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BETTER FRUIT 



February 



to build? 



Now's the time to buy lumber. H-I^-F 1 

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Send bill of materials 



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Hewitt-Lea-Funck Co. 



610 Crary Bldg.. Seattle, ^Vash. 



Capital $1000.000 Not in any Trust or Combine 



The Human 



Milking 



Machine 



This wonderful machine has ended 

 milking drudgery on hundreds of 

 ranches in the Northwest. 



Successfully takes the place of the 

 human hand in milking. The only 

 machine with automatic release, like 

 the pressure of the hand. Absolutely 

 no iil effects to teats or udders. In- 

 creased milk yield. Any man can milk 

 from 25 to 30 cows an hour with this 

 machine. 



WHITE TODAY for FREE BOOK 

 telling all about this wonderful Milker. 

 Also letters from Oregon ranchers 

 using the B-L«-K. 



Monroe & Crissel 



"Everything for the 



Modern Dairyman." 



124 Front Street, Portland, Oregon. 



MAIL THIS COUPON 



Name 



Address 



Number of cows 



THE QUESTION OF THE DAY 



With the fruit grower is, how can he derive 

 a revenue from his overripe and unsalable 

 fruits? 



It can be done. It is being done. How? By 

 the use of the new and up-to-date process of 



DEHYDRATING 



Which is tlie cheapest, quickest and best pro- 

 cess ever devised for preserving fruit without 

 changing the taste or flavor: is clean and 

 sanitary. There is always a market for this 

 product. Can be operated by anyone. Capa- 

 city to meet all requirements. 



For descriptive booklet address 



Luther Vacu-Dehydrator Co. 



1242 TAYLOR ST., SAN FRANCISCO, CAl. 



The W. F. Allen Company of Sali.s- 

 bm-g, Maryland, ha.s i.ssued an exceed- 

 ingly attractive catalog containing .some 

 very handsome illustrations of straw- 

 berries, of which they make a spe- 

 cialty. This catalog will be mailed free 

 upon request. 



Gill Bros. Seed Company, of Port- 

 land, have just sent out their catalog 

 for 191,"), which is a very neat ])iiblica- 

 tion, containing a number of vegetable 

 seeds grown in Oregon, of which they 

 make a specialty. 



The Luther Burbank Company, Bur- 

 bank Building, San Francisca, has is- 

 sued a very handsome catalog, which 

 contains many illustiations of Bur- 

 bank's famous specialties. 



Hogs in Connection With Fruit 



A great many fruitgrowers are rais- 

 ing hogs in connection with their 

 oi-charding, which is a splendid idea. 

 All orchards require cover crops in 

 order to maintain humus and nitrogen 

 in the soils, and clover and alfalfa 

 make fine feed for hogs. A great many 

 of the farm publications run stock col- 

 umns which contain good information 

 about hog raising. There is one excel- 

 lent publication devoted to hog raising 

 published in Chicago, Illinois. It is the 

 American Swineherd, well worth every 

 fruitgrower's subscription who is en- 

 gaged or expects to engage in the hog 

 industry. "Better Fruit" otfers a club- 

 bing list for the American Swineherd 

 and "Better Fruit" for $1.2.5. 



Dairying and the Orchard 



The year 1914 accentuates the import- 

 ance of diversity for the fruit grower. 

 It always has been and always will be 

 true that occasionally fruit prices will 

 be low; then if the fruit grower has 

 some other product selling at fair prices 

 his financial condition is comfortable. 

 There is another reason for diversity, 

 and that is that the fruit crop biings in 

 money only once a year, therefore the 

 fruit grower ought to have side lines 

 that bring in money at other times. 

 One of the most popular diversity lines 

 with fruit growers is dairying, because 

 it pays a good profit, brings in steady 

 money and fits in with the orchard 

 business without interference. Every 

 orchard needs cover cropping to main- 

 fain the humus content and nitrogen 

 supply. Alfalfa and clover are ideal 

 crops for this purpose and make the 

 best kind of feed for cows. Already 

 some orchard districts have established 

 co-operative creameries. Fruit growers 

 are progressive people and therefore 

 are going at dair\ing in an intelligent 

 way, buying the best protluctive, high 

 gi-ade cows, establishing cream routes, 

 I)utting in sanitary e(|uipment, cream 

 separators, and will follow with milk- 

 ing machines where the herd is large 

 enough. Therefore we look forward to 

 the orchardist becoming a suecessfiil 

 dair.Miian and imi)roving his financial 

 condition, increasing his income, which 

 can be done at a small expense, as he 

 aheady has the land and water to grow 

 the feed. 



OUK SPLENDID 



CLUBBING OFFER 



"Better Fruit" offers to Its readers 

 one of the finest lists of clubbing offers 

 ever placed before the public. These 

 rates do not apply to Canada, owing to 

 extra postage. 



Review of Reviews J3.00 



I5vervbodv's 1.50 



Better Fiuit 1.00 



Total J5.50 



All for 3.60 



World's Work J3.00 



Scribner's 3.00 



Better Fiuit ^.00 



Total $7.00 



All tor 5.25 



Outlook $3.00 



Ladies' Home Journal 1.50 



Better Fruit 1.00 



Total J5.50 



All for 4.90 



Woman's Home Companion $1.60 



World's Work 3.00 



Better Fruit 1.00 



Total $5.50 



All for 3.95 



Fruit and Produce Distributor $2.00 



Better Fruit ^.W 



Total $3.00 



Both for 2.00 



Delineator $1.50 



Everybody's 1-50 



Better Fruit 1-00 



Total $4-00 



All for 3.10 



Harper's Magazine $4.00 



Good Housekeeping 1.50 



Better Fruit 1-00 



Total $6.50 



AH for 5.45 



Gleanings in Bee Culture $1.00 



Good Housekeeping 1.60 



Better Fruit h91 



Total $3.50 



All for 2-65 



Ladies' World $100 



Modern Priscilla 1.00 



Pictorial Review 1.00 



Better Fiuit 1.0 



Total $4.00 



All for 2.50 



Toda v's $0.50 



Ladies' World 1-00 



McCall's 50 



Better Fruit 1.00 



Total $3.00 



All for 2.00 



Pacific Homestead $1.00 



American 1.50 



Better Fruit 1.00 



Total $3^50 



All for 2.50 



Northwest Poultry Journal $0.50 



Good Housekeeping 1-60 



Evei^'bodv's 1-50 



Better Fi-uit 1-00 



Total $4.60 



All for 3.60 



Oregon Agriculturist $1.00 



Northwest Poultry Journal 50 



Better Fruit _!•'"' 



Total $2.50 



All for 1.85 



Hoard's Dairyman $2.00 



Woman's Home Companion 1.50 



Better Fruit 1.00 



Total $4.50 



All for 3.15 



Western Farmer $1.00 



Northwest Poultry Journal 50 



American Bee Joiirnal 1.00 



Better Fiuit 1.00 



Total $3.60 



All for 2.35 



Through lack of space we are unable 

 to give a more extended clubbing list. 

 Rates on all magazines will be given 

 to any of our subscribers by writing 

 "Better Fruit." 



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