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99 PER CENT PURE 



FOR FALL SOWING 



THE CHAS. H. LILLY COMPANY, SEATTLE 



W. van Diem 



Lange Franken Straat 45, 47, 49, 51. 61 



ROTTERDAM, HOLLAND 



European Receivers of American Fruits 



Eldest and First-Class 

 House in this Branch 



Cable Address: W. Vandiem 

 ABC Code used; 5th Edition 



Our Specialties are 



Apples, Pears, Navel Oranges 



' Sendfar/ih FREE BOOKLET- 

 TELLS MOW TO DO IT EASILY AT SMALL EXPENSE 



KOTE-ITa rubber-like pa;nt 

 for roofs, tin. paper or shingle, new or old. 

 iron work, si Ics. tanks, posts, implements. etc 



Stop 



THE 



eak! 



APPUED WITH A BRUSH 



50 A GALLON DELIVERED IN QUANTITIES 



Gudrjnieed for Syedrs 



AW. SMITH CHEMICALCO. 



OAKLAND-BOX 393A-CAL. 



PROTECT YOUR STOCK!! 



From the Torture of Flies 



In Sealed 



GALLON CANS 1 

 $1.25 



Cows Give Vi More Milk 

 — Horses Do More Work 

 on Less Feed -when Pro- 

 tected by SO-BOS-SO. 



Applied in a tew seconds at a 

 cost of less than V2 cent per day 

 per head. 



PORTLAND SEED 



COMPANY 

 Portland Oregon 



Ask for Catalog No. 206 



BETTER FRUIT 



color except that tlie fruit must be 

 ninfured. All apples to be wrapped. No 

 apples will be accepted in boxes show- 

 ing infection of worms or cocoons. 



Recommendation — Your executive 

 boai'd advises the use of the regular 

 Xorlhwestern standard apple box, in- 

 side measurements 10y2xliy2xl8, with 

 solid ends. Inasmuch as the laws, as 

 well as the trade requirements, will 

 force us to sell our apples by numerical 

 count, we abolish the system of desig- 

 nating or manifesting fruit by tiers and 

 will employ the numerical count ex- 

 clusively hereafter. The recognized 

 and endorsed counts for the Northwest- 

 ern standard apple pack are as follows: 

 3 tier, 3C, 45, -48, 56; 3% tier, 64, 72, 80, 

 88; 4 tier, 9C, 104, 112, 113, 125; 4y2 

 tier, 1.38, 150, 1(33; 5 tier. 175, 188, 200, 

 213, 225. 



Crabapples should be carefully as- 

 sorted as to varieties, making one grade 

 only, keeping out all insect pests, worm 

 holes, sting, scale, misshapen and 

 blemished fruit. Put up in apple 

 boxes; paper line the box; fill in gently 

 so as to prevent bruising. 



Lady Apples — These .should be packed 

 in half boxes, boxes lined, remember- 

 ing that the more attractive the better 

 the sale. Make only one grade, keeping 

 out all insect pests, worm holes, sting, 

 scale, misshapen and blemished fruit. 



On all packages of fruit other than 

 those of standard and specified weights, 

 and those packed in full standard, 

 dry-measure packages, the grower is 

 warned to stamp on each package the 

 minimum net weight or numerical con- 

 tents thereof. 



CHERRIES 



10-lb. Boxes — All marketable varie- 

 ties must be in perfect condition, of the 

 ri.ght degree of ripeness, free from all 

 insect pests and blemishes. Stemless 

 cherries to be kept out. In packing the 

 10-Ib. boxes care must be taken by the 

 l)acker to have the cherries as near 

 uniform in size as possible all the way 

 throu.gh the box. Boxes should be 

 marked according to the number of 

 rows across the end, as in 9 row, 10 

 row and 11 row. In making the box, 

 top should be nailed on and cleated, 

 bottom left off, box should be jilaced 

 before iiacker with open bottom up. 

 Carefully iiack the bottom tier, which 

 will be the toji when pack is completed. 

 In packing the first tier care should be 

 taken by the packer to place the flat- 

 test side of the cherry next to the 

 board. Use only the sciuare pack, never 

 a broken one. Both ends of box should 

 be packed alike. Keei) all stems up on 

 first two layers and all stems down on 

 the bottom, which will be the top of 

 the box to the packer. See that the cor- 

 ners are well filled. After box is nailed 

 up there should be no stems showing. 

 Edges of box where cherries are ex- 

 posed .should present a neat appear- 

 ance. Nailers should be very careful 

 when lidding up not to cut or mash 

 any of the fruit; all such cherries 

 should be removed and replaced with 

 good fruit. 



20-lb. or 2.')-lb. Boxes — Follow same 

 instructions when packing either 20-lb. 



August 



SCHLEE'S ORCHARD 

 LADDERS 



Made of select vertical grain flr. 

 All iron work made of strong 

 cold bent steel. The Ladder* 

 are securely braced in all vital 

 points and absolutely guaran- 

 teed against all defects of ma- 

 terial and workmanship. 



Write for further descrip- 

 tion and prices. Special dis- 

 count to the trade. 



SCHLEE'S LADDER WORKS 



2<>7 Second Street 

 Portland, Oresron 



Manutacturers of 

 Orchard Ladders, Step Ladders, 



Extension Ladders, 



Decorating Trestles, Ladder Jacks 



Window Cleaning Ladders, 



Roof Jacks 



F. A. BISHOP, Secretary 



HOOD RIVER ABSTRACT COMPANY 



HOOD RIVER, OREGON 



ABSTRACTS INSURANCE 



CONVEYANCING 



It Produces 



Clean and 



Sanitary Milk 



in Ordinary 



Barns 



If you are milking fifteen or more 

 cows, don't do it by hand. It's un- 

 sanitary, takes unnecessary time and 

 hard work. With 2 B-L-K Milking 

 Machines, one man can milk 30 

 cows per hour and not get tired. It 

 protects the milk from dirt and con- 

 tamination, no matter where in op- 

 eration. Machines last for years. 

 Cost of operation small. Send for 

 details and list of names of users. 



Milker Booklet No. 28 Free. 



Monroe (Si Crisell 



HEADQUARTERS FOR DAIRY SUPPLIES 



THE SIMPLEX LINE 



OREGON SILOS 



STAR BARN EQUIPMENT 



BABCOCK TESTERS 



1 26 Front Street 



Portland, Oregon 



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