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BETTER FRUIT 



October 



One Qualty 

 One Service 



One Price 



"REX quality" as Spray materials win the 

 award of merit whenever tested. Our busi- 

 ness is entirely the production of Spray 

 materials. 



Yakima Rex Spray Company 

 Wenatchee Rex Spray Company 

 Payette Valley Rex Spray Company 



W. H. DRYER 



W. W. BOLLAM 



DRYER, BOLLAM & CO. 



GENERAL 

 COMMISSION MERCHANTS 



128 FRONT STREET 



Phones: Main 2348 

 A 2348 



PORTLAND, OREGON 



ARCADIA 



America's Greatest Orchard Project 

 The home of the big "A" brand of apples. 



Winner of first prize at the National Apple Show, 1916, 

 in shippers' contest. 



Only 22 miles from Spokane, Washington 



Gravity Irrigation. . Healthful Climate 



Pleasant Surroundings 



Tracts sold on easy monthly payments. 

 Send for free booklet. 



Arcadia Orchards Company 



DEER PARK, WASHINGTON 



lories. About thirty permiincnt ofRces 

 are maintained in the larger cities and, 

 in the course of the year, more than 

 double that number of temporary 

 odices are opened in producing terri- 

 tories, conducted during the time of 

 harvesting and then closed that the 

 men and equipment may move on to 

 another section. 



The Bureau has intimate and confi- 

 dential relations with every railroad 

 superintendent in the country who 

 wires nightly n report of the shipments 

 on his division. A night telegraphic 

 and clerical force is maintained at 

 Washington, D. C, where these reports 

 are received and tabulated by the time 

 the regular day force come to work in 

 the morning. They are then wired to 

 all the Bureau ofhces and the amount 

 of the reports is of such volume that 

 the leased wires are going in all of them 

 eight hours, and in many of them 

 twelve and sixteen hours a day. 



Most growers are familiar with the 

 news service given on apples and pota- 

 toes and may realize the magnitude of 

 the work when they know that the 

 potato growers of Colorado, Minnesota, 

 Wisconsin, Michigan, Maine, New York, 

 New Jersey, Virginia, Florida and 

 Texas are served during their harvest- 

 ing and marketing periods, and in the 

 same way the cantaloupe industry, to- 

 matoes, peaches, pears, strawberries, 

 cabbage, cherries and onions are pro- 

 vided for in all parts of the country, 

 besides many crops of lesser extent. 

 This service was inaugurated in times 

 of peace, but has been greatly extended 

 in time of war. Its activities have been 

 so favorably received that the industry 

 will probably never be without its gov- 

 ernment assistance. I have tried to 

 touch only upon those features of the 

 work that affect the horticulturists, but 

 the Bureau has numerous other activi- 

 ties, many of which are directly con- 

 cerned with the prosecution of the war, 

 to which a large part of our time is 

 devoted. 



The increasing war demand on the 

 jute industry of India for burlap makes 

 necessary the utmost conservation of 

 burlap. More than three-fouurths of 

 the burlap imported is used by farmers 

 and fruit growers in shipping farm 

 products. Every fruit grower is urged 

 to conserve to the fullest extent, wash- 

 ing and drying the soiled bags and stor- 

 ing in a dry place so they will not be- 

 come mildewed. Saving burlap helps to 

 save shipping to supply the American 

 armed forces abroad. 



The International Sugar Commission 

 took stock of the sugar on hand, sub- 

 tracted Allied requirements and allotted 

 America her share, which by count is 

 two pounds per month per person. 



Dates of 1918 Fairs 



Washington: 

 Goldendale, Washington — October 2-5. 

 Lynden — October 4-5. 



Oregon : 

 Moro — October 9-12. 

 Portland — November 18-23. 

 St. Helens. 



Idaho: 

 Lewiston — November 7-13. 

 Filer— October 1-5. 



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