carbolic acid are preferable to kunnMue
in Uilspwluy house Ma cleanter. That
certain degree, of confinement to
tor Kwk That too tkm
confinement will cause Un-m to ceaw
laying. Too much freedom will eaus
a loss of fleah. Th poultry how
should be attuatl on rolling ground.
Th building thoroughly whit washed.
Ou th floor should be a foot af (try
dirt. - ''
HOW TO AKX HKNS LAY.
Tell of th eomooitlon of t& tnr.
Oyster shells are the best for formlug
. thhell, ae are alto wasted shells, or
craps or old plaster. Albumen Is round
io pure ttate in weet milk. - Corn con
tain ell , In wluter feed animal food
in abundance, alto shell material In
aprlug provide a dry yard and frvh
water. . In summer provide atiady spot
and plenty of cool water.
Gapes-Cause, foul water ami wet
places of roosting This is small
worms In the wind-pipe and these drop
on the lungs and au (locate the chicken.
The "runs" for the chickens should be
frequently plowed, and if notafoea ar
cultivated it will be better. Tuts will
cure thegapes. ." '"
Rood Hani to cure, verv eontairlnu.
Better kill one or two chicks of the first
ones affected.
In marketing fowls the farmer must
bring the fattest and healthiest. The
best plan for fattening is to have a
movable ."coop, and feed groin, well
wetted with nitlk. Three weeks will
be sufficient to fatteu a chicken.
Mr. Carter, of Wells station, said be
wanted to know which was the beet
breed of fowls. Did not agree that a
slat five or six Inches wide was the best
roost. That his chiekeus preferred to
roost on limba of trees.
Mr. Berchtold said he first kept Huff
Loenins. moy area clumseyblrd, and
they do not lay may eggs ami want to
set too much. Xext he tried Black
Spanish. They are a very satisfactory
fowl, but are non setters; that you
have to have another breed to batch
the eggs. Xext he tried the Browu
Leghorn. For general purposes, as a
table fowl or also a layer, it is to be
recommended. The variety he nnw
has is the Wyandotte, niul a cross be-
iween the Hamburg ud Dark Brah
ma. They are a fine looking fowl
Ihey are good feeders, are patient
mothers, and best of all, lay when 110
other chickens do, that is, through the
winter months. He recommends this
vsriety. That there must be some
thing wrong with the chicken house.
That chickens do not like a draughty
house. That experiment has nrrnvn
t that the flat slat is cleaner aud pre
ferred by the chickens. That more
trouble comes from chickens being
troubled with lice than almost any
other disease. That plenty of road dust
is the remedy. Mr. Carter said that he
had adopted the White Leghorn as the
oeat enicxeu.
, AKTKRNOON SKSSION.
Hon. E. Hatch, of McCoy, occupied
the chair. E. C. Pentland Was elected
secretary. .
A paper on "Mixed Farming" was
., . xau. r. o. roweii, or SIoiv-
. uiouin. . ,, ,
me im.t mm uie mixed
'farming was very little practiced on
thisooast and It has not been necessary;
but the time has come when we can no
longer, compete with the cheap labor of
Europe, xne time when the farmer
" could We without hard labor has
passed. m must make up.our minds
to face the uew condition, of thin..
That our wheat, oats and other cereals
snouid be changed into live stock. That
by so doing we will not only supply our
uuuie manteis out enrich our soils at
Hie same time,
Mr. T. Paulson said he believed In
mixed farming, and practised it him
self. That he had been told t t.,.i
Institute that farmers should engage in
apeo-iaiues. i nut m manufacturing this
rule is followed, and why not among
the farmers. That if one man raises
nothing but currants, he could produce
it at a better profit than the mixed far
mer, but he would not be as certain of
profit If the currant market were sup
plied he would be ruined. Mr. Paulson
depreciated the plan of farmers going
in debt, That at
-mwu VliC
year ir a farmer has some sheep he can
soon have some money. That when
tne farmer has Onlv wheat. h f
money but once a year and Is "carried"
toe rest or tne year. Spoke of early
days of Oregon when wheat farmers
did not have anything but wheat. '
D. 0. Quick, of Suver, was in favor
of mixed farming. That he raised last
year 10 acres of corn and eighteen
acres of buckwheat, and raisnd n.iit
number sacks of potatoes. That biick-
wneat loosens up the soil, and docs not
impoverish it. That he believes mixed
farming pays. " Showed samples of en
silage from his silo at Suver.
Question akd. Where clover and
grtat would oome in.lu mixed rartnltirt
Ana, That he would put that Into
ensilage at he had the corn. 8ald that
Cou'l. Corneliout had nut un nsfa.
wheat, corn, elover and smart weed
intotnstiag. - 1 . ,
Prof. W. II. Hull tald h wtt on the
farm of 0. P. SUd Jen A Son, of Kugeuo,
That he was told tliat th prunes lu tehlr
orchard of 10,000 tre could ail be told
for the sum of 12J oenta a pound, aud
It did teem that there was tirofU In It
aud that a Chicago dealer said that If
every farmer In the Willamette Talley
were to engage in the builu the de
maud would not be more than supplied.
Mr. yuies said that a gentleman at
Vancouver had been raising prunes for
me past is year and the profit from
Hires or tour acre of prunes was about
W00 a year. That the reason why the
rreucn prune are telling at a higher
price, Is because the French uruue am
graded.
Mr. French of the oollcee at Owvai.
lis said that not oulv was fruit railing
a valuable part of mixed, farmlug but
mat it Simula also include poultry and
i outter making. That Oregon farmers
ahould not have to buy either bacou,
butter or eggs. , , .
Prof. Urlstow, of agricultural college
said that this matter of mixed farming
might be carried too far, That a man
who farms everything will not succeed
any better than the business wuu who
tries to do everythimr. That whatevr
the farmer attempts to do he should
maxe a specialty of t That if h en.
gages ia prune raising he should tudv
prunes.
Mr. E. Owinn, of Dixie, tnid he did
not agree with the gentleman last on
the floor. That when you farm you
must mix it all up. That he raise
hogs aud cattle aud chickens, aud
makes butter, aud now has plenty of
money to "carry" himself. That the
reason why he fouud this kind of funn
ing paid was that wheu he tried the
other he failed and he has tried mixed
farming and succeeded. That his wife
scut tluo worth or eggs to Portland and
he has sold over 1 1K worth of eggs and
poultry, nsd itsiked around ami seen
that the successful men pruned their
own orchards ami bruk ti,..ir
horses and drove their owii teams, and
In fact did everything.
Mr. Paulson said that elover was the
very best for eusi luge.
Mr. Quick asked why more clover
was not raised In Polk county?
A. W. Lucas said that
stands mixed farming, he did not find
It to pay. That when ho rnl..l u
- - n m ill
and oats on theirround It did .mi
ceed. Thathefavoiwd liv.i(tiul ft. .....
- ""..O.M. 1,11 HI-
Ing. fhat to eugage hi diversified
farming, the farmer is dependent upon
locality. He said that he had heard
stabs given the raislug of wheat, argu-
nig mat wneat did not pay. He had
made careful calculations aud he had
round that it does pay but not very
largely. That he had Just come from
the prune country of California and
those farmers there Were lllnn pmny.1
than the Oregon farmer. Wheat pays
urner man rrutt. wiiiin 1 ru,
diversified furmitur h ,11,1 .
ot UVJfc ivur
me uregon. rarmor giving up wheat
a ... m uuuuiiuiiaiiceg were
more encouraitlnsr.' Stick to tl, Mi.in.
of wheat, which, while lt does not pay
very largely, It does pay. That h
not let hit siimmpr rn.t ii.. l it..
That his sheep are enriching his land,
and that on land that he mii,i i..(
of 45 pounds to the bushel, 30 years ago
uu now nc raises more to the acre, aud
it weighs. 80 pounds to' th h..cK..i
That we must not stop ' raising wheat.
i uai it is a sure crop, and fairly renin
nerative. '
Prof. Brlstow. hf h A ffpl(.ltn,.i ..i
. t - BMviIUtau.
lege, ueiivered an address on
,BEB KEEn.vo,'
That the important
industry, and one which those lntmt.
ed are.trying to reach, is; does It pay?
hum u you pay attention to a thing it
will pay, but if you negnect It, it will
uow, xuat If you were to buv an anl
mal this year which would fel itir
until next year, aud sell at the end of
me year at a proflt, you would say it
was a good investment. Bees will Ha
this, j The parent swarm doubles in
one year. , It feeds both swarms, and
gives you a nice returaof houev. That
bees also are of ad vintage to fructify
vegetation. That experinmenU have
proven that they are of creat vsIim in
the fruit orchard. Explains the life of
the swarm. That only one queen bee
is in a hive. That a swarm of hra b
entirely mothered by this one queen.
A swarm Is composed of from 2'.nm in
50,000 becd. That the oueen kv fmni
,000 to 2,500 eggs a day. and eontlnn
to do this all her life, which is shoot.
four years. The drone Is nextdescri
bed. They do no work, make no hon
ey, they are the guards and mates of
the queen. There are from 20.000 in
30,000 working bees. Every working
Th mailer cell It the caute of this.
They do all th work. That they do
not llvt longer than tlx weeks. That
thit can be tested by putting an Italian
be.') children areth wott pftclou thing
i. .Initk has m nu nn
value, but In tul ehiittlan land, th
boy and tne gir r worumy wm,
unt Rr their money value, not ipcJlly
queen in a hlvof black hm. Work beoau they r Ions of cwr b.mnd
Ing bee do not die of old a, but work flesh of our flesh, but bou of tut lm-
tlieuwelvet to death That be m a I nwur postiwuu wrap, up
ting but never uw it except mr the
hive, and that to kilt drone. That the
bee need the tting to protect the
honey, not only from man, but ani
mals. That honev ts teeieted In (low
er, and gathered by the beet and car
ried to their hlv where it I dcuJul,
The be bread It carried ou th log of
the hoc, aud Is used for food by the
bee In winter. The comb I not made
th aanisaa luta lintml. Tliat when
beea twartu, they are uot cms, and the
thwiu and bteaute they bav toui
which with ours will llv for vr, A
hog It worth fifty dollars, but wlmt l
the Uby worth? Mamma' weeiily
teenty little darling. Oh! th Jiang
which brought the Utile on out of tit
Nowher Into the Here tn aisin lrgot
Utii stul a new Kim nrlnm un In IliallV
liiortM ami twlnn antond the ItaliV.
Th liraln irf tliiaelillit lost burn, aud
for torn week thereafter I a bit of lei-
l,voretml, a Inseuiate and Inert ast
. i. .i.. . ...
KipDr ui ima witi ihi eju. J
tlluhar Itian U uuu i . .
.k....4. .. ..ILL L . .
iiiiui wrm ui dm nor toj j,.., 1
UWK nwariu, iiipif an, ut,i rnm hi u iiD , u w, 'i,i.i, ap uimin.v iwu ,v.
reason is Ueaus the bee are full of j dutch ehee or plumb puddlug. Hut
it w oou tnot uirougn aim ninHign
Ith linprenHlons, tensatlon aud lurlu
honey. That by tome procea thttdl
gesta and become wax. 8mtlme a
uueen die. In tills ease a oueen must
be reproduced. It t dotie by joining two
or tare cells, and feeding Willi royal
jelly, aud In sixteen days a new queen
win be born. A worker I bom lu
twenty-one and drone lu twenty-four
days. Who should keep bee Is an Im
portant ttiblcot. That the bee-keeper
should learn the business. The best
loeutiuii Is along the river where cotton
wood aud other tree grow, also white
elover. Do not buy too many bee.
One good colouy lu tho spring, lu a
common black log gum, aud get black
bee. I hay are cheaper for au experi
ment. Oet a swarm with a queen
bout year of age. It will do the best.
Favors the movable comb hive and the
Italiau tiers, which may be purchased
as sm as experience has Usui gained.
Bee will travel from four to six miles
for honey. That bee do uot hurt fruit
w
cuec which gradually transform It
from a thing of dough to battery of
power. The uew child I a titer auh
tuatle suction punqt,
"The lufant In th uight .
Crying for alight.
And has no language hut a cry."
Hut It change through tint year of
niauhusl Into thunderbolt. Intelli
gence liegto to beam In the eye, lb
passions to assert themselves, among
which love, enkindled by the mother
can sit .triumphant.'.
Hie lufaut, a tn soloist, I th mt
helnlea of all animals, and would ill
but for that mother, who, like a guard
Ian ugel uight and day ke her cy
tqiou the precious chtrge committed to
her care.
Uut this little fellow sisiii eottiMto
her feet Slid begin (o blunter about the
house, or farm a If h owued the rth
and lutendetl to take .ln uf it.
b d Of bM DO hja
3m w one preaebimJ
Inoky. wl b sik of rtitlsj aj)
A lihs4 bat NprtSMttUti.. ijT.
b(ttNpfUti4 klM bfHtiut J
nim bors, sab, aod bting niafcyjj
I" r-ktrt-l th vniit i Ha. J
bone worth IboUMDd A.lu 1
bring t elnhlNn tbat ami ,(, J?
fieent," t
H-miom ought to UH ibsa. kJ
Ihsl their o prott htluis .JT?,
to de to thstr box, ,
elssu bshft, who do not n,,H(
with that hw children nay U (n.
theut. II nterl ma th bop Uu4 vl
leaeber wy in m mtUtij
tmilatie buj But it mntt Dui J
(otWa that tiatupl f tlrotutw tha, j
eept, 1
Ho eat teadh yourebiija, Jf
And nervy tut th weak, an' rHj
fc !', f
Wbteb la lltwaskiMa ottim,tJ
A glwm of Uod" omaipiiimikj tuw
eeriaj htot.
Or death, who emltig dumbaa, I
Oi Ism p
Til lf Hlua power, : . Ii.
When hf onr ls, your mimnh
fo eoiitrsdwi th rr; mtei .
or fruit blossom.
Mr. Hatch askinl whether spraying; Hi soothing syrup Mtl,, rattle bote-,
orchanls womd lulerfere with mm rubla riinr. rasl l.iu ....ii.i.a .rf
Mr. Iike assumed that If spraying cloth, lit which ass tied up Yum Yum.
waa done at the rluht season there is no am aiu.,,ii,.,i ,u .. i ,..
eoiitlict between p,xvug and the gain, the btek-alley, by the rag mm, and hi
ering of honey by the las.. . tu(1), drtww, M f .
I r..f. Lk askinl wliether It was not j At-d now h must go tom-h.wL Hume
j Kb tuJul,,
lxgh Bodortul., J
ibw bt wtll m,
If Nther use kilateeo hi n.j..,C
i.i. i . ,. . -
m on w e ii
4, thi
ebi.ea r ih
iee j if ) rrmtit profan UJ
or in iin.vut r iy paMtn M
tit rwiibfiil httl rp)ra,u ill
to a rstiii ttJ Bunw ikM,
they oenater reswm, JudgB j
seen U will,
Kitwllsnt .r th girl sU, if g
ainlhsr bsv hrea lovingly mum ltr
ing them by kindly wotd ad m
srnpl past th ir i,d piiMbh
ia th pub of every girl hMe miV
-.. a mut, rmr iaa uwtn tnd
(sumo,
Ami in this work of briadln I....J
tlMVlXHt Bl.l,h...t
true lllllt Itlst as Iliu ! n.nnJ I.. ,
., ., ; """' "'""'""ere, sometime, you know
titer were thrt-e or more queens, ami not when n.Imw, he has already ae,
yet it w shttal tht but one queen quired a cast deal of Information, utor
!r:M,r T. ta,rl ,1:al th,,:M y ni, hri
Sn.,k ,,fll.tt ,,, ..f t- fi.....J . 1. ' I ni-''nsHi 11,8 leaolier ha a an
liioth is the leant dmiiagiug7tlie ant the I btiMiiB 1 1. "t i .m.,lk. J
next, and the field-mouse the worst. ' and muuu e..rl .t . i . X M "Mk
.aim inuseuui of furious tli iikfa. II., Inau.l 11, .1 n.. i
mtAttuKKrem.. (-. get g,,, a,,!,,,,,,, .,lWj ,,im Im)1 nUmZZJZD
Pn.f. Lake said that the Agricultural ''u"l. '" custoi.it and the law. rf . ! usm tlmw. rstr.imnif it,B1, u.JuJ
college would furnish sugar beet seed i eM "cinand this peeullar kind of! h vd.au. .i." ... 1
w - ... ,.i
to farmers aud that tbev will havs the
product examined aud analied at the
labratory lu the Agricultural college,
ire or coat, Atljourued.
KVKSINO 8WWIO.V.
Called to order by A. J. Goodman.
Home excellent music was iarfirnil
oy un-ssy s uniitistra.
An exeeleut pajs-r was then read on
"Horticulture lu Oregon," by O. P. K.
Pluiimier, of Portlaml- Spoke of the
Interest he lsk lu this work: That he
hoped to see the fruit industry devel
oped. That fruit ralslmr ttavsln Or.
gon, and has paid, when the trees were
well taken care of. That 1000 Itartlet
pear tree will yield a better return than
even better fruit of a arrester vri..tv
Tbat large lots of fruit are in demand.
l nat enerrles of Oremin canhot be .
celled.-- That California onlv ran
Oregomln the variety of fruit. That In
in snccuuiics or ureinui. w ii l,a,,.l
of the world. Oregon can not 1 ex
celled In the production of prune.
That California cannot raise the Italian
prune, aud Oregon ,wmis to be their
home. Prunes -sru graded acoonllinr
to the size and the lariror the nrnn
tne nigner tne price. Told of the method
or raising prunes and workltg the crop
in California. That there Is nini'h la
bor employed. That the best dryer he
nas usea is tne Jorv drver. ml in u-.
lem. That of all the varieties of nmn,.
the Italian is tha most Important to
Oregon, aim tnat we cannot overdo the
protiuotnm. That while we do not, a
In California,! have to irrlirats. vt nr
orcnarus need to be plowed and nnmi
ana taaen care of. Codlln moths,
green aphis, and other fruit pest wer
exmoiten. tstioKe of the bird, whink
ar injurious and thoneof value. , On-
posed the English Hstrrow. Spoke of
me urogon wtate Boa.d of Hrtim,it..
That i the bulletins liwnml h h.i..
. 'J HI1P,
bonnl are given awav unon nr,nii,.oii
"I "i'''.IIVUi
ThatsiJTuviniroforchftrf,. ..
. ' an,iuaj
Indlspensible, and the suggestions of
ins ooaru are or great val ue. Last year
the output of fruit in California, was
ia,uuu,uuu, and California is planting
more trees and Is not discouraged.
Song: Nancy Lee, by Miss " Essie
aiom, accompanied by Miss Katie
Wheeler. Miss Tatom 8ii.i...j .
... vn.iiui kTIJ H
clear flexible voice and a pleasing artlo-
umtiuu.
OUB HOYS AND OIUM VS. OUH STOCK.
W.N.IIull.ofthfl
a'ii;uii,urai
College, Corvallis, Oregon, said; Our
t training.
Hitherto, fr five, mIx, or seven years,
the little fellow has gut on Well with
the chicken, iilim. cows, diam i.
hotse and binli; they have told him
many things; he hu been on lutiniate
terms with the weather, and t.,ni,.l it.
clerk a Jolly, likable nersoti. In all a..
sons ; he can tell the time o'day by the
un and the season by theoiitellatlont;
nens irnedto sw m.alid. .l.i
ritie, row, fish, shst, cswt, climb, ami
Use hi lists, tvvt ami lw..k .. I..... i...
. nuru IIH-
posed upon j h kuow the value of
oiien air, puddles, dam. an.l
bank ; lie ha entered into the treas
uies of the tuow and hall ; the rain Is
out a ueautirul meteor ; not till long af
terward does he know enough to cunw
In when It rain tn WMj fm.t1l .,(
pluh-rs and stone-bruise ho' knows
lull well ; he has estahlish,l aut.n.
rrve-nnusinry with a thousand ti,i.,.,.
be know how to find blda-nest Uie
bees have shown him how they take
earrv ..,.1 1,1.-. ..'.. '
have ittsjued U'fore hit
doctrine of the transmigration of ouls
and when, years later h ui.. ....
' . - 1 !)", "II
Hindu speculations In btsiks, lie aays
"flhnt l1.t..l...J "... . J
UI,K .u wornw Ulllf .m)
that a lone tints sun I .. .J.i. n. .
... - n .w m-vu toe
Ilk-worm, beetle, inland, biftterfly
"" miraci imm Hafis
through all thai.l
Paradise." He knowi the note of every
uuuiu), anu ir lie awakena at ... j
v w 1(
ociWKintlie Illorulinr anil l,.tk.
. . "f 1111
concert, be can tie every note.' tv the
proiier fonri, aud carrv tb m hX ,..
, a " n"it? ytf
ches ra his eye a wejl as ear, Isifore
uwuawn. II has watched .1... m..t..
ftheJulyflre.mM)alul examined the
mp or the glow-worm lurklnir In th.
grass, iurni the wliori..! .....t i.
her spark, and he will know what all
romance nieana before he I
o jrears OKI, ,
Happy if in comma throinh ti,..
fears he " hat mm.i . .
,,, uuiiqunrtta
Croup, whooiilnii cirnli.
mps, scarlet fever, and that ,... ...
er, wliose scarlet mantles th nlnk ,i
consuraet the very lif. cured only by
mnruim. Iff.. 11 . . ' '
Slid toui ltlt(
another life, and the iwi ...
: ' f"tetoo,t the father has
" mao biorlted in his thick
to give his boyi some sunti,m
their KrOWth. rnonl,,!..! il.... '. ..
; 7 uieir iinbbits
wa ned agaimt pitfalls and tot no a
b'Kh standard in himself; for here m
ing th good.
1U llrt (fnat ntinil.l.K.lU. L. J
besllb. t bl lb fl.t clitaj, aa, J
boy and iiirk.
eOlUlll. i.til III mJ
J ll ebsmlwr. moping w((b
i" 10 iy. dresoiy r.y 0 m
"- wouaer wha will th, uf W ,J
od. HbouhUr. faihuf torwt
stug, UMtoght itmpmt iuto
dent ehawbtr ( rnrgtfulnMl Ii
not phyMeiao the want. t,.,t .-..
uuhliiil and well directed sleret. f!
th tewber can aid tha j
.... . y, mxm
ttd etteoarieg f ,0(j Jwp bmlk
iu pur sir. hgt IBoW11),llU ,,,,
rot, bnultlar did lung,
The teseher mar ever aid , ..
in ovsrooiaiua bsmdiUna. r. - . Zj
flgbt, but bredilarki m. k. i.Zj
driveo out of ,,. mtem J
Ob? tin bus- iMur i. a,.....J
o. on either old or .J
er it at ber,l,Ury or o0.r, mi4 1
of it if It In, lake,, held 0f i0 ttui. U
;V ttUmli walysed it , b torn
hal vile wer-l bahiU drsggd (h, 1
msn or woman down nr,.i.i. ....
S-rsre, but It must be esiladV, ,t.. Jj
Mm of oo.umpiioo. Neither JD
nor tnaeluira .I.....I.I ........ . ,r I
ui-uuil W VUt IK
dcr youo, mn ao.1 young Vuma,i
IhfM lurking dangsr. , . f
A second eoo.,derttoa i'prop
lenal for boms resdini 1
Wep1rpert,b(,,k.),nj ft.
books ami i.mr. ... 1
WMy, bjif well wortli the tim tWi"
.m n, llor auain . ...1
" it in n mi,u .. tl .1
infridwitho.il .houldbsmade lb ast
suraoiive nlaoe , .11 ..,
KUIIdillg Slid anitinia,U il
MKKin. A new book n.i.i.1 . 1 ..
I., .. ,, - - Uuw mill !.!;
bj. Iter that, rg library .locked
Hie atari. TL,.,i,'.,- ....... . ,.J
, "i.n amuu, ID Wlfc
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