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BETTER FRUIT 



Automatic 

 Power 



1^ Spraying with this 

 t pump is different— 

 \ it has an individual 

 standard of spray- 

 ing service not ob- 

 tainable from 

 other power spray 

 pumps. The pat- 

 ented Automatic 

 Pressure Controller 

 found on this pump only, 

 insures safety, eliminates 

 the necessity of using a re- 

 lief valve, secures uniform 

 pressure, does away with 

 unnecessary wear and pro- 

 duces a uniform penetrat- 

 ing spray— Speed, Econ- 

 omy and High Efficiency 

 in the application of all mix- 

 tures tell the story when the 

 spraying work is finished. 



This Pump 

 Does Not 

 Require A 



Relier 

 Valve Has 

 Automatic 

 Controller 

 Securing 

 UniForxn 

 Pressure 

 atid 



Eliminating 

 Unneccassarj' 

 Wear. Safe 

 Economical 



Rapid 



It will more than pay any fruit- 

 men to investigate this pump for 

 it can be used with any spray rig 

 and operated by any gasoline en- 

 gine. Built with 2 or 2i Vertical 

 Duplex or Triplex Cylinders, it 

 covers the entire power spraying 

 field. Sold separate or complete 

 with Myers Power Rig. Ask your 

 dealer or write us. 



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CORNER FIRST AND OAK STREETS 

 PORTLAND, OREGON 



January 

 Field Notes from Southern Idaho 



E. F. Stephens, Nampa, Idaho 



.'^t this .season of the year we are 

 making preparations for the lime-sul- 

 phur spray and the ellort to control the 

 San Jose scale. We put our machinery 

 in order, overhauling engine and pump, 

 making sure that everything is in readi- 

 ness, comhining the wants of a large 

 number of people for suitable insecti- 

 cides into one contract and saving all 

 of us something on the first cost and 

 freight. Last season I combined the 

 wants of about eighty orchards into 

 one deal or rate, thus saving all of us 

 some money. We have for many years 

 handled the liquid lime-sulphur, in the 

 manufacture of each barrel of which 

 one hundred and thirty-four pounds of 

 sulphur is used. This gives us a strength 

 of 32 or 33 degrees Beaume, and we use 

 a solution of one to eight gallons of 

 water. Liquid lime-sulphur is marketed 

 in cumbrous heavy barrels weighing 

 about 600 pounds each, awkward to 

 handle and expensive to freight and 

 move around the country. 



On the other hand, the dry formulas 

 of lime-sulphur are much more con- 

 venient to handle, less freight to haul 

 and can be had in convenient size pack- 

 ages to suit the wants of the small cus- 

 tomer as well as the large. 



Unfortunately, the dry powders as 

 sold and recommended in quantities the 

 manufacturers suggest to use has not 

 always entered into perfect solution 

 and in the experience of two of our 

 leading orchards the use of the dry 

 powder has not been as efTective in 

 controlling the San Jose scale as the 

 old-fa.shioned liquid solution. Those 

 who have given this question very 

 careful study are therefore still using 

 the liquid solution. 



Some weeks ago I received an offer 

 from a firm and manufacturers of arse- 

 nate of lead offering the dry or pow- 

 dered form at 20 cents a pound. A sam- 

 ple was sent for examination and test. 

 This sample was referred to our state 

 chemist at Boise, who found it satisfac- 

 tory in arsenical composition, stronger 



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H. M. GILBERT. President and Manager 

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