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BETTER FRUIT 



Augiist 



agency. Wet-weathcr ponds and wet 

 spots in such holes may be drained 

 downward by a properly placed deep 

 blast. Hnulders may be blasted into 

 pieces small cnougli for the stone boat, 

 and creek channels quickly straif^hl- 

 ened by blasting new channels that will 

 confine the stream where it will waste 

 the least possible amount of land. 



Aside from the unusual financial con- 

 siderations that now urge farmers to 

 put their farms on a 100 per cent effi- 

 ciency basis, pride ought to lead all of 

 us to eliminate the unsightly stumps 

 and boulilers and get the surface water 

 under control. It is a good principle 

 always to maintain a place in salable 

 condition. This is best done by remov- 

 ing all evidence of shiftless manage- 

 ment, and thus please the eye as well as 

 the bank account. Uncle Sam's fighting 

 men are doing their part, the ship- 

 builders are doing theirs and the farm- 

 ers are certainly in a position to do 

 theirs. With everybody doing some- 

 thing the war can only end one way, 

 and that is victorious for the Allies. 



Test Value of Bordeaux Mixture 



Every package of commercial bor- 

 deaux mixture carries a label on which 

 is given its content of copper. This is 

 usually given in percentage, and by 

 multiplying this percentage by 3.93 the 

 result gives the amount of crystallized 

 copper-sulphate, the bulletin explains. 

 If the percentage is given in terms of 

 copper oxid, multiply by 3.14; if in 

 copper hydroxide, multiply by 2.56. In 

 order to calculate the copper sulphate 

 when diluted ready for application, 

 multiply the number of pounds of the 

 concentrated bordeaux mixture to be 

 added to 50 gallons of water by the 

 percentage of copper sulphate. 



Physical properties, such as adhesive- 

 ness, texture, spreading quality and 

 rate of settling, also are important fac- 

 tors in determining the efficiency of 

 bordeaux mixtures. A preparation con- 

 taining a large amount of copper, but 

 coarse and granular in texture, with 

 poor spreading and sticking qualities, 

 cannot be expected to give good results 



in cases where a good fungicide is re- 

 quired. To test the physical properties, 

 dilute the mixture and place a small 

 quantity in a glass lube, and watch the 

 speed with which the solids settle to 

 the bottom. If the copper is held in 

 suspension for a great length of time 

 the physical properties of the mixture 

 may be regarded as good. 



In order to reduce the cost of spray 

 material some growers are using a 

 weaker mixture than is commonly ad- 

 vised for the various diseases which 

 require bordeaux treatment. When 

 the disease attacks are mild, a bordeaux 

 mixture containing considerably less 

 copper sulphate than is commonly ad- 

 vised may give very good control, pro- 

 vided its physical properties are good 

 and it is thoroughly applied, the bul- 

 letin states. When infection is severe, 

 weak mixtures should be avoided, for 

 the resultant loss when they are used 

 may much more than ofi'set the amount 

 saved by using the proper strength. 

 Spraying is a question of insurance and 

 the grower must decide whether he 

 wishes to insure his crop wholly or 

 only partially by the use of bordeaux 

 mixture containing sufficient copper. 



Sugarless Preserving 

 An account appears in an English 

 paper of a method of bottling fruits and 

 vegetables without sugar and without 

 cooking. The fruit is placed in any 

 bottle that can be hermetically sealed 

 by a rubber band; and the bottles are 

 placed in a receptacle that will hold 

 four or five inches of water over the top 

 of the bottles. The water tap is allowed 

 to run into each bottle with some force, 

 so as to pack the fruit and wash out 

 impurities. The tap must continue to 

 run until the receptacle is full and run- 

 ning over, and when air bubbles have 

 ceased to rise the lids must be fast- 

 ened down under water. All the berry 

 fruits have been successfully treated, 

 although raspberries and strawberries 

 lose their color; also peaches, nectar- 

 ines, plums and cherries, besides such 

 vegetables as peas, beans, rhubarb, 

 tomatoes and sweet corn. It is said the 



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— are vaporizing points. In Red Crown 

 gasoline they form a continuous, uniform 

 chain — giving steady, dependable power. 

 Look for the Red Crown sign. 



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constructed, li^ht Wei.(*lit pump. Remember, 

 you and your family will have to work the han- 

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 task than if you had bought a guaranteed 

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 COG GEAR HAN DLE-actually pumps 33SS 

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 and sizes for every kind of a well or 

 cistern. They are sold by gaod dealers 

 everywhere, so that you can probably 

 buy a Myers Pump in your home 

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RLMYERSftBRa 



ASHLANP.OHIO. 



NO. 120 

 ORANGE ST. 



WANTED 



Experienced horticulturist to operate my 

 ranch near Hood River.Oregon.on shares, 

 after this season. 100 acres of bearing 

 trees; 75 acres grain land. Everything 

 in first-class running order. Applicant 

 must give reference and state experience 

 they have had to prove their ability to 

 handle the property for our mutual 

 interest. 



Address H. P., care Better Fruit 



liquor is delicious, and very little sugar 

 need be added in cooking. So far only 

 whole fruit has been treated. — Pro- 

 ducers' Review. 



War Board for Apple Crop 

 Called together by the governors of 

 Oregon, Washington and Idaho, repre- 

 sentatives of the apple-growing districts 

 of the Northwest, including S. R. McKee 

 and Fred P. Clark of Yakima, met in 

 conference here the other day and 

 appointed a war board which will put 

 the apple industry on a war basis and 

 co-operate with the government in win- 

 ning the war. 



The War Board will work in con- 

 junction with the Fruit Growers' 

 Agency, the headquarters of which are 

 in Yakima. It was formed so that there 

 could be a representative body to con- 

 sider the problems common to the 

 Northwest instead of in small sections. 

 It will take up the problems which the 

 Fruit Growers' Agency here is already 

 considering, the most important of 

 which is the harvesting of the apple 

 crop, transporting it to market and 

 supplying the army camps. — Fruit 

 Trade Journal. 



WliEN WRITING ADVERTISERS MENTION BETTER FRUIT 



