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A Telephone Saves Time and Money 



It's easy! With a first-class telephone line from home to town you and 

 your neighbors can talk direct to crop buyers every day without driving 

 over those long miles. You can watch the market for top prices — ask the 

 railroad station if your freight has come — order supplies from the store — find 

 out what's doing at the stock yards — set a time with the grist mill for grinding 

 your grain — get the doctor quick when you need him. Besides all this, you 

 can talk business or pleasure without leaving your own doors. 



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The Present Status of the DiflFerent Varieties of Walnuts 



THIS siibjccl is ;il)iiut :is dillicult as 

 tlif present status of tlie (lill'erent 

 makes of autonmbiles. Wliatever 

 make of niacliiiie a man drives he is apt 

 to think that is tlie best, so with the 

 nian who grows a particulai- variety of 

 walnut, he is apt to think tliat variety 

 is the i)est. In speaking of the present 

 status of the dill'eient varieties of wal- 

 nuts we have t(j consider several things 



The J. B. Holt 

 Fruit Picking Sack 



(Patented) 



I Invented this picking sacJi and have used It In 

 vas orchard, handling from five to ten thousand 

 boxes, during the last four years. 



I am convinced it 1b the most practical and con- 

 venient picking receptacle on the market. It does not 

 bruise the apples. It Is not In the way of the picker. 

 Like a bucket. The picker can reach the highest 

 limbs witlioiit Inconvenience. It emptlea Into the 

 bucket slowly and carefully, without brulBlng. It 

 has wide shoulder straps like suspendere, and does 

 not have to l)e liiing on the limb with a hook. 



You can buy these of 



OSCAR HILL, North Yakima, Wasiilniton. 



C. H. ROSS. Wenatchee. Washinoton. 



S. B. SIMONTON (address Hood River, Oregon). 

 Hood River, Hosier. White Salmon and Underwood. 



New agents' names \vlU appear In Septeml>er lasue 

 of "Belter Friilt." 



Price f O-b. Pullman, Washington. $1.75. 



Special prices quoted on large quantltiea. 



For further particulars and llUialrated descriptive 

 literature, u-rite 



J. B. HOLT 



PULLMAN, WASHINGTON 



liy Dr. W. W. Fitzgerald. Stocliliiil, California 



as soil, climate and moisture conditions. 

 It is true that we can regulate moisture 

 conditions, but soils and climate we 

 cannot change; so in considering the 

 (lifl'erent varieties we must keep in 

 mind where they are to be grown and 

 character of the soil they are to be 

 grown on. Some of our best varieties 

 that do well on heavy soil with plenty 

 of moisture will not prove as good a 

 variet\ on lightei' soil and poor niois- 

 tuie conditions; likewise, some varie- 

 ties that produce good white-meated 

 nuts in a cooler climate will produce 

 inferior nuts in a very hot climate. 



Tile lii-st tiling to be considered in 

 judging the dilferent varieties of wal- 

 nuts is theii- producing ((ualities. 1 do 

 not mean b\ this a huge jiroducer of an 

 inferior nut, but a heavy bearer of a 

 good (|uality nut. A tree that produces 

 only a few very fancy nuts is not to be 

 considered commercially. A fancy 

 variety may bring a few cents per 

 pound more, and may make ui) what it 

 would hick In the number of pounds it 

 would produce provldin.g it was not too 

 shy a bearer. .\ fanc,\ varletv produc- 

 ing only from ,jO to KlO ])ouiids on full- 

 bearing trees at 25 cents per pound 

 would not compare favoial)l\ with a 

 varielv which produces 20(1 to 'MW 

 pounds at 12 to l.") cents per pound. 

 The relation between the (|iiaHly of 



nuts and the (luantlty of nuts produced 

 should be carefully considered in 

 choosing a varietx for planting. One 

 should not .judge variety by the tine 

 appearance of a picked sample of nuts 

 without considering the (pianlity in 

 which they are produced. The best 

 variety is one that will produce annu- 

 ally a large croj) of the most desirable 



iTrees 



urn ^nin>/ m 

 in ■ iinEle niKhi. Mice and y 

 cut worms will dofnagc and 

 dcKroy them if you don t protect them. 

 Get dollar*' worth of proirction at a Frac- 

 tion of a cent cost by using 



Tree Protectors' 



Absolute protection against gnawers 

 and borers. Prevent trees from 

 becoming skinned and bruised by cut- 

 tivBlor or lawn mower Made of elm 

 veneer, chemically treated- Easily put 

 on and will last until tree is beyond 

 needing protection. Don t wail until iome 



of your tteea are lulled — order Hawkeye 



Protectors now. ReKolar sue 10 Inchei 



wMe. 10 inches high Price in lot) of 100 — 



I cent apiece, m loll of 1000 — .\ cent 



■ piece. Special iites rnade to order. 



Write (or circular and samples. 



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