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BETTER FRUIT 



March 



^he Ide ^rPow er 



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Sprayers 



Kniiincs used in spraying ■ii'^" 

 probably yiven the hardest of all 

 farm work. 



They are worked antl hauKJ 

 over "bumpy" ground. 



— handled by inexpeiienced 

 hands. 



—subject to abuse, neglect and 

 weather conditions. 



To meet these severe require- 

 ments *'ldeal" Power was offered 

 and so far has been adopted by 

 over 7000 sprayers. 



— fitted for heavy work. 



— producers of constant service, 

 requires no skilled operator. 



—always ready for instant use. 



We have more to tell you about 

 tiic work that "Ideal" engines will 

 do. 



Can we not send you our special 

 booklet S-100 on Constant Service. 



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DEAL ENGINE CO. 



R. E. OLDS. Chairman 

 formerly 



THE ORIGINAL GAS ENGINE CO. 



Lansing. Mich. 



"The Road of a Thousand Wonders" 



"TO 



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Trains 

 Daily 



FROM 



Portland 



California 



Six Months Round Trip 

 Tickets On Sale 



Many attractions for the visitors to California in Feb- 

 ruary. Bathing at the beaches, picking oranges and 

 lemons, motoring, playing golf or tennis. The beautiful 

 exposition at San Diego open all the year. Trips to 

 Mt. Lowe or Mt. Wilson. Ocean trips to Catalina or 

 Santa Cruz Islands. CEverywhere the door of hospi- 

 tality stands open for YOU. 



Ask your local agent or write 



John M. Scott, General Passenger Agent, 



Portland. Oregon 



SOUTHERN PACIFIC 



name of the cau.sal organism and .speak 

 of the trouble as the "Rhizoctonia 

 disease." 



Confinin,^ our attention first to the 

 disease as it appears upon plants that 

 are mature or approaching maturity, 

 the tleviations of the afl'ected ])lant 

 fi'om the normal may be noted. The 

 following most prominent effects upon 

 the aerial parts of the plant may be 

 oljserved: (1) Dwarfing or reduction 

 in size of the entire top. (2) The pro- 

 duction of the rosette type of growth. 

 (.S) Discoloration of the foliage. (4) 

 Curling or rolling of the leaflets. (5) 

 Reduction in size of fruit and prema- 

 ture ripening or failure to set any 

 fruits, (fi) Wilting and death of en- 

 tire top. 



The parasite is not present in or on 

 the aerial parts of the plant, the devia- 

 tion from the normal being due to the 

 indirect elVect of the i)arasite upon the 

 root system or basal portion of the 

 stem at or below the ground level. On 

 these portions of the plant the follow- 

 ing chan.ges may be noted: (1) A net- 

 work of brown fungous filaments upon 

 the surface of the roots. (2) The oc- 

 currence of black nodules or masses 

 (sclerotia) at various points upon the 

 roots. (.S) The ijresence of dead cor- 

 roded areas (lesions) upon roots or 

 basal portion of the stem. (4) The 

 death of roots from the tip backward. 

 (.^) .\n abnormal production of advan- 

 litioiis fdjrous roots. 



The leduction in size of the en- 

 tire top may be very pronounced or 

 scarcely noticeable, depending in part 

 upon the time of the attack and in part 

 upon the rapidity of progress of the 

 disease. In case the attack becomes 

 severe in the early part of the develop- 

 ment of the plant, the drooping efTect 

 will be the most pronuonced. In late 

 infections or light attacks of the dis- 

 ease the affected plant may reach 

 nearly normal size. 



Affected plants may show the rosette 

 type of growth, or this effect may be 

 almost entirely absent. In the extreme 

 development of the rosette habit the 

 plant may remain under-sized and pro- 

 duce an abnormal number of closely- 

 clustered branches with the complete 

 eliniinati(m of fruit production. This 

 behavior led ot the use of the term 

 "tomato rosette" for this disease in 

 Ohio and other sections of the Eastern 

 I'nited States. Seriously afl'ected ])lants 

 that fu-st exhibit the disease late in 

 their development are likely to show 

 more than an ordinary production of 

 branches from the lower-leaf axils, in 

 case the fatal culmination of the dis- 

 ease is delayed. 



Color changes of the foliage are 

 among the noticeable of the symptoms. 

 The affected plant may show a general 

 palloi- with more or less yellowing of 

 file leaves over the entire plant or the 

 color change may be more localized. 

 The foliage of one branch may sliow 

 a xellowing while that of tlie remain- 

 der of file i)lant is normal. In many 

 cases it is the lower leaves of the plant 

 that show the first yellowing, although 

 this is not an invariable rule. The 



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