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BETTER FRUIT 



May 



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for comfori 



and convenience 



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 around the room. The 

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Bakes, boils, roasts, toasts. 

 More efficient than your 

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 Use it all the year 'round. 



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Arcadia Irrigated Orchards 



THE LARGEST AND MOST SUCCESSFUL ORCHARD PROJECT 

 IN THE ENTIRE WEST 



7,000 acres planted to winter apples. Gravity 

 irrigation. Located 22 miles north of Spokane, 

 "Washington, directly on the railroad. We plant 

 and give four years' care to every orchard tract 

 sold. $125, first payment, secures 5 acres; $250, 

 first payment, secures 10 acres ; balance monthly. 



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Arcadia Orchards Company 



Deer Park, Washington 



to h;ive the plants ready when the sea- 

 son arrives. As Captain Paul H. Wey- 

 rauch has given the matter a great deal 

 of investigation, having served on the 

 By-Products Committee, in addition to 

 being manager of one of the Uu-gest 

 orchards in the Slate of Washington, 

 his ideas are certainly valuable, con- 

 sequently it seems wise to urge every 

 fruitgrower to read what Captain 

 Weyrauch has to say in his article on 

 this subject appearing elsewhere in this 

 edition. Make up your mind what you 

 arc going to do and then do it. 



Small Fruits. — A great deal has been 



said upon the subject of diversity, pro 

 and con. Many are advocating that the 

 fruitgrower engage in the dairy busi- 

 ness in connection with orcharding. 

 Others are suggesting they raise hogs. 

 Still others go even further and advise 

 the fruitgrower to become a general 

 fanner. Professor C. 1. Lewis of Cor- 

 vallis, who is recognized as one of the 

 most practical horticulturists of the 

 Northwest, had an article in "Better 

 Fruit" that expressed his views, which 

 appeared in the February edition, in 

 which he advocated the fruitgrower 

 should engage in diversity, advocating 

 primary diversity in the raising of 

 fruits, including small fruits. There are 

 many fruitgrowers whose land is suit- 

 able for the pro<luction of small fruits. 

 A moderate acreage in small fruits will 

 be very helpful in equalizing the in- 

 come of the fruitgrower at dilTerent 

 times of the year and in different sea- 

 sons, and it also helps, to equalize the 

 help problem. Mr. J. C. Stuart has had 

 many years' experience in the growing 

 of ail kinds of small fruits. His valu- 

 able suggestions and ideas are incorpo- 

 rated in an article which appears for 

 the benefit of the fruitgrowers in this 

 edition. 



Fire Extinguishers. — A little expe- 

 rience on the part of the editor this 

 winter affords a valuable suggestion 

 for every fruitgrower and farmer. One 

 of tlie men working for the editor in 

 attempting to thaw out the pipes in the 

 tank house with a blow torch set the 

 tank house on fire. Some time ago the 

 editor put in two fire extinguishers. 

 With the aid of these the fire was cx- 

 linguished, saving the tank house from 

 (U'st ruction. A nundjer of fire extin- 

 guisliers are on tlie market now at very 

 reasonable prices. Every fruitgrower 

 and farmer should have one or two on 

 hand. X good fire extinguisher, used at 

 the right moment before the lire gets 

 nuicli headwa\, may save the house or 

 barn fiom burning and jjrevent a seri- 

 ous loss. 



The Retailer's Profit.— "Better Fruit" 



lias c(uitinuousl\- and consistently 

 maintained for many years liiat the 

 retailer's profit in apples is too liigh. 

 It is an establislicd fact that many re- 

 tailers charge an exorbitant profit. It 

 is well known that in some cities the 

 retailers as a class make unreasonable 

 lU'olits. Whenevei- a relailer makes an 



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