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BETTER FRUIT 



May 



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This Hood River Apple Storage House 

 IS INSULATED WITH 



Cabot's Insulating "Quilt" 



at the lowest cost and with the greatest efficiency and permanence. Quilt is made 

 of eel-grass, the fiber that will not rot, will not burn, will not harbor insects or ver- 

 min. It make a thick cushion of dead air spaces that keeps out heat better than 

 other insulators that cost much more and that are not permanent, sanitary or safe. 

 One layer of Quilt is equal in insulating- power (by actual test) to forty or fifty 

 layers of common building paper. It is easy to apply, low priced and never goes to 

 pieces in the work. 



Send for sample of Quilt, with catalog and prices, to 



SAMUEL CABOT, Inc., Manufacturing Chemists, Boston, Mass. 



or to the Northwest Distributors: 



S. W. R. DALLY, Globe Building, Seattle 



TIMMS, CRESS & CO., Portland 



Conservo Wood Preservative — preserves posts, planks and all other timbers. 

 Cabot's Creosote Stains — for shingles, siding and other outside finish. 



United States Government Bureau of Standards tests show/ Cabofs Quilt more 

 efficient than any other insulator, including cork board. 



Golden Gate Weed Cutter 

 and Mulcher 



Farmers, order early if you want the Golden Gate 

 Weed Cutter and Mulcher, as the demand this year will 

 be great, as it not only cuts weeds, but kills them, and 

 leaves finely pulverized top soil. Cuts any depth. Pre- 

 vents evaporation by working under the soil without dis- 

 turbing soil on top. Write for circular. 



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Capital Avenue and McKee Road, San Jose, California 



EWBALTESAND 

 COMPANY 



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Unexcelled facilities for the production of Catalogues, Book- 

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 promptly and accurately. We print BETTER FRUIT. 



CORNER FIRST AND OAK STREETS 

 PORTLAND, OREGON 



WHEN WRITI.N-G ADVERTISERS MENTION BETTER FRl'lT 



hill.s .should be four or five feet apert. 

 Bush lima beans are planted five or six 

 inches apart in rows thirty to thirty-six 

 inches apart. Bush beans of the string 

 type may be planted somewhat closer — 

 the plants standing three or four inches 

 apart in rows from twenty to twenty- 

 four inches apart if hand cultivation 

 only is to be employed. Beans of any 

 kind should not be planted any deeper 

 than is necessary to secure good germi- 

 nation. This should never be over two 

 inches and on heavy soil it should not 

 be more than one and one-quarter to 

 one and one-half inches. 



Beets can be jjlanted comparatively 

 early in the season. It is not necessary 

 to wait until the ground has become 

 warm, if the danger of frost is past. 

 The seed should be sown in drills four- 

 teen to eighteen inches apart and cov- 

 ered to a depth of about one inch. As 

 soon as the plants are well up they 

 .should be thinned to stand three to 

 foiu' inches apart. From two to three 

 plantings should he made in order to 

 have a continuous supply of young, 

 tender beets. — Office of Information, 

 U. S. Department of Agriculture. 



Preparing the Garden Soil 



A simple test to determine when 

 garden soil is ready for plowing or 

 working is to take a handful of earth 

 from the surface and close the fingers 

 tightly on it. If the earth compacted 

 in this way is dry enough for cultiva- 

 tion it will fall apart when the hand is 

 opened. This test is applicable only to 

 comparatively heavy soils, but it is 

 these which receive the most injury if 

 they are worked when wet. On such 

 soils overzealous gardeners not only 

 waste their time, but frequently do 

 actual damage by attempting to work 

 them too early. 



After plowing or working with a 

 spade, it is usually desirable to apply 

 some form of fertilizer. Barnyard or 

 stable manure, which furni.shes both 

 plant food and humus, is undoubtedly 

 the best, and applications of from 

 twenty to thirty tons to the acre are 

 satisfactory. The manure should be 

 distributed evenly over the surface and 

 later worked in with a hoe and rake. 

 Frequently it is advisable also to apply 

 commercial fertilizer, especially phos- 

 phate. An application of 300 to (500 

 pounds of acid phosphate to the acre is 

 usually sufficient. In order to supply 

 potash, if this is needed, luileached 

 wood ashes may be distributed over the 

 garden at the rate of 1,000 pounds to the 

 acre. Wet or leached ashes have less 

 fertilizer value. Two thousand pounds 

 of tliese should be used. In order to 

 start the iilanfs early in the spring 

 ai)i)li( alions of 100 pounds to the acre 

 of nitrate of soda are sometimes used. 

 It is important, however, to remember 

 that no form of commercial fertilizer 

 will yield good results unless the soil is 

 well supplied with liumus. This fre- 

 quently may be furnished in the form 

 of sod or other vegetation which has 

 overgrown a garden spot and may be 

 turned under with a jilow or spade. 



In certain localilies it is also advis- 

 able to test the soil for acidity. Natur- 



