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Spring business has opened up in Ontario
with a vim and from all sections of the
Lower Snake and Payette River Valleys
come reports of prosperity. The farmers
Spring Business Good. thr0l'g t,is
section arc enthu
siastic over the prospects for a bumper crop
in all liii"s of agricultural endeavor, ami if
our splendid spring weather continues and
no unusual conditions arise, our crops will
he unprecedented in size and quality.
Already the earlier varieties of fruit
have reached that stage where it will take a
real freeze to hurt them. Light frosts will
not now damage the early cherries, peaches
or other early varieties. For the fruit is
now set, ami light frosts can do little harm.
Throughout this section the apple crop will
he probably more than twice as large as last
year for the reason that so many new or
chards are coming into hearing this season.
Ami there is every prospect now that the
price of apples will be good this fall.
The corn acreage has been increased at
least ten fold over last year, according to A.
Q, Kingman who has recently visited near
ly every section of the county in perfecting
arrangements for the corn carnival in Ont
ario this fall. Mr. Kingman says that corn
growing will not he on an experimental bas
is this season and that large fields are being
prepared for corn planting which will start
till last of this week or the first of next.
Nearly every ranch and farm in this section
of the country will devote some acreage to
corn this season, and some wonderful show
mi's are looked for thi fall.
In the mercantile line
Ontario all report an excellent
ness, and, while there will probably he no
records broken during the year of L016, yet
there can certainly he no cause for dissa-
pointinent and diatisfaction. ( 'o-opera- whole.
live sales dtyi arranged by the merchants It is by sudden and drastic changes, wrought
this spring haw Income very popular with tl,rmKl1 a ,aw ' its existing status, to which can
the people throughout this section, and has
made Ontario a most favorable shopping
center.
The jituoy bus which sfartcd this week I poliUoUni to blight it. And the people are real-
is also the result of co-operation of Ontario
merchants with the residents of the rural
sections, and has already proved itelf
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seeded clover and ulfulfu.
The irrigation ditch un.l the public
lo.ul tukc out about four acres from
the plucc, so tli.tt tlt.'ic is left only
about twenty acres of farm land, and
of this half is taken up b the orchard
Ot the r 'inaimuK ten acre, two acres
i . , voted exduMV'l to ulfulfu, pro
ducing three crop.- during the scu
(.on. Two acres are in blue grass and
white clover pasture and the remain
iter will lie planted in corn and pa
tatoes.
Throughout this section of the
Lower Snake un.l Puettc Kivci sj
leys there are many blue grass pas
tures. Often you will find them
mixed with some other grass, but
the blue grass will cvcnluull) crowd
out the other varieties. And there is
nothing so valuable, nor M iude.pens.
able to u well manuKcl farm us u
blue grass pasture. For with the
proper cure it is goo.l nearl) the en
tire yeur, and there is no wearing it
out. Yeur ufter eur it get.s better
and becomes more valuable, and its
possibilities us u futtener of stock is
a wonder to those who have tried it.
In the live-dock line, Mr. Magnuou
now hus on the ranch u cow and calf,
two mures, both with colts, and eleven
hogs. He marketed eight fut hogs
oi the fifteenth of Apnl in OnUiuo
In addition to this fie is muking a
specialty of thoroughbred White leg-
horn chickens, huving kept ubout i
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sane legislation
affairs of state.
Calling a Halt.
in the end, an
among the varied
merchants of with more fatal
spring busi
country, to allow
Jitney litis Heady
tt'outinued from PaJ 1.)
built in Portland The machine h.i
coiufortuble seuts.
Following is the schedule:
Lease Ontario at '. A. M. and arrive
)ii New Plymouth at 7 A. M.
leave New l'l mouth ut 7 A. M. ant
smve in Ontario ut s A. M
Leave Ontario at S A. M. unb ar
rive ii, NyswH ut A. M.
Leave Nyssa at f A. M. and arrive
in Ontario ut 10 A. M.
I.CHVe Ontario at 10 0,'. A. M. and
arrive in New Plymouth at 11 0,'. A. M.
leave New Plymouth at 11:10 A. M.
and arrive in Ontatio at 12 10 P. M.
Leave Ontario at 1 M P M and ar
rive m Nyssa at ' M0 P. M.
I eave Nvssa at I P. M. and arrive
in Ontario at 4 P M.
Leave Ontario at t.;0 P M and ar
nvi in New Plymouth at Ml P. M.
Leave New Plv mouth at 7 P. M.
and arrive in Ontario at S P. M
Leave Ontario at 11 P. M and ar
rive at New Plymouth at 1.' midtilKhl.
Orders taken for flowers for IVc-
orution luy. Ontario Floral Co.
Heud.pMurters, Argus office
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eighty chickens tnrough the wintei.
He expect to put in .-.everal acres
of .orn of a ellow dent variety, and
Ihm.Ics un acre of potatoes, will
rai.-e about a ton of onions,
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..iuinUined its present schedule of rates.
He stated that it was worth the price of his
fare to town, to give his team an opportun
ity to rest while he transacted his business
in the city. And two complete round trips
each way every day provides a schedule
that will accomodate all.
in the history of Idaho and Ore-
gon has there been so crying a demand for
and honest administration of
The time has arrived when the
entire future prosperity
and success of the two
sttitft depends upon the eradication of freak laws
and the honest application of those laws funde
mentally necessary. And the people of these
two vast states are coining into a full realization
of these facts. At the elections last fall there
was a hand-writing on the wall which all politi
cians and statesmen will do well to heed. For
there was a marked tendency by the voters to
ward a halt of freak laws and the elimination of
political grafters.
The time has arrived when our statesmen
will do well to study the fundemental principles
of our constitution and government, rather than
to skill his brain in the art of star chamber polit
ca) trades and deals to the detriment of his con
stituents. To learn to regard the laws of nature
and to gradually work away, from the highly arti
ficial and unbalanced legislation with which the
two states have been swamped. In the legisla
tive realm of the state it becomes the highest
duty of the statesman and lawgiver to safeguard
each and every interest of the people aguiust a
possible existance in the laws of any principle
that may tend to create an unbalanced and un
just relatieu among them.
It must be evideut, that no matter what may
net'in to he the beneficent effects of a law, when
viewed in the light of their immediate or proxi
mate results, there nevertheless may be contain
ed in its very spirit a subtle virus that may work
unjust and fatal inhartnony
interests influenced by it. No
f. ii in of legislation can work more directlv. r
effect, upon the mdespeusable
ace.uu ii uiu caruinui prouuciive lorces oi a na
tion than those laws which, in their spirit, serve
to create an abnoimal condition of one or more
of them, ami as a MeaMQSMM cause a like abnor
mal State also of the others, as restied th
oiien ne ascribed greater evil effects than those
due to the intrinsic character of the law itself.
We have too fair a land, too promising a
freak laws and questionable
iing it lo the fullest extent. Hoth states have
made a great stride already in eradicating these
unnatural conditions. And further remedy can
lie tspteled in the future.
ONTARIO WILL HAVE
CELEBRATION JULY 4
That Ontario will have a Fourth of
July celebration is assured by the con
miltee eonsirting of H. C. Whitworth,
l'. F. Watson and Lee Fiser, which has
pent several days this week soliciting
funds for the celebration.
The announcement has l, . i, made
that practically two-thirds of the re
quired amount of funds has heen pled
ged and they feel that it is orl necesj
sary to visit the remaining husinesa
houses to secure the balance luvessan.
NEW EARN EXPERT
W. W. Howard, the new county ex.
pert, arrived in Ontario last Fridav
and took charge of his work Mondav
morning. Mr. Howard graduated at
O. A. C. last year and hus just coin
pleted u post gra.luute course at Ames
College in Iowa. He comes high...
recommended and has taken hold of
the work hcie with an enthusiasm thi.t
is uie to win.
NV. 1. Shinn. who re.ently iv-te;ned
hus not decided where he will I'-i.te.
but is considering f.ome offers in the
middle w.-t.
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It U time for progressive farmer,
especially tboee with small places near
town, to get ready for money making
with frulta. TbeM product properly
belong In any thorough ayatem of mix
ed farming, and tbey ran ba mad to
pay $200 to $400 an acre net
Small fruit growing la peculiarly
adapted to thoae having large faml
Ilea. Small frulta well planted In per
fectly atralght rowa and kept well cul
Uvated make a moat pleaalng picture
aa well aa a profitable crop. A fruit
garden connected with any home can
le made an attractive object
From a commercial atandpolnt fof
i the beginner there is no crop that win
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roll back the corner of a mortugf
quicker than tbe etrawbeny bed If
enougH be planted ao that the whole
family am) the nelshboni can be em
ployed, especially In picking time. Fit
the ground early In April the aame a
for corn. Mark our way aa for com;
then net the plant nlxmt sixteen Inch
ee apart and ;,!: .' .ito aa for corn and
h.ie whenever llnve la a algu of ww.l.
or .riiMt.v aoll. It take about 7.000
plant per nie w h.-u net ns llr.- i.d
When the hiiiaaouiM appear the Urst
summer plm-h thetn off. I., not try to
ecure f i u It from th plants until the
eecoiul sesaou.
A . cold weather cornea on Ik ready
to ;:h the strawberry Held a thoroiiirh
nul'liinif. If It Is done too early the
plants will he amntbered mii.I hurt. It
In not applied altogether as a winter
prnl.H'ilou. fur straw berries are d.-tt
nut of cold. It Is the mulch that equal
ise Mltei urn.- freexliiKN and thavvlngx.
which upheave the plant.
The material to Ui In covering the
lied or rowa of plants M anything In
the wny of coarse vegetation that Is
free from weed need. Clean straw
and coarae gran me of this character,
but there may le weed In the atrtiw
or grass. Timothy hay In nlways trou
lileHoinu lie.-ause of the seed tt contain-.,
and coarse manure that has any
eouslderablv proportion of timothy Is
objectionable on that account. Marsh
Kiass or cattail tings are free from
an thing that N trouhles.uiie The ref
use from sorghum mills can lie used
with good result. It lie close to the
ground and If not put on too thickly
will serve the purpose of Beeping the
strawberry plants from feeling the
violent changes of winter, retain the
moisture In the soil find keep the her
rles clean the following summer 0M1
stalk, pine needles, tiinbark and cot
(ouseed hulls can be utilized In this
way.
There is n growing market for goose
berries and a bright future for all that
will Ih raled. This fruit doe liest
on a good sandy loam, l'laut should
be set six by eight feet, thus requiring
1 Jin plants per acre. The Urst sea
sou potatoes, beans or any low grow
lllg crop may be planted between the
row, lilve thorough hut shallow cul
tlvatlon. Aa to varieties, the iKfwiilug
give best satisfaction ltu.v only ex
tra good year old plunts Proflta are
fully as good and often letter than
with atrawlierrles. They should bear
some fruit the sevoud year from plant
Ing.
Blackberries tire profitable If rust
does not attck the canes. There seema
to te no cure for rust. Set the plauts
4 by tl and give deep culture We pre
fer the Ktttutluuy, as they seem more
hardy than others. Blackberries do
best ou a lightish and rather aandy
aoll. Tbey must be planted In rows
and kept well cultivated. The prun
ing of the blackU-rry Is different from
that of moat other small frulta. If
you cut back the .sues aeverely you
are likely fo remove a large portion of
tbe season's crop. Hut you can thin
out the sh.n.is where they are numer
ous and cut i'ut the dead shoots.
Red and Irock raspberrlea should be
set S by tt. which will require 1.-10
plauts per acre. These plauta must
have ahalkw culture, aa their roots
are all near tbe surface. Muuy fine
plantation are almost ruined by deep
culture. Tbe crop Is pr. tit.ible wben
picked on time and neutlv marketed.
A grower can pay for hi land In a sin
gle season with a good crop of berries.
Currant are euay to grow and mar
ket They pay at the rate of $300 to
$800 an acre. Tbe average price ahould
be $3 ver bushel, and 100 buahela to
tbe acre I only a fair crop. Bach
currant buah ought to pay 28 to 50
cant above tbe coat of picking
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lkW good management an average
vleld of 2,300 quarta of blackberries
,er acre can be expected, according to
i recent publication leaned by the
United States department of ngrieul
rure. Where the aoll la very deep and
rich and the beet moisture condition
ire found tbla may be Increased to
",000 quart, and certain varletle on
the Tactile alope hnve even given 7,000
quart an acre. The laat censua abow-
mi wiai appros.muie.y m..uuo a res
were ueToieti i oioeauwrrj piiimn.ioiiB
in the United Statee.
Thla acreage la distributed over prac
tically the entire country. Missouri
lend with nearly 0,000 acre, and New
Jersey la second with 4.300. Aa a mat
ter of fact, blackberries oan lie grown
succeasfully on olmost any type of
iii.ai kiir.Hiii i'askh or I run HIT TTI'K
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soil mid In a wide range of climates
In tbe colder porta of the northwest
the awere winter frequently kill the
plauts, and In the arid sections of the
weat hot, dry wind destroy the ripen
ing fruit The choice of projier varie
ties, however, will do much to over
come natural dlfflcultlea.
In selecting a site for a bluckhetr.v
plantation the tnot Important conoid
eraMons are the moisture of the soil
and the occesalblllty of n market. The
blackberry Is a tender fruit the keep
ing ipiaiitle of which are erlouly af
fected by Jnrrlng over rough roadn. It
la, moreover, essential that the berrle
abould be plnced on the market as
quickly aa possible after they aix
picked If tbey ar to command n goo
price Tbe best In nd Is n deep flu
nmlv loam with a large aupply ''
iiuiiiu and abuudi.nl motature at the
lis'iilng season on tbe other hand,
the plants are often killed If water
stun. N on the plantation during the
wluler.
Tbe veiir la-fore the establishment of
tbe bin. klierry plantation the land
should be planted v ith cultivated
crop. This insure I tic thorough rot
ting of the hI and e III help to destroy
the cutworms and In r In. t In
Jurlou to tbe yom, : , I iut. The soil
should bo plow..! to a depth of about
nine Incite In the spilng. nud a
thorough harrowing s' mild le gh'en
the whole field befoe It p' wit are
aet Thla la uaually .lone as ,.uh In
the spring aa the land raj pbj properly
prepareL The earlier the d:int ore
set tbe larger the proportion that live
and the better then growth. The
root should Ik' set deep, for thei-anes
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above the surface of the ground The
top should be cut bit. ! to six Inches
or less In length. Cultivation I nec
essary, aud the plants shoi Id there
fore be set Miihch-ntiv far apart to
permit of It
Inn mg the flrst summer some inter
crop muy tie grown between she rows,
which will greatly reduce the coat of
the berry mid that year. Tbla ahould
be oue that requires rouatnnt cultiva
tion and at the aame time one whose
growth will not be largo euougb to
shade the bhukherry plants. Su.-h
truck crop a cabbage and potatoea
are excellent for the purHse. while
corn and small grain should be avoid-
ai.v. hio i.i.v canes or i I l.l .111 1111.
11X1,1) lit I W KEN TWO Wlltlta.
ed. H the second ummer tbe plants
will tie large enough to occupy all the
space, and un Intercrop will not bo
possible.
In both Milliliter cultivation ahould
begin early In the spring aud be con
tinued ut Intervals of from one to two
weeks throughout the season In order
to provide a dust mulch for the reten
tion of moisture and to keep down
sti.kcr and weeda. Suckers are apt
to spring up from the roots at various
distance from the parent plant, espe
cially when the roots are cut. Digging
np t!u-e suckers Is n favorite way of
s. new planta. but this practice
Interfere, of .-ourse, with tbe yield of
the berries.
Blackberry root live for many yeara,
but the canes excepting two varie
ties lear only In tbelr second year.
After the fruiting season, therefore,
tbey should be cut out and burned
The one-year-old csnes may usually
be left If themselves throughout the
winter. Not more than three or four
new cane abould be left to each plant,
however, and the others should be
thinned out at the same time that the
canes which have fruited are thinned.
In aome cases It will also be desirable
to train tbe planta In order to facili
tate cultivation aa well aa to prevent
them being damaged by winter snows
A wire trellis may then become a prof-
liable Investment. Tbe simplest form I
of such trellis consists of a alngle wire !
attached to sta aet at lntervala nf
from fifteen to thirty feet In each row '
of plants. The canea are tied to tbla !
wire about two nud one-half feet above
the ground. Another method is to nail I
cross pieces to the posts and stretch ,
two wires from the ends of theee croea '
pieces, which form a support for tbe
blackberry cane on each aide. Varle
tlea that grow somewhat like a grape
vine require a much higher trellis with
two wires- one about Ave and one
about three feet from tbe ground.
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PREVENTING POTATO SCAB.
Methed ef Treating Large Quantities
With a Minimum ef Leber.
The value of treating potatoes for
acab la well known, but moat method
ff tedoug tm, lmprocUcab,e wben
large quantities of seed are to be treat
-l. wrltea T. M. McColl In tbe Country
Gentleman. Qrowera cannot afford to
take the time to dip potatoes In sacks
for forty or more ncrea or aven to han
dle the dipping solution more tiian
once, ao they aeldom treat more than la
needed for the seed plot
The writer, to do uway with the t
dtouane of treating In aaeka or bar
rela, haa devised a simple method bj
which one man can treat and cut
enough potatoes In a day to keep m
one row planter buay. An old 100 gaW
roTAToaa oaowM raoM o nu
Ion tank I eiui.ped with a ahovellng
board acroaa one end. Ten buahela of
seed are Kured In and Immersed lo
aenty-flvo gallon of formalin on
pound nf formaldehyde to thirty gl
lone of water. After two hour tbeoa
are aboveled out ou a draining hopper
and another ten bushels are Immersed
The draining board la et at an angle
ao aa to alope down to tbe potato cot
ter. With the seed supply handy and
the tank and cutter conveniently ar
ranged, one man cuu cut ten bushel
In two hour and cau tbua treat and
rut enougb atoek to keep oue planter
buay.
Many growers prefer to cut tbe aed
In the field at the time of planting. In
aueb a case the tank may be hauled
directly to the Held and tilled with tbe
solution, oun charge being enougb to
lust n ilur I'-IC. II1IIM, iilu mh I... V
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erclsed to prevent relufei-tlou of seed
ufter II Is treated.
Cost of treating iba-s not exceed 75
cents for fifty bushels of seed leaa
tbau 20 i cut an acre. Tbe cost may
be less If all tbe treating materials are
convenient
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Burning Dead Hog.
There 1 a trick to the Job of burning
the carcasses of dead hogs, and whero
tbey have died of cholera tbe trick
should be learned. Ig two trenches
crossing each other. Make them sev
eral Inches deep. Pile the fuel ut the
crossing of the trenches. Lay a large
Iron wheel or strips of metal to hold up
the carcuss. Open the carcass com
pletely, spread It opeii and lay It belly
dowu ou tbe support over the fuel.
Sprinkle kerosene liberally Inside the
hog before puttlug it In place. Light
the fuel. The carcass will burn fierce
ly, especially If the hog 1 fat Tba
trenches and the metal supports are
for draft, ami the dimensions of these
things depend on the size of the car
case. This system Is i .-com mended by
the Nebraska station. Farm and Fire
side, Don't Ov.rfs.d the Birds.
Intensive poultry keeping involves
of necessity heavy feeding, but one
should constantly be ou the lookout
to guard against overfeedlug. which
puts the bird Into a state of lowered
Vitality In which Its natural power
of resistance to all forma of Infectious
and other diseases are reduced. The
feeding of high protein conceiitrutea.
like Unseed or cottonseed meal, needs
to tie particularly carefully watched
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! EGGS FOR HATCHNG.
Cau you look at on egg and tell if tt
will batch? Probably uot. but you cau
greatly Increase the hatching power of
the egg by following these suggestions,
which are offered by W. A Llpplncott,
professor of poultry hustumdry In the
Kansas State Agricultural college:
Select eggs which do uot weigh less
thau two ounces, rejecting all exceed
ingly lurge and abnormally shaped
eggs. The unusual shaped eggs will
probably batch, but pullets raised from
such eggs will probably lay abnormal
eggs.
Never waab eggs In-fore setting them.
Keep the eggs In a dty pluce at a tem
perature between 55 mid Go degrees.
turning them at least ouce every other
day. An egg in which the germ baa
become faatened to tbe shell will sel
dom hatch. The germ spot la always
In tbe uppermost part of the egg, and
If tbe egg Is uot turned the germ will
stick to the shell if evaporation takea
place.
Tbe egg ahould be gathered at least
twl.-e a day unless they sre to be pug
u, to tbe incubator Immediately.
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