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BETTER FRUIT 



This Hood River Appie Storage House 

 IS INSULATED WITH 



Cabot's Insulating "Quilt" 



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

 of eel-eras'! 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 i.s equal in insulating power (by actual test) to forty or ntty 

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

 liieces in the work. 



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



SAMUEL CABOT, Inc., Manufacturing Chennists, 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 Cabot's 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. 



C. G. SIGURD 



Capital Avenue and McKee Road, San Jose, California 



EWBALTESAND 

 COMPANY 



Printers ♦ Binders 



Unexcelled facilities for the production of Catalogues, Book- 

 lets, Stationery, Posters and Advertising Matter. Write us 

 for prices and specifications. Out-of-town orders executed 

 promptly and accurately. We print BETTER FRUIT. 



CORNER FIRST AND OAK STREETS 

 PORTLAND, OREGON 



June 



tainer so that it is ju.st beneath the sur- 

 face of the -water. It will be dissolved 

 if left for a few hours in cold water 

 and more rapidly in hot water. A stock 

 solution of lime may be made by slak- 

 ing the lime in a little water and then 

 diluting so that each gallon of water 

 contains one pound of lime. Just before 

 the stock solutions are used they should 

 be stirred thoroughly. To make up bor- 

 deaux mixture from stock solutions, it 

 is only necessary for three or four gal- 

 lons of the stock solution of bhiestone 

 to be poured into a suitable container 

 and four gallons of the stock solution 

 of lime into a separate container, 

 diluting each to 2.5 gallons and then 

 |)ouring them sinudtaneously into the 

 spray tank. Commercial bordeaux may 

 be used in i)lace of the home-made 

 product. 



Self - Boiled Lime - Sulphur Mixture: 

 The self-boiled lime-sulphur mixture 

 consists of eight pounds of sulphur and 

 eight pounds of good stone lime to each 

 fifty gallons of water and is made as 

 follows : The lime is placed in a bar- 

 rel and enough water added to nearly 

 cover it. As soon as the lime begins to 

 slake the sulphur should be added. 

 Water should be added from time to 

 time to form a tiioroughly thick paste, 

 which .should be constantly stirred. As 

 soon as the lime is entirely slaked, 

 enough water should be added to cool 

 the mixture, which is then ready to be 

 strained into the sjiray tank, where it 

 should be diluted to the proportions 

 given above. The sulphur used may be 

 in the form of "llowers," "flour" or 

 "commercial ground," and .should, if 

 necessary, be run through a screen to 

 break up lumps. Commercial substi- 

 tutes for the self-boiled lime-sulphur 

 may be used, but .should not be con- 

 fused with commercial lime-sulphur 

 solution. 



SPRAYING APPARATUS 



For the projjcr application of sijrays 

 some form of sjjray pump with suitable 

 nozzles is absolutely essential. Most 

 siuay outfits are supplied with spray 

 rods permitting the o])erator to direct 

 the spray as desired. The hose should 

 be of sufhcient length to permit con- 

 venient spraying. 



Spray outfits vary in size from small 

 bucket pumps to gasoline power out- 

 fits for large-scale operations. Bucket 

 l)umi)S answer well for small home 

 orchards where but a few trees are to 

 l)e sprayed. Where the orchard inter- 

 est is larger, and especially wliere older 

 trees are to be treated, a barrel pump 

 is essential. A barrel pump may be 

 purchased for twenty to twenty-five 

 dollars, depending on the c(iuipment. 

 In spraying the out lit can be mounted 

 upon a sled or placed in a cart or 

 wagon. An ouflit for operations on a 

 still larger scale consists of a 1(10 or 

 2ll(l-gallon tank mounted upon a truck, 

 having a strong, d(uible-acting hand- 

 pump mounted upon rt. For large com- 

 mercial operations, gasoline power out- 

 fits are largely used. 



I'urther infornialion (ui orchard 

 sjiraying may be obtained by writing 

 to U. S. Dcijarlmcnt of Agriculture or 

 to your State Fxperiment Station. 



WHEN WRITING ADVERTISERS MENTION BETTER FRUIT 



