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BETTER FRUIT 



March 



FARMERS CAN HAVE RUNNING WATER. 

 The one big advantage usually claimed for the 

 city is running water where needed. There is no 

 good reason why nearly every country place should 

 not enjoy similar advantages in house and grounds 

 and have water for irrigation and the many other 

 uses to which running water can be profitably put. 

 There are few places not located within a mile of 

 a stream or pond. With a fall of two feet or over 

 a hydraulic ram can he installed to pump to a 



height of thirty feet for every foot of fall. It will 

 work day and night without attention. The operat- 

 ing expense will be the renewal of rubber valves 

 every year or so. The Rife Engine Company 

 claims a pumping efficiency for its Rife ram of 60 

 to 90 per cent, depending on ratio of fall to pump- 

 ing head. Any size ram, pumping from 3 to 700 

 gallons a minute, can be obtained. The big advan- 

 tage over all others claimed for the Rife ram is its 

 power to pump air with the water and against a 

 60-pound pressure in a pneumatic tank. This air 

 supply also prevents water-logging and destruction 

 of pipes by concussion. This is a very important 

 feature and should make this ram markedly supe- 

 rior to all others. Rife rams are in constant use all 

 over the world. It is claimed that nearly all the 

 testing laboratories in colleges and institutions here 

 and abroad, over forty of our big railroads, and 

 hundreds of private estates have been using Rife 

 rams successfully for years. By addressing the 

 Rife Engine Company, 111 Broadway, New York, 

 catalogues, complete plans and estimates for any 

 place will be gladly furnished free. — Contributed. 



Editor Better Fruit: 



Herewith I enclose $1 for renewal of my sub- 

 scription to "Better Fruit." I don't see how you 

 can produce such an up-to-date publication for 

 the money. Yours for a prosperous New Year, 

 W. Ferrybough, Seattle, Washington. 



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Editor Better Fruit: 



I have been very much pleased with the "Better 

 Fruit," and have received a great amount of good 

 information through the many editions, and it is 

 read by the whole family, and could not get along 

 without it. It is the best publication I ever have 

 had on the fruit question. Very truly yours, 

 E. S. Burr, Oglesby, Illinois. 



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Editor Better Fruit: 



Enclosed find $1 for my subscription to "Better 

 Fruit." I feel as though I could not get along 

 without "Better Fruit." Wishing you success, I 

 am, yours truly, A. T. Lathrop, Central Point, 

 Oregon. 



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Box no6u 



Philadelphia Pa 



The Best Spray Pump 



Sprays the tallest fruit trees from the ground. 

 Special nozzle for grape vines, shrubs, etc. 

 Sprays quickest and best. Does the work in 

 half the time and does it thoroughly. Always 

 ready. Used with bucket, barrel or tank, 

 leasts a lifetime. No leathers to dry up, wear 

 out, or make trouble. 



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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 four open bordeaux nozzles at 300 pounds pressure. 



Second — We are the first firm to manufacture a line of pumps that will maintain an actual working pressure of 300 

 pounds. You know that this means more rapid work, and an economy of spray solution that can be obtained in no 

 other way. No danger of breaking the pump, for it is tested to withstand a pressure of 500 pounds before it leaves the 

 factory. The balance of the waterways with the displacement of the plungers and the passage capacity of the valves 

 makes the pumps absolutely free from air cushions, and means that a rapid development of a steady high pressure is 

 always possible. 



Third — We had the only outfit at the National Horticultural Congress, Council Bluffs, Iowa, November 10 to 19, 1910, 

 that could and did take the 30-minute test at a pressure of 300 pounds. In this test the "BECK" was the only machine 

 that ran the full time of the trial without a stop or engine trouble, and it led its class by a score of 15 points over its 

 nearest competitor, in capacity and general operation — the important 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. 



WRITE FOR CATALOG AND PRICE LIST, MENTIONING "BETTER FRUIT" 



THE BECK POWER SPRAYER COMPANY, Lansing, Michigan 



WHEN WRITING ADVERTISERS MENTION BETTER FRUIT 



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