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Farm Field and Garden SHEEP IN WINTER. PrfMor Shaw's Ideal For Condition ' of Wall Being. In areas where the winters are long Ud the snowfall Is considerable sheep are not accessible to pasture as In areas farther south. Because of this Close attention must be given them to keep them in good health and to se cure from them a good crop of lambs. Under such conditions a certain amount of shelter is absolutely neces sary. Such shelter should protect the heep from winds and from falling terms, but not from low temperatures xcept when lambs are quite young. Falling storms, especially cold rains, are very harmful to sheep; hence they hould be carefully - protected from YEARLING SHROPSHIRE EWE. tnese. Exposure to cold winds is also harmful, especially In the yards. Un less in the fine wooled breeds the fleeces of sheep thus exposed are made to so expose certain parts of the body that colds are contracted, to the detri ment of the sheep. Lying in drafts is also harmful. Sheep thus exposed con tract catarrhal troubles, such as snuf fles, which are very detrimental to their well being. The close housing of sheep in warm tables is about the worst thing that can come to them In winter. When thus housed they sweat because of the heat induced by the wool covering, and When they are turned out from such sheds Into a cold, atmosphere they con tract colds. The ideal conditions of shelter are those of a shod and yard that will protect them from winds, drafts and falling storms and that will allow them access at all times to the yards except when storms are falling. The yards should of course be at all times well bedded with straw suffi cient to furnish the sheep with a com fortable bed. The doors opening from the yards Into the sheds should be rea sonably wide to prevent the ewes from crowding while entering them. It is absolutely necessary to the wel being of sheep that they be given con siderable exercise even in the winter season. Because of this they should be allowed access to the pastures as long as possible in the autumn and as Boon as bare spots appear on well sod ded lands In the spring. The device has sometimes been resorted to when now Is deep to place food in racks some distance away from the sheds and to open a road to the same wltft the snowplow on which the sheep would journey when seeking such food. Lambs are usually strong and vigor ous in proportion as the ewes get ex ercise, other things being equal. No kind of fodder can be given to heep that will serve the purpose so well as that which is leguminous. Such fodder is found In clover, alfalfa and the Canada field pea in northern areas, but it is chiefly furnished by ! clover. It Is of much consequence that ! the fodder fed to sheep be fine lather : than coarse. They are fond of a va- , riety of fodder. As a rule, ewes will profit bj feed- ' lng them from half a pound to a pound a day of gralu before the lambing sea Bon and after that time by giving them much larger quantities unless when they are on succulent pastures. No kind of grain Is better thf.n oats, i Yhen on dry feed and no roots are being fed, a small proportion of bran j or of oil cake or of both added "to the i meal will greatly improve the ration because of the regulating effect which these have on the digestion. Field roots are a great help when they can be fed. In conclusion to the foregoing article by Frofessor Thomas Shaw in Orange Judd Farmer it Is explained that the yearling Shropshire shown in the cut Is one that took first honor at the In- diana, Kentucky and Illinois state fairs in 1000. I Timber In the South. Farmers of the country are slowly realising the advantage of planting trees. Trees an a slow crop, but they are a sure one and the children of men who plant today stretches of nut trees.fruit trets or hardwood timber will rise up to call them blessed to morrow. The country is going to be hard up for wood In a comparatively few years if somebody doesn't plant trees. Just at present the south is Stripping itself to meet the constantly Increasing demands for timber and in the south are exceptional opportunities to prepare for proCt In meeting the de mands of the future. Southern Planter. Gather Up the Tools. Gather up the tools and put them under shelter. Arrange them in the best order you can on racks, shelves or even nails and see if you don't feel : better for the job. i Meat Scraps For Poultry. Meat scraps for poultiy are a most excellent addition to the regular food, and during butchering time on the farm this should not b forgotten. A NEW TUBER. Criap and Pleasant In Taste, Staohya Meets With Favor. This vegetable, known to the bota nists as Stachys sieboldi. lias been In troduced Into America from Japan and has a nnmber of different names, such aa Japanese potato. Chinese artichoke, chorogi, etc., but the name stachys seems to have been adopted aa the common one In ' this country. The plant Is a small perennial belonging to the mint family and produces just be low the ground a multitude of small white crisp edible tubers varying from an Inch to two and one-half inches in length and about one-half an inch In thickness and marked by Irregular spiral springs, which give them a corkscrew-like appearance. Easy of Cultivation. . Stachys has been tested at the New York (Cornell) and a number of the other agricultural experiment stations and proved so easy of cultivation and pleasant in taste (the flavor resembling artichokes) that the vegetable has made many friends and Is now procurable at the markets in most of our larger cities. The agreeable quality Is in considerable measure due to the crisp ness of the tubers, and as this disap pears when they are exposed to the air they should be stored in sand or saw dust. They are ready for use when the plant dies down in the autumn, though they may be easily carried over the winter, and are prepared for the table like potatoes or other vegeta bles or may be eaten raw like radishes. On an average stachys has the follow ing percentage composition: 78.6 per cent water, 2.7 per cent protein, 0.1 per cent fat, 17.4 per cent total carbo hydrates (0.7 per cent being crude fiber) and 1.2 per cent ash. Like the other roots and tubers which have been spoken of, the stachys is charac terized by a high water content, and carbohydrates constitute the principal nutritive material. According to some authorities, inulin is present in stachys in place of starch, while others state that starch is replaced by a special carbohydrate called stachyose. A di gestion experiment with stachys was made some years ago in Japan, and it was found that the carbohydrates were about as thoroughly digested as those of potatoes, 05 per cent being re tained by the body. C. F. Langwor thy. Quality In Milk. It Is possible that a cow that has been poorly fed or one that is in poor or sickly condition will give milk that is abnormally low in fat and when she is better fed or when she begins to improve in condition that she will give milk richer in fat than before, but of course this sort of comparison Is not justiliable because we have con ditions that are abnormal. The per cent of fat which a cow gives seems to be a matter of heredity, just the same as her color or disposi tion is a matter of heredity and can no more be changed than can either of these two characteristics. We well know that the only way to change the color or disposition of animals is through breeding that is, a cow of one disposition or color will transmit those qualities to her offspring only to a limited degree when bred to a bull whose color or disposition differs from hers. The offspring will inherit the sire's characteristics as well as those of the dam. If the sire's material an cestors were cows that gave milk poor In fat content, then his offspring will Inherit that characteristic to a certain degree, depending upon his prepotency and that of the cow he is bred to. There is another way by which the fat content of milk may be changed and that is by animals existing for generation after generation under sim ilar conditions as to feed, writes P. N. F. in the Southern Ruralist. For in stance, it is claimed that a breed of cows taken from a district where the pasture has been scarce and scanty but nutritious for a great many gen erations may give milk that is richer In butter fat than cows taken from a district where feed has been abundant for a great many generations. Stable Manure. When the manure is exposed to the action of the elements and the leach ings allowed to drain away it. rapidly decreases in value. Experiments con ducted to determine the facts have in dicated that horse manure, thrown into a loose pile and subjected to the action of the elements, will lose nearly one-half of its valuable fertilizing con stituents in the course of six months, and that any kind of manure, even in a compact mass, when so placed that all water falling upon it quickly runs through and off sustains a considerable loss, though less than the former case, says a writer in American Cultivator. Therefore, after having made all the good stable manure practicable, pro tect it in some way from fermentation and leaching and supplement it with commercial fertilizers after it is ap plied to the soil. Humus In Orchard Soil. The humus loosens the soil particles, which in turn increases its water ca pacity. The humus is essential for the growth of the benefcial bacteria of the soil. One of the most impor tant parts that a cover crop plays is its ability to change chemically the compounds in the soil and put them in an available form for flier r?s. The cover crop gathers, digests asd tnrns over to the trees the plant food wLleh It has stored. Blemishes From Coriling Moth. Apples ia which codling moth larvae have lxen killed close to the surface are but slightly blemished and keep to cold storage almost aa well as do spec imens absolutely without temlah.-a' John V- Lloyfl." yj TURNIP YIELDS. CUmata of Mora ImporUnoo Than . Soil For This Crop. The best soils for this crop are free working lands rich In organic matter and In good tilth. Common turnips will do better on lighter loams than rutabagas, and these will give a bet ter yield than turnips upon heavy to medium loams. Climate Is apparently of more Importance than soil for this crop. A damp and rather dull cli mate, with a well distributed rainfall throughout the growing season, seems to be best Preparation of Land. To prepare the land It is recommend ed that an application of about ten tons of barnyard manure per acre be plowed under in fall and the land be put in good tilth the next spring. Lime slaked to a very fine powder may be applied at the rate of 1,000 pounds of quicklime per acre and harrowed in with 400 to 600 pounds of acid phos phate and fifty pounds of nitrate of soda. This application must be well incorporated with the soil before sow ing and the seed bed made as fine as possible. From two and a half to five pounds of seed are usually sown In the case of rutabagas and hybrid tur nips and from two to four pounds or an average of three pounds per acre In the case of common turnips when the rows are twenty-seven to thirty Inches apart. Different Varieties. . In 1905 -the New Tork experiment station secured from twenty to twenty five tons per acre from such . varieties as the Improved Green Globe and the Carter Mammoth. In 1906 White Egg gave the largest yield. During two years hybrid turnips sown on May 11 yielded at the rate of twenty-three tons, while those sown June 12 yielded only about fourteen tons per acre. Garton Pioneer showed considerable resistance to soft rot, being the only one not attacked and yielding for the two years at the rate of nearly twenty eight tons per acre. Blind Staggers. During winter many farmers lose stock from various causes. One of the greatest losses is from blind stag gers. This is called a disease of the brain, but it is well settled that the trouble begins with the digestive tract and is caused by impure foods, musty grains or too long diet of dried foods solely. So far as possible this should be avoided by furnishing stock with green pasturage during winter. In the south this can be done at little cost Besides the safety to the stock is the economy of having part of the winter's feed furnished as pasturage. It is the custom of some farmers to plant win ter wheat or winter turf oats or rye or other winter growing plants in their cotton and to. use the cotton fields as pasturage when the cotton crop has been picked. Farm and Ranch. A Strainer For Rainwater. The accompanying sketch shows a rainwater strainer which has been found to give good results. It Is eight- j een inches high, twelve inches In diam-1 eter at the half circle, five and a half : deep. Allow for all seams. A, A-2, D, B-2, B, represent the out side of finished strainer. K is a sec tion of circular top hinged at B-2 and fastened with a turn button. The dot ted lines at E show the section of cir cular top (K), partly open. M Is a gal- PEVTCE FOR SfBAJQflXG WATKB. vanned strainer with three-eighth inch holes. The strainer rests upon the supports at the ends and may be re moved at will. L, is a tin strainer with one-eighth inch holes and is soldered In place. F and G are three inch inlet and outlet; 2 2 are straps on back side, bywhich the strainer is fastened to the building. As will be seen, the top strainer catches the refuse which is washed from the roof and gutters and is easily taken out The finer particles are caught below and may be removed j when the top strainer is out Tech- nicai World. Plowing In the South. It is a great mistake to suppose that fall aul winter plowing in the south is nol advisable because we do not have severe winter weather to freeze it deeply. We usually have a month of weither severe enough to do the land great good if given the opportu nity to .get into it, but unless it is plowed in the late fall or early winter this opportunity is denied it. Southern Plantor. Celery Not a Narve Food. It is- often said that celery is a nerve food, but there seems to be no war rant for such a statement, and the be lief i; probably a survival of the time when t-pecific virtues were attributed to almost all plants ind vegetables. C. P. Langworthy. r a3 d w V GREAT SHOW OF PONIES. The breeding classes at the New Tork horse show indicate the Increased and constant interest that the ponies maintain at this great exhibition. They were forward in large numbers, and the quality Is Increasing each year, and the action shown by these miniature horses Is really the marvel of . the whole Show. The interest evinced ' In the little fellows Is of the very greatest, and they Are one of the most attractive features of this exhibition. The first class in the breeding divi sion called for stallion and three of his get not exceeding 14.1. For this prize several candidates appeared, and pride of place was awarded to Dilham Prime Minister, formerly owned by Eben l. Jordan, now the property of Fred I'abst of Wisconsin. He was repre sented by three of his daughters t Dainty Eccles. Lady Eccles and Lady Dilham. this last mare being the sen sation of the New Tork show of this year and -probably the best pony in harness in the world at the present time. It is extremely doubtful if any sire could show three daughters the equal of these three ponies. The class for stallions not to exceed 14,2 was probably one of the best ever shown. The ponies were distinctly ! high class, and several of them had . been London champtons. First prize , was awarded to tlw stallion Little ; fix EVERYBODY'; ffAVOMTE. A study in She'lanil character. Ruby. This is a tlaok brown pony about 13.3. which wad the champion at the international at Olympia in Jlarch and has also beea champion at the London hackney show in previous years. lie had been brought to this country by Messrs.-Carr for the New York exhibition. It Is extremely doubt ful whether such extravagant action as displayed by this pony has ever been seen in America, pot even except ing the famous Berkeley Bantam and Forest King. His hocks moved with all the precision and regularity of the piston of an engine, and their flexion was truly remarkable. His fore action was also excellent, and altogether he is probably the most sensational pony we have yet seen among the imported ones. He is smooth in his outline, good in shoulder, round in barrel, full in his quarters and carries his dock gayly. Shetland Ponies. Shetland stallions were a good col lection, somewhat larger than has been shown at the Garden for several years. Ellerslie of Elsinore just barely beat Grand Duke. Ellerslie la a very level pony, upheaded in carriage, with good style and action. There were quite a number of other good ponies in this class, and the Inter est that is being manifested in Shet Iands in New York is of such character that Shetland men are standing in their own light by not giving the Gar den as great an exhibit of these chil dren's pets as can be seen in the world. The Breeder's Gazette, Chicago, is the source of the forego'ng interesting comment and illustratrn, and the same journal notes the large number of both stallions and maif s registered In-volume 7 of the American Shetland Stud Book, just issued, is proof that the breeding of Shetland ponies is at this time an industry which is con stantly increasing. Dairy Work. Upon a good dairy farm a sixteen-year-old boy will do as well a a thirty dollur a month man. If the barn is clean and well lighted and The work systematized the objections so often raised against dairy work will be en tirely overcome, says A. J. MGuire of the Minnesota experiment station in Kimball's Dairy Farmer. On our farm all the feeding and milking are done at the same time each day. Eefiularity and system cost nothing and return large dividends in the way tfbetter production and absence of frJcton in doing the work. Each morning at 5:15 our dairy work is begun and each evening at 4. wkiter and summer. The cows are fed twice a day and watered once a day. With the exception of wa tering, the dairy work is finished at 7 o'clock in the morning. This hi until 4 in the afternoon for other work. Our work is always done by G o'clock In the evening. Dairying becomes burden some when It Is added to a full day's work of some other kind. If yon will make the dairy work part of the day's work there will be less objection and more profit. . Maintensrica of Esaf Cows. At the Illinois experiment stat'ou ' the corn plant, fed either in the form of shock corn or silage, supplemented with a limited amount of clover hay, j proved satisfactory rations for winter lng btet breeding cows. Under the conditions .of this experiment silage, produced 41 per cent greater gain in I live weight than an equal acrea of shock corn. - i H . , InIf i ' ' Ay it 4 FEIGNING DEATH. A Trick Resorted to by Animal to Shun Their Enemies. The feigning of death by certain animals for the purpose of deceiv ing their enemies and thus secur ing immunity is one of the greatest of the many evidences of their in telligent ratiocination. This simu lation is not confined to any partic ular family, order or species of ani mal, but exists in many, from the very lowest to the highest. . It is found even in the vegetable king dom, -the well known sensitive plant being an interesting example. The action of this plant is purely reflex, as can be proved by observation and experiment, and is not therefore a process of intelligence. An experimenter, writing in Wis sen fur Alle, says that he has seen the feigning of death in some of the lowest animals known to sci ence. Some time ago while exam ining the inhabitants of a drop of pond water under a high power lens he noticed several rhizopods busily feeding on the minute buds of an algo. These rhizopods sud denly drew in their hairlike filaria and sank to the bottom, to all ap pearances dead. The cause was found to be the presence of a water lou.ee, an animal which feeds on these animalculae. It likewise sank to the bottom and after looking at the rhizopods swam away, evident ly regarding them as dead and unfit for food.' This was not an accidental occur rence, for " the observer has seen the same wonderful performance twice since. Through the agency of what sense, he asks, did these little creatures discover the approach of their enemy? Is it possible that tl.'Jy iind other microscopic animal. have cos and ears so exceedingly smtill that lenses of the very highest . p;.. cr cannot make them visible, or are they possessors of senses ut terly unknown to and incapable of being appreciated by man ? Science can neither affirm nor deny either of these suppositions. .Most animals are slain for food bv other animals. Most of the car nivora and insectivora prefer fresh ly killed food to carrion. They will not touch tainted meat when they can procure fresh ; hence when they come upon their prey apparently dead they Mill leave it alone and go in search of other quarry unless they are very hungry. Tainted substances are dangerous to get into the stomach. Certain ptomaines render it sometimes very poison ous. Long years of experience have taught this fact to animals, and therefore most of them let dead or seemingly dead creatures alone. j Toast to Laughter. ! Here's to laughter, the sunshine of the soul, the happiness of the heart, the leaven of youth, the priv ilege of purity, the echo of inno cence, the treasure of the humble, the wealth of the poor, the bead of the cup of pleasure. It dispels de jection, banishes blues and mangles melancholy, for it's the foe of woe, the destroyer of depression, the en emy of grief. It is what kings envy the peasants, plutocrats envy the poor, the guilty envy the innocent. It's the sheen on the silver of smiles, the ripple on the water's de light, the glint of the gold of glad ness. Without it humor would be dumb, wit would wither, dimples would disappear and smiles would shrivel, for its glow of a clean con science, the voice of a pure soul, the birth cry of mirth, the swan song of sadness. Life. Clothes and Seasons. Like the blessed wild goldfinch, who sometimes stays with its all winter, I feel a stirring ere Febru ary is out to shed the gray outward disguise my soul has all along been wearing and to come forth in bright aureate splendor of full summer plumage. I wish to wear a green kirtle when the grass burns emerald and even the sunset skies assume chrysoprase. In the winter were it not for startling the good folk I would go everywhere in the hibernal attire of the wise little ermine. In autumn no; there the analogy stops I would not array me in car mine or imperial orange, though na ture is thus minded to do. In the autumn, even in the late summer, a fsj-chie revuliiou from this rule of sympathetic or protective coloring is experienced. Atlantic. Spoiled the Metaphor. A very self confident younsr bar rister was once introduced to Sir Henry Hawkins and throughout his conversation boasted of what he . hoped to do in the future. ! "Ah," said his lordship at last, ' "so you hope to be famous some day, eh?" day I hope to have the world at my feet' ' ' I "Why, what have you been doing all this time," inquired Sir Henry "walking on your haads ?" j Registration of Land Title. In the Circuit Court at the Stat of Oraroa for Benton CouatT. Delil Read. Plaintiff, a. Rarnwh Rawland. Poll Mit4t . .tra.,t.H -j. T.rwtia tUUock droaaserl. Straff. etraraii r-.-jT. Strang F.ttk, I-rw1. h.trMlt.V.'w deceased an Benrv I mis anif n irav concern." IWrtana. w ' In the matter of the arplictior. of MH( ,. to rrcMer the title to the foKcwinr- Taanrilt lock. hi. arifa. It belnr CI.C V 4. f Sere 4 and !). in Tovihtr 11. South Par a of the Willamette Mondiao. p,r.ton Vw rnn, deacriKM aa follow., towit: TVr. .t the r corner of said aectlnn 4. and rannlop th north mimitos rart 4S chain., thenre wort m cf.ipa an links, thence aouth 44 rh-ln anrt n linka thenra north ( dear and 4 mnntoa mt p! ohalna and Hnka. thonrp aonth chain and Krka thence cart n chain and Hrk. and thnoo nortH M chain to the r'oo of hr!rp!pin the ditrtct of Mnda anhiect to aa'e at Orcren rftv Orcron ard contalninr SSO aero and d-lop m t aero To Parnah Poa-irrd. rollv v'toWi 'avra H. Strahan, C'ande Rti-ahen. F.rno T ewf.' Tonrr Lewis, and rAll whom It wt concern " rVfrniir, TAKK NOTICP -That on the 4th darnf Jannarv. 1MX. an annltr, tion waa fled hv th id TVW Peed In th rtrn't cvorf o the Ftotc of Orcein for Ponton county. Oreirnn, for InltUI rorlatration of t)i title, to the land ahov doaprihod. -ow, nrVpa yon rrr on or he'ore the ?Tt dy of Fohrnry A . T. lOfiR. nd how caiw y-hy pph application ahorld not. ho prantf d. the aame will he taken aa confeaaed and decree will he cn. tered according to' the r rarer of the application ant and complaint you will he forerer haired from dlapntlnf the eatee. i Pated ,t Ooryallia, Orepen. thia Pth day of Jan. nary, 190S. rsFAli x. T. VTWOFNT nerk rircMt Court of the State of Oregon for Henton County. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTFRIOR. Land Office at. Poaehurjr. Or., fan, 8, 1909. i Notice is herehy given that Fhl a I . Wlllaan, of Monroe, Benton Co, Or.has fled notice of hla inten tion to n ake finM five year proof in support of his claim, viz: Homestead Fntrv Ko. 11019, made Octoherl, iioni.forthe N 4 of SF . Sections, Township 14 South, Range fl West W M. and that said proof will he n-nrie hefore Couoty Clerk nd Cler of : County Court at Corvallig, Oregon, on Friday. . ounrc-h 6. ions. I He nances the following witresses to prove hie ; continuous resilience upon, and cultivation of, tha I lerd, viz: Walter J. Sisson. Welherrv Willson, Albert Cakes, and James Oakes. all of Monroe, Preeon. BENJAMIN U EDDY, Reenter. Re-ndvertisement. Ttf The Best Quality of PIANOS an ORGANS At the Store of GRAHAM & 'WELLS Corvallis, Oregon CUSTOMERS ! Are requested to call and see theiu be fore purchasing elsewhere. THIS OLD RELIABLE HOUSE will sell their FINE-TONED INSTRU MENTS FOR REASONABLE PRICES instead of charging you extra to make up for high city rents, railroad fares and. hotel bills for traveling salesmen. Music Loving People Can purchase these reliable goods in their home town. If there is anything you do not understand you will find the sellers near your home. Own YourHome first - NaUonal f- Bank: of Corvallis has some TO WN LOTS Near the State Agricultural College which you can buy on the INSTALL MENT PLAN or for cash. Save Ten or Twenty Cellars per month and pay the same on a town lot. Thereafter BUILD YOUR HOME on the lot and continue to make these small monthly payments on the home and you will seon have it paid for anfi have no more rent to pay. For information address XV. H. SAYAG Ccrvrtflis, Cr. 50 YEARS' EXPERIENCE Trade Marks Designs Copyrights Ac Anyone aendlng a pketrh and description msf quickly ascertain our opinion free whether an invention is probably patentable. Connnunica. tionsstrictlyconndentinl. HANDBOOK on Patents cent free. Oldest atency for secumiir patents. Patents taken through Munn & Co. receive tpeczal notice, without chjir-'e. in the tietimic mmxim. A handsomely iilnstri'te'l weeklv. T,arirest cir culation of an? scientific journal. Terms, .M a year; four raoni Us. il. Sold Jjyult newsdealers. - u . ''aahinKton. I. g&x ?rs W 'ir Infants and Children. "Tca Hava Always Bought The Gazette for Job Work. i-ff