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BETTER FRUIT 



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they would nol be able to do so. The 

 editor has used a pulverizer in culti- 

 vating his orchard, the soil having some 

 clay, and he considers it a very valu- 

 able implement. 



Xew Handbook on Land Clearing 



Up to this time there has been nothing 

 in print which deals solely with the 

 best methods of removing the stumps 

 in the Pacific Coast states. The books 

 offered by manufacturers nearly always 

 deal with Eastern conditions. Now 

 comes a book which has been prepared 

 especially with Western conditions in 

 view. In type and picture it tells all 

 about the best methods of getting rid 

 of stumps economically and easily. It 

 is published by the Giant Powder Co., 

 Con., of San Francisco, who are the 

 oldest makers of high explosives in 

 .\merica, and who manufacture the 

 Giant farm powders for stump blasting 

 and other farm work. The book is 

 called "Better Stump Removing," and 

 is full of information about high explo- 

 sives, their selection and use. It tells 

 how to get the best results in blasting 

 out stumps, but it does not neglect to 

 describe other methods of removing 

 them and to tell how they may be used 

 in connection with blasting, if need be. 

 Much of the stump blasting that has 

 been done in the West has been done 

 wastefully. The blasters have ignored 

 what are apparently insignificant de- 

 tails. But it is these little things which 

 make the difference between profitable 

 and unprofitable clearing, and which 

 run up the cost. Land can be cleared 

 by proper methods with ease, speed and 

 at low cost. The book explains how. 

 It is sent free on request. 



Automobile Owners Receive Good News 



The greatest boon to the automobile 

 owners has just been given them re- 

 cently in the form of a tire constructed 

 of double the thickness of such tires as 

 Diamond. Goodyear. Firestone and 

 other standard makes. This added 

 thickness in wearing surface makes the 

 tires the best on the market today for 

 real service, as they are puncture-proof 

 and withstand great wear and hard ser- 

 vice. Notwithstanding the many added 

 features of these tires, they are being 

 sold now as an introductory offer at a 

 price about 40'~^ lower than the regular 

 price of standard tires. TTiese tires 

 bear a T.OW-mile guarantee, which is 

 also double that of the regular made 

 standard goods. These tires are being 

 sold direct to the consumer by the 

 Double Service Tire & Rubber Com- 

 pany of Akron, Ohio. — ^Adv. 



THE UGHTEST OF MICHIGAN SAND UVNDS 



ARE NOW BEING MADE AS VALIABLE AS 



THE BEST CLAY LANDS IN OREGON 



The Hood River fruit growers -will be inter- 

 ested in knowing that the "pine barrens^ of 

 Michigan are nov being reclaimed, and made 

 to produce the highest grade of frail, and as 

 much wheat or cIoTer hay as the best lands in 

 Oregon. 



Louis P. Haigfat. editor of ""Tbe Sand 

 Famaer." has conducted thousands of experi- 

 ments at the Hai^t Demonstration Farm dur- 

 ing the past fourteen years, and has discovered 

 the secret of making sand lands productive. 



Not a"Mechanical Horse" 



The first automobiles ^vere spo- 

 ken of as "horseless carriages. " 

 When they began to supplement 

 horses instead of replace them — 

 to do things impossible for horses 

 to do — this term became obsolete. 



The Yuba BALL TREAD tractor does the work 

 of horses and it does things impxjssible for horses 

 to do. 



The orchardist uses it to pull tools that horses 

 are unable to handle. He uses the Yuba to ha ndle 

 the heavy double disc cviltivator — which at one 

 operation does the work of the horse-drawn weed 

 cutter, tooth harrow, the light single disc and the 

 clod masher — and he gets close to the trees! 



The grain farmer works his Yuba day and night, 

 plows deeper, does his work when the land is in 

 the right condition, and is less dependent on the 

 weather. 



Sandy roads or muddy fords are easily crossed 

 by the freighter. 



The Yuba BALL TREAD replaces J^ or 18 

 horses — does more and it achieves results irr.p's- 

 sible with horses. The catalogue tells why. Ser.d 

 for iL 



THE VV3A 

 CONSTRUCTION CO. 



Departrrent D-s 

 iS3 California Street 

 ^ ^Gentlemen: San Francisco, California 



^v Kindly send me a copy of your booklet "The Yur? 

 " -. Ball Tread Tractor." 



^ ^ Name 



^"v P. O. Box. 

 "■-, State 



.Town 



The Yuba Construction Compainy 



433 Califorr.:a Street 

 S&n Francisco. C&iif. 



Size of Farm - acres. 



CHECK CROP RAISED 

 ^ ^ ... Fruit .... Grapes 



. . .Grain . .Rire 



^ ^ ... Hops 



..Kav 



To answer tbe many inqniries be has be«i 

 recejTing from all parts of the conntry he is 

 now editing a monthly magazine called "The 

 Sand Farmer," in which he :5 TeM-^r h^""' any 

 sand lands supplied ititr -mre 



can be made to produce a> - any 



other kind of soiL The ^ . . e is 



n.M per year, and it is meii •orUi tbe price 

 to anyone owning sand land. 



Mr. Hai^t is also publishing his nrw book. 

 "Sand Farmir; ~ - -t""-* v,., i Lrrner." This 

 book gives :': * of study 



and many or:- \periments. 



The price w: ^obscribiae 



to "The Sand - t tbis book 



free. Ten Cf ■ ■' mailed to 



"The Sand Farmer," ]iu>k<;e^.a. Mi chig a n , will 

 bring yoo a sample copy. — A&r. 



