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OUR FARMERS' IMPROVEMENT PAGE Information Gathered Everywhere that Is of Interest to the Men and Women on Farm. Good Roads. Dairvintr Hortim! CHICKEN FACTS FROM should -be lare enough to Rive tlie fowl ample room. THE Oi Ai Cii Ut tllirty illches for the I tallest birds, eradinc ilnwn to r r - " As the iudeea of poultry ' a oot or l'ie tiniest bantams, shows avftrd oretuiuma on the ! ne comb should never touch i appearance of the fowls on judging day," says professor Lunn of the Poultry depart ment of the Oregon Agricul tural College, it is necessary mat ne D03 or girl who is going to exhibit poultry at tha county and state fairi not only give them tha best of care in getting them ready, -but also in cooping and ship ping them. As the final wind up of the boy' and girls' poul try raisingcontestis at hand, these birds will be shipped to compete for prizes. The a pearance of their plumage and vigor upon the home farm will not bo a factor The judge will not consider the care spent upon them nor make al'owances for distance travelled. "Here are a few points which may mean thr winning of a premium otherwise lost. Every boy and girl should send for a premium ' list of the bhow where the birds are to be exhibited, decide what premiums are to be tried for, then select and prepare the birds accordingly. The more 1 1 nearly mature trie towls are the better. They should be in good flest and healthy, showing no pigns of disease, especially scaly leg. "In preparing fowls for the show it is necessary to wash white colored ones about four days before the birds aroship ped. Use three tubs. Tin first should be half full of warm water, the second tub of luke warm water, and the last tub with water from which the chill has been re moved. Put the fowl in the first tub and hold it under water until the plumage is - 1 1 mi 1 1 1 soaicea. ine neau may oe held under a moment or two. Place the fowl on a clean ta ble and thoroughly soap with a good white poap. The plu mage is now ready to he scrubbed, which is done gen tly with a small brush, in the direction the feathers grow. The bird is then rins ed in the aeond tub remov ing all the soap so that the feather will webb out pro peily. The legs should be scrubbed and if necessary the dirt under the scales removed with a tooth pick. "The third tub is used for the final rinsing. If bluing is used in the water there should be not too much of if and it must be thoroughly mixed with the water or ii will stain the pluma e. The feathirs are dried by hand, rubbed with towels, and the bird placed ia a well heated room until thoroughly dried It should then be placed in a clean coop with four or five inches of chaff on the floor so that the feathers will not be soiled. Dark colored birds may have their plumage rub bed with a tilk h indkerclmf and their legs waaheu a above. Now train them to handling and exhibition coops. Stroke and speak to them as this will make them pose better when the judte is looking them over. If dull, the comb and wattles may be rubbed with an equal mixture of sweet oil and alcohol. 'Jo shipping, the coops the top of the coop. The width should be such thai the plumage will not be cramped. A single coop should be provided for each male, but females mav be placed two or three togethe A little gram may be spr nk led in the chaff,, but it is not best to put drinking water i the coop. A few vegetables or aoples will answer th ,jlace of water very well an will not noil the plumage. It is not necessary to put grit o other food than grain in th Ci'Op." DON'T BREATHE DUST Us.- "Cedarine" sweepin compoun 1 lor floors and lin oleums it collects the dust 1 T I "v .11 iso .Dust lor carpets and linoleum. For sale at Cal breath it Bice. HORSE ILLS DUE TO IMFROPEH FEE 1 e ' f Mont attackrt of Une.tr i.it necessary. Tliev usual! v rvu.f f; carelessm'SH or i;:iiir:iii;-e on t':i p of the feeder. One luiiu should :i i of the horse fotfliiiK- Change teeners may mean ciiange or Iced in Irregularity in feeding- These tiling cause colic. Where feeding is not made the spe ciui wont or one niun, a horse may. by mistake, he fed twice at one meal hour. Sudden changes of feed, ir regular feeding, damaged, heated, fer tnentlng, new or moldy feed, feeding green grass or other wet green feed. giving the drinking water after feed lug and feeding and wateriug a horse when hot, tired and sweaty are com mon causes of one kind of colic or an other. Always give the drinking; water ho fore feeding. Always gradually ac custom a horse to any change of feed and especially to new oats and new hay. Have the teeth attended to hy a veterlnarlnn at least once a year. Spread the grain out thin In n large. shallow feed box to prevent the horse i -4 the and tends to rabide If almply treated. If there is no let np to the pain and tne borne is afraid to He down and walks around In the box stall be has enteritis (Inflammation of the bowels) and it probably will prove fatal. In "bloat" or "flatulett" colic the body is distended with gas high np in the right flank, and the pain is less se vere than in cramp colic, or enteritis. Lose no time in calling In a qualified veterinarian If enteritis is present. Home treatment will be apt to hasten death. The veterinarian is urgently needed If the horse is bloated. Instant "tapping" for removal of gas may save life when medicinal treatment would fall. Do not give "liniment" or "sour milk and soda" or an aloes physic ball or tincture of aconite in colic. Rectal Injections of soapy warm wa ter and glycerin may be given with benefit, and a pint of raw linseed oil containing an ounce each of turpentine and laudanum will prove a safe and beneficial drench In all simple attacks. Farm and Fireside. CornSilegeGood Cows. For feeding dairy cows no foodstuff equals the legumes for furnishing pro tein economically. No dairy farmer who does not make use of these plants In his fanning and feeding operations Is taking full advantage of the op portunities at his disposal. A comblna Hon of corn silage, leguminous hay and good cows la fine. Kimball's Dairy Fanner. Bedding For Sheep. Good clean straw makes the best bedding for sheep. Steer clear of any thing that fills the wool full of seeds latsif sticks or any such thing;. f ; t-l-t H-l H I I I I I I I til t I M 1 I HOG P0INTER8. Nine parts corn and one part tankage balances the ration for growing pigs and causes the cheapest gains. Few are the hogs that are not troubled with bowel ailments. Several feeds of one part oil meal and four parts shorts or bran, given twice a day in the form of thin slop, will correct most cases. Try It. The successful hog grower al lows but few corn cobs or other litter to accumulate in his feed ing pens. lie rakes this In a heap and burns it, letting the bogs have the ashes or charcoal. The farmer who now has a rye pasture is fortunate, and the one who did not prepare such a pasture or its equivalent must feed his hogs the most expen sive way. It pays to look ahead. For the hog, shote or pig that drags Its hind quarters feed a heaping tablespoonful of sulphur to a gallon of milk once a day for three or four days. Olve but little. If any, water or feed be sides this. After two days re peat and you will rejoice at the result and remember the reme dy. Kimball's Dairy Farmer. M"I"l-I"l"t"H"l"l"l-l i l-l"M I"l l"l l"H I with the use or an inferior onll tne registered beof bull pays for himself the first year. Herbert W. Mnmford. Chief IMvtslon of Animal Husbandry, Cnlverslty of Illinois. EASY TO SPOIL COW AS A GIVER OF MILK An agricultural exchange In giving advice on fattening veal calves states that with heavy milking cows the calf. If allowed to suck for two or three weeks, will not take all the milk the cow gives. We should gay not, nor for several months, says Hoard's Dairyman. A good cow will give at least thirty pounds of milk a day. Yet It would take a calf several months old, and a lusty one at that, to drink thirty pounds of milk a day. Right here are involved several problems. It Is well known that If the calf sucks the mother continually she dries off very rapidly. Why? Because the . v. 9 r . 1 r 1 1 VALUE OF THE BULL Photo by Oregon Agricultural college. No one will rtiaput thft pttpment that It pays to breed to a good pure bred stallion. Bui hundreds and thousand. of mnre owners do not follow what they know to be true when they hreed to a grade scrub simply because he is handy and the service fee low. We do not have sufficient hi-in class ptnlllons in this country. This Is largely the fault of farmers, for if good stallions were generally desired and pntron ized plenty of men would be ready to supply them. Hut It is partly the fault uf stallioners who do not ad vertise their sulllons sufficiently and art?ue hard enough as to their superior value. National Stockman and Karnier. The picture shows students of the Oregon Agricultural college judging a stallion. from eating too fast. Allow plenty of time for the perfect mastication of feed. In hot weather allow a little drink lug water at noon, then feed a pound or so of hay while the horse In cooling off, then give more drinking water and then the full fi-ed of oats. Avoid the Suturduy night bran mash. It Is a fertile cause of colic. Better mix bran daily with the out feed and dampen It at mealtime. Do not feed ground feed to a horse that has gixid teeth. Perfect mastica tion and insalivatioD of feed are neces m ry If the horse is to remain healthy. Feeding from the floor level lndnces an Increased flow of saliva. This lienents a horse that suffers from In digestion. Allow free access to rock salt, and keep the horse free from worms. If a horse has an attack of colic, and fearlessly rolls, kicks, paws and then looks around at bis sides, then find relief for a few minute, this is "epas modic," or "cramji." collr ihJ He May Be More Than Half the Herd of Beef Cattle. There is perhaps no other Important factor connected with beef production thnt Is as often disregarded as that of the selection of bulls to head the herds of grade cows from which are pro duced the feeding cattle of the country. It is still true thnt the "bull is half the herd," and he may be more than half the herd If be is a choice Individual backed up by good ancestry. A brief discussion of the Importance of using great discretion In the selec tion of a sire should tend to a more ctive demand for the letter grades of registered beef bulls. In the first place. the writer wishes to go on record as saying that the breeder of feeding cat tle, whether he fattens them himself or sells them to cattle feeders, cannot afford to use a common bull of Indis criminate breeding. There can be no doubt about that. Feeding cattle that are well bred and possess quality enough to weigh thousand pounds or better at two years old are worth all the way from $40 to $'iO per head, depending upon their individual quality and condition Such feeding cattle can be produced from grade beef cowb mated with choice beef hulls. Common and infe rior feeding cattle that are produced from common cows and grade or scrub bulls frequently attain an age of three or more years before they reach a thousand pounds In weight Such feeders at such an age and weight are worth from $27 to $30 each. The lesson should be plain that it does not pay to use an Inferior bnll that sires the steer that pays the own er but $9 per year for his keep as against the one that pays $22 to $25 Ir year It may be claimed that the fault la not altogether with the bull We grant that But suppose the cows are the same In either case, the well bred bnll will produce feeding cattle which will grade at least two grades higher than the feeding cattle produced by the mediocre bull. There Is usually about 35 cents per hundredweight difference In price be tween one grade of feeding cattle and the next higher grade. If the well bred bull raises the grade of his off spring two grades he adds to the value of each animal he sires 70 cents per hnndredwelght. or to the thousand pound steer 17. Proer!y cared for, s bull should sire from forty to fifty calvew per year. For sake of argument, suppose we say he sires forty. If he should In crease the value of each of bis off spring bnt $5. very conservative esti mate, hv eenis at the least fyn with bis first crop of cstves. It Is no ex- In Azucena's Pride II. we have a young Guernsey cow that has shown remarkable capacity as a producer, says the Guernsey Itreed ers' Journal. With her tlrst cnlf at two and a half years old, she began her advanced register career and attracted no little attention by her steady work at the pall. Through out her year, with t lie exception of February (a short month), she did not vs.ry 100 pounds of milk or six pounds of butter fat in any two months from start to finish. In her thirteenth month from calving: she gave 61.47 pounds of butter fat. or over two pounds per day. Her sec ond year's work, as a four year old, began In Mnroh, 1912, a much more unfavorable time of the year to be gin, It being generally conceded that a oow freshening in the fall will give much larger returns than one freshening in the spring. De spite this disadvantage, she finished her year giving nearly 1.300 pounds of milk and over sixty pounds of butter fat in the worst month of the year Asucena's Pride II. is owned by O. W. Post, Ensenore. N. T. Drexler & Alexander "THE MONEYS' WORTH STORE " Dealers in Dry Goods, Notions, Shoes Groceries EXCLUSIVE AGENTS FOR Royal Worcester Corsets Buster Brown Shoes White House Shoes Selz Royal Blue Shoes Pure White Flour Alonopole Canned Goods pays as great a piotit as any crvp grown It ia usually sold by the hundred and marketed in Backs containing, that uutnbrr of ears. The fodder remain ing after the crop Is sold Is nearly as valuable as timothy bay The bent profit conies from the earliest acres, says a writer In the Farmer's Hevievr. Sweet corn cannot be shipped a great distance, as it deteriorates rapidly: 20 acres all to b sold in fl lo 10 acre tracts at $125 per acre. Near town. R. J. Taylor. surplus milk Is not taken as fast as manufactured and nature shrinks the milk flow to the demand of the calf and to r-.-event Injury to the mother. We all know that if the cow is ex pected to produce milk to her full ca pacity she must lie milked clean and at regular intervals. That Is some thing the cnlf does not do. We further know thnt a poor milker will dry off the cow the same as a calf. I.ivlng milk In "the udder Is a sure way to dry tha cow off. All these are old and well settled principles. The efficiency of the cow is dne to two thing's first, her born capacity thnt we try to provide for by wise and proper breeding, particularly In giving her a sire thnt will Impart that capacity t her; second, by Intelligent management of the cow during her milking period. Both are- supremely essentlnl. Ton cannot make a good cow out of one that has no born capacity for milk giv ing, no matter how well yon ninnnge. 1 You can spoil a cow of the highest born capacity, especially a heifer In her first milking period, by careless and Ignorant management. - r r -Ji-v For sale, 4 lots and good seven room house in North Independence for S 1300. Inquire of R. J.Taylor. R. J. Taylor Has the Best Real Estate Bargains. Ask him. TRAIN SCHEDULE 7:15 p. m., S. P. for Corvallis. 7:15 p. m., I. 4 M. for Monmouth. All S. P. and motor cars on main P. line connect at Derry Crossing wi Salem and Falls City trains both wav 6:00 7:00 7:05 9:00 10:10 10:62 10:55 1:00 CULL OUT THE OLD EWES. They Do Not Pay In Wool, Flesh or Lambs For Their Keep. Vsually ly the time thnt a ewe bus reached the age of seven years she has spent most of her usefulness ns a breeder ami mother, flood shepherd do not hesitate to cull out these old grandmothers Is-fore they go down hill. They usually pick up in flesh shortly after weaning time and can tie best marketed Just ns they come from pasture without fattening. Old ewes 'break In the mouth." so to speak, and cannot eat. Naturally they keep going down In flesh, waste much of their food, ami frequently their mouths get so sore they will not take siilllilent food to fatten them. The wool becomes shorter and shorter with advancing age, says the Farm Prefs. and lin ks several pounds of the weights they shear In their prime. Lambs from old ewes are never as satisfactory. The milk supply falls short, and the lamb Is dwarfi-d and stuntid so that It never makes a thrifty feeder. Their presence In the flock detracts from Its appearance and value. One or two old ewes In a flock of prime brewlers will often hurt the sale value as much as r dollar n head. For these reasons, then, cull closely and keep only the best prime breeding ewes. With the prli'e of mutton and wool so low ns It Is the grower cannot afford to keep other than those from which the best returns can he expected. Photogruuh t,y I.oiik Island agricultural experiment station. j BWKKT CUltN AND LIU II BANS. j therefore tbo local grower does not f have such competition as does tha j grower of less perishable products. Sandy or light loam soil, with an open subsoil, is best for this crop. The very lest seed of the best and mont popular varieties should be pro- 1 lded. Homo grown seed, well select ed and well cured, will pay big profits on t lie cost of lalior employed for this work The first plantings must be made early in the season, and seed only of the greatest vitality will with stand the unfavorable weather condi tions thnt are likely to prevail at this I sen sou. The cultivation of this crop should be thorough, and no crop will respond sooner to good treatment. To succeed In growing sweet corn for the early market a liberal amount of plant food must be provided at the right time and In available form This means cover crops and an crenBed use of commercial fertilizers. a. m 1. & M. to Dallas. a. m., S. P. leavea for Portland. a. m., I. & M. to Airlie. a. m., Boat for O. E., Portland. a. m., Boat for O. E., Eugene. a. in., S. P. for Corvallis. a. m., I. & M. for Dallai. p. m.. Boat for O. E., Portland and Eugene. p. m., S. P. for Portland, p. m., I. A It. for Dallai. p. m., Boat for O E., Portland m., h. P motor ear, Salem. m., I. & M. to Airlie. m., Boat for O. E., Eugene. 6:80 p. m., Boat for O. E., Portland and Salem, 2:14 2:16 3:15 p 4:30 p 4:30 p 4:35 p. Cinr OFFICERS AND CLUE i Independence, Polk Co., Oregon. ; Population 1800, haa water, sew r j and electre lijrht systems, $25,000 hi( 1 school, public school city park, hot. , paved atreeta, two banka. fine rallroi I and boat connection!, and city hall. Tha city officers are: Mayor, K. C. Eldredge. Marshal, A. J. Tupper. Recorder, B. F. Swop. Treasurer, R. R. DeArmond. City Councilman, J. L. Henna, J. H. Dixon, A.L. Sperling C. W. Ir vine, W. H. Walker, P. II. Dreiler. Meets let and 3rd Wadnesdiu of each month Independence Commercial Club Meeta First and Third Tuesdays f each month. Membership over 100. J. S.Cooper, Presiden' K. C Eldredgo, Treasure! . J. G. Mcintosh, Secretary. rfffrrff(ifjfft..rj.ftttt,,tr... '-'' We Repair All Kinds of MACHINERY AUTOS and GAS ENGINES We are equipped with steel drilling outfit., turning , lathe, furnace, etc. GASOLINE. DRT BATTERIES, AUTO SUPPLIES ALWAYS ON HAND AT THE INDEPENDENCE GARAGE & MACHINE SHOP EDWARDS 6 BALL, Proprietors TYING UP A FLEECE. Kind of 8 1 la ge For Horses. At the outtet a (rood quality of si Inire, absolutely free of mold, Is re quired. Some fnrmers have fed silage to brid mnres nml horses st rwt dur ing the winter with (rood results. On the other tin ml. Koine lmve lout borsee on account of the mnlds bl' h slliitre sometimes ci.titnliiH If fed to horses of this kind, five to ten wimids per day, with grain nml other ronjrhajre, nil thnt should tie fi-d until more data nre at hand. Orange Judd Fanner. veratloji to Mr that as compel! Farm and Garden DO YOU GROW SWEET C0RN7 j Directions For the Proper Care of the Wool Grower's Crop. First, ail die tug locks must be re moved, whether they be dung of grease and dirt, writes W. C. CoBfey of the Illinois Hlntlon, describing the proper wny to tin np a fleece; second, the fleece should be carefully rolled up by blind (not In wool box), with no ends or strny locks protruding- and with the flesh Me out; third, the fleece should be tied with a hard, glazed twine, not larger thnn one eighth Inch In diameter. In tying the ends of the twine especial care should be taken to run ke 1 Arm, hard knot Mint will not llp Tng lock are not so common that 'heir presence In fleeces from furtn flocks is the rule nither thnn an e ceptlou. The total effect of leaving them on fleece in hud. It puts our wools In bad slHiuIIng with wool houics and ninnufiictiirers. Ixing con tinned. It has led to the only logics result namely, discrimination lo price ngnliiNt our wools Careful rolling, with the flesh side out and no ends or stray locks sho lug. adds greatly to the appearance of Hie fleece. It also prevents lulling the wool from different fleeces, and by the wny, each fleece should be tied to tt.self. In the wool warehouse it Is a pretty slulit to see the hesps of graded wool faced with a tier of care fully rolled and tied fleeces. f fffrtrt r r f crrrr rrrrr tttttttt er e'er 4cij m Endolane Orchards and Garden FRUITS AND VEGETABLES FOR SALE IN SEASON A Fine Orchard and over six acres of an Fine a Garden as there Ii in tha Willamette Valley r. r. C. W. DOSSETT D. No. 2 Independence, Oregon Usee of Lime. I. line Is seldom If ever applied to sol In by reason of lis value as a direct fertilizer. It chief value lies In Its unlocking, una vnllnlile nitrogen, phos phoric acid 11 rid potash. We usually apply It to giirdiim In one of throe forniM - viz. quicklime, gypsum or land plaster anil wood ashes. We would not ailvUc applying it In sny form to soil fur lawn purpose fietter far to use It on the grass when It shows need of food. It Is very beneficial to Ken tucky blue grass. No Goo! Crop Reeponde Better to Trostment Thar This One. Every truck farmer knows that tbe first early f-t corn In the market Climbing Natturtlume. t'llnititng uiiHturtlnms can be com biried with those of dwarf haMt. Two (limbing plmits at each of the two cor ners of the 1ki nearest the window ran be trained over a cord or a trellis made uf wood w hich follows the out line of the wlnd'iw frame. It 1s not well to train any plant on wire, aa tbe vlre bents qnb kly In hot sun, burns fie stem twined nhotit It snd ulti mately causes the death of tbe plant. Get Your Printing Satisfactorily Done, Placing Your Order at The Monitor Office
