Crook County Journal Supplement
PR1NEVILLF. CROOK COUNTY, OREGON. APRIL 2, 190.
KEEPING SHEEP.
Tfca Parmer' ploek Can Bo Maintained
With Small Expanse.
ta aa addreaa U-foro Ontario farm
n la regard to uiitin with ahnrp oo
Um farm, Profeeaor Pajr aald lu part;
I do ant think It would b wfeo for
rrory tnuii to keep lit'cp,for th rea
on that lu order to be aucoMaful with
any fla of niilumlH a man miiat bara
tore for thorn, ami If a man dm out
ttk aheep bo would not It likely to
Bake a aueceaa of them. There art
several thing alxiut the sheep, how
rer, which uinke them especially wall
dupted to occupy a place on alinoet
any farm.
Sheep will eat a great many kind
f werda whli'li other animal will not
touch, ThU link re tbcin awpoclally
valuable ahout a farm aa a sort of
scavenger.
They will live on very jioor pasture,
where ninny other animal would
atarve. Tln-lr activity enables tbem to
travel ImiK ilittintitva In search of their
food, and the formation of their mouth
la such that they ran bile very closely
to the ground, enabling them to gnther
a living from the prKt eolla.
Cheap Shelter.
ftheep reipilro very lueipt'iialve build
ing. AlliKwt any aort of IiuIIiIIiik will
answer the pui'pn o lung u It pro
tect them fi'tiMt storm lu the rugli
at weather and I rvnaotinbly dry and
frw from draft. There In no other
farm anlmnl for which cht'tipvr build
ing are required.
There I comparatively little labor
Involved In tuklug care of a flK-k of
aheep. I do not know of any animal
that require lima Inlmr In It feeding
and MiHiiigrinmt.
Grind Their Own Grain.
They iirln.l their own grain, which
la another fnctor which nld to the
cbcnpn of their mnltitciiuuce. They
are the l't urn In grimier which we i
have, and the nevd seed conaumod by !
sheep are never known to grow after- j
ward. Thl la not true of other farm (
anlmnl. i
FINE POTATOES.
An Improved Product Containing Many
Strong Point,
Parmer who have growu the (Jrevn
alotilitulll potato will be Interested In
the picture rvpnaluced herewith. The
potiti'ic were grown by a practical
fai- .ier of Licking county, O. The
product shown In thl banket la the
result of ninny yeara' careful election.
They represent a highly Improved
at mill of tilevii Mountain potutoea,
containing all the atroug qualttlea of
OHKKN MOrMTilN Tt'BEH.
the original, with all the weaker poluu
bred out. Tim following from Ameri
can Agriculturist give further detail
of thl aplemlld potato:
One of the potatoc exhibited at tbe
Oblo atate fair Inst fall which attract
ed our attention wit an Improved
train of Greou Mountain. Flunking of
tbla variety, the producer ay: He
rul year ago we procured a amall
amount of seed from a welt known
farm of tbe original Ureen Mountain
potato. I noted the very dealrahle and
atroug feature thl potato possessed,
On tbe other hand, among the undesir
able qualltlc wa lack of uniformity
and amootuuoae In the tuliers. The
yea were too deep and the yield usual
ly uot In keeping with the vigor and
apread of tlio vine.
By careful selection of certain hill
and tulwra allowing tbe least fault In
these respects I eventually secured a
potato that practically eliminated all
the faults. By growing these acvcral
year under moot favorable cultural
conditions on a light loam aotl abun
dantly aupplted with humus and chem
ical I finally aecured what 1 consider
itrulu of Green Moiiutuln that la far
aupcrlor to the original. I planted only
perfect specimen and a n result have
aecured a potato possessing all the
atrong point of the original and lack
ing the undesirable one.
The potuto Is cream white, with a
lightly netted skin, rather oblong and
somewhat flattened aa well aa uniform
In slae. It aeta moderately well, and a
large per cent of the tuliera of the po
tatoes develop to marketable !e.
Only 4 per cent of the total yield hne
been conwldorcd culls on my farm dur
ing the past six years. Tubers are
rarely If ever hollow and are superb
for tuble use. It Is a ylelder of excep
tional merit, and It Is popular wher
ever It bus been grown.
Plants Resistant to Diiaa.
It ha long been known tbnt plnnts
rary widely in their powor of resltit
ance to dtaense. Not only do certain
kinds of plants seem to be almost Im
mune to diseases of every kind, but
tome varieties of the same plant are
but little affected by disease, while oth
ers are badly Injured by disease.. Va
riations In this respect also extend to
individual1 plants.
Silag In Florida.
Silage is usod lu Florida to a limited
extent, but In a number of tbo differ
ent sections, on the coast of Florida
'specially, the silage Is of good qual
ity. Probably tho greatest reduction in
profits la usually caused by the use of
Inferior cattle, which are found to a
large majority of the dairies tbtouga
out the entire south.
HAULING MANURE.
tern Roaaano Advanced for Poet pel-
Ing the Work.
There la no lant time to haul ma
aura that will apply lu all caaea. Tbe
matter depend upon condition. In
on cnae It might lie well to hutil and
spread dlrei'tly on the Held aa fnat a
the manure la made, and In another
ran a inb a proceeding might Involve
rotialderahle loea. It I good Judgment
In tbla aa lu other thing that count
lu the end. remarka a writer In Orange
Judd Farmer.
Hauling manure directly from the
table to tbe field lu winter la econom
ical of labor, limxtnuch aa It may be
done with alelgh when there la not
uiuch other work to do, but It la not
economical of manure If the manure
of the laud It la hauled on to la ucb
that the fertilizing elements of the
manure will be lurgely loot by leach
ing nud running away. Hucb condi
tion would be met on billy ground,
where the water would run Into the
hollow a lid carry the fertilizing ele
ment with It or In waterway where
aprtug fi-mhota run.
More or Lea Loo.
There I more or lew hwa on all
Held from th Ik cause alnce the ground
I usually aultlcleutly frozen when the
spring thuw tomes to cause more or
h water to run away before the
(.-round tlmwa nutllclenlly to allow of
It aonklug lu. The tjuiwthm to decide,
tiieti, la n to whether the lo from
leuchlng lu the field will be greater
thnn whut would be encountered In
the pile,
Formerly I preferred to haul directly
to the Held lu winter, but with the
Iwrfeetlon of the litter currier and the
manure spreader I am letter antlHtled
with the results of dumping the ma
nure under cover and hauling It out In
the aprtug.
I do uot favor the plan of hauling
manure on trnw or clover, eniecllly
the hitter, lu the fall or winter. If
hauled In the full. It ha a tendency to
smother the plants, and If hauled In
w inter the manure draw the tin, and
the melted niiow run down and
freexcK. funning a contlng of Ice on the
ground that I hnve found to be agnlnat
the welfare of the plant.
It Im true that under certain condi
tion the anow will stay on the ground
longer In the aprlng If covered with
manure than It will If nt. but It will
alao melt off more during the warm
dnya lu winter. Moreover. I think It
very questionable whether It la desir
able to have the enow lie on graaa lata
lu the aprlng. I prefer to have my
graaa and clover get aa early a atart In
the aprlng aa la ixMalble.
HANDYDEVICL
,A Simpl Contrivane That la Sadly
Made and Us.d.
A bog ringing device I here pic
tured In regnrd to which a writer In
Fnrtn Preaa aaya:
In making thta crate I uae 2 by 4
timber for all croaa and upright pieces
except tbe board at the back to faaten
4 BOO CRATE,
tbo hog lu, the stanchion and tba
croaNplece In front, which should be
wider to hold tbe pins, aud I find Inch
lumbor aullU-lent for this piece. Th
floor also Is Inch stuff, aud the upright
! stanchion la made of 2 by 0 stuff, with
J bolts at the bottom aud two other
bolts to use aa pins at the top, Tbe
crate Is four feet long, fourteen Incbea
wide at the bottom and twenty-four
Inches wide at the top. I place It In
the hogpen door, let the bogs In from
tho rear and let them out from tba
front after the rings are adjusted.
j Hibernation of Boll Wtovlla.
, It ha been often noticed that In a
j wooded country boll weevils appear
j first in spring along the borders of
noma next to me wooos ana grauuauy
work Inward from the edge, so that
It seems probable that lu a wooded
couutry most' of them hibernate lu
woodland. Around outbuildings and
burns also are found favorable placea,
aa there are nlwaya mora or less rub
bish and protection In such situations.
In 1U03 more than five times aa many
weevils were found In a piece of cot
ton uear the Texas State college barn,
where cotton had Imsou grown the pre
vious year, than were found In any
other locality In that neighborhood. It
Is also noticeable that weevils are al
ways more numerous near glus than
at a distance from thum. Unfortunate
ly where much rubbish and grass are
prtmeut nud where tho soil remains
loose aud la not packed by rains large
numbers of the weevils winter In tbe
cotton fields.
Breading Dairy Cows.
In breeding dairy cows a man should
have a definite object In view. Too
many idilft from beef to dulry when
dairy products are high aud lioef prod
ucts are low and thnn shift back again
from dairy to beef when heef rises In
value. By this method a man Is con
stantly shifting from one breed to an
other, and as a result he Is getting a
herd that Is good for neither milk nor
beef, A man must have an Ideal to
ward which he Is breeding and then
bend nil his energies to that eud. This
shifting from one breed to another Is a
suicidal policy tbnt will ruin any man
and any herd. Kunsas Experiment
Stutlon.
THE FARM HORSE.
trror In Car During tho Soaoott f
Light Work.
With a great many farmer the win
ter eaon la one of comparative rest
for th farm hoine. Of course there
ro farmer who make It a point of
keeping the team buay all winter, but
even with these the work I- i lint
It la In the other acaaooa. I hiring the
cold weather there la gi-ueriill mora
or leaa teaming, such aa hauling wood.
Ice, etc., but the work la not regular.
Then In grain and bay growing see
thin there I considerable team work
to lie done In getting thla produce to
market, and thero la other work for
which a team la required, but wltb all
this the borne la not called on to do
anything Ilk what be baa to In aprlng
and summer.
WinUr Feeding.
But white tho work for the average
farm horse I not nearly aa bard In
winter aa lu other scaaona. a time of
comparative Idleness la by no means
the moat agreeable to him or the best
for hi health. On tbe contrary, be Is
expoerd to various ill from whlcb be
d- not Buffer during the season of
hard but regular work. One of the
Ilia la Irregular and care leu feeding.
1 nirlng th spring and summer, when
the borne la working bard, be la regu
larly fed a certain amount of grain and
a reasonable quantity of bay. In win
ter the grain ration ta cut down and
the hoy 1 lncredned. Rome fanners
make the mistake of feeding a great
quantity of coarse fodder through tha
winter to the detriment of the antmal'a
health Others stuff their home with
hay uuill they are entirely out of condi
tion for any kind of use. Probably In
nine caKea out of teu the heaves are
brought on by the Injurloua method of
leedlug horses In Inter.
Watering the Work Horse.
Another mistake Is the manner In
which the work home la supplied wltb
water. Often the water la offered the
hope when he wanta to eat rather,
than drink, and liecause he refusee no
mure Is given him until the next regu
I ir time foi watering. By thta tlin
he ha become very thirsty aud drinks
too much, says a writer In Couutry
Gentleman. And In freezing cold
weather how many warm or take tha
chill off the water before giving It to
the home?
POULTRY PENS.
Satiifaotory Ventilation Soouroa by
Duck Covered Opening.
In giving a dencriptlon of a Now
York poultry houae, whlcb contains a
uiimiUt of K'im. U. Arthur Bell writes
nf the system of ventilation In use aa
rillov.'s-. Several of the partitions In
the bouse are boarded up solidly from
0Mir to celling to prevent tbe drafts
which are ao likely to be found In long
houses.
lu the front or aouth aide of each
pen are placed two wlndowa, each
crrn babh ib puorrxu.
window consisting of two twelve light
sashes. The windows are arranged to
altdo np and down aa In an ordinary
dwelling, special care being exercised
to hn ve them move freely In order that
they may be opened at any time re
gnrdlosa of weather conditions. Un
less this point Is considered tbe wln
dowa are very apt to become frozen In
on the arrival of cold weather, and It
liecomea dllllcult to open them; hence
the ventilation la frequently neglected.
Purlng the past winter one window In
each pen was arratiged aa shown In
the cut. the upjier sash being dropiied
to tbe window sill aud the opeulng
thua made covered with a piece of
eight ounce duck, the latter being tack
ed to the upper bar of the lower sash
and to the aides and top of the window
frame. In extreme cold weather the
lower sash Is slipped up to the top of
the window, thua effectually closing
It. Thla method proved to be very sat
isfactory, the house betng unusually
dry and the birds appearlug to be In
excellent health.
Cutting Rack Tree.
In highly Interesting experiments at
the W'oburn (England) experimental
fruit farm In cutting back apple trees
when planted the ultimate result was
found to be that trees uot cut back
until the end of the first year contin
ued to form wood lu subsequent years,
and the crop borne by them during the
first ten years was only one-third of
that borne by those which were cut
back when planted.
Winter Hay.
There should be no difficulty any
where In the south In getting a winter
hay crop thut would yield one ton per
acre, to be followed by a summer crop
of cowpens that would yield from one
to two tons per acre. Considering the
price of hoy In the south aud the con
siderable Income from a hny farm, the
cost of the necessary equipment la not
too large. Harman Benton.
Cotton aa a Surplu Crop.
nigh priced cotton does not help the
all cotton fanner, for the price of ev
erything else rises at the same time.
The man who raises cotton as a sur
plus crop makes net money when cot
ton goes to good prices. Texas farm
ind Ranch.
I
F you think a
people see your back as your
of your coat the hang of
it, the way it fits the back
you can't see it yourself, but
a lot of other people
ATI You want it right; Jand
we offer you the clothes
that will make it right
They're made by
Hart Schaffner
& Marx
and there are no better
clothes made. We show you
here the back of one of our
Varsity models; very smart;
look that way on you
This store is the home of dart
Bchaffner & Marx clothe
Every Suit Guaranteed
100 per cent wool
Post
er
&
Hyde
Up-To-Date Furnishers
Professional Cards.
ffft 6. SSrink
jCawytr
J( strtt, SPrtmtin',
Qt C. SBrix
SPfa stat
Office with Geo. W. Barnes .
ZPrinmt'll;
&. Clliett,
jftHrmf-mt-jCmm
IPAjftitimm mini Srym
Calls Amwsxro Pbohttlt Dat 01 Nienr
Omc On Hook Mouth or Adamhoh'i
DaoaHTOKB. Bolh office u reJ.
deuos tulephoue.
Or fit
jfttrnmy-mt-jCam
SPrintmill; Orfm.
E. C. PARK
Importer and breeder of pure-bred
tPotqnd China JToys and iSlaek
jCangshait Chickens
Young stock for sale. Address
Redmond, Oregon.
CMa. SVaMrrr Jt. S. 3$lknmp
Belknap dt d wards
0 Bxr A 1efHm-
!Primill; Orwgom.
JPrintmilt, Orfo
3 m e3 et s m t& m s.s e-s m m e
Royal Insurance Co. $
i Not Welchers. I
I Paid dollar for dollar in the
Frisco conflagration.
I J. E. STEWART, Agt
3 m m m t e es e3 i&a es &s a t
Try our Fancy Patent Flour.
J. E. Stewart & Co.
minute, you'll realize
V5a ssK r
can. p
Copyright 1908 by Hart
OREG
frlK (
OPPORTUNITY
COLONIST RATES from all part of die United
States and Canada to all parts of Oregon and the
Pacific Northwest will be put into effect by
Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company
Southern Pacific Company
(Lin hi Orcofi)
Daily during March and April, 1908
From th principal cities of the Middle West tho rate will bo as follow:
From From
CHICAGO $38 00 COUNCIL BLUFFS $30 00
ST. LOUIS $35 50 OMAHA $30 00
KANSAS CITY $30 00 ST. PAUL $30 00
Corresponding rates from all other Eastern points. Stopovers
at pleasure at all points In Oregon
Tho Colonist Rate is the greatest of all homebuilders. Oregon has unlimited
resource and need iroro people who desire homes and larger opportunities -
Oregon people can accomplish splendid result by heralding thta opportu
nity to all the world. Send Oregon literature giving good reliable infor
mation about the state far and wide. Calfon the above railroads for it If
necessary.
FARES CAN BE PREPAID
here at home If desired. Any ageut Is authorized to accept the required
depyslt and telegraph ticket to any point. Call on E. J. Wilson, Local Agent,
Shaniko, Oregon, or address
WM. McMURRAY
General Passenger Agent, Portland, Oregon
I GO TO THE
j Crown Millinery j
j Parlors i
I For Your EASTER HAT j
i f All the latest styles in Dress i
I Hats, Street Hats and Children's i
I Hats. i
I We have a fine line of Rib- i
5 bons, Flowers and Malines.
i Miss Jessie McCallister
PROPRIETOR
that as many
front. The cut
Schaffner & M
arx
stfTiar, f 1 y nwr anrrg
ON'S