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About The Polk County post. (Independence, Or.) 1918-19?? | View Entire Issue (March 26, 1918)
N E W C ITY C H A R T E R TO BE D R AFTED B Y S E V E N C IT IZ E N S soil must not be exposed to the rays of he sun as it is almost sure to de stroy the bacteria. By vot'* of the council, Mayor The second im|>ortn»t matter to Moore h;ia been authorized to .ip- consider is the acidity of the soil. point a committee of four council- A very sour soil is poisonous to the men and tlirc e citizens to frame bacteria and for that reason alfalfa and draft a now charter, so badly w ill not flourish on an acid soil. (Special Information Service, United States Department o f Agriculture.) needed. The mayor has not yet If one desires to grow alfalfa and IN BUYING AN INCUBATOR— SOME SUGGESTIONS. named the committee but assures the land is found to be very sour a the people that suggestions and dressing of lime from three to five advice will be welcomed by the tons to the acre should be sowed on seven men who. will be asked to the land before the alfnlfa is plant undertake the task. ed. As much of the farming land in the Willamette valley is sour it RUSSELUTE ARRESTED IN is not strange to understand why INDEPENDENCE FREED alfalfa has not been a success in this section. A very loosesoil or a Charles Condart, who was arrest river bottom soil that is underlaid ed in Independence several days with gravel is less acid and natur ago, for selling or distributing ally adapted to the growth of al copies of Pastor Bussell's book, “The ia If u. Finished Mystery,” was released The third to consider is drain when given a hearing before United age. It is an old saying that al States Commissioner Drake in Port falfa will not flourish with its feet land. in the water. I have hud to take Condart declared he had violated issue with tiiis claim as some of no law as he had removed four the best fields of alfalfa are with pages from the book which had the lower roots almost continually been declared objectionable by in water, but if the water stands for government officials. Regardless any great length of time around the of the Commissioner’s decision, | crown of lie plant it is sure to be U. S. Attorney Rankin says lie will fatal. I »elieve therefore that if present the case to the Federal the water is kept off the surface of grand jury. I tiie land it will be found sufficient A Good Hatch— Give the Incubator You r Personal Attention | drainage. In tfie last few years the FORMER DALLAS LASSIE I question of growing of growing al- j DOING BIT AS BARBER fa I fa by dry farming system has received much attention and has S E LLIN G H E N S N O W M E A N S Sandy, Or.—Harry Reed's barber I been tried out in so many cases LO SS O F EGG M IL L IO N S . shop, on Main street has re-opened that it is safe to say that hte sys today under feminine manage tem has “ been tried and not been To effect a saving of 150,000,- ment. Reed is serving his country found wanting.” About 40 years 000 eggs fo r the food supply In in France. the United States, poultry spe ago there lived a man in Carver cialists o f the United States De Miss Lillian Boynton, formerly of county, Minnesota, by the name of Hatcher Found to Be Successful partment o f Agriculture are Dallas, new manageress, says she Grimm, who introduced a kind of making every effort to encourage hopes to keep all of Heed's custom alfalfa he had brought from Ger Locally, Usually Most farmers to keep their hens until ers. many. This alfalfa was so iron Profitable. after the spring laying seuson “ When Harry gets back,” said clad that it Soon became known-that rather than send them to market Miss Boynton, " I ’ll turn the shop Grimm's alfalfa would not winter at this time. Figures compiled over to him. That’s how I’ll do my kill while some seasons most all MANY MAKES ARE RELIABLE 2 by the specialists show that bit." more than 5,000,000 hens, each the common kinds would succumb capable of producing 39 eggs, on to the hard winters. an average, are sent to market ONE HUNDRED ACRES OF About 20 years ago Prof. Hansen Machines Most Popular in V icin ity from the southern states alone PORTERFIELD FARM SOLD of South Dakota introduced a new Enables Beginner to Learn From in the winter and early spring. Experience o f Others— Size kind from Siberia called Cossack The “ Save-the-Hen” message is Is of Importance. A deal was made last week in that was found producing large being sent by the Department which O. P. Moore of Illinois pur thrifty plants on high land where of Agriculture broadcast through chased 100 acres of the Porterfield the rainfall was not more than 10 I f you are concerned now with the press notices and posters and farm, four miles south of Independ inches per season. It and tiie selection o f an incubator, you huve the through its county agents, espe ence. The house and barn lire in Grimm differ from tiie common choice o f many reliable makes. Since cially in the southern poultry- raising sections, where the prac cluded in the sale and will he occu kinds, <o some extent, in the root it is not advisable to recommend any particular machine, you would best tice is more common. pied by Mr. Moore. No stock, feed system. While the common kinds study the types and decide for your or machinery were included. send down one long tap root, the self. Wherever possible it is well to ! • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • j Grimm and Cossack are inclined to select an incubator which lias given or t|,ree batches, so that much time is GROWING A LFA LFA IN be more spreading and produce satisfaction In your locullty, so that saved in tending to the Incubators and W ILLAM ETTE VALLEY| many short roots. There seems to you may get the benefit o f the expert- brooders, while the chickens are more be however more or less of both ence of other operators near by. Some j even in size than those that are hatch t. (By D. R. Ruble) when the Incubating period extends kinds of plants that send down pne machines have become popular tn cer-_ The success and failure with long tap root like the common tain sections o f the country because j over a longer time. A fair estimate alfalfa in the Willamette valley has kinds. Some of the Cossock plants they were advertised extensively in for a poultry farm is an incubator been mainly due to two or three make a crown as much as sixteen that section rather than because of space o f one-egg capacity per hen, pro- Conditions that have not been fully indies In diameter. Its flowers are adnptubility to the cllmutlc conditions, vided that about one-half of the flock Don't Buy Cheap Machine. is to be renewed yearly and no outside understood . The man that has more or less varigated rind some Cheap machines are less reliable, re- | hatching is carried on. The larger made it a success has either been times there are two or more shades quire ihore attention and wear out i machines cost less in proportion to posted in regard to its requirements of colors on a single stem. The main much quicker than higher-priced incu-1 their capacity thun the smaller ones. and worked accordingly or he has point that is claimed for the Cos- bators. As the value o f the machine Is 4)ften fortunate enough to plant suck over the Grimm and other small compared to the value of the E a rly Hatch, E a rly Layera. where the conditions have bcen-fa- kinds are that it will stand closer eggs used during the normal life of the I February, March and April are the vorable to its developument. And pasturing. I cannot say from ex incubator, it is poor economy to pur- j best months to hatch chickens, but the conditions that are favorable to perience about this claim as 1 ani chase a machine that is not reliable. the sooner it can be done the better. The details o f construction and Hatching should be completed if pos its growth not being understood has growing the plants by cultivation equipment o f most Incubators are so sible by the first o f Muy. Chickens led to many a failure and for that and can see hut little difference, so subject to change that it is Impossible ] hatched before this time will have a reason this part of tin* country has far, except that the flowers are dif to state definitely the best kind of good chunce to mature und be in lay- merited the reputation of not being ferent. lamps brackets, regulators and other. Ing condition as pullets before the cold suitable for alfalfa. The three most Large fields of nlfalfn are being equipment for the different Incubators., weather o f fall sets in, and should. Important things with alfalfa are cultivated like com In rows in the The lump should have a bowl large in consequence, be producers during inoculatinwn by the nitro bacteria alfalfa districts. It keeps the fields enough to hold sufficient oil to burn at the entire fall and winter. This ts one least 36 hours under average weather of the chief reasons poultry specialists culture, acidity, and drainage. clean from weeds and makes a As alfalfa belongs to the legume much s o'er stand. It stands to rea conditions; It should be easy to remove of the United States Department of family tin* most important of the son that in the absence of irrign and replace and set absolutely tight in Agriculture are urging the Importance position. The Incubator should be set this year o f the early hatch. Early three conditions is inoculation. As tion that the plan of cultivating so that the lamp is at a convenient hatched chickens are also easier to this condition has not ben fuly un would he a much surer way of height and the egg tray convenient to raise, as they live and thrive better derstood by scientific men only for growing the crop where the rain handle. than those which are still small when the last 25 or HO years, and under fall is not very much during the the hot weather begins. Six* of Machine to Gat. stood by but few that do not belong dry season. Alfalfa has a big ad The best size o f an lncubutor to buy City Chicken« Need Room. to that class of scientists, it has been vantage over other clovers as it is depends upon circumstances. It takes Whether the backyard poultry keep a stumbling stone, times without a perenial plant and it is claimed er should try to renew his flock either number. And of all the plants that that where it is not disturbed of its HOW TO HELP INCUBATOR. • by hatching and rearing chicks or by belong to the legume family alfalfa natural lease of life it should en purchasing and rearing day-old chicks is perhaps the most exacting in its dure for a century or more. This is an open question. Raising chicks Follow the manufacturer’s di requirements. The bacteria is sel one feature ought to appeal to the should not be attempted unless a plot rections tn setting up and oper dom found in land in sufficient farmer who wants green feed dur can be provided separate from that to ating an Incubator. quantities to inoculate the plants. ing the dry season without having which there Is grass or where a sup See that the Incubator Is run- Although strange as it may seem, to reseed every two or three sea ply o f green feed can be furnished. nlug steadily at the desired tem thre seems to he always a few plants perature before tilling with eggs, o Hatching under these conditions can sons. It certainly has a great ad that will form the nodules on the Do not add fresh eggs to a tray ^ best be done with hens. ; vantage over sweet clover, which containing eggs which are under- • roots and in time will inoculate the Patience With 8ltters. has to he reseeded every two years. | going Incubation. • soil in a sufficient culture that the T o be successful with sitting hens Turn the eggs twice dally af- • second seeding of a run down al requires careful and faithful attention ter the second and until the • falfa Held will come forth with all » M M to their needs, and above all. patience. 11 >>♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ » nineteenth duy. Cool the eggs • the plants bearing the nodules that Even with the best o f care some h er* once dally, according to the a ; BRUIN HUGS MAN. THEN prove to he fickle mothers and cause draw the nitrogen from the air and weather, from the seventh to the • trouble and loss In hatching by break TOSSES HIM DOWN WELL ; thereby greatly enrich the soil; for nineteenth day. • ing their eggs, leaving their nests or this reason it is an old claim and Turn the eggs before caring J trnmpllng on the chickens when first Seattle. Wash.— A monster justly, too, that alfalfa causes the for the lamps. • hatched. Most hens the general- bear Is reported to be playing Inad to grow richer in fertility while Attend to the machine careful- J purpose breeds, such as the P ’ymouth havoc In northern Saskatche e ly at regular hours. * many other hay crops deplete the Rocks, Wyandottes. Rhode Island Reds wan. Recently a woodsman Keep the lamp and wick clean. soil of its fertility. and Orpingtons make very good moth spied the bruin and began to Teat the eggs on the seventh • ers. The heavier class or meat breeds. pepper It with his ,22-callber There are two ways of inoculat and fourteenth days. • Including the Brahmas and Cochins, rifle. Undaunted, the bear made . ing the plants. One is to get the ni Do not open the machine after • are good Bitters, hut are Inclined to fo r the man. who dropped his tre culture from some reliable lab- the eighteenth day until the • he clumay on the nest. The Leghorns gun and dashed to his cabin. oratory oi seeds man and mix the , ! O chickens are hatched. * and other Mediterranean breeds are W W He led the animal for several culture with the seed about the laps around the cabin, but bruin • • • • • • • • < • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • e e very nervous and usually do not make same day it is planted; an ounce of good mothers. suddenly stopped and waited. about as much time to care fo r a 00 the culture will inoculate enough The woodsman ran Into the bear, ns It does for a 300-egg machine, so Instead of Beef 8crap. seed for one acre and it will he snstalned several broken ribs In that It ts generally advisable to get one I f It la desired to substitute cot seen that the seed thus inoculated Its powerful clutch, snd was o f at least 150-egg capacity, although tonseed meal for beef scraps In the dry will make much larger and tlirif- tossed Into a nearby well. Later special conditions often exist which mash fo r hens the feeder should be the woodsman pulled himself to tier plants than the seed Hint is make smaller machines valuable. A careful not to replace more than half not inoculated. The second way to smalt machine Is often used tn con the beef scrap with this substitute, as inoculate the soil is to go to a thrifty nection with a larger one. placing all the result In egg production and In field of alfalfa and get about from the eggs In the large machine after the the quality o f the eggs will be unsatis tfk) to UXI pounds of the soil from first or second test. Incubators of factory. Chopped green hone, avail from 900 to 400-egg capacity are gen able at the butcher shop, la an excel one to live inches deep and sow it erally used on those large farms which lent substitute for beef scrap when fed on the land to be seeded and harrow Buy It In small it in like a seed crop; it is much more Candidato ict Representativa Polk use Individual lamp Incubators. Many fresh to the hens. poultry men believe that It pays to have quantities as It does not ke«p fresh eipenslve and inconvenient than to and Lincoln Countim, May P ri an Incubator capacity large enough to very long, and when spoiled It Is ltks- Inoculate the seed. In any evnnt ma riaa. hatch the bulk of their stock In two ly to be hannfnl. either the seed or the inoculated (Pald Advertlsemen'.) Oar Part in Feeding the Nation A Bird in the Hand J (Special Information Service, United States Department o f Agriculture.) LET THE WISE SOWER LOOK TO HIS SEED. i * * '* » * » ■ % * . -J É ítí i J a ä 0&' WELL TO SELECT ; BEST INCUBATOR 1 s ,t * W hich Do You Sow? Clean Seed (Low er Right); Adulterated Product (Low er Le ft). M ake a Tester o f Tw o Dinner Plates and a Moist Cloth. Bad Germ ination (Upper Left), Good Germination (Upper Right). PURCHASE ONLY LABELED SEEDS Farmers Urged Not to Take Any Chances Wi*h Product of Poor yuality. MAKE A GERMINATION TEST Home-Made Device W ill T e ll V alu e of 8eeds— Clean Small G rains Be fore Sowing— Send Sample to A gricu ltu ra l College. The seed trade has voluntarily agreed to label all field seeds with the per centage of pure seed thut will grow, giving the purchaser exact Information as to quality. The United States Depart ment o f Agriculture urges all farmers to buy their seeds only from dealers who comply with this agreement and not to run the risk of buying high- priced, unlabeled seed that w ill not give a stand in the field. Make Germination Teat. Get your seed early and make a ger mination teat o f It before sowing. Count out 100 seeds ; put them between folds o f moist paper or cloth between two dinner plates and keep at room temperature fo r four days ; then count the sprouted seeds. I f 95 seeds sprout the seed Is good ; If only a small part of them sprout the seed Is either poor or the test was not properly made. I f in doubt as to the value of the seed send a sample to your state agricul tural experiment station o r to the Seed Laboratory, United States Department o f Agriculture, Washington, D. C., with the request that It be tested fo r qual- •••••••••••••••••••«•••a • SCREENING SEED MAY PRE- VE N T N E W DISEA8E. • • : • S E E D D E A L E R S TO F U R N IS H • IN FO R M A T IO N W IT H ¡ PRODUCT. • According to a plan agreed upon by representatives of the seed trade and representatives o f the United States Department o f Agriculture In 'conferences last year, seed dealers will pro vide the following Information with all lots o f ten pounds or over of field-crop seeds which they sell : 1. Name o f seedsman. 2. Kind of seed. 3. Proportion o f pure live seed present, with month and year of germination test. 4. Country or locality o f or igin in the case o f the following imported seeds : Beans, soy beaus, Turkestan alfalfa, and red clover from southern Eu rope and Chile. Since the seed trade confer ences. practically all the larger seedsmen huve Individually ugreed to conduct their busi ness In accordance with these suggestions. and much of the seed is o f poorer qual ity than in normal years. Therefore, every farmer before sowing should know what proportion of the seed he buys cannot be expected to grow. I f one lot contains 90 per cent o f seed that will grow and another lot con tains 64 per cent o f seed that will grow It will take three bushels of the 64 per cent seed to sow the same number o f acres thnt two bushels of the 90 per cent w ill sow. This Is Important from the stand point o f cost alone when red clover seed Is selling for |20 or more p er bushel. It Is much more necessary, however, to know the quality o f seed in order that the rate o f seeding may be proportional to the quality, ao that enough live seed w ill be sowed to In sure a stand in the field. First know how much o f the seed may grow and then sow accordingly. Screening out the shriveled grains from wheat seed before • i planting will remove one cause CLEAN 8EED BEFORE 80W INQ, o f spreading the new bacterial disease o? wheat which has been Cleaning and grading the small discovered in many states of the grains for spring sowing should be middle West. This has been done before the spring rush In pre learned by specialists of the paring the land and sowing the seed. United States Department of A g Wheat, oats, barley, and flax can be riculture who. in co-operation Improved for seeding by running the with the experiment stations of seed through the fanning mill at least Kansas and Wisconsin, are once. The cleaned grain will run studying the problem o f control through the drill or other seeding ma ling this disease. Wheat ker chinery more evenly and thus Insure nels that are plump do not con a more uniform stand than can be ob tain bacterial cavities, but shriv tained from uncleaned grain. e eled ones often do. e Cleaning grain removes most o f the e • e s • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • e s o s e ce weak and diseased kernels, many o f which may not grow at all, or If they lty. Including percentage o f purity and do grow are likely to produce small, germination. weak plants. Uniformly large, plump Don’t take any chances with the kernels germinate more evenly, pro quality o f the red clover seed you sow duce stronger plants, and yield more this spring. than ungraded grain containing small, High Price of 8e«d. shrunken kernels. Never before has the price o f red Thorough cleaning also removes a clover seed been so high as It Is at the large part of the weed seeds the grain present time, and never has the quan contains. The preparation of the land tity of teed on hand been so small in for seeding destroys many *e**ds that proportion to the acreage to be seeded. are In the ground and thus helps to. Tn years when the demand fo r any keep weeds In check, hat the value kind o f seed exceeds the suppi'-, ail of this work la largely lost If foul seed. available seed Is put so the merket is sown.