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BETTER FRUIT 



January 



Make Your Water-Power Work for You 



It is a simple and easy matter to utilize tlie water-power tliat is going to waste in the flowing streams 

 of water and springs. A two-foot fall is all that is necessary. You can make the falling water sup- 

 ply enough power to raise itself to a level where it will be useful to you. You can irrigate your land — 

 you can supply water to your house and other buildings — you can store water for use when the stream 

 or spring is low. No engine of any kind required. The power of the falling wat^r does all the work 

 with the aid of a 



Phillips Hydraulic Ram 



HOW IT WORKS-To tht- riRht le \\V 

 loniT left hand corner ia pictured a cr 

 HYDRADLIO BAM. The little nrrows 

 a pipo t 



Blittio farther. Every time valveSfallft 

 falJs dona from bull 4. As it fulin 

 from air faucet?,. Air can pass but one 

 enters thaniberS, it 

 lintely goesiip into chamberC. Somo 

 preasei in chamber 6. 



reaaed air 



For information as to size of Ram you 

 require, and price, write a letter explain- 

 ing how much water fall you have, and other inforniatioD, to 



Phillips Hydraulic Ram Co. 



43'^ I.inWBER EaCCHANGE BUDG., PORIXAND, OREGON 



Buy Your Orchard Heaters Now 



Everybody will want orchard heaters next spring; 

 it has been demonstrated that orchard heating is profit- 

 able, and while heaters may not be needed next spring, 

 it is well to be prepared for any emergency. 



The National Orchard Heaters have been tested and 

 have made good. Our sales are very great among those 

 who have seen the heaters in operation. We know we 

 will be swamped with orders in late winter and early 

 spring, and therefore make special inducements for you to order now. Write us at 

 once about your orchard, and we will tell you how many heaters you will need and 

 the cost of same. Don't wait until you need the heaters — it will be too late then. 

 Write now, and save money by ordering early. 



J\[ational Orchard Heater Co., Grand Junction, Colorado 



No 41 Orchard and Universal 



Adapted especially for the work of orchardists and vineyardists. 

 Does quicker and more thorough work than any other implement 1 

 made for fruit-growers' use. Planet Jrs were invented by a practical 

 farmer who felt the need of just such implements. They are backed by 

 over 35 years' manufacturing experience, and are used by thousands of 

 orchardists throughout California and other x-Jruit-growing districts 



They furrow, hoe, and cultivate to any required j ^ m j^ depth, and are made 

 sizes which work up to 7 ft- 9 in- wide. They,;^5^ are equipped with' 

 side-hitch and fruit and tree shield. ' 

 Can be changed to a disc-cultivator. 

 High-carbon steel frame, steel tongue, 

 low wheels enclcsed by the frame. 

 Strong, substantial, easily handled. 



We carry stook in San Francisco. 



Agencies in :ill principrii I'acilic t'ojistcities. Write 

 for name of nearest a[?ent, also illustrated 56-page 

 catalogue of all 1911 Planet Jr implements. Free 

 and postpaid. 



S L Alien & Co Bos no6 U 

 Philadelphia Pa 



The directors associated with Mr. Gwin are not 

 only prominent men in their respective sections, 

 but men who are largely identified with the fruit 

 industry and, generally speaking, in addition are 

 big fruit growers themselves. 



The advice given by Mr. Gwin in reference to 

 association shows a keen insight into the necessi- 

 ties of organization for the fruit growers of the 

 Northwest, and what he is advising about organi- 

 zation is strictly in accord with our belief. The 

 necessity of organization has been apparent in all 

 of the larger fruit districts, and most of them 

 have been so organized for several years, and the 

 big districts have been advocating organizations 

 and unions for all fruit districts for the past five 

 or six years. 



It seems that some method of marketing and 

 distribution will be necessary in the future to 

 eliminate to as great an extent as possible self- 

 competition, to increase consumption and to give 

 a wider distribution of fruit grown in the North- 

 west, and with such an end in view, it seems that 

 the first step necessary is the proper organization 

 of each and every district where fruit is grown 

 in large quantities by forming a good, strong asso- 

 ciation; when this has been done in the majority 

 of the districts then centralization can follow in 

 marketing, whether it be done through an exchange 

 like the Northwestern Fruit Exchange or through 

 some other organization yet to be formed is a 

 matter of prophesy too great for us to presume to 

 express any opinion at the present time.] 

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Editor Better hruit: 



I am pleased to note that every new issue of 

 "Better Fruit" improves, and as I look back when 

 I began taking it and see the rapid improvement 

 and so much good, reliable information for this 

 branch of specialized farming, I can't keep from 

 showing my friends the many good things and 

 handsome cuts all for one dollar; and in my feeble 

 way I am getting a few converts. This section is 

 at present mostly devoted to alfalfa, but hope to 

 interest more in fruit, and "Better Fruit" is to 

 that end. A prosperous New Year. — C. \'. Mit- 

 chell Nyssa, Oregon. 



Johnson's Share 



OlllV profitablJ 



•L chicken 

 raising- 

 message for 

 1911 to send 

 you— and my 

 book, John- 

 son's own 

 writing's again. 

 Hundreds o £ 

 photographs — 

 every page a poultry 

 ermon on how 

 simple and sure many 

 thousands of satisfied 

 customers of mine 

 have proved Old 

 Trusty. I'll "write my price to you personally 

 —less than f 10— freight prepaid (E. of Rock- 

 ies) and show you how I'll make less than 

 7%— less than 70 c on every Old Trusty on 

 over 100,000 output this year. 



Old Trusty 



1911 BOOK FREE 

 — Send Name 



I used to have to make as high as 16% when 

 I sold one-half as many. But I'd rather put 

 down the price and sell more than twice as 

 many on 7% making profit. And Old Trustys 

 are better than ever this year— over S07o 

 hatches guaranteed and my guarantee to last 

 you ten years. Handsome metal encased 

 over asbestos covering. Beginners find them 

 simple, easy to run and sure. Expert poul- 

 try raisers praise Old Trustys for highest 

 standard 

 success. 



30 ^ 

 60 

 or 

 90 



Days' 

 Trial 



M. M. Johnson 



Llnder 



10 P Now 



Year ^''^ JOHNSON 

 Guar- Pays the Freight 

 antee (East of tbe Rockies) 



Whatever elseyott do— don't miss this offer. Don't 

 miss my 1911 Old Trusty Bookwitli iiundreds of 

 photographs. Be sure to write me a postal before 

 you buy anybody "b machine this time. Address 



M. M. JOHNSON 

 Clay Center Nebraska 



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