November, 1921 



BETTER FRUIT 



Page 17 



Experience Letter Prizes 



TYTE WISH every fruit grower who reads 

 »» this would take note of the fact that 

 the January number of Better Fruit is to be 

 a big comprehensive "Homeseeifers' Num- 

 ber." It is to be of such nature as to maice a 

 definite and effective appeal to the thou- 

 sands of persons in the Middle West and 

 East susceptible to the lure of the fruit 

 growing sections of the Pacific Coast. 



■No one thing gives the Easterner more 

 exact information and makes more cogent 

 appeal to him than the plain, unvarnished 

 story of what the individual fruit grower 

 has experienced and accomplished here. 

 That the "Homeseekers' Number" may 

 carry an extensive array of such articles, 

 straight from the growers themselves, we 

 are offering prizes for acceptable "experi- 

 ence letters.'' 



For the most interesting and informa- 

 tive letter Better Fruit will give the writer 

 $10 in cash. For the next best letter, $5 

 in cash will reward the writer. Prizes con- 

 sisting of two-year and one-year subscrip- 

 tions will reward others whose letters are 

 used in this number. Subscriptions will be 

 credited as renewals or sent to any new ad- 

 dress, as the winner may request. 



Sit down and write us in your own way 

 of your experiences in growing fruits, ber- 

 ries or nuts of any sort. Tell what you have 

 accomplished in this line whether on a city 

 lot or 100-acre ranch. Besides the possi- 

 bility of receiving a cash prize you will be 

 doing your bit toward influencing new set- 

 tlers to come to the Pacific Coast states. 



Old friends back East would enjoy read- 

 ing your letter among the contents of this 

 number. Send it in promptly and if it is 

 among those printed you will be mailed two 

 to five extra copies — just to show our ap- 

 preciation. 



'C'REDERICK PAGE, prominent New York 

 city builder, has purchased ten acres of bear- 

 ing orchard in the Belmont district at Hood 

 River and has moved his family there. Pre- 

 viously he had an orchard at Mosier, Oregon. 

 He sold this before making the purchase near 

 Hood River. 



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I LEWISTON VALLEY WATER CO. | 

 I Lewriston Orchards = 



i Lewiston, Idaho = 



I June 21. 1921 I 



I Better Fruit Publishing Co. 1 



I Portland, Oregon | 



I Gentlemen: — | 



I I have before me the June copy | 



I of Better Fruit. I wish that every | 



I fruit grower in the Northwest could | 



I read this issue. | 



I You will find inclosed a list of the | 



I fruit growers on the Lewiston Or- | 



I chards. I hope you will be able to | 



i mail each one a copy of the Ju le | 



S number. Thio one issue is worth | 



I many dollars to any fruit grower. | 



I Yours truly, i 



5 5 



I (Signed) David S. Wallace, Manager ° 



Give Your Orchards a Tonic! 



FRUIT TREES, like persons, cannot grow 

 without nourishing food. Their food area 

 is limited by root extension. When the soil 

 is sapped of its nourishment, the trees starve 

 to death. 



By Blasting the Soil with 



DYNAMITE 



the soil is deeply pulverized and aerated and greater 

 root extension is ensured. Moisture is easily absorbed 

 and retained for periods of drouth. 



Old Orchards can be rejuvenated by firing small 

 charges of Du Pont Dynamite in the soil below the tips 

 of the branches. This blasting operation is the tonic 

 required to restore old trees to a productive and profit- 

 able condition. New trees planted in dynamited ground 

 develop better root systems, grow faster and yield more 

 and better fruit. 



Du Pont Dynamite was the first explosive made for 

 tree-planting, land-clearing and ditching. Always uni- 

 form in its results, it is the most efficient and economical 

 powder to use. Get it from your hardware dealer OT 

 general store. 



Write for a free ropy of Farmers' Handbook of 

 Explosives lellinfi hom to rejuvenate orchards, 

 blast tree-holes and clear and drain land. 



E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Inc. 



Portland Seattle Spokane 



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