THE STRAWBERRY APRIL 1907 



grower. If you are not willing to own up 

 to its production, then don't market it. 



It will be interesting to note the effect 

 of this law. It will doubtless have a ten- 

 dency to make growers more careful as 

 to the quality of fruit they send to market. 

 It will not affect the fruit sent out from 

 Hood River, Medford and those other 

 places where the shipping associations 

 have such stringent regulations, but it 

 will call a halt in those localities where 

 the growers are not so particular. 



.^ ^ 



IN an address before the VVestern New 

 York Horticultural Society at its recent 

 meeting, O. G. Bishop of Pontiac, Mich., 

 himself a successful originator and improv- 

 er of varieties of small fruits, declared 

 that "quality's the thing in small fruits," 

 and proceeded to offer suggestions that 

 open up delightful vistas to all fruit-grow- 

 ers and point the way to better things. 

 He said that progress must come from 

 new varieties or the improvement of old 

 ones. He believes propagation from the 

 best to be found among our present varie- 

 ties more important than the originating 

 of new varieties. Variations are always 

 taking place, and the growers should be on 

 the lookout for variations that show an 

 improvement. Change of environment 

 and high culture are both very apt to 

 cause variations. Fix on an ideal and 

 breed to it, selecting each year from the 

 best and you will be surprised at the re- 

 sults and surprised how critical you will 

 soon become in noticing these variations 

 and improvements. Select from an ideal 

 plant rather than from ideal fruits, as an 

 ideal fruit may be the only one borne on 

 the plant and a plant bearing nearly ideal 

 fruits in quantity and showing the plant 

 to be strong and vigorous is much to be 

 preferred as a parent. 



'^j^ITH the assurance that every member of 

 "^ The Strawberry family will be vitally in- 

 terested in it we call attention to theextraordinary 

 catalogue and offers of Gordon, Van Tine & 

 Co., the largest manufacturers of sash, doors, 

 blinds, windows, and all lines of millwork in 

 the world. In one word, this company sells to 

 its customers everything that enters into house 

 or barn construction at prices just one- half those 

 they would be compelled to pay elsewhere. 

 How can they do it? That is a perfectly natural 

 question, when one considers their wonderful 

 offer; but the answer is simple. In the first place. 

 Gordon, Van Tine & Co. own the timber land' 

 from which come the raw materials they make 

 up into myriad forms. They own and operate 

 the sawills that reduce the timber into workable 

 shape, and they own and operate the splendid 

 factory at Davenport, Iowa, vi'here the lumber 

 is turned into the complete line of millwork stuff 

 for which this company has become famous. 

 These are advantages which readily are appre- 

 ciated and indicate with what degree of economy 

 the finished products may be turned out when 

 thus organized. But this is not all. The com- 

 pany has organized its selling department on an 

 up-to-date, systematized basis, so arranged that 

 the consumer gets all the benefits of intermediate 

 profits. Indeed, it eliminates all intermediate 

 profits, because it eliminates the middleman en- 



Let Me Prove That 



10 Acres this Irrigated Land 



Ca 

 earn 



il $250.22 



MONTH 



For You 



I Will Sell It To You 

 For $2.50 a Week 



Irrigated, under 

 cultivation, ready 

 to earn at least 

 $250 a mon 



Algodone^ 



rCanal 



IHe&4 

 'Gat* 



E. W. SHUTT. PrsBldcnt 



Rio Grande Lund, Water iV Power Co. 



Old Albuqueique 

 ALBUOUEIJoi 



YOU know, or can easily learn fmni United 

 States Government Heporis, that irrlij:ated 

 lauds In the Great Southwest, In selected 

 crops, are made to net $300 to tl.iXWayear 

 per acre over and above the entire cobt of culti- 

 vating them, 



.Anyone who knows the country wltl 

 tell you that absoliit«?ly the pure.'it, 

 safest way in the world to Rain a liittfe 

 and permanent income for a small 

 outlay Is to Ret hold of a few acre» of Irrigated 

 land In the Grent Southwest. 



But always before It has required at least a few . ^^ 



hundred dollai-B and It has been necessary for Pajaritn 

 the investor to live on the land and develop It. \ 



Now, my company makes It possible for you ^i 



in -et ten acree of the tlnest Irrigated land In -*^-' 



the world If you can save $2.50 a week. 



Vou ean roand Uveon It — absolutely assured 

 that It can o« made to earn 83.000 to 810,000every 

 year withoat fall. 



Or you can remain In your present poeltlon 

 and add almost llmt much to what ynu earn. 



For my company will cultiviite yonr 

 prfVperty for a small share of the crops. 



You don't have tc .:now a thing In 

 the world about farming. 



Now, I can and will prove all this from 

 the highest authorities in the land. 



All you have to do Is— write me and say, 

 "Prove tome that ten acres of your land can 

 be made to net from $3,000 to $10,000 a year 

 above all cost of cultivating it." 



I have the proof, so read what my 

 company will do for you. 



I will deliver to you at once a 

 Secured Land Contract for ten aerea 

 of Irrigated land In ibe Klo Grande 

 Valley. 



You must pay mj- company $2.F>0 a 

 week or as much more as you like. 



Instead of your having to pay Op.™-,.^, 

 Interest on deferred payments, I *'^""*'.^ 

 aifree, for my company to pay _ , . y 

 jou f'% per annum on the money Sabinal 

 you pay In. 



1 also bind my company to fully 

 Irrigate your land and turn it over 

 to you underfiiH cultivation whenever 

 ynu desire to mature your contract. = 



$3.50 a week will mature your contract 

 In 10 years. 



But after you have paid $2.50 a week 

 for three years, or the same total amnnnt'ln a 

 shorter time, I agree and bind my conip..nv lo 

 lend you enough money to make all futuiw pay 

 ments and mature your contract. 



Kemember, the land n-lll be fully irrigated 

 and completely under C" livatlon, so your fir,-t 

 year's crop should net ;'ou enough over and 

 above the cost of cultivating It to fully pay 

 your loan. 



You would then own land outright that can 

 be made to net you $3,000 to $10,000 a year. 



fan you hope in any other way as xafeand 

 sure as this to have so large an Income In a 

 fww yearsi 



Not In all 

 the wuild 

 have I 

 ever heard 

 of so goi d 

 an oppor- 

 tunity lor nil n 

 of small means. 

 Ir this smalt space 

 1 Cannot tell you all 

 the steps that have 

 been taken to s:i fe- 

 guard your money In 

 every way. 



This Is Investment- 

 no t speculation — yet 

 J? you get ) etiirns eiual to 

 ' those from successful 

 Bj^eculatlon. 

 And all the while you 

 ■are seen red a gainst loss bv 

 the tlnest larnj land In the 

 world, and your interest In 

 water -rights that no man 

 could buy fora million dollars. 

 There is no qu.stlon like find- 

 Ingtroid Of sti Iking oil about 

 tl'ls proposition. 



The land la there for all time. 

 The water la there for all time 

 to nourish and fertilize It. 



You don't have to dig in th*> 



ground deeper than to plant seed. 



There are no Insects that destroy 



crops In this country.' 



There Ig no chance for drought. 



There Is no chance known toman 



for a single crop failure, ever. 



„„ And the abundant crops of lari^e 



and in every other W'ay superior 



o hays, irralns, vegetables and fruits 



* are eiiualed in only a verv few fa- 



2 vorcd spots, such as the Ko.ky 



Ford country. But I am going to 



prove by case after case that ten 



acres of this propertv can be made 



to net you $3.000 to $10,000 a year, 



aecordinir to the kind of crops grown. 



The difference Is not accordlni? to 



location of land or season or anj- thing 



oi_the kind. 



The land is near a prosperous and 

 growing city— Albuquerque — the larg- 



■ Ity In New Mexico. 

 Our main Irrigation canal to run 

 thro igh the city. 



The main line of the Santa Fe Railroad 

 runs through our land from end to end. 

 And our own electric line Is to supply ad- 

 ditional ch.ap and convenient transporta- 

 tion to every section of these lands. 



If you want to see the country for your- 

 sell", you can go with the next party I take 

 til look at the property. Or you and your 

 friend^ can bandtogetherandsend a repre- 

 sentative, 

 pr 1 will send you names of prominent men 

 vho have gone or will go and you can a*k them 

 what Conditions they Und. 

 But this la the merest outline of what I will show 

 you in detail. 



There are many features of this Secuied I-and Con- 

 tra.-t that make It safe and prolltable which 1 haven't 

 K, ace to touch upon. 



I am only attempting to make it clear to you that If 

 you can possibly save $2.50 a week you can bUy land 

 that can be made to net you a three to ten thousand 

 dollar Inrome in a few yearv. 

 Don't doubt^I have proof. 



I have promised to lay Itbefore you. All you have to 

 dn Is to write for It— that can't coat you a cent more 

 than postage. 



And as fast as the malls can carry. I will send you 

 proof that as sure as crops grow where climate, soli and 

 water conditions are perfect, you can be tlnanclally In- 

 dependent In a few years. 



Now 



not to hurry your decision In the lea.'^t. but to protect the price, write me personally at once 

 I tor after the first lot of ten acre tiacts Is contrai-ted for we will jtsk more. But I make this 



lOmlse. Every man or woman who answers this advertisement at ome can have at least ten acres on 

 there terms unless, of course, all our land should be already contracted for from this one advertisement 



Now. write at om-e. I can say nothing more in tb Is advertisement except that. If I could 1 would not 

 tell you all you can confidently expect from this Investment. For you would not believe it without the 

 proof which I cannot put in an advertisement. Address me personally, and believe me sincerely, 



E.W. SHUTT. Pres.Rio Grande Land.Water & Power Co.. 634 HouserBId^ St.Louis.Mo. 



THE DICKY STRAWBERRY 



The best one to plant with the Cardinal. A 

 Strong, Vigorous, Healthy, Staminate va- 

 riety. Fancy truit, great cropper. Send for 

 circular and price list. 



C. S. PRATT, READING, MASS. 



Page 106 



—"SARATOGA"— 



THE N£W STRAWBERRY 



Introduced this season: with a record of 5918 

 quarts per acre at one picking in ltX)6. under the 

 same culture given entire neld of many va- 

 rieties by the originator. Fully described in 

 catalogue with many other new and all the beet 

 jitandard varieties. Write for catalogue today 

 and buy your plants of a specialist. 

 GEO. R. SCHAUBER. Bo« S. BallstoD Lake, N.Y. 



