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The Yuba Ball Tread Tractor is the ideal tractor for orchardists. 



With it, a man can plow up one row and down the next, throwing the earth to 

 or from the trees. It can be turned in a space but a few inches wider than its 

 length. 



The Yuba Ball Tread Tractor gives great power, yet is small enough to run 

 close to the trunks and under heavily laden branches without injuring the trees. 



It is heavy enough to get ample traction, yet its weight is so evenly distributed 

 over a large area that it does not pack the soil. 



AD tractor! 



BALL TREAD 



When not plowing or cultivating, the tractor can be used to operate irrigating 

 pumps or other stationary appliances. It is an investment on which the owner 

 gets maximum returns. 



And above all, it is economical, and simple — so simple that farmhands of aver- 

 age intelligence operate the machine and make repairs or admstments. 



There is a booklet describing its uses and construction fully. 



THE YUBA CONSTRUCTION CO. 



DeptG-15 433 California Street, San Francisco 



Works, Marysville, California 



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surgery, which is entirely too large ;i 

 topic for this article. Tree surgery in 

 the orchards will pay if wisely done, 

 sometimes. I cannot refrain from call- 

 ing attention to three points: (a) Wood 

 decays are greatly favored by excessive 

 moisture, therefore make all cavities so 

 that they will drain perfectly and re- 

 main dry as possible, (b) Where de- 

 cayed wood is removed use disinfectant 

 freely on the pared surfaces and paint 

 as recommended for wounds, (c) I'sc 

 cement only for support, never for 

 sealing up a cavity. There will rarely 

 be an>' occasion for its use 



An Appeal From the Railroads 



In anticipation of tlie heavy move- 

 ment of fruit this fall the Association of 

 Western Hallways has issued a circular 

 to all shippers and receivers, asking 

 their assistance in the promjit releasing 

 of cars. \n cxcerjjt of the circular is 

 as follows; 



"Two years ago, in anticipation of 

 the large tonnage which the railroads 

 would be recpiired to move as a result 

 of the heavy crojjs of that year, this 

 association a])pealed to the shipjiers 

 and receivers of freight for co-opera- 

 liiiii in obtaining the maximum use of 



freight eipiipnient. The results of that 

 apiK'al, and the interest manifested by 

 the shippers throughout the country, 

 were very gratifying. The present 

 prosi)ect of exceptionally heavy crops 

 warrants an appeal of the same nature 

 at this time. In si)itc of the fact that a 

 great siuplus of cars has existed for 

 some lime, the surplus of box cars is 

 not so great as to warrant any feeling 

 of security, and unless the co-operation 

 suggested below can be had, the jiros- 

 pects arc for a <lilliculty in moving 

 these crops which may atTect disadvan- 

 lageously the interests of the shippers 



