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Tree Protectors 



Give dollars worth of protection at 

 a fraction of a cent cost. Don't 

 take a chance with your young- 

 trees. One rabbit will kill many 

 In a sinfrle night. Protect yours 

 with Hawkeye, the protector that 

 rabbits, mice and other tree gnaw- 

 ers can't gnaw through— the pro- 

 tector that protects against cut 

 worms and prevents trees becom- 

 ing skinned or bruised by cultivator 

 or lawn mower. 



Hawkeye tree protectors are elm 

 veneer chemically treated. They 

 are easily applied to the trees and 

 will last until the tree is beyond 

 the need of protection. 



The vain e of one tree is more than 

 all the Hawkeyetreeprotectorsyou 

 need will cost you. Send us your 

 order before some of yourtrees are 

 killed— you'll regret it if you wait 

 until too late. 



Write for prices today to 



Burlington Basket Company 



118 Main Street, Burlington, Iowa 



Or State Agents: 

 G. M. Westland, Wenatchee, Wash. 

 Fair Oaks Nursery Co., Traverse City, Mich. 

 Humphrey Nurseries, Humphrey, Nebr. 

 The Welch Nursery Co., Madison, Ala. 



■HIGHEST 

 QUALITY 



THE NEW FARMER 



The "rube" has been succeeded by 

 the "agriculturist." There's as much 

 difterence between the "rube" and 

 "agriculturist" as between corn and 

 cucumbers. The modern farmer is a 

 business man, a student, and a pro- 

 gressionist. The result is a great 

 change in cul- 

 tural methods. 



Mould-boa r d 

 plows and drag 

 cultivators are 

 being replaced 

 by "C u t a w a y" 

 tools. Farmers 

 now realize that 

 cultivation is not 

 merely a matter 

 of softening the 

 ground. Thor- 

 ough, frequent 

 cultivation stirs 

 the soil, lets in 



IntenSi9b 



air and sunshine and new life, killing 

 foul vegetation. "Cutaway" tools 

 effect perfect sub-soil connections: 

 save time and labor: increase crops 

 25% to 50%. 



Send postal tn-day to The Cuta way 

 Harrow Co., Higganum, Conn., for 

 new booklet "INTENSIVE CULTI- 

 VATION." It's free. Adv. 



CONTROL OF THE CODLING MOTH IN CALIFORNIA 



BY W. H. VOLCK, HORTICULTURAL COMMISSIONER, WATSONVILLE, CALIFORNIA 



of loss would have to be added, which 

 is $1,000,000. To save this $1,000,000 

 California orchardists use about $35,000 

 worth of arsenate of lead, and it costs 

 something like $30,000 to put it on the 

 trees. This makes the total cost of 

 spraying for the codling moth some 

 $55,000. 



Then it is evident that the rather large 

 sum of $945,000 is saved to the growers 

 of the state by the use of arsenical 

 sprays. This is a very good showing, 

 but the loss from worms is still too 

 high. The saving of an additional 10% 

 of the fruit would mean the increase of 

 the profits to be about $500,000. 



The codling moth problem, from the 

 farmers' standpoint, cannot be regarded 

 as satisfactorily solved until he is able 

 to save this additional $500,000. 



A practical entomologist could take 

 any apple or pear orchard in the state 

 and reduce the worm loss to less than 

 3%. This reduction in worms would be 

 accompanied by the lessening of the 

 total number of culls from other causes, 

 for insects other than the codling moth 

 are frequently responsible for these 



THE most important insect pest of 

 the apple is conceded to be the 

 codling moth. An estimated dam- 

 age of 40% is held by the best authori- 

 ties to be an average for the entire 

 world. Under California conditions the 

 normal loss due to this insect exceeds 

 even 40%. The warmer interior valleys 

 may easily go as high as 90%, while the 

 coast regions vary from 15% to 60%. 



The pear is also much damaged by 

 this insect, with the exception of a few 

 localities along the coast, where, for 

 some reasons not yet fully determined, 

 this, fruit is but little attacked. 



The value of Uie apple and pear crop 

 of California would be about $5,000,000 

 if all were sound fruit. The total cullage 

 from all causes will average about 20%. 

 This gives a .$4,000,000 market value for 

 the remainder. 



Now, if the codling moth were not 

 controlled by spraying an additional 20% 



LILLY'S BEST seed catalogue for 1911 came to 

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 most beautiful cover pages that we have ever seen 

 and is gotten up very attractively in every way. 

 It is full of valuable information about seeds for 

 vegetables and flowers. This catalogue will be 

 sent on request to Chas. H. Lilly, Seattle, Wash- 

 ington. 



Seeds 



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They grow, and are true to name. 

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