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BETTER FRUIT 



March 



MYERS Power Spray 6uii 



Equip your Power Spray Rig with a Myers 

 Spray Gun, and save time, labor and material. With 

 it one man does the spraying and the entire capacity of rig is 

 utilized. A single shot to a tree is often sufficient, One-third turn of 

 handle adjusts the Myers Gun from a broad fan like spray to a long one 



(or high trees. Gun is provided with three discs — 4, 6 and 8 

 gallons capacity— adapting it for use with any power pump. 



Help is scarce— time is money Do your spraying single handed 



^1 next spring by using this modem and simplified one man spraying 



llfTTTnn^ device— the Myers Spray Gun. Circular and information gladly 



iJ^ I furnished. Ask our dealer or write us. 



F.E.MYERS KBRO. 



No. 135 QranqQStAshland.Ohio. 



Nv WADE Saw5 Four Cordi an Houri 



I have cut 1600 cords of yellow Jir wood 

 ■ Dan Ross, Corbett, Oregon. 



"The Wade is certainly the farmer's friend, 

 tvith it, and it's as good as the day I bought it. " 



Why break your back sawing wood by hand, when the power- 

 ful little Wade Portable Gasoline Drag Saw will outsaw 10 men at one-tenth 

 the cost! Light, simple, economical. Cuts wood of any size. Averages 8 cords 

 [/r\ to a gallon of gasoline. Thousands of Wades now m use. When not 



6 'N. sawing wood, the 4 h. p. engine will operate other light machinery. 



Wade Portable Gasoline 



Drag Saw 



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Largest slock of SnrfiM Irrigation Pipe 

 and Pipe Equipemenl OD the Padbc Coast 



Are you helping to pay the $75,000,000 toll 

 taken from the growers of the country annually 

 by Jack Frost? The Bolton Heater is 



The Safest Means of 

 Frost Prevention 



Don't experiment with makeshift methods. 

 Bolton Orchard Heaters are sure. They main- 

 tain the temperature, distribute the heat uni- 

 formly, and prevent frost damage. 

 Send for Booklet 5 

 Tells you all about frost prevention. Filled 

 with valuable information for the grower. 

 W. R. AMES CO., 



8lh and Irwin StreeU San Francisco, Calif. 



be .so headed as tn give a good spacing 

 of branches and thii.s avoid weak 

 crotches. Second, the main branches 

 of the trees shoidd be kept at about 

 equal vigor. This is done by cutting 

 back and reducing the leaf area on the 

 more vigorous branches, thus giving the 

 weaker branches a larger proportion of 

 the food. Third, we should constantly 

 try to avoid weak forks. This is 

 brought about by avoiding equal cut- 

 ting, and where two branches form a 

 union we should rather cut so that one 

 branch is longer than the other. The 

 shortened branch thus becomes a lat- 

 eral of the longer brancli and one 

 avoids in this way the weak U or V- 

 .shaped crotches which otherwise will 

 become very prevalent. 



During the first three years of a tree's 

 life, ]jruning is especially valuable in 

 determining the type and direction of 

 growth. By proper heading and thin- 

 ning, laterals are forced out at desired 

 l)oints and a strong framework is built 

 up for future years. By the time the 

 trees are three years of age a certain 

 amount of summer pruning may be 

 given to advantage. This pruning nor- 

 mally should come from about the 

 middle of June up to the middle of 

 July, or at such a time when the 

 branches have made a desirable termi- 

 nal gi-owth. Light heading at this time 

 does not remove very much wood but 

 causes the tree to throw out laterals, 

 thus giving us the opportunity of gain- 

 ing a whole year in the formation of 

 certain laterals. This type of pruning 

 likewise encourages the formation of 

 fruit spurs on the older portions of the 

 tree. Thus we will not only gain time 

 in the body building but we will also 

 encourage an earlier fruiting of the tree. 



By the time trees have reached the 

 second period, that is, the transition or 

 critical period, we should have a sturdy 

 tree, well balanced and capable of 

 bearing fruit. Our method of handling 

 the tree as regards pruning, fertilizing, 

 tillage, irrigation, etc., should be to en- 

 courage the formation of a thick, sturdy 

 growth. We desire branches capable 

 of storing food rather than much ter- 

 minal growth, which is generally not 

 rich in such foods. We should allow 

 the trees to accumulate the carbohy- 

 drates, as an accumulation of such food 

 is necessary to encourage the formation 

 of fruit buds and spurs. Anything 

 which is done with the tree at this time 

 to encourage the accumulation of carbo- 

 hydrates will simply delay the period 

 of fruiting. Where trees are extremely 

 vigorous it will be well to check them. 

 This can be done by reducing the till- • 

 age, or even in some cases by ceasing 

 tillage entirely, or even by the growing 

 of a cereal crop for a year. 



Moderate thinning is generally the 

 best type of pruning to follow. Heavy 

 heading should by all means be avoided, 

 and even heavy thinning, as such prac- 

 tices remove too much stored food 

 which the tree now needs. In fact if 

 the trees are not headed at all for a 

 year or two at this period, the results 

 may be very gratifying. Such a prac- 

 tice, however, should not be carried 



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