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BETTER FRUIT 



jMarch 



The Modern Farmer 



uses Sherwin-Williams Dry-Powdered Insecticides and Fungicides 

 because he finds them the best and cheapest form for all 

 kinds of spraying. Easy to handle. Can't freeze or dry out. 

 Sure death to pests without injury to foliage. 



DID YOU know the U. S. Gov- 

 ernmcpt has shown that the 

 ground squirrels on your place 

 are collecting 34c from you every 

 year for each acre of your culti- 

 ■vated land, in what they eat and 

 destroy? 



Purthermore, did 

 you know that 

 these little destroy- 

 ers depreciate land 

 •values an average 

 of $2.74 per acre? 

 Can you afford to 

 paj the toll? Stop 

 It. Get rid of these 

 pests that eat your 

 crops, destroy your 

 trees and vines, and spoil your land. 

 Its easy and inexpensive to get 

 rid of them with Kilinol. 



Kilmol is a liquid chemical that 

 both asphyxiates and poisons squir- 

 rels, gophers, etc.— Kilmol "will 

 Kill em all. 



Waste balls are saturated with Kil- 

 mol. One is placed in each burrow, 

 then Ignited. The gas quickly pene- 

 trates to every part of the tunnel. 



I SQUIRLGOPHENE | 



Will Kill *Em All 



It "gets" Mr. Squirrel or I^fr. 

 Gopher befoie he can escape. One 

 application, costing less than one 

 cent per burrow for Ki!mo!, in* 

 variably does the business — it's ico 

 per cent efficient. Results abso- 

 lutely guaranteed 

 or money refund- 

 ed. Kilmol can also 

 be used with U. S. 

 Destructor — a ma- 

 chine invented by 

 U. S. officials that 

 forces Kilmol gas- 

 into burrows — Kil- 

 mol is used by Gov- 

 ernment, State and 

 County officers. 



Kilmol in the 

 United States 

 Destructor 

 Gives 100% 

 Efficiency. In- 

 vented by 

 S. officials. 



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The waste^ balls you get from us are better and cheaper than home- 

 made. Write for full information about squirrel and gopher destruc- 

 tion, and also ask about improved United States Government formu- 

 la of poisoned barley. 



Oregon Distributor 



Washington Distributor 



Portland Seed Co. James & Hanes 



Dept. L 



Portland 



Dept. L 



Spokane 



()>) 'W) \\()ik in clDse harmony with f;ro\\(MS 

 with Ihc aim (if st-turing iinifoini methods in 

 haivislin;;, ^ladin-i. packinj^ and the physical 

 iinndl iifi of tlic iiuit tioni tree to car; and to 

 secure ;i slamhirdi/ation and enforcement of 

 th? giadiiis an<l inspection ruk's of the States 

 of Oret^on, Washington, Iiiaho and Montana. 



(c) To agree upon a date after which no 

 contracts for tonnage shall he entered into. 



(til To iMscuss in conference market condi- 

 tif^tns and experiences w ith various mediums 

 used in the markets for the purjxjse of ascer- 

 taining the most eilicienl agencies and market 

 oiillels for the economical performance of 

 their mutual contract. 



(e) To secure improven;ent in transporta- 

 tion and storage ser\icc and conditions. 



if) To work out ikTinitc plans for the de- 

 velopment id" various domestic and Canadian 

 markets, utilizing experienced men and the 

 conddned resources of the said agents. 



igi To (h'velop foieign markets along the 

 following lines : 



( 1 ) To conduct comprehensive foreign in- 

 vestigations for the purpose of knowing trade 

 den7ands and making leliable trade con- 

 necti<nis. 



(2 1 To see that the fiuit is prepared for 

 market so that the grade and jjack may be in 

 acconhnice v. ith the best trade demands. 



l^) To supervise the physical handling of 

 the shipments through to final destination and 

 to secure adequate insurance so that the 

 hazards may be reduced. 



(4) To secure eapal>le foreign agents to con- 

 duct sales abroad. 



(5> To expand old markets and develop new- 

 ones by direct contact and through the solici- 

 tation of special agents. 



(6) To devise ways and means to safeguard 

 and secure prompt collections. 



(7) To sccui'e adetjuate transportation facili- 

 ties by underwriting steamship charters and 

 promoting new fruit trade routes. 



Ill) To pool proceeds of sales and share pro 

 rata any loss sustained in the development of 

 new niarkets, according to the varieties and 

 grades, over definite periods, so that profits 

 and losses therefrom may be equalized. 



Ill To secure the standardization of agents' 

 accounting records, to the extent that all ac- 

 count sales issued by the said shii)ping 

 agencies will be figured on the sanu' basis and 

 in such manner that they will be uniform, 

 allowing true comparisons to be made by the 

 grower between the services rendered and 

 prices secured by the diffei-eut agencies. 



(j ) To seciu'e an annual audit of the sales 

 records of the cin'rent si-a son's l)US!ness of 

 said agents by firms of certified nublic ac- 

 countants of recognized standing, the reports 

 of these autlits to be available to the growers 

 not later than one month prior to the closing 

 of the contract period for the next season. 



(k) To make all possible legal and banking 

 ai-rtnigenients foi- the financing of the growers. 



Ml Advancements sliall in no case be made 

 in such maiuu-r as to pass title of the fruit. 



Tht' entire phin of oraanization and 

 details as ratified at tlie nieelin.i» of 

 February 18tli, was prepareti and sul)- 

 niitted by the Ollice of Markets, I)e- 

 l)artinent of Atn-ieultiire, in co-opera- 

 tion with the Oflice of Solicitor of that 

 Oeparfnient. It contemplates the most 

 feasil)le and cfTective j)Ian that can be 

 devised in the formation of an organi- 

 zation fif growers and shii)pcrs oi)erat- 

 ing together to obtain the results that 

 all marketing agencies and growers 

 have been trying to reach. The activi- 

 ties of the government in behalf of the 

 Northwest fruit indiistr> are the results 

 of their i)revioiis observations as well 

 as i)ressin-e brought by growers, mar- 

 keting agencies, bankers, chambers of 

 commerce, and other sources through- 

 out the Northwest for direct federal 

 aid in the solving of the growers' prob- 

 lems. They em])liasi/e the great |)rog- 

 ress made l)y the Department of Agri- 

 cidtiire in developing a comptdiMit and 

 conslantly growing system dealing with 

 mai-kefing comjilinns. so long the aim 

 of the ^Vashington ollicials. By those 

 thoroughly conversant with general 

 conditions in co-operative etTort anuing 



WHEN WRITINO ADVliRriSERS MENTION BETTKR FRUIT 



