igi6 



Oregon's Dairy 



Products Worth 



$18,000,000 



There are no dull periods 

 in the dairy business. The 

 weekly cream check in- 

 sures regular profits the 

 year around. 



Dairying is one of the 

 best side lines for a fruit- 

 grower. The right start is a 

 few good cows and an 



Silage furnishes the 

 most economical and 

 succulent feed fordairy 

 cattle. And the most 

 economical silo is the 

 "Indiana." 



FREE 



Our new Silo Book 

 sent free to readers of 

 "Better Fruit." A pos- 

 tal will do. 



Buill on the Pacific Coast by 



The Chas. K. Spaulding 

 Logging Co. 



SALEM, OREGON, U. S. A. 



The Paris Fair 



HOOD RIVER'S LARGEST 

 AND BEST STORE 



RETAILERS OF 



EVERYTHING TO WEAR 



AGENTS FOR 

 HAMILTON & BROWN AND 



THE BROWN SHOES 

 HART, SCHAFFNER & MARX 

 CLOTHES 

 MANHATTAN SHIRTS 



JOHN B, STETSON HATS 



NEMO CORSETS 



Strictly Cash— One Price to All 



Fruit Sizing 

 Machines 



Highest award at Panama 

 Exposition, San Francisco. 

 Three years successful 

 operation. 



The 1916 Sizers and Sorters greatly 

 improved. Prices much reduced 



We make four kinds. 

 Write for catcilog. 



Price Fruit Sizer Co. 



North Yakima, W^ash. 



BETTER FRUIT 



Overheating Often Attributable 

 Faulty Ignition 



A paniplik't jus! issued by the Stand- 

 ard Oil (Company, entitled "Engine 

 Overheating, Mechanical Bulletin No. 

 3," throws considerable light on the 

 problem of overheating of automobile 

 motors. This bulletin says in part: 



"One of the common causes of over- 

 heating is due to ignition. .\ late spark 

 overheats the motor; the charge is ig- 

 nited after the piston has started down- 

 ward on the power stroke; conse- 

 ipiently the hot gases are not expelled 

 from the cylinder before the second 

 charge is fired. This will continue 

 until the cylinders become so hot that 

 pre-ignition will take place. That is. 

 the gas will ignite before the piston has 

 reached the correct point, resulting in 

 what is known as a 'spark knock.' By 

 advancing the spark lever on the quad- 

 rant, the mixture is ignited before the 

 piston has reached top center, so that 

 when the piston does reach the center 

 and starts down, the expansion of the 

 gases is complete, and they are ex- 

 liausted at a comparatively low tem- 

 perature. Missing of one or moi'e cylin- 

 ders has a tendency to overheat the 

 motor, as the fresh gas is taken into the 

 missing cylinder and ignited by the out- 

 going charge from the working cylin- 

 der, which causes niulller explosions 

 and back pressure on the cylinder 

 which are working. The right kind of 

 lubricating oil is a great help in keep- 

 ing the motor cool, and many of the 

 leading automobile engineers and motor 

 experts say that oil made from Western 

 asphalt-base crude has less tendency 

 to break down under cylinder heat than 

 oil made from other crudes, and is, 

 therefore, a more efficient aid in keep- 

 ing the motor cool." 



Page 15 



Exchange Secures Reduction in Rates 

 for Delivering Hood River and 

 Mosier Apples 

 .\nother six and seven cents per hun- 

 dredweight has been clipped olT the 

 cost of delivering Hood River and 

 Mosier apples to Arizona markets as a 

 result of the efTorts of the Trallic De- 

 partment of the Northwestern Fruit 

 Exchange. The rates from Hood River, 

 Mosier and The Dalles to Bisbee and 

 Douglas, Arizona, respectively, of -^l.!.} 

 and .^I.IV per hundredweight, have 

 been reduced bv the interested car- 

 riers, etrective May 31, 1910, to .*1.09 

 per hundredweight from Hood River 

 and JfLlO per hundredweight from 

 Mosier and The Dalles. Mr. Robinson, 

 Trallic Manager of the Exchange, says: 

 "We called the attention of the car- 

 riers to the fact that the iniblished 

 through rate, which necessarily w\as 

 the lawful rate in use, was in excess 

 of the sums of local rates and shoidd 

 be accordingly i-educed. The carriers 

 weie (luite willing to make the change 

 and did so promptly. This means a 

 saving of from three to three and a 

 half cents [ler box, or from -SIS. 71 to 

 •*21.83 per car to the growers in the 

 districts mentioned, and will help to 

 pay their advertising bills in develop- 

 ing new markets in Arizona and other 

 states." 



FOR 



STRAWBERRY 

 RESULTS 



You must use a fertilizer that 

 has demonstrated that it makes 

 good. Strawberry growers who 

 have used 



''BeaverBrand" 



Animal 



Fertilizer 



know that our claims for this 

 famous fertilizer are not based 

 on theory but on facts. 



One Grower Reports: 



1st year, without fertilizer, 150 crates per acre- 

 2nd year, fertilizer applied, 175 crates per acre 

 3rd year, fertilizer applied, 192 crates per acre. 



Whether you have one acre 

 or a hundred, you should prepare 

 notv for next year and apply to 

 your ground before fall. You 

 will have an increased quality 

 and quantity crop. 



''BeaverBrand" 



Animal 



Fertilizer 



for Strawberries, as made by the 

 Union Meat Company, contains 

 the proper amount of nitrogen, 

 phosphoric acid and potash to 

 supply your soil with the neces- 

 sary plant food. 



Address Box 101 for free infor- 

 mation folder and ask for the 

 names of those who know what 

 this famous fertilizer will do. 



Our representative will be in Hood 

 River in August. Dates will be an- 

 nounced in the Hood River news- 

 papers. Arrange to meet him. 



UNION MEAT COMPANY 



North Portland, Oregon 



WHEN WRITING ADVERTISERS MENTION BETTER FRUIT 



WHEN WRITING ADVERTISERS MENTION BETTER FRUIT 



