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BETTER FRUIT 



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doriii;iiil. jind if spiiiying be delayed ti) 

 just bel'ore Ihe buds are due to swell 

 the Ireatnient also eonlrols peach-leaf 

 curl. Winter strength commercial 

 lime-sulphur solution is almost uni- 

 versally used in the case of the peach, 

 since the fruit buds and twigs are more 

 likely to be injured by oil sprays than 

 is true of the pome fruits. 



DISEASES 



Leaf Curl: This disease affects the 

 leaves of the peach, causing thcni to 

 become reddened and curled. It begins 

 quite early in the season and is easily 

 controlled by (he same treatment whicli 

 controls scale insects. 



Peach Scab: This disease is the ordi- 

 nary black spot of freckles of the 

 peach. It apiH'ars early in the summer 

 and when several spots run together 

 and infections are numerous it gives 

 the fruit a smutty appearance. Severely 

 infected fruits are dwarfed or mis- 

 shapen, and are often cracked so 

 severely as to cause dropping. This 

 disease causes more loss to growers 

 than is ordinarily realized because in- 

 fected fruits so often fail to attain their 

 normal size. 



Brown-Rot: This is the ordinary rot 

 of the peach which is so often very 

 destructive at ripening time, and is the 

 only peach rot of commercial impor- 

 tance. It is particularly destructive 

 during warm, moist weather. Especi- 

 ally in the .South it may sometimes 

 cause the loss of practically the entire 

 crop. 



SCHEDULE OF APPLICATIONS 



In the eastern half of the United 

 -States most of the peach orchards 

 shoulil be given the combined treatment 

 of arsenate of lead and self-boiled linie- 

 sulphur mixture for curculio, scab and 

 brown-rot. The curculio and brown- 

 rot are more especially troublesome in 

 the South, whereas peach scab is worst 

 in the Alleghany Mountain region and 

 in the Northern States. 



Midseason Varieties: The Midscason 

 varieties of peaches, such as Reeves, 

 Belle, Early Crawford, Elberta, should 

 be sprayed as follows: 



(1) With two pounds of arsenate of 

 lead paste (or one pound of arsenate 

 of lead, powdered) per 50 gallons of 

 water, to which has been added the 

 milk of lime, made from slaking three 

 or four pounds of stone lime, about ten 

 days after the petals fall, or at the time 

 the caly.xes aie shedding. 



(2) With self-boiled lime-sulphur 

 mixture four to five weeks before the 

 fruit is due to ripen. 



Richey& Gilbert Co. 



H. M. GILBERT. President and Manager 

 Grower! and Shippers of 



Yakima Valley Fruits 

 and Produce 



SPECIALTIES: 



Apples, Peaches, Pears and Cantaloupes 



TOPPENISH. WASHINGTON 



Has self-c entering 

 bowl; detached spindle 



Every De Laval equipped 

 with Bell Speed-Indicator 



CREAM SEPARATOR 



THESE are the days when you are getting more milk in the 

 pail, and with butter-fat at its present high price you want to 

 be dead sure that you are getting all the cream out of the pail. 



You certainly can't afford to feed butter-fat to the calves and 

 pigs at from 30 to 40 cents a pound. 



All sorts of "claims " are made for various cream separators, 

 but what you are looking for is "proof." 



Here is the most convincing kind of proof that the De Laval is 

 the cleanest skimming machine: 



Fifteen years ago there were a dozen different makes of 

 creamery or factory separators in use. 



Today the creamerymen and large milk plants the world over 

 use the De Laval almost exclusively. In fact, it's hard to find a 

 large cream producer or creatneryman w^ho will allow any separator 

 other than a De Laval in his plant, no 

 matter what the price. 



Why ? Because they have found that 

 it makes a difference of several thousand 

 dollars a year to them whether a De 

 Laval or some other make of machine is 

 used. They simply can't afford to use 

 any other machine. 



This is proof of De Laval closer skim- 

 ming that you can't afford to ignore. 

 Even if you don't separate as much 

 cream as the creameryman, you can't 

 afford to waste it any more than he can. 



Your local De Laval acent will be 

 glad to let you try out a New De Laval 

 on your own place. If you don't know 

 the local acent, write to our nearest 

 office for catalog: or other information. 



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LARGEST DAIRY SUPPLY HOUSE ON THE PACIRC COAST. 

 We specialize in Alpha Gasoline and Distillate Engines, Ideal Green 

 Feed Silos. Irrisation Elquiptnent, Centrifugal and Deep Well Pumps 

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Late Varieties: The Sahvax', llealh, 

 Bilyeu and olhci- varieties with a sim- 

 ilai- ripening period should receive Ihe 

 same Irealment prescrilied above, with 



an aildilional application of self-hoiled 

 lime-sidijhur mixtin'e alone to he 

 applied three or four weeks after the 

 second application. 



W!ii:n writing advertisers mention better fruit 



