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BETTER FRUIT 



March 



Telling The Truth Is Not Knocking 



SCIENTIFIC 

 PRINCIPLES 

 of The BOLTON 



The Bolton is the only 

 orchard heater built on scien- 

 tific principles. By a patented 

 device the flame is deflected 

 sidc'cayx in all directions. 

 This reduces the force of the 

 flame, making a hot but gentle 

 fire that causes no cold drafts 

 of air. Thus the atmosphere 

 is heated as the sun's rays 

 would heat it, and rises nat- 

 urally, without coinmotion or 

 force. The heat is spread in 

 every direction and the heat- 

 ers are placed close enough 

 together to form an xmbroken 

 blanket of protecting heat. 

 The Bolton makes a small 

 fire and 100 to the acre is 

 scientifically correct. A large 

 or roaring fire renders less 

 protection and causes a rush 

 of cold air. 



Surely a plain statement of facts cannot pos.sibly be called mud-slinging. 



The figures printed below are a matter of public record. They cannot be side-stepped 

 — they are facts. We quote them for the benefit of the grower. He is the one most con- 

 cerned, and he wants to know just the things such figures reveal. . 



Our agent at Clarkston, Washington, had repeatedly offered to supply the necessary 

 oil if the Troutman agent would pit his heater against the Bolton in a public competitive 

 demonstration. For some reason the Troutman agent has not consented to such test. 

 The Hamilton agent was finally persuaded to hold a demonstration, conducted by W. B. 

 Lanham. Results showed that the Bolton burned two and one-half times as long as the 

 Hamilton on the same amount of oil. Four, hours after lighting the Hamilton heaters 

 were all burned out. Eight hours after lighting 70 per cent of the Bolton heaters were 

 still burning briskly. 



These tests, Mr. Grower, have been held at the instigation of some grower, county or 

 state officer — or ourselves. The manufacturers of other heaters have not as yet accepted 

 our standing challenge to a competitive demonstration with the Bolton. One did accept, 

 but we have never been able to get an answer to our letter to him written January 9th 

 asking where and when we should meet him. There's no bluff about our challenge, and 

 some are finding this out. 



On February 1st we sent the following telegram to the Hamilton Orchard Heater 

 Company: 



"Challenge you to competitive demonstration, your competitive pot 

 against our Bolton, Washington or Oregon. Wire tonight at our expense." 



So far we ha^■e received no reply. Why is this, Mr. Grower? 



Let us give you a demonstration of the Bolton in your own orchard. See for yourself 

 what the Bolton can do. Have other heaters there to compete against us if you wish — we 

 would like it all the better. Our men are in the field constantly and can get to your 

 place quickly. 



Write to our nearest agent — or wire at his expense if you need heaters in a hurry. 

 And here's another point. We can make immediate delivery. You may be willing to 

 wait for heaters to coine by slow freight from the Atlantic Coast, but Jack Frost is not as 

 accommodating as you are. 



FROST PREVENTION CO. 



Grants Pass, Oregon, George Parker, Agent 

 BALBOA BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA Clarkston, Washington, Evans Mercantile Co., Agent 



large drops and run off, and much of the 

 value of the application will be lost. 



Spraying experiments were conducted 

 in co-operation with J. P. Gish and J. S. 

 Friedley at Puyallup, and G. J. Anderson, 

 Orton Bros, and W. H. Paulhamus at 

 Sumner. Results have not been as 

 gratifying as was hoped for, but are 

 good enough to encourage the use of 

 bordeaux on an extensive scale. 



In experiments in the Gish berry field, 

 1907, four rows of Snyder blackberries, 

 each about three hundred feet in length, 

 were sprayed twice with 4-4-50 bordeaux. 

 The first application was made on May 

 4th, at which time the plants were nearly 

 in full leaf. The second application was 

 made on i\Iay 21st, just before the blos- 

 soms opened. Four rows of the same 

 length were left as checks. 



During the season, at three separate 

 pickings, the fruit was sorted. This work 

 was personally attended to by Mrs. J. P. 

 Gish. At the first picking two crates 

 from sprayed rows gave three-fourths of 

 a box of blighted berries. The same 

 number of boxes from rows that had not 

 been sprayed gave one and one-half 

 boxes of blighted berries. At the second 

 picking there were ninety boxes on each 

 of the sprayed and check portions of the 

 field. Three-fourths of a box was dis- 

 carded from the sprayed lot and five 

 boxes from the check lot. The third time 

 the fruit was counted twelve boxes from 

 check hills gave one hundred and ninety- 

 five blighted berries, and the same num- 

 ber of boxes from sprayed hills gave only 



thirty blighted berries. Sprayed portions 

 gave, per picking, in order named: 1.5, 

 O.S. 1.0 per cent blighted fruit. Check 

 rows gave 3.0, 5 5, 8.0 per cent blighted 

 fruit. Shortly following the spraying the 



foliage of plants grown on sandy loam 

 soil on sprayed rows, for a time, was 

 a much deeper green than check rows. 

 .\t picking tiine this difference was barely 

 noticeable. The beneficial effect of spraj^- 



THE TOOL that SAVES a TOOL 



What Prof. 

 Bailey Says 



"The Dou'jle kc- 

 t i o n 'Cutaway* 

 Harrow has been 

 satisfactory. I use 

 it almost continu- 

 ously on our hard 

 clay land with good 

 results." 



Why buy two tools when one will do two kinds 

 of work and do it belter and e;;sU r? Clark's 

 original "Cutaway" Harrow can be used as a lieid 

 harrow and its exten.sion head frame converts it 

 into an orchard harrow. Drawn by two medium 

 liorses and will cut 28 to 30 acres or double cut 

 15 acres in a day. The genuine "Cutaway" dislc 

 slices, stirs, lifts, twi.sts and aerates the soil. 

 Working the soil this way lets in the air, sunshine 

 and new life and kills foul vegetation. 1 hori)i:gli 

 cultivation makes large crops. Snccesslul farm- 

 ers, orcliardi.sts, gardeners and pir.r.t. rs ytinor 

 know t'lat intensive cultivation is profit- r,„/f 

 able when done properly. ' 

 Clark's "Cutaway" tools 

 are used and endorsed by satisfied users through- 

 out this entire country. Also in several foreign 

 countries. Why ? Because they decrease 

 labor and increase crops. 



Our disks are 

 made of cutlery steel 

 shaped and sharix n- 

 cd in our own sliops 

 and are the only 

 genuine "Cutaway'' 

 disks. 



Beware of imitations 

 and infringements. We 

 inake A tool for every 

 crop. It your dealer 

 can't Bupply the grcnn- 

 ine"Cutaway," write us 

 your needs. Satisfaction 

 guaranteed. Prompt 

 shipments. Send a pos- 

 tal today for our new 



eat.iloRU" "Intensive m 11 ta us-- ^ , ^ si 



Cultivaiion." 1 s Hee. Original "Cutaway 



CUTAWAY HARROW CO., 940 MAIN STREET, HIGGANUM, CONN. 



Mitchell, Lewis & Staver Co., Western Agents, Portland, Oregon 



Saves 

 Time 

 Labor 

 Crops 

 Money 



WHEN WRITING ADVERTISERS MENTION BETTER FRUIT 



