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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 16, 1915)
rfflBil 'IMP' ' ' ' ,lsJ.i&?r " .; mm HOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION 3 onomy in Using European Type of Grain Drill ?r"Lf nT- i '';,. m,li imAW crop take.v rnosi ci.oHni.v sows firi.d. vHH vHnl Vnattife BY WILLIAM riUTcmrrr. continually guldo tho machine by tho rows which allow tho sun to como SkMF ,i,!fTpHE manner of seeding In Europo foro-carrlago In front (called vordl- down baking a stirfaco crust and to mPP L i . .Vwj should bo n very prof Itablo sub- ltarro) and this foro-carrlngo hns a rapidly tako up tho surfneo moisture, i . lUf yt . m TlBlPlnct for the Amerlcnn fnrmor to long lover that oxtonds clear behind especially In a hot and dry voar: W SrnW? nlae MM ti n , in in ; ii i -...... i BY WILLIAM riUTCiiirrr. continually guldo tho machine by tho rows which nllow tho sun to como IE manner of seeding In IJuropo foro-carrlago In front (called vordl- down baking a stirfaco crust and to should bo a very profitable sub- Karroj anu tins loro-carriago nns a rapimy tano up tho surrnco moisture, Inct for the Amerlcnn fnrmor to long lover that oxtonds clear behind especially In a hot and dry voar: trior nt thlH time! vorv llttlo has tho seed hoppor nnd by using this theso wldo snaces between tho seed ba' H.nld in tlm agricultural tinners long lover tho mnchlno Is guided so rows nllow much room for weed seed -Niwut seeding wheat, rye nnd other perfectly straight thnt not nn Inch to fall nnd ovory practical farmer Sns In tho Holds of Europe, wuoro oi lanu is anowcu 10 uo wasted nnu no Knows Hint it tauea jUBt as much not unusiinl nt nil to produce CO crooks In tho rows nro possible. strongth out of tho ground to pro- eia oi wiicai pur ucru nnu suiuu- numu mi i,n uiiuiuiu wv urn- uura nvuuu ua ii uuva io iiruuuco as mnny as 80 bushels per ncro cnino, mo scconu man simpiy iooks grain. linen claimed. nfter tho keeping of tho seed In tho Another feature of lmnortnnco to Und, of courso, Is very vnlunblo In hoppor nnd then It Is tho cxcIubIvo consider In seeding grain Is tho farming sections nnd tho prlco or amy oi iuc miru man u sinipij wmm oi tno bcou turrow mnao hy r Is much cheaper than wo can guiuo uio maciunc anu uisicau oi uio mo rurrow openora uocauso If tho Izo or understand hero In Amor- long lover extending bohlnd tho hop- seed furrow Is very nnrrow It simply o that labor perhaps might bo per it is mngca so mat u can uo puts ono grain of seed nearly on top leu in luuropo out uio greatest mniuu iu unuw mu uuu muu iu' oi uuutnur, Killing uoiu Binucs ns Iblo caro Is to avoid tho wnsto of walk along sldo of tho wheel of tho mentioned In tho report of tho Mis lnml. foro-carrlago bo that ho can closely sourl Stato Unlvorsltv. bv Professor ho Kurononn lnnd owner or rent- watch tho track of tho wheels of the C. D. Hutchinson, whcroln It Is found uses a grain drill putting In tho foro carriage to boo that tho mnchlno that "not moro than GO per cent to tit por cent ot uio bcou plants thnt sprout In tho narrow seed rows ot n grain drill over mature." Increasing Yield Per Acre. Dcsldes tho lmportanco ot produc ing much moro grain por ncro with tho Bced rows closor together thero is nlso tho very groat ndvnntago that In n dry year when clover Is sown with tho whoat or tho oats tho closer seed rowB very favorably protect tho clovor and It has been proven ro poatodly that a good stand of clover Is obtained under drouth conditions with tho nnrrow seed rows when othorwlso with tho Bocd rows six inches or sovon Inches apart tho clo ver has been cntlroly killed out by drought. I succeeded in buying n throo-Inch American grain drill In January, 1012, nnd linvo now used this mn chlno for throo yenrs, putting tho grain drill rows only thrco Inches . npnrt nnd I hnvo novor failed to pro- . ... dlICO nt least 10 btlshols of wliont nnr rows often ns close ns 3 Mi inches is driven nusoiuioiy straight bo tnai nero 1MOrn tlmn nnv . ,.. ,.i,,,' apart, nover moro than 3 Inches nnd not nn Inch of tho land Is wnutod. Rf.r.,iinrr witii Mm m-a ,.,,! i you simply could not givq n Huropenn Wnstcful Amerlcnn Method. Incho3 or Bovon Inches nnnrt. nnd mv mrmor n grain anil limiting tuo rows . . um mb. MMMrt,m nf f .... 0ats HIcowIbo corresnondlnelv In. aro Ihnn 3 Vs inches npart. . -"" "" - creased over tho vldor hppcI rnw ,,., ' rri.. iihiiu Kuropoan uystom with our manner ot crcascu over tno muor acoa rows. I.m-opnui Grain lrlll(f. . Amorlca. tho Alnorlcan Agnln, If you would Invoatlgato tho fnrn, ... . . (,rii with tho American npplos sold In Sweden tjm r . p". .f'i.Wk , ?fE? . uMffl 'fi urft" ,l!sjto': .. in inaar.a"Jr.iii.i tcrvtM7aw., l .uiiiKiuiiiin v tt f-mr&JUMikl , I MiVmaA'&iti -. . VWHHWIiV J 1 mau& ,:..dmw. .. U, ....ik'..:'.-.V'-. .-.;";' U V).a s '.Vi-yA iimim:sti.mi citoi hows iiv kuiioi-da.v tvim: ok imu.ii. n'HEARTl WHEAT A NATION'S IlimAKPAST uvi:iivu'iii:uu isc. If your dcnlor does not handle, send lPc stamps for regular slzo paclcaero by Tarccl I'ost to MORGAN MILLING CO. ni.i)i:M)Ai.i:, wash, What Do You Think OF THIS? 3,000,000 Acres i'inp. iriinn iiomi:sti:ads nnd Stmilnnn Deedeil I.nuil fi to I0 nn nero Heady for tho plow. Ylolds 30 tn CO bti. wheat, OnU, bnrloy, flax, hay, etc., lit proportion. I'lnrnt Inlnnd Cllmntr. I.nnd Sulci nn Crop I'njnicnt rinn. Low faro II o m o a o o k o r ' Hxcurslonn on first and third TucKiluya of each month. Wmtprii IiiinilKrntlon Atfcnt. O. At. .t ST. 1. IIV. Sil nml Clierry, MrnHle, Wnnli. H typo of grain drill used hi Europo r0WB 110V0r ciosor toKothcr than six 1ro ,nown a California, Oregon and (It will bo seon thnt thoy ubo two mon inches nnd moro generally In tho corn AI"cncnn n""'ca' nd vory often throo men to opornto bolt states It Is sovon Inches or somo , European grain drill: ono man do- times eight Inches npnrt. This Ainor- ng tho driving ot tho oxen, cnmols Icnn manner of drilling tho grain la er horses nnd then It two mon nro op- found to bo really hotter than broad crating tho mnchlno tho second man casting, but it pormlts n wondorful sees to It that tho hopper In kept wnsto of land: tho seed is not prop- properly filled with seed nnd thnt orly distributed; it allows n vory tho sood Is kept flowing steadily nnd great wnsto ot moisture because of Accurately, ticsiues it is nis uiuy to tno unro spaces ootweon tno seea TT Every timo you buy 11 from advortisoraonts in this papor you help to "mako a hotter paper. HOW TO GET 320 ACRES FREE s Do You Want a Homestead? Lift of Government lands In encli stnte subject to homostoad nnd for what beat adapted. Also description of OreKon by counties. Hond for 240-paco book, ''AdvantaKus of Orcuoii." I'rlco i'i cents, postpaid. CROP REPORT Or OREGON AND UNITED STATES. TTIINAI, estimate of acrenRe production and price December 1, In tho state, 'J.1 and production and prlco In the United States (acreage and production In thousands. I. e.. 000 omitted.) -oreffon- R. C. FISKE 110 l'an nm a IlldK., 1'ortlnud, Or, Acre Crons acre. -Corn, 1914 23 'Corn. 1913 21 Wheat. 1914 799 P "Wheat, 1913 7C0 Oats, 1914 SC4 Oats. 1913 380 Parley, 1914 123 , uarioy. iuis... .izu live. 1914 21 Rye. 1913 , 20 ' isucKwneat, in. Produc tion. too i08 16,604 18,717 12.740 1S.228 3,(60 4,200 330 3G0 Price. Dec. 1. 82 70 102 76 45 33 61 66 100 76 4,763 6,750 1,716 1,732 t I , HuckwhetU, 1013. lllce. 1914 Idee 1913... f Potatoes. 1914 49 Potatoes, 1913 SO Bweet Potatoes, 1914 fln'eet Potatoes. 1913 liny, 1914 6S8 Hay, 1913... 82G Tobacco, 1914 ., Tobacco, 1913 Cotton, 1914 Cotton, 1913 Sugrar Beets, 1914 , Buicar Ueeta, 1913 (Qbantltles of hay and susar beets In tons; tobacco In pounds; cotton in bales; other products In bushels. Prices for hay and beets In dollars per ton; cotton and tobacco, cents per pound; flaxseed, dollars per bushel, other prod ucts, cents per bushel.) Wheat sown this Fall In the state 688,000 acres, compared wtlh 635,000 acret last year; condition 93 por cent normal, compared with ten-year average of 96 Similarly, In the United States. 41,300,000 acres, compnred wtlh 3T.100.00C acres sown last year; condition, 8S.J per cent, compared with 90.3, the ten-yeai .vera ere. oo 68 9.20 9.09 ft t t t United States. Produo- Price tlon. Nov. 1. 3,672,801 03.7 2,446,988 69.1 891,017 98.6 763,380 79.9 1,141.0(0 43.8 1,121,763 39.2 194,963 64.3 178,189 63.7 42,779 86.6 41,381 63.4 16,881 76.4 13,833 76.5 15.659 1.26 17,853 1.20 23,649 92.4 26,744 85.8 406,921 48.0 331,625 68.7 66,574 73,0 69,037 72.6 70,071. 11.1 64,116 13.43 1,034.679 9.8 953,731 12.8 16,966 6.8 14,158 12.1 6,147 8. U 6,669 C.69 Double the Wheat and Oat Crops Moiioy must be nia'do by botter farming; it is common sense to seo grain drilled only 3 inches apart, not G inches or 7 inches between rows means much bettor seed distribution, bettor sur face covering with crop, less wasted land, better saving of moisture, crowding out tho weeds and many other advantages; ono maker of 3-inch drills guarantees 25 or botter increase or no pay for tho machines. Fetzer & Co., of Spring field, HI., claim in a diy year the yield has been increased four times more per acre, besides mak ing a good stand of clover where tho clovor with wheat was dried out with 7-inch rows. Write today for the proof and guarantee and free printed matter. 1 H OT ,. wfiinmwwiaat