TIMES. WILLAMINA, OREGON
Thursday, August 13, 1931
D A IR Y - FARM t
FACTS POULTRY
LET COWS BE DRY
FALL EGG LAYING
FULLY SIX WEEKS
BRINGS IN PROFITS
Need Rest Between Lacta Now Is Good Time to Plan
tion Periods.
for Hatching Pullet«.
Overworked cows like overworked
people innke vacations »how prolils,
according Is Prof. II. A. Ilopper of the
New York Hint« College of Agricul
ture. Cows In poor coudltlon should
have a r<* * * «t of two tnoiith» between
lactutlon period«, and good cow« should
real u minimum of six week«, he ad
vises.
It la not generally understood that
when a cow la producing milk «he
UHca Ihu mineral« from her hotly faster
than they can he replaced. A cow
producing 6,000 pound» of milk a yeur
must manufacture 750 itounda of dry
mailer, or more than la contained In
the carcuaa of a 1,250-iMiund steer. If
a cow la given till le or no rest, she
enters the next lactation period In a
weakened and rundown condition,
with the result that she can produce
less milk than she could have had »he
been dried off a few weeks before she
freshened. It la false economy, ac
cording to Professor Hopper, to try to
keep cows in nearly constunt produc
tion.
To allow them to replace the min
erals which have gone Into the produc
tion of milk, cows that are dry during
the pnsture season should receive
legume hays and pasture or be al
lowed lo grace on a legume pasture.
At other times legume baya and silage
should be fed to dry cowa, If possible.
Regulate Separator in
Extreme Hot Weather
An additional aid to the keeping
quality of cream In summer la the
regulation of the separator to deliver
a cream testing between 35 and 45
l»er cent. Bacteria act upon the sugar
In the aklmmllk. causing souring and
the smaller the amount of aklmmllk
present the less sugar available for
the production of acid. Hence there
la a real advantage In separating a
richer cream during the summer
months. There la no grenter loss of
fnt by thia method and a material ad
vantage In Improved keeping quality
results.
Proper cooling la Just ns Important
with cream ua with milk, especially
Since cream la delivered leas frequent
ly and therefore hna greater op|H«r-
tunlty to undergo »polling. It should
be cooled Immediately after separa
tion. Il la especially Important that
fresh cream should not be mixed with
older cream until It hna been thorough
ly cooled, since the addition of warm
cream lo cold hastens souring by
warming up the whole mass.
In the summer, cream should bi
delivered nt least three times a week
if II Is to get to the creamery In good
condition, h Is Important that It be
protected from the heat and kept as
cool as possible while In transit. This
may he done by covering the can wllh
a wet blanket or Insulntlng Jacket. In
this way It In possible to ship It many
times farther than la enns without
protection, before r«jch Increase In
temperature take# «»Ince.—Exchange.
Solving ’Onion” Problem
Onion Cavor can be taken out of
milk by a rather tedious process dis-
cove****, by the Tennessee experiment
•4.’ (Ion and hltterweed flavor can he
.aken out of cream by a process dis
covered by the same Institution, hui
the best course Is to keep these flavor»
from getting In the milk. Some land
should be cleaned of onions by the
culturnl methods which will eliminate
all hltterweed and then used for a
temporary pnsture during the season
these weed pests bother. By plowing
It as often at, encli two years at the
right time In the fall, the onion prob
lem will not bother. Sweet clover, the
other clovers, some suitable grass and
les|>cdcza make the kind of tempo
rary pasture for this situation.
DAIRY FACTS
Minimum losses and more regulat
tests are assured where the milk la
separated before It becomes cold.
• • •
Naturalists assert that a caterpillar
can ent twice Its own weight in leaves
In 24 hours.
• • •
When planning to build or remodel
the dairy barb have at least 32 to 3(1
feet width, outside dimensions.
• • •
Wooden tanks or concrete tanks that
nre Insulated can be used In winter
as well as In summer, giving a high
quality of milk throughout the year.
OREGON STATE NEWS
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events of the Week
Assembled tor Information
of Our Readers.
THE MARKETS
Portland
Wheat — Big Bend bluestem, bard
wheat, C4c; soft white and western
white, 4 6 ft; hard winter, northern
spring and western red, 42ftc.
H ay—Buying price, t o. b. Portland:
Alfalfa. 815 50; valley timothy 515.50
0 1 8 ; eastern Oregon timothy, 5180
18 50; clover, 511; oat hay, f i t ; oats
and vetch, 8100 10.80.
Butterfat—28c.
Eggs— Ranch, 17021c.
Cattle— Steers, good, 86.2506.50.
Hogs—Good to choice, 87.5008,25.
Lamb»—Good to choice, 8505.75.
Seattle
Wheat — Soft white and western
white, 46c; hard winter, western red
and northern spring, 44e; bluestem,
63c.
Butterfat— 27c.
Eggs— Ranch, 15026.
Cattle— Choice steers, 8 60 6.50.
Hogs—Good to choice, 86.40 0 8.50.
Lambs— Choice, 8505.50,
Spokane
Cattle— Steers, good, 8707.50,
Hogs—Good to choice, 88.25.
Lambs— Medium to good, 5404.75.
Winter eggs nre not the most prof
itable eggs for the poultry producer.
Fall production of egg« Is more Im
portant than winter production, sc-
cording to an anulywls of egg prices
during the months of Augii«t, Sep
tember, October and November, and
comparison wllh the winter prices,
made by It. E. Cray, extension spe
cialist In poultry husbandry at the
Ohio state university.
"In Fehrnnry Is the time to plan
the hatching of pullets for production
of eggs next fall during the high price
season,” says Cray. "Next winter Is
the time for managing the flock In
such a way that the egg production
which started tn the fall will continue
throughout the winter."
"Breeding Is the first requirement of
pullets that are to mature early, lay
good slxed eggs, and continue to pro
duce atendlly through the fall and
winter months. Careful breeding la
becoming more and more Important
with general Increases In feed prices
and decreases In egg prices. I feel
safe In predicting that the next live
years will see conditions In the poul
try business which will make It nec
A box factory was started at Silver-
essary I«» Increase ihe production ton last week In the old Potter planing
10 eggs per bird In order to make the
mill building.
same profit we are making today.”
More than 2,500,000 feet of selected
Port Orford cedar logs will be loaded
for Japanese markets from the Evans
Products company plant In Marshfield.
Place prospective breeding cock-
The Medford Peargrowers associa
Kels In "bachelor" quarters at the age tion, an Independent organisation, has
of 10 to 12 weeks, counsels Berlej
voted to construct 4 packing plant
Winton of the Missouri College of Ag
riculture. Put the culls In fattening with a capacity of at least 1000 cars.
A stubborn fire destroyed three
crates for quick growth gains two
weeka before sale. Iteinovnl of the warehouses and two coal sheds at Ba
males will help prevent crowding and ker and also menaced several other
will provide room for 4he pullets to structures before being brought under
make -aplri growth.
dontroL
Aa soon an the young cull chickens
Fire destroyed the J. D. Hurst home
weigh one and one-fourth to one and
one half pounds. they nre ready to fat recently. It was a landmark which
ten. They should he placed In fatten will be missed, as it towered on the
ing crates, and should receive no feed hillside north of Aurora for more than
the first 21 hours. Then feed the fat 40 years.
tening bntter lightly for the first day
The Missionary Baptists of Oregon
or two nt lenst three and preferably
gathered In an encampment this week
five times a day. ( ’are should he tnken
not to over feed und to keep the birds at Buttle lake. A large group attend
slightly hungry by giving only what ed from churches In every section of
they will clean up In 15 minutes. It the state.
Is not considered profitable to fatten
Further reduction in sprinkling priv
for more than 14 days.
ileges was ordered by the city of Ash
A good bntter Is made from seven land, due to shortage of storage water.
parts of cornmenl and three pnrts of
Sprinkling Is permitted now four hours
middlings mixed with enough butter
milk or sklmtnllk to make the whole on four days each week.
Oregon has a larger national guard
the consistency of pancake hatter. Or
dinarily two pounds of milk to one organisation, on the basis of popula
(Miund of dry feed nre used. Neither tion, than any other state In the un
grit nor water are required wllh this ion, according to announcement at the
ration.
guard headquarters In Salem.
Keep Young Cockerels
in “Bachelor” Quarters
Green Ducks Always in
Demand at Fair Prices
Ducks require about the same care
that Is given to geese. However, ducks
are easier to mate and, generally
speaking, easier to manage. It Is best
to keep standard bred ducks, the mark
et will pay more for uniform quality,
the carcass Is bigger and besides there
• Is a ready demand for breeding stock
of the more popular breeds.
Young ducks require fresh water tu
drink, hut do not require It to puddle
in and should not he nllowed to spoil
the drinking water In this way.
To fatten young ducks lo the green
duck stnge, they must be kept In ynrds
or pens which are clean and sanitary,
and fed every ounce they will con
sume of the following ration:
Three parts cornmeal.
Two pnrts low grade flour (or mid
dlings).
One pnrt hrnn.
One-lmlf part beef scrap, to which
should be added 3 per cent fine grit
nnd 10 per cent green feed.
Feed this ns a mash, moistened
with milk, three or four times a day
—all they will eat. This mixture, fed
properly, will make a three to four
pound green duck In ten to twelve
weeks.
Poultry Hygiene
The task of poultry hygiene Is two
fold because It alms not only to pro
mote health hut also to protect nnd de
fend It. In connection with the form
er, conditions nre sought to be estab
lished under which the vital functions
of the animal hody can he performed
with the least hindrance nnd at a
maximum efficiency, while the latter
Is designed to either ward off actual
causes of disease, to Interrupt their
free movements, to bring about their
destruction.
Mrs. Fannie Dyer, one of Bandon's
first citizens. Is dead at the age of 91
years and 4 months. She was the wife
of George M. Dyer, who was one of
the founders of Bandon in 1886.
An almond which lodged in the
throat and later went into the lung of
the Infant son of Mr. and Mrs. William
Howard Gregory of Coquille caused
the boy's death In Ashland recently.
, Bean growers of Lane county have
voted to pay pickers three-fourths of
a cent per pound this year with a
bonus optional with the grower. The
price last year was one-half cent more.
Mose E. Duran of Heppnec is suf
fering with an Infected eye. While
milking, a cow hit him in the eye
with her tail. Medical attention was
neglected and the infection followed.
A horde of brown, yellow and black
butterflies has descended on the Cra
ter lake and Diamond lake areas. The
insects gather in damp spots, and fly
Into automobile radiators in great
numbers.
The Chris Kenney residence, one
of the first houses to be built In Jack
sonville, has been destroyed by fire.
Many antiques were burned, among
them a mahogany bedroom suite val
ued at |3UO.
Taps has sounded for the once vig
orous Bandon post No. ' 1, Grand Army
of the Republic. At a meeting of the
poet recently thp two remaining mem
bers turned over all equipment to the
American Legion.
Work will soon begin on the Pitts
burgh-St. Helens market road and the
Nehalem highway In laying a hot oil
macadam pavement. Several miles of
this was laid in the Nehalam last year
and Is standing up well.
Page 8
MighlyMounidns
Darjeeling, With Peaks of the Himalayas In the Background.
(P rep a red by th e N ational Geographie
Society, Wai«hloffton. D. C -)
OUNTS Kamet and Klnchln
junga In the Himalayas have
taken the place of Mount
Everest this summer In the
Interest of the world's mountain climb
ers. Mount Kamet, 25.445 feet high,
was successfully sealed by a British
party on June 21. Klnchlnjunga, 27,-
815 feet high, Is now being attacked
by a party of Germans.
Heretofore, Mount Kamet has sel
dom been heard of when the earth's
highest pinnacles are being discussed,
hut nevertheless It Is one of the select
little group of Asiatic peaks that push
up farther above sea level than moun
tains In any other part of the earth.
Although It ranks thirtieth among the
amazing group of mountain giants that
extend along the Himalaya chain and
Into China, It Is not greatly surpassed
In height by any of Its fellows except
Everest. 29.002 feet high; Goodwin
Austen, 28,250; Klnchlnjunga, 27.815;
Dhaulagiri, 20.828. and Gosal Than,
20.305.
All of these super-giants
among mountains are In Nepal except
Goodwin Austen, which Is In northern
Kashmir.
The
peak
of
Mount
Kamlt
Is situated Just a stone's throw
south of the Tibetan border. In
the United Provinces of India. Near
by Is Nanda Devi, which tops It by
less than 200 feet. These comparisons
boll d >wn to the fact that Kamet Is
the third highest mountain In the Brit-
Ish empire; and by virtue of this fact
It was considered well worth a seri
ous attack by mountain climbers.
While Mounts Everest and Klnchln
junga are near Darjeeling, hill capital
of Bengal, Mount Kamet Is 000 miles
to the northwest near Simla, bill cap
ital of India. It lies In the Garhwal
district of the United Provinces, 130
miles due east of Simla near the
eightieth meridian of longitude. This
area came Into British possession In
1814 ns a result of the Gurka war
(with Nepal).
How Mount Kamet Is Reached.
The railhead used In expeditions to
Mount Kamet Is at Kathgodam, tn
the United Provinces, at the southern
edge of the Himalayan foothills. From
there travel Is overland through val
leys nnd up steep slopes to Ranlkhet.
a hill village comparable In location
to Simla. From Ranlkhet the way
leads over rough country and across
a number of deep river gorges, to the
vlllnge of Nltl at 12.000 feet altitude.
From this point both yaks and coolie
hearers are used.
Although numerous attempts to
scale Mount Knmet have been made
since 1855, no one succeeded In reach
ing the summit until this summer.
The latest, expedition prior to the one
thnt has Just scaled the peak was led
In 1920 hy Dr. A. M. Kellns. He
reached an altitude of 23.000 feet, hut
hnd to turn back because his native
assistants were suffering from moun
tain sickness.
On the slopes of Mount Knmet Is
one of the chief head water glaciers
of the Onngea river.
Klnchlnjungn Is bigger game for the
mountain climber than Kamet, both
because of Its extreme height and the
steepness of Its slopes.
It Is the
third highest mountnln In the world,
renchlng upwnrd five and one-third
miles above sen level.
Of the three highest penks— Everest.
Goodwin Austen, and Klnchlnjunga—
the latter Is most Inaccessible. It lies
45 miles north of Darjeeling In an air
line, but the road that one must travel
across canyons, over ridges and around
Intervening penks. Is much longer,
Darjeeling has heen headquarters
for the several expeditions that have
tried unsuccessfully to scale Klnchln
junga In past years. Like Simla, 700
miles fnrther west, and Srinagar In
Kashmir, Darjeeling Is a godsend to
M
perspiring Europeans who must spend
the hot period In India. But It la
more than a cowl retreat: it Is a
matchless observation post, when the
clouds permit, for the mightiest moun
tain scenery that the worid affords.
And the outstanding sight to the north
ward, across deep chasms and beyond
tier after tier of foothlllls; Is the
mighty Klnchlnjunga, buttressed by
half a dozen peaks from 20,000 to
24,000 feet In altitude.
Darjeeling stands on a sort of stage
before and above which sweep the
amphitheater slopes of Himalayan
foothills that rises about 7,000 feet
from the Belgian plains. On the side
toward the mountains the ridge drops
away for approximately 6,000 feet
forming what might. In American ter*
mlnology, be called “the Grand Can
yon of the Ranjit," but whose heavily
forested slopes and tropically luxu
riant floor earns In India the more
poetic name of “Vale of Ranjit."
It Is across thia titanic valley and
beyond over ranges of foothills, lower
than that on which Darjeeling sits,
that one looks to mighty Kmchin-
Junga. The eye therefore sees a rise
of approximately 7,000 feet, a range
of altitude to be seen In few If any
other places In the world, since most
of the highest mountains rise from
lofty plateaus.
Darjeeling on the Foothills.
Darjeeling has characteristics un
like those of most towns. It can hard
I
ly be said to have streets. Most of
the buildings face on paths or walks
which run along the main ridge and
out onto Its minor spurs, or work
their way by serpentine routes to
other paths that cling to the steep
sides of the slopes. Steps, too, serve
in place of roads, connecting terraces
that rise one above the other. One of
the few carriage roads Is a driveway
that skirts the lower end of the main
ridge and leads below to the suburb
Lebong and its barracks for British
soldiers.
The villas, bungalows, shops, gov
ernment buildings, hospitals, churches,
schools, barracks and native huts that
make up Darjeeling and its suburb
form pendnnt communities, like giant
saddle-hags thrown over the ridge.
Dwellings are scattered down the
slopes for a thousand feet, the ground
floors of one Her on a level with the
roofs of the next tier below. I f one
must cover much space In Darjeeling
he rides on pony back cr Is carried in
a litter hy four servants.
Looking Across to the Peaks.
Standing on the Darjeeling ridge
when the air Is free of mists, the ob
server first looks down, deep down
6,000 feet into a river gorge choked
with tropical Jungle. Then his eyes
rise to the rice fields reflecting the
blue sky and the tea plantations. Up
and up to the Temperate zone trees,
then to the pine forests crowning
lower mountains. The observer peeps
over half a dozen Intervening ridges
Into the dark mysterious depths of
valleys. Then he sees the hare up
lands above the tree line and finally
the beginning of the snows.
Long
white glaciers drape the mountain
mass whose two-pronged peak half
fills the sky.
The world seems to be walled on
the north. There Is no such thing
as a horizon; Klnchlnjunga closes the
view like an exquisite screen.
Darjeeling well earns Its popularity
ns a summer resort. While on the
steamy plains of Bengal, a few miles
away, the mercury climbs In summer
above 100 degrees Fahrenheit, It sel
dom tops 75 degrees at Darjeeling;
and In winter 35 degrees marks the low
point of the temperature range. The
unpleasant feature of the weather Is
furnished by the heavy rains. Ten
feet of water fall each year, and somu
of the storms are violent.