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BETTER FRUIT 



Ridley,Houlding&Co. 



COVENT GARDEN, LONDON 



Points to remember when consigning 

 apples to the LondonsMarket 



Specialists in 

 Apples 



CABLE ADDRESS: BOTANIZING.'LONDON 





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The Choice of 

 Those Who Know 



Manufacturers and leading mo- 

 tor car distributors recommend 

 ZEROLENE. The majority of 

 motorists use ZEROLENE. 

 ZEROLENE reduces wear and 

 gives more power because it 

 keeps its lubricating body at 

 cylinder heat. Gives less car- 

 bon because, being refined from 

 selected California asphalt-base 

 crude, it burns clean and goes 

 out with exhaust. . 



ZEROLENE is the correct oU 

 for all types of automobile en- 

 gines. It is the correct oil for 

 your automobile. Get our lubri- 

 cation chart showing the cor- 

 rect consistency for your car. 

 At dealers everywhere and 

 Standard Oil Service Stations. 

 I STANDARD OIL COMPANY 



(California) 



ZEROLENE 



The Standard Oil for Motor Cars 



Correct Lubrication for the 

 <'V"-Type Engine 



This, the "V"-Type of auto- 

 mobile engine, like all internal 

 combustion engines, requires 

 an oil that holds its lubricating 

 qualities at cylinder heat, burns 

 clean in the combustion cham- 

 bers and goes out with exhaust. 

 Zerolene fills these require- 

 ments perfectly, iecauss it ia 

 correctly refined from selected 

 California aaphalt-baae crude. 



W. H. DRYER 



W. W. BOLLAM 



DRYER, BOLLAM & CO. 



GENERAL 

 COMMISSION MERCHANTS 



128 FRONT STREET 



Phones: Main 2348 

 A 2348 



PORTLAND, OREGON 



, December 



Seven conclusive experiments com- 

 pleted to date have shown an increase 

 in the yield of hay from the use of sul- 

 phur as a fertilizer, ranging from 90 to 

 1.")() per cent. Farmers were urged to 

 visit the plots and see the results them- 

 selves, or else assist in weighing the 

 experimental yields. The results of the 

 demonstrations were so conclusive that 

 it was decided to make a direct appli- 

 cation of them to the entire alfalfa crop 

 of Des Chutes Valley. Accordingly, the 

 Sulphur-Alfalfa Club was organized. 

 Members of this club agreed to take at 

 least 500 pounds of sulphur, and as 

 much more as they wished, and use it 

 on their alfalfa fields during the coming 

 year. They also agreed to report to the 

 county agent the results they obtained 

 by comparing, whenever possible, the 

 vield on five acres of sulphur-treated 

 alfalfa land with tlie yield on five un- 

 treated acres. Membership blanks were 

 prepared and arrangements completed 

 for securing a community shipment. 



The first community shipment brought 

 in amounted to about 180,000 pounds, 

 and was secured at a direct saving to 

 the farmers of about $2,000, by purchas- 

 ing in large lots direct from the pro- 

 ducers. This shipment did not suffice 

 to meet the needs of all of the alfalfa 

 growers, so that at present another 

 shipment of 80,000 pounds is being 

 made up. The total shipments will 

 treat about 3,000 acres of alfalfa, and 

 from the conclusive experiments which 

 have been conducted during the past 

 two years, will result in an increased 

 hay yield in Des Chutes Valley of at 

 least '3,000 tons of hay. This is a very 

 conservative estimate, as actual trials 

 show that the increase in many in- 

 stances will be more than one ton to 

 the acre per annum. At present hay 

 prices of i?20 per ton for alfalfa in the 

 stack, this will mean $60,000 worth of 

 new crop in Central Oregon next year. 

 The flowers of sulphur are applied 

 directly to the soil in amounts ranging 

 from 80 to 100 pounds per acre, and will 

 be put on the land between November 

 1st of this year and March 1st of next 

 year. 



Spray for San Jose Scale 

 Orchards which are infested with 

 San Jose scale should be sprayed dur- 

 ing the fall, winter or in early spring as 

 growth starts. In most cases the best 

 spray to use is commercial lime-sulphur 

 at the rate of one gallon of the concen- 

 trated mixture to seven gallons of water. 

 If the work is done thoroughly, one 

 application is sufficient. In orchards 

 where pruning has been neglected it 

 would be advisable to prune first and 

 then spray. The pruning will rid the 

 trees of the dead limbs and many of the 

 worst infested branches. There will be 

 less surface to cover after pruning and 

 consequently less liquid needed to 

 drench the trees. The pruning will also 

 make the spraying work easier. "Fol- 

 low the San Jose scale spray with the 

 regular summer sprays and you will be 

 as sure of an apple crop as a corn or 

 wheat crop," says T. J. Talbert, of the 

 University of Missouri College of Agri- 

 culture. 



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