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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (May 13, 1915)
THE O.NTTATMO UUJU8, TFimsn AV. MAY r. 1911 THKEI ) : i i making the Little j Farm Pay By C. C. BOWSFIRLD When tli,' IVSfSga, revenue per ncre la compared in returns which tire se cured h.v studious iiiid expert dinners there seenw to he n strune discrep ancy. The lltno hns MM when busi ness furiuiiiu must take the place of old fashioned methods and gffg hind owners n fair mid adequate return on their Invest incuts. The way to most quickly rench n money mukliiK basis Is to adopt n sys tem of imp production vt 1 1 1 h will supply commodities returning tin niax 1 in 1 1 in of prolli at a minimum of labor and rl.sk. These articles we sec In the common fruit and ci;etiililes. There Is an attrnclhe opportunity in the cul tivation of Krnpes and berries. These products pay enormously, and when the sninll Investment and simplicity of cultivation nro taken Into account the wonder Is thnt the market Is not over- - f "t"?"ft'H"'iittllt it Scientific Farming . -' PROFIT IN POULTRY. V uurniNi wim raprr u bbtsjso. applied. Grapes are especially recom mended, becauae they allow plenty of flute for marketing. It U easy to propagate moat varieties of grapes. The ordinary war tr,,ta cuttings. These are made from mature wood of the last year growth, eat from the vlnee almost any time when there are no leaves on them, or from November to April The wood should toe of strong growth. The cnttlngs should be about eight to ten Indies long and with a bud near each end They are best burled In the ground after being tied lu small bundles and left until the time for making early garden, when they should be set In nursery rows In good soil. They can be set by a spade or set In s trench made with a plow and filled In with a boa, leaving one bud above ground. Oood cultivation should be given. Va rieties that will not root from cuttings are layered, which hi done by covering a part of a living Tine with soil and leaving It so during- the growing season. It Is a mistaken notion ii.ui their cul ture requires special skill and knowl edge. They do beat In warm, well drained and fairly fertile soil, yet there are few farms where they may not be grown successfully. A southern expo sure will usually give satisfaction The rct.s should not be deeply Imbedded In the soli, aa they ramble to a great dis tance In search of plant food. If the soil Is bard and compact it will be dif ficult for the roots to And a proper food supply to produce atlaiaetory crop! Among the cheapest and best fertllli ra for the vines are unleached wood ashes aud well decomposed manure. Leaves, soapsuds and lawn raklngs are alao beneficial to growing vine. To save tlmo and trouble we may ob tain the vines we want from a rellablo nearby nurseryman who knows which varieties are best suited to our locality. If the furmer grows his own vines from cuttings the first step In transplanting will be to dig them from the nursery, using great care so that the roots will not be mutilated. Sfaps roots ure sen sitive to the sun and wind aud should be protected until placed lu the ground. The proper width of the rows for field culture Is seven or etght feet. Strong growing varieties, however, such as Concord or Niagara, will re quire a little more space, but more few Die growers, such as the Delaware, may do well on less 8uce. During the first year a well cul tivated and trained vine should be about five or ten feet king and may be supported on any temporary structure. In the fall It should be cut buck to within two feet of the ground and from then on It should be pruned an nually, preferably Is early spring when Jhe wood la not frossn and before the asp begins to flow. The principal diseases affecting tns grape are black rot. mildew and an thracnose and the beet treatment for these ailments U bordeaux mliture. Clean the vines aud surroundings and burn all clippings, etc., upon which germs of disss ss may be living Be fore the disease la checked It may be necessary to spray Ave or six during tns spring. A Quick Growing Crop That Furnishes Speedy Returns. There are few Investments from a lih b returns can be got as quickly ns from poultry, s.i.vs the editor of the Western I'oiiltn Journal. In seven to eight months after setting the eggs the pro'lt commences to come. In fnct, son cllilng can be realized earlier than this, though the Income may not cx cec 1 the outgo. The cockerels will be ready to sell as broilers at three months or less, and later the pullets will come to laying. There are not many things lu the llvo stock line which bring In returns bo quickly While most grain crops will grow In n shorter period, we cnu grow hut one crop a yenr, and this may Ik? destroyed by unfavorable season. Hut the chick crop is not affected by weath er conditions to any great extent and Is a sure crop In the hands of the man who knows how to grow It Market ducks make a little quicker returns than laying hens, but the duck 1 aaaV aaaaaaasHJaal ssasTaaM saaaPaVaa?saaaaaa H ' BOSS COMD kftVOSCA OOCE BIBD. Industry Is confined to certain localities ami Is not proving us profitable ,aa U ones was. Under right conditions they are never fall lug crop every three tnootha. in 1013 the orange groves to a section of California wars put out of commission by. a severe frees. This gave a great Impetus tu the pooltrp In dustry In that section, .as the orcbard lsts west to work to sscuss large flocks of layers to Insure tnsca an In come until the orchards were again In beajing. White Leghorns are the fowls of that section, and they argued, and rightly, that they could boy bsby chicks and have a largo flock of layers bringing them In an Income In six months. I bars known of several Instances where parties establishing commercial apple orchards have used laying hena to produce the Income and fertilise the land until the trees . a me Into bearing The poultry bouses were set In the newly planted orchards, aud both treee aud bens were beuvflted by the pres ence of the other. DAIRYING IN THE FAR WEST. Many Sections Awsit Coming of Live Stock to Become Prosperous. For several years the federal dairy division baa been building up dairying lu the far weat, particularly In such sparsely settled regions as the reclama tion projects, says the Country Oeutle man. independently of extension funds recently made available by the Smith Lever bill, the division has succeeded In doubling and often In trebling the number of silos In such sections. Wherever alfalfa Is grown In abend dance, as on Irrlguted lauds, the dlvl Inn haa nreachud diilrvluir aa the I logical Indus, rf lo tUlllxe tills feed. With the Smith Lever funds available experiment stations In the western states are eo operating with the federal department of agriculture lu dairy ex tension projects. There are many sections of the west that only await the coming of livestock to become prosperous. Cheap feeds. esiiecially such roughage aa alfalfa, are produced In ubundance lu the Irrigated valleys. Often the price Is so low that unless the bay Is fed on the ranch It will be disposed of at a loss. Five dol lars a ton for ulfulfu delivered to the railroad has been a common price, while at the same time many growers claim they should buvo $8 or $10 a ton in order to make a profit According to those figures the average crop re quires the assistance of cows, hogs and sheep In order to return a profit. Bk PUntv of There Is no reason why nearly all 'farmers should not grow an abundance of beans for their own use. They are wholesome and nosrtahlng and are sat isfactory substitutes for meats when the latter are difficult to obtain. Why Chicks Die In tho Shell. If eggs are to be held before sitting, they should be kept at a temierutur of from 40 to 80 degrees and should be kept coverud so the albumen will not evaporate. When the chick comes out of the shell It la made out of the al bumen or white of the egg and has used little or none of the yolk. If ths albumen baa evaporated too much there la not enough material to build a chick large and strong enough to get ut of the shell. This is one of the causes for chicks dying In ths shell. I'tiU evaporation may take place either before or during Incubation. Western Poultry Journal. Washington Qssd Hiss's Day Is Olytnsia. Wash. Oovsrnor proclaimed Saturday, May 16, for state wlde celebration as good roads day In conformity with a plan for daalgnsUon of a uniform date throughout the Ps ciflc North weal. AGAINST DESEASE Some time iy mlvice n iative to DO : cholera that may prove valutib I thf farmers of the Lower Snake and PSjTtttfl river valleys, lias bsttl issued this week by W. W. Howard, the new county agriculturist. While there arc no known cases of the disease on the Oregon side of the river, there have been several cases reported from near Payette, and every precaution should be taken to rrndicatc the dread dis ease. His communication follows: There is great necessity at the pres ent time for the farmers of Malheur county to use special precautions to prevent an outbreak of the dreaded hog; cholera. There nre outbreaks of the disease near Wciscr and Payette, Idaho, and these two places ure so lo cated that it makes it necessary that special care be taken to prevent the disease spreading to the Oregon side. The spread of the disease could be checked with the use of serum if in troduced, but even then there would be some loss and some expense which it is hoped can be avoided. Sanitary methods will go far in pre venting the introduction of the dis ease. Hogs that are running in an open field are less liable to con tract the disease than those penned up, largely because of the natural sanitary conditions. If it is necessary, however, to confine the hogs in small pens, these should be thoroughly cleaned and whitewashed. It is also a good plan to make a practice of spray ing the pens at frequent intervals, for it will not only lessen the danger from hog cholera but will also help control the many other diseases thst are so troublesome to the hpg raiser A spray pump and a supply of sun of the (heal) COSltSf preparation-- should be part of the hnjr raisers' tqulprfltnt nt all times. This is a good time to make n i n nil cli anup nro in ' tin Iior lots. There ;ir ,i I .. other mca-u;v that should be put in force at the pies cnt time. These practically amount to u quarantine gffjnsl any person Df animal that may in t as carriers of the germs. These gSlIM can he car ried foi miles by people, dogs, cats or even by birds. All persons that go near the hogs should be closely ques tioned to find out whether they have been near infected places. I logs and cats should not be allowed to route about for they are apt to bring it home with them. The birds nre the hardest element to control, but an of fort should be made to htt) the crows away, for their habits make them es pecially dangerous. Farmers should not go near any neighbor, if his hogs are sick, for it might be cholera. All persons are asked to report any sickness among hogs that comes to their notice to my office here in Ontario so that it can be taken in hand immediately. A serious outbreak of the disease may be prevented in this way. W. W. HOWARD, County Agriculturist for Malhcaur County. ; Chnin Propelled Grindstone I look two sprocket s heels, one msl ler than the oilier, oil an old Mndtl I put the sniallct Wheel Ml ths RlMfl of the eriidstoiie where I tool, tli" crank nfl. sn a w i Iter in farm and I In-dde. Then l put the liti get a In fl nl one i-mi of the flame l'o make I rules fitl the To Cut Strawberry Runners. When struwbsrrlss art not allowed to inn IIVO? the bed. hill are rillllvilteil In Idlis. an Implement for cutting the runners is a necessity due of the slmpo -.t Its noil a-, one of i I test Is shown In i lie figure Tim cutters nro old disk from a disk barrovt or i ultl vntoi and musl be Kept well sharpened to (1 Mielf host work. The axle may ra-s -s6-EnEB 7Z3iiMmgebr' . non.iqnrt si) 0S 01 posnj -si eqs pus ijw, eased .'""uo.ya n JO iJSStOSS semoijj. I mllM "K jo Apotena .iqj u peeodej jui eqx sseq loeinsAOtn q jo sjepssi looms noissnoeip djsqs s peensa spustsdojd eased iinmm eg) Buaunouep jij-m s uei)4 psq jja.sooh sjopoeqx iqi j eqr o noneotiqn.j otsono puoOsdojj S9ed eeaunouoQ a x shaft of the larger wheel I took two pieces of sheet Iron and bent them (Al and drilled holes In each side (Hi. 1 then took the crank and placed It on the end of the shaft of the largo wheel. A chain from the binder was placed over Isith wheels. This device Is very handy for grinding mow lug machine knives, ns the person turning Is out of the wny. Spare the Birdst Ssvs the Crops. Illrd hunting If enrrled im under re straint may be legitimate sKrt. but bird slaughter U merely n means of In viting calamity. Take as one little to stance the "scalp act" of Pennsylva nia, which pnld In bounties $00,000 for the extermination of hnwks nod owls These 'Msts" were destroyed, but the small rodents upon which they fed turned on the farmer and did almost $4,000,000 worth of damage Our bird fi lends posscM Infinitely mora than sentimental and food values Were at not for their Intervention the Insert hordes would blot mankind from ths facs of nature. Country Gentleman. Italia wir Parly Riots. London. Orsst demonstrations' In favor of Italian Intervention In the war tod to serious disorders at Roma, and collisions with the police, according to a dispatch from the Italian capital hkvici: ion i rriNo in nnkhs lie made of any bolt of suitable slxe threaded on both ends so that n nut ntid washer ma,, ha placed on each side of the disk. This chimps the two disks (Irmly to the ale and prevents them from revolving luiteis'inlently of each other The handle should Is-mads similar to n lawn mower handle The disk can ls set at various widths. depending on the size of hills desired, nlxiut eight to ten laches being usual. Ily setting the plants lu check row fashion the tool can lie run In both directions, making tho operation of lotting the runners a short one eveo over a large extent , ;- 16M MILS Bsttl Swept. , Paris. Troops of the alliee occupy bottle fronts whose Isngth totals lMt miles, according to a compilation mads by the Matin In the western arena, according to these figures, the French occupy 640 miles of trenches, the British II miles and the Belgians 17 miles In the eaatern thester ths Ruaslans faoe a front of 881 miles, while the Bsrblans and Montenegrins are fight ing along s tins which msasuass 117 mltos. IEr M . L bf y r ss. ar r rW-' . 9 ojrAV m, X I r r Ms 5 ''.few aw . Hoc !... T ' PAYXI P .ONLY, Great Sale of 7 I 1 : White Beauty sier Cabinets Ends Saturday IsTrTojEasTTasfc. IPBlr i mm smw r- iiS-JMStSyyiy s J llrv?hlfffc,5sSl"A I m-". In rrvr- M-J (1 I The great sale of "WHITE BEAUTY" Hoosier Cabinet will end Satur day at the latest, perhaps tomorrow. If each of the 1000 towns where the Hoosier Company has permitted this sale doeH as well as we have here, there will be no trouble about the quick doubling of "White Beauty" Sales. There is every indication that the limited number alloted us for this sale will not last till Saturday night. We can obtain no more to sell at the present low price Most likely you will see these cabinets in the homes of some of your nearest and dearest friends. Why wait until then and regret that you missed the opportunity that is offered to you as to them!. Tomorrow Pay Only $1.00 Try the "White Beauty" in Your Own Kitchen This chance of a lifetime to aecure a Hoosier Cabinet at a 12.60 reduction from a low cash price, on terms of only $1.00 down and $1.00 weekly, may never occur again. The Hoosier Club plan of payment has proved amusingly popular with the foremost women in this community. .me of theui tell us it is the same way that thev have bought fine editions of ruro Uioks. Yet it costs you notning extra to enroll in the Hoosier Club if you come tomorro. No interest. No fees of any kind. Exclusive Features See the wonderful shaker flour sifter; the Hoosier accounting system, the cook book holder, the food guide; the want list; the pencil holder, the money tray; the emergency shelf uiul other labor suving devices, 17 of which are entirely new. Decide Now. Saturday May be too Late other women are making up their minds tonight tocome tomorrow and select a Hoosier Cabinet while they can save $2.50. It wont take five minutes to decide when you see it. Come early for when this lot is gone no power on earth could get you another "White Beauty" at ihis price. IWM JC n M e ' 1 7jz .33P,S o l Brifr X if P el Vt V J i. B D wiljMr-- y "I Ontario Furniture Company t TO THS PUBLIC l fo authorize thia sale, limited to "Whit Beauty" Hoosier oabineta, at $2.50 lesa thaUi the fixed oaah price of theae cabinets, thia veek only. THE HOOSIER H?G. CO., New Caatla. Ind. SAflOMAtv tnr-SAVtx,