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Buy " Corona Dry " 



One pound of "Corona Dry" will do the work of three pounds 

 of Paste Arsenate and do it better 



Imitated but not duplicated 



But economy is not everything^. Efficiency is more important. What would it 



Trade Mark mean to vou to havc a spray mi.xture of standard strength and be absolntely sure 



that all of one spraying- or of many sprayings was absolutely the same strength? Evaporation, difficulty of perfect 



mixing, make this impossible with a paste arsenate. You can have a standard efficiency if you use Corona Dry. 



Largest and most progressive grow= 

 ers have rendered the verdict 



A large practical usage in every section of the 

 country has proved that "Corona Dry" is un- 

 equalled in etticiency or as "easy mi.Ying." It _ .^. — ^ 

 does not freeze, dry out or cake; always retains |J9^L ^^^ ArSCHfltC Of I_>63Q 



its original strength. A perfect mixture, a perfect ^^^ Patented June 30, 1913 



standard of unvarying strength is assured with _, „_, ^ ... - - . r- wrtx- • 

 The "Standard for Convenience, Economy, Efficiency 



Quickly and easily mixed. No working up — no straining needed — no sediment. No lumps. No waste. Never clogs spray nozzle- 

 Highest per cent, of actual killing pt)wcr. Absolutely safe. will not burn. Sold in net weight packages: 200 lbs., 100 lbs.,r)0 lbs.. 

 25 lbs., fillis., 1 lb. No shrinkage, seepage, evapoi-ation. Every package cdiitaius actual net weight of "Odnmci I)ry"'pai(l fm-- 

 Remember,"Corona Dry"means no guesswork, but a standardized spray in whicti the mixture is always the same strength and efficiency 



Write for Booklet. Ask for Corona "Tree Insurance" Policy. Address 



CORONA CHEMICAL CO.,Dept.E, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 



MANUFACTURERS OF 

 Insecticides and Fungicides^ Arsenate of Lead, Lime and Sulphur, 'Bordeaux Mixtwe, Paris Green, Etc. 



Distributing Agents 



\ Boston. Mass.— Joseph Breck & Sons Corporation 

 / Philadelphia, Pa.— Pittsburg Plate Glass Co. 



Memphis. Tenn.— Hessig-EIlis Drug Co. 

 New Orleans. La. — Finlay-Dicks & Co. 



Spokane, Wash.— Spokane Seed Co. 

 Portland. Ore. — Portland Seed Co. 



Tfl'orth western 



Sales Agents 



Portland Seed Co., Portland, Oregon 



Catalogues and 

 prices on request 



Description of An Evaporator 



THI.S article is wiitten for the bene- 

 lit of orchanlists, fruitgrowers and 

 others who may be interested in 

 evaporated apples. The time is here 

 when every large fruitgrower or co- 

 operative orchard company or small 

 grower should have an evaporator, 

 vinegar plant or some means of dis- 

 posing of the lower grades of apples 

 which now go to waste in many of the 

 a])plc-growing sections of the United 

 Stales and Canada, which if evaporated 

 would add matcriallx- to the net prohts 

 of the orchard. 



For the benefit of jjeoijle who have 

 never seen an evaporator, large or 

 small, I am going to describe what you 

 might call a unit-size dryer; by this 

 I mean one of from o(l to 10(1 bushels 

 daily capacil.\ ; and it is this size that 

 makes the finest stock, and there are 

 hundreds of them in this county 

 (Wayne) and in the vicinity of .Sodus, 

 New York, one can see a dozen in 

 about any direction you may look, aiici 

 here is where all the best gra<les of 

 evaporated sloe k is made an<l it is lhe.se 

 small dr\ers Ihal make it. They are 

 mosll\- frame buildings two stories 

 high, and we will say Ki-foot i)()sts and 

 mavbe 1(1x32 or 18x3(i, vet thev luav 



By I). W. Sccly, Sodus I^oint, New Yciik. 



vary in height, also in other dimen- 

 sions, and in fact may be some old 

 building converted over into a dryer, so 

 do not think you have got to follow out 

 these dimensions, as there is no lixed 

 rule to go by in building, operating or 

 equipping a di-yer; a good liberal dose 

 of common sense is the prime factor in 

 the business. 1 am describing one that 

 was built last fall and is a fail' 

 sample of one whei-e it is buill new 

 Ihioughouf. 



The building is 1(1x32, set on cedar 

 posts set well in the ground, the sill 

 being about a foot above the gi-ound 

 and the drjing or kiln floor, as we call 

 il, should be about 11 feet from the 

 ground; Ihe joists should be 2x8 and 

 Ki-inch centers; the kiln llooring is 

 maple; they are cut triangular aboul 

 one and a (juarler inches on an edge 

 with one edge cul oil' so il is aboul a 

 half-inch wide so it will nol roll over 

 when nailed to joists, and they should 

 be laid about a (piarter of an inch 

 aparl. Cost of Ibis llooring is ahoul 

 h cents per fool; all prices are based on 

 New Yolk prices. Now comes Ihe fur- 

 nace used in drying Ihe fruil. Never 

 l)u\' a small furnace, as it is bcller lo 

 have one twice your capacity than one 



you have got lo force all the time to 

 get the heat; it will consume enough 

 more fuel in a season to more than jjay 

 the dilVerence in price, and hesides it 

 is no lime to get stuck when Ihe drying 

 season is here and you have to lay olF 

 help to get caught up with Ihe drying. 

 I'se, if i)ossiblc, a steel-dome furnace — ■ 

 Ihe larger Ihe better. Avoid a heavy 

 cast-iron dome furnace, as il consumes 

 too much fuel, and Ihe castings being 

 heavy it is hard to gel the heat through 

 them; while sheet steel, being thin, 

 gives oir Ihe heat very fast. This fur- 

 nace should have two hides in the lop, 

 nine or ten inches in diamcler. and 

 should be connected lo the chimne.\ 

 wilh three or four coils of pipe of same 

 size running horizontally under Ihe 

 kiln Hour and dislrihuled ahoul an 

 even distance apart under the kiln llixii' 

 and from one and a half to three feet 

 helow il. Both smoke pi|)es should 

 join in a T at Ihe chimney and have a 

 damper on each side, ('himney in this 

 case is set (ui Ihe inside of the work 

 room, but is Hush wilh the inside of the 

 furnace room. This chinine,\ answers 

 for draft for Ihe bleacher anil stove, if 

 one is retpiired. Chimney should nol 

 be less than 12 inches s<|u:n-e inside and 



