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BETTER FRUIT 



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Have you fruit trees, vines and VDonDuAurFUSy 

 shrubbery that need attention? V"KnflNi"r''y 



If so, be prepared to Spray the MYERS WAY 



when the time comes. Make your choice from the Myers Line of Hand and Power 

 tSpray Pumps. Nozzels and Accessories, and own an outfit you can rely on for real spraying service 

 and your results will be most gratifying. . . . t,- 



MYERS SPRAY PUMPS are known and extensively used in every fruit growinir territory — Pioneers 

 in the spraying field, with 45 years of pump building experience behind them, they have many practical 

 features and improvements not found on others which insure better spraying with less work. The 

 Patented Cog Gear reduces pumping labor 33J%- The Automatic Pressure Contiol on Power Pumps 

 eliminates pressure valve and insures uniform pressure. Neat designs, best of materials, hose and 

 fittings, make MYERS Spray Pumps superior for every spraying service. „ , • 



Write today for new Catalog No SP17, showing complete line of Myers Bucket, 

 Barrel and Power Pumps and Complete Outfits, Nozzles, and Accessories, for every 

 Spraying Purpose: also gives valuable spraying information and latest illustrations of 

 codling moth, San Jose scale. Etc. 



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MYERS COG GEAR 

 BARREL PUMP 



Prejudice makes the one who fosters it 

 miserable. If we but mingled freely, 

 meeting each other with an open and 

 unprejudiced mind, how different con- 

 ditions would be; how much more 

 pleasant life would be. We would soon 

 see that this old world is a pretty good 

 place to live in. We would soon find 

 that persons whom we have carefully 

 avoided and often criticized severely 

 are not so bad after all; that they are 

 good hearted and whole souled people 

 trying to be fair and inclined to do 

 right and in general of as good princi- 

 ples as we are; that at times there is 

 concealed under a rough exterior a 

 noble character to be admired by all. 



Mingling freely is of great value in 

 business; it inspires confidence. We 

 learn to know each other better, also 

 become convinced that we are not the 

 only honest pcoplt; in the world, but 

 that there are others who are entitled 

 to confidence and can be entrusted with 

 our business. 



Mingling freely promotes business. 

 Prejudice restricts and hinders busi- 

 ness. Mingling is the best instructor 

 one can have; one learns through the 

 experience of others. It removes nar- 

 rowness of ideas and broadens our 



(1) Bin selection; (2) field selection; 

 (3) regional selection or the use of 

 certified seed; (4) the tuber unit 

 method; (5) the hill method. Unless 

 provision was made for seed during 

 the past season only the first and third 

 methods are available for selecting 

 seed stock for the coming season. 



Perfectly sound tubers free from any 

 evidence of such troubles as wilt, 

 Fusarium rot, black-leg rot or late 

 blight rot should be selected. Such 

 troubles as scab and Rhizoctonia 

 should be kept in mind and it should 

 be the aim to secure tubers as nearly 

 free from these diseases as possible. 

 Wilt-infected tubers can only be de- 

 tected by cutting a slice from the 

 stem end. Any tubers which show the 

 characteristic bundle browning in the 

 form of dark spots following the 

 bundle ring should be preferably dis- 

 carded, but if necessity demands it, the 

 bud end may be used, provided the 

 stem end is cut away well below the 

 discolored portion. Tubers or portions 

 of tubers showing any indication of rot 

 should also be discarded. If any con- 

 siderable number of tubers show 

 bundle browning, it would be advisable 

 to use other stock for seed. In the 

 interests of production the seed tubers 

 should be neither too large nor too 

 small; 2-8 ounces being generally rec- 

 ommended. 



Seed may sometimes be obtained from 

 regions known to be free from cer- 

 tain troublesome diseases or "certified 

 seed" may be employed. In the latter 

 case the seed stock has been produced 



views. It enables us to distinguish be- 

 tween men and men, and teaches us not 

 to judge a whole class by a single un- 

 principled individual, but to judge each 

 one by him or herself and upon their 

 merits. In other words, we remember 

 that one black sheep does not make a 

 whole flock so. Mingling will very 

 often show us our own short-comings 

 and prompt us to strive to reform. 



Potato Diseases and Seed 

 Selection 



State Agricultural Colletie Experiment Station, 

 Pullman, Washington 



The Exeriment Station is issuing 

 popular Bulletin No. 126 on "Potato 

 Growing in Washington." Part II, by 

 Dr. F. D. Heald, Plant Pathologist, in- 

 cludes a general consideration of the 

 prevention and control of potato dis- 

 eases and a description of thirty non- 

 parasitic and parasitic troubles. At 

 this time it is of importance to call 

 especial attention to seed selection as a 

 preventive measure to lessen the losses 

 during the coming season. 



Depending on the object to be 

 attained, the grower has available the 

 following methods of seed selection: 



"CARO FIBRE" 



FRUIT WRAPPERS 



CARD FIBRE is the only real Fruit 

 Wrapper and actually prolongs the life 

 of the Fruit. Wlien wet from shipping 

 in cold storage cars, Caro Fibre forms a 

 silk-like blanket, closing the pores of 

 the Fruit, permitting the warmth to 

 reach the heart gradually as it is ex- 

 posed to the atmosphere; and as all 

 other papers go to pieces during the 

 period of refrigeration, Caro Fibre is the 

 only wrappers that should be used — 

 naturally bringing a better price for the 

 Fruit. 



As to its other merits, hundreds of the 

 largest Fruit Growers can testify to the 

 fact that it is the best. 



It picks up easier, packs quiclcer, 

 looks better. 



CARO fibre; is sold by thousand 

 ."sheets, not by the pound as others, direct 

 from the Mill to Growers. Y'ou get what 

 vou buy. It is tied in thousands. You 

 can readily count it yourself. There is 

 no waste. 



Give it the water test. Prove what 

 we say. We furnish the 



Samples Free 



That every Fruit Grower may know 

 more about this wonderful Caro Fibre 

 Fruit Paper, we will mail you samples 

 of Printed Caro Fibre used by the 

 largest Fruit Growers in the country. 



Union Waxed & Parchment 

 Paper Co. 



MANUFACTURERS 

 F. B. DALLAM, Pacific Coast Representative 



417 Market street 

 San Francisco, California 



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