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BETTER FRUIT 



January 



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Sfcnis reasonable also to assume that 

 such an achievement will be satisfac- 

 tory to the marketing concerns. It cer- 

 tainly cannot be very satisfactory to 

 any man connected with the marketing 

 of apples to handle the product with- 

 out a prolit to the producer. Therefore 

 we believe that if the people attending 

 these meeting will meet with a spirit 

 of good will and fair mindedness, real- 

 izing that the grower must make a 

 profit in order for their business to 

 succeed, much can and will be accom- 

 plished at the meetings in Seattle and 

 Portland. 



Ferd Groner, of Hillsboro, Oregon, 



who has had much experience in grow- 

 ing walnuts and walnut trees, contrib- 

 utes a very interesting article about 

 walnuts and the industry in this issue 

 of "Better Fruit," which is worth read- 

 ing. Walnuts have been grown success- 

 fully, particularly in the Willamette 

 Valley, for a great many years. After 

 the experimental stage had been passed 

 it was determined that walnuts were 

 a paying proposition. A great many 

 orchards were set which have begun to 

 bear during the last few years, proving 

 that the industry is a profitable one. 

 The walnuts grown in the Northwest 

 are of excellent quality, the trees do 

 well and bear well, all of which is 

 valuable information for fruit growers, 

 because nearly all fruit growers are 

 seeking more or less diversity. 



Soap With Arsenate of Lead Spray. — 

 Two or three years ago a great many 

 fruit growers in the Northwest used 

 soap with arsenate of lead, finding that 

 it made the lead spread very much bet- 

 ter. This was particularly true when 

 tobacco dip was used at the same time 

 for aphis. It made the tobacco dip 

 much more elTective, but they found in 

 the late spraying that the soap and 

 arsenate of lead used alone in some 

 instances caused more or less russeting. 

 The Takanap Soap Company, of Ger- 

 mantown, Pennsylvania, are manufac- 

 turing a soap which they claim can be 

 used with arsenate of lead without 

 doing an\ burning. 



More Potash Coming 



American crops and soils are still as 

 hungry for Potash as before the out- 

 break of the European War, which cur- 

 tailed the Potash shipments. 



Some of the Fertilizer Comijanies are 

 trying to induce farmers to buy the one- 

 sided low Potash or no Potash ferti- 

 lizers of a generation ago. This means 

 a fertilizer that is prolilaiile to the 

 manufacturer, but not the best for the 

 farmer. When the S> ndicate in l!)l(l 

 started the direct sales of Potash to 

 dealers and farmers at reasonable 

 prices. Potash sales increased 65 per 

 cent in one year, a clear proof that 

 farmers know that Potash Pays. They 

 know that Potash gives good yields, 

 good (pialitx and resistance to iilnnt 

 diseases. 



Many of the Fertilizer manufacturers 

 are willing to meet the farmer's wishes 

 and sell him what he thinks he needs. 

 These manufacturers are now willing 

 to furnish as much Potash as they can 

 secure. They offer goods with 5 per 

 cent and even in some cases 10 per cent 

 Potash, if the farmers insist on it. 



Shipping conditions are improving, 

 more Potash is coming forward, al- 

 though the costs of production and 

 transportation are higher. The higher 

 price of fertilizers is not due wholly to 

 the slightly higher cost of Potash. Much 

 of the"Pota.sh"that will be used in next 

 spring's fertilizer had reached America 

 before the war started. 



There is no substitute for Potash. 



We can no more return to the ferti- 

 lizer of twenty years ago than we can 

 return to the inefficient farm imiile- 

 ments or unprofitable livestock of tliat 

 period. [Adv.] H. A. Hi'ston. 



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