. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. 1915 P"!_3" rir. â 4^ WINANS' PATENT ^ ' FIRSTAID TO FRUIT TREES * Winans* Net Tree Support Preveiita fruit-laden trees from breaking, holding the llmhB up more eCBciently and at much lee* ex- pense than propping. Holds limbs in place, pre- Tontlng damage and dropping when the wind blows. Mashee are large enough so fruit can bo picked through themâopen at bottom ao picker can get inside the net. or net can be removed at picking time. This net of finer mesh will keep the bird* from eating the blossoms or fniit in districta which are thus troubled. For fu


. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. 1915 P"!_3" rir. â 4^ WINANS' PATENT ^ ' FIRSTAID TO FRUIT TREES * Winans* Net Tree Support Preveiita fruit-laden trees from breaking, holding the llmhB up more eCBciently and at much lee* ex- pense than propping. Holds limbs in place, pre- Tontlng damage and dropping when the wind blows. Mashee are large enough so fruit can bo picked through themâopen at bottom ao picker can get inside the net. or net can be removed at picking time. This net of finer mesh will keep the bird* from eating the blossoms or fniit in districta which are thus troubled. For further particulars, descriptive circulars and price lists, write W. ROSS WINANS, Hood River, Ore. The First National Bank Hood River, Oregon Capital and Surplus $135,000 4% Interest Paid on Savings and Term Deposits F. S. STANLEY, President E. 0. BLANCHAR, Cashier STATES PRODUCTION IN BARRELS 1906 38,280,000 1907 29,540,000 1908 28,850,000 1909 25,415,000 1910 23,825,000 1911 31,499,000 1912 47,825,000 1913 30,900,000 1914 40,505,000 BETTER FRUIT Apple as a Farm Product, Etc. Continued from page 8 represent something like the commer- cial crop. Estimates for 1896-97 and 1898 are from "Better Fruit," Vol. V, No. 5, and estimates for 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914 are from various sources, includ- ing the Pomology Department at Cor- nell University and certain government figures. All of the years are from esti- mates of the American Agriculturist: TABLE VIII.âUNITED OF APPLES 1896 69,070,000 1897 41,530,000 1898 28,570,000 1899 37,4( 1900 56,820,000 1901 26,970,000 1902 46,625,000 1903 42, 1904 45,360,000 1905 24,310,000 The average for the five years, 1896- 1900, from the above table, is 46,690,000 barrels; the average for the five years, 1901-1905, is 37,178,200 barrels; and for 1906-1910, 28,582,000. It appears, then, that there has been a regular decline in production, the second period averaging 9,511,800 less than the preceding five years, and the years of


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