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BETTER FRUIT 



OR THE Diamond Spra-Sulphur 

 DORMANT Goulds Spray Pumps 

 SFASON Diamond Fertilizers 



WHEN YOU BUY A 



Gould Sprayer 



you are buying a lasting pitmfi — one 

 which will give you satisfaction year 

 after year. The Gould Sprayer is guar- 

 anteed by a manufacturer whose repu- 

 tation for high quality and fair dealing 

 has been known for more than fifty 

 years. 



"How to Spray 

 When to Spray 

 Which Sprayer to Use" 



An interesting and valuable book- 

 let sent free on request, together 

 with our general catalog of spray- 

 ers and spray materials. Ask for 

 catalog 204. 



ff Diamond 

 • Fertilizers 



jiii^iiR 



Why 



Manufactured in Oregon 

 under the Original Patents 

 granted to Chas. E. Hite, filed 

 in 1910 and recently re-issued. 



Will not clog or cut nozzle. 



ANALYSES 



Total available Sulpliur 62.SS , 

 Sulphur as Foh-Siilp/iidcs 44.52 

 Sulphur as Thiosulphatc IS. 36'/ 

 Sulphur as Sulphite and Sulphate 

 .^2.00%. lialanee inert. 



Contains No Free Alkali, 

 No Caustic Soda. 



1 00 pounds equals a bOU pound 

 barrel of I>ime-Sulphur solution. 



Write for Spray Booklet 



No. 204. 



Diamond Quality Fertilizers are prepared 

 with the purpose of giving the grower ex- 

 actly the right fertilizer for each particidar 

 need. BONE MEAL and BONE TANK- 

 AGE form the base of Diamond Odorless 



Fertilizers to which is added the necessary 

 Potash, Nitrogen and Phosphoric Acid. No 

 sand, earth or other cheap filler used. 



Scntl fur aur C.fmplrlc Frrlilix.rr B'ltilrl Nt. 20J 



Portland Seed Co. 



PORTLAND, OREGON 



more than half the farms in this 

 country are operated by the owners. 



The possible economy in household 

 labor and the conservation of the 

 strength of the housewife are two im- 

 portant factors to be considered in the 

 construction of n farm liouse. I'leasant 

 and comfortable farm homes tend to 

 hold families together; but the cheer- 

 less, unlovable and insanitary houses 

 drive boys and girls to the cities. In- 

 vestigation of prisons, insane asylums 

 and houses of correction seem to prove 

 the fact that the sins which account for 

 the existence of these institutions are 

 often bred in inadeciuatc and unhappx 

 farm homes. .So this social asi)ect of 

 the problem is considerable. The pub- 

 lie is awakening to the fact that belter 

 farm houses are needed, and the special 

 feature which many farm papers now 

 issue as a "House-Building Number" 

 proves its interest to thousands of 



readers. The Ollice of Farm Manage- 

 ment of the Department of Agriculture 

 has now undertaken to investigate this 

 problem s\ stematicalh' and to evolve, 

 if possible, practical imijrovements for 

 the benelit of the farmer's home. 



Certain features are often overlooked 

 in |)roviding economical arrangements 

 for the household when they might bi' 

 easily provided for. One of the special- 

 ists of the OIRcc of Farm Management 

 learned from a woman in Pennsj I- 

 vania, who had broken down from 

 overwork, that she had been carrying 

 coal from the barn for years. When 

 the birsband was asked if there was an\ 

 reason why a coal bunker coulil not 

 have l)een i)rovi(led near the cook stove 

 and tilled diiecth from the wagon, he 

 answered that there was none, but that 

 no one had ever thought of it. This 

 one detail has been found neglecte<l in 

 other eases where it could have been 



December 



easily remedied if only someone had 

 thought of it. 



.\fter economy in the construction of 

 the building and in the housework has 

 been attained, attention will be given 

 to developing beauty. Simplicity in 

 line and good proportions are meant 

 by the use of this word beauty, and not 

 so-called applied "ornaments." This 

 simplicity is entirely in keeping with a 

 general plan of economy. Economy, 

 bowever, is not a synonym for cheap- 

 nes.s. Double-strength glass may even 

 be more economical in a tenant house 

 than single strength, notwithstanding 

 its greater first cost. .\ kitchen sink 

 may be a paying investment, although 

 it excludes a bay window or a fireplace, 

 which has been the pet notion of 

 the housewife. Screened-in kitchen 

 porches, sleeping porches, double or 

 triple windows and kitchen conven- 

 iences are fine economical features 

 which even the smallest house plans 

 ma> well consider. Separate dining 

 rooms for families that generally eat 

 in the kitchen are less important, as are 

 "parlors." These .separate rooms may 

 have complete systems of plumbing, 

 heating and lighting which involve 

 additional expense. The kitchen is the 

 most important room in the farm house. 

 For the average farmer, economy bars 

 a room especially reserved for wed- 

 dings and funerals. .\ back stairway in 

 small houses is an unnecessary luxury. 

 Large halls which are never used to 

 live in, but merely as thoroughfares, 

 are a feature which can be dispensed 

 with in the interest of a snudler outlay 

 of money. 



Other features that should give 

 way to a comfortable and convenient 

 kitchen are narrow porches, filigree 

 work, numerous angles in walls and 

 roof, useless doors. There should be 

 an intelligent purpose for every cubic 

 foot of space and for every piece of 

 material about the building, if possible. 

 It may not be found practicable for the 

 Department of Agriculture to furnish 

 plans and specifications of farm houses 

 worked out for particular individual 

 needs. However, it is believed to be 

 desii-able to work out plans and specifi- 

 cations for the general needs of farm- 

 ers, and to illustrate and explain the 

 plan.s so that the farmer may under- 

 stand the principles involved and apply 

 them when he remodels his present 

 house. The Ollice of Farm Manage- 

 ment is endeavoring to heli) the farmer 

 and the farmer's wife along these lines. 



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