THE STRAWBERRY OCTOBER 1907 



and Linn counties. Here we iiave the 

 possibility of the perfection of a great 

 industry, yet only in its infancy. The 

 young man who comes from the East to 

 western Oregon will find varied occupa- 

 tions open to him; there is no opening so 

 promising, so pleasant and so interesting 

 as the cultivation of strawberries for market 

 purposes. 



The young man will find himself soon 

 an important factor in any community 

 where he establishes a strawberry farm, 

 be it only five acres in extent, because he 

 who plants a new industry in that particu- 

 lar community is a public benefactor. It 

 means the employment of people not be- 

 fore employed; the use of what was once 

 idle land, for a profitable purpose. It will 

 improve the industrial life of the commun- 

 ity. It assists industrial art to firmly estab- 

 lish a profitable and helpful enterprise. 

 Not only will it be to the special benefit 

 of the few, but it will add to the horti- 

 cultural strength of the state. 



If more of the young men in the densely 

 populated cities in the East would leave 

 the drudgery of the offices and factories 

 and come to this country, live close to 

 nature and commence the raising of straw- 

 berries for commercial purposes, and work 

 half as hard for a year as they are compelled 

 to do in Eastern cities, they will be inde- 

 pendent in five years; and with good be- 

 havior men whose counsel is honored and 

 whose society is courted by the best people 

 of our Oregon country. 



The writer is intensely interested in the 

 development of the Oregon country be- 

 cause the opportunity is here for the man 

 with courage and small means; especially 

 would I recommend this climate and 

 country to the young energetic man of 

 the East and Middle West. Oregon is 

 calling you. Her fields, many of them 

 yet undisturbed by the plow, will raise 

 the most perfect strawberries ever sold in 

 an American market. 



Portland, Oregon. 



Why Barnyard Manure is the Best 

 Fertilizer 



FREQUENTLY the inquiry comes 

 to US', "Why is it that I'he Straw- 

 berry always urges the use of barn- 

 yard manure in preference to any other 

 fertilizer.'' There are many reasons. As 

 a fertilizer it is without doubt the best bal- 

 anced and the least costly of anything ob- 

 tainable, even though the price in some 

 localities appears very high. But it is 

 much more than a fertilizer. It is a soil- 

 renovator, for one thing, cleansing the soil 

 of the toxic influences remaining after a 

 crop has been grown. 



But perhaps its greatest value is sug- 

 gested in the following remarks from sev- 

 eral sources regarding the importance of 

 organic matter in the soil to successful 

 production and the maintenance of fertility 

 and the conservation of moisture in the 



Easy Washing in 6 Minutes 



HERE is a washer thnt washes n tubful of 

 dirty clothes clenn iii six minutes 

 All jou ifo is sit beside the washer fln-l 

 help it with eentle pushes and pulls that 

 take hnnlly any effort at all. 



The Hide patent l/iiks under the tub do most of 

 the real uork of the w;ishint:. 



They keep the tub 6winp;ing back and forth and 

 np iinil down wUh a "tip-turning" — or '■oseillnt- 

 in.;" motion whieh sends tlm liot, soapy water in 

 tlie tub swirline o\er. and unrlor. and round the 

 elothea until nil the dirt is washed out. 



Your clothes are held still — so they can't possibly 

 be injured. 



There is nothing to pull and haul your clothes 

 about — nntliin'^ to In-at uor pound tbeoi — noihing 

 to wear nor tc ar tli'iu. 



You can w:i-h laces in a 1900 Gravity Washer 

 and ne\er injure a mesh. 



And JOU can wash quilts and rugs and carpets 

 without tiring yourself. 



The 1900 Gravity Washer washes so quickly — so 

 easily— and so thoroughly that any ordinary wash 

 will be on the line early wash-duy n'ornine. 



And you won't be "all beat out" when the 

 wa^hinp is finished. For there isn't enough work 

 to tire even a very delicnte woman. 



You won't be 'Vteani so:tked." For the steam is 

 kept iu the washer to help wnsh the clothes clean. 



Thus your health is protected. You are kept 

 from exposure. 



Of course the eavintrs effected by a 1900 Gravity 

 Washer— savings of time and strength and wear 

 on clothes— are worth a lot to you. 



And the 1900 Gra\ itv Washer is the only washer 

 that effects such sa\ inrs. because these snvings 

 are all due to the working parts of the washer, 

 which make it w.-ish quickly and easily, white the 

 clothes are held still. 



The working parts of the 1900 Gravity Washer 

 en mint lie imitated, because I hey a r«^ patented. 



1 hiivo sold thousiin.ls and thousands of m,y 

 Washers during the past few years. 



Thousands and thousands of pleased women 

 UM-rs fan tell you how my washers suve. 



but I don't ask jou to take even the testimony 

 of actual users of my washers. 



I '.^ay "Prove a 19uO Gravity Washer /or yourself 

 aiid—at my expense." 



I will send a washer to any responsible party 

 and prepay the freiuht. 



I will ship you a wiisher promptlv so yoxi can 

 have it at once. You don't have to send me a cop- 

 per in ailvance. 



All you do is take the washer and use it a month. 



Do four weeks' washings with it. 



And if you don't find the 1900 Gravity Washer 

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 it doesn't wash quicker, and easier, and lietter. 

 and more economically than you have ever washed 

 before- don't keep tiie washer. 



dust tell me you don't want it, and that will 

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The test shan't cost you a penny. 



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 WanluT as It Saves for You. 



Pav Ijv the week— or the mnr. th— please yourself. 



This wav vou realty Let the Wasbtu' Pay for 

 Itself Out of W Iiat It Saves. 



Send today for my Kew Illustrated Washer 

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Your nnme and address on ft post card mailed 

 at once liriugsthe Book by return nmil. postpaid. 



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Write to me. .-Iddn-ss R. F. Bicher, Manager 

 1900 Washer Co. 7V J Ihun/ St.. Binghumton. A'. Y. 



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 1900 Washer Co.," 35S Yonge St., Toronto, Ontario 



soil. And it is organic matter that is sup- 

 plied by barnyard manure to a degree that 

 no other fertilizer may do. 



Prof. J. G. Mosier of the University of 

 Illinois says that organic matter is the 

 only constituent in a soil that varies. The 

 amount of sand, silt or clay will always 

 be the same, but the organic content may 

 be increased or diminished according to 

 the method of farming practiced. 



For its effect on moisture alone the 

 organic-matter content should be main- 

 tained, by all means, but when we take 

 into account the fact that it is the source 

 of the nitrogen for most plants, and prob- 

 ably much of the phosphorus for all plants, 

 it becomes of double importance. 



Professor Snyder of Minnesota, sa>s: 

 A soil which by long cultivation has lost 

 one-half of its organic matter shows a loss 

 of ten to twenty-tive per cent of its water- 

 holding power." 



Professor Whiicombe of the Oregon 

 experiment station, in speaking of the 

 semi-arid region in eastern Oregon, says: 

 'While from eight to twelve inches of 

 precipitation may be sufficient to produce 

 a good crop of wheat now, later, when 

 the organic matter becomes reduced, ^ 



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great deal more moisture will be required, 

 as the soil will be less capable of retaining 

 moisture.' 



There is one other factor in the conser- 

 vation of moisture, and that is weeds, con- 

 cludes Professor Mosier. Remember, 

 when you see a weed growing on your 

 farm, that every pound of dry matter in 

 that weed probably has required from 400 

 to 750 pounds of water to produce it. It 

 will not take a very large weed to remove 

 a tenth of a ton of water. 

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CALIFORNIA'S new orange crop is 

 promising. One expert reports in the 

 California Fruit Grower as follows: "The 

 outlook for the new crop is fine, on the 

 whole, but the orchards are spotted, some 

 of the groves having very light crops on 

 them. Taken as a whole, however, there 

 is more fruit than last year, and with nor- 

 mal sizes we will ship from southern Cal- 

 ifornia about the same number of cars as 

 last year. Of course, last year the fruit 

 was abnormally large, thus gi\ing a great 

 increase in the number of cars for what 

 looked to be a small crop early in the 

 season. Of course, if the oranges grow 



