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Buy "Corona Dry " 



One pound of "Corona Dry" will do the work of three pounds 

 of Paste Arsenate and do it better 



Imitated but not duplicated 



But economy is not everything. Efficiency is more important. What would it 



Trade Mark. mean to you to have a spray mixture of standard strengtli and be absoleutly sure 



that all of one spraying- or of many sprayings was absolutely the same strength? Evaporation, difficulty of perfect 



mixing, make this impossible with a paste arsenate. You can have a standard efficiency if you use Corona Dry. 



Largest and most progressive grow- 

 ers have rendered the verdict 



A large practical usage in every section of the 

 country has proved that "Corona Dry" is un- 

 equalled in efficiency or as "easy mi.xing." It 

 does not freeze, dry out or cake; always retains 



its original strength. A perfect mixture, a perfect -^^^ Paiemed June 30, 1913 



standard of unvar ying strength is assured with ^/^^ "Standard" for Convenience, Economy. Efficiency 



Quickly and easily mixed. No working up— no straining needed— no sediment. No lumps. No waste. Never clogs spray nozzle. 

 Highest per cent.of actual killing power. Absolutely safe,will not burn. Sold in net weight packages: 200 lbs., 100 lbs., 50 lbs., 

 25 lbs., 5 lbs., 1 lb. No shrinkage, seepage, evaporation. Every package contains actual net weight of "Corona Dry" paid for. 

 Remember, "Corona Dry" means no guesswork, but a standardized spray in which the mixture is always the same strength and efficiency 



Write for Booklet. Ask lor Corona "Tree Insurance" Policy. Address 



CORONA CHEMICAL CO., Dept. E, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 



MANUFACTURERS OF 



Insecticides and Fungicides, Arsenate of Lea.d, Lime and Sulphur, Bordeaux Mixture, Paris Green, Etc. 



^. . . \ Boston. Mass.— Jost-ph Brcck & Sons Corporation Memphis, Tenn.— Hessig-Ellis Drug Co. Spoitane, Wash.- Spokane Seed Co. 



Distributing Agents ^ Philadelphia, Pa.- Pittsburg Plate Glass Co. New Orleans, La. -Finlay-Dicks & Co. Portland, Ore.- Portland Seed Co. 



T^orthwestern 



Sales Agents 



Portland Seed Co., Portland, Oregon 



Catalogues and 

 prices on request 



Government Aid for Fruit Growers and Selling Agents 



[Norn — The editor hail the pleasure oi' list- 

 ening to a very instructive talk on tliis suliject 

 delivered to an aiidicnce of fruit gj-ow ers in 

 Hood River, wlio were very much interested. 

 The editor has written up lliis address entirely 

 from memory, endeavoring to tlie Ijest of his 

 ability to enil)race in a short article, briefly, 

 the important features of tlie address. There- 

 fore the reader will please bear in mind that 

 this article was not written by Mr. Moomaw, 

 but was written from memory by the editor of 

 "Better Fruit," who desires to express his 

 apologies to Mr. Moomaw for any oversights or 

 errors and also desires to apologize ftn- his 

 lack of ability to express Mr. Mooinaw's opin- 

 ions and explanations in the intelligent way 

 and foi-cefui language of Mr. Moomaw.] 



THK uniform contract for all grow- 

 ers to sign with the selling con- 

 cerns cnihraces principles which 

 the government ollicials believe will be 

 vital and ijowerftil factors in assisting 

 fruitgrowers of Oregon, Washington, 

 Idaho and Montana in the future, to 

 ohttiin better net results for their 

 proiliicls. The uniform contract per- 

 mits the grower to fix the ])i'ice at 

 which his fruit or product may be sold, 

 but does not place the rcsponsibilitx 

 for loss on the selling concern for 

 failure to secure this ])rice. 



"It .shall be the duty of the agent to 

 co-operate with all resident selling 

 agents who are members of the l-'ruit 

 Growers' Agencies, Incorporated, for 

 the following purposes: To secure in- 



formation as to crop conditions in 

 order to determine the economic values 

 of varieties and grades of fruits and 

 other products." Such information is 

 absolutely necessary for the purpose 

 of establishing market values or selling 

 prices. It is equally bad to start prices 

 too high or too low; in fact, it is worse 

 to start too high than to start too low 

 because by so doing the demand and 

 consumption are arrested at the begin- 

 ning of the season, and consetiuently 

 the consuming habit is stilled in its 

 infancy. Prices should be such as to 

 stimulate immediate consum|)tlon at 

 the conuuencenient of the season and 

 should continue at no time so high as 

 to prevent sales. The California I-'ruit 

 Fxchange spends over .f 1(l(l,(l(l(( annu- 

 ally to secure just such information. 



If the growers want "the big stick" 

 they have it right in the contrtict and 

 can use it to protect themselves with- 

 out injuring the business of any fair 

 sellin.g agency or anyone else. The 

 aim of this contract is to create a con- 

 dition under which selling tigencies can 

 and will work in close harmonx' with 

 growers with the aim of securing uni- 

 form methods in harvesting, growing, 

 jiacking ;md the physical handling of 

 fruit from \\w tree to the c;u-, anil to 



secure a standardization and enforce- 

 ment of the grailing and inspection of 

 fruits and products in the States of 

 Oregon, Washington, Ithiho and Mon- 

 tana. 



Growers generally attribute low re- 

 turns to the selling agencies entirely. 

 It is a fact that during the past season 

 and in previous years apple growers 

 of the Northwest have jtllowed their 

 apples to hang too long on the trees in 

 order to get the fullest amount of color 

 and for vtirious other reasons, unneces- 

 sary tind unexplainablc, have allowed 

 them to lie in the packing houses for 

 weeks before being i)acked. Conse- 

 ([uenth ai)ple shipments have arrived 

 on the market in overriiie condition, 

 necessitating immeiliate sales at prices 

 under the actual values for fruit in 

 prime coiidilion for fruit which has 

 averaged around 2.") cents less per box, 

 and fre(|ucntly more than could have 

 been realized had the apples arrived in 

 firm, kec])ing condition. 



I'ruitgrowers have continually and 

 persislentl,\- allowed the apples to 

 become too ripe before packing to be 

 in lit condition to go on colli storage. 

 Hefrigerator cars will not prolong the 

 keeping (luality of ai)ples in overripe 

 conilition. (".onse(|uently the only 



