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la the amount Frank 

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 one-half acres of Kel- 

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FRUIT BOXES 



AND CRATES 



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SPOKANE, WASH. 



Praises 

 Orenco 

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Mr.C. B. Hill. Oak Point, Washington, writes:— 

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Packing School for Apple Men 



Oregon apple men will be offered an 

 opportunity to .study and practice apple 

 packing in a .special packing school to 

 be held at the Agricultural College in 

 the second and third weeks of .January. 

 Hundreds of carloads of ai)ples will be 

 shipped for the first time from a large 

 number of new orchards just coming 

 into bearing in the Willamette Valley, 

 the Umpqua Valley and in some other 

 districts of Oregon. It is important to 

 the success of the apple industry in 

 these new districts that the first ship- 

 ments are carefully graded and packed, 

 to give the fruit a good standing. But 

 unfortunately many of the growers will 

 have had little or no experience in 

 grading, packing and handling apples 

 in commercial lots, and it will be very 

 diiricult to secure expert help from the 

 leading apple districts. For these rea- 

 sons, the College Division of Horticul- 

 ture offers the course in grading and 

 packing. A modern type of warehouse 

 will be equipped for this work ami 

 one of the best and most up-to-date 

 apple-grading machines will be used. 

 Conveyors, gravity carriers, such as are 

 being installed in some of the best type 

 of community houses, will be provided. 

 An expert apple packer will be in 

 charge to teach the students apple pack- 

 ing, and sufficient time will be given so 

 that the packers may become fairly 

 expert and reliable. Special attention 

 to the handling of fruit has been given 

 by Professor Lewis, chief of the 

 division, during the last two years, and 

 this information will be made available 

 for the students in attendance. A good 

 supply of apples will be provided and 

 they will be brought to the packing 

 room, where they will be handled ac- 

 cording to the best commercial meth- 

 ods. Expense of this will necessitate 

 a very small fee, but the work will be 

 condensed into two weeks. Orchard- 

 ists unable to attend may take advan- 

 tage of the work by sending a trusted 

 hel|)er. 



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Spraying for Pear-Leaf Worm. 



The pear-leaf worm, an insect which 

 does considerable damage to pear 

 orchards, esiiecially on the Pacific 

 Coast, is easily controlled by spraying. 

 A contact spray is usually effective in 

 controlling the insect in the larval 

 stage, and should be applied when the 

 blossoming period is about over and 

 two-thirds of the petals have fallen. 

 The following formula for a contact 

 spray is given in a new professional 

 paper of the Bureau of Entomology, 

 U. S. Department of Agriculture: Fish- 

 oil soap, 1 pound; water, 25 gallons; 

 nicotine sulphate (40 per cent concen- 

 trate), 1 to 1,2(1(1 parts of the spray. 

 When the infestation is severe and 

 promises destruction of the foliage, a 

 poison spray, made of 4 pounds of lead 

 arsenate to 1(10 gallons of water, should 

 be used. The best time for applying 

 this is when the holes in the leaves are 

 not larger than one-half inch in diam- 

 eter. — Otlice of Information, I'nited 

 States Department of Agriiultiire. 



Fancy Fruit 



grows orly in well-H'ied orchards. Intensive 

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«*Acinc** Orchard Harrow 



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Portland 

 Oregon 



ft. Wide 



Pay for a 

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We make this offer that more fruit- 

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With hay and all other feed way 

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 The 



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 Logging Company 



Salem, Oregon, U.S.A. 



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