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BETTER FRUIT 



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The Label 

 Helps the Sale 

 of Your Fruit 



^ckniidtl 



We are originators and producers of dis- 

 tinctive and artistic labels. Our Apple and 

 Case labels will make your fruit more attrac- 

 tive and help the sale. 



Let us know your needs and Ave will sub- 

 mit estimate. Write nearest office. 



Schmidt Lithographing Co. 



SAN FRANCISCO 

 Los Angeles Fresno Portland Seattle 



Salt Lake 



Get Rid of the Destructive Gophers by Using an Efficient Trap 



E. J. Cbuhbuck Co.. Sixn Francisco. (lenileuiHTi— I have IVnitifi thf I.1h!i1 (Juplier Trap to be the best thiug 

 in the trap line. I have useO many ditTerent kimls of traps but have put them all aside lor the Ideal. I con- 

 sider the trap as the surest and safest way of exterminating the gopher, havinti caught 104 eopliers in the 

 month of February with five of the Ideal Gopher Traps.— K. D. G., Lathrop, Cal.. March Iti, HU.'i. 



The Chubbuck Ideal Gopher Trap. 



The only trap guaranteed to catch small or the laree pocket gopher Being round with thin edges gopher 



walks into trap before detecting anything in runway. l(X> per cent efficient— caiches gopher every time. Far 



safer and surer than poisons or gas. Farmers say it's worth doxen other makes. Price 50c. If your dealer can't 



supply you, will be sent postpaid upon receipt (dlillc; two traps ^l.li); si-\ for s.:.uii. Money hack if not satisfied. 



E. J. CHUBBUCK CO., Dept. C, San Francisco, California 



190(1 to 190'.) aiul the I'arni price also 

 for the years 1912-13. The next chapter 

 deals with conditions in reference to 

 the potato business on the Pacific Coast, 

 while another shows competition for 

 Oregon potatoes. Another chapter deals 

 with possible markets for Oregon pota- 

 toes. In addition to this much inter- 

 esting matter is contained in chapters 

 on Varieties, the Industrial Use of Po- 

 tatoes, Potato Starch, Alcohol from 

 Potatoes, Products from Dried Pota- 

 toes, Potatoes as a Stock Food, etc. 



Fruitgrowers during the months of 



April and May are kept pretty busy 

 with spring cuUivating and early spray- 

 ings. During the Ijalance of the sum- 

 mer, while tlie fruitgrower has plenty 

 to do cultivating, spraying and irri- 

 gating, he frequently has some lime to 

 spare, and it seems well wtiilli wliile to 

 suggest that (hiring tliese odd moments 

 he should begin to think of preparing 

 for harvesting his crop tliis fall. It is 

 no unusual occurrence for the fruit- 

 grower to drive to town and find tliat 



the dealer is all out of picking buckets 

 or ladders. Every fruitgrower should 

 make up his mind how many new pick- 

 ing receptacles he needs and purchase 

 them early in the season. He should 

 estimate his crop and determine about 

 how many pickers will be required to 

 gather it; repair his ladders that are 

 worth repairing and purchase tlie nec- 

 essary number of new ones in advance 

 of the season, otherwise lie may be dis- 

 appointed and i)e unable to get what he 

 wants and cither have to go williout or 

 take some ladder or bucket that is un- 

 satisfactorv. 



1914 Grading. — The complaint from 



the dealers, and it seems well to in- 

 clude our own salesmen who handle 

 the apple crop, is to the effect that the 

 1914 grading was not as carefully done 

 as has been done in the past. The 

 fruitgrower has a reputation to sustain, 

 lie imist sustain that reputation and put 

 up a pack that meets all retiuirements 

 as to grade if he expects the dealer and 

 the consumer to i)ay the i)rice. It seems 



wise to caution every fruitgrower 

 along this line in advance of the har- 

 vesting season, urging him that it is to 

 his interest to see that all kinds of 

 fruits are properly graded and care- 

 fully packed, beginning with straw- 

 berries, including cherries, apricots, 

 peaches, plums, prunes, pears, apples, 

 etc. 



Diversity In Fruit Growing. — The 



fruitgrower today is becoming more 

 of a diversity farmer. There are many 

 crops that can be grown between the 

 trees, particularly in young orchards, 

 which will bring in some extra money 

 between seasons and pay a good profit. 

 An interesting article on this subject, 

 entitled "Inter-Cropping of Orchards," 

 by Professor Thornber, appears in this 

 edition and should be read by every 

 fruitgrower. 



Strawberry growers who want good 

 picking and packing done should look 

 to the comforts of their help, by seeing 

 that they are provided with good camp- 

 ing accoinniotlations in the way of com- 

 fortable tents, wood and water, making 

 harvesting season attractive and com- 

 fortable. 



THE WAY 



TO PREVENT 



DROUTH - 



Is to keep your orchard 

 thoroughly pulverized. 

 Gives seed a (juick start, 

 aids cultivation of grow- 

 ing crops, saving moisture in 

 dry season, prevent blowing 

 away of soil, etc. 



THE WADE 

 CORRUGATED PULVERIZER 



Is scientitieally built for cnisliing 

 lumps, firming loose soil, and stirring 

 the surface like a cultivator. 

 Made in single, double or triple gang. 

 Hundreds of tlieiu are now in use 

 by orchadists of the Northwest. 

 Send a postal today for Free Book- 

 let, and name of nearest dealer. 



SINCEieeF; 



J.-7 Haivthorne Acenue 



Oldest and Larj;est 

 Independent AVholeaal 

 era ot Farm Machinery 

 in the Northwest. 



