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BETTER FRUIT 



the manufacturer 

 the mechanics 

 the machine 



Yuba Ball Tread Tractors are built by The Yuba Construction Com- 

 pany in their plant at Marysville, Cahfornia. 



Back of this concern is ten years' experience gained in building gold 

 dredges, suction dredges and irrigating pumps. 



To mining engineers. Yuba Gold Dredges are the standard. 



The average earning capacity of the largest gold dredge is one thou- 

 sand dollars a day. A delay caused by faulty construction or broken, 

 parts is expensive. 



I BALL TREAD TRACTOR | 



The same engineering skill and the same mechanical accuracy that 

 reduces possible delays from such causes to a minimum in Yuba Gold 

 Dredges are exercised in building Yuba Ball Tread Tractors. 



As for the machine — there is a. booklet describing it. 



THE YUBA CONSTRUCTION CO. 



433 California Street, San Francisco 



Dept. G-3 

 Works, Marysville 



South X 

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Purchase a^ Southern Farm 



:'.: ..: the iTiip .if the I'nited Slates 

 1'-'- Iiow close to the big Eastern tiiar 

 vets — bv modern rapid transportation- 

 ire the states south ot the t ihio and east 

 'if the Mississippi Rivers. Then consider 



> 111. liniate — niihl winters, pleasantsum. 



^ iiiets. ample r.dnfall. The soil— suitable 



to all crops — corn, cotton, alfalfa, 

 wheat, oats, potatoes, tobacco, fruits 

 and garden truck. Then the price — 



GOOD LAND AT $15 AND UP AN ACRE 



a ..riling t.i the improvements and location. Keiiiember there are no cold winters— stock can graze on 

 gretn p.istures the year round, niakmg production costs low. Expensive barns are unnecessary. Large 

 local demand for farm products at profiuble prices. Industrial op fortunitiei r-veryultere. The ! an- 

 ama Canal will greatly benefit the South. Investigate this section of good roads, schools, churches and 

 healthful climate where livins tJ pleasant and profitable. Booklets on the Slates of \"irginia. North 

 an 1 Si. mil r.^r.ilina. i "..■.. rgi.i. Florid,,, Alabam.i, Mississippi. Tennessee and Kentucky, In which are you 

 1. ■ teste. !■' I hir in i^ i,-iiie "The Southern I-ield" sent on request '^ 

 M. V. RICHARDS. Land and Indmtrlal Aet,, 

 . Room 13 SOUTHERN RAILWAY Washington. D, C, 



Noi'emher 



viirietic's tliut hnve been thoroughly 

 tested: 



Santa Barbara Soft Shells.— Origi- 

 nated by Mr. Joseph Sexton of Santa 

 Barbara. It is a seedling gi-o\vn from 

 a sack of nuts whieh probably came 

 from (;hili. This is the i)revailing type 

 of seedling walnuts of Southern Cali- 

 fornia. The nuts vary in size and are 

 irregularly shaped. Trees come out 

 early in the sjjring, having a growth of 

 six to eight inches by March 20th. The 

 trees vary in their bearing (pialities, are 

 very susceptible to blight and are not 

 very desirable for this reastm and for 

 tlieir irregular bearing. 



Santa Hosa. — .X chance seedling in- 

 troduced by I>uther Burbank at Santa 

 Rosa. The tree is a very thrifty grower 

 and very precocious, but the nuts are 

 small on old trees and susceptible to 

 bli.ght, consequently not very desirable. 

 Placentia. — The Placentia, which 

 originated in Placentia near Fullerton, 

 was extensivley propagated by Mr. 

 J. B. Xelf of ,\naheini, California. It 

 was a seedling of the Santa Barbara 

 soft-.shell type. The nut is of medium 

 size, averagin,g one and one-eighth by 

 one and one-fourth by one and one- 

 half inches, runs largely to average 

 size; has very few large or small nuts; 

 form is regular and somewhat elon- 

 gated; the surface is (piite smooth and 

 the ridges not very i)rominent; the nuts 

 are uniform in size but vary consider- 

 ably in shape and smoothness, some 

 ([uite elongated, others nearly round, 

 but the shell is thin and strong. The 

 luits are poorly sealed. The septum is 

 almost free from the shell so that the 

 nut can be very easily opened with the 

 lingers and the whole meat taken out 

 intact. Kernel full size, quite smooth 

 with comparatively few convolutions, 

 averages 50 per cent or more of the 

 total weight of the nut. Flavor mild 

 and pleasant with no pronounced 

 character. The tree makes a vigorous 

 growth and the foliage very abundant 

 and thrifty. The foliation jjeriod is 

 quite early, about the same as all Santa 

 Barbara seedlings, having a growth of 

 about six inches by the tSth of April. 

 It comes into bearing early and is a 

 heavy bearer and the harvest season is 

 early. It is very susceptible to blight 

 and the nuts are sometimes very badly 

 l)erforated. 



Ware's Prolific. — This variety also 

 originated from a Santa Barbara soft- 

 .shell seedling at Garden Grove, Cali- 

 fornia. This is rather a large nut even 

 on old trees. It is oval, (piite elongated 

 and eli|)tical, base and apex equal 

 breadth, pointed at both ends. It is 

 (juite smooth and has consiiicuous lon- 

 .gitudinal giooves which gives it a 

 characteristic apiiearance. The nuts 

 are very uniform but ])oorly sealed, 

 meat is decidedly jjliunp ami well filled, 

 averaging about .')0 ])er cent. Flavor is 

 mild and pleasant, but the meat is quite 

 dark, ranging from amber to dark 

 brown, an<l in many cases nearly black. 

 The tree comes out early in the spring, 

 makes a fairly vigorous growth, form- 

 ing nuich fruit wood, which makes the 

 tree low and spreading. It is well fdled 



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