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BETTER FRUIT 



March 



prevent him from slashing the market 

 witli goods in his possession without 

 the consent of the consignor. — Wcnat- 

 chee Daily World. 



against Gypsy, Brown-tail and Tussock 

 Caterpillars, Canker Wortns, Climbing 

 Cut Worms and Ants. It is also effective 

 against any crawling insects attacking 

 fruit, sliade or ornamental trees. 



Band Trees About Two Weeks 



Before Insects Appear and 



Get Best Results 



Easily applied with wooden paddle. One pound 

 makes about 10 lineal feet of band. One applica- 

 tion stays sticky 3 months and longer— outlasting 

 10 to 20 times any other substance. Renaains 

 effective rain or shine. Won't soften — won't run 

 or melt, yet always elastic, expanding: with 

 grrowth of tree. No mixing, simply open can 

 and use. Will not injure trees. 



For Tree Surgery 



Tree Tanglefoot is superior to anything on 

 the market — it Is the best application after 

 pruning or trimming. It will water-proof the 

 crotch of a tree or a cavity or wound in a tree, 

 when nothing else will do it. 



Sold by All First-Class Seed Dealers 



l-lb. cans 30c; 3-lb. cans 85c; 10-lb. cans J2.65; 

 20-lb. cans 14.80. and 25-lb. wooden pails (.S.95. 



Write today for illustrated booklet on Leaf- 

 eating Insects. Mailed free. 



THE 0. & W. THUM COMPANY 



113 Straight Ave. Grand Rapids, Mich. 



Manufaclorers of Tanglefoot Fly 



Paper and Tree TanElefoot (38) 



Scandinavia and the Baltic Market 



RUSSIA 



e £ ft M A N ■ 



We have a good outlet in the markets shown on above map. We handle 

 apples only on a consignment basis. All consignments have our personal 

 attention. Have you anything to offer? Do not fail to write or cable us. 



ERNST C. LOHSE & CO.S EFT., Copenhagen 



Cable Address: ERNST LOHSK Fruit and Produce Agents 



Future of Fruit Industry 



In aiLswer to the (luery: "What of 

 the future of the fruit industry," the 

 Northwest Fruit Exchange replies: "To 

 the Exchange the answer seems very 

 clear. The unprofitahle season of 1912 

 left growers shocked and confused. 

 Panaceas were sought and promised. 

 The Exchange, through various of its 

 officers speaking puhlidy from plat- 

 forms in the spring of 1913, warned 

 growers most emphatically that there 

 would be other seasons in the future 

 like 1912, or even worse, regardless of 

 what might be done to prevent them. 

 This prediction was not intended in 

 any sense to discourage organization, 

 for the Exchange has proven by its 

 works that it believes in organization 

 perhaps more earnestly and more 

 effectively than any other exponent in 

 the Northwest. It merely wanted to 

 warn the grower against "cure alls," 

 and do what it might to teach them how 

 to face their problem intelligently and 

 calmly. Its prediction has been real- 

 ized sooner than even it anticipated, 

 and so it may not be improper for the 

 Exchange to state its definite opinion 

 again, for in it, the Exchange believes, 

 can be found large room for encour- 

 agement and sound optimism. 



"The business of growing and sell- 

 ing fruit in the Northwest is one which 

 cannot be figured in short terms, but 

 which by the very nature of it must 

 be flguied in terms of five to ten years. 

 Figured in that way, we believe that 

 it will prove profitable; first, to those 

 districts which are practically adapted 

 for the production of fruit efliciently; 

 second, to those individuals in the 

 above districts who are able to manage 

 the business of production efficiently, 

 and who make common-sense arrange- 

 ments for the marketing of their pro- 

 duce. There will recur with more or 

 less frequency years like 1912 and 1914, 

 when the problem will be rather bow 

 to minimize losses than to make profits. 

 There will also occur, interspersed be- 

 tween the bad years, profitable seasons 

 in which the profits accruing to efli- 

 cicnt jiroducers will be sufficiently 

 large to afford those producers a satis- 

 factory average profit for the entire 

 term, averaging lean years and fat 

 years together. — Exchange. 



The .State College at I'uUman, Wash- 

 ton, will hold farmers" and housekeep- 

 ers' week beginning February 8. On 

 .lanuary 4 its winter six weeks' short 

 courses commence. The farmers of 

 Washington are finding out how valu- 

 able these courses are and the attend- 

 ance is increasing from year to year. 

 The instruction is so valuable and the 

 inroriiiation so useful that no fruit 

 grower or farmer who can i)0ssibly 

 make arrangements to attend some of 

 them should fail to grasp the oppor- 

 tunity. 



WHEN WRITING ADVERTISERS MENTION BETTER FRUIT 



