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Barrett Pruning Tools 



are designed on scientific prin- 

 ciples, made of the 

 liighest grade materials 

 andsoldontheirmerits. 



VVc make a complete line, 

 including our JOINTED 



TREE TRIMMER, and 



wiil be glad lo send catalogue 

 and booklet on pruning upon 

 request. 



No. 18, Pruning Saw 



Price $1.75 



No.777,TwoHand Pruner 



26-in. Ash Handles, $2.00 



Vour dealer can supply >iiu. 

 If he does not, mail moiiey 

 order to us and we will ship 



prepaid. 



N0.18 BARTLETT MFG.'CO. no. 777 



Boydell Building Dei roit, Michiga,^ 



Save*35..'50 



Yes sir, I'll save you $35 to $50 



In the flrBtcostaloneonthebest.moBtmodern, 

 most Bsnitary and cloaest Bkimminflr cream 

 leparator ever built. WbeD yoa boy tlis 



New Galloway Sanitary 



.—you pay )u3t one small profit above 

 actual coat of materials and labor. Why pay 

 eny dealer $86 to JUO for an inferior ma- 

 chine. Bnj direct andaaveoQe-balf. Get my 



Special 1914 Offer and 

 90 Days FREE TRIAL 



test of tbia machine riaht on your farm. 



The now Gellower Sanitary flkima U> s ttaee. Bear* 



- * -' — - Sold direct, 



I In. pll-r««ay.torun;-eaBy tuclean 

 partly or ento«&'wl5i'outcoit'lnthe"eod. Write todaj. 



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•Dedal iDli orfer that will help you get your machf 



WM. GALLOWAY COMPANY 



luaj Galloway Malion Waterloo, I». 



Portland Wholesale 

 Nursery Company 



Rooms 301-302 Stock Exchange Building 



Corner Third and Yamhill Streets 



PORTLAND, OREGON 



Y0U^$20.00ADAY 



AJTD JUST 0KB MAN ON THE JOB WITH A 



KING OF THE WOODS 

 DRAG SAW 



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Z:f. "Jl^^ Reierson Machinery Co. 



Wd Cwftloi D-l HuulMtunn. raSflAIIIL OMOOM. 



ER 65 YEARS* 

 EXPERIENCE 



DE Marks 



Designs 

 Copyrights &c. 



Anyone sending a sketrh and desert pIIot^ may 

 qnlcUly iiscertuiii our opininn free whetlier an 

 invention Is probably rdteiitiible. Coiiinmiiira- 

 tiotisRtrictlyrnnlUlentlal. HANDBOOK on Patents 

 sent free. OM^st HL-ency fur Bet^urlntl patents. 



I'aientfl taken tlirouu'h Mumi & Co. receive 

 Bpccialnotlce, wif tiout c bar^ e. luthe 



Scientific JIttiericatt. 



A handsomely llhiRtrated weekly, l.nrtrest cir- 

 culation of any seientlUc Journal. Terms. f3 a 

 year: four raunthe, $U Sold by all rewsdealers. 



IVIUNN&Co.3«'«"'«'-'- New York 



Branch Onice. tns V St., WashlOKlon, D. C. 



In iiiiy .soil, the jiinoiint of polii.sh ca- 

 pable of being released by these in- 

 direct means is a very small fraction of 

 the total iiotash in the soil, most of 

 which exists in a form about as soluble 

 as window glass. There is no known 

 pidlitable method for rendering this 

 ineit ijotash of the soil available fast 

 enough to provide for profitable crops. 

 Whatever teniijorary expedients we 

 may employ in the present emergency, 

 we must keep in mind that the potash 

 thus removed from the semi-available 

 soil reserves must later be replaced if 

 we are to maintain the soil's pro- 

 lUictivencss. There is danger in the 

 statement that fiirmers have been using 

 an excess of potash, (^rops use on the 

 average about two and one-half times 

 as iiiuch potash as phosphoric acid, 

 while the average fertilizer sold con- 

 tains only half as much potash ;is phos- 

 phoric acid; yet no one claims that we 

 ai"e using too much phosphoric acid. 

 The potash remaining from previous 

 lerliliziition is practically nothing, ex- 

 cept in the limited areas where a ton 

 or more of fertilizer has been used per 

 acre on truck crops. Very rarely is 

 half as much potash applied to the 

 wheat, oats, corn or cotton crop as the 

 crop removes. The potash mines are 

 so numerous and the stocks on hand so 

 large that supplies can be promptly 

 sent forward as soon as Europeiin 

 coiulitions permit freight shipments to 

 be resumed. — H. A. Huston. 



Failure of Blossoms to Fruit 



The failure of orchard trees to set 

 iiiiit, in spite of the fact that an abun- 

 dance of blossoms was produced, is due 

 to one or more of several causes. These 

 are as follows: 



1. Self-Sterility. Many varieties of 

 apples and pears are self-sterile. That 

 is, they are not ciipable of setting fruit 

 properly unless i)ollen from another 

 vaiictx is used. For examjjle, Biirtlett 

 and Kielfer pears, in many localities, 

 when planted in solid blocks, give less 

 satisfactory results than when they are 

 lihinled with such varieties as Duchess, 

 l>:)wrence and Anjou. With apples and 

 Ijcars it is good practice to mix varie- 

 ties. However, if varieties with jiroijcr 

 allinilies are selected, one variety to fur- 

 nish the pollen is as good as a number. 



2. l-"rozcii Pistils. The pistil, which 

 is the pari of the flower to develoi) 

 fruit, is more easily frozen than other 

 parts of the llower. Hence the pistil 

 may often be frozen while other flower 

 parts are not all'ected; consequently 

 l)lossoms are formed l)ut fail to set fruit. 



3. Weak Trees. Ti-ees in a weak con- 

 dition, although blooming abiindantlx . 

 often fail lo set fruit. 



1. Hain and Snow. 'I'he pistils may 

 be mechanically injured and the jjolleii 

 washed away by rain or snow at the 

 time when blossoms ai-c oi)en. 



."). Excessive (ii'owlb of Wood. Blos- 

 soms often drop in great numbers when 

 the tree is forming excessive aiuounls 

 of wood. 



(i. Ovei-abundiince of nitrogen ferti- 

 lizers. 



7. Diseased buds. 



FREE 



FOR FRUIT 

 RANCHERS 



— suggestions by a plumbing expert to save the 

 plumber's bill; buy at wholesale and install your 

 own bath room supplies. Call or write for 

 details of our plan. 



STARK -DAVIS CO. 



212 Third Street 249 Salmon Street 

 PORTLAND. OREGON 



Things We Are Agents For 



Knox Hats 

 Alfred Benjamin & Co.'s Clothing 



Dr. Jaeger Underwear 



Dr. Deimel Linen Mesh Underwear 



Dent's and Fownes' Gloves 



Buffum & Pendleton 



311 Morrison Street 

 PORTLAND, OREGON 



Protect ^ur 



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DON'T take chances ^A ■ ■ ■ W ^M, 

 wllh your young trees. ^A .^^ .^^ ^■^^■^1^^^ 

 One rabbit will tiU many ^^ " ' 



in a tingle nighi. Mice and ' 

 cut worms wUI damage and 

 deairoy them 1/ you don t protect them. 

 Get dollar*' worth of protection at a rrBC-_' 

 tion of a cvnt coal by using ^ 



Tree Pfotectorr^ 



Absolute protection against gnawers V 

 and borers. ' Prevent trees from 

 becoming skinned and bruised by cul- 

 tivator or lawn mower Made of elm 

 veneer, chemically treated. Easily put 

 on and will last until tree is beyond 

 needing protection Oon t wail until some 



of your trees are killed — order Hawkeye 



Protectors now RcfiuUr sue 10 inches 



w*de, ro inches high Price in lots of 100 — 



1 ecni apiece, in lots of 1000 — .', cent 



apiece Special sizes made to order 



Write for circular and samples. 



We mai(e Fn/il Batkeis ~- get out pncej. 



f^ Burlington BaAket Company 



J^ B '-"- Main Sl, Burlinjlon. Iowa ^:^ 



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