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BETTER FRUIT 



March 





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Distributing warehouses in principal fruit growing sections of Northwest for — 

 ARSENATE OF LEAD, Paste and Powder; 

 ATOMIC SULPHUR; BORDEAUX MIXTURE; LIME-SULPHUR SOLUTION; 

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Descriptive Catalogue and Bulletins N0S.3 and 5 tell plainly how to 

 control orchard troubles. JMailed free on application. 



GENERAL CHEMICAL COMPANY 



Royal Insurance Building SAN FRANCISCO 



Automatic 



Anti-Frost Alarm 



Infallible ; accurate: better and 

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 thermometer. Will give the fruit- 

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Price $4.00 complete. 



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Orchard Yarn 



Progressive orcliardists, those right down to the minute 

 in methods of protecting heavy laden fruit trees, are agreed 

 that tying branches with Orchard Yarn is the modem way 

 of supporting oreliard trees. It is not expensive, is easily 

 done, and the time to tie is when trimming. The spurs 

 are then tousher. less easily broken off than later, leaves 

 are not in the way and all parts of the tree can be seen. 

 Saving but a small percentage of trees from being broken 

 down will pay for the expense of tying an entire orchard. 

 One-ply Tarred Manila Yarn will run about 200 feet per 

 pound. Two-ply \rill run from 90 to 100 feet per pound. 

 Put up in 5-pound balls or on 10-pound spools. In 5-pound 

 balls the yam pulls from the inside and is more easily 

 handled 



Sold by all merchants handling orchard supplies. 



Manufactured by 



The Portland Cordage Company 



PORTLAND, OREGON 



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 prices. It is up to you to grow as 

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will help you do it. Our Beaver Braved **!>■• 

 A.xkixnal Fertilizer possesses the necessary food 

 elements to feed your strawberry plants, and other fruit 

 plants and trees. Fertilizer Booklet F37 is yours for the ask- 

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UNION MEAT COMPANY 



North Portiand, Oregon 



continued for three days, and never 

 Ijefore in the history of the Nortliwest 

 lias a more serious-minded and earnest- 

 minded gathering of able men taken 

 place. The sessions lasted until mid- 

 night, and on the third day the session 

 was continued without adjournment for 

 lunch until 3 p. m., when the meeting 

 adjourned. At this convention a plan 

 was adopted which was approved unan- 

 imously, section by section, by every 

 one of the one hundred and seven dele- 

 gates present. This plan is given in 

 full elsewhere in this edition. While 

 there was considerable discussion and 

 open contention, it was evident that 

 every delegate had come for the pur- 

 pose of getting together, and it was 

 generally believed throughout the en- 

 tire meeting that harmony would jjre- 

 vail in the end. Fruit growers who had 

 seen many a battle in conventions and 

 associations were sober minded, con- 

 servative and deliberate, giving wise 

 counsel and continuously standing for 

 harmony and agreement. The younger 

 members, eager, earnest, were quick to 

 feel the influence and yielded grace- 

 fully, meeting the opposition cheerfully 

 with half-way concession and where 

 necessary conceding even more. The 

 general achievement being as already 

 stated, a unanimous adoption of the 

 entire platform, section by section. 



It is the opinion of all the delegates 

 present that the convention accom- 

 plished all that could be reasonably 

 expected, and at the same time it is the 

 opinion of all the delegates present that 



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