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BETTER FRUIT 



May, ipip 



Discusses Winter Pruning vs. 

 Summer Pruning 



Continued from p;igc 8. 



sugar) on the upper part of the tree, 

 and it seems in applying this knowledge 

 in piHining we will be inelined to prune 

 our dormant trees as best we ean, so as 

 to save the bearing trees from excessive 

 loss of carbohydrate food materials. 

 The best time for pruning, therefore, 

 as reason appeals, is from the latter 

 part of December to the middle of 

 March in heavy winter condition, while 

 this will certainly vary under differ- 

 ent climatic conditions. 



It would not be out of place here to 

 say that heavy pruning of bearing trees, 

 except in cases of old trees, is always 

 inadvisable. This not only dwarfs the 

 trees, but makes them lose the food 

 material stored partly in large limbs 

 and thus makes the trees lose the 

 vitality of growth and fruit bearing. 

 Besides pruning in sunmier time is not 

 always necessary. It depends on the 

 nature of trees. But in no case is heavy 

 pruning advisable in summer, while in 

 a crowded tree slight topping off is 

 beneficial both in admitting light and in 

 bringing an optimum amount of fruit 

 production. 



After all, it may be said that the old 

 saying "Winter pruning for wood 

 growth and summer pruning for fruit 

 bearing" might not be entirely true, 

 but it seems to bring about an equi- 

 librium of the two factors by maintain- 

 ing a balance of the carbohydrate food 

 materials and soil nutrients, we might 

 as well recouse to winter pruning in- 

 stead of summer pruning and thus save 

 our trees to maintain growth and bear 

 fruits to best advantage. 



ROOSEVELT HIGHWAY WILL BENE- 

 FIT EASTERN OREGON IN 

 MANY WAYS 



Though it is a fact not generally 

 known, Tillamook County, the most 

 productive dairying section of the State 

 of Oregon, has to ship in hay and other 

 forage for its dairy herds. On this 

 account farmers of Eastern Oregon 

 profited to the extent of $100,000 in 

 1918. While the Tillamook section and 

 the coast country in general boasts as 

 fertile soil as can be found anywhere, 

 the grasses grown there are not con- 

 verted into winter fodder, for the rea- 

 son that the product is more valuable 

 for grazing dairy cattle. 



Tillamook County was not the only 

 coast county that proved to be a good 

 customer of the alfalfa raisers of the 

 irrigated lands of Eastern Oregon. All 

 the rest of the seven coast counties pur- 

 chased hay as well, though in smaller 

 (juantities. 



The proposed Roosevelt highway 

 along the coast would open up a great 

 agricultural empire in that region, and 

 in a few years millions of dollars would 

 flow out to the hay producers where 

 now only hundreds of thousands are 

 spent by the dairymen. 



In 1918 Tillamook County sold 

 throughout the United States $2,000,000 

 worth of cheese and dairy products 

 alone. This gives an inkling of what 



will be the result if millions of acres of 

 land like that in Tillamook are opened 

 up to cultivation and settlement through 

 the medium of the Roosevelt highway. 

 Based on what has been shown in Til- 

 lamook County, .« 100,000,000 worth of 

 taxable property would be added to 

 the wealth of the state if the rest of 

 the coast region is developed in like 

 manner. 



Grass is green every day of the year 

 on the ocean side of the coast range of 

 mountains, and the climate is so mild 

 that cattle do not need to be kept in 

 barns and fed, as in other dairy sec- 

 tions of the United States, notably in 

 the Middle West and on the Atlantic 

 seaboard, but, as has been stated al- 

 ready, it has been found more profit- 

 able to keep the land sowed down to 

 clover pasturage for the dairy herds 



than to raise hay thereon. That is why 

 the coast country will always be a great 

 market for Eastern Oregon hay. — Adv. 



High Prices for Pears. 



Prices received for pears the past 

 season have just been given out by the 

 Hood River Apple Growers' Association, 

 which .show that the Bosc variety 

 headed the list ,half boxes bringing 

 $1.95, wiht $3.65 for the fancy and $2.75 

 for the C grade of full boxes. Other 

 varieties brought the following figures: 

 Bartletts, fancy $2.07, C grade $1.82; 

 Beurre d'Easter, fancy $1.83, C grade 

 $1.58; Cornice, fancy $2.45, C grade 

 .$2.20; Flemish Beauty, fancy $2.20; C 

 grade $1.95; Winter Nelis, fancy $2.01, 

 C grade $1.76; D'Anjou, fancy $2.88, C 

 grade $2.38. 



^SocidlHelp 



Let's suppose it's a church or school social — 

 or a Red Cross rally — or a "get-together" meeting 

 of the Farm Bureau — or what not — 



Will Ghirardelli's be there? What a question! For 

 this delicious, appealing food-beverage is a/ways in 

 order at any social function. It means cheer and 

 comfort and warmth! It provides a social help that 

 no hostess (whether she has in mind a "big affair" 

 or a "little party") can afford to overlook. 



In j4 lb., I lb. and 3 lb. cans — at the store where 

 you do your trading. 



Saj '■'■Gear-ar-delly" 



D. GHIRARDELLI CO. 



Since 1852 San Francisco 



Ghirardelli 's 



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