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A RIDING orchard cultivator and mulcher. Gets 

 all the weeds — large and small. Used in orchards or 

 (or summer {allowing-; keeps down weed growth and properly 

 mulches surface soil. Foot Lift Lever enables operator, on seat, to clear 

 off weeds that may gather while working. All steel construction. Light 

 draf rier>*h of cut adjustable. Price right. 



Your John Deere Dealer Sells It! 



What a user says about it: 



No. Yakima, July 31, 1914 

 Dear Sirs: — I take pleasure in recommending the ACME 8J^ Vtl'wfde 

 Weeder as the best implement I ever used for killing weeds 

 ;ind pulverizing the ground and I have used all of them. $100 

 would not buy mine if I could not get another one. 



{Name on request) 



Another User Writes: 



Mosier, Oregon, Aug. 22, 1914 

 Gentlemen:— I consider the Acme Foot Lift Weeder the 

 best fool for cultivating orchards that 1 ever used, and as a 

 weed killer it certainly is perfection. (Name on request) 



DUANE H. NASH, Incorporated 



347 Division Avenue 



Millington, N. J. 



Lime - Sulphur Solution 



(INLAND BRAND) 



Oil Spray 



(BETTS) 



THE C. G. BETTS COMPANY 



MANUFACTURERS 



Erie Street and N. P. Tracks, Spokane, Washington 



D. Crossley & Sons 



ESTABLISHED 1878 



Apples for New York and Export 



CALIFORNIA, OREGON, WASHINGTON, IDAHO AND 

 FLORIDA FRUITS 



Apples handled in all European markets at private sale. Checks 

 mailed from our New York office same day apples are sold on the 

 other side. We are not agents; WE ARE SELLERS. We make a 

 specialty of handling APPLES, PEARS AND PRUNES on the New 

 York and foreign markets. Correspondence solicited. 



200 to 204 Franklin Street, New York 



teacher in your county to write on tlie 

 blackboard in capitals: 'Never spray 

 while in bloom.' Another reason for 

 not spraying while in bloom is that 

 there is no need of it. There are no 

 pests that must or should be killed or 

 prevented at this time. It will not do 

 anywhere near the amount of good that 

 it would to spray before the blossoms 

 appear, and again after they fall." 



That bees are an imjiortant asset to 

 the success of fruit raising is now 

 proven to the satisfaction of the promi- 

 nent orchardists in our own immediate 

 vicinity. Several .skeptics tried the use 

 of bees as pollenizers last year and the 

 result is such that they are resolved to 

 continue using them from now on. Not 

 only are bees a necessity to fruits but 

 they are a great aid to berries and 

 vegetables. And this is vouched for by 

 Eastern experts who are reputed to 

 know. In fact so enthusiastic have 

 some Eastern fruit raisers become over 

 bees that one prominent grower in 

 Ohio declares that with the help of 

 bees his state can be made a better 

 apple-raising section than is Oregon 

 and other ^Yesfe^n States. So if Ore- 

 gonians mean to maintain their records 

 they had better arouse to action or they 

 may soon find the East has caught them 

 napping. It will stand repeating. Do 

 your spraying before the trees blos- 

 som. During the blooming period let 

 the bees get in their much-needed 

 work. And then when the blossoms 

 are well dried up spray again, if nec- 

 essary. And remember that the bee is 

 your friend, and that it is as important 

 as the rain and sun in their proper 

 seasons. 



NEW YORK 



LIVERPOOL 



LONDON 



GLASGOW 



Growing Alfalfa in Washington 



What may we expect? (1) Areas 

 receiving considerable runoff from 

 higher lands or light sub-irrigation are 

 found occasionally within the rainfall 

 belt of five to fifteen inches that often 

 produce two good crops amounting to 

 three or four tons per acre, but are no 

 guide to what may be expected with 

 the natural rainfall. They are mislead- 

 ing when so taken. (2) Where the 

 rainfall is less than 15 inches and there 

 is no runoff or sub-irrigation, one fair 

 to light crop annually is all that should 

 be expected if every precaution in the 

 culture of the crop is observed. This 

 is better than one fair wheat crop 

 every four to six years. (3) With less 

 than twelve inches rainfall, farmers 

 are advised to experiment with small 

 tracts until they learn what they can 

 do. Considerable risk is attached to 

 establishing the crop with less than 

 twelve inches annual rainfall. 



What are the recpiisites for Success"? 

 (1) Seed of the highest (|uality. (Seed 

 will be examined without charge by 

 llie Department of Botany, State Col- 

 lege, Pullman.) (2) A first-class sum- 

 mer fallow, offering a good supply of 

 readily available plant food, stored 

 moisture, freedom from weeds. A poor 

 summer fallow is not safe. The young 

 plants need every advantage. (3) No 

 nurse crop. (Where the soil drifts a 



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