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BETTER FRUIT 



January 



*'John, 1 haven t missed my cup of Ghirar- 

 dellis Ground Chocolate for forty years, " 



OLirardeDis 



GroimdCkocolate 



rs used in more than a million 

 homes in the West. 



It comes PROTECTED— as all chocolate 

 should — in J4-lb, 1-lb., and 3-lb. hermet- 

 ically sealed cans. 



Since 1852 



D. GHIRARDELLI CO. 



San Francisco 



The IJIalnck Fi uit and Produce Company, 

 Captain Paul H. Weyiauch president, Walla 

 Walla, Washington, lias a very attractive folder 

 in the form nf a Christmas tree, over which is 

 printed the Season's Greetings and thanks for 

 business favors in the past. 



The H. K. McCann Company, New York and 

 San I'raneisco, have an unusually large folder, 

 printed on heavy paper, which is very artistic 

 and handsome and extremely original, being a 

 winter scene with the rooftops covered with 

 snow. A roadway is pictured along which is a 

 procession of people bringing in all the good 

 things to eat and drink that bring good cheer, 

 like venison, casks of rare wine, etc. 



E. 1. du Pont de Nemours Company, Wil- 

 mington, Delaware, have issued a very ele- 

 gantly engraved card conveying New Years 

 Greetings from the president, Mr. Pierre S. 

 du Pont. 



Hicks-Chatten Engraving Company, Portland, 

 Oregon, have a very attractive Christmas 

 folder, beautifully done in rich colors of red 

 and gold, with a snow scene, surrounded by a 

 soft background of pearl gray. 



The Union Pacific System have an attractive 

 card of Good Will and Good Cheer Greetings 

 for a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, 

 with the Union Pacific shield decorated in 

 holly. 



The Union Meat Company, Portland, Oregon, 

 have issued an engraved card that is beautiful 

 in simplicity, wishing a Merrie Christmas and 

 Happy New Year. 



:Mr. John IS. Cancelmo, Philadelphia, is the 

 first firm issuing a calendar to be received at 

 this olTice for 1917. In past years "Better 

 Fruit" has received many calendars, which 

 usually come along about the first of the year, 

 but none surpasses this in elegance. It con- 

 sists of a head of an Indian Princess in relief, 

 in bronze and gold effect, the colors being very 

 rich. The calendar is conspicuous for its 

 elegance and richness and at the same time 

 simjilicity. 



The California Chemical Company, Watson- 

 ville, California, have issued a very magnifi- 

 cent and attractive calendar especially designed 

 for ofilce use, particularly for a large office, 

 with a very handsome picture in colors, hand- 

 some enough for any home, 18x24 inches, the 

 whole calendar being 28x10 inches. 



The Pacific Paper Company, Portland, have 

 an attractive small folder, handsomely en- 

 graved with an attractive monogram in red on 

 the cover page, with the Christmas and New 

 Years Greetings inside. 



The Sprague Canning and Machinery Com- 

 pany, of Chicago, have a handsome engraved 

 card with the "sign of quality" at the top, 

 beautifully engraved in Old English, conveying 

 Christmas Greetings. 



The United Lithograph and Printing Com- 

 pany, of Rochester, New York, have a small 

 but very attractive card, decorated in holly. 



The Y'akima County Horticultural Union, 

 North Yakima, have issued a neat and very 

 attractive card with Christmas Greetings, 

 signed by Mr. Fred Eberle, general manager. 



The Novo Engine Company, Lansing, Michi- 

 gan, has issued an attractive Christmas card, 

 beautifully printed, with a green border, with 

 1917 in embossed gold letters. 



The Produce Reporter Company, Chicago, 

 have issued a very attractive Season's Greeting, 

 artistically decorated with an attractive holly 

 wreath. 



Mr. A. C. Rulofson, San Francisco, represent- 

 ing the Pittsburgh Steel Company and the 

 Twisted Wire and Steel Company, sends out a 

 beautifully engraved folder, full" of Christmas 

 Good Cheer, expressing high appreciation of 

 old friendships, beautifully engraved and dec- 

 orated in colors, rendered more attractive by 

 one of tlie old fashioned Christmas candles 

 and a very handsome picture in colors of a 

 moonlight snow scene. 



Farmers' Week Programs — January 

 22-27, 1917. 



The general topics for the daily pro- 

 gram.s of Farmers' Week will be as 

 follows: 



Monday — Horticulliire; special atten- 

 tion to problems of potato production. 



Tucstiay — Farm Crops and Soils. 



Wednesday — Poultry. 



Thursday — Dairying. 



Friday — Livestock with .special em- 

 phasis on sheep husbandry. 



Saturday — "Home Curing of Meat" 

 and "Legume Inoculation," lectures and 

 demonstrations. 



Detailed programs will be sent upon 

 ie(|uesf. 



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