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BETTER FRUIT 



March 



Planet Jr. ^'.^ 



is stronger, steadier in action, does more tliorough work, and lasts longer 

 than any harrow made. Is invaluable to market-gardeners, truckers, 

 tobacco and small-fruit growers. The twelve chisel-shaped teeth cut 

 out all weeds, stir and mellow the soil without throwing dirt on plants, 

 and the pulverizer leaves the ground in finest condition. Can be set to 

 desired depth and width, making delicate worl. easy. Equipped with 

 non-clogging steel wheel. 



Planet Jr tools are the most care- 

 fully designed and constructed; built 

 of the finest materials, and are the most 

 economical because they outlast others 

 and do better work. Backed by over 40 

 years experience. Fully guarantee 

 S L ALLEN & CO 



TVow 72-pn(r** Catalosr (168 illustra- 

 tiijiis). free. Dt-scrilies over 55 iniplenients. 

 including Seeders. ^\ heel Hnes. Horse Hoes, 



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MILTON NURSERY CO. 



A. MILLER & SONS, Inc.— MILTON, OREGON 



Pear, Cherry, Apple, Prune, Peach. Full line Shade & Ornamental Stock 



Quality In Nursei"y Stock is a condition, not a theory, it is something we put into our trees, 

 nut say about ttieni. Thirty-five years' experience enables us to do this. 



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The Panama-Pacific International 

 Exposition had an attendance of 298,- 

 000 the first day. It is estimated by 

 railroad people that one million peo- 

 ple will visit the Exposition from east 

 of the Rockies. It is also estimated 

 that each one will spend $100 in real 

 money on the Pacific Coast. That 

 means the Panama-Pacific Internation- 

 al Exposition will bring .$100,000,000 

 in real money from the East and leave 

 it on the Coast. But more important 

 than this — Eastern people will have an 

 opportunity to become acquainted 

 with our wonderful climate, the pro- 

 ductiveness of our soil and the splen- 

 did opportunities for business, which 

 means that the Pacific Coast will grow 

 faster in the future than ever before in 

 the past. There is no place in the 

 world where a living can be made as 

 confortable and easy as on the Pacific 

 Coast, and no spot on the globe where 

 the climate is so delightful the year 

 round. 



Buy It Now. — Reports generally in- 

 dicate that the finances of the United 

 States are in a splendid condition. On 

 the first of March the deficit in trade 

 balance had been completely absorbed 

 that existed before the war and the 

 last week in February the trade bal- 

 ance in United States was $200,000,000 

 in our favor. The United States farm- 

 ing comnuinities are prosperous. They 

 had good crops and fair prices, and 

 there is no reason for the present lack 

 of activity in business. Everything is 

 ready for the return of normal con- 

 ditions. It only needs co-operation on 

 the part of the ]3ublic to move the 

 wheels of commerce and when they 

 once commence to run prosperity will 

 return. If people will buy now what 

 they actually need and what they will 

 have to buy a little later they will help 

 start business going that much quicker. 



"Vertical Farming," Dr. Gilbert El- 

 lis Bailey, Professor of Geology, Uni- 

 versity of Southern California, which 

 is a reading course in soils, soil cul- 

 ture and the uses of explosives in ag- 

 riculture, with series of practical ques- 

 tions prepared by Mr. J. H. Squires, 

 -Agronomist, is the title of a booklet 

 which is free on request by writing 

 the E. I. DuPont Powder Company, 

 Wilmington, Del. 



The Chamber of Coinmerce Bulletin, 

 issued by the Chamber of Commerce, 

 Portland, Oregon, issued a splendid 

 number in February, called "Progress 

 and Prosperity Number." This num- 

 ber should be read by every resident 

 of the Northwest. It is a splendid 

 ])ublication for anyone to send to east- 

 ern friends if they want to give them 

 some idea of the Northwest. 



.iaT2^K-E'HAN3EN 



The Fancher Creek Nursery, Fresno, 

 Calif., have just issued a booklet by 

 the President, Mr. Geo. C. Roeding, 

 entitled, "Results of Thiity Years' Ex- 

 perience in ("alifornia Horticulture," 

 which contains much valuable and in- 

 teresting information for the fruit 

 grower and florist. 



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