April, 1921 



BETTER FRUIT 



Page 21 



THE signing of the co-operative marketing bill 

 by Governor Olcott now makes it possible for 

 five persons to organize a co-operative association. 

 One of the salient features of the law is that "no 

 association complying with the terms of this act 

 shall be deemed a combination in unlawful restraint 

 of trade or an unlawful monopoly or an attempt 

 arbitrarily to lessen competition or fix prices." 

 The law also provides that in the event of a 

 breach or threatened breach of contract by a 

 member, the association shall be entitled to an 

 injunction to prevent the further breach of con- 



tract. 



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ACCORDING to a statement recently issued by 

 F. L. Kent, in charge of the state bureau of 

 crop estimates of the United States Department of 

 Agriculture, the total value of the fruit crop pro- 

 duction in Oregon in 1920 was $15,787,803 and 

 the total acreage, 106,831 acres. The acreage of 

 the various fruits is given as follows: Apples, 

 48,565; pears, 9,583; prunes, 26,516; cherries, 

 4,115; loganberries, 5,427; strawberries, 3,500; 

 raspberries and blackberries, (not including wild), 

 4,500; cranberries, 125; miscellaneous fruits, 1,500; 

 nuts, 3,000. In compiling these figures the report 

 states that the acreage is based on the returns 

 made by the county assessors to the state tax com- 

 mission with such additions as were considered 

 warranted after correspondence with most of the 

 assessors. 



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IDAHO 



PROSPECTS for a big fruit crop in Latah 

 county, Idaho, are said by fruitgrowers in that 

 section to be particularly bright. The winter in 

 Idaho has been the mildest in many years and the 

 trees generally throughout the state are in fine con- 

 dition. Last year the crop was light. Latah 

 county is one of the best strawberry districts in 

 the Inland Empire, the acreage around Moscow 

 and Viola being particularly large. Unless frost 

 damage occurs one of the largest crops of fruit 

 ever shipped out of the state is anticipated this 



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THE Department of Bacteriology of the Idaho 

 Agricultural Experiment Station announces 

 that it prepares cultures for all leguminous crops. 

 The cultures are prepared by thoroughly trained 

 men and sent out with full directions as to their 

 use by the farmer and orchardist. Last year the 

 department sent out sufficient cultures to innocu- 

 late 13,211 acres and estimates of the benefits from 

 their use are from 25 to 75 per cent in a majority 

 of the cases. 



Your Crop Depends Upon 

 the Spray Material You Use! 



So Does the Producing Life of Your Orchard 



Therefore, you cannot be too careful in the selection of your materials. 

 ORCHARD BRAND DRY POWDERED ARSENATE OF LEAD is the out- 

 growth of years of scientific experiment, laboratory tests, extensive field 

 demonstrations and long use by successful commercial fruit growers. 



It is always uniform, high in concentration, adhesive, lasting and spreads evenly without 

 collecting in splotches. Its results show in clean, perfect fruit. A thorough coating on the 

 leaves during the late summer and fall will prevent manv worm "stings" and wormy fruit. 

 Some people may be able to afford gambling on some things, but mighty few fruit growers 

 are willing to risk a crop failure by taking chances on spraying 

 appeal is to the thoughtful fruit grower who fighti 



ands to be sho 



naterials 

 shy of unsupported claims, 



Brand Dry Po 



To such fruit growers we offer Orch 



and tree protection. It has been proi 



to give you the names of many successful fruit growers 



Suggestion : Write for the booklet. Also v 



of Deciduous Fruit Trees. 



Other spray materials, for specific purposes 



d Arsenate of Lead as a crop 



are known. We shall be glad 



e enthusiastic about its results. 



rite for Bulletin No. 3 on Dormant Spraying 



MAIEB&^LS 



Dry Powdered Arsenate of Lead 



Packed in 4-lb. paper bags (48 and 96-lb. 

 cases) and in bulk (200-lb. drums). 



Standard Paste Arsenate of Lead 



Atomic Sulphur 



Bordeaux Mixture Paste 



Dry Powdered Bordeaux Mixture 



Lime Sulphur Solution 



B. T. S. Dry Barium Sulphur Compound 



Universal Brand Dormant Soluble Oil 



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1 Brand Miscible Oil 



Un 



rsal Brand Distilla 

 i Whale Oil Soap 



Oil Emuls 



GENERAL CHEMICAL COMPANY 



1811 L. C. SMITH BUILDING 



SEATTLE. WASHINGTON 



The Kimball Cultivator 



at work in an orchard at M"orrisania, Colorado. 

 This tool is the greatest weed eradieator and mulch producer ever made. 

 Its blades cut three to four inches under the surface, pulverizing the 

 soil, cutting weeds and leaving the surface smooth. 

 Write for catalogue and prices direct to the manufacturer. 



W. A. JOHNSTON 



THE DALLES. OREGON 



WHEN WRITING ADVERTISERS MEN1 



CF.TTER FRIIT 



