, that he can market his 

 stuff himself to better advantage than 

 anybody else can do it, and he winds 

 up by selling if at a price five to ten 

 cents below the market, because he 

 lacks the real selling ability and the 

 broad market information that would 

 enable him to dispose of his fruit at a 

 profit. 



"In the produce trade there is also 

 the small, fly-by-night buyer who picks 

 up a few cars of stuff in growing dis- 

 tricts, ships them to a good market and 

 sells a nickel or dime below the true 

 value in the .same way. 



"Together, these two pests cause 

 enormous losses every year to growers 

 who have organized for orderly mar- 

 keting of crops, and to produce firms 

 which would invest heavily in fruit 

 and truck if they could count ui)on 

 stability." — Hood River Glacier. 



Apple Exports to Europe. — .\ccording to 

 ISfahlon Terhiinc, freight lirolier and forward- 

 ing agent of New York City, the followin-: are 

 the l>arrel-appie sliipnients of 191 I and 191.'>, 

 for tlie weelis ending as follows: ()ct(d>er 

 30, 1915, KI.'i.BlO; October 30, 1911, 107.898; 

 November 6, 1915, 51.207; November 6, 1911, 

 75,941; November 13, 1915, 87,451: November 

 13, 1914, 73,151; November 20, 1915. 85. .359; 

 November 20, 1914, 98,720; November 27, 1915, 

 75,030: November 27, 1911, 126,865: Peeember 

 4, 1915, 102,588; December 4, 1914, 111,121. 

 Apparently there is not such a great difference 

 in the volume expai'led as most people im- 

 agine. However, space on steamers at the 

 present time is vei"y dillicult to obtain for 

 export and arrangements \vv\ uncertain, for 

 the reason every now and then vessels ai-e 

 connnandeei-ed. 



The Exhihil of lite Schmitll Lithograph 

 Cnmpnnij at the Xtttiintal Apple Shotv. lielil 

 in Spokane, contained two features in con- 

 nection with the box of apides packed under 

 the "Skookum" br:utd that are well woi-thy 

 of the fruitgrowers' atlcntion. These tw«t 

 features being tlie beautiful price card and 

 also the c<u-rugaled layer paper wliich was 

 used I'nv the nurpose of preventing bruising 

 bv the lid and bcillom of Ibe box. 



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