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BETTER FRUIT 



Noirmher 





Over $30,000,000.00 



INVESTED IN THE 



General Chemical Company 



This immense business manufactures millions of dollars 

 wortfi of chemicals every year. 



Its products are known the world over for reliability and quality . 



It has branches and works in thirty cities and towns in the 

 United States and Canada. 



Men who invest so much money in a business safe- 

 guard their capital by every possible means. One way 

 in which they protect it is by hiring the most competent 

 men to handle it — big men on big salaries. 



S. W. Foster is the man in charge of the Insecti- 

 cide Department of the General Chemical Company of 

 California. 



Thepurposeof this Department is to help fruit growers by giving 

 them scientific and practical information concerning orchard pests. 



Mr. Foster is a trained entomologist, graduate of 

 Eastern Universities, whose six years' experience in the 

 U. S. Department of Agriculture, five of them on the 

 Pacific Coast, equip him to render expert assistance to 

 you. 



The services of this bureau of information are at all times 

 available to you personally. 



Call on him for any help you need it is free. 



tC h 21 rrf R r^ n rl products have become the standard 

 WlVlldlU UiailU spray materials. They are made 

 from exact scientific formulas to produce the most efficient results. 



Bordeaux Mixture Arsenate of Lead 



Dormant Soluble Oil Atomic Sulphur 



Lime Sulphur Solution 



If you have any orchard insects or diseases write Mr. Foster, 

 giving him a full description of the pest condition and he will tell 

 you what to use and how to use it. 



Orchard Brand products can be obtained from the following dealers: 



GILBERT & DEWITT, 



Hood River, Oregon. 



BALFOUR, GUTHRIE & CO.. 

 Portland, Oregon. 



C. J. SINSEL, 



Boise, Idaho. 



MORGON, McKAIG & CO., 



North Yakima, Washington. 



WELLS & WADE, 



Wenatche. Washington. 



SAMUEL LONEY & CO., 



Walla Walla, Washington 



ROGUE RIVER CO-OPERATIVE McGOWAN BROTHERS HARD- 

 FRUIT GROWERS' ASSOC, WARE CO.. 



Medford, Oregon. Spokane. Washington 



Attend to Your Orchard Spraying Now 



General Chemical Company, 



San Francisco, California 

 Department Fl 



ail 



Some Apple Movement. 



The total shiijnients from the North- 

 west now are .3,560 car.s, just ten les.s 

 than the nuniher on the corresponding 

 (late last year. Shipments for Saturday 

 and Sunday aggregated "A^'y cars and 

 were billed to 100 points in 30 different 

 states, showing the wide distribution 

 that is being made this season. Chicago 

 received the greatest number, ,'54, and 

 New York was second with 35. The 

 market continues in an even course, 

 from the prices given in the daily gov- 

 ernment report. Jonathans are hanging 

 around %2 the box, and Grimes Golden 

 about 25 cents less. These two varieties 

 comprise the bulk of the sales, with 

 sprinklings of Winter Bananas and 

 Rome Beauties. Barreled Winesaps are 

 now moving on the markets and are 

 selling from $3.50 to $5. — Wenatchee 

 World, October 17, 1916. 



Northwestern Apple 

 Distribution 



[Editor's Note — "Better Fruit" has compiled 

 statistics from the. report of daily shipments 

 from the OITice of .Markets of the Department 

 of Agriculture, co-operating with the Fruit 

 Growers' Agency, from the daily sheets issued. 

 Tliis report appearing below shows the total 

 number of shipments of apples, in carloads, to 

 every city reported, from October 1st to 26th. 

 This report contains much valuable informa- 

 tion and is mighty good evidence of the wide 

 tlistribiUion of Noi'thw estern apples.] 



Austin, Tex. ^.... 2 Castleton, N. D 1 



Chester, Mont 2 



Colt, Pa 1 



Creswell, Oregon.. 1 



Conrad, Mont 1 



Centralia, ^^'ash... 1 



Clinton, Iowa 2 



Carthage, Mo 2 



Carter, Wyo 3 



Cardston, Alberta. 1 

 Columbus, Neb.... 2 



Corning 1 



Columbus, Okla. . . 1 

 Corpus Christi, Tex. 1 

 Culbertson, Mont.. 1 

 Camrose, Alberta.. 1 



Cook, Neb 1 



Carbury, N. D 1 



Cle Elum, Wash.. 1 



Casper, Wyo 5 



Canora 1 



Chinook 1 



Council Bluffs, la. 2 



Chateau, Mont 1 



Cozad, Neb 1 



Crete 1 



Detroit, Mich 25 



Davenport, Iowa.. 2 



Duluth. Minn 101 



Des Moines. Iowa. 26 

 Durant, Okla 1 



Aberdeen, S. D. . . . 23 



Amerillo, Tex. ... 2 



Anaconda, Mont... 2 

 Arkansas City, Ark. 2 



Albert Lea. Minn. . 7 



Alliance, Neb 2 



Ardmore, Okla. ... 1 



Aneta, N. D 1 



American Fall, la. 4 



Albuquerque, N, M. 1 



Altus, Okla 1 



Akron, Ohio 1 



Braddock, N. D. . . 1 



Burt, N. Y 8 



Beaumont, Tex. . . 3 



Brownwood, Tex. . 1 



Bisbce, Ariz 2 



Bismarck, N. D. . . 30 

 Baltimore, Md. . . .107 



Boston, Mass 191 



Beatrice, Neb 2 



Billings, Mont. ... 28 



Buffalo, N. Y 22 



Beach, N, D 4 



Buhl, Idaho 1 



Birmingham, Ala.. 5 



Burlington, la. . . . 2 



Butte. Mont 2.". 



Boise. Idaho IS 



Bow man, N. D. . . . 1 



Brid;;ci)nit, Coim . , Ty 



BclliiiKham, Wash. 1 



Basin. Mont 1 



Bonham, Tex 1 



Bangor, Me. . . 

 Bozeman, Mont... 

 Bingham, Neb. . . 

 Bird Island. Minn 

 Brookings, S. D. . 

 Battleford, Sask. . 



Bent, N. Y 



Burke. X. Y 



Belfiehl. N. D 



Brigham. Utah . . 

 Brawlev. Cal. ... 



Brash, Colo 



Bend, Oregon ... 

 Burlev. Idaho . . , , 

 Box Elder, Mont. , 

 Baker, Oi-egon . . . . 

 Blackfoot, Idaho, . 

 Cari-ington, N, D. . 

 Chicago. III. 



1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 2 



2 

 1 

 4 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 2 

 1 

 2 



T 

 1 

 1 

 1 



540 



Curi-o, Tex 2 



Cutliank, Mont 51 



('he>('nne. Wyo. . . . 22 



C(»ncoi-(Iia. h'an.. , . 2 



("resco, I<iwa 1 



CofTcvville. Kan.. . 2 



Calgary, .Xlberta.. 3 



Cincinnati, Ohio . . 17 



Clevelanil, Ohio. . . 15 



('ushing 1 



Coi-sicana, Tex .... 1 



Colundius. Ohio . . 6 



Cedar liapids. la . , 2 



Cniokslnn. Miiui.. . S 



Crawford, Neb. .. . 6 



Dallas, Tex 37 



Dickenson. N. D.. 3 



Denver, Colo ."iQ 



Denison, Tex 6 



Devils Lake, N. D. 2 

 Diamonflsviile.Wvo. 1 



Deadwood, N. D, . . 2 



Dubuque. Iowa ... 2 



Drake, N. D 1 



Denton 1 



Douglas, .\riz 1 



Donneley, Idaho,. 1 



Dcterick, Idaho... 1 



Delhart, Tex 1 



Eau Claire, Wis. . . 2 



El Paso, Tex 23 



Edmonton, .\lberla 15 



Edgeley, N. D 2 



Evansvillc, Ind 2 



Enid, Okla 4 



Erskine, Minn 1 



Everett, Wash 3 



Edenbnrg. N. D. . . 1 



Elmira. N. Y 5 



Elgin, 111 1 



Emmelt. Idaho 



Eureka. S. D 



Fresno. Cal 



Fort Worth, Tex. 



Fargo. N. D 



Foi't Dodge. Iowa. 



1 

 1 

 1 

 21 

 14 

 2 



Freeport, III 5 



l-'remont. Neb. 

 Foil Clark, N. D. 

 Frvberg, N. D. . . . 

 IMaxville. Mont.. 

 Fannei's Cily. Ill . 

 Fort Smith, Ark. 



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