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4 THE HOOD RIVER NEWS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 1912 T ve p 3 cents on every box AH APR PACK EE TAIL that m sa of Apples. We won't go into detail in this ad, but will extend you an invitation to hear Mr. Sykes, the inventor, tell you about it. He will be at our store all day .fat MISS IT iL 1 ill 11 i DON'T And it is time now for you to get that Spring Tooth Harrowthat (Cly0" Disc and that Plow. We've got 'em here waiting for you. GILBERT IMPLEMENT COMPANY 3pple alk Soap Used in Spray Leading economic entomolo gists and writers for horticultur al papers are continually empha sizing the importance of perfect agitation, especially in spraying for codling moth; some writers even stating that the agitator is the most important part in the whole spraying outfit. It is easy to see why so much stress is plac ed upon this point. In spraying for codling moth arsenate of lead alone is used, and at the rate of two pounds to fifty gallons of water. This means that in one quart of water there will only be four-twenty-fifths of an ounce of arsenate of lead. At such a di lution it is evident that an effic ient spray can at all times be maintained only by perfect agi tation. The addition of soap it is claimed would greatly retard settling, and with only a moder ate agitation the arsenate of lead would be kept uniformly distrib uted throughout the spray mix ture. The addition of soap would also be of much value in causing the spray to spread evenly over the smooth surface of the leaves, and in the mid-summer spraying the smooth skin of the apple could be more effectively covered than with a non-soap spray. It is evident that there is a possible economic use for soap in connec tion with arsenate of lead and arsenate of zinc, and it is the in tention of the United States de partment of agriculture to deter mine its value by field experi ments in control of the codling moth. The addition of common laun dry 8ap, at the rate of two bars to fifty gallons, to an arsenate of load mixture retards the settling of the arsenate of lead, only half as much settling out of a Boap mixture in fifteen minutes as settled out of a non-soap mix ture in the same length of time. The amount that settled out of the soap mixture in five hours was the same as that which set tled out of a non-soap mixture in thirty minutes' Ex. Pollination Studied It is now held by many com mercial orchardists that apples and pears should not be planted in large blocks of of single va rieties on account of partial fail ure of proper pollination. A few varieties pollinate them selves fairly well when planted alone. A yet larger number of varieties are more or less half- sterile. In considering the question of what varieties are more or less self-sterile the following varie ties are defective in self-pollination : Arkansas Black, Fellan Belle- flower, Red Astrachan, Ben Da vis, Canada Red, Early Ripe, English Golden Russett, Fam- euse, unpin, uoiaen rearmain, Gravenstein, Huntsman. King, Mammoth Black Twig, Mann, Missouri Pippin, Northern Spy, Paragon, Porter, Red Streak, Rhode Island Greening, Roxbury Russett, Spitzenburg, Stark, Stayman, Strawberry, Talman Sweet, Westfield, Williams Fa vorite, Willow Twig. The following varieties have been found more or less self-fertile and capable of producing fruit when standing alone and not cross pollinated: Alexander, Baldwin, Sweet Bough, Cooper's Early, Chenan go, Early Harvest, Esopus, Jon athan, Smith's Cider, Twenty Ounce, White Winter Pearmain, Winesapand Yellow Transparent. With many varieties in this list not more than one blossom in a hundred sets fruit when de-l pending on self-fertilization. ! With scarcely any is a gofxl crop secured and in nearly every in-1 stance the fruit is smaller and less I desirable than cross-pollinated fruit. The conclusion seems in evitable that large blocks of a single variety of apples should never be planted. Varieties should be intimately mixed in the orchard to secure cross-pollination. These varieties should be such as will blossom about the same time and capable of cross fertilizing each other. The practice of many modern orchardists is to plant one row of a strong staminate variety to every three rows of the pistillate. Cultivation Kills Disease Tillage is a great aid in the control of diseases and insects. Many diseased fruits and leaves fall to the ground during the summer, and the following spring spores from these hosts are car ried to the new leaves and fruits by the wind, birds and insects. Summer cultivation covers the fallen fruit3 and leaves and the disease spores cannot be liber ated. Some of the insects of fruit trees pass part of their life history near the surface of the soil in a sort of little case called a pupa. Summer cultivation will bring many of these pupae to the surface of the soil where they will be destroyed by exposure or picked up by birds. C. F. SUMNER g Opposite the Post Ofllce Home f'hon 20 Spray and Garden Hose Plumbing r E t s 5 LOCAL TRANSFERS 0FJ1EAL ESTATE The following sales of real es tate are reported for the past week: Aage Anderson and wife to Frances J. Van Zandt, 25 acres in Upper Valley. Caroline Ehrck to Wm. Ehrck, 40 acres in Duke's Valley. John Leland Henderson and wife to Ella May Davidson, lot 12, block 24, Hood River proper' G. J. Gessling and wife to G. F. Jones and wife, south one third of lot 2 and north one-third of lot 3, block 5, Pleasantview, $500. Charles E. Hicks and wife to George Smith, six acres in Bar rett district. James S. Hart to Willis II. Puller;, 40 acres east of Fir, $2000. W. C. Trigg and wife to A. N. Elliott, 10 acres west of town, $1200. Arno T. Loeffler to Howard Parker, lot 4, block 3, Waucoma. W. A. Montgomery and wife and John Hibbardand wife to A. E.Shumate, one-third interest in 20 acres south of Dee. J. H. Ferguson and wife to Geo. A. Beatty, lot 10, block 2, Park addition. G. D. Wood worth to Rose Wood worth, tract between State and Oak streets east of 13th street. Dean Armstrong, by Leroy Armstrong, lots 6 and 9, Para dise Acreage. Albert B. Shelley and wife to W. O. McCan, 10 acres south of Odell. Piles 1 Piles! Piles! William' Imllan I'lln Olhtmi-nt will cura Jllln'l, KliTillriK unl (trhlriK I'll.n. It ttb ort.s turin.ru, nllnyn Itching nt nnrn, lif t nn a riiiltn kIvch Inxl int rHhf. Wllllnm' Imllan VU- Ulnttiu-nt In pro pnrxi for I'lli h nn.l Itrhlni? i.f the pflvut. pnr IirnfKlKt. rrinll ttc nl f I 00. WILLIAMS MFO. CO., Propt., Clmlintf, Ohla For Sale by Carl A. IMath, Druggist DOCTORS OF STATE THINK FAIRY STORIES ARE BAD Fairy tales should be abolished in the schools and instead of reading such stories, tell the chil dren of the death that lurks un der the finger nails, of the care of the eye and of the disease breeding fly. Reform the public school sys tem thoroughly so that the body as well as brain will be taken care of and, above all, prevent the school system of Oregon from continuing as a machine as it is at present. These are some of the attacks made on the public schools at the recent meeting of the Oregon state, county and municipal health officers in Portland. D. E. Fosberg was on the sick list for several days last week. E. C. Smith a Favorite The Mosier Bulletin says: E. C. Smith of Hood River, candi date for the office of district at torney, was in town last Satur day interviewing the Republican voters. All voters like to meet a candidate and "size him up-" Judging from the many expres sions of approbation from the citizens here, Mr. Smith is evi dently a favorite so far in the running. Lime and Spray Kelly Bros., phone 227-M. ITCcunt Hccfl Railroad Time Ttbl. No. 10, Effective April 17th. 12 01 A. M. A.M.-Sout No.tm-P.M. 8.(K) Hood River 3.10 8.05 Powerdale 3.05 8.15 Switchback 2.55 8.35 Van Horn 2.30 8.40 Mohrs 2.25 8.55 Odell 2.15 9.10 Summit 205 9.20 Bloucher 2.00 9.40 Winans 1.50 9.45 Ar. Dee Lv. 1.45 10.15 Lv. Dee Ar. 1.25 10.25 Troutcreek 1.20 10.40 Woodworth 1.05 10.50 Ar. Parkdale Lv. 1.00 Sundays, north hound train will run two hours late, above Kncdulff, leaving Park1le 1 p. m. A. WILSON, Agent. WE FURNISH FRUIT PICKERS AND PACKERS And All Kinds of Employees... NIGUMA & CO. Phone 160 14 liast Oak Street flood River, Or. c Send For This Seed Annual-Free Uly'tafedi ar totted for purify and tTminatiott. No aredi ar packed ry ua unlna theat two quaiii it.ow the very higfHI ftaadajd. Ouafully tnuipped laboratory uodct th dirvtlMn of a actctttaft and eiprff iwd inter icmovea all fut work. U hn buying LUly'twvdi.you buy focreaard crops. Send foi catalog. TV Cha. H. LiUy Co.. Saa I have a limited supply of first class two-year-old Newtown and Spitzenburg Trees These have strong, well-balanced tops and a well de veloped root system. Just the thing for replacing. I lave also first-class one year budded stock in the standard apple varieties. Phone 323-2M. THOMPSON D Mooci River Ornon F. B. SNYDER B. B. POWELL Hood River Plumbing company Sanitary Plumbing and Heating. Tinning and Sheet Metal Work. Repairing Promptly Attended. ESTIMATES FURNISHED CASCADE AVENUE if ffltTrr i v i i v i v i v i v rrrrtd "Come on and hear H 'IS? Alexander's Ragtime Band" i )pW-f 1 c lively song It that's so extremely popular. Its here in both vocal and instrument.il form you shoiikln t miss hearing it. I'ienty of other selections you'll enjoy, and we'll Hadly play them for you. Victors $10 to $100. Victor-Victrolas SIS to $200. Terms to suit your convcnicnrc. ttC VA7 AnncucD'c uiicip unner (y- iinuuLiiLii o muoiu iiuuor. Hollbronnor Building HOOD RIVER, - - OREOON ii
