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About The Polk County post. (Independence, Or.) 1918-19?? | View Entire Issue (May 14, 1920)
mim ARLINGTON AMPHITHEATER ALMOST COMPLETE NATUROPATH DISINFECT SEED BED TO PREVENT DISEASE _________________ _ ^ 'D t T ' g ê o . W! C ro ck w e iT ~ T ïp »c iin »tu j Female Diseases— 704-6 Dehum Bldg. PAINTS A N O W A L L PAPER Write us for pi less. Pioneer Paint Co., 186 First St., Portland. PLATING-NICKEL Before Planting Be Sure to De stroy All Fungi. AND SILVER V m t e t o d a y í o r p r i c e » — we pay return oatage on small parcels. . California Piat- |R tig W o rks, J14 2nd St. Portland. PLJJMBI NG & P L U M B I N G S U P P L I E S W e can supply you with anv kind of plumbing supplies at wholesale price». W e will gladly estimate cost of any Job. W rite for prices. S T A R K -D A V IS CO.# of _______ 188-190 4th S t, Portland ______ Sterilization by Heat In Form Steam Is Most Effective— Formalin Treatment May Be More Practi cal for Majority. R A I L W A Y T E L EG R A P H I N S T I T U T E ^Yoiing^merr^nd^women; best returns^or am’t invested. Position when qualified. 424 Railway Exchange Bldy., Portland. R A Z OR S Tilting Platform Arranged So That Hens May Liberate Themselves by Stepping on It. The following Is one o f the simplest methods o f enabling hens to open the j henhouse door in the morning, there by relieving their owner o f the neces sity o f rising at daybreak to let them ! out. The door o f the henhouse is hinged at the top, so that it opens out ward, and the lower edge catches against the flgor, so that it cannot swing inward. Near the lower edge on the outside a cord is attached, which passes upward over tw o small pulleys hanging from a beam. The other end o f the cord supports a tin can weighted with stones, so as to be General view <jf the Arlington amphitheater, built on an eminence overlooking the Potomac river at Washing 1 just heavy enough to pull the door ton. It cost nearly a million dollars, and has been in proc ss o f construction for five years. Below is shown a de open and keep it so. On the floor o f tailed view o f the front. . • the henhouse, right In front o f the door, is a tilting platform, with a hook in the front edge, which fits an eye screwed into the door. The door can therefore be locked at night by catch ing the hook in the eye, and the pull of the cord against the door on the outside has the effect o f making the hook hold securely. When the own er has locked the door in the evening, after the hens have gone to roost, he sprinkles a few grains o f feed on the outward end o f the tilting platform, which is now in a horizontal position, and leaves the henhouse by the large door, which he locks behind him. On j the follow ing morning, the first hen which jumps upon the platform to pick at the feed tilts the platform, releasing the hook from the ey e; and the weighted can on the outside pulls TORNADO CAUSES DEVASTATION IN GEORGIA The famous compound for tempering (By OTIS R E IN K IN G , Colorado Agri razors without heat. Makes shaving a cultural College, Fort Collins, Colo.) delight. The Stratanum Co., 609 Chamber Be sure to disinfect your seed beds, of Com. cold frames or hot house beds before planting. The purpose is to kill all fungi which cause dumping off, stem rot, black rot, and other diseases. Sterilization by heat In the form of steam Is the most effective; however, the formalin treatment may be more practical for the majority. The formalin solution Is made up by using 4 quarts o f formalin (40 per cent formaldehyde to 00 gallons (1 barrel) of water. Apply at the rate of 2 quarts per square foot of ground. One barrel, at this rate, will cover a piece of ground one rod long by six feet wide. Apply the solution grad ually to the soil with a sprinkling pot. It is well to cover the bed for 24 hours with sucks disinfected in the formalin solution. , Do not plant until the third or fourth day after disinfecting, or until the ground Is In a suitable condition. This will allow all formalin fumes to escape so that the seed and young growing plants will not be injured. SEED TESTER QUITE SIMPLE K N O T: Showing Ivianner in Which Seeds Are Enclosed in Tester. PLATFO RM The cotton mill district of l.u Grange was almost entirely upturned by the 'ecent tornado. The homeless were to make their beds among the wreckage. The lower picture shows an Immense hole torn In a house by ft* fo r c e d tree. Hens Unlock Poultry House Door by Stepping on Tilting Platform. THE OLD AND THE NEW IN BOSTON EASTER SELF FLAUER the door open. A knot in the cord, made to catch in the pulley, w ill pre vent wrenching at the hinges.— L. Hussakof, Brooklyn, N. Y., in Popu lar Mechanics Magazine. • ......... ■ ■ i ■ POULTRY IN PUREBRED CLASS En try of Peafowls Received From South Dakota Farmer — Also Turkeys, Ducks and Geese. The first peafowls have been en tered in the “ Better Sires— Better Stock” crusade o f the agricultural colleges, the United States depart ment o f agriculture, and co-operating agencies. The entry eomes from Butte county, S. I ) „ anil the owner is J. L. Jones. He is using purebred sires in breeding horses, cattle, swine and poultry. Among his poultry he records a peacock and two peahens, also a liberal number o f turkeys, geese and ducks. The campaign al ready Is giving valuable facts and fig ures regarding the classes o f live stock most commonly kept together on farms. MAKE FRIENDS WITH FOWLS \ lew looking down Kim street, Boston, show ing the recently constructed ran cali hall and tlu* Custom house tower looming In the foreground. AIR VIEW OF WARSHIP IN PANAMA CANAL I.nrge numbers o f Filipinos do pen ance for their sins at Faster by spend ing a day wandering nbout flailing themselves with a bamboo until sun set, when, covered with blood, they seek n wayside pool wherein to wash their wounds. DREADED KING COBRA Hens W ill Not Do Their Best When They Run at Approach of Attend ant— Feed From Hand. T A I L O R FOR P A R T I C U L A R P E O P L E I f you want up-to-date suits see M. Weinstein. Satisfaction guaranteed. 410 Stark St., Portland, OpL_________________ ^ j^ C ^ E R S ^ J \ G E N C Y ROCKY'BlOUNTAiN^Teachers'^Agenc^. Enroll free. Frank K. Welles, former Asst State Supt., mgr. NW . bank bid. P ortland. WALL PAPER— PAINT A t wholesale and retail Mall orders promptly filled. Smith' W all Paper House. 108- 110 Second 8L, Portland. Introduction of English Walnuts. The E nglilh walnut came to the Pa cific coast in 1867, when Joseph Sex ton of Santa Barbara, Cal., brought a sack of nuts from Chile and grew 1,000 trees at Goleta. Sneeze Reform. formed by folding longitudinally the outer member and stitching it at one of the edges, this envelope enfolds a pad which absorbs and retains mois ture for a period sufficient to cause germination o f the seeds. The en velope is stitched longitudinally and transversely, to form sections each of which is numbered for identifica tion purposes. SOIL FERTILITY IS LACKING W hile It may be attractive to a city dweller to believe that he can have a vegetable garden grown fo r him 100 miles or 150 miles away, place his orders fo r the cost o f a stamp, nnd have the produce delivered at his door, It should be remembered the United States department of agriculture points out that not all farm products lend themselves to direct marketing by parcel post. Usually it is imprac ticable to market such heavy products ns potatoes by parcel post, whereas eggs, butter, sausage, poultry, many vegetables, nnd nut meats may fre quently he shipped with profit nnd nt a saving to the purchaser. In general the greater the value per pound the more favorable is the chance fo r direct marketing. NATURE SELF-PRUNES TREES Pruning Is Often Paying Practice In Farm Tim ber Tracts of Valuable Small Pines. Many Unprofitable Pastures Need Re seeding or Liberal Application of Plant Food. When trees are properly spaced, na ture “ self prunes” the lower branches. But In farm timber tracts o f small ines and with valuable kinds o f trees, Many pastures gradually prove tin runing is often a paying practice, profitable not from overgrazing or sea sonable conditions but from lack of say forestry specialists o f the United soil fertility. This is especially true States department o f agriculture, if where cattle, sheep, etc., graze in an it is done during the slack time of open field nnd then run into some winter. slmdy spot to rest, so conditions should he carefully studied. In some cases it SEED HOUSES ARE RELIABLE will be found that the pasture needs reseeding, though In many cases It Occasionally Concern Found Th a t Can will be learned that It Is overgrazing not Resist Temptation of or lack o f available fertility in the soil Mixing Grades. that causes the decline. In which case removing the stock for a time if from The m ajority o f the seed houses are overgrazing or the application o f the reliable and trustworthy, but occasion necessary plant food if the latter will ally a concern cannot resist the temp prove profitable. tation o f mixing common, Inferior and CONFINED FOWLS NEED GRIT Conditions in Winter Season Are Vastly Different From Summer When Hens Are Free. good seed together and selling It as first-class grade. NAME ‘BAYER’ MEANS ASPIRNMS GENUINE Make friends with your hens. They w ill thrive better. You w ill like to care for them better. Hens cannot be at their best when they always run nt the nppronoh o f their attendant. Feed a little from your hand. You w ill get their confidence, and more o f their eggs. ARRANGE TO PRESERVE EGGS LIME .IS GOOD DISINFECTANT Those Gathered in April and May May Be Put in Waterglass and Saved for Winter. Scattered About Henhouse It Has Ten "B ayer Tablets o f Aspirin” to be gen dency to Keep Fowls in Thrifty uine must be marked with the safety “ Bayer Cross.” Then you are getting Condition. COLONY HOUSES BENEFICIAL ! Poultryman Enabled to Place Growing Stock on Clean Ground Reducing Disease Danger*. This photograph shows the U. S. S, New York passing through the Pan ama canal. It was made from s naval plane. ©TOVE RE PAI Repairs for all stoves and heaters. Prompt attention to mail orders. Spokane Stove & Furnace Repair Works, Spokane. When the hens are running in the field In summer they pick up nnd eat small sharp pieces o f gravel which serve ns grit to grind the food in the gizzard nnd keep the digestive organs In good shape. When the hens are confined to the houses during the win ter they must hnve plenty o f grit, nnd the commercial grit to he given In boxes nnd hoppers Is the best, because it Is the right size and Is sharp. Save eggs during April and May for winter use by preserving in water- glass. Mix nine quarts o f water, boiled and cooled, with one quart of water- glass. Place the solution in a five-gal lon jar. W ill preserve 15 dozen eggs. Store In cool place for winter use. This reptile grows to a length of 12 feet and his poison Is more swiftly fa tal than that o f any other. He is one of the few snakes that w ill actually chase man. lie dwells in Siam, India and In tropical Chinn. We^hielp OTe^lippearance oT^women. Tw enty-tw o inch switch or transforma tion, value $7.00, price $2.45. 400 to 412 Dekum Bldg. Do you sneeze correctly? A learned doctor says a-choo! is wrong; that you Inexpensive Contrivance Comprises should sneeze a-da! or a-de! T ry Envelope Enfolding Pad Which this on your organ.— Boston Tran Retains Moisture. script. v The Scientific American In illustrat ing and describing a seed tester in vented by A. F. Essllnger o f Ypsilantl, MARKETING BY PARCEL POST Mich., says: The object of-the Inven tion is to provide a simple, and inex Not All Farm Products Lend Them pensive contrivance for testing seeds. selves to Practice— Saving Can Tlie tester comprises an envelope Be Made With Some. 'ULl EC T ILTIN G S A N I T A R Y B E A U T Y P A R L O R ___________ Colony houses permit the poultry- man to place his growlLg stock on clean ground each year and this re duces the danger o f d tr'sse which Is present when young stoc« Is raised on the same soil over which the old birds have been ranging for many years. Get relief without fear as told in “B aye r package” the true, world-famous Aspirin, pre scribed by physicians for over 18 years. Always buy an unbroken package of "B ayer Tablets o f Aspirin,” which con tains proper directions to safely relieve Colds, Headache, Toothache, Earache, Neuralgia. Lumbago, Rheumatism, Neuritis, Joi *. Pains, and Pain gener ally. Handy tin boxes of tw elve tablets cost but a few cents. Druggists also MORE FERTILIZER IS NEEDED sell larger “ Bayer” packages. Aspirin Is the trade mark of Bayer Manufac Every Shovelful of Manure Should Be ture of Monoaceticacldester of Salley- licacid.— Adv. Saved and With Rubbish Air-slaked lime is one o f the best things known to scatter about in the henhouse, over the walls, roosts nnd floor, and in the nests, as a disin fectant. It keeps fowls in good health. It is also excellent to use In fighting roup and mites. Plowed Under. More fertilizer Is needed on many fnrms. Every shovelful o f manure should he saved nnd nil rubbish turned under when possible to Improve the fertility o f the soil. It takes plant food to yield crop*- Poor land should be Improved. Cuticura Soap ----The Safety Razor---- Shaving Soap Cqtxami Soap thavea without mag. Everywhere 2Sc.