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BETTER FRUIT 



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The Alpha Automatic 

 Power Sprayer 



FITTED WITH 



The Alpha Automatic 

 Pressure Governor 



ELIMINATES unnecessary wear and tear on 

 botli the engine and the pump. 



THE PUMP STOPS when nozzles are dosed. 



No liquid being pumped except it is forced 

 through the nozzles. 



NO RELIEF VALVE or diaphragm for the spray 

 material to corrode and get out of order. 



THE AUTOMATIC PRESSURE GOVERNOR is 



a simple arrangement of a combined lever and 

 spring on each plunger connecting rod, which, 

 when the pressure reaches a predetermined 

 limit, automatically discontinues the operation 

 of the pump without interrupting the driving 

 power, again permitting it to resume operation 

 when the pressure falls below the point at which 

 it has been set. 



THIS INSURES SAFETY, secures uniform pres- 

 sure and eliminates unnecessary wear (no liquid 

 pumped except it passes through the nozzles). 

 The pressure relief is not dependent on the oper- 

 ation of a sluggish or defective relief valve, but 

 is positive and mechanical, thus making it im- 

 possible to run the pressure up to the danger 

 point. 



BUILT IN ALL SIZES from a 2x3-inch pump 

 and a 150-gallon tank to a2''3x3-inch pump and 

 a •JDU-gallon tank. (Either Duplex or Triplex.) 



Send for catalog and prices. 



De Laval Dairy Supply Co. 



SAN FRANCISCO SEATTLE 



Everything for the Dairy 



Walnuts 



Are Dollars 



Plant a Walnut Grove 



that will grow into Dollars while you 

 sleep. The Vrooman Franquette bears 

 at 3 years and sells for 25 cents per 

 pound, is smaller than an apple and 

 sells for more money. Get in with the 

 tide and get rich. At 4U feet apart, it 

 takes only 28 trees to the acre. Is 

 cheaper than an apple orchard to plant, 

 and makes your land more valuable. 



True Vrooman Franquette Walnut 

 Trees at Bargain Prices, at 



M IRA- MONTE 

 NURSERY 



SAN JOSP:, CALIFORNIA 



sleailily increasing. Therefore the fruit 

 grower who is in need of anything, or 

 will l)c in neetl, will do well to pur- 

 chase Ihe quantity he feels suie he will 

 use early in the season, taking advan- 

 tage of the present prices, before any 

 further advance occui's. 



Original Reflections by the Editor 



The man who succeds in the world is the 

 one who p.Tys attention to business. 



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"The early bird catches the worm." In apple 

 growing (he early spray catches the worm. 



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Raising fruit is a business requiring busi- 

 ness nietliods, system, elllciency and economy. 



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".V dillar, a dollar, a ten o'clock scholar," 

 will never succeed in apple growing. 



* * * 



The worm hole in your neighbor's apple 

 looks twice as large as yours. 



* * * 



If you know when you know anil know 

 when you don't know, you have learned a big 

 lesson. 



* * * 



Every one of the associations could get 

 splendid prices for apples if "the other fel- 

 lows" did not "cut prices." 



* * * 



Popularity, demand and continued demand 

 for a brand can only be obtaineil by making 

 it uniforndy good and continuing to do so. 



* * * 



Who is the boss? You or the grader? If 

 you are the boss, don't blame the grader if 

 your grade is not up to requirements. 



* * * 



Don't be a quitter — General Grant won the 

 Civil War because he did not know when he 

 was licked. 



* * * 



If more growers hauled more loads of 

 apples to the vinegar factory, we apple grow- 

 ers would make more money. 



* * * 



The apple grower cannot afford to stove- 

 pipe his box any more than he can afford to 

 wear a stove-pipe on his head. 



* * * 



"Did you ever see a purple cow? No, I 

 nevei' saw a purple cow, but I am sure I'd 

 rather see one than be one." Did you ever 

 see an apjilc grower who couldn't sell his 

 apples better than the other fellow? No, I 

 never saw one, but I am sure I'd rather see 

 one than be one. 



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In the apple business, there is only one thing 

 which is certain; that is, Uncertainty. 



* * * 



"Here conies the bogey man; if yon don't 

 look oul he'll catch you." In the fruit busi- 

 ness, there are a lot of bogey men, — codling 

 moth, scale, scab, etc. Look out or they will 

 catch you in 1916. 



* * * 



"United we stand, divided we fall." The 

 language of the illustrious patriot, Patrick 

 Henry, is a lesson the fruitgrowers must learn. 



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Don't kick. Any darned fool can do that. 

 A mule is a kicker; don't be a mule. Kicking 

 is destructive, not cnnstriu-tive. 



What the fruit industry needs is con- 

 sti'uctive, not destructive, work. 



A Serious Error 



Farniei-s make a very serious mistake 

 in failing to destroy Ihe squirrel, gopher 

 and i)i;iirie dog pests at the proper time. 

 In using treated grain as a destroyer of 

 rodent i)ests it should be borne in mind 

 that the creatures are not grain eaters 

 except and only at Ihe time they awaken 

 from their long winter's sleep. With 

 the first real breath of spring the\- 

 awaken, and, ravenou.s for food, will 

 quickly take the i)oisoned grain. At 

 this lime the poison is trebly elTective 

 by reason of their famisheil comlition. 

 .\,s .soon, however, as the succuleni 

 gi-ass roots apjjear Ihe elTecliveness of 

 Ibo dry food decreases, for Ihe pests 

 divide their attention, ;ind biter ignore 

 Ihe grain enlirelv. 



"FRIEND" QUEEN 



Queen of All Sprayers 



Drive up and back the same row if you want to— 

 turns short. Low center of gravity- can't over- 

 turn. High pressure Motor-Pump -easy of access. 



The great California and Northwest favorite. 



The most practical and efficient power sprayer 

 on earth. Hundreds in use. Backed bv "FRIEND" 

 reputation. 



"Have used my QUEEN three years. If I were 

 to buy fifty power sprayers all would be"FRIEND" 

 QUEEN." So says A. J. Service, of Youngstown. 

 N. Y., where last year $3,000 "FRIEND" Power 

 Sprayers were sold. Sales this year already far in 

 excess and will double. 



"FRIEND" is the dealers favorite. 



"FRIEND" MOTOR-PUMP. 



A Money Maker 



Don't waste another mmule in the orchard with 

 that heavy, cumbersome, troublesome engine 

 and pump, when you can 



Equip YOUR Sprayer 



with this HIGH PRE.SSl'RK pumping unit and 



Spray as You Never Sprayed. 



FEATURES: AUTO type motor in SOLID, 

 COMPACT unit with HIGH PRESSURE plunger 

 pump having QUICK detachable valve seats. 

 QUICK accessible and adjustable packing. 

 LINIQUE pressure regulator. Motor and Pump 

 now liave new simplified automatic oiling system. 

 SCHEBLER carburator. HIGH CLASS, built to a 

 scale throughout. DIRECT connected to 

 "FRIEND" propeller agitator in your own tank. 

 Motor-pumps made in three sizes. Thousands in 

 use on celebrated "FRIEND" outfits. We make 

 exchanges. Tell what vou have and want. 



"FRIEND" UNIQUE 



PRESSURE 



REGULATOR 



Stop That 

 Waste 



Positive action with 

 anv desired pressure. 

 QUlCKchangeofSOIbs. 

 and B Y - P A S S by 

 HANDY LEVER. 

 Works on ANY POW- 

 ER SPRAYER, We 

 make exchanges. Sat- 

 isfaction guaranteed. 



•.\NGLE" Nozzle. 



Hundreds sold 

 this year in North- 

 west. 



MimtifacturorH 



TRUE "FRIEND" 



hiind mill power sprjiy- 



ei-a .-inil aooissiiriis. 



Use "FRIEND" 



guaranteed 

 SPRAY HOSE 



Write tcicliiy. 



"Friend" Mfg. Co., casport.N.Y. 



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