CROP ROTATION (UNEMPLOYED GET
SUCCESS SECRET WORK ON FARMS
Diversity Makes Majority of j State Lends Aid in Solving
Farms Pay Well.
IMPORTANCE POINTED OUT.
Agricultural Expert Warn Againat
Specialising and Makea Known Hia
Raasone Every Farmer Should Grow
Everything That la Needed on Hia
Place and Not Buy Suppliea.
New York. How ahnll a mini mnke
fnrmlng pay, how make It MM be
altlcs Interest on Investment n rcason
Bble country salary of $1,000, how
manage it ho as to use one's time,
energy ami capital to bent advantage?
TIhw were some of the considerations
in n lecture I'.v John II. Itarron of the
stntc ili'piirinii'iit of iiRrlculture.
"Wide KtudlcM show that usually the
most profltnlile farms follow n dlversl
flHl tie of agriculture," he said. "In
the state of New York forty-nine
farms have been studied on which
labor Incomes of $LI,rKK) or more tiro
being made. That Is. on these farms
enough Is niiiile to pay all expenses
and Interest on the Investment at 5
per cent and leave the farmer a salnry
of '.'..rio or more. These farms sell
from one to sli major Items, amount
ing to f.'iim or more each and In addi
tion several mlnorproducts. The 1 1 cures
show that on the average there were
three major and four minor sale pro
ducts and besides usually some feed
for farm animals, (icneriilly then ill
versllleil fanning In likely to tie more
profitable than specialized farming.
"Bpedallr.i-d farming has some ad
vantages It may allow the develop
incut of considerable skill In the pro
ducllon of one or two things A small
iiiMoiint of capltnl may be sufficient to
develop one enterprise ipilte elllcleiitly.
whereas It would not develop several.
In specialized farming large ileitis MM
bi- laid out and buildings so planned
Hi to facilitate labor greatly.
"IHversltlcd farming has many ad
vantages which outweigh the advan
tages of specialized t, inning, for tile
majority of farmers Mini It Is tiettcr to
have several luiMirt'int products as
sources of Income rather than OM pnsl
(let. IHersllliatloii allows of a rota
tion or crops which Is nil but absolute
ly necessary for the permanence of any
.-1 l; 1 -1 -1 1 1 1 1 1 1-: 1 1 scl e; It usually fore
stalls total failure, for In no season Is
It likely that all crops will be poor; It
distribute the Income 01 er the year:
It stand for economy ,,i,, efficiency
and pim'il- Hull, for num. m.n UlUM y
and horses a greater portion of the
year than due most spcclallzis! farm
ing. "In the establishment of a plan for
diversified farming the rotation of
cropM miiM ilrst be given attention.
Most farming will gel Us profits from
animal products and rOfJO 'I'he main
teliaiice of soil fertility Is of para
mount importance, for without It any
farm scbeme Is Ultimately dooimsl to
failure It follows then, that a good
rotation will meet at least three gen
ernl iispilreineiits I'lrst It must main
tain and Increase fertility: second, It
will produce feists which will nourish
animals as economically us possible;
third. It will furnish cash crops for
Hit
"To iissl animals as economically as
possible a good quality of roughage
must be produced I 'or t Ills purpose
some succulence Is desirable and also
the products of legiiiu.uous plants, like
iIiiut, alfalfa, peas ami soy Ih'IIIIM
"III much of the dairy section of the
state a BOOd rotation Is corn. outs, clo
ver, timothy. The torn, oats and clover
are fed on the farm and the timothy
Hold Where the farm Is not he a ily
tOCk4 part of the area otherwise do
rated to corn can be MM Ibf potatoes
and then oats and hay follow the pota
toes or corn in the regular fashion.
This ci.inbinaiitlon Is usually better
than the one first given. I.e. .him- If pri
Vldee for two i ash crops Instead of one.
but It cannot be developed too far. be
cause corn and potatoes arc cunipetl
the crops as to time of planting, culti
vating and to an cUciit in harwstlng
"In the planning of i rOf schemes N Is
necessary in keep a good wink balance.
or there may be a pool distribution of
work, too much at one time and not
enough l another. Noncompetitive en
terprises should be chosen and at the
btime time enterprise which tiaveaouie
interdependence anil relation to each
other. A good scheme of fanning will
generally have severul source of In
come In a word, it may Is said to
consist of a well chosen line of spe
cialties." HELD UP BY A WOMAN.
New Yorker Hands Over $47 and Rune
For the Pobca.
Philadelphia. -Arthur Ijiw of New
York lu'know ledged that he had been
helil up and that, after delivering his
i.ank roll, consisting of 4T. to a wo
man, he had tied at In-r command, when
he appeared liefole a magistrate) and
testified against Mav Howard, the tun
UOa who he said did Do- holding up.
Iwiw said that he started to take I
troll and that when he reached a dark
-pot a woman confronted him
"Come acroea with wit you've ant
if you'll get jroofe." ab told him He
produced the Ml aod ran ' the bom
eat police station Tin- poll caught
the wouiau, who was held without
Vexing Labor Problem.
EXAMPLE FOR ALL CITIES.
Following Recommendationa by Gov
ernor Qlynn of New York, Labor
Bureau Sonde Jobleea Men to Farm
era, Who Find Great Difficulty In
Obtaining Laborer.
Albany, N. Y. In his efforts to solve
the problem of providing labor for tho
vast army of unemployed men In New
York and In order to set an example
for other cities wbrre similar Indus
trial conditions exist Governor Glynn
and his Investigators have hit upon s
novel scheme and one which. It Is
hoped, will In a measure solve the vei
Ing question.
Investigators for the stnte Ret Into
communication with farmers who need
farm hands Their expenses are paid
to the farms, and the men accept Jobs
that pay from f-'O to $.,r. per month, in
eluding board
This was the llrst pracflcnl applies
tlon of Governor Glynn's plan of nolv
ing the problem of unemployment In
the cities and meeting the unprece
dented demand for labor In the rural
districts. Two car loads were shipped
first under the direction of C. W.
I,iirion, deputy state commissioner of
IRRIGATION CONGRESS J p W G 1 1 V
ADOPTS RESOLUTIONS J
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t'lioio tiy American I'reea Aaaoclatlon.
a W. I.UIMON.
Ask That Postal Savings Funds
Be Invested in Irrigation
District Bonds. .
Denver, Colo With sectional lines
on every vote closely drawn between
the mineral and agricultural slates
and with the mining communities put
ting through all of their resolutions
by a vote of ! to fi, the Transmlssourl
Irrigation conference adjourned here
Simultaneously the conference of
western governors also adjourned, af
ter deciding to oppose the Ferris land
leasing hill, now pending In the lower
house of congress.
Hefnre adjournment, the Irrigation
conference gave voice to many de
mands, Including the following:
That postal savings funds be In
vested In the bonds of Irrigation dis
tricts. That grantH of non-mineral lands be
made to states wherein there yet re
main large tracts of the public domain,
for the purpose of creating trust funds
to be used on Irrigation projects.
That grazing lands be thrown open
to settlement In reasonably large
tracts.
Thai congress grant relief to set
tlers in Irrigation and reclamation ills-1
trlcts. where proJectM have failed.
That the government take as com
pensation for Its Irrigation and recla
mation work the bonds of the districts
Involved.
That governors of the 16 western
states participating In the conference
appoint a committee composed of
three members from each state to
form an Interstate Irrigation commit
tee, to consider all projects and sub
mil findings to the secretary of the
Interior, with recommendations con
cernlng the government's connection,
financial or otherwise, with the
ects.
Should be purchased
from your home jew
eler who stands ready
at all times to make it
Rood.
We have the late pat
terns and standard
makes to select from.
Official watch man for Ihe railroads
of this section.
W. W. LETSON,
ONTARIO, OltKGON.
HERE IS A SNAP
l0 acres of choice land near Ontario
with water right; 48 acres in high
state of cultivation; farm machin
ery, 4 head of horses, farm wagon
and hack; nil for $6,000. Half ensh,
balance on terms.
Address
Postofhce Box 94
Ontario, Oregon
OF ONTARIO. OHE
A Good Bank
In a Good Country
We have several hundred Government bulletins on
corn and hog growing , and on the selection of Med
corn. We will distribute these Bulletin! free to all
who call for them, as long as the supply lasts.
Resources Over Half Million Dollars
OFFICERS AND DIKKCTOKS
A. L. COCKRUM, President; H. B. COCKRUM, Cashier
T. TURNHULL, Vice President (' W.PI.ATT Ass't. (a.liier
C. E. KENYON J. P. HILUNOSLY
I.. B. COCKRUM
Old pspers at th Argus ofllce i'.i
cents per hundred. Jnil what you
need to Hue your cabins and Place
under the carpet
A Complete Line of
ttrHbtttg tatuntmj
At the Argus Office
prnl-IJ
agriculture. In eh...;- of the state
labor bine. in. and It la c-.pt d (bit
il ... ,, I I I... f . .1 I. . .. . .. I lie hi iiii iii.ki-..
before the supply In New York' city Is ! '"' 1"r""'1 I IIVM I I Ml
EXPLOSION. CARELESSNESS
Jury Says Men In Charge Should Be
Held Criminally Liable.
The Dalles, Or After a probe cov
erlng four days Coroner Murget anil
Jury who have been ''gfltflU the
explosion on The Italics Cclllo canal
Inst wick, when four were killed,
reached a verdict that the fatal accl
dent waa due to the carelessness ami
Uiexpi rli uee of the men In charm'
lit tlie powder work on the big pro.l
ect. Tin nun in charge the Juror-.
Contend should he held criminally lla
lib (of Ihe loss ot lives. Il is I'ccom
minded that the federal war depart
ment IliWMli; itc the explosion, learn
Who Is responsible for the caliimlH
ami il. miter allow mi ' uu cm
Detent nan to oo .'i me In this aroi '
Empire Lumber Company, Limited
WH0LB8ALE AND RETAIL DBALBR8IN
Sash, Doors, Lumber, Lime, Cement, Plaster and Coal
sou: AGENTS AND DISTRIBUTORS K
Malthoid Roofings an( a JU & B Produces
The MciHt CuminVlo Lino of Building Material. fyOttCfttUlOf And it iinyw licri' 'ls
cuiiif to us. Wv haw it.
exhausted
The farmers round about I'ondn.
. were on hand to offer the men
Jobs as soon as they arrived. A part
of the courthouse was Net aside to ac
commodate the lull n x of farmers mid
Job haulers, mid the local Kranifei's
made all the other iirraiureineiits fo:
the bHagnej together of the men who
want work and the men who want
workers
Two or three of those who started
are married men. and they were per
tnlttisl to take their wives with theln
as there Is opportunity for women t.
iet work on the farm as house work
ers
'1 have every reason to believe that
this plan will Miccccd." said LlIMM
'.Most tlf lhcse llt.lt are honest uiea
very eiiK'er for work. The variants
and the perennial out of works don't
care to co out Into the country to work
hi a farm i if course, 1 am not afja.
llstlcal eiiomjh to thlnl. that this I- Co
IliK luiiiusllately to reined the whole
iiiiemplo.v incut ipicstioti III New York.
mil ewn if we only send up state I.ihsi
Of o.mai ujen It will help.
.lust as the supplj of laborers Is
Ci'cater in the city this year than ever
beCOfe ttM demand for hiboreis in the
country is creater than in uuy year 1
can remember As soon as the labor
ers arrive In these places they will be
uiet by an aceiit iMin the department
of agriculture and they will be at work
a few hours Inter We are seudlnc.
naturally, oiily such men as we are
sutistled will make cootl on the farm
What we are doing In the majority
of cases is simply correcting Hie fault
the men made when they drifted to the
city. We are carrying them back
again from where the started and.
coutrary to a prevalent belief that they
won't uuut to go. the.v are enthusiastic
about It
"The department reels humiliated to
see eggs, meats and all the farm pro
ducts coming In from the Argentine
and even from countries um remote as
Siberia. There Is no reason win there
should be such a falling off in agiicul
tural production Dejrlai the past year
there has been a decrease of 4S.0TK) In
the number of cow kept In New York
state Thi- etampky Is typical ."
hundreds of men v. ho aic w I 1 1
on the canal proji i t
The financial Iokp resulting from
the destruction by fire of Wellebley
college, at Boston will be heavier than
at first thought 'I he in- i.r.ii.i is said
to be only one-fourth of the buui nee
.. io rebuild t tore
TWO TRAIN ROBUIuS
CAUGHT AND BEATEN
Seattle On.- pamencer was shot
and two highwaymen were severely
peat wlun they atliaipted Io hold
Up a Tacouia bound iutcruibau train
near Itlverton station, eight miles
ol Seattle Moiida nigiit. The robbers
were captured and hruiigh io a ln p
till in Seattle.
A terrible hcutiiig soj uvea the
two higliuiiymen.
That they were not siniesstul was
due to the presein e ol miliil ol .1. Hose
BSd I' Su.ilh. iiiplocsol III. Ii.oilon
company, w ho b-d the attack on the
bandits.
'iic baadJta boarded lae trala at
Chii ago aveiiin . in .-oulh Sealll. At
ter the train had bit the cil liinit
the ilea masked , Ion, elVOfl with
haliill.en hb-i unil slaiteil to rob the
i i.i ommaiiiiiug everyone to
hol'l up his hands. Trew walked lo
ward the smoking i oinpui i iietit in
us he enteieil ihe c ln... r i un n I In
turned aad looked al all wainenlon
followlOI bim ''own the aisle. 'I rew
turned his buck to the men in Uu
small room
Smith, wielding a steel drill, hit
Tree ttuaalni blow over tin t
Imiuediatel) all the other men rtl bed
to Smith's aid and in a short 'line
both highwaymen were ilisarnod, ly
ing bruised and bleeding on the lloor.
Three High Class
Papers Free
McAdoo Wedding ia May 8.
Washington. Although tin re haa
been no formal announcements irom
the white house of the dale ot the
wedding of Secretary MoAOOO and
Kleanor H. Wilson, tin- youngest
daughter Of llM prebubni and Mrs
wii 'ui hrieadi who are In position
to know say Friday, M aooa
acted.
Eye Crafting Succeeds.
lialtimore. -The , t... 0,
oration performed several areeki ago
Ol the BalttflSOrs I ml throat
il in which the cornea ot .,
Onto llM blind
. Kane, sti atoni
pi i
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