Independence monitor., July 18, 1913, Image 3

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OUR FARMERS' IMPROVEMENT PAGE
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Information Gathered Everywhere that Is of Interest to the Men and Women on the
Farm. Good Roads,
PRESERVING THE
LOGANBERRY CROP
Loganberry groweri who
have very limited markets
and those whose cro'is aro in
danger from continuous wet
weather, 1 be interested in
me (had of preserving and
storing ae outlined by Prof.
C. I Le'i", head of the di
vision of Horticulture at t:ie
Oregon Agricultural College.
l'rof. Lewis thinks ihat most
of this veer's er will be
evaporntid, and therein lies a
great danger. If the product
is caranieled and charred as
has happened in the past, it
is hard and unpalatable and
will cause a dislike for dried
loganberries, thu limiting
the future demand. It 1 jusi
ft-f necessary, he tells us, to
selt-ct the fruic carefully f r
evaporating as it is to bit 3-tre-ful
in drying. Unripe berries
should be thio vn out and only
good fruit use l. The berries
should then be graded., not in
size as in prunes, but oi.
quality.
As to home and local use the
professor rays: "We should
try to increase the home con
Bumption of th losjanberry
by calling attention to its
possibilities. Either canned
or evaporated it is good for
pies and sauces. lis jelly is
hard to beat. Equal part.- of
loganberry juice and apple
iuice niix"d and boiled down
the f, llowing winter are said
to make excellent jelly of fine
flavor and consistency. T.he
juice should be used more
largely by confectioners and
housewives. Generally where
a family puts up one crate of
it this year they will put up
four or rive crates of it the
following years. As a bever
age is is fast growing in pop
ularity, and may b prepared
easily as follow?: Place the
berries in a didi with just
enough water to cover the
bottom of the dish to keep
the berries f.om burning.
Heat the berries, stirring
occasionally with a woolen
epoon or paddle but do not
let them boil lakerroin the
stove, strain through jelly
biig, mix juice witli one third
its mei'urc of sugar, return
to the. stove, and again heat
to boiling point only. Seal
at. once in fruit jar or bot'les.
For drinking, this syrup
-liouldbe diluted with four
arrive times its measure oi
water. It is a npU-ndid b-v
eifUu to take with meals and
the children tind it a great
treat. The time .viil prob
ably come when entire train
loads will be grown solely fo
juice purposes.
"Of course the h-rrie.-
hould be gathered close wlK-n i
rains are frequent, hut. -v; j
though berries become!
mouldy, there is no need r ,
throw them away .M out i i
inertly a vegetable growth a
truly as lettuce, and unles
the berry i-i decaying, it will
still make, even though
mouldy, a good product in
juices or jell "
Profeior Lnwis prove
J hi -
, , i i
n .nit hv huhdlllt! a sample UI
juice to several persons,
which ws pronounced e
ce'lent. He then informed
them that it was ma le from
in uldv brTris
USE THE SPOILED HAY
'Every acr of thi ipoilfd
i
Dairying, Horticulture, Fine
hay, then, tint is applied to
the land will per mi. the raid
ing of three 30 bushel wheat
crops, or five 40 bushel oat
crops or three 200 bushel po
tato crops or three 600-bushel
ar pie crope, without any de
preciation in the fertility ot
the soil," it the astounding
statement made by Professor
II. 1). Scudder
of ihe Oregon
Co'iege in di
, agronomist
Agricultui s I
CUSsilig the
Linnets' mot i reusing pr l
1. ni of the best disposition '
make of poiled hay. 1'r- f
Scudder continues the di
t ii.'Sion ss follows :
"A ton of clovei hay con
tains 40 pound of nitrogen,
5 pounds of ph sphorus and
80 pounds of potsssium. 1
tliis amount ot plant food was
to b- jiurchaxed on the mai
ket. as fertilizer, it would cost
not less than $8.50 and prob
ublv closer to $10.50.
"Every ton of it contains as
ini'ch plant food as is taken
away from tie bam in 30
bushels of wheat, or (56 bush
els of !ats, or 200 bushels of
potatoes, or 600 bushels of
apples, or in one ton of fut
bogs, or four tons of milk, or
10 tons of butter."
It should be hauled to the
btrnyard and thrown in deep
piles just ss is the manure'
In other words, it should be
composted or allowed to rot.
"HORSE SENSE."
A few "snips" with the pincers
removes rough corners of the
hoof, which If left on might re
sult In lameness and possibly
the loss of the nnlmal.
At the Canada experimental
farms, in a horse feeding test it
was found that corn and bran
five to two, or barley and bran
i live to two, could be substituted
for oats and bran in the same
proportions, although both the
corn and barley were less pal-
' atahle than the oat ration.
When the horses rub their tails
it is sometimes a sign of worms.
To effect a remedy feed equal
i parts of salt and wood ashes ev-
ery day for a week.
Z Experiments have proved that
'? It Is not profitable at the ordl-
nary cost of doing it to grind
Z grain for horses doing ordinary
work It might pay In the case
of very hard worked animals.
Carrots must be fed sparingly
Z to working horses. Cut them In
slices. They are a laxative end
affect the kidneys also
HANDLING A VICIOUS BULL
Use of Double Loop Helps to Teach
Him Who's the Boss.
We suppose every one has a recipe
for the treatment of troublesome bulls.
This advice on the subject is taken
from Hoard's Dairyman: In the first
place, bulls get unruly largely because
of the superabundant energy that Is
wrapped up In them. They ought to
he made to work every day on a tread
power or In some other way and get
real tiled. That will do more to re
press their "masculine rage" than any
thing we know of
Sivond. if a young bull gets the no
tion In bis head that he Is boss, take
him out on the meadow or where the
snow Is deep enoneh to make a fair
cushion and throw him with a double
loop a few times That will put more
sense of his inferiority In the hands of
man into his thick head than anything
we ever tried
The double loop Is made in the fol
lowing manner: Take a half Inch
rope. say. twenty feet long. Pass one
eml through the nose ring, leaving
about six feet in front, thence up be
tween the horns Then pnss the rope
around the body Just hack of the fore
lets and make a half hitch at the
backbone: thence back to the hips,
making another turn around the body
j Just In front of the hind legs, with a
I half hitch at the backbone, and carry
' out the rope over the tail six or eight
I feet In the rear Let two men take
I hold of the end In front and two more
on the rope in the rear ami -itouf
pull together, when down goes
t Ri, r ne was snoi
lioiu miii
I down by the head a few moments and
i . . . . i I1.-..U- nont.h he will
i let mm u 1.1 --
I .... , , ,ne men In front, but
another slow pull brings mm to in
side with a bang
Throw him two or three times In
this way. and It will take the conceit
out of him wonderfully You have not
struck him nor hurt him. nor U bis
anger aroused He Is simply non
nlnsed and completely beat at yonr
power over him We have known of
....
several very cantanKerous uu i. .
were kept qime ue-.-ni o.. -u
al dose of the double Imp
i it an.m.1
Stock. Hogs, Etc. J
CARE NEEDED IN
FEEDING ENSILAGE.
A treat many silos are being built
this summer, and the owners will have
their first experience feeding silage
next winter. There is no denying the
fact that silage bus a high feeding
ralue, but those who are Inexperienced
should use caution in feeding if they
would get tost results.
When the feeding of silage Is begun
It must be given in small quantities
or the cows and calves will btout and
get off feed. If the feeding is begun
while there Is pasturage and pumpkin'
or ether green feeds are In use tne
danger of scours will not be so treat,
and almost a full ration may be given
at the start.
Spoiled silage la something that must
never be fed When feeding begins, as
soon as the silo Is filled, there will be
none spoiled, but where several weeks
Intervene before feeding begins there
will be a considerable portion on top
that must be thrown away. Spoiled
silage makes a very good mulct) for
use In the garden.
The amount of silage to be given
depends to a grent extent upon the
cow, as some animals require more
Photo by American Press Association.
At hie country eatate, Elklne Park,
Pa.. Peter A. B. Widener, the well
known Philadelphia capitalist, main
tains an establishment that U one
of the finest In America. The place
la visited frequently by friends of
Mr. Widener who desire to set up
country places and want to get
pointers from hl methods of doing
things. Besides greenhouses and
flowerbeds that are among the mar
vels of beauty, Mr. Widener main
tains a dairy that l a model. He
has some fine stock, which Is his
pride. One of hie good cows, a Jer
sey named Oxford'! Bella, Is shown
here with her calf.
than othens, and uion what otner
feed they are getting I would con
sider forty pounds per day about the
proper amount.
A bushel basket makes a very con
venient meusure, as it holds enough
for one feed. Observe the cows, and ir
any do not clenn their portion up give
a smaller amount at tbe next feeding.
Never allow nny silage to remain in
the mangers, as it will spoil quickly
and taint the milk.
1 do not believe that silage can be
very highly recommended as a horse
feed. It will do for colts and Idle
horses, but will make the working
horses soft
Silage may be safety recommended
as a feed for sheep when given In
moderation. When fed In any great
amount it causes a loosening of the
bowels and has other bad effects. Pea
or clover silage is more valuuble than
corn silage as a feed for sheep
The feeder must not lose Bight of
the fact that silage In Itself Is not a
balanced ration by nny means Al-
wavs feed bran, olinieal, gluten or
other rations rich In protein In con
nection with the silage Where a good
lefcfnne is fed also a smaller quantity
of the mill stuff should be glven.
Karm Progress.
Jim Shiftless and His Pig.
Cncle Cornputch, hs quoted by the
Progressive Farmer, says his neighbor,
Jim Shiftless, has a pigpen "about
eight foot square, with au old door for
a roof, a little trough in one end an'
a smell that reaches half a mile down
the Held. Jim's one pig Is In this pen
an' he must enjoy life In hot days.
Of course hoes Is hogs, an' so Is
some men, but I don't see bow any
man can expect to git any prollt out
of a hog kept in a little pen all sum
mer. an' 1 don't see how he can think
little enough of the hog an' the rest
of the neighborhood to keep a pen so
nasty that a man don't like to go close
to It
"I keep my hogs In the pasture this
hot weather, where there Is plenty of
grass an' pea vines an' shade an' wa
ter. an' then I go out an' rub 'em In the
side with the toe of ray boot, an they
grunt an' git fat, an' we ail enjoy It
toiri.iher I don't think I'll ever sell
Jim Shiftless another pig."
Measures to Be Taken to Maat s Com
mon Emergency
Th f,.iin-tne is tHken from Karm
and Fireside:
"Few emergencies which arise on the
farm are more easily dealt with than
choking. In case of this kind we have
never known the white of en egg
-lion runirt-d down the sufferer's.
throat to fall to give relief
To administer the egg quickly and
surely it should be broken Into a wide
tnmitiior! buttle When such a bottle
ts not qubklv available, however, any
ordinary bottle may be used by using
a funnel to get tbe egg Into It, and
where a funnel Is not hand one can
be made by rolling a piece of paper
Into the desired "hnpe
"When even-thing Is ready the anl
mal's bead should te rnisd as high
ss possible, the bottle thrust far ba
In the throat and the contents emptied
I The egg will Immediately pass down
, mflke tbftmt flH,Hge ,nd the
ir.n,n,, ntt,i-l. so smooth that It
j aR OD iutl, th, ,tajac."
4a HV
GOOD CREESE MADE
FROM BUTTERMILK
In bulletins from the Wisconsin ex
periment station the making of cheese
from buttermilk was pretty fully de
scrilied, says Hoard's Piilrjmiin This
caused somen hat of a stir In the dairy
world, and since it results in the utili
sation of large quantities of butter
milk wasted every year It Is well
worthy of consideration.
Buttermilk makes a very acceptable
cheese, and the profit iu the enter
prise will depend entirely upon wheth-
Photo by American Preas Association.
Speaking generally, the at-'-lcul-tural
shoe In England, especially
the exhibits of line live stock, at
tract more attention than they do
In America, since the breeding of
good specimens of the domestic an
imals has been pursued for centu
ries there. Even In the great city
of London, bilges' 'n the world,
the eililbita of cows, sheep, horses,
etc., attract much attention.
The picture shows the head of a
fine Ihilsti'in cow exhibited at a re
cent show In Agricultural hall. Lon
don. er or not a steady market can be de
veloped for it llelug a perishable
product, very much like cottage
cheese, it will keep only a few days.
The fact of the matter Is there is
very little clirrereiice ueiweru uuum
mllk cheese and cottage cheese, ex
cept that the former has a buttermilk
flavor.
Packing and selling this cheese re
quire special attention since the pub
lic is not familiar with the product
It may he shipped In butter tubs unci
retailed in paper pails or otner BUian
packages. It will keep for a week or
ten days In a temperature of 50 to 00
degrees, but It can be kept longer-ir
the temperature is lowered to 82 de
grees or below.
Buttermilk cheese has been Bold at 8
to 5 cents a pound at ttie factory and
retailed at 7 to l'J"a cent, if color Is
desired this may lie secured by adding
cheese coloring as used la cheiidar
cheese
The making of tills buttermilk
cheese Is Inexpensive, as the drainage
racks, siphons, etc., can be constructed
by any one. When only a very small
amount Is desired the ordinary uten
sils of a creamery can be utilized.
How Fences Spread Disease.
A doctor holds a postmortem on a
badly infected subject His knife or
scalpel slips, and he cuts a linger
Blood poison and death ensue. A tu
berculous cow is stung by mi insect
She goes to the barbed wire fence and
scratches the Itching spot, breaks tne
skin and leaves Infected blood on the
bnrbs, which dries, but the germs re
main dormant, waiting for perhaps n
boalthv ii to come along, and sue
does and scratches and automatically
Inoculates her blood wilh the tuhercu
losis germ.
This Isn't theory. Any surgeon or
bncterlologlst will O. K. all the above
as to germ transference.
A cow "hooks" another, draws blood
with the tip of her horn, which, when
smeared with drlinl Infected blood, Is
just as deadly as the sharp barbed
wire.
No kiH-per of vnluable homes permits
a foot or tmrneu wire ou inn iuu.
.... L. I . .,.,,
rami and PI reside.
Why Keep "Robber Cowif
It Is as Impossible to estimate the
productiv ss and value or H cow hs
It Is to guess the exact number of
bushels of corn a certain field will
yield. The scales and a lialwock tester
when rightly used will accurately de
terinlne whether any of your cows are
grafters just as surely as n pair of
farm scales will show the exact yield
of corn. Iion't put up with a "robier
cow." -Orange Judd Parmer.
Indigestion In Calves.
Indigestion in older calves Is usually
due to unclean milk or feed, andenn
vessels, close eonllnement In dark, In
sanitary stalls und Irregular or exces
sive fee ling In some cases It nppenrs
to lie due mainly to sheer weakness
and Inability to digest.
The Profitable Cow.
A good cow. well fed and cared for,
will give a larger return for the feed
consumed than any other aiilninl. This
statement stands without challenge ti
day as sue e-,sftilly as It lias stl
through the ages
Cabbage Good, but Not For 8ilo.
Calibugc Is a verj good feed for dnl
ry cows, bet o1ng to Its watery com
position It cannot I put Into the alio.
-Hoard's I lalryman
THE GRANGE
Conducive bf
J. . DANkOW, Ch.ihm. H. Y
Editor of the .Vu 1 .'d u dranoe
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VERMONT'S STATE MASTER.
a. Prominent Farmer and En Mimber
of the Legislature.
J The P t"ur..t u- V "imite
j grange Is Willis S. Only of Mlildle
j bury. He was bora In IS'iO In the
town where he uow lives ami where
I he hna resided all his life. Ills edu
cation wss secured In the district
schools and the local high school. His
whole life has been spent upon the
WILMS N. CADI.
farm, with the exception of a few win
ters when he was teaching school In
enrly manhood Ills specialties have
been dairying and general farming
He is charter member of I lie local
grange, was master four years, has
served four terms as master of the O.
J. Hell Pomona grange and was over
seer of the stale grange for ix years
lie was a member of the legislature
in 1I!1 and chairman of the commit
tee of Agriculture; also n member of
the ways anl means committee He
was president of I lie runners' club In
the legislature; also nppnlnted by Oor-
enmr Proctor as n member of the com
mission on normal schools and was also
one of the delegates from Vermont to
the congress of governors called by
President Hoosovclt He lias b-en
Identified with school affairs all ins
life. Mr. Cady has served five years
ns selectman and Justice of the pence
several years. He belongs to several
fraternal organizations.
State Master Honored.
Professor U J. Patterson, master of
the Maryland state grange, hits recent
ly been elected president of the State
Agricultural college lie has been the
director of the state experiment sta
tion for several years, where he has
performed a most etliclcnt Hcrvice, and
now culled to a higher ponltlon will
Infuse new inspiration Into the work
of Ihe agricultural college. The old
institution had become iintlciunted and
feeble, mill dually tire swept away tbe
last bull ling Apparently the time for
a Klronir man at (lie helm had come,
niiil President Patterson's plans for
the new Institution anil the new work
are large ami will require a large
amount of money to build and equip
mi agricultural plant such as he be
licves the stale to lie worthy of sud
that ll needs
I'lie t ii t that one acre of silage wlP
, ,-... fur six months, while
! I., six acres of the old fash
,!M-d ii didder to feed the same
'hat limy, ought to he con vine
i i,i , In favor of ttie silo
iil' i
Fine For the Cow.
The lies, crops tli.-ilcnii be raised for
:lie d.ilM nnv are ull.ilfa anil corn si
age. and bnth llie are great drought
,'eslstors
Notice to Telephone Users
Owing; to the fnct. that from lima to
time we me obtig' ,1 to employ new op-
.,l,.u tL.hn un till familiar with both
names Hii'l numbers of telephone users,
it becomes absolutely necessary that
we require you to call by number und
that vou be earful to state whether it
is a "Main"or "Fuim'. number, giving
the word "Main" or "Farm" before
ih number. You will have no longer
to wait if ou look up the number your
self than if the operator lias to tak
the time to do it for you, which re-
aiirca not only you hut possibly several
others to wait.
A few numbers are incorrect in tbe
directory and some huve been chui ged
since it. was issued, therefore II may
,,,. 0 tti il vou get the wrong mini
her, in which case notify 1 He opeimur
who will give you the correct number,
a notation of which you can mauc m
;'uiir directory,
If you will exercise hs much patience
with u in making this change as we
will with you, it will soon he accom
plished and with but very lime incon
venience to eitbor. Ibis change will
not apply to llio-e on farm lines until
the i.ssuaiice of the new directory,
when they also will lie required to call
by number.
Very truly yours,
INIiKl'KNhKNCK TP. I.. CO.
By Clyde K Carlson, Manager.
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Independence, - Oregon
AU Fruit in Season
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Double Daily Train Service
Leave Albany Dally 7:30 a.
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