March, ip20 



BETTER FRUIT 



Page 39 



Commercial Fertilizers 



Continued from page 7. 



worked out for each district. If the soil 

 is sour it must first be sweetened by the 

 use of lime. The average careful ob- 

 serving fruit grower will have very 

 little difficulty in determining what will 

 be best for his orchard. 



In a general way the following sug- 

 gestions may be helpful in determining 

 the method and fertilizer to use: 



1. The physical condition of the soil 

 must be normal. 



2. There must be neither a deffici- 

 ency nor a surplus of humus for the 

 best results with commercial fertilizers. 



3. Commercial fertilizers will not 

 give positive results in very dry or very 

 wet soils. 



4. If the trees are making a very 

 strong wood growth the probabilities 

 are that there is a surplus of nitrogen 

 already in the soil and that light appli- 

 cations of potash and phosphoric acid 

 are needed. 



5. If the trees are bearing light crops 

 and making short wood growths the 

 probabilities are that there is a shortage 

 of available nitrogen in the soil. 



6. If the trees blossom profusely 

 each year and fail to set a crop and the 

 other conditions are favorable, the 

 chances are that there is a shortage of 

 nitrogen in some form. 





[HAY TOOLS & D OORHANGtRSl 



Application of spraying 

 mixtures underhigh pressure 

 vMth a MYERS POWER 

 SPRAY GUN gets results 

 —reaches and penetrates in- 

 to hidden cracks and crevices 

 —thoroughly covers tree and 

 foliage from base to tip with 

 a powerful spray which 

 literally exterminates scale, 

 moth, scab and similar pests. 



A wonderful improvement over 

 former mettiods— Fast, economical, 

 efficient— and one man does all ttie 

 work in less time than formerly. 

 Simple as ABC to operate. One 

 third turn of handle adjusts from 

 broad to long distance spray or 

 shuts off entirely. Adapted for 

 service with any power spray pump 

 —will utilize its entire capacity. 

 Thousands already in use— meets 

 all requirements successfully. 

 Built in one size only — circular 

 and information on request 



Write 



tor copy of our new SPRAY PUMP 

 CATALOG-No. SP20— just off tlie 

 pipss and ready for distribution. It il- 

 lustrates, describes and lists our complete 

 line of dependable Spray Pumps — Hand 

 01 Power — and Spraying Accessories for 

 every spraying service and devotes six- 

 teen pages to "How and Wtien to Spray" 

 Instructions, 



Your Dealer Can Supply You — 

 U not, we wilL 



RE. MYERS ft BRO. 



NO. 



135 ORANGE ST ASH LAND, OHIO. 



Cabbage patch fertilized with a well known 



brand of coniniercial fertilizer. The yield 



from this patch is reported at thirty-one tons 



to the acre. 



Rough transportation never riles 

 The B-D box, it always smiles 

 A t tossing hold or bumping track 

 A tid brings its contents up intact. 



Goods delivered promptly and 

 in good condition keep cus- 

 tomers satisfied. Exporters are 

 having much trouble at present because containers break 

 open in transit. Bloedel Donovan boxes are built to rough 

 it. They have helped solve many shippers' problems. 



BLOEDEL DONOVAN LUMBER MILLS 



1018 White Building, Seattle, Wash. 



Douglas Fir, Cedar, Spruce, Hemlock and Red Cedar Shingles, Box Shooks 



WHEN WRITING AnVERTISFRS MFNTTON HFTTFR FRUIT 



