PAGE SIX
STUDEBAKER
Fifty Horse Power, Seven
Passenger "Six". . . $1050
F. 0. B. Detroit
Ntmlebuker tins set 11 new standard
if Millies In nlTcrltiK 11 car of such
power, quality mill slc, ill $IO."0.
SMlilebiikcrs lime lomplclclv out
classed nil i (iiiiii'(illni this year.
I nl It t :VI.IMKK Alt MH..IM
sl t i,iDi:i OAH lltttbM
Price.- F. 0. B. factory
ONTARIO AUTO CO.agent
Phone 134 Pete Duford
Mgr
Fair Will He Better
(Goatlnucd from page
ii
to have ili' exhibit Interesting MM
instructive w. w. Howard is gnn-1
oral tuperlntendent of nil tin- live
stock exhibit- . iiinl K (1 Hailey Is
IMUll upi-i intention! of the h k r i -cultural
exhibits The department
an- us follow:
Itopt. , Horses and mules, Dr.
A. O. Moon-. Superintendent.
Itcpt II futile, Prank Weavnr,
Superintendent.
Iii'lii c Sheep, John Wood,
Superintendent, mid Frank Pnltner
mill (leurgo (ireen, assistant superln-
tcmlmtts
Itopt. I) Swlno, J. A Itcnnlson,
Superintendent
Upt. I') I'ii u It ry , II (1 Clement,
Superintendent
Itcpt. F Kami I'roilurtii, W. J.
Priitor, Superintendent, and J. H
I'urlii'K, A (1 KIiikiiiiiii and W. W.
Ilowurd, assistant superintendent
li.pl i; I Im I leult lire. F J OlMM
Superintendent, ami A A Heed, W
H l.nwronre, J. T. Logan and W. W
llllMliril, assistant superintendents
Hi'pt II Apiary, Howard Mall
ill, Superintendent, and W W Fos
ter assistant superintendent
Itopt I Fine Aria. Mr W. J.
Weesn, Superintendent, and Mrs A.
J (Hover. Mi It M Tuggarl aasls
limt superintendents
Itepi J Hrad and Pu(ry, Mm
J. I). Hllllngsly, Supi'i Intcmlcnt. anil
Mr II ('. SchuppeM, Mrs 'Iiun
Peterson, ami Mi- Irwin Minster,
IIHNlNluIlt superintendents
Itept. K funned Krull. Mi . Jus
Lackey, Superintendent, ami Mm
M K. Newton ami Mm. Mun.ii Mor
Ion, uHuistuut superintendents
Itopt I. NiM'illi.wnrk ami Kin
hroldnry, Mrs II O. Itrauo, Superin
tendent and Mi II i' Farmer, Mr
T M. I'luggctt, assistant Superinten
dents Di'pl M KnlitliiK and Crochet
Work, Mm. H I). Herman, Superin
tendent, mid Mm. K A. Fruser, Mrs
K M tircig and Mm Harry OMkfW
a hI hi a n l h ii per I ii l i'ii il nt i.
Hept N Will" and Sofa Pillows.
Mi' 1 II Purred, Superintendent,
anil Mm Waller (llunn, Mm J, II.
M. i.l. I. n. ami Mi Anna K. JuekHun,
IIHSIStUItt HUN'rlllll'llll lit H
Di.pl Ii Infanta Wi'ur, Mi U.
Ailain, Supi'i 'inii'inli'iit , anil Mr-. K
II. Coiiklln. Mi II. W. I 'lenient, as
sistant superintendent.
Dipt I' Kiltiriition, Miss Kay Clark,
Superintendent This exhibit will
will lie riiinpletely nv it hauleil anil
Iii'oukIiI to a IiIkIht standard A
part of the exhibit will lie Kent to the
Mule fair at Salem, after the enmity
lair closes
Hept (.) Hog ami lllrila ami I'ei
A ii i mults IiiiM been consolidated with
Dept K It Iiuh heeii ileelileil to ele
Minute Hie awards for the iIokh thin
year ofi uecouut of the ilutiKer from
rahleti
Di p( Klowem, Mm K f Van
I'. u.M. Siiperinteniletit. ami Mm
l(.i lion aHHlHtaiit niiperlnlemlent
The I.UKeM llt of spei'lal iiu.ir.ln
ei nil. nil will he put up thin ear,
uiiil the en iii mi t tee in rharne of the
l. . ml uwurda in eoinponeil of V 'I'
l.aiiipkiii, II ilh.M'niiihe .mil It M
.nt The I'oinmiltee will ar
r.iuni' i.'i npi nil awanlH for prae
ln.ill ..ry ilepartiiieut of (he fair,
iiiul the..' awanlH are oftereil in ml
III ion In the uvular awariln
The pleiniuill 1U( hook In ilou mi
the preHH ami a eopy will he in. nl.. I
upon re.iuent to II. II tirauel, neere
lury. ttr t.rauet will also mixwer
pt'ouiptly, au in.iU'lle lonreruiUK
uliy depat tineiit ol the fair.
The iihii.il ne iluyn proKrutn Iihh
heen rut thin year to lour ilan und a
llniiul. theie Hfl he noluet lllliK lining
all Hie linn' AriaiiK' Miilitn huve
lieull lliuile for lilillKIIlK a ruiiiual
eo i n pan) tn town ami HiIh coiupuny
will furnlxh uiuuseiiient for all
Claim haw iiIm. heen niaile for ample
enlertalliliielit 111 Iroill of the plaint
htund I'.tw.en the rates
The library couiunttee han rccen -ed
ailu -ii inn from a number of
peron who are applying for the
poaitlon of liiii.uian. which was left
vacttllt upon the reHlgnutioli of Minn
I'liiuey. The aolectlon will he made
by the committee about the lilteeuth
of this month Mlbt I'inuey ha
been appointed to a position lu the
libiaiy at 1'lill.u.il
PT1
tKLICTINQ TOMATO SEED.
All tomato plant produce
In. hi. hi which bear perfect
flower. i hniirii the toinnto
pltiut It largely Helf fertile, esie-
Lilly when grown '" l!"' "I"'"
ulr, there H MWMJTI more or lest !
mixing of niiielli's when the
plnnU ate grown I lote together.
The Mfleetlon of your own eetl
la a llmple milfter. Self, t pin Ills
that are Men I In vigor, freedom
from .IK. me, production nnd
character of fruit. Cractlcnlly
all the toiiuitne from each plant
thilH aelei ted may be hii veil, only
frulta thHt happen to be Inferior
being dlaeiirded.
Inatinifh aa not all plant
Imihhi n I'ljiliil powers In truna
inlttlng their qunlltle, It I de
sirable I" keep the seed from
i a. h plant In n separate pink
nge mid then to plant the inn
tenin nf the package In sepa
rate lot next yenr.
Thl will give you nn MW
tunlty to Judg" the btt stoc'k.
An excellent plan I to conduct
a trial teat of iilxnit twenty-live
plants from each lot of seed.
You will not llnd It much trou
ble to weigh and even to count
the tomatoea from each lot of
IS
i
T plant. The result will Justify
the work Involved.
'
SEAWEED AS FERTILIZER.
How It Can Used to the B.it Ad
vantage.
Ill general the ue of seaweed as a
fertilizer la a good Investment, sayt a
contributor to the Country licnllcinmi
tin sandy tolls It may merely I' plow
ed under, but In general It Is prefer
able to cotuHit It.
Seaweed VII! Ic considerably III anal
ytla, according to species, but all
klnda contain a high percentage of
moist nri mid more Htnsh than do soft
structure land plant The kelp ape
clee In peril, uliir carry much p.ia i,
The dlteiDantage of applying Inrgt
ipianillles of seaweed to farm land
lie In the pimsllilllty of Injury to eoffle
crop through the chlorine In Hie salt
that adberea to the weed and In the
acidity that may be developed through
decnii)HHlllon of masse of the weed
The weisl should he spread on the
laud a far ahead of crop planting as
possible to permit f the chlorine's be
lug carried off by drainage. An appll
cation of lime will remedy both the
acidity and the III effei of the chin
line Much larger applications of the
ien weisl can be made on sandy ol
than on heavy colls or on thime not
well drained
1'in wing under leguminous imps If
they are of the deep railed specie, like
clover and alfalfa, will maintain mill
fertility The mslules on the roots will
..lli-ei nitrogen from thu air. and the
id p root will bring up pnin-.li and
phosphoric a. 1. 1 front the aulmoll
Hut lime should m applied occasion
ally to prevent any m kill y that may
develop aa the result of decomposition
of maseee of green growths At Inter
vala of eeveu to ten years It would
alao be advisable to apply phosphoru
In the form of ground Ixiue, slag or
raw phiMphaie rock. Commercial fer
ttllaers may be termed crop prmlucers
only
nielli
'J'hey do little for soil Improve
Moving Four or Five Section Harrow.
This device Is a great help In mov
ing a four or five se lion harrow with
out taking the hnrrow apart Take two
I by M Inch Poind a little longer than
tlte width of the harrow, splicing on
top If Mini and nail n 1 by 8 Inch
pli'e tbrmi feet long acrisis each cud
1'aaten a hitch on one cud ami lay the
harrow ou I. teeth down With this
you can go through a gate almost too
inn low for two horses. - .Nebraska
Farmer.
i ORCHARD AND GARDEN. J
I
Ke.-p the i ucuuiU'i's iilcketl from the
tines If yoc wish them to cotitlnui
hem lug Nci-i let one ripen ou tin
vine, i-ifii If you do throw them away,
unless you do not care for any more of
them.
Cabbage mid cauliflower will grow
better If frequently cultivated lie the
lem en at.oiii the cauliflower heads to
keep them w hlte.
hi- all the wxhl ashes ami use
around fruit tree as a fertlllter -I
ashes urw espts hilly ginsl for pea. h
trees, ami iluy will beiM'llt all fnilt
trees and vines
Neglected fruit tree are not worth
the ground they occupy; Ihey are an
eyesore, and when pit lufcnlcd lhe
are a pnsitl menace to the neighbor
hood.
Keep the high wheeled wagon out of
the "i. Iiunl Not only docs It cut up
the sod. but It Is more a pi to brush
and peel thu lower limbs of the tnvs.
.iii.l it U a great deal more In. omen
lent to pour fruit Into thau the low
down wagon, with Its broad Urea.
Cebbage worms are ery apt to Isith
er the plant but for these a solution
of oue (tart kerosene, three parts tint
termllk sod six pails water Is vert
rfTcctii v In .nuking this solution brisk
ly etlr tha kerosene and buttermilk to
gether for three minutes lefore add
lug the wat -r Apply with a spray
pump or a garden opuukUi
The Argus, $1.00 the year.
II HfiC
1 llI
TT1F ONTAtUOAttGTT'I AtJGtfStf
.
Scientific
Farming
; . . ; .-8vSy . . . . ..i?3$v'$$
ELECTRIC POWER AND LIGHT.
Many Farms Hers and Abroad Are
Ssrvsd by Linos From City Stationa.
By FRANK K0E8TER.
IA111I1..1 c.f "KIim till Ity Kui the Farm and
i lome."
Many fartnt are ered by lines from
city or other electric stations, ami In
many of the stales the long distamo
irniiflinissloii line of mimernus hydro
lei trh' plant pa thtiiiiKh fannliig
communities more or le- populated.
These fcjratWM are iiMiially of high ten
alon. varying frmn MflOQ to t'iMi',
i'M'm a hlfch a 100(000 volt. Thee
high Miltaires are imt n-m directly In
motor, Imt must l reduced by trail
funnels to u Miillahlc value, depeiidlni;
on the nature of the purpose to whl'li
the motor Is to be applied. Likewise
for use on farms and In country iesl
deli' e a transformer must be had to
furnish a supply of current nt n low
voltage Milue for local distribution.
Where large tract are to be cov
ciihI on a lngle farm practice has prov
ed that a voltage of about 13.000 It
fj ' . r
I'OWKIi STATION ON A KAIIM IN Nl VOHK
SI A I I
most suitable. Inlcriucdlalc stationary
or poiiaiii.- transformers being used
fo Mtep III.- M.llagc down tn that do
sired on the motors of the plows.
thrashing machines, ed
it Is gencrilllv icognled that cell
tnil stations ami public utility com pa
idea are the best sources of supply
from which to draw electricity, owing
to their reliability . cheapness and con
Velilcnce.
When the user, however, Is located
lieyond the rein h of the distributing
lines of central station coiulimiles It
i msensmy to insiaii an isolated plant
MaaBflMiMB- I
Mens and Young
jk
A special lot of them, sizes 34 to 44, in
the seasons patterns odd suits, one of a
kind picked from our regular stocks,
ranging in values to $20.00. Sale Price
59.75
ALEXANDER
ONE PMd CLOTHIER ONTARIO, ORE.
Sport Shirts at $1.25
ECLIPSE MAKE
to supply light, heat and power, and
such a plant I a much more profitable
Investment than the Installation of
other klnda of (Miner, such as Individ
mil mii, oil or steam engines, to op
erate the different farm machines.
Kor the purpose of generating elec
tricity In ln luted plants various forms
of power are utllUeil, depending on the
locality nnd the source of fuel or water
supply.
A practice much adopted abroad, par
ticularly In liermau.v, where the gov
ernment encourage electrically ope
rated farm, I to Install rural central
Htati'in for the purpose of supplying
1 a number of farm, rural Industries,
iniintry residences and estates with
electric cutieut. Ity establishing such
n station, with either a steam, water,
oil or gii plant, a great saving In the
' prislui t Ion of electric energy may be
readily seemed. Tiday In Hertiinny
I often na high as list to I.V) consumer
' nre supplied with ei-ctrli- energy from
a single rural central station such as
have been installisl In great numbers
! within the last llff-u yenr.
lu ii'iilliern Italy and throughout
Switzerland also there Is considerable
use of the electric energy In agricul
MM ami by small rural coimiiuiiltle.
A iH'lwnrk of distributing Hues ha
Immii formed, drawing energy from nu
merou and ciiteieil sources of hy
droelectric power, 'villi h are, however,
Interi-onnei ted. The Swiss and Italian
land proprietor and small farmer
throughout western Kitroie have ta
ken In large numbers to the use of
electric light mid electric power.
.Many of the lieiinini farmers carry
on Industries In connection with their
farms, whciiby they utlll.e their by
ptoilui s, and Ibis - the secret of the
success of many well to do men Km
Instance, one rural central tatlon sys
tem may nerve four grist mills with
five motors, having a total capacity of
Htfi horsciMiwer. one tile works with a
40 hoiepower motor, one sawmill with
a i!0 horsepower motor, four wheel
weight with motors . ousiimlug Ii
Inn scm.w or and many other Industrie.
miii Ii a cabinet making, distilling,
blackstulthlng. Isittllng wnrU-i. etc ,
which use motor of various capacities. !
There are also served by the system
MM twenty consumer for light only,
haling a total of J I.l In, ainlesccnt
lamp and rive arc lamps one rail
way mid freight station with l'Jt In
candescent lamp, oi Inlih.iiise with
seventy two lamps Hint six arc lights,
and. lu addition to this, two towns arc
suppMed, having a total of l.tllt'J lamps.
Kmni the above fact and figure It
Is obi ious that cldtricliy can give n
new HimiliiM to agriculture und farm
lug. and at the same time open a new
way by which the rural population can
I. Induced to remain ou the farm lu
lead of flocking to the tiea.
WANTKO Ctrl to do general house
work. I'hone 20-N -2.
The AtgOB, $1.00 the year.
Mens Suits
OQ75
12, 191G,
SARDEN ANTS HARMLESS.
Do Not Injur Planta, and Noota May
Bo Easily Destroyed.
Prepared by l'nlte.l States department
of ogrh ulturo.)
An unusual number of complatnta
have beeu received this year by the
department of ugrlculture from per
nous who nay thai ants ore Injuring
their lawut nnd gardent. Aa a mutter
or fact, these nuts do little harm, und
the injury that Is attributed to them
is usually caused by something elae.
In large iiumliers, li..ucci, the small
conical nests which they build on lawn
me somewhat unsightly und ou thl
account It may Im desirable lu Home
case to destroy them.
Where there la only a small area to
be covered the simplest method la to
dreiii h the nests with boiling water.
Another simple icincily Is lu spray the
lawn with kerosene emulsion or with
a very strong soap wash prepared by
dissolving any common laundry soup
in vvatei at the rate of one pound or
one half pound to a gallon of water.
Such met hoiln me particularly well
adapted to small lawns and for the or
dinary III tie lawn ant.
l'or larger nut colonies of other !
tes, bisulphide of . aihom a chemical
whii h i mi be purchased at any drug
store, villi be found effective. This
sill. stum e can be placed In the nest by
means of mi oil can or small syringe,
the 'piani ny reipilieil varying from
niic half ounce for a small nest to two
ur three ounces or more for u large
one. An oil can with u long sMjut I
a convemeiil Instrument, as it can be
inserted Into the ncsta mid the llUld
in I., led without It being brought close
to the operator's none, for the funics ol
bisulphide of chiImiii, although not po'.
souolls, me nauseating. To fucUltutv
'he entllllie Into the nest of thu chelu
aiii. the am hole can be enlarged wltli
a sharp sUck or Iron nsl. After tin
bisulphide of carbon ha been llijci ted
i he opening should be closed by prcs
sure of the fool lu order to retain tin
bisulphide. This will s'iietrille slow
ly Ihouhoiit i lie underground . han
liels of the nest ami kill all the Inmates
It Is impm i. mi to remember that while
bisulphide Is p. lie, hainilcss If kept
away from all lire. It Is very Inlliimiua
ble and may. un.lei .ciiaiu clrcum
statues, explode when Ignited.
I..cpt for the unsightly appcaraun
of their nrstN, however, I he lawn mils
do no upixciiihlc barm. They elltei
house very lately and. on the whoh
may be said l do no harm of any 1.1m1
except lu so lar as they lessen the at
tractive appearance of the lawn. On
the other I. and. It 1 cjulte possible thai
by bringing up from the lower depth
mi ml and earth they may distinctly lu
creasi fertility by forming a top dress
lug ot soil luulch. mid at the same tlnii
pciui't better kcrailoii of the earth.
The Argus $1.00 The Year
The Argus, . 1.00 the year.
TO PREVENT PLIES BREEDING
Now and Safe Method of Destroying
the Larva Diaoevorod.
Prepared by t 'tilted States department
of agriculture.
A aafe aud effective weapon against
the typhoid or housefly baa been found
In powdered hellebore by scientists of
the department of agriculture. File
' lay their egg. chiefly In stable manure.
Powdered hellebore mixed with water
1 and sprinkled over the manure will de-
stroy the larvae which nre hatched
from the egg. Since powdered belle
j bore la readily obtainable this put In
the hands of everyone a remedy for
otie of the pest that ha been found
I iiangeioii aa well na troublesome.
Powdered hellebore, however, will not
kill ndult (Ilea, which muat be swatted
01' tlllpped
It has long beeu known that filea
breed In manure, but prevloua meth
od of destroying the larvae there by
the use of strong chemlcnla have been
open to the objection that the treat
incut under ome condition lessened
the fertilizing value of the manure or
actually injured vegetation. Thl la
I not true of powdered hellebore, (lov
1 eminent experiments have shown Hint
the hellebore I entirely decomposed In
the course of the fermentation of the
manure and that even In excessive
qunutltle It iI'.oh no harm except to
the larvae It 1 Intended to destroy.
Chickens picking In man me treated
with It suffer no II! cfTccta.
hair pound of powdered belle
bore mixed with ten gallons of wntei
Is sillllclent to kill the larvae III eight
bushel or ten cubic feet of immure
The mixture should be sprinkled cure
fully over the pile, cHpeclul uttentlon
being paid to Hie outer edges. In moat
place helleii.ne la obtainable In 1UU
pound lots at a cost of 1 1 cents a pound
This makes the cut of the treatment
II little les. than sev en tenths of n
cent per bushel of manure. A Ubernl
estimate n( the output of manure I
two bushels a day per horse. The nion
cy Involved Is therefore trilling lu com
pin Is. .ii with the beuellts to the hull
vliliiiil and the community from the
pi. n Ileal elimination of the discus.
spi ending fly.
Although fresh manure la the favor
lie I -ding spot, tiles lay their eggs
lu other place as well, such i.s out
houses. refiiMe pile, etc. In these
places, from which no manure la taken
to spread on the flelda, considerable
saving may be effected through the
substitution of boiax for powdered hcl
lebore. Applied at the rute of O.tl'J
pounds per M bushel of manure l .max
I as effective us s)wdered hellebore
in killing the larvae, but coat lea
than half a cent for each bushel of
maniiie treated. In larger quantities,
however, or when the manure Itself Is
-plead at a greater rate than lf tons
lo the mre, some damage to crops may
result. I nge quantities of immure
are often used by market gardeners
ind others, and there I alwiiy s danger
of carelessness In applying the bores.
The use of the more expensive but
safer hellelsire Is therefore recom
mended for the treatment of manure
Itoru x Is recommended for all other
ic fuse In which flics may lay eggs.
Sclent 11 who have ber-ll working
for years to eliminate the fly are con
vlnced that the use of one or the other
of these simple ineusure Is a public
duty wherever manure nnd refuse ex
1st. Sanitarians, however, strongly
advise the removal of refuse heapa or
other unnecessary rubbish or breeding
place for tiles. In breeding places
Which cllllllot Is thus disposed of, sii. h
is manure or stable, the dally use of
IKiwdered hellelMire will keep the files
from breeding lu these favorite breed
lug grounds The best result are ob
tnliiable lu a community where every
one cleans up his premises, traps or
kills the files and systematically treats
i he manure mid other breeding places
with powdered hellelMire.
The i'.v is not only a nuisance to bo
man being and live stock, but apreuds
disease and tilth and Is a menace to
public health which cannot be tolerat
ed III the face of a demonstrated
remedy .
A Well Breed Long Ladder.
I'artiicrs who have occasion to use
long ladders often find (hem weak und
luiigcrous when Met up at the proper
angle This csai be overcome by a wire
lu'aic (let a blacksmith to make two
V shape. I Irons and fasten them to the
side sills with small bolts Kore small
hole throtlgii sills ut euch end. Take
two pl.s-es of No. 0 wire and f listen to
the siiu at oue end by passing through
the holes and forming a lock by turn
lug the end back (brcugb the boles over
small trou pins; then pass the wire
over the V Irons, drawing them tight
with a lever mid fasten at the other
'mis ill the same way. This brace will
more thau ..ouble the strength of the
ladder ami adds but little expense.
Farm Progress.
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k.hiiM'sJ eqi jo esn auio dipnoi o) jjj
lvS t i jtiq 'sjo)jwj iuuui uodu spued
dp po.i; 40J dtquA uii.. -ipiqx dqsuq
u hjiid.1 taj ueqi ssd q.iuin mj seo
tl diu uu.i jjiujc; dq )u .J 1 dqwq.ud
vp..ui...s i! puuq j.iqi.' "U uo dnqjs
daill Itddj 0 ) i uuqi us. is i. seois)
-Od IKK; U dilld.llJ djotu S Jl jquq
v spu.i oi 1U U-Aj )u(ii disuisd emotj
Jdlidq puu j.tdudq.i i uiiu J,pe)quop
tin ej spswj jeqio suo4ipuoo k'jupjo
jdpun duw.sx ijjuui.j (qt u Uo)uji
IS q-'iuu ik)v..kj ion suq i...pu kq)
ojajqiljj podj ldO)s jo; diiUA jem o)
uo)Ud)u isij.Mjni dvwq seo)M)odjoed'id
su dqj pus uo.iipojd AvKdq dqx
PJ 1et JUJ ie,od
Why have an inexperienc
ed man practice on your
machine when you can get
an expert mechanician? We
have an expert from the
Ford factory and are mak
ing a specialty of Ford re
pairs. Good work on your car
costs no more here than a
poor job elsewhere. t
ONTARIO AUTO CO.,
Phone 134 Pete Duford
Mgr.
Biggest Corn County
(Continued from Page 1.)
acre. Well, to look nt some of the
alfalfa fields you would gues they
get nearly that much at a cutting.
But the farmers of that section
have discovered that their county Ih
even better fitted, both a to soil und
climate, for corn than for alfuirn
So they are "going in for corn." In
fact they have already "gone In,"
und now the largest cornlleldu lu the
state are In the Malheur, Owyhee
and Harper valley-, and the area is
rapidly spreading It will surprise
many If In the near future Malheur
does not stand at the head of the
oorn-growlng section of the Pnlted
States that I a to the yield lo
each acre. And eventually us lo
area grown, for Malheur Is some''
county, having 98M:i square miles,
or about ns large us New Jersey and
Delaware combined.
The Harney brunch Htaiinn, alx
miles east of Kurns, Is in i barge or
Professor llrelthuiipt We found
this station doing most excellent
work, not only on the furm hut lu
the field. There was u meeting call
ed for the station the iluy we w
there nnd between 4110 ami .mi pen
pie, mostly furmers und treir fatull
les, were In attendance Mr, llreil
linupi kept "open house" ut the sta
tion and us u hostess she In about
equal to Mrs. Ilutiley, who entertain
ed u for the tilglif at Hie Hell A
runcli.
The meeting reully began ut ten
o'clock In the forenoon and hinted
until dark Professor Kerr uus the
principal speuker and Mr Ilutiley
presided Other udilresse were
made by Regents Myers und Pierce
and Professor Scudder. The lutter
la a great favorite wherever he Is
known, purticulurly so In Huruey
ounly, where he and Mr. Ilutiley are
to, , led with securing for thut sec
tion the branch station. We put lu
null a duy driving over (lie wonder
ful Harney Valley, un empire of it
self, and after leaving the Hell A
ranch the following morning we wei.
shown more of Hie work of Mr.
Krelthaupt and hi co-workers.
UJU.
RAISE THINGS.
It was no trouble for our fore
fathers lu this country to raise
things. They hud a new aud
opulent soil on whi h to raise
them. The crudest prepuruflnu
of thut soil, Ihe most cureless
treatment of the plants, could
not prevent u harvest Thing
are different now. The old until
ods were ull right then, but to
day they meuu iverty still
isjoivr soil und Impoverish. J
tillers of It. Kilt there are ways
by which the soils reduced by
generations ahead of us can he
restored to usefulness. And
there are ways by which this
restoration cmi bo accomplished
while the land pays for It. He
fore we give up uuy land that
was once fertile let us look Into
these things to see whether It
i-aiiiiot be made productive again
and at the same time rule
thlnga to pay the cost. National
Mis Wuimii and Parmer
WAR FARMING. '
Women Work In Field In the British
Isles.
The shortage of farm labor In Eng
land is causing Increasing unrest lu ag
ricultural circles.
In some cases the scarcity of furm
hands Is uot so serious as the luck of
horses. The lack of mule labor Is Le
lng filled so far as possible by the use
of female und child labor.
In the dairy aud tn the care of smull
tuck It la likely thut mule labor will be
almost entirely dispensed with. Much
of the lighter field work also Is being
done by wotueu. und In the market gur
deulug districts they may be seen la
lurge numbers at such tusks a vvec.i
lug and setting plants Ou some of the
smaller holding they have even under
lukm the rougher work of plowing and
iUltlvutbag.
Some of the agricultural coll
have orguulxed short course of In
struction for women who ure willing t,.
enter furm work. The course of lu
struct Ion Includes mllklug. dairy work.
lire stock, poultry, preparation of luud.
use of tools, planting and cultivation.
The course reviews eight hours' work
daily for fourteeu duys.
Wu. s throughout the furmlug dis
tricts bav. adi am ed sharply, the uver
age lacreaae belug about f 1 weekly.