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 'ell pumps, power pumps, tank pumps, for deep wells, shallow wells 



I and for cv-ry service. Each year for many years we have been 



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Well Pump, Power Pump 



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Mulconroy Flexible Metallic Spray Hose 



Can't Kink, Twist, Burst, Collapse or Chafe 

 LIGHT — STRONG — FLEXIBLE 



Answers all requirements 

 for all kinds of sprayiiitr. 1000 

 lbs. pressure will not burst it. 

 Weiofhs 6 oz. to the foot, and 

 will coil in a 3-ineh circle. 

 Tube specially compounded 

 to stand spraying solutions. 

 Hose cannot kink, and there- 

 fore delivers full capacity at 

 all times. Outside protected 

 against knocks, dragging 

 over rough surfaces, and 

 sharp turns. 



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Established 



1887 



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return to look after his interests here. 

 The Board of Directors of the Hood 

 River .\pple Growers' .\ssociation, 

 after due consideration and delibera- 

 tion, selected Mr. .Sieg as .Salesnianagcr 

 for the coming year, which position 

 he now occupies, with an office in 

 Hood River. Mr. Sieg has devoted his 

 entire life to the fruit and produce 

 business and has built up a reputation 

 that is equal to the best that is a rec- 

 ord of achievement anyone could well 

 be proud of, and has a host of friends. 

 There is probably no other salesman 

 connected with any of the .Associa- 

 tions who has a wider acquaintance or 



warmer friendship with the dealers 

 all over United States than Mr. Wilmer 

 Sieg. Mr. Sieg fell in love with the 

 West, particularly Hood River, and 

 having worked energetically and de- 

 votedly for the Hood River district, 

 felt it his duty to accept the position 

 with the Hood River .\pple Growers' 

 .\ssociation, although he was offered 

 several other positions at higher sal- 

 ary in the East. He says, he has fallen 

 in love with the West, which he in- 

 tends to make his future home. H is 

 his pleasure to assure the .growers 

 that he will give his best ability and 

 most earnest service in marketing 



their fruits to the best possible ad- 

 vantage, and in doing this, other dis- 

 tricts can feel assured that he will 

 give them a clean, honest competi- 

 tion. 



Ml'. 1". E. Myers, of the firm of F. E. 

 M\ers & Bros., manufacturers of spray 

 pumps, force pumps, hay tools and 

 various other farming implements, of 

 -\shland, Ohio, has just been appointed 

 a member of the Jury of .\wards at the 

 Panama-Pacific International Exposi- 

 tion. This is very much of an honor 

 and one we understand was entirely 

 unsolicitcrl by Mr. M\crs. Mr. Myers 

 will undoubtedly render eliicient serv- 

 ice in this capacity, and it may be said 

 that it is a good plan on the part of the 

 Exposition people to appoint Eastern 

 people to various positions, because it 

 will give them a splendid opportunity 

 to familiarize themselves with the West 

 and its wonderful opportunities. 



A Caterpillar in Actual Service 



The following extract from a recent 

 letter regarding the use of a tractor in 

 orchard work speaks for itself: 



"We have had a Baby Holt Caterpil- 

 lar Tractor in the 600-acre Baker- 

 Langdon Orchard, adjoining Walla 

 Walla, for the past three seasons. This 

 is an 18-horsepower (drawbar) en- 

 gine. Our land lies practically level, 

 the soil is a rich bottom loam and sub- 

 irrigated. We find by using this 

 tractor, and attaching to it a 13-foot 

 disc weighted down to force same 5 or 

 6 inches into the ground, and then at- 

 tachin.g behind this disc a 13-foot 

 spring-tooth harrow, we are able to 

 keep a beautiful mulch on our ground 

 without the necessity of plowing more 

 often than once in two or three years. 

 Later in the season, after we have com- 

 pletely done away with all weeds that 

 have grown through the winter and 

 early spring in this rich soil, we drop 

 off the spring tooth and in its stead 

 attach a common peg-tooth harrow, or 

 harrows of the same width, which 

 leaves the surface of the soil smoother 

 than when the spring tooth is used. 

 This machine this spring has covered 

 from 30 to 40 acres per day, doing 

 much better work than any three four- 

 horse teams could possibly do: by that 

 I mean no four-horse team could pull 

 a disc and spring tooth thrown into 

 the ground to the depth we put them 

 and get away with 10 or 12 acres per 

 day: indeed I am quite confident we do 

 a better job with the tractor than four 

 four or six-horse teams could do. On 

 the tractor we have a driver, who is a 

 young man with but little previous ex- 

 perience, who handles the machine 

 beautifully; in addition we have one 

 man who follows behind the spring 

 tooth when running in weeds, to clean 

 them when reiiuired and shift them 

 around any tight place at the end of 

 tree rows. This, however, is an excep- 

 tion rather than the rule, for the driver 

 by passing or skipping one row makes 

 a very certain turn. This helper often 

 spells the driver and thereby becomes 



