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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (March 17, 1913)
MONDAY, MARCH 17, 1913. PAGE TWO LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, HI (Iff I CONTESTS DATES ARE SET OXE SHOW AT PENDLETON DI B. JNtt PRESENT YEAR. rfMW. Flans Extensive Confata to Improve th Corn Crop, ' The Oregon-Washington Railroad A Navigation company purposes holdulg a corn lhow at Colfax, Wn., In the fall or early winter of 1913, open to farmers tributary to their lines In Washington and Northern Idaho, and aim at Pendleton, Oregon, for farm ers tributary to their lines In Oregon. Caah prizes will be offered for the best acre of corn and the best ears I of corn. The company believes that these shows will demonstrate be pos sibilities, the practicability and the profitableness or corn growing In the Pacific northwest, and that tbey will stimulate interest In diversified farm ing, dairying and stock rasing. These shows will be the first of the kind to be undertaken In the Pacific north west. Among the reasons why the com pany is Interested In the stimulation, feueouragement and success of the more diversified system of farming, Is the fact that such a system will not only maintain, but will greatly In crease the productivity of the land. It will furnish a more continuous de- WE ANNOUNCE THE ARRIVAL OT A COM PLETE LINE OF "HOT POINT" ELECTRIC HEATING DEVICES; The power Co. kaa mad a heating rate of 3 1-2 cents for the first fifty and 3 cents for all oyer 50 kilowatt hours used in one month. , , This means that you can do your baking, cook ing, ironings etc., at a very moderate cost. This makes electricity cheaper than coal or wood. It means freedom from smoke, soot, ashes; no fuel '. to carry; no overheated kitchen; meals prepared in half the time. We give daily demonstrations of "Hot Point" devices at our office, or, if you pre fer, we will gladly demonstrate them in your own home without cost or obligation en ywr par. Waite Electric Co. Phene M 199 maud for labor and divide the avail able labor over a olnger period of time. Such a division of labor would be more profitable and satisfactory to both employer and employe. It would necessitate homes for more people on the land and lead logically to an In crease of rural -population,' to more extensive and Intelligent methods c-l soil cultivation, more careful seleo tlon of seed, better livestock, better social and business conditions. . ,. There are" a great rarlety of rea sons why the corn crop Is regarded as a most valuable factor In a system of diversified farming. It produces under average conditions, a larger measure of feed per acre of land and the labor Involved than, any other crop grown. . It can be successfully and profitably grown under a w'der range of climatic and soil conditions than any other crop, it Is in every sense a cut Kited crop and for this reason fits admirably In any system of crop rotation. Following the breaking up of a grass, clover or alfalfa field, a well cultivated corn crop leaves the ground in first class condition for any or the small grains, such as wheat, oats-or barley. The corn plant possesses the happy cnaracteristlc or adapting Itself to environment and conditions to a greater degree than any other or our economic plants, therefore. Its area of successful and profitable growth nas continuously extended and ex- 1 panded from the Atlantic to the Pa cific, from the Gulf or .Mexico clear beyond the head waters or the Mis sissippi, varying Its season of ma turity from ninety days In the ex treme northern sections to six months In the lower Mississippi valley and Cuir states. Whether north or south, east or west, the profitableness or the crop seems to be more largely controlled by the farmer than Is the case with any other rarm product, while there are widely varying results round In every section', such as yields running from ten bushels per acre up to over one hundred bushels per acre. This difference seems to u i matter or seed selection, preparation . of the land, careful planting and thorough i-uiuvauoa. iae wiaeiy varying yields 1 seem to be due to these factors than to either soli or climatic conditions, in other words, the yield of corn per lSSllSVSW)Sip8ttW EASTER GARDEN SEEDS A full line of first class garden seeds display. Now is the time to buy as our line is complete. FANCY APPLES Lucinda and Rome Beauties ..50c OUR HOME MADE SAUERKRAUT IS SPLENDID THE fiOOD THINGS COST . SO MOKE THAN ORDINARY THINGS ir YOU KNOW WHERE TO BIT. New Foley Building i acre depends upon the manner In which the work Is done rather than whether the corn field be located in the so-called corn bolt at the hills of New England, the plains of Texas, or the fertile table lands of the Pacific northwest. According to statistics " gathered from all sources, the farm value per acre of the crop Is greatest in those sections where artificial methods are necessary to overcome natural obsta cles found In soil and climatic con ditions. In the year 1911, the average farni value per acre of the 50.000 acres of corn grown In Ore-son and Washing ton is given at $23.00 per acre, that of Alabama and Mississippi at $13.50 per acre, that or Iowa and Missouri at $18.00 per acre, that or Minnesota at $19.00 per acre, that or Illinois at $17.50 per acre, that or Virginia at $16.00 per acre, that of Pennsylvania at $:'8.00 per acre, that of Maine at $9.00 per acre, that of Connecticut at $40.00 per acre. The average yield per acre In th year 19U for the nine states tu the North Atlantic group was 42 bushels per acre. In the eight South Atlantic stales 20 bushels per acre. The five north central states east of the Mississippi, which Includes In diana and Illinois, average 35 bushels per acre, The seven north central states west of the Mississippi river. Including Iowa and Kansas, averaged 23 bush els per acre, while Minnesota, the moat northern of this group, averaged 33 bushels per acre, and Kansas, the most southern, only 14H bushels per acre. , The eight states of the south cen tral group averaged bushels per acre, while the average y'eld per acre of Idaho, Oregon and Washington was a tti'ib W.IM U lUi'Ui )Mlui' of approximately 80 cents per bushel. When one talks corn to an Oregon, Washington, or Idaho farmer, he usu ally makes the excuse for not grow ing corn, that the nights are too rold It Is a recognised fai t that cool nights do exercise a marked influence In re tarding the maturity of corn. To ov ercome this obstacle, It Is neressary for the corn grower to secure first, a hardy, early maturing variety of corn. Practical experience has dem. oiiri rated that In a few years by prop er seed selection this variety adapts itself to the cool nights to such a de gree that the corn matures perfectly. Another aid to this early an.r perfect maturing Is eraly preparation of the corn ground, deep plowing and then continuous cultivation until t'me of planting, which should be when the ground is warm and the weather con ditions such that the corn will come np quickly and grow rapidly, after STYLES that denote fashion THESE are clothes that are rec ognized as the Universal Stan dard. We are showing every new color, style ani pattern, including an extensive assort ment, of various weaves and, faucy effects h blue serges Every garment ia oar stock iV equal in stylo and fit to the finest made tb-meature g&roen Prices are no more than ordi nary clothes, but you get more than you expect: See this gorgeous showing made , especially for our Easter Trade ASH BROS. La Grande Stageherg Grocery . PHONE MAIN 70 J YE6ETABLES IN SEASON ALL THE THK. D. R. FONG I ''if ' "' 11 V.-yv"; i, ' f 'sir' ' . . 'VJvN '-' I - i i. -a jL .At Branch of Baker City Office CHINESE HERBS AND ROOT RUHtMES Our wonderful life giving herbs will absolutely extirpate every Impurity from the system. No drugs, no seises, aoa-alco-aalle. FREE CONFIDENTIAL CONSULTATION FEFE Those living oat et tows can cure themselves at hem with our herbs. Write te as for par ticular. Office Hours: to 12 a. a.; 1 to p. ra. ,. Sunsays to 11 a. m.; 1 to I p. sa. Telephone Bala 769. , Office t .14(9 Adams Avena LA GRANDE, ORISON. ous until after the corn has tasseled. With our fertile soil and long season between frosts as cemparea with some of the northern and New Eng land state3. It Is entrrciy practicable to produce a larger yield per acre ji belter corn than tbey are able to do after an expenditure of $3.00 to $10.o0 per acre for commercial fertilizer. In other words, while the obstacles to successful corn growing exist, they are much easier to overcome than are those found lu other localities where experience has demonstrated corn to be one of their most profitable crop3. Skcpildsur regard ng successful corn irrowln'g is perhaps less prevalent In the' Pacific northwest today .than it was In Minnespta thirty years ago. At that time the objectors said: ":lln nesota Is too far north, the growing season too short, the early maturing varieties of corn too small for us to compete with such states as IH'nols, Indiana, Missouri and Kansas where corn grows naturally," but in the year 1912 Minnesota's 80.000.000 bushel corn crop was much more profitable to the growers than was their 45,000,- 000 bushel wheat crop. Another ract clearly brought out by an Investigation Indicates that It is not necessary to curtail the wheat crop in order to produce a nrofltable crop ot corn. . In other words, a gen eral Introduction or corn and clover In rotation with wheat will in a few years more than double the cabi value of farm products from any di trlt. No argument Is necessary to of farming w'th livestock a a promi nent factor In that system means a more reliable and continuous Income to the farmer and more satisfactory business condlilons, not only for the farmer but for every other line of business In the district. 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