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BETTER FRUIT 



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LIELT. CHAULliS M. SIMONS 



Of the Arm of Garcia, Jacobs & Company 



Covent Gaiden, London. 



At the convention held in Philadelphia in 



August of the International Apple Shippers 



Association Lieut. Simons was appointed vice 



president for Great Britain. Lieut. Simons 



has frequently visited the United States and it 



is his intention to come here during the coming 



summer. 



than the recommended formula. Unfor- 

 tunately, on testing it out in suspension 

 in water this product did not remain in 

 suspension in water for such length of 

 time as would enable it to compare on 

 equal terms with other long tested rec- 

 ognized brands. While the price was 

 very attractive, we do not dare use it 

 in our own work or recommend it to 

 others. Under present conditions of 

 labor the cost of application is a very 

 important element to consider and we 

 should use such insecticides as are most 

 likely to give satisfactory success. 



There is not at the present time a 

 sufRcient amount of spraying machin- 

 ery in use in Southern Idaho to cover 

 all of the orchards in a suitable manner 

 in good time. Failure means defective 

 fruit, largely increasing the cost of 

 grading besides changing commercial 

 grades into cull apples. 



Our experience leads me to suggest 

 early preparation of suitable machinery 

 and contracting for spray material. 



I also wish to caution fruit growers 

 against the work of field mice, which 

 are .just now quite destructive in some 

 orchards. Clover or weeds about the 

 trunk of the tree act as a screen pro- 

 tecting the mouse from owls and hawks. 

 One party near Meridian has already 

 had two hundred trees girdled. We find 

 it necessary to rake and pull grass or 

 weeds away from the trunk of the tree, 

 ■ that the mouse may not find shelter, and 

 where this precautimi lias been taken 

 the mouse is not likely lo girdle the tree 

 unless a considerable amount of snow 

 comes to hide llie imnise from his 

 enemies. 



The FARMERsays- 



Tor stumping 

 genuine <@ir 

 has no equar 



From recent letters of ten farmers who have used Giant 

 Powders for Stumping we make these extracts: 

 "I Your Giant Farm Powders shoot the roots. 2. They 

 have wide breaking power and less bad gases than others. 

 ? 1 get the same excellent results from them every time 

 4 Thev are always uniform. 5- I used eleven tons and 

 wouldt^'t have any other make. 6. I want to sell a lot ot 

 other powder that I have because G.ant does the work much 

 better. 7. Genuine Giant can't be equalled. 8 I don t have 

 to use so much powder when I blast with Giant. 9. You 

 know what we need_/or stumping. 10. I save money by 

 using Giant Powders." ^. r^ t, 



ing, tree-planting, etc- _ — --v».» 



THE GIANT POWDER CO., CON. 



"Even/thing for Blasting" 



502 First National Bank Eldg.. San Francisco 

 Branch Otaces; Denver, Portland. Salt Lake City, Seattle, Spokane 



STUMPING 



EUREKA 



Pittsburgh Perfect Cement 



G02lt6Cl NSlilS are of the highest standard 



The Heads don't come off. Given Preference by Largest Pacific Coast Packers 



MANUFACTURED EXCLUSIVELY BY 



PITTSBURGH STEEL COMPANY. Pitt«burgti, Pa. 



A. C. RULOFSON COMPANY, Pacific Coast Agents 

 359 Monadnock Building, San Francisco, California 



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