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BETTER FRUIT 



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rarely will a season pass without the need for 

 greater heat than can be obtained from fifty 

 heaters with the standard opening. It would be 

 better to use three times as many little heaters, 

 well distributed, lighting them as they are required, 

 than to increase the heat by opening the fifty 

 reservoir heaters "to the intermediate or reservoir 

 opening, and the cost of equipment will be less. 

 Some people say that the heaters will be in the 

 way, and that the fewer used to the acre the 

 better. This is not so. Large fires have to be 

 placed in the open, away from the trees, which 

 places them in the way of hauling, spraying, plow- 

 ing etc.. while small fires can be placed in the 

 tree rows, and out of the way of any orchard 

 work. I have used both in my orchards, and know 

 how they work. 



Orchard heating is no longer an experiment, but 

 has become one of the most important branches 

 of orchard work. There are thousands to testify 

 as to its great protection. We all know of the 

 great need for the same in all sections; therefore 

 these subjects are not as important, but the ways 

 and means of obtaining the best protection with 

 the least cost is of vital importance, and merits 

 a thorough discussion and the closest investiga- 

 tion. — P. H. Troutman, President The Round Crest 

 Canning Company, Canon City, Colorado, at meet- 

 ing of Colorado State Board of Horticulture. 



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AMASS MEETING of the fruit growers of 

 Goodnoe Hills and Sundale was held on Jan- 

 uary 2nd for the purpose of forming an organiza- 

 tion of fruit growers of these two districts. The 

 meeting was called by notice posted at the Good- 

 noe Hills postofifice. At 3 o'clock in the afternoon 

 the meeting was called to order. Professor L. I. 

 Hewes was elected chairman of the meeting and 

 L. M. Baker secretary. Messrs. Shepard and 

 Elwick proposed a program, which was read by 

 the secretary, and considered section by sec- 

 tion. Remarks on windbreaks, orchard cultiva- 

 tion and orchard pests were made by Messrs. J. R. 

 Shepard, W. A. Rice, W. D. Challacombe and 

 William Elwick. Transportation facilities were 

 considered, and remarks on this subject were made 

 by Professor L. I. Hewes of Whitman College. 



The poor telephone service in the Goodnoe Hills 

 and the lack of any in Sundale was a subject 

 thoroughly gone over at the meeting. On the 

 motion of Mr. Lincoln Heriot the meeting was 

 adjourned until the second Saturday in Febru- 

 ary. — L. M. Baker, secretary. 



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Owing to a slight error in the article on "Effect 

 of Freezing on Buds, Bloom and Fruit," pub- 

 lished in the December issue, the temperatures 

 given relative to injury to buds during early win- 

 ter should have read: "In early winter a tem- 

 perature of 10 degrees below zero is seldom 

 injurious to peach, apricot, sweet cherry or plum 

 buds, but at 15 degrees below zero injury may 

 result, and that perfectly dormant sour cherry 

 and some of our native plum buds are not injured 

 by temperatures as low as 40 degrees below zero." 



Figure on 

 Painting 

 U Jir This Spring 



A second short flax 

 crop keeps linseed oil 

 ,/ 11 up, but the increase in 

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 paint is not so great as 

 you may fear. 



Get at your dealer's 

 the cost of 100 pounds 

 of "Diilc/i Boy Painter"^ 

 White Lead, 4 gals, pure 

 linseed oil, 1 gal. tur- 

 pentine, 1 pint turpentine drier — this makes 

 8 gallons of old-fashioned paint. 



Compare this cost, either by tlu.' gallon or by 

 the job. with what you used to pay for paint. 



You'll find the difference so small that you 

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Crop Specialist Tells 



HowTo NakeYour Land Pay 



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That may sound like a story — but I am here to tell, 

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 I the country. I have made this remarkable record on 

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Write For My Two Free Books 



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 you will at It^ast spend 32 minutes reading it it will prove to be the most 

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 Box 620 Mason City^ Iowa* 



t Have Fatmed ^oy ^ 

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Link Blade Crcam Separators 



Have you seen the 1910 Model Simplex? Note the solid, heavy frame and 

 the convenient height of both the supply can and the crank. This machine is 

 the result of years of experimental work and has the best features of the 1909 

 Separator (the Link Blade skimming device, which has been tried and proved 

 its worth as is shown by numerous attempts to imitate, showing that other 

 m.anufacturers appreciate the skimming qualities of the LINK BLADES and 

 the self-balancing bowl), together with the new low-down supply can and 

 extra heavy base and the ease of running. 



The self-balancing feature has been on the market for about two years, 

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 bowl, which had to be sent to the factory to be rebalanced. The ease of run- 

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 relative to prices shown in table: 



No. Capacity per hour Price 



5 500 lbs. $ 75.00 



7 700 lbs. 80.00 



9 900 lbs. 90.00 



11 1,100 lbs. 100.00 



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