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 CATALOG No. 201 



Portland. Oregon 



allowed to lay in packing houses fre- 

 quently many days before Iieing packed, 

 another mistake which is frequently 

 made in the Northwest and one that 

 must be corrected. 



Displacement of Horses by Tractors. 



Tractors are being found to be so much 

 more efTicient and economical that the 

 United States Government is giving the 

 matter particular study, having issued 

 an article containing much information 

 on the subject, which is well worth 

 reading. The article appears on another 

 page in this edition. 



The Fruit Grovyers' Agency, Incor- 

 porated, has established a special office 

 in the Federal Building in Spokane, 

 which will be the headquarters for the 

 news service of the Fruit Growers' 

 Agency. Information about the move- 

 ment of crops, prices, conditions, etc., 

 will be furnished in weekly, sometimes 

 daily, letters and occasionally telegrams 

 to all the members of the association. 



Watersprouts and surplus limbs take 

 too much water from the trees in time 

 of drouth; prune out those which are 

 not needed on the tree and save the 

 water for the ripening fruit; fruit 

 won't mature well where shaded by 

 sprouts. The crop shows up better 

 where the tree is kept pruned, admit- 

 ting sunlight and air, and enables the 

 buyer to see the fruit better. These 

 statements are not guesses or mere 

 opinions. They are some of the things 

 that have been proved by careful tests 

 at the Missouri Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station. 



Fruit Growers' Conference 



Preliminary outline of subjects sug- 

 gested for Ninth National Apple Show 

 Conferences of Fruit Growers, to be 

 held at Spokane, Washington, Novem- 

 ber 20 to 2.5, 1916. 



Four days of conferences suggested. 

 Two days to be given to discussing 

 marketing under auspices of the Fruit 

 Growers' Agency; one day to orchard 

 problems, and one day to by-products. 

 These are just preliminary suggestions. 

 We must learn not only the subjects 

 that the growers need to discuss, but 

 the subjects in which they are so 

 vitally interested that they will attend 

 and discuss. A vitally important sub- 

 ject will bring five hundred growers. 

 It can be profitably follow^ed by another 

 subject that will not interest the grow- 

 ers so directly, but may be more impor- 

 tant to their future. We want sugges- 

 tions of live subjects and of men that 

 are qualified to discuss them. 



Orchard problems: Fruit buds. How 

 shall we maintain the vigor and bearing 

 of our old trees'? Arc we feeding the 

 trees enough to produce fruit in com- 

 mercially profitable quantities? Ferti- 

 lizing. Cover crops as food for the 

 orchard. .Summer pruning. Pest con- 

 trol. Orchard accounting to determine 

 costs. 



By-products: The evaporator ques- 

 tion. A discussion led by Dr. J. S. Cald- 

 well of the State College of Washing- 



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