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Newspaper Page TextSaturday, September 11, 1920 itAtjmfiWjgftrtlSE," VALE- OSEGOM ' Jilariiiiii' I fore it would be unnecessary to tra vel forty or fifty miles to see a few herds of good livestock n this sec ton of the country. The first stoD after lunch wat I- rrrrn. 9Mt tfc frr matie af the Weiser Institute when fine herd of registered Holstein inCMMirca, in oar anon la Wl". vn bninprm wmwim . . . - - etancpnint. it w nr aira ia phdiup mwm av w re"' .m ... - ' - . . .1 .. ,ii f i,.nn.nin .f . miim tha (imi in Mihcr Coanty. Lt cattle wsre seen and the modern knew wtitj ton ara pi.minf. hw tha arap and aattu r Mn end jut what la roine- equipment there inspected. Supenn an., tha Mhf rarinara it w? dbttnt fritfifla-an4 iwlahhara -will fca r,,.t '' tenclent Evans rufded the Dart hat li taklrs plara ri.ht Tiara at ham, aa don't hllata V,rH. ar ulephanaTia tha fn!.,,vV' ..-i.t-Ji J? f at raamlf and roar n.iihbom. wa will fca slad ta ablufc H. ... . ,thugh the barfis. and explained th( merits 01 tne oinerent animais as TOUR IS SUCCESSFUL LIVESTOCK INSPECTED Over Three Hundred Persons Join Farm Bureau Tour in Visit to Herds and Flock " 1 The livestock improvement tour conducted bv the farm bureau -on September 2 ,was attended by more than three hundred neonle who visit ed the various herds of cattle and flocks of sheep to be seen on the route and listened to a good program in .the Oregon Trail Fark near Wei ser, after enjoyinsr a picnic lunch In the shade of the tre9. .' The rbute choSed took the train of hinehines from Fruitlana north to Weier, then to the Intermountain Institute from which Point the gen eral direction was South across Dead ox Frnt to Pnyette and Ontarie. The first livestock inspected was on the ranged a.t convenient places through- j phown by the records of tests. Then but the pafk.. - the- ptire bred sbeep on the Butter- Most of the speaking came off im- field ranch Were visited, but on ac mediately after the ice cream. The count of most of he best Sheep hav party -gathered " in "the pavilion at jng been taken away various fair the! park and listene'd to a ehort but the ranch did not supply the treat it exceptionally good program on live- would have at an earlier date, stock improvement. A. A. Outtridgea, . Tha party then crossed over into of Oregon Slope Spoke briefly on the'0rP(rOn and proceeded to the Gutt- benefits to be, -derived y from . farm rlilge ranch on Oregon Slope wheri bureau toufswhere a subject of vital lemonade wis served by a committee interest to the community is studied, from1 .that community atid the calf S. P. Graham and Guy Galloway, club Jersey hcifet, owned By Dewitt livestock .improvement committeemen Kincaid viewed. Dewitt gave a talk for Malheur and Washington counties on club work and his exprience with respectively, outlined .the need for different kinds of pure bred livestock, more . livestock on the hay farms of Raymond Guttrdge's corn club corn this section and less on the depleted was also seen here. . ranges, and both emphasized the. need T hen the Northrop Farm was vis for better stock.- ited and the farm flock of grade SV'tt ' flnffirnjil'lc T)nirV Specialist. Humnchirna (nonAi-tori M Nnrlkrnii for. idah6, spoke on Dairying and the gavi it talk On his experience with Dairy Cow,- . His spech was well re- sheep 6ri the XaHrt aiW thi graKitig ce'ived by the audience for he pointed of sheep on alfalfa pasture. After out many things to, .show .that dairy- two years experience, during which ing is a desirable industry to foster time he has gone through cohsider- in this section and gave.much prac- niile of an experimental nature, Nor- tical advice about the kind of live- throD is gtiii of the oninicm that the stock that should De kept ond now to farm flock is good Business. He em Cariranf At IrLlrirlms .1 a . rxr fnftn TJjhprp a fine herd of registered Jerseys were impsove and care for the dairy ani-, phasized the necessity of shipping . i -i i c - I. I- .mala ' ' 1 1 Vin lamho nocf fnv marVaf ami ov. O. M. NelBon, livestock specialist plained the need for more coopera f or Oregon gave a splendid talk on tive' shinning in order to handle farm sheep in which he pointed out wnall consignments, that sheep are always a profitable! Meanwhile, rumors had been cir fortfl Of livestock to keep for clean-eulhtiflg about watermelons ahead ing uo feed that would otherwise tro and sure enough, when the Miller & to waste, weeds, etc. He said that Culberson lawn Was reached, the mel- the farm flock oltered a chance to; oris were mere iorty Dig ones, arm many jnen who Were disinclined to, ripe. it was surprising now quicK on exhibit. Mr. seargent wno is iTsident of the Idaho Jersey Asso ciation. ive a very good talk on Jerseys and dairying. TheJ second stop was .made, at the Geo. Yearcr farm where a herd of registered Shorthorn, beef .cattle were BP.cn and a discussion of this kind of farm livestock was .given by Mr. xeager. men one 01 tne .jersey "" uwivn. ,vv,t:;'"" , rv "" i-- bulls in one block of the Payette kefep dairy cows pr were unaDie to m nU,.se gvj, into BCUun. county bull association received at- do so becadse tif other factors it! , The attention was good and eyery tontion. This bull is one of fourltheir business, to keep livestock be-lone was in on It Then the pair of which were imported about a-year cause of the small amount of equip-, big. pit iIos oft this farm wereex- tto from the Dixon herd of Willam- ment needed and the ease with which nmined and the Urkb Bd 0f. grade ette Valley to improve the dairy they can be cared for. He explained dairy cows inspected. The ddiry bU- steck of Pavette countv through the the ' value of sheep in connection smess as viewed from the practical agency of bull associations.' with a Totatfon of crops in keeping angle as a market for feed through APrivintf at the Oregon Trail Park P' fertility and gave valuable sug-,the kind of cows that can. be obtain- ranid reparations r Wade for Jfestienfl about caring, for and ,im- ed by the average man, was d.scuss- funch Several lonr UbTes hfid? been proriiig the fartri flock. .1 - ed by Mr. Culberson, and the junket putin ntacebv'the ntahaer of the At the cohclusibn" of th.e .program, IZ'j: Cm- rark, all of wheh were soon loaded Mr. Williams and F.. L, Ballard I"ate Bucoess. from end to end witn "ood things to county agent icaoers in xuano aim eit. If there were anv too modest Oregon respectively gave those pre to take part in this nortion of the sent an outline of the extension work rroc-ram, their presence was not de-; in agriculture which is being car-: tected However, . there seemed to ried out in the various counties in be no lack of those who had foresight cooperation with the farm bureaus, j enough to reserve spac; for the ice Mr. Ballard ventured the prediction cream which "Bunny" Brown had sr-' that it would not be many years be- HELP BOOST OUR FARMS NEW SHIPMENT if SHOES "Bell of Broadway- SHOES ( Village School Shoes jj at reduced prices Warmsprings Dry Goods Store I I Balgeman & Burbidge I I " Vale, ' - ; ' - ' '- . ' Oregon ' " " r Every rancher arid eVerj faimef in Malheur county is requested to keep in touch with his county paper, the Malheur Enerprise, for it is only through his cooperation with us that wo Can do that which "is our proven desire, give to the entire United States the facts of the remarkable and phenoniinfll Crops and products if the soils of- this fertile and pro ductive sectioR ef ours, . Water Will MARKETING OF HAY and under ''good" conditions the re- : tarns averaged 737 to each I arm. The tame tests in Pennsylvania RmNC I NS KKK 1 f AS. averages thus: -Poor' AUftliU waivavMMv i Manufacture of Meal, Increased Feed . - inr of Livestock and Reduction of Acreage by Divers! Bed Farming the Plan Ae a result of a aeries of meet ings planned by the farm bureau marketing committee which have been held in the various communities which produce alfalfa hay for market -.here is a growing sentiment in favor of the erection of alfalfa meal milla. Committees have been appointed to investigate and organize this develop ment in several of the ommunitie nA are now at work fifldltlg out the sentiment of the hay owners flnd attending to other details of pre liminary nature. The manufacture of alfalfa meal seeiriB t(J provide the best solution for marketing this years hay crop, wherever mills tart be installed with sufficient tonnage SbdUt them to guarantee plenty of business. tok. ing to the future, many of the farm ers intend to Increase the number of dairy cow kept, as well as other fnrmi nf farm livestock. There Is also a general sentiment in favor of , .11S- t rowihtf more grain, eorn, clover seed, . r.et,ltocs lirid other crops tht go with divertin! farming:. With the prospective development of irrigated land nW ill 8lfht there will be need of eauipriferit for ftlflklng the hay which will be grown oli the older landi fof rtiainteining fertility business would seeM to be assured for a number of mills." Increased livestock and diversified farming is also desirable in order to-bring the hotter class of lands Into the high est forms of production and stabi lize tne Business 01 tne commuimj. 1419 "Medium," $912; and "good,", 11,210; i. Farms in Wisconsin Showing poor ' returns wers actually operating at a . loss, when medium care would have ; brought $500 and good care $740. Also in Iowa, the' "poor" returns s'.io ved an average loss of $70 to i each farm, while the '"good" farms paid their owners $1,339 a year fori' the care given the live-stock factor, j . MAC SAYS: to prevent trouble" from soil infection is either to plant on freshly plowed lands or plant after the first fflifl have started the spores usually about six weeks of rainv weather. Tfeftted craln sown on such lands is likely to pfdduee clean crops, unless a new smut snow'er ensues. Danper of smut infection is ffllkm was with spring sown grain. U. S- ORNITHOLOGIST TO ERADICATE CROWS -'Mil m ! ;; ''!' I FARM NEWS BRIEFS i 1 1 1 1 iH'iin SUNFLOWERS COMING CROP i Several members of the farm bur eau have trial patches of sunflowers for silage this ' year. Where these have been planted alongside of com, the sunflowers have put it all over the- com for yield of fodder. 1 he in- j crease in yield will run from 50 to I 100 per cent. One of the trials on j good Irrigated land between Vale arid I unmno iooks line any wnere irum ou to 40 tons per acre. Experimertts have been made on ' J the feeding quality of sunflower sil- 4, age by several experiments stations find it is credited with having a f -ed- T ng value equal to medium quality 4. com srtage. Chemical analysis in- dicates that the Silage is valuable J feed. Within the oast year or two, this crop has become common in doz- J ens of counties all over the West, I J particularly in localities where corn I ( prowing was aimcuit because 01 frost A GOOD IDEA IS LIKE A CRYING BABY IT SHOULD BE CARRIED OUT ITS A GOOD IDEA TO TRADE AT MACS Carry out that idea, and make QUR STORE, YOUR STORE. We are Vale's REX ALL STORE, members of the greatest Association of druggists in the world, thus assuring you of fresh goods, full strength, reasonable prices, quality goods at prices little more than those of inferior, grades. This is made possible by the tremendous buying and selling power of Rexall which renders possible the purchase of goods in carload lots, and even factory outputs.! REMEMBER MAC PAYS THE POSTAGE 1 5 AND 10 YEARS AGO 1 1 A. Vale, E. McGILLIVRA Y IttoaSSL Store Oregon IataraaMnc Naw a Itaau Tnm tha ENTEBPBIBB af Fin and Taa Taar Asa. .f1 11 1 I1 '1' 'I1 'I1 'i' 'I1 l"l"tiil"li4 Saturday to attend theHigh School.) Co-operative movement necasacy Mrs. John Foowell and children to revive dairy industry. Production T enmc in from the ranch at Big Bend declines. rntMiM. the latter part of last ween and win I remain ai ine vaie nonie ourui wa 1 FROM THE MALHEUR KNTKK- .coming Bchool year. ddioi oiDTcunrD in loin 1 . The changing of the plans of the $250 Vato Sanatorium during the past feW flys means the erection of another brick building in Vale this summer. The new" building is to be used as a laundry and errine room. - - The public schools opened on I hurs- Dariiage to" Local Crops lnvestlgat-,day with an increased enrollment ed Will Rid Section" of Pests jover last year, which calls for three Will Tf t"Hjrt additions, to the teaching force. C. H. Oxman, first vice-president of Mr E. R. Kalmbac, an economic the Chamber ol ! Commerce, was elect iM.iiBt fmm the U S Bioloiri- 1 president at the meeting of that caTsurtey hLT.rrivto assist SL 'vlast Monday evening and George vice-presidency, Mr. Tin gWnnd'rway W. Haye- W HnnnfMi tVio mura which cancy on the Doara 01 aireccors . i " ! :" "l1" 1 u ,w,,vvu".".. - " ,11 tho vire-nronldencv. thus ctatiiiue iu ue uuvciulku itr tuiiuuhi m harA in inn mil Ann rpmHin " - n lj it. Ami uiiu jcmaiii r . - . . wnys and as the lands are given the tveT' wihteft Reports have already caused by the promotion 01 thus Ox- wnttr the fame of Malheur county p.h a'farming community will spread to other parts and it will only be a matter of t-me until the vast un populated areas will be converted into veritable garned spots. Tell us of what you grow and we will tell-all of the country" oi it Yours very sincerely, .; Malheur Publishing Co. . Wm. Francis F. Seeman, 444.44444444444444 INFECTED SOIL OFTEN CAUSE OF WHEAT SMUT I Spore Showers Falling in Seed Bed I May Cerminate with Grain and '.. . ... Infect New Crop a - - 1. a i. AMn- Hnnii IIIHII. ftefSftt' GretS'on Wed hesfantdhewhDereHthf birds rooTt. "He" S&Z Poland will make a study of their there with a view toward working1 L..W-,51trf th laundry out a practical way to attack them in the interest Of th e la""Fy on a wLlesale plan, and will experi-! C.rcuH ; Judge ,G J' -. with n tferent tioisons and other ed in the city iuesday irom canyon Managing Editor. 'methods of killing tlwtl. While he City. . phriWren does not feel certain that any nmn ' T7esd7v for Caldwell. Miss t-krt an no nnviHrai inr liuuiiiK ni- u--r. 'J ..sr . i- attempt wiU Leila Jones wllf attend the College of country of this pest, an attempt will 'Siy bd made to devise something sum- .Idaho this year. AT OUR MILL ON FISH CREEK Rough Lumber ALL KINDS -' - '' We will saw out any bill of Lumber, desired arrtl . ' . stock it to dry ' . ' ' ' Correspondence Solicited Address V George H. Bodfish. :- , , - : Malheur Lumber Company Malheur City,' Oron. I OF.F.0ON AGRICULTURAL COL ,LEGE, Cdrvallis. Sept. 10th Why ' ca-.ly plantings of sinutrtreated grain fro often infected while late! .platit f ings are not, i3 thu3 explained by the .t lant pathologists of the O. A, C. Experiment station: jt i Smut spores are released in thresh I! rmutty grain, and are often car 4 ' rind by the Winds over considerable T ' li-tnnniMt 1'Wov full in showers on -llw rn li.oifv on H t t.iTYl Tlf in case SfflcUnt Jund. can be se- FROM THE MALHEUR ENTER- cured. LIVESTOCK BRIEFS PRISE, SEPTEMBER 1925 The Juntura Burns Telepraph and Telephone company has a crew of men on tho construction work, build ing the line to Vale ' . v, Alumni tit the Vale Hieh For The Betterment of The Dairy School met at the Chamber of Com and Sheep Herd on the Farm- Good Stock Always fays merce Friday evening, September 6, and elected the following officers: ,u jLAiAiUAAAAAJ-M-e..:-- President, Millard Nelson, Vice-rres- ONCE A SCRUB, M i Treasurer, Florence Moflfet. Twelve ALWAYS A SCRUB members were present aa follows: Earl Neely and Florence Moffet of How do you suppose the cow oi o 12, -Hazel Muwey, oiarice m.u. ,-.,mo. fnilnw tirtl cfiihiita IpnHfl. as ...: n on oontnrien before Coio p Cnnnon. Erma Hope and v, 11 i nn nthr.r i:mi!fi. and unless rv..io .niil lnnk rntnnared with Ponrln Hallidav Burbridge of T 1 i! '13, Mll- cf,-fari tn iui'nnt.a hv purlv rains 1 Wall aha rt ticrht. conform rharloa K. fVandall of 14 and :.. .in,n.n- .-..HI tha lonH is HeeiiM. I M.i.ifiniit nn huh. in-A XTalann F.vanirhne Kendall, tjttl T i. .hen enough ram falls to judged on general appearance, she iiy McColm and George laylor oi and infect the seedlings. can C0W8 0f today. A comparison Prizes for the best lawns in vaie Disking stubble lands does not in- ha3 heen made m picture slides by I for the season were awaraea Dy nie sure protection, either by burying the Unftei states Department of Ag- Civic Club on Pioneer day, and were Mia snores too deeo to bother or by . u. p;t.ia nf covin of tha a. follows: for the best old lawn, i e!ving thert-enough moisture to ger- twenty-sixth century B. C, found on Mrs. W. M. Cooper: for the best new laminate.! Hence smut trouble even Einrrtian monuments, have been lawn, Mrs. M. H. Doolittle. , with treated grain may Occur on jnto 8tereopticon views andi L. J. Pope, the Jamieson Merchant T ! disked stubble lands as well as sum- vACeA alongside pictures of scrub visited Vale Friday. Xlmpr fallow. . , ?owg of today. The same is. done I J. D. Fairman, the Westfall Bank ? The decree of soil infection is de- th AB8yrlan'horses and some scrub er and merchant was a '"ess J'termined by the amount of smutty JJJJ. J present time. They .visitor at the county seat Saturday Jigi-ain to the windward side of the r,?,,trate the fact "Once a scrub, at- Mrs. L. Coburn, who has been t.tld. Eastern Oregon is more sub- rate tWact. Once a.cruD, , Urf-6 Cl f i.-iot tn honw smut showers than parts v,f ".. a? i . ;., tn her home in Vale the lant - - - - nisiriDutea bb b yaiii ux m kiiv.o v.. --. ... ,,- r B...i THE MARKETS Portland. Wheat Hard white, 2.J; oft white, ?2.39; white club, $3.41; hard winter, 2.38; northern spring, 11.46; red Walla Walla, J2.31 . Oats No. 2 white feed, $40.50. Corn Whole, J73; cracked, 7(. Hay Willamette valley timothy, J27028 per ton; alfalfa, $24. Butter Fat 6365o. Eggs Ranch, 64 55c per doien. Poultry Hens, 20 32c per pound. Cattle Best steers, $9.50010.60, good to choice, J8.509.S0; medium to good $J.508.50. m Hogs Prima mixed, $16.50017; medium mixed, $16016.50. Sbeep Prime lambs, $9.00010.00; cull lambs, $6.007.00; ewes, $2.25 6.00. Seattle. Wheat Hard white and northern spring, $2.44; hard winter, $2.43; soft white, $2.41; white club, $2.40; red Walla Walla, $2.84; red winter, $2.38; big bluestem hard white, $2.45. - Hay-Eastern . Washington timothy, $42 per ton; alfalfa $30. . Butter Fat 64 66c. Eggs Ranch, 5056c. Poultry HenB, dressed, 29040c; alive, 24S25C. Cattle Best steers, $10010.60; medium to choice, $8.76 09.50. . ' Hogs Prime, $17017.60; medium to choice. $16017. - Rupert cannery is- building a con crete storage warehouse at Portland. Medford reports $5.59 a box for a carload of pears. Oregon hop industry will employ 30,000 people in September. Millers to be allowed to ship 600 lbs. minium carloads. Redmond high school is ' to build dormitory for non-resident pupils. USEVANTADS J inthtj. ! ffcft"f2 Will reach tho WTZ Mndjopeopat ) 7C? in few hour Farm labor continues very scare as laborers are at summer resorts. Sheridan Contract fruit packing pjant. spruce liold two lorrinf roads sold for $2,400,000. Toledo Government liurs. a sawmill ana FOUND Two burros , and colt; one gray burro, branded on tight shoulder and one brown one I'Hl branded I f-l on left stifle. Owner further West. The West. hetter live-stock production by the of the week, with Uollie, uia biki only way at present known l?J Service Leslie Laurence .who .have been spend - i5'Q)) DEDEVE .States Relatons Service THE ACCREDITED-HERD a Bodies For Fords Convert Your Ford Into Delivery Car FACTORY MADE HARDWOOD BODY SALE PRICE $16.00 Regular Price $24.80 They wont last long at this price Get .yours now. ne their vacation there. PLAN I Mrs. T. T. Nelson accompaneii vy lA ,nt to Pendleton IlVr DVIla - . , . Th. accredited-herd plan, by which for a few days visit with relatives owners of tuberculosis-free herds re- and 1 , who Bppnt the vnrHLion b the Willow Creek, retu ceive State and reaerai recogniuun, ' "5ti, hi- hrother on 01 cattle an over uie umwu ".awv.. can nave une Dy payinar pasture bill due on them, at the rancD or L. L, Brown, near Juntura, otherwise will sell them for same. 4 Sept. 5t-cg. . iiiiiimiiiiiiiiiHiiimiinn Ml OIL (KEROSENE) HEAT-(COMF0OT PI fTARHARD CXL OCSMMOfV let for (4,000 16799 DIED in New York City alone from kid ney trouble last year. Don't alio yourself to become a victim by neglecting pains and aches. Quant against this trouble by taking Tha world's standard remedy for Udaa-( Uvar, bladdar and uric add troabU Holland's national ranwdy sinoa ISM. All dragglsta, thra aiie. Onarmntaad. Imuk for tka nama Cold Madal aa avaa- taal Bend Employes of two lumber com panies receive $z,uw iwn 1920. - Peppermint oil from an -acre tract recently sold for $84 a gallon at La Grande, Oregon. Phone 12 Vale Machine & Welding Company Harry E. Spcith, Prop. Vale, Oregon sap specialists of the U. S. Depart ment of Agriculture, and it is reason nhln tn evnert that this olan will be followed until most of the pure-bred herds of the country are under super vision. The accredited-herd plan nas been conducted only in a genera' campaign, without concentration of effort in any particular locality, but it would be advantageous for a coun ty having a larire number of rure- h.'ed herds to maKe an enon to nave thi tuberculin-testing work extended i o every herd in the county. .SCRUB CATTLE SELL LOW In a cooperative shipment of e... lie to the Spokane market from nnumlry county, pric" o' ci'b cattle ran from one third to one half lower than prices for better classes of the same ago Seven owners were represented up by George Irving of Bonners Fer ry, community livestock chairman of the faim bureau. Two-year-old steers from a registered sire belonging to Mr. Irving sold for a cent a pound more than three-year-old steers from a grade sire. CANVASS OF FARMS SHOWS NEED FOK BlUla -r.ciiw A.roa takn from the accounts of 160 Maryland farms by the United States Department of Agriculture show how srreet is the necessity of properly selecting and caring for the frm ! atork. and how important lis its relation to the income. Farms where this feature was neglected earned only $78 a year from the live stock. Where the conditions were a little more favorable, but not yet "good." the returns crept to $286, . ' I ; , . . . - . The Farmers and Fruit Grower needs Business Stationery as much as any other Business Man LET US PRINT IT Butterwraps printed on Extra Large Size Vegetable Parchment Special Price $4.50 for 500