BETTER FRUIT 



Wagon History 



Is Being Made 



These Days 



ARE you in any degree familiar with the two 

 greatest of Weber and Columbus wagon 

 features — ^the International fifth-zvhccl and the 

 International swivel-reach coupling? If you are a 

 wagon user and do not know these improvements, 

 3^ou have a bit of interesting wagon education coming. 



Vou will find the International fifth-wheel is a strong and 

 solid support between bolster and sandboard. It is already 

 famous for reinforcing and saving wear and tear on the en- 

 tire front gear, preventing breaking and bending of king bolt 

 and circle iron. 



You will find the International swivel-reach coupling re- 

 lieves the reach, hounds, and wheels of all twisting strains 

 under roughest road conditions. Compare it with the racking 

 conduct of the flat hound plates of the old-style wagon. 



These are both exclusive International features, each worth 

 twenty dollars to you in wagon-long-life. 



Naturally, Weber and Columbus wagons are now made in 

 the modern 56-inch auto-track width, standardized, improved 

 in many small details, and thoroughly in keeping with Inter- 

 national quality standards. When you know the latest Weber 

 and Columbus, 3'ou will see that its price is too low in com- 

 parison with the price of others. See the International dealer 

 or write us for information. 



The Full Lin« of InternatioDal Harvester Quality Machines 



Grain Harvesting Machines 

 Binders I'usli Binders 

 Headers Rice Binders 

 Harvester-Threshers 

 Reapers Shockers 



Threshers 



Tillage Implements 

 Tractor Plows 

 Riding Plows 

 Walking Plows 

 Disk Harrows 

 Tractor Harrows 

 Smoothing Harrows 

 Orchard Harrows 

 Culti Packers 

 Cultivators, one-horse 



Power Machines 

 Kerosene F.neines 

 Gasoline Engines 

 Kerosene Tractors 

 Motor Trucks 



Haying Machines 

 Mowers Tedders 



Side Dehvery Rakes 

 Loaders (AH Types) 

 Rakes Bunchers 



Combination Side 



Rakes and Tedders 

 Sweep Rakes Stackers 

 Combination Sweep 



Rakes and Stackers 

 Baling Presses 

 Beet Tools 

 Seeders Cultivators 

 Pullers 



Planting and Seeding Machines 

 Cotton Planters 

 Grain Drills 

 Broadcast Seeders 

 Alfalfa & Grass Drills 

 Fertilizer & Lime 

 Towers 



Corn Machines 



Planters Listers 



Cultivators Drills 



Lister Cultivators 

 Motor Cultivators 

 Binders Pickers 



Ensilage Cutters 

 Shellers 

 Huskers & Shredders 



Other Farm Equipment 

 Cream Separators 

 Feed Grinders 

 Manure Spreaders 

 Straw Spreader Att. 

 Wagons & Trucks 

 Stalk Cutters 

 Cane Mills 

 Stone Burr Mills 

 Knife Grinders 

 Binder Twine 



International Harvester Company 



OF America i~c 



September, ipip 



flecks or "freckles" on Jonathans, Spitz- 

 cnburgs and other varieties. It is most 

 important as a storage disease, although 

 it is sometimes found on ripe fruit 

 before picking. 



Apple scald has been a puzzling dis- 

 ease. Apples go into storage in prime 

 condition, with sound skin and appar- 

 ently with every reason to suppose that 

 they will hold in the same condition, 

 and yet it frequently happens that after 

 a period of storage, or shortly after re- 

 moval to a warm temperature, scald is 

 very prevalent. The disease exhibits 

 itself as a superficial browning of the 

 skin which does not usualy affect the 

 flesh or the eating quality of the apple, 

 but it does spoil the appearance and 

 consequently the marketability of the 

 fruit. It may also be important as the 

 forerunner of early physiological break- 

 down or of fungous rots which gain 

 easy access through the affected skin. 

 Altcrnaria, one of the fungi which cause 

 rotting, is very likely to invade scalded 

 apples. 



We now have some investigations 

 partially completed which throw new 

 light on the nature of this disease, but 

 since they are of a very technical char- 

 acter the practical application only need 

 be presented here. We have verified 

 the generally recognized fact that ma- 

 turity of the fruit at the time of picking 

 is one of the most important factors in 

 the prevention of apple scald, and yet 

 this seems to be less dependable with 

 Eastern fruit than with that produced 

 in the Northwest, possibly because 

 Northwestern apples ripen more evenly. 

 Working with apples alike in all re- 

 spects except maturity, we obtained 

 from 20% to 100% more scald on the 

 green, immature fruit than on the well 

 colored and mature specimens. The 

 question, "What is the proper matur- 

 ity?" naturally arises. The best answer 

 we can give is that proper maturity is 

 reached when the green ground color 

 begins to lighten. After this it changes 

 to white or yellow and the apple is well 

 along the road to full ripeness. It is 

 important to pick before the light 

 ground color is well developed, in order 

 to provide as long a storage life as pos- 

 sible. The red or blush color cannot be 

 depended upon as an indication of ripe- 

 ness, and neither can the color of the 

 seeds, since both are affected by other 

 conditions. 



We find it is frequently the case that 

 apples in air-cooled or ventilated cellar 

 storage do not scald, while those held 



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