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BETTER FRUIT 



March 



YOU CAN PULL ANY 

 STUMP BY HAND. 



ii 



K 



WITH A 



yj HAND-POWER 

 STUMP PULLER 



absolutely without horses, powder or 

 digging. Wci.'^hs only 171 lbs. and 

 one man easily handles it. 

 The "K" is simple, compact, de- 

 veloping a straight pull of 96, 000 lbs. 



with one man on lever. It is guaran- 

 teed to do anything any other puller 

 will do — better, quicker and cheaper. 



I have used it myself on Pacific Coast stumps, 

 the touchcst stumps in the world, and 1 

 KNOW WHAT IT WILL DO. Used by U.S. 

 Gov't in AUsta and by States and Counties. 



1 Have Sold Hundreds Without a 



Single Complaint or even a 



Request for Repairs! 



The "K" can't break or get out of order; 

 made of furled Krupp steel, as simple to oper- 

 ate as rowing a boat. Works on side bills, 

 marshy land, any ^rade or soil. If you have 

 idle stump land YOU NEED A "K" ' 



No Extras to Buy 



200 feet weather-proof steel cable 

 and all equipment included. Write 

 today for new free book on land 

 clearing showing actual photo- 

 graphs of the "K" at work, and 

 special Direct-to- You Offer. 



W. J. riTZPATRICK 



Box S iy26 2nd Ave 

 Seattle. Wash. 



FEATHERWEIGHT 



SprayNozzleantlRod 



Best, Lightest, 

 Cheapest 



Invented by a fruit grower of 

 15 years experience in spraying. 



No tired arms from handling 

 it; a pleasure instead of a bur- 

 den to carry. You will like it 

 and praise it to your neighbors. 

 Nozzle from 2 to 20 times lighter 

 than other nozzles; rod from 2 to 

 4 times lighter than other rods. 



$1.00 for Nozzle and Elbow 

 $1.75 for Rod 



Your money back if it is not satisfactory. 



F. P. FRIDAY 



HOOD RIVER, OREGON 



What the American Farmer Gets Out of 

 the European Struggle 

 While none of the other nations of 

 the earth -would have the heart to de- 

 liberately take advantage of the plight 

 of suiTcring Europe, there are undeni- 

 able benefits that come to the neutrals 

 in their very efforts to relieve the suf- 



ferers. The devastating of their own 

 lands by the strugglers and the call to 

 arms of the vast army of toilers (who 

 were the suppliers of the daily susten- 

 Mnce of those countries) has cut off 

 their ready supply of food, and the re- 

 sult has long since been portrayed in 

 the graphic accounts of the helpless 

 families facing actual starvation. This 

 condition has spelled opportunity for 

 the American farmer — opportunity not 

 only to help these unfortunate people 

 stave off the pangs of hunger, but the 

 opportunity for the farmer to market 

 an enlarged output by increasing the 

 acreage of ci'ops here to meet these 

 unusual conditions. With many the 

 problem of increased acreage has not 

 been so much the want of additional 

 land on which to raise bigger crops as 

 it has been the scarcity of labor — an- 

 other condition which the war has 

 directly brought about through practi- 

 cally cutting off immigration, and thus 

 depriving this country of its main sup- 

 ply of agiicultural workers. But, hap- 

 pily, progressive farmers are not dis- 

 mayed, for they are turning stronger 

 than ever to improved farming imple- 

 ments, and laying larger plans because 

 of elficient helpers in many tools. 



Use of Crop Remnants as Organic Soil 

 Matter 



While such crop renuiants as stubble, 

 corn stover and spoiled hay should be 

 returned to the soil when not other- 

 wise used on the farm, there are other 

 forius of these remnants that should 

 never be put to this use. Screenings 

 from seed cleanings, as well as potato, 

 celery and onion tops, should be burned 

 in order to prevent the spread of weed, 

 insect and disease pests, according to 

 authorities of the Oregon Agricultural 

 College. 



The problem of utilizing to best ad- 

 vantage tlie unused portions of crops 

 in maintaining soil fertility without at 

 the same time scattering weeds, insects 

 and plant diseases, was presented to 



"We are delighted 

 with our new home" 



So H. C. Graff, of Hover. Wash., 

 writes us. Hesays further: "I know 

 I saved at least $500 on the house." 



Mr. Graff bought one of our "knock 

 down" houses and put it up himself. 



You, anyone can build yourl home. 

 Houses as low as $195 complete 'in every 

 detail. Material numbered to correspond 

 with the plans— plans so explicit and sim- 

 ple that a child can do the building. 



Satisfaction guaranteed you'by the pio- 

 neer "knock down" house company of the 

 Pacific Coast. Send today for our catalog 



Ready Built House Co. 



978 Broadway Portland, Oregon 



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Professor W. L. Powers, assistant 

 agronomist, who proposes rotation as 

 a solution. Clover, vetch or peas may 

 be grown on a plot one year, followed 

 by a grain crop the next. Then corn, 

 potatoes or other cultivated crops can 

 be grown, and at the last cultivation 

 clover or vetch sowed. This may be 

 turned under the next year, adding 

 .soil fertility to the value of $8.40 for 

 each ton of clover and .*9.00 for each 

 ton of vetch. All unused portions of 

 the crops with the exception of pota- 

 toes can be turned under with no dan- 

 ger of spreading disease, since no dis- 

 ease will live in so many kinds of crops. 

 "So far as spreading disease is con- 

 cerned," said Professor Bailey, of the 

 Plant Pathology Department, "straw 

 and corn stover are harndess, but po- 



Now is the Time to Select Your Plants to Beautify Your Home Grounds 



[ have just received a carload of new 



Ornamental Shrubs and Roses 



from Holland. Send for list and prices, 

 [f yuM will give me the luwisiirenientit of your lot and location of buildings I will give you the benefit 

 of my experience in .selecting llie right plants lor the riglit pbice. 



I carry a full line of Fruit Trees and Berry Stock, wholesale .tnd retail. 



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