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BETTER FRUIT 



August 



DMRYNEN ! ! 



MAKE RESERVATIONS NOW 



For This Seasoiv^ 

 Supply of 



Pried 

 Beet Pulp 



The beet sugar factories will 

 soon begin the slicing of this sea- 

 son's beet crop— and that means 

 a new supply of Larrowe's Dried 

 Beet Pulp. While we will have 

 a somewhat larger supply than last 

 year, yet the demand is also larger — 

 in fact, has increased enormously. 

 Foresighted dealers in nearly every dis- 

 trict have already placed orders for ship- 

 ment—but if you vyish to make sure of getting 

 what you require it will be well to see your 

 dealer at once and give him an order for early delivery 

 or state the amount you think you will need during 

 the next few months. 



Everything seems to favor the man who is prepared, 

 we say — "see your dealer now. " 



URROWE'S 



DRIED 



BEET I PUtP 



— is a succulent, milk-producing, vegetable feed that gives certain 

 and profitable results. Combine it with alfalfa and it makes a won- 

 der ration. It increases the milk flow from 1 to 5 lbs. per day from 

 each cow, and in addition keeps your cattle healthy, sleek-coated 

 and bright-eyed. 



Larrowe's Dried Beet Pulp is light, bulky, succulent and easily 

 digested; absorbs water very quickly and swells to about six times' 

 its original bulk ; is cheaper than bran and other mill feeds, yet pro- 

 duces better results. It is put up in convenient 100-lb. sacks, and 

 may be had either plain or with molasses. Ask for "Larrowe's." 



Feeding Booklet Free— Write for iti 



"profitable Feeding" contains valuable information that should 

 be In the hands of every feeder. Sent free on request. 



THE LARROWE MILLING CO. 



944 Central Building 

 LOS ANGELES. CALIFORNIA 



Thinning Apples 



By F. G. Carlisle, Kettle Falls, Washingion 



WE have heard a great deal said 

 about spraying, pruning, culti- 

 vating and fertilizing, but very 

 little about tliinning, which I consider 

 the most important phase of orchard 

 work. If we fail to thin and to do it 

 intelligently, we cannot hope to make 

 a success of growing fancy apples, all 

 of the operation mentioned are so 

 dependent on each other, that if we 

 neglect either of them, we fall down on 

 the whole proposition. If we hope to 

 grow a high peicentage of extra fancy 

 fruit, it is absolutely necessary that we 

 thin the fruit and Ihin it intelligently. 

 One reason why we should thin our 

 fruit is that in the Northwest, under 



normal conditions, the trees will usu- 

 ally set more fruit than they have 

 strength to grow to proper maturity, 

 and if we do not thin the fruit will be 

 small and inferior. 



It is not an easy matter to say oH'- 

 hand Just how to thin, as each tree may 

 retpiire dilTerenl treatment, or I may 

 say each branch of the tree. However, 

 I would say Ihin to the center apple of 

 llu' cluslcr. cutting ofi' all the apples on 

 the side of the cluster, unless we find 

 that the center apple has been injured 

 by frost or in some other way. In that 

 case we should select one of the apples 

 of the side of the cluster, cutting oil' all 

 the others. The reason for Ihinning 



to the center apple is that it is the first 

 one of the cluster to blossom, and has 

 several days' start of the others and 

 will make the largest apple of the clus- 

 ter. The large apples are the ones that 

 usually mature first and command the 

 top price, and that is what we are all 

 looking for. 



I would endeavor to have all the 

 apples of red varieties on the upper 

 side of the limb. Probably nine-tenths 

 of the apples point upward at blossom- 

 ing time, or while the apple is small, 

 one cheek of the apple is toward the 

 south and it will start to color while 

 it is small; as the apple grows its own 

 weight pulls it down so that the other 

 cheek will be exposed to the sunlight. 

 This insures high coloring and a large 

 percentage of Extra Fancy apples. In 

 no case leave an apple on the under 

 side of the limb of red varieties. 



As I have said before, it is difficult 

 to lay down hard and fixed rules for 

 thinning apples. We must use good 

 common sense and thin according to 

 the strength of the limb. With Jona- 

 than and Wincsap, in no case would I 

 leave the apples closer than 8 to 10 

 inches apart. I would not leave an 

 apple on new wood, that is, wood that 

 grew last year. The blossoms on new 



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