THE BANNER-COURIER, OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1922.
Page Five
AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCK NEWS
Up-to-date Information to Help Develop Progressive Farming
OREGON'S HOG SITUATION
We are all familiar with the fact
that there is a serious shortage of
hogs in Oregon as well as other
States of thePacific Northwest. We
have been aware of the fact that large
shipments" of live hogs have been
brought into the Oregon market cen
ters from as far East as the Dakotas
and Kansas. It has been apparent for
some time, especially since the price
of wheat has come down that the
farmers of Oregon can profitably go
into the raising of hogs for market.
It may be interesting to review at this
time what has been accomplished in
the way of increasing hog production
in Oregon in the past 2 or 3 months.
Around the first of the year it was
comparatively easy to assemble a car
load of breeding sows for sale; in
fact several such sales were held, and
wherever good breeding sows were
offered in a sale, they brought prices
satisfactory to . the selleras well as
the buyer. It is apparent now that
brods sows have been scattering out
over the farms of Oregon, not only
through carload sales but in sales of
one, two or three head, with the re-
auiL inaL at me present, uuie n seeiiis
onext thing to impossible to find a
brood sow that is for sale. Apparent
ly so far as the supply of brood sows
in Oregon is concerned, they are all
being put to maximum use. In the
past two or three months quite a large
number of good quality brood sows
have gone through the Portland Union
Livestock market to the killers. Steps
have been taken now by the Live
stock Exchange and the Portland Un
ion Stock Yards Company whereby no
good piggy brood sows are allowed to
be killed, but whenever offered they
are" picked up and put in a special di
vision in the Stock Yards where they
are immunized and held for sale to
the farmers of the Pacific Iorthwest
at practically pork prices. Quite a
business is being done in these brood
. sows at the Stock Yards at the pres
ent time. On account of so many
hogs arriving at the market, it will
probably be possible to assemble as
many as a carload of these brood
sows on fairly short notice. This in
dicates that every effort is being
made to conserve the hog breeding
stock of Oregon at this time. It is
possible that the point may be reach
ed where it will be necessary to bring
in brood sows from outside points be
cause the demand is so strong. Here
is an opportunity for farmers living
within a radius of fifty miles or so
of the Stock Yards at North Portland,
and who want one or two piggy sows,
to get what they want at reasonable
price. They will be crated and ship
ped. Address communication to
Portland Union Stock Yards Co. C. M.
McAllister.
maggot injury is easily possible and
practical by use of cheap screen
frames over the beds. Roof shaped
frames 10 feet long, 2& feet wide and
1 foot high made of light material
and covered with coarse cheese cloth
or wire screen give excellent protec
tion from the little flies that deposit
the eggs. These are light enough to
move with reasonable ease and with
any care will last several seasons.
The slighf shade afforded by the
screen assists in the growth of rad
ishes and keeps them tender for a
longer period. With three such frames
placed over successive plantings 100
per cent maggot free radishes may be
had all season. O. A. C. Experiment
station.
TfVA TTTMT
THE lyf
Watch Brooder Temperatures
Much of the trouble with young
chicks that is bringing inquiries to
the veterinary department is caused
by improper brooder temperatures.
Brooders kept too cold causebowel
troubles, while if allowed to get too
warm weak legged chicks is usually
the result. .
Mangels Need Rich Soil
Mangels should be seeded on rich
land and in rows 24 to 36 inches
apart, depending on whether hand or
horse cultivators are used. Mid April
to early May planting is best, and
about one inch is the proper depth.
Screening the seed into large, med-
! ium, and small sizes makes it easy
! to get an even stand with a seeder.
Feeding Brood Mares
Pure-tored mares in foal need a lib
eral grain ration throughout the per
iod of pregnancy. If these mares are
toeing used at light work, we suggest
feeding them about 15 pounds daily
per head of a grain mixture 'of three
parts oats and one part each of shell
ed corn and bran. If the work is
fairly heavy, a 1,500-pound mare will
need a little more than this., amount,
while if she is idle, the daily feed
may be cut down to 10 to 12 pounds.
We would feed a daily allowance of
about 15 pounds of mixed hay, provid
ing it is bright and clean. If avail
able, alfalfa may be safely used as a
part of the roughage ration. Eight
to ten pounds per day might be al
lowed each mare, together with some
coarser roughage such as -timothy or
oat straw.
The feed must of course be cut
down at foaling time and for a few
days thereafter, using bran and oats
as the grain feed at this time. Reg
ular watering and access to salt are
always important in the care of brood
mares.
It is obviously unwise to work these
mares very hard because sudden
strains may casue abortion. Jt is also
inadvisable to allow these mares to
gether in a small enclosure. Mares in
foal are apt to be ill-tempered and
will frequently injure one another as
well as their unborn foals.
The safest policy is to discontinue
working pregnant mares about two
weeks before they are due to foal.
Light work should not be given them
until at least two weeks after foaling,
and they should be gradually accus
tomed to heavier work.
Tying the Fleeces Explained
The best wool on the sheep is found
over the shoulders and along the back
andevery fleece should be graded on
the basis of this wool because it con
stitutes the major portion of the
fleece, says H. A. Lindgren, extension
specialist in animal husbandry at the
Oregon Agricultural college. Tying
the fleece so that the good wool is
on the outside is, therefore, not only
an honest practice but is the way the
buyers want it for inspection and
grading.
To tie a fleece properly it should
be intact when removed from the
Sheep. Then spread it out on a clean
floor with the shorn side down. Gath
N er up the loose locks, belly, and
britch wool, and place it in the cen
ter of the fleece. Then turn over a
third of the fleece from each side to
the center and make one fold at the
neck. Next start to roll the fleece
from the rear, making a tight bundle,
and tie it with paper twine. This
method of tying make3 an attractive
bundle and puts the back and should
er wool on the outside.
Maggot Free Radishes
Sow Alfalfa Now
Mid April is one of the best times
to sow Grimm alfalfa on the sandy
bottoms of the Willamette valley. Fif
teen pounds to the acres on a fine,
firm, seedbed planted not more than
an inch deep is best. Landplaster, 50
pounds to the acre, will usually give it
a better start. Alfalfa is the best for
age crop for the well drained river
bottoms. At the experiment station
it has yielded four to five tons of hay
an acre through eight years.
Harvest the Cutworm Crop
Our most injurious garden cut
worms pass the winter partially
grown caterpiliers in garden soil. De
stroy the cutworm crop before the
garden plants are available for them.
This can be done by broadcasting poi
son bran mash over the garden plot
as soon as the soil is "thoroughly pre
pared for planting. The standard cut
worm formula is bran 15 pounds, cal
cium arsenate or lead arsenate four
ounces, salt four ounces, molasses or
syrup two quarts, and water to make
a coarse crumbly mash.
The Value of a Ton of Manure
. We roughly estimate that on the
ordinary corn belt soil a ton of ma
nure properly spread has the ability
to increase the yield of conr by about
two and a half bushels, the yield of
oats by two bushels, and the yield
of clover by two hundred pounds. In
other words, with corn at 40 cents a
bushel, oats at 30 cents and clover
at ?10 a ton, manure would have the
value of about- $2.60 a ton spread on
the land. On our richer soils manure
will not have this great avalue, but
on poorer soils, it will have an even
greater value.
Creosoting Hog House Floors
" If wooden flors in hog houses are
treated with creosote, their usefulness
will be practically doubled, according
to J. C. Wooley, of the agricultural en
gineering department of the Missouri
college of agriculture. Creosoted
floors do not swell or shrink to such
an extent as uncreosoted floors. This
prevents large cracks from forming
and makes the floors more easily
kept clean.
SPRAY PROGRAM FOR CHERRIES
Early raaisnes e""""
An elaborate spray program for
cherries is usually unnecessary. Of
the insect pests for which sprays are
generally applied we have the San
Jose Scale and Aphids. For the con-'
trol of these a combination spray of
lime-sulfur 12-100 plus nicotine sul
phate, 1 pound to 100 gallons should
be applied just asthe buds are swell
ing and before they open.
Because ants carry aphids up the
trunks to reinfest the trees it is advis
able after spraying to band the trunks
of the cherry trees with a strip of
treetanglefoot two and a half inches
wide.
Where blossom blight caused by
the brown rot fungus is troublesome
a spray of Boredaux 4-4-50 should
be thoroughly applied just as the first
blossoms are starting to open, but in
many orchards this trouble is not suf
fiicently serious to require attention.
Where cherry leaf spot is bad sev
eral spraying with Bordeaux 4-4-50
will effectively- reduce the injury if
applied ' beginning about the last of
April or, first of May and repeated
at three week intervals. This will
also check brown rot to a' consider
able extent. It is probably best not
to spray during the month immediate
ly before picking biit if leaf spot has
been bad a final spray should be giv
en just after harvest. In many or
chards leaf spot is practically un
known and special sprays - for this
may be omitted. . ,
The cherry slug is frequently seri
ous, causing skeletonizing ,of the fol
iage. Lead arsenate 2-100 applied
from May 20 to 28 will control.
The cherry fruit maggot can be con
trolled by sweetened poison bait for
the adults. See notes on important
orchard diseases and pests.
GAIN OF BULL ASSOCIATIONS
Increase Attributed to Fact That
Farmers Are Beginning to Realize
Value of Quality.
(Prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
A gain of 35 co-operative bull asso
ciations during the past fiscal year in
dicates that dairy farmers are beginning-
to appreciate the value of such
organizations. According to the dairy
division of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture there were 158 of
such associations, as compared with
123 a year ago. This is an increase of
28 per cent, a very satisfactory gain In
view of the comparative newness of
the plan.
This increase is attributed by the
department to the fact that farmers
are beginning to become acquainted
with the benefits which other farmers
have derived from this form of co
operative breeding. Both federal and
state workers have found that mem-
HON. LOUIS E. BEAN,
CANDIDATE, SPEAKS
AT LUNCHEON
Louis E. Bean, candidate for gover
nor spoke briefly on political issues
before the Live Wires at the noon
The speaker dwelt briefly on sever
meeting last Tuesday,
al issues of this campaign.
He pointed out that only 22 per cent
of the population pay the , taxes ; that
the etate taxes ..almost equalled in
amount the value of the products of
the Willamette Valley farms while
over one billion dollars is tied up in
non-taxable bonds and securities held
by individuals and corporations in the
state.
As a chief remedy Mr. Bean sug
gested an income tax. He was . ac
companied by Lloyd Riches a former
newspaper representative of this city
and now of Vale, Oregon.
OREGON INDUSTRIES
Weekly Record of Industrial
Conditions Gleaned From Re
liable Sources Over The State
Use of Purebred Sires as Improvers
of Productive Capacity of Cows Is
Rapidly Gaining Favor.
bers are being benefited by such co
operative associations even more than
the organizers had anticipated.
Some form of co-operative breeding
is essential to the proper growth of
the dairy industry in many sections of
the country, for the reason that the
average herd at present is. so small
that the owner cannot afford to buy a
good purebred bull, and it is certain
that the herds of the future will not
be large .enough to change this condi
tion materially. The movement to get
more people living on farms and in vil
lages to keep family cows tends to
diminish the average size of the herd,
for the one or two cows kept by each
family are really a herd In themselves,
but owners of small herds cannot af
ford to keep a bull. They, therefore,
depend upon neighboring bulls, and
the - co-operative association Is one
means of providing for such cows the
service of high-class bulls.
The dairy extension men in South
Carolina, for example, - realizing the
importance of the co-operative bull
association, have made it a part of
their campaign for "two cows to each
rural family," and they have set as a
goal the organization in their state of
114 co-operative bull associations.
Eugene gets factory to make stock
and poultry feed. '
PacificTelephone Co. planning new
trunk line from Eugene to Roseburg.
Prineville R. H. Jones takes over
Central Oregonian.
Forest service to build 500 miles
road in 1922, costing J281.000, 434
miles trail and three bridges. Total
$413,000 will be spent,
Reduction in cost of Corvallis
schools this year fl0,000.
North Bend 150 men employed
here loading ships. ,
Cottage Grove reduces school tax
12600 a-year.
Pilot Rock has cut teachers' salar
ies $10 a month flat
Reedsport to build 100 new houses
this year.
Union Pacific cuts fares to North
Beach points about one-half.
Oregon Electric may be extended
from Eugene to Springfield.
Astoria effects a saving of $11,000
in teachers' salaries. -
American Legion builds swimming
tank at Redmond, dance hall at North
Bend.
Bend Broks-Scanlon mill shipped
7,000,000 feet in March and with Shev-lin-Hixon
Co. cut 20000000 feet that
month.
North Bend South Inlet gravel
found rich in gold.
La Grande experiencing building
boom this spring.
Roseburg-Coos Bay highway to be
finished this year.
Tillamook Wheeler sawmill at
Cochran closed since November, to
reopen May 1.
a, Astoria $42,804 expended here dur
ing. 1921 for building purposes.
Klamath Falls $150000 appropria
tion made to fight pine beetle pest
300 men to be employed.
' Eugene Construction to start on
new $60,000 plant of Eugene Farmers'
Creamery.
Sherwood votes $12,000 bond issue
for purchase .aj improvement of wa
ter plant ''
KlamathFalls Development of 20J
000 , acres land in Fort Klamath sec
tion of Klamath county planned.
Philomath With coming of spring,
smaller lumber concerns here resume
operations.
Gilde votes $25,000 school bond is
sue. The Dalles Transfer of O. W. R.
N. Co.'s tie-treating plant at Weyth
to this city means another annual
payroll of from $135,000 to $150,000.
S. F. Scripture
GENERAL BLACKSMITHLNG
All kinds of repairing, plow grinding
Automobile and Truck Springs Repaired
HORSESHOEING
Phone 276-W
108 Fifth St. Between Main and Water Sts.
Dependable Poultry Feeds
Are a large factor in successful poultry farming.
We carry a large and complete stock of poultrxsup
plies and grain at prices which compare very favor
ably with pre-war-times.
Larsen & Company
10th and Mahv
Oregon City
Wallowa $47500 school bonds
sold; construction of new building to
start at once.
Eugene New 2-story business
block will be constructed here at cost
of $15000.
Oregon City Odd Fellows to erect
$30,000 lodge building.
Eugene Fruit Growers' Assn. closes
prune pool netting $100,000 to growers
To erect new friut packing house at
Creswell.
Stayton $50,00) in improvements
being made in woolen mills here; will
triple capacity of concern.
mend Doan's Kidney Pills. Ask your
neighbor?
I E. Schuld, carpenter, 119 - 18th St
Oregon City, says: "Doan's Kidney
Pills have helped me and I gladly
recommend them to others. My work
is hard on the kidneys and often I
had spells of lumbago. I had a dull
aching across my back and could
hardly stoop to do any lifting and my
BACKACHE IS DISCOURAGING
But Not So Bad If You Know How to
Reach the Causa
Nothing more discouraging than a
constant backache. Lame when you
awaken, pains pierce you when you
bend or lift It's" hard to work or to
rest Backache often indicates bad
kidneys. Oregon City people recoin-
kidneys acted irregularly. Doan's Kid
ney Pills from the Huntiuy-Draper
Drug Company soon fixed me in good
shape by strengthening my back and
kidneys." "
Price 50c, at all dealers Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy get
Doan's Kidney Pills the same that
Mr. Schuld had. Foster-Milbura Co.,
Buffalo, N. T. Adv.
Y
NELDON'S WATCH SHOP J
has the agency tor the Mandel Phonographs which
is as good as the very best instrument sold by any
one, at a remarkable low price of $75.00. Also Gen
nett records for 75 cents. All of the very latest
ones out are carried in stock.
i?1 r f 1 insures
Grocers I
Recommend! FPjacks
Albers 1
Quality I the
1 hotcakes
I of the
1 West
The Time to Buy
Is when others are not buying
when money Is rather close
and prices are low.
When spring opens there Is
always a buyers' rush, and
prices always follow demand.
If you want a city home, a
farm or any property, look them
over now and save mone.y.
Come in and see what I have.
Insurance that
Insures
Seven strong companies, fire,
accident, burglary, forgery,
causality, auto.
E.E.TEEPLE
7l9j4 Main, Oregon Or.
t
WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER
425 Main at 5th St. Oregon City
illers Shoe Store
Men's and Roys' Shoes, Gloves, Laces,
Shoe Polish, Oils and Greases
EXPERT SHOE REPAIRING
Main Street Opposite Post Office
SAVE AND
INVEST
Buy Our 7 Per Cent Prior Preferred
Stock
Pays Dividends Every Three Months
Pay Your Light Bill with a Dividend
Check.
Portland Railway, Light
and Power Co.
619 Main Street Oregon City, Ore.
Store Now
Opens
at 9 A. M.
Saturdays
Phone:
Pacific
Marshall 5080
The Most in Value
The Best in Quality
-THE MOST IN VALUE THE BEST IN QUALITY
Store Closes
Dally
at 5:30 P. M.
Saturdays
at 6 P. M.
Home
Phone:
A 2112
"THE STORE THAT UNDERSELLS BECAUSE IT SELLS FOR CASH"
A Timely and Important Showing
A Special Showing of New Spring Lines of the Famous
Phoenix Silk Uderwear cmd Hosiery
FOR PARTICULAR WOMEN
The superior merits of the famous P hoenix Silk Underwear and Hosiery
are so universally known to women who insist on having the best in style,
quality, fit and finish as well as th e most in value for their money that
it is needless for us to go into further detail suffice it to say our new
Spring and Summer stocks are now complete, and "selections can best be
done at this showing:
Phoenix Fiber Silk Vests at $1.95
An extensive variety in the popular bodice top styles, in flesh color
sizes" 36 to 44. '
Phoenix Full-Fashioned Silk Hose
At $2.10 At $2.55 At $2.85 Pair
Strictly high-grade, full fashioned Phoenix Silk Hose in black, brown and
white all sizes. Unsurpassed in quality at these prices.
PHOENIX SILK VESTS AND BLOOMERS
Vests at $2.50 and $2.75
Bloomers at $3.95 and $4.25
Fine Silk Knit Undergarments in plain and in Richelieu weave Vests
in bodice top styles in flesh, white and orchid; Bloomers made with rein
forced crotch elastic waist and knee colors grey, green, flesh, white
cincl folcick
EVERYTHING DESIRABLE IN O UR STOCK OF
New Spring Coats
Just such Ribbons as are in greatest
ing of Hats, Waists, Dresses, Underg
Plain colors and novelties in all widt
Narrpw Silk Moire Ribons in plain colors and
amber effects 20c and 25c yard.
Double-Face Two-Tojje Ribbons, all collors,
plain or with Picot edge 20c and 25c yard.
Grosgrain Ribbons is black and colors or with
Picot edge; Nos. 3 to 16.
demand for the trimming and mak
arments, Bows, Bags, Sashes, etc.
hs, and all at new low prices.
New Garter Ribbons and Garter Tubular Rib
bons in alt colors and combinations.
New Wash Ribbon's in all widths from No. 1 to
No. 7. Plain odors and light combinations.
New wide Metal Ribbons in styles and colors
especially adapted for vestees, hats, bags,'
sashes, etc .