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BETTER FRUIT 



January 



THE BECK POWER SPRAYER 



Some reasons why you should use a 



BECK POWER SPRAYER 

 First — The wide range of capa- 

 city possible to secure from the 

 "BECK" line. Our smallest out- 

 fit, No. 200, is our Duplex pump 

 and 2-h.p. engine, and has a 

 capacity of 7 gallons of solution 

 per minute. Our Duplex outfit 

 No. 203 has a capacity of 9 gal- 

 lons per minute and will supply 

 six large round angle nozzles. 

 No. 300, our Triplex outfit, will 

 supply eight angle nozzles 

 with a capacity of 12 gallons 

 perminute. The largest power 

 outfit manufactured is our 

 Triplex No. 304, with a capa- 

 city of 15 gallons per minute. This machine will supply 



Second — We are the first firm to manufacture a line of 

 pounds. You know that this means more rapid work, and 

 other way. No danger of breaking the pump, for it is test 

 factory. The balance of the waterways with the displacem 

 makes the pumps absolutely free from air cushions, and me 

 always possible. 



Third — We had the only outfit at the National Horticult 

 that could and did take the 30-minute test at a pressure of 

 that ran the full time of the trial without a stop or engine 

 nearest competitor, in capacity and general operation — the im 



four open bordeaux nozzles at 300 pounds pressure, 

 pumps that will maintain an actual working pressure of 300 

 an economy of spray solution that can be obtained in no 

 ed to withstand a pressure of 500 pounds before it leaves the 

 ent of the plungers and the passage capacity of the valves 

 ans that a rapid development of a steady high pressure is 



ural Congress, Council Bluffs, Iowa, November 10 to 19, 1910, 

 300 pounds. In this test the "BECK" was the only machine 

 trouble, and it led its class by a score of 15 points over its 

 portant features of a power outfit. 



Mr. Grower, we know that you will want real reliability in your outfit, and we ask for a 



careful investigation of our machines. 



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THE BECK POWER SPRAYER COMPANY, Lansing, Michigan 



HEADQUARTERS FOR 



CENTURY 



SPRAY PUMPS 



Hose, Nozzles, First- 

 class Plumbing Supplies 



C. F. SUMNER 



Successor to Norton & Smith 

 HOOD RIVER, OREGON 



Binks Sprayers are Good 

 Sprayers 



THE BINKS SPRAYING MACHINE CO. 



Chicago 



Editor Better Fruit: 



After looking over the fruit situation of South- 

 ern Idaho the past few days I find the conditions 

 run about as follows: 



Early in the year our growers conceived the 

 the idea of using modern appliances for the pur- 

 pose of battling with the elements. They there- 

 fore invested in smudge pots of various kinds 

 and sizes and qualifications. The Oregon Short 

 Line people were very kind to our growers and 

 made them a special rate on crude oil, making 

 it possible for each grower to supply himself with 

 the necessary fuel for saving his crop if he so 

 wished. 



The live numbers took advantage of this oppor- 

 tunity and laid in a supply, also arranged with 

 his friends and neighbors to assist him in the 

 event of a killing frost. The local director of 

 the Government Weather Bureau gave out the 

 weather forecasts to the telephone companies, and 

 they in turn reported the weather conditions on 

 all rural lines at 12 o'clock, thus giving the 

 farmers an opportunity to get ready for severe 

 weather. 



In addition to this feature the Independent 

 Long Distance Telephone Company, with whom 

 most of the farmers have connection, kept a 

 special man at the desk during the frost season 

 to receive reports during the night from the 

 weather bureau, and in case of threatened danger 

 call the parties throughout Sounthwestern Idaho, 

 at all hours of the night, and inform them of 

 conditions, so that by so doing our people saved 

 their crop of apples, prunes, pears, peaches and 

 berries. 



We experienced a great deal of difficulty in 

 securing box material, as well as crates and 

 baskets in which to pack our fruit after having 

 grown the same. This unfortunate condition was 

 general throtighout Southwestern Idaho. It seems 

 that many of our box manufactories sold more 

 material than they were able to deliver, and 

 since the average grower under-buys and the 

 millmen over-sold, the outcome was disastrous. 



The fruits from this district found a ready 

 market to the various parts of the world. Prunes 

 going to all of the leading markets of the United 

 States, as well as Glasgow, Liverpool and Lon- 

 don, and in every instance commanded good 

 prices, netting the grower from $18 to $25 per 

 ton on the tree. Our apples were favored by 

 finding a good market for the better varieties; 

 such as Jonathans, Winesaps, Grimes Golden, 

 Spitzenbergs and Newtowns returning a net 

 price of from $1..3.5 to $1.6.5 to the grower, while 

 other varieties ranged in price from 90 cents 

 to $1.40. It was my good fortune to attend the 

 Third National Apple Show at Spokane, and was 

 given the opportunity to look into the good as 



well as the inferior qualities of the apples from 

 the entire Northwest, and I feel that I make no 

 mistake when I say that I consider the leading 

 varieties of apples grown in Southern Idaho to 

 equal those grown in any other section oiE this 

 great coming fruit world. 



Our growers are fast learning that it is the 

 duty of one man to grow his fruit and see that 

 same is grown to perfection, and tliat it is the 

 duty of the second partv to see that the said 

 fruit is properly packed and marketed. 



I am a great admirer of fruit growers' organiza- 

 tions, providing said organizations are conducted 

 along business lines. That the growers bind 

 themselves together in such a way as to protect 

 their interests as well as the interests of the man 

 who bids on their crop. I should, indeed, like 

 to hear of the reorganization of what was once 

 known as the Northwest Fruit Growers' Asso- 

 ciation, as I think that organization, when prop- 

 erly conducted, would lead to either another 

 organization or cause, through the proper com- 

 mittees, a plan to be outlined for the purpose 

 of handling the apples of the Northwest. At the 

 present time this" is a small problem, but with the 

 wonderfully increased acreage and the natural 

 inclination of one grower to undersell his neigh- 

 bor, I think something of the marketing charac- 

 ter will be an essential feature to be considered. 



With wishes that 1911 be a most prosperous 

 year for "Better Fruit," I remain, yours respect- 

 fully, C. J. Sinsel, Boise, Idaho. 



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DEYO POWER SPRAYERS 



The first successful power spray outfit. Oper- 

 ated by either our 2 or .3-h. p. air-cooled engine. 

 Nine years of success. If you do not know us, 

 we refer you to thousands of the largest fruit 

 growers. Satisfied customers are our reference. 

 Outfit fully guaranteed. Write for Catalog No. 20. 

 Deyo-Macey Engine Company, Binghamton, N. Y. 



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