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July, igig 



bumper crop from Nova Scotia, which last 

 year had a fair crop, or about 800,000 barrels. 

 Quebec and Ontario are spotted and indicate 

 rather light crops. The Okanogan Valley in 

 British Columbia indicates a 50 per cent in- 

 crease in the apple crop over last year. 



American Tractors to Farm 

 the World 



More than 31-1,000 motor tractors for 

 farm use will be manufactured in the 

 United States this year, according to the 

 estimate of the Agricultural Depart- 

 ment. 



Ninety thousand of these tractors, 

 representing about one hundred million 

 dollars, will be sent abroad to foreign 

 countries and will be used to increase 

 the crop production of nearly every 

 country in the world. 



Working with a tractor one man can 

 do more work than six men, thirty 

 horses, or a hundred oxen, under the 

 old-fashioned methods formerly in 

 vogue. This will make up, in a large 

 way, in Europe, for the shortage of men 

 caused by the war. 



The power of all tractors is derived 

 from internal combustion engines. The 

 fuel used is generally kerosene, though 

 some use gasoline. Practically all have 

 magneto ignition, because of its intense 

 spark, simplicity, and absolute relia- 

 bility. It would be impossible, in for- 

 eign lands, to use any other form of 

 ignition. 



The sturdiness of the magneto enables 

 it to withstand rough usage, and, being 

 a self-contained generator of electrical 

 energy which requires no attention or 

 replenishing, it has made the use of 

 American tractors possible everywhere. 

 Altogether, there will be about half a 

 million American built farm tractors at 

 work in 1920, where there were practi- 

 cally none five years ago. The United 

 States leads the world in this line of 

 manufacture. 



Walnut Growers Issue Report 



The first annual report of the West- 

 ern Walnut Association, which was re- 

 cently issued, contains much valuable 

 information on nut growing and mar- 

 keting and shows that the organization. 



WANTED! 



A high class manager for fruit farm. 

 Good salary. 



Apply W. E. Schmick, 



Hamburg, Pennsylvania. 



Single Man, Good Habits 



Nine years experience in orchard work in the 

 Northwest desires connection with orchard 

 ranch where intelligent service would be appre- 

 ciated. Can get on the job by September 1st. 



A. F. PAGE 

 General Delivery Milwaukee, Wisconsin 



POND 



"Prop-Hooks" and Screw-Eyes. The best sys- 

 tem yet devised for scientifically and economic- 

 ally supporting loaded fruit trees. Free illus- 

 trated circulars. RUSSELL G. POND. Park- 

 dale (Hood River), Oregon. 



which covers the field both in Oregon 

 and Washington, is in a healthy condi- 

 tion. The object of the Western Wal- 

 nut Association is educational and to 

 promote a greater development of the 

 walnut and filbert industries of the Pa- 

 cific Northwest. The association holds 

 an annual winter meeting, at which 

 time a program is given and officers are 

 elected. An annual summer tour in 

 which several days are spent in making 

 observations and gathering information 

 in the nut orchards of Washington and 

 Oregon is also made. Membership in 

 the organization is open to the public 

 and the dues are one dollar per year. 

 The officers of the association are: 

 J. E. Cooper of McMinnville, Oregon, 

 president; Prof. C. I. Lewis of Corvallis, 

 Oregon, vice-president for Oregon; A. A. 

 Quarnberg, Vancouver, Washington, 

 vice-president for Washington; Knight 

 Pearcy, Salem, Oregon, secretary-treas- 

 urer. The executive committee consists 

 of Dr. J. H. Wilkins, McMinnville; Roht. 

 C. Paulus, Salem; Clyde LaFollette, 

 Amity. Nut growers who are not mem- 

 bers of the association and desire to 

 join are requested to communicate with 

 the secretary of the organization. 



Big Increase in Peach Crop 



The Bureau of Crop Estimates has 

 issued its second quantitive forecast of 

 the strictly commercial peach produc- 

 tion for the United States based upon 

 the condition of the crop June 1. The 

 condition of the peach crop, according 

 to this report, has undergone consider- 

 able change since May 1, notably in the 

 Eastern and Northern States, where the 

 crop will not reach earlier expectations. 

 The most salient feature of the report 

 is the very large crop in the far West, 

 which promises to exceed that of for- 

 mer years. 



There is now indicated in the United 

 States a total crop of 30,820,000 bushels 

 as compared with 20,578,000 bushels 

 last year, or 50 per cent increase over 

 the comparatively light crop of 1918. 

 The crop west of the Rockies promises 

 46,550 cars as compared with 33,905 

 cars last year. The Southern crop, in- 

 cluding Missouri, Arkansas and Okla- 

 homa peaches, promises 15,230 cars as 

 compared with 11,715 cars last year. 

 This increase is due to the large crop 

 in Arkansas and surrounding territory. 

 The crop from the Middle Atlantic 

 States promises 6,725 cars as compared 

 with 4,204 cars last year, while that for 

 the Northern States promises 7,780 cars 

 as compared with 1,685 cars last year. 



Virginia Improving Apple Output 

 ^Vhile Virginia is a long way from 

 the Pacific Northwest, it is interesting 

 for Northwest apple growers to know 

 that a good crop is expected in this 

 Southern state, which more nearly 

 competes with the Western boxed apple 

 than any of the other Eastern states. 

 Packing apples in boxes is now quite 

 prevalent in several of the apple-grow- 

 ing sections in Virginia, although the 

 larger part of the crop is still being 

 shipped out in barrels. The Virginia 

 crop this year is expected to exceed 



that of 1918 by many thousands of bar- 

 rels. This increase in the 1919 yield is 

 said to be largely due to a course of 

 education which has been put into 

 effect by men who were formerly en- 

 gaged in the apple business in the 

 Northwest and who have interested the 

 growers in Virginia in spraying apple 

 and other fruit trees. 



Fruit Brings in $150,000,000. 

 The income from Northwest fruits is 

 growing by leaps and bounds. Figures 

 recently compiled for the State of 

 Washington show that last year over 

 $100,000,000 was received by the above- 

 named state for its fruit crop, and that 

 the total figures for Oregon were over 

 $50,000,000. Of this amount the big 

 increase in the returns in Oregon were 

 due to the immense development taking 

 place in the growing of berries, prunes 

 and other small fruits, and the expan- 

 sion of the dehydrating, drying, canning 

 and preserving plants. In the Salem 

 district alone the returns from its fruit 

 industry were more than doubled last 

 year. The bank clearances at Salem in 

 1919 increased from something like a 

 little over $3,000,000 to over $6,000,000, 

 the greater part of the increase being 

 from returns on fruit. 



Cooking and Canning 



IS A REAL PLEASURE 



Note the picture. You cook everything at 

 once, over one fire. Everything cooked per- 

 fectly under steam pressure— no burning, no 

 mixing of flavors, no shrinkage of the food. 

 With it you can everything by the cold pack 

 method— fruit, vegetables, meats, etc. Thous- 

 ands are using Conservo and say it's worth its 

 weight in gold. 



Conserve Cooker 



No. 20— Conservo, 21'/9 inches high, IH4 inches 

 square; 4 removable shelves; 2 pans; cooks for 

 3 to 15 persons; holds 14 one-quart jars for can- 

 ning. No. 9 — Conservo is 13^^ inches high; 2 

 shelves; 1 pan; cooks for 2 or 3 persons; holds 

 6 one-quart jars for canning. 



Works on any stove—wood, coal or gas 



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"Conservo" is a time and money saver. It is 

 a blessing to the housekeeper. Every home 

 should have one. It will pay for itself in a few 

 months' time by the saving in food and fuel. 

 Foods cooked in it are delicious— they retain all 

 their flavor and natural juices. Canning is done 

 perfectly and with least possible effort. 



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