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DAYTON, OREGON. SEPTEMBER 6. 1912.
NO. 38
SCHOOL OPENS SEPT. 30
oil of anise. This mixture is
sufficient to poison a half bushel
of wheat or corn. Simply pour
it over the grain and stir vig-
orously. This grain, of course,
Pest Expert Lovett of 0. A. C. Says should not be scattered in ex­
first Time in Our States History ¡Agricultural
Problem of Killing off Rodents not posed places where birds and
poultry would get at it.
Judge Exhibits at Grange
Simple.
The heavy rains in this section
Edqecomd to Teach Civil Enqlneer-
and County Fairs
That it is no simple task to In the case of traps. I do not i of the country are very unusual.
know
that
any
particular
make
inq at Corvallis During the Coming
get rid of gophers and moles
I am positive we have not had
and other rodents is the opinion is to be recommended. All of any such weather for twenty At the Linn County Fair at
Year
of A. L. Lovett, pest expt rt at them hive certain things which one years, and I am told by men Scio this week Prof. E. L. Pot-
0. A. C. department)
department R. E. Edgecomb, instructor
O. A. C. He believes it is bet- make tn? i, in the eye of their whose minds are still sound, it ter
tei of the O.
ter to use a combination of tr- man^acturers, a little superior is the first time it has ever occ- of animal husbandry judged the in civil engineering at the Uni-
livestock exhibits, Prof. F. L. versity of Colorado, has been
(ured.
eatments rather than ar.y one to other types.
Kent
the dairy exhibits, Fred appointed to a similar position
system.
If yon hear some one say, ‘‘I
Brown
of the division of horti­ at the 0. A. C.
remember about 40 years ago
In most cases one will have
we had just such a fall as this,” culture the fruit and vegetables.
At the Iowa State College at
very good success during the
you can put it down he has for­ Miss Barbara Moore the domes­ Ames, where he was graduated
early part of the fight with the
gotten, because many of them tic art work and Miss Sarah and acted as assistant in descr­
poisoned bait. Fumigation with
think about it so much that they Lewis the cookery exhibits.
iptive geometry, he won elect­
corbon-bi-sulfid gives very good
success in newly formed bur­ 0. A. C. Calls Cornell Graduate to really believe it is so. Many Prof. E. D. Ressler at the head ion to the honorary national en­
of the industrial pedagogy work, gineering society of Tau Beta
of our old people forget.
rows of the pocket gopher.
Agronomy Faculty Position
gave
an address at the Wilson- Pi. He continued his graduate
। It is true we usually have a
This method is used extensively
ville
school
fair this week, also, study at the
V11C University
uiuvciaity oi
of voi-
Col-
through the middle west on a' The new assistant professor few showers along in the middle " e
of
Sept,
but
we
never
have
so
w
here
H.
E.
Pratt
of
the
bacter-
orado,
and
has
since
been
in
the
commercial scale and over large ( of soils at the 0. A. C. is M. M.
much.
iol°£y department judged the employ of the Towl Engineer-
fields.
....... Where „ the
, application
,
i McCool, a graduate of Cornell The recent rains have played t-CT'■ They
Omaha, - the bridge
ThP were also
*l‘“ “ at
“ the
J1” ing Co. of
°f Omaha
bridKe
fails it is usually due to the very University with the degree of
h
—
havoc
with
the
unthreshed
K
'
atsk,
™
e
«'h
1
»
1
la
^
of the
extended 'underground burrows doctor of philosophy.
when Dr. James Withycombe, Chicago Milwaukie & StPaul
which occur in fields long infes­
Dr.
McCool
was
first gradua­ grain and is raising some h— i director of the evperiment station road at Chicago, and a consul-
ted. The carbon-bi-sulphide is
havoc with prunes and hops.
used at the rate of three to six ted from the University of Miss­ Many of the hops are beginning addressed the Creswell grange ting and contracting engineer
of Omaha.
ounces to each pocket. Saturat­ ouri, with the class of 1908, and to mold and consequently are meeting.
was
employed
on
a
soil
survey
ing dry horse manure and work­
not as good for the market. Or­ At the Melrose grange fair
there.
Two
years
later
Cornell
ing this down into the.burrow is
egon people are to be congrat­ Sept. 11-12 Dean Calvin of the
a very good method of applica- granted him the master’s de­ ulated on the way they work to domestic science department, A.
gree, and this June he received save a mans crop. Though it G. Lunn of the poultry depart-
tion. The material may be po­
L /-» iiiti i nuuuiJL
ured slowly into the hole direct. his doctorate. While at Cornell has rained a great deal of the ment, E. R. Stockwell of the
Pe2pIei?jVf
I dairy division and E. J. Krause
After treating the hole, cover it he was instructor in plant phy­
w nd,to heat the of the department of horticulture Demands of Diffprant
thoroughly to hold in the fumes. siology, and did special work in bant
band.
How
s that for Oregon? wjn act as judges of the exhibit.
™
1 Dilterent Crops
Always bear in mind that carbon soils, physical chemistry, horti­ 1__________ ____________ _ on Soils Explained in Prof.
culture and different lines of ag­
bi-sulfid is as inflamable as gas­ ronomy.
।
Bradley’s Bulletin
oline. Do not open it near a hot
SQUEEZING THE WATER OUT OF SINGLE TAX
stove, nor smoke while making
i. It is a matter of considerable
interest and importance to know
the application.
the demands which particular
When the numbers of pests
I crops are making upon the soil,
are considerably lessened they
espada'ly when plans are being
ma Ie as they are in modern me­
seem to become wary of such
thods of farming to meet these
methods, and then possibly the
demands
by appropriate fertil­
Tillamook, Carleton and Many
trap will be about the only way
ization, savs Prof. Bradley of
Others
that you can catch them. After
the 0. A. C. chemistry depart­
the traps cease to be effective
ment, in a new bulletin on ‘‘The
iSoils
of Oregon”(No. 112.)
a small boy with a rifle will us­ In reading our exchanges we
The
losses of mineral foods
ually keep them down pretty find many of our localities hol­
and nitrogen by leaching and
well. This pest usually appears ding District School Fairs with
the loss of nitrogen by direct
above ground at certain times great success. Now is the op­
।oxidation are, of course, addi-
of the day and can be shot very portune time for us to have our
; tional demands which come to
; the cultivated soil, ‘‘he contin­
readily.
children do something for home
ues. He then gives a table of
There are two methods of pre­ instead of taking it away from
fertility of wheat, vetch hay, al-
paring the poisoned bait. One home.
I falfa hay, timothy, potatos, ap­
ples, fat cattle, milk, butter and
consists of simply using pieces Of course we know it is hop
fresh kale, showing the compo­
of carrot or potato or even rais- picking time, prune picking etc.
sition
and market value.
ins. Make an incision in each but remember the education of
The value of the plant food in
piece and slip in a. crystal of the youth along industrial lines
one acre of wheat equals $11.40,
strychnia sulphate. The burrow is very important, and should be !
says Prof. Bradley. "In like
manner $24.25 worth of plant
should not be left uncovered in attended to at once. Encour­
foods go into 300 bushels of app­
the case of the pocket gopher; agement along these lines is a-
les. The large amount of nitro­
simply scrape away the surface bout all we need to make it a
gen
and consequent high mar­
soil to expose the tunnel; the success.
ket value of plant foods in al­
bait may then be dropped into There are many children in
falfa and vetch is offset by the
the hole and the soil replaced.
storage
of atmospheric nitrogen
our immediate neighborhood
in
the
soil
by these plants, so
In the case of moles, a sharp who have raised potatos, cab­
that
the
real
nitrogen draft does
pointed stick may be pushed bage, carrots, corn, wheat stock
not come on the soil. The min­
down into the uplifted earth a- etc. just for the purpose we
eral foods which these legumin­
round the tunnel and the bait have been advocating.
ous crops carry however, are
large and represent real losses
dropped in. Then stamp on the In your minds eye see if you
when
they are sold as hay from
burrow to cut out the light from cant picture yourself in the po-
the
farm.
The values for kale
below.
• • of * the
* young people who
sition
are extreme and represent the
The other method for prepar­ are anxiously waiting for the
real demands on an acre of soil
by an average kale crop, which,
ing the bait with poison is as day when they can exhibit the
by experience, is known to be
follows: Dissolve an ounce of fruits of their labor and ingen­
hard
on the land. The small a-
strychnia sulphate in a pint of uity.
mount of fertility entering into
boiling water; add a pint of Think adout it, set the date
dairy products and live stock ex­
thick syrup and stir thoroughly. and let’s have one day of a dan-
plain the well known fact that
these
industries do not deplete
Scent this with a few drops of idy good fair in our city.
the soil.”
How to Kill Goph­
ers and Moles
Heavy Rains Unus- COLLEGE MEN JUDG- 0. A. C. EMPLOYS ,
ual
ING AT FAIRS
COLORADO ENGIN
EER
W SOILS MAN
AT 0. A. C.
FERTILITY IN
FARM PRODUCE
What is the Matter
With Our School Fair