La Grande evening observer., February 14, 1917, Image 3

"WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1917.
LA' GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
PAGE THREW
C. C. Cate Says 'Tell Me Your Troubles"
Editor's Note: C. C. Cute was for
merly a Union county agricultural
agent.
BY C. C. CATE.
(County Agent and Pathologist.)
Medford, Ore., Feb. 14. The duties
of the count agricultural agent and
pathologist for the past year have
embraced many phases of work along
the line of agriculture and horticul
ture. While the primary object of the
office in this county is to work in co
operation with farmers and fruit
growers in the matter of controlling"
and--combating the various diseases
and insects that effect our agricultur
al and horticultural indusctries, yet
other phases of agriculture have re
ceived considerable attention, as for
instance, crop rotation, better seed se
lection, drainage, irrigation and fer
tilization. Building Up County's Resources.
Our policy is to encourage the de
velopment of any agricultural project
that will assist in building up or main
taining the county's resources. There
are many crops that may be grown
and marketed on a profitable basis in
our county besides grain and fruit.
The farmelrs need more assistance
along the line of suitable diversified
crops which will net them greater re
turn on their investments. We should
diminish our importations on many
commodities and increase our exporta
tions. Special efforts are being made to
organize the farmers of the county in
order that more efficient work can be
accomplished by holding regular meet
ings for the discuseion of every day
agricultural problems. Organization,
especially along the line of coopera
tion, is what the farmers and fruit
grower is in greatest need of.
Loan Associations as Farmers' Clubs.
Many farm loan associations are al
ready organized and in time they will
be reorganized so as to serve as farm
ers' clubs for holding meetings for the
discussion of agricultural problems.
Within the last year apple and pear
scab has invaded the valley and has
caused large losses to many orchard
ists. The orchardists were not fa
miliar with its habits and rapidity of
dissemination, and consequently did
not realize the necessity for immedi
ate control measures, with the result
that many crops were seriously dam
aged. Last spring and summer much
time was allotted to the control of
scab, and where instructions were fol
lowed in spraying, the amount of
scabby fruit was small. Some experi
mental spraying was conducted in or
der to determine the best spray ma
terials for controlling scab. The lime
and sulphur gave the most uniform
and reliable results. However, it was
found that later in the season, when
there is danger of bumincr the fruit
and foliage by the use of Kmc and
sulphur, self-boiled lime an ! sulphur
can be substituted with equally good
results.
Old Enemy Still With I s.
The control of the codling moth was
also given considerable attention. This
pest is familiar to all, since it is one
of our oldest and most destructive
pests of the apple and pear. To in
sure its control, it is necessary to
work, and every effort will be put
forth this winter to get a thorough
cleanu. One phase of our work which
'is going to aid materially In the
blight control is the absolute determi
nation of the insects which act as car
tiers of blight By knowing these in
sects', together with their life hstories,
we can proceed along1 more intelligent
lines by waging war on them. From
experiments conducted in the Klamath
orchard for the past two years it was
found that sulphur applied about the
roots of the trees acts as a repellant
to insects, and by its use root blight
will be a lesser problem. In general
our method of controlling insect pests
and plant diseases compares favorably
to that of other districts.
A Few Facts and Figures.
During the past year 18 public meet
ings were held with a total attendance
of 855. Seventy-one thermometers
were tested. One hundred and twenty
moisture tests were mode. Fourteen
orchardists were assisted in getting
legume inoculation cultures at reason
able prices. 'In the fruit ripening tests
a total of 337 tests were made. From
this work some valuable results were
obtained which can be taken advan
tage of the coming year. No less than
1900 people called at the office for in
formation on various matters of which
number 1654 wore actually engaged in
some line of agriculture. During the
frost season there was a total of 1332
phone calls, the largest number for
one night was 149. The total other
phone calls in were 1411, and 1280 out
1280 out. A total of 544 letters were
mailed and 572 received and 840 bul
letins and circulars were distributed."
"Tell Us Your Trouble."
To be of the greatest service to all
agricultural interests it is of utmost
importance that we have cooperation
at all times. If you have found either
through observation or experimenta
tion, something new .that may be of
value, tell it to us so that we can pass
it on for the general good of others.
Tell us your troubles, if we cannot
assist you directly, perhaps we can
get in touch with experts on just that
subject. We do not pretend o know
everything; however, we are in a po
sition to obtain information from the
department of agriculture, state ex
periment station, the agricultural col
leges and practical men engaged in
the various agricultural pursuits. Sug
gestions as to how this office can be
greater service are always welcome.
Fair criticisms are also invited.
Are You Aware?
That Julius Roesch has a sense of
humor that is as dry as it delight
ful? It is so dry, in fact, that it re
quires a little moisture occasiona'.'y
to keep it from getting dusty. "Ye?,"
says Julius. "You see, I was born on
a dry farm, and it was so dry on that
dry, dry farm that my mother had to
raise me on a bottle. There were bull
frogs on that dry farm all the way
from fifty to one hundred years old
that never had a bath in their lives."
That "Ole" Bill Allison stole a crow
bar from Jim Garrity's blacksmith
spray thoroughly and at the proper shop last week and broke into the
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with, and that ho likes to bo called
Bill. W. G. says he was christened
WUilam Goodfellow Sawyer, but his
father always called him Bill because
he was born on the first of the month.
"That's when the bills usually come
around, you know." Bill was born in
Massachusetts but that is nothing to
his discredit, of course, far he couldn't
help it, and he got out of there as
soon as he was big enough to know
better. When Bill left Massachusetts,
he stopped off at Hanibal, Mo., to see
Mark Twain. "Just wanted to find
out if I was a rolo.tive of Tom Saw
yer." While he was chatting with the
famous humorist, a herd of mules was
driven through the street in front of
the author's house. "Ah," said Twain,
"I see some of my relatives are leav-
mg town." Then, after a pause, he
added in 'his inimitable drawl: "I un
derstand they are going out to Massa
chusetts to teach school."
That Dr. Charles A. Edwards, pas
tor of the Methodist Episcopal church,
loves a good story, and that he relish
es one at his own expense ? When Ed-
"wards was a student in the Univer
sity of Denver, it is said that he
roomed with Billy McDowell, who has
since 'become a bushop in the Method
ist church. Neither of these young j
wortmes were aistmguisned at tnat
time for what is known in theology as
"entire sanctification." Among other
around with my bill he told me that
he was going to write a little poem
about me, and hoped to sell it for
enough to pay me. The piece came
out soon after and it was so good that
I never had the heart to dun Henry
for the money, and just credited the
account in full." ' ;
That Gale Sturdevant, the whole
some looking fellow who works in N.
K. West's shoe dopartmont, is a first
class salesman and a genuine good fel
low "to boot"? He makes you feel
that it is a real pleasure to wait on
you; one is almost tempted to Duy a
pair of shoes whether one wants them
or not, just for the pleasure of hav
ing Gale fit them on. And Gale just
can't help being gallant to the ladies;
he makes each one of them feel that
she is the real Cinderella in disguise.
It's a wonder that Gale remained a
bachelor as long as he did. He was a
bachelor for quite a while; in facv.,
until just recently. And since he got
married he has been so happy about it
that sometimes his happiness goes to
his head and he gets mildly delirious.
The other day he and his wife (for
merly a Miss Wissler of Pendleton)
were walking along the street when
they met a traveling shoe salesman,
and old friend of Gales. "Ah, Dick,"
cried Gale, seizing his old friend
warmly by the hand, "I want you to
meet my lady friend, of whom I have
often spoken: Mr. Jones, this is Miss
Wissler of Pendleton." And then Gale
suddenly remembered that Miss Wiss
lor had been Mrs. Sturdevant for sev-
eral weeks, and strong man that ho is,
he collapsed and had to be carried in
to the comer drug store.
That W. G. Sawyer, of the commis
sion firm of Sawyer & Holmes, is a
mighty pleasant man to do business
lOrms of innocent friskuiess, the boys
had a passion for the indiscriminate
collection of signs. Their room at the
frat house resembled a sign painter1
'shop. At one time a certain broker,
who missed the familiar three balla
from its accustomed moorincr above
his door, visited the celebrated con
noisseurs to find out if they had one
like it in their unrivaled collection.
The boys, saw the irate broker com
ing and bolted the door. Then, as the
broker stormed outside, Edwards
mounted a chair, and speaking through
the open transom, preached the broker
a fine sermon from the text "A
wicked and adulterous generation
seeketh after a sign, but I say unto
you that no sign shall be given unto
it, except the sign of the Prophet
Jonah."
The population of a Swiss village,
was called on to express a preference
for arc or incandesent lamps, and the
decision was in favor of the incandescent.
An aluminum alloy has .been invent
ed by an Australian that is said to
be as hard as steel, to be non-corrosive
and which can be brazed and soldered.
St. Louis is said to receive more raw
furs direct from trappers and traders
than does any other fur market in the
world.
CIGARET TAKES PLACE OF FAN IN
NEW PORTRAITS OF SOCIETY WOMEN!
Society no longer whin's Its gold
monogramed Hnri't in private.
Not siiiro the funiouM imrtrult
painter, Oskar (,1'osn, begun piilnt
ing Korluty xvonion holding
clgarcts Instead of funs.
Mrs. V. Al. lln.vtcr of Montreal
yon may remember her as Vir
ginia Ustermnn, the concert
singer is the first of several well-
known women to use the litUe
"clg" us an artistic Incident ta a .
IMtrtrnit, shown here.
"As to whether I smoke, whs
cares," says Mrs. Baxter. "The
picture is Oriental in atmosphere
and iiosc."
Job Printing quickly and neathly done at The Observer.
time. Unfavorable weather at the
time of spraying is the cause of many
larvae entering the fruit. Consider
ed generally, the amount of fruit cull
ed due to codling moth injury was
small.
Our old enemy, fire blight, is still
-with us, and will continue to be more
or ess of la nuisance, but indications
are that it is on the decrease. The
soutnern pan oi tne vaney was quite
iree irom Diignt uiis jasi season,
wherein 1913 there was a very seri
ous outbreak. This fact is ntributed
to the efficient root-inspection prac
ticed since that time.
Sulphur for Hoot Blight.
A few districts in the northern part
of the valley were harder hit, and this
can be atributed to the lack of root
inspection. The fruit inspectors have
been hard at work this fall, locating
and aiding the orchardists in his blight
Mammoth Grocery again? "I tried my
best to keep Bill out of that store,"
says Ralph Fowler, "but it was sim
ply no use. The only way to get rid
of that man is to kill him, and. Bill is
such a darn good fellow that I hate
to do it." -
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Speaking of Jim Garrity: Are you
aware that Jim is the real, original
and identical smith that Longfellow
wrote about in his poem, "T,ie Village
Smithy"? "I never worked under a
spreading chestnut tree, though," says
Jim. "Longfellow was full of chest
nuts and put that in for literary ef
fect. The way that piece came to be
written was this: Henry owed me a
bill for shoeing his horse, d presented
my bill regularly every month until I
got very well acquamted. witn tne
poet. He was hard up as poets usual
ly are, and one day when I came
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Auction
Sale
Will sell to highest bidder, Thursday, March 1st,
1917, at our warehouse, La Grande, Oregon, one
lot household goods and piano, stored by Ger
trude Thompson, for storage charges.
The J. D. Lynch Co.
WAReHoiVrx h 1
" mnn't ha rvnrfv tn snu tUfm
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for two years. It's for VELVET."
We Won't Say VELVET is the Best PipeTobacco
We couldn't until we had tried every tobacco made, but
we know that most American pipe
smokers ao;rce that Kentucky Burley is
the world's choicest pipe tobacco.
We know that this tobacco can only be at its best
after two years' natural ageing, and wc take the
ume ana raymcpnecto age viviviii in iNacure s
sure, patient way.
You ought to know what we know about
VLLVIil S mildness, mellowness and taste. Well,
Too many cooks tpoil th
broth. When Time and
Nature are maliin' VEL VET,
no use anybody else g
ttirrin' in. IrJv&V
it's mighty easy to know, and you can never learn
younger than right now by ti
trying VELVET your-
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