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The shortage of apple boxes has been a great 

 handicap to the harvesting and marketing of 

 Montana's apple crop. The shortage was due 

 to underestimating the number needed by the 

 growers, and poor transportation. To assist 

 the growers several local saw mills have in- 

 stalled machinery and are turning out a limited 

 number of boxes per day. Early in the season 

 the price was 19 cents, but none can be had 

 now for less than 25 cents. A large quantity 

 of C Grade apples were shipped loose in cars, 

 with only enough boxes to form bulkheads at 

 the doors of the cars. 



State Horticulturist A. L. Strausz reports that 

 the Mcintosh Red crop being harvested is the 

 largest ever gathered in Montana. The apples 

 are of excellent color and prices to the growers 

 range from ?2.25 for the Fancy grade to $l.r>0 

 for other grades, according to variety and con- 

 dition. All fruit is free from scab and only 

 from the old orchards is fruit found with 

 oyster shell scale or other serious defects. 



The freeze of October 8 and 9 has not proven 

 as serious as was expected. The temperature 

 fell to 22 degrees both nights, but the fact that 

 there was no sun either day following allowed 

 the frost to escape from the apples gradually. 

 With the exception of a few of the more tender 

 varieties no discoloration has developed and 

 only a slight dilTercnce can be noticed in the 

 flavor. Most early varieties were picked, leav- 

 ing only the Rome Reauty, Gano, etc., out when 

 the freeze came. 



The Ravalli County Fair was a success from 

 every point. The display of fruit and vegeta- 

 bles was excellent, despite the fact that the fair 

 came during the busy season. The display 

 from the dry land farms was good, and the 

 many types of produce shown again demon- 

 strated the wide adaptability of the valley for 

 agricultural purposes. 



The sugar beet harvest is in full swing. 

 Growers are receiving §10 per ton and the 

 yield is estimated at ten to twelve tons per 

 acre. 



Eleven varieties of grapes, including the 

 Concord, which is not a high-altitude variety, 

 ripened this year on the Robert Snow ranch, 

 five miles northeast of Corvallis, Montana. 

 One variety, a red grape, ripened several weeks 

 ago; others are hanging now, in purple clusters, 

 waiting to be picked, while the later varieties 

 require more frost to sweeten and color them. 

 The grapes are grown on trellises and some of 

 the vines have attained a height of six feet. 



An excellent crop of big walnuts will be har- 

 vested this year on trees planted twenty years 

 ago on the John Woods ranch, five miles north 

 of Corvallis, Montana. The nuts are not yet all 

 ripe, but Mr. Woods stated Sunday that he be- 

 lieved they would mature belter this season 

 than any year previous. They are fully as 

 large as the old Missouri variety. Mr. Woods 

 has lived on the same ranch for forty-two years 

 and has a flue collection of trees and shrubs. 



What They're Doing in Cahfornia 



According to the weekly bulletin of the Cali- 

 fornia State Department of Agriculture efforts 

 of various American interests to have set aside 

 the embargo against apples from this country 

 placed by the Australian government have been 

 futile, and latest advices from there are to the 

 effect that the embargo will be continued be- 

 cause it will be an aid to the Australian pro- 

 ducer. At the same time Australia is asking 

 the United States to purchase and consume 

 I iberal supplies of apples from that country 

 during the period when American apples are 

 high and the growers here are getting the bene- 

 fit of the lessened supply. 



An unprecedented demand for information 

 regarding California farm lands is flooding the 

 oftice of Director G. H. Ilecke of the State De- 

 partment of Agriculture with letters from pros- 

 pective buyers in all parts of the United States. 

 It is estimated that several hundred of these 

 iufiuiries have been received during the past 

 few w eeks, and not a few of fheni arc f roni 

 men w lio have Ix-cn or \\ ho still are in the 

 military forces of the United Slates. Tlie iu- 

 (juiries usually concern these classes of land: 

 Developed farm properly, and undevelopecl 

 property represented in goveinnient and slate 

 lands. One of the letters, m<)re or less typical 

 of fithers received, is from a commantler of the 

 United States Navy stationed at Norfolk, Vir- 

 ginia, who states that he has $.')(), (UK) to sp<'n<l 

 as an initial investnieiil providing he can find 

 the sort of proposition he is looking for. An 

 inleresting feature brought out in the Irtter is 

 that the erroneous idea has pervaded the l!ast 

 that, due to the labor situation, it may be un- 



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Wherever there are Orchards 

 there are Cletracs 



FRUIT growers everywhere 

 recognize the Cletrac as the 

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 in close to the tree trunks without 

 injuring crop or branches. It turns 

 so short and so easily that you 

 can readily work around trees, 

 bushes and fence corners. 



Because of , its tank -type of 

 construction you can safely drive 

 it on side hills — where ordinary 



tractors would be in danger of 

 turning over. It runs on top of 

 the ground on its own tracks 

 like a locomotive. None of its 

 power is wasted. 



The Cletrac plows and culti- 

 vates faster, better and cheaper 

 than animal power — and does 

 it wore days in the year. 



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