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STRAWBERRY 

 GROWERS 



For you to secure the best 

 results from your acres you 

 should use a proven fertilizer. 



''BeaverBrand'' 



Animal 



Fertilizer 



has made good as a result 

 producer for quality and 

 quantity strawberries. Bea- 

 ver Brand "D" Animal 

 Fertilizer as made by the 

 Union Meat Company has 

 demonstrated to those who 

 have used it that our claims 

 are not a theory but are 

 based on facts. 



Whether you have one 

 acre or a hundred acres you 

 should /)/r/)c7/Y now for next 

 year and apply this famous 

 fertilizer after your harvest. 



''BeaverBrand" 



Animal 



Fertilizer 



containsthe properamount 

 of nitrogen, phosphoric 

 acid and potash to supply 

 your soil with plant food 

 for next year's maximum 

 quality crop. 



Prepare for those results 

 and place your order noii\ 

 Address Box 101 for free 

 booklet that will tell you 

 all about fertilizers. 



UNION MEAT 

 COMPANY 



North Portland, Oregon 



unrcasonahlf pniflt it conies out of the 

 consumers' dollar and means just that 

 much less money for the fruitgrower. 

 While the average per cent of the con- 

 sumer's dollar obtained by the orange 

 grower in 1915 was 40';i(, per cent, when 

 the retail margin was extremely high, 

 the grower received only 19-''in per cent 

 of the consumer's dollar. There is a 

 big ditrcrcnce between the fruitgrower 

 getting Ifl-'iii iJer cent of the consumer's 

 dollar and getting W'w per cent of the 

 consumer's dollar — most all this differ- 

 ence being absorbed by the retailer 

 through charging an exorbitant profit. 

 The average retailer's profit was 2AWw 

 per cent for 1915. The profit of the 

 exorbitant retail dealer in 1915 was 

 46'i(i per cent. 



Stock in Connection With the Or- 

 chard. — A great many fruitgrowers are 

 going into the dairy business in a small 

 way. In order to obtain the best re- 

 sults in the way of dairy products the 

 silo has become considered a necessity. 

 The small orchardist who wants to 

 keep a few cows, grow his own hay, 

 with the use of a silo can provide the 

 best possible feed, — feed that will give 

 the best results in the way of milk and 

 butter fat. By the use of a small silo, 

 which can be had at a very moderate 

 figure, better profits can be made. 

 Fruitgrowers who are engaged in the 

 dairy business, or those who expect to 

 engage in it, will find it worth while to 

 investigate the silo. 



Fire Blight. — Along about the blos- 

 soming time, and from then on for a 

 few weeks, the most dreaded disease 

 the orchardist has to contend with — 

 fire bli.ght — becomes active. It is some- 

 thing every fruitgrower should know- 

 about. It is a disease that every fruit- 

 grower should know how to control. 

 If you are not informed and not famil- 

 iar with the disease it will be mighty 

 gooil judgment on your part to consult 

 your inspector, some horticultrist or 

 some fruitgrower who has had expe- 

 rience. In this edition is an article by 

 Professor F. D. Heald of the Experi- 

 ment Station, Pullman, Washington, en- 

 titled "Some New- Facts Concerning 

 Fire Blight." Professor Heald is recog- 

 nized as an authority on this subject, 

 having had many years' experience, 

 and therefore his article is very valu- 

 able and one that should be read by 

 every fruitgrower in any locality 

 where they have had fire blighl. 



Advertising the Apple. — The Califor- 

 nia Fruit (irowers' Exchange spent 

 .$350,000 on a .«,")0,000,000 crop, which is 

 0.5 per cent of the consumer's dollai-, 

 the consumer's purchasing price being 

 $5.4.3, would mean that the orange 

 growers .02715 cent per box in adver- 

 tising oranges, which will give the 

 api)le growers something of an idea of 

 wliat is necessary for him to spend to 

 (•:iir\ on a national advertising cam- 

 paign. 



GO EAST 



Union 

 Pacific 

 System 



Joins West and East with a 

 Boulevard of Steel; 



Parallels the Columbia River 

 Highway; 



Follows the famous Columbia 

 River 200 miles by daylight; 



Affords luxurious through ser- 

 vice to Chicago and direct 

 connections for Atlantic Coast 

 cities. 



Protected all the way by Elec- 

 tric Automatic "Safety" Sig- 

 nals. 



Summer Tour Season 

 Begins June First 



Low Round Trip Fares to Eastern Points 



Union Pacific System 



is the only line serving the 

 popular (southern) entrance to 



Yellowstone National Park 



Write the General Passenger Agent. 



Portland, 



for literature and expert 



travel service. 



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