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S ay tan VOL. I ©rifaune DAYTON, OREGON, JULY 26, 1912. NO. 32 Layers of four to six inches The road must first be graded c^ss should be such as to war- should be put in and packed sli and drained carefully, and should rant its adoption in a general ghtly. The temperature should be crowned about one inch to system the result would be to re- be allowed to fall to 75 degrees the foot and smooth as a rag. It lieve a great many grocers for before the spawn is put in. can be greatly iiupiuvcu improved uy by air ad- । । productive duty along other lines. up . . Prof. Boquet at Oregon Agricult- ' Commercial spawn comes in Highway Expert Of Agricultural ^ing sand even if no grading1 It may that the local experi Ural College Tells How it is Done bricks which are cut or broken College explains Economical Repair has been done but the expense ment will share the fate of ma into two inch squares, ten or ... Imnnk rPl. ____ will be much greater. The sand J ny others of its kind and again Best Work twelve pieces to the brick. These must be sharp and coarse, but it may be that it will prove a are put ten inches apart an inch need not be as clean as is requir success beyond all public expect Valuable suggestions on the under the surface of the manure. 1 “To the farmer better roads growing of mushrooms are giv It is usually unnecessary to wa- Ti-equently mean the difference ed for concrete. It should be ation. The theory and principle on oy Prof. A. G. B. Boquet, ter the beds after spawning, between affluence and bank- orought and piled along the sho of it are sound and serviceable. vegetable garden expert of the which almost invariably damps ruPtcy.” said Prof. Ernest ulders of the road in dry weath The practice of it needs the ex Oregon Agricultural College. off the young spawn. If in two h^gg Ayres, highway engineer er when teaming is cheaper, th ercise of wisdom and patience. Those afraid of “toadstool pois- weeks there are no white threads of th® Ore#on Agricultural Col ough construction can not begin From those who genuinely desire until the rains soften the clay. , have no fear if in the manure about the spawn lege in a lecture this week to The cheapest way is to spread betterment of economic condit ions, as the affect the average they follow his directions. i a iayer of loam not too heavy the summer students. the sand 4 to 6 inches deep over family, there will be earnest “The kind usually grown com-1 nor too light, about an inch and A Wisconsin farmer held 1000 the wet clay and let the traffic mercially is the Agaricus Cam-ja half deep may be spread over bushels of potatos in his cellar, mix the materials. Economy is well wishing for the success of pestris,” says Prof. Boquet. 1 the surface. It should be barely waiting for a good price. He the only argument for this, and the enterprise. It undoubtedly signifies an economic adjustment “The color of the gills (the un- moist, to prevent the bed from was offered 92 cents in March as more sand is usually required that sooner or later must come. der surface of the cap) is creamy drying out. but they must be delivered in to fill the ruts and holes formed How much failure must precede white, turning later to a pink, town, and the roads were so by the heavier teams, even this the final success is the interest , e T» uvu the U1UAHIUUIU3 ---- — When mushrooms appear appear and in some brown varieties to . the bed may be sprinkled lightly bad he could not haul over them advantage is sometimes lost. ' ing question. hxmiTvi « and ~ J later stili 1171 1 r» »i . , a fl CMUlGh grayish brown, once or twice a week, but never ^ben he finally got them to The road is almost impassable! So far such experiments have to v ite. soaked. The walks and walls market his potatos brought to heavy loads until the sand1 a passable record of success to “The common causes for fail-1 of the house may be watered to him 30 cents a bushel. The bad and clay are thoroughly mixed. । count upon, but to a great ex- ure in mushroom growing are keep the atmosphere moist. The'roads cost him $680, and now he A better way is to spread the | tent each experiment must stand the use of poor spawn or spawn • mushrooms usually appear some ’s an ardent booster for any mo- sand evenly to a width of 12 or or fall on its own merits. killed by improper storage; sp-1 six weeks after spawning. In vement promising relief, 16 feet, mixing well with plow Exchange— awning at too high temperature; j picking the cap or cap and stem While the farmer receives as and harrow. A depth of 6 inch-1 too much wate** Ät spawning or should be grasped and twisted great financial gain from good es is enough for light travel, and later; and improper preparation to remove it easily from the roads as anyone, he has the ad- a foot for heavy loads. The road of the bed. One of the first re soil. All defective ones and the ded social benefits. Under pre drag should be used often to quisites is fresh, reliable spawn. small “buttons” should be re sent conditions it is often impos maintain the crown and fill up This can be obtained from re moved. Shipment is made in sible for his children to go to ruts which will form in the first' liable seedsmen or from certain small boxes similar to straw school regularly, his family to few months. If the road does! mushroom spawn dealers in dif berry boxes or in cardboard box go to church except when the TO BE FOUND IN OREGON not compare favorably with gra-1 ferent parts of the United Sta es holding two to five pounds, roads are dried out, his doctor tes. The usual price is $2.00 often lined with paper to keep to reach him in time to do the vel or macadam as soon as the After a careful study of the sand is added to the clay, it | for enough spawn for 30 square the mushrooms in good shape. most good, or his mail to be de should not be considered a fail problem set forth in your tele feet. The market price ordinarily av livered regularly. With better ure. Its construction is a grad gram, were I graduating today “Mushrooms may be grown erages 35 to 50 cents a pound, roads this can all be changed, and ual process, and the surface will from college, East, West, or in a shed, cave, cellar or any va and sometimes goes up to seven graded schools and larger chur not be at its best in less than six South, I would head straight for ches always follow these impro months. If it gets muddy, add the gnat undeveloped North cant space in a greenhouse, if ty-five cents. the temperature and moisture The bed will produce success vements. more sand; if it is too dry and west. conditions are favorable. The fully from six weeks to three It is not necessary that a dusty, more clay is needed. All I would buy my ticket for Port temperature should range from months, many growers figuring great deal of money be spent on that is required for maintenance land, Oregon. I would spend ' 53 to 60 degrees, 55 to 58 being the profitable yield to be half a our highways, but what is inves is the addition of a little more my 1 first week in that splendid best. The place should not be pound to the square foot of sur ted should be used carefully and sand to the clay each year, and prototype 1 of our old, conserva very damp, though a moist at face. Many get two pounds to intelligently. A few dollars the occasional use of a drag. tive and intellectual but withal mosphere is desirable. Cold is the square foot. When a bed is spent at the right time will save courageous and hustling New less injurious than heat. That no longer profitable, the manure repairs costing hundreds, and CO-OPERATION AND THE COST England capital of a half century is why many mushroom houses may be used for garden purpos most of the roads where there ago. While in Portland I would OF LIVING are built half below the ground, es, though useless for mush is no heavy travel may be im haunt the reportorial depart so that there is less trouble in rooms since the heat is exhaust proved in this way. ments of the daily newspapers, keeping down the temperature. ed. The house should be thor Mr. Ayres then described the Finally we have an actual ex the ever-welcoming rooms of the Mushrooms are usually grown oughly cleaned before another process of building sand-clay periment in co-operation in this numerous business clubs and the city. The co-operative store, a- in early spring or summer, and crop is raised. roads: the initial grading with bout which we have heard so blooming departments of the in the fall and early winter, but Those wishing printed matter a proper crown and drainage great railroads and navigation in proper houses they may be on the subject may write to the ditches, the distribution and pa much during the past few lines centring in that superb Pa- produced the year around. The Massachusetts Board of Agri cking of the clay, spreading of i months is the fact, and will be cific metropolis. until the success , or i tu »„.. m i: u* • color of the product is muchim- culture for Bulletin 5, Farmers’ the sand, and plowing and har continued , .. 1 hen « 1 t would light out * and □ in- failure of the experiment is dem- „ i ,. ., proved by darkness, but a little Bulletin 204, “Cultivation - . . . -i. / , «>the modern paradise of happi- of rowing it in lightly on top. This onstrated. The experiment will .i. .. . . . , light may be allowed to harvest Mushrooms.” , . . , ... . * , type of road has given excellent be watched with interest not x on-1 nessanddollars.thevirgininter- : nr . . the mushrooms and work in the I - i I ior ot that wonderful . state, a satisfaction in the southern and . ly , here, lx but in other cities as i „.„- ij • .. lf , . . bed. II world in itself, containing to middle-western states, but little spare and then lots more of ev “The manure must be in the work of the sort has been done If this experiment is honestly erything that makes for health, primary stage of fermentation, as yet in the Pacific northwest. and should not contain more than It has proved successful in soils and efficiently conducted it is hustle, prosperity and content a moderate amount of straw or and climatic conditions similar possible for it to result in value ment for man, woman and child. such substitutes as sawdust or to those found in Oregon, and beyond all present computation. If I were possessed of $20,000 to shavings. It should first be pil 0. C. T. Company Has Placed there is no question as to its It is a business undertaking and $50,000 capital, in a twelve must be handled in a business month I would telegraph back ed in a heap three or four feet Oregona on this Run. value for our rural highways. high, and if dry should be water The saving in expense over like way, and those who patron to Bradstreet and Dun to mark ed slightly to start fermentation. 1 Wednesday the Oregona, a other forms of road is no mean ize it must not expect results of my rating $125,000, and then In four or five days it should be I boat belonging to the O. C. T. item, continued Prof. Ayres. startling reduction in the cost of three twelvemonths later I turned, and again in seven or Company, made its first trip on The average cost for sand-clay living, save as the experiment would wire them to make it from the regular run from Portland to' ten days to permit of even fer this roads is but $723 a mile for the gathers strength and efficacy half to three-quarters of a mil point. mentation and prevent burning The dock here has been estab-1 24,601 miles in the United Sia- from success. As a matter of lion. in spots. In fifteen days or lished at the Hibbert Warehouse t«8* compared with a cost of course it will not be looked on If I had only my car fare, three weeks the temperature will just below the bridge and what $4.689 a mile for macadam. In with favor by those with whom Bible, dictionary and fountain begin to fall and it will be ready was commonly known as the other words’ about seven miles it shall compete, for if it’s sue-! (CONT1NUKD TO EDITORIAL PAGE) White Warehouse. for use. of good sand-clay road can be OREGON CITY TRANSPORTATION COMPANY The boat will make three trips built for the same money as one “The beds are usually three a < week being at Day ton Monday, Steamer “OREGONA” mile of plain or water-bound and a half bv four feet and ten 1 Wednesday and Friday. -BETWEEN PORTLAND AND DAYTON or twelve inches deep, with Here is our chance. Let’s macadam. The cost of main PORTLAND boards outaide to hold the ma keep her here. We need a boat j tenance is less than for any other DAYTON Leave« TAYI/OR ST. DOCK L«*«t<*a HIBBERT DOCK nure. The compost should be and we need a railroad. We form of improvement except the just moist—a state when water now have the boat and the rail-; earth road, and horses and auto- Mondays. Wednesday« and Friday« at Tuesdays, Thursdays an i Saturdays at 80 60081 f°r 811 y°U mobiles alike prefer it to any of cannot be readily squeezed out. the hard surface roads. Growing Mush rooms Good Roads and The Farmer HEALTH HUSTLE AND PROSPERITY DAYTON HAS BOAT SERVICE 6.45 A. M 7.00 A. M
