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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 2, 1915)
! HOME D FARM MAQAZIXBMCTION SSiSHralgeU Is the Farmer's Friend j WUZil&Mm$3sbirM Stf V .mBJtKaanmimMMMi ..iii i.iu. oil. t..v or onnm.x .muriruiiAi. coi.i.ii v. . soi.n o i w:f. fnvr. Orciron Station Leads P,l8 W-J in Dry Fm Lc8mc tural College: ' 6,.T, 'flcl(l c nnd nlfalfa exhlb- ii.. . - i. ataai aj( ltr.ta'inrrnnui-iii 111 SlorHRB iKUieiira """ " " ulectiolyte," says Professor Dearborn, "slow chemical notion is always tak ing place, gradually discharging the iu.ii.irv Man ilmiich no current Is being used. Hence the storage bat Ited at this congress weir grown at Moro and Hums, where the annual rnlnfall averages lew than twelve Inches. Other dry farm product .. .um.ifivfui frnm the exuerlment stntlons of thin state growu under u tory should be discharged occasion- ft;, than any other exhlblM ally even though the machine ts Idle tr "',,' exposition, in the garage. In order to keep the I" f J "?! of ,Ue dry farm butteries In the best condition, they a,1, 0 ,,8lributo knowl should be charged about every two " Xel ' thc experiment stn week until they begin to gas or "iM- ,.,, ltufnnnerg 'can put this bubble freely. This may be done In .,cTen,o practical use. It U ex the case of a battery used for -light. J' clime exhibit of the Ing, Mailing and Ignition service by RVVeon ittniloii will lo much to Intro ..llowlnx the engine to run while it ho JySd tnf pnictlco of grovv-nm.-l.liie Is standing still. In electric '"tc. nm'fe ,, ,,' 'fnrms. The dry vehicles the lotteries may be charged "K J?""" ",m"n Nation's work In by the mean, provided for thc regular f "only about il.x years old. '"'.'.'Stremoly ?,d weather It Is VK charged, slnco the acid electrolyte of a miZ -Dry Farming In grew bolow zero, and If one-fourth hoard of the congiow. , discharged BO rtegroos oeiow zero, "If iuritnria u'hn iln nnt nm their cars during the Winter mouths uro unable to give tho battery the occa sional charge necessary to keep It In good condition, It would be wise to Ifcliicatlon for Ml" Work. However true 20 years ago may hae been Andrew Carnegie's saying tiint tim rnllecc uradtiate bus no chance with the boy that swept the Nwl in Snvo Moisture for Crop-Protluction in Orcfjon THE necessity of saving all tho is moisture for crop production in tho dry farming parts of Oregon is shown by thc fact that but about one fourth of thc scant rainfall l used by the growing crops. V' der la lost through wnporatlo n. In order to produce a bushel of jfrhoat together with Its straw abo.it 40 tons of water aro required. One Inch of rainfall on an acre of land con tains about 113 tons of water. Thus, f an Inch of rainfall were all utilized in growing thc crop. It would 1'roducc about three bushels of wheat per acre, and 10 Inches of rnlnfall, the average annual precipitation over the . . .,.. nt i.'iKinm Orecon dry farming sections, would produce SO bushels of wheat per acre. Jet tho average annual production of wheat In Eastern Oregon U only about seven or eight bushels. Since moisture U the chief limiting rnctor It Is evident that tho chief reason for the lower production Is that only n small part of the rainfall Is used In tho actual production of the w heat. Tho Importance of the process by ...i,ii. iit. tnnuturp Is loot Is an Im portant one. since thc losses occur In practically no other. Evaporation from a free water surface at .Moro .amounted to nearly 12 Inches In July, 1011, which Is nearly a half an Inch a day. From an acre of land tho loss at this rntc would amount to about SO tons of wuter per acre each day. This dally loss more than equals thc amount of water required to produce n bushel of wheat. For the entire month thc evaporation was more than tho entire annual rainfall and was sufficient to produce approximate! 3G bushels of wheat. Tho loss from the soil is varied and may be to' n large extent controlled by cultural methods. Kvcn If tho loss through the soil Is but hnlf thc r, nir.ii.it frnm (lin irnter. It ltt VOrj" readily seen that this clement of tho dry farmer's crop unless controlled, soon evaporate Into thin nlr. "In dry farming," says Professor II. D. Scuddor, of tho Oregon Experiment Station, the very foundation of suc cess rests upon the prevention of evaporation 1om.cs. Prevention de ponds very largely for success upon controlling thc capllllary action of tho soil, which brings moisture to thc surfaco. Women College Students Do Practical Home Work REAL work of well-ordered homes, not thc makeshift Kind, was per formed by the young women atudonta nt tho recent formal openlnj; of the splendid new Home Econon en built -lng nt tho Oregon Agricultural Col "so And practical -why, nothing that wus not practical was glvon any Place whatsoever on tho programme. The most advanced students baked bread. Not unsubstantial delicacies, but the real staff of life. True tho delicacies were prepare, and woll pre pared, too; but thnt was by minion a In tho loss advanced sectloim. Tho most proficient cooks were given m dainties except thme that they could convert the bread materials Into. The bread was made Into rolls ac cording to recipes written on tho blackboards, and was baked In bright ly burnished ranges. It was then taken by other members of tho class and served with butter and Jolly to : ..i. A,i i.niuiiit a in rnolo The rolls, while still piping hot, were light and tender, and crisp from crust to crust. In plain English, tho hot rolls were soft without being doughy; wholesome as palatable. Theso results wore secured with no more apparunt effort than Is require, to turn out n fancy dessert, concoct an ico or paint a picture. Ones preju dice against tho term "domestic bcI enco" as being too pretentious for house crnftH goes down beforo such evidence. Science it Is. and science It had as.well be called. Work of llko practical and scion title form wns In progress from bot tom to top of the big building. Laun dering In the basement, food prepara tion on the first floors, garment making on tho second nnd third, and house doslgnlng nnd decorating on tho top floor, wore In active opera tion. Dean Calvin nnd her assistants received many compliments on tho splendid showing, and are untitled to the thanlm of tho people for thus training tho future home-makers of Oregon. leave either the battery or the vo- fM u , . 1 1 e noxv was pros. hide at a commercial garage where "" ' . 8,atomcnt t0 the Oregon proper nltention mny no given ii. u Kricnml College student body. Is not best for owners to romovo elec :v,'thl t,mt mc fn,a MC, -many tmlytra or put the hattcry out of r, ,mvc ,nUc, "place In the Ideals commission without explicit Mtruc- X,"?, ot man y colleges, whero- tons from tho maker of tho battery. "" ' ' ,,'cocnltlon Is given to tho Not all batteries require Just tho 'TcrnUon should pre- same treatment but all do require at f "'o ,or the real work of life. Tho times tno auumon oi pure wnier o :-., of cllllcaton for life were " replace thnt lost by .evaporation and 'rc"" '.", n he land grant col- .' VT 8 rfH Sl to keep the electrolyte above the tops nr,cU i r Congress " f 1862, but tfll i if I or the plate. All batteries further )W ntU ton, y-' I 4LX roqulio that tho energy used for use- S;!.1'"' - AiV-TA-' ,B?.TI?iS.SKrrwft &8tthe'S Sf Vc' People o n..i I hmwiny Ue o7hattow but M1")ort un ""t'01"" Institution It "VJ. IV1 r? "i l. '? ,Si condition become nt nme ,1,ne thc dttt" ot ii J ro Jl,o?l no be c von i m lew ,,,e institution so to shape Its policies ifr.! ?m.facturer'8 InitructTon. 2taw that ll w, " of thf' Rrra,e" ,m,JH" U t tuAt Menifr batten- does ot Me awUtance to tho people, not look- r m .ir eh ?uM ik oiMteeo freauemly ' '" -,,oll t0 tno futuro ,0 rWBl require clinrKlng quite to frequently. tlu,,r emlwm,ri An 0dUeatlonal In- Cliim Out the A-lies. stltutlon thus supported must not be Dead limbs should be rut from tho fruit trees before tho leaves drop ofr, because they can bo found moro easi ly now than later, and It tho work Is put off It Is more llablo to bo neg lected. (Jlvo thc fruit treos tho boat of care. It Is the prico of fruit on the farm. , St. Louis, New York EAST 41 lllim will I 111" .iMIi-n. " " - -! -- -- Thick layers of ashes about the oiiiol touch with tho present needs oven b.orb much heat that should of the Individual nor Ignore the neei's b,. radiated, according to O. A. C. of community life. authorities, and so should be kept from accumulating In cook Move. '"''l'l"K hi Oregon. When an attempt li made to send a Mn parts of Oregon produce strmiR rurnrnt nt heat to the oven emmaou quautltles of alfalfa and over h-covered oven walU. a large other plants which should be made to IHtrt ot the heat is atxorued and o yield honey. At the present tlino far mm prennt ue is concerned, fainiers are making but little use of wasted. Since mot ranges have suf- the nectar because many of them do flclent protection by asbestos or other not understand the value ot methods lining, the ashes should be cleaned of handllux bees. In order to pupply rioui t lie top ot t lie oven every morn- mm information anu tiius stimulate. Ihr, and the snot removed from the the be-keeplng Industry, the depait Hides and bottom with ronldentbl meat of entomology at the Agrtcul fieqiieiicy. On the other baud, ashes tiiral College hat arranged a course of accumulating in the bottom ot tho lecture), and demonstrations on bee. heater may serv the purpose of pro- keeping for the next legular short lilting the stove board from exce- eounK. January 4 to 30. In addition le heat and at the same time equal- to this work several practical bee Ite the temperature by alMorblug the keepers of Oregon will show their exeessUe hest and releasing It later methods ot handling bee and some when the fire has died down. So long of the benefits of tho practice. Abide as the ashe are not reheated to the from the value ot the honey product, point of fimlou It docs them no harm, bee peiform a gioat service on tho arcuitiiiiR to I'lotessor Tartar, sgri- farm Sn '.he pollination of fruits and culi'UHl cli. mint at the College. meadtvt .Tops, and the Main centers of population In the Middle Wert and the Quickly and Pleasantly reached via UNION PACIFIC SYSTEM Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Co. OREGON SHORT LINE tiorimn U319 at HOT LAKE OREGON HOT T 1ST, MOST CUWTIY I SPBINO INTNIWODIO STEEL COACHES. UNION PACIFIC. Diuhij?, sleeping and observation car service up to the highest standard; comfortable appointments; conven ient i-cliediiltH; direot connection?. BLOCK SIGNALS Any representative of this system will be delighted to aut you with informa tion, tiekots and travel service, according to your needs. Or writo tho GENERAL PASSENGER AGENT, Portland, Oregon. ' m tfflllifflMBIIfflKHIE lorn