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BETTER FRUIT 



March 



1 QAO The Seventy-Fifth 1 Q 1 7 

 J.Ot'^ Anniversary of J.yxl 



LIGHT DRAFT 

 PLOWS 



Built for the Field Test. 



Three-Quarters of a Century of '* Knowing 



How** Hammered Into Every 



One of Them. 



The product of the Parlin & Orendorff Co. has 

 always been noted for simplicity of construction, 

 great strength and ease of operation. It was upon 

 such a basis that the founders of this business made 

 their implements, established their reputation, and 

 built their factory. It is upon the same foundation 

 that the business has been carried on to this day, 

 and io 1917 we celebrate our Diamond Jubilee; 75 

 years of practical experience gained through con- 

 stantly striving to provide for the exacting require- 

 ments of three generations of American farmers. 



For an even three-quarters of a century we have 

 met the demand, and today we operate the largest 

 and oldest permanently established plow factory in 

 the whole world. "It's the way we build them." 



Light Draft Plows, Harrows, Planters and 

 Cultivators are made in all types and sizes, 

 to meet the conditions in all sections, and 

 are Backed by an Unqualified Guarantee. 



We also make the most complete line of Trac- 

 tion Engine Plows produced, and we have a special 

 catalog devoted to these famous plows. 



The P^&O Little Genius 

 Engine Gang Plow 



was the most popular plow shown at all points on 

 the 1916 National Tractor Demonstration. 



We will send P & O Catalogs to any address. 

 While P & O Implements are sold only through 

 established implement dealers, we welcome corres- 

 pondeoce from farmers In all sections. 



Ask Your Dealer or Write Us, 



Parlin & Orendorff Company 



Canton, Illinois 



Kansas City 

 Omaha 

 Sioux Falli 



Dallas Minneapolis 



Portland (Ore.) St. Louis 



Spokane Denver Oklahoma City 

 Utah Implement-Vehicle Co.. Salt Lake City 

 Baker & Hamilton, San Francisco 

 Dixon & Griswold, Los Angeles 



YOUCAN ^CA nn PER 

 EARN aOUillUoAY 



WITH THE 



Gearless Improved Standard 

 Well Drilling Machine 



Drills throueh any formation. 



Five years aliead of any other. 

 Has rec-ord of drilling 13u feet and drinng casing in 9 

 hours. Another record where 70 feet was drilled on 

 2"^ gallons distillate at 9c per gallon. One man can 

 operate. Electrically equipped for running nlglits. 

 Fi^^hliik' job. Entniie ignition. Catalogue \V-S. 



REIERSON MACHINERY C0..Mfgs.,1295-97 Hood St.,Portland,Ore. 



SPRAY RIGHT 



and save time, 

 money and 

 fruit 



There'* a 



Detning Sprayer 



exactly 6tted to your 



needs, whether you own a 



r- email farm or a large orchard. 



The new 40-page 1917 



Deming 



I Catalog ehowg over 25 improved 

 \ types and sizes of bucket, knapsack, 

 I cart, barrel and power outfits. Your 

 I copy free — write. 



THE DEMING COMPANY 

 284 Depot St., Salem, Ohio 



Ov€r 1000 hand and power pumpt 

 for alt uset 



an energetic wife, with the use of a 

 steam-pressure canning outfit, can put 

 up enough vegetables during the sum- 

 mer to save buying any during the 

 winter, which also adds much to the 

 living during the winter months. In 

 addition to this, with a good steam- 

 pressure canning outfit, the fruitgrower 

 can put up all his own fruits. There 

 is nothing finer than canned fruits dur- 

 ing winter and nothing more whole- 

 some for dessert. The home of the 

 editor is supplied with fresh vegetables 

 during the entire summer and an ample 

 supply of vegetables are canned with a 

 steam-pressure canning outfit for win- 

 ter use, along with a large quantity of 

 fruits of different varieties. This con- 

 tributes much to the goodness of the 

 editor's table and in addition is a big 

 saving in expense, both during the sum- 

 mer and winter. Every fruitgrower 

 and farmer should prepare the ground 

 early, planting the early vegetables 

 early, and should they be nipped by 

 frost a replanting can be made. Too 

 frequently in the past fruitgrowers to 

 a great extent have made just one 

 planting, planting the early and late 

 varieties. The modern method is a 

 decided improvement, which is to make 

 a planting every three weeks during 

 the spring and early summer, which 

 enables the family to have a better 

 supply of better quality vegetables than 

 with the one planting of early, medium 

 and late varieties. The vegetable gar- 

 den is a diversity line for the fruit- 

 grower who has a small acreage and 

 is a source of good income. Good 

 profits are made by truck gardening. 

 The editor calls to mind the experience 

 of a neighbor whose wife looked after 

 the entire vegetable garden, paying the 

 husband for what work he did, supply- 

 ing their own table during the entire 

 summer, in addition paid the gi'ocery 

 bill during the entire year and pur- 

 chased a piano besides. 



Improvement of Public Grounds 



There is nothing that adds more to 

 the attractiveness of the small country 

 town or city than attractive grounds 

 around the public buildings. This re- 

 mark is also true in reference to the 

 grounds around the depots. In Hood 

 River there is a small but very at- 

 tractive lawn around the O.-W. R. t^ 

 N. depot and one around the court 

 house. In California, nearly every 

 depot along the line of the Southern 

 Pacific is surrounded by a beautiful 

 lawn, very attractively arranged with 

 flowers and shrubbery. In Oregon 

 advancement is being made along this 

 line. Arrangements have been made 

 for the improvement of the grounds 

 around the postoffice building at Bend, 

 The Dalles and Eugene. We under- 

 stand the contract for this improve- 

 ment was awarded to the Oregon 

 Nursery Company of Orenco; the plans 

 and specifications are being prepared 

 by Mr. H. E. Burdctte, L. A., of Port- 

 land. "Better Fruit" hopes in the near 

 future to see all of the public build- 

 ings, schools and depots throughout 

 the Northwest made attractive with 

 beautiful lawns, arranged with shrub- 

 bery and flowers. 



Prune Your Trees 



with 



GIANT 

 PRUNERS 



Cuts every size and kind of limb up 

 to 3 inches thick, with 1 operation 



Makes a Clean Cut 

 Does not Tear Bark 

 Close to the Trunk 

 Leaves No Stub 



SIMPLE 



STRONG 



Easy to Use 



PRICES 



1 inch - $4.00 



2 inch - 5.00 



3 inch - 7.50 



State and County Agents Wanted 



Larger sizes extensively used by 

 Electric Railroads, Telephone 

 and Lumber Companies : : 



DEXTER SUPPLY COMPANY 



Middle City Station P.O. Box 2018 

 PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



WHEN WRITING ADVERTISERS MENTION BETTER FRUIT 



For 25c 



GOOD SEEDS 



Ten of the Finest Vegetables 



We will mall one large 

 packet each of the follow- 

 ing Vegetables In a coupon 

 envelope. This coupon will be good for 

 25c worth of seeds selected from our 

 Catalogue on any other order for 7Bc 

 worth of seeds. 



Bradley's Earliest Radish ; crlso and brittle. 

 Bradley's Early Egyptian Turnip Beet: blood rod. 

 Bradley's Earliest of AH Lettuce; very crisp. 

 Bradley's Imp Early Jersey Wakelleld Cabbage. 

 Bradley's Earliest of All Blood Red Tomato. 

 Bradley's Best Extra Early Sweet Corn: delicious. 

 Bradley's Perfection Long While Spine Cucumber. 

 Bradley's Mammoth Yellow Prizetaiter Onion. 

 N. Y. Improved Spineless Egg Plant. 

 Improved Mammoth Ruby King Swe«( Pepper. 



25c buys all the above and in addition 

 we will send one large packet "SPEIN- 

 CER SWEET PEAS, a mixture of 10 

 varieties; regular price IBc 



Big Illustrated Catalogue FREaj. 



ILLINOIS SEED AND NURSERY CO. 



104 Main St., Makanda, Illinois 



WHEN WRITING ADVERTISERS MENTION BETTER FRUIT 



