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THE BANNER-COURIER, OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1922
Page Fiva
AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCK NEWS
Up-to-date Infoirmation to Help Develop Progressive Farming
COST OF LABOR FAVORABLE
TO ROAD-BUILDING PROGRAM
Labor costs on Federal-aid projects
under construction this years Indicate
that there will be no drawback along
. this line in the building of roads dur
ing the coming season, according to
the Bureau of Public Roads United
United States Department of Agricul
ture. The price for common labor
ranged around 25 or 30 cents an hour
In a great majority of the States, be-
- ing somewhat lower in the Southern
States and going up to nearly 50 cents
an hour in the Pacific States. - The
prices of teams reported were in a
great many instances as low a3 the
1914 level. It is probable however,
that there will be an increase when
the farming season begins as teams
have always been cheaper in winter.
Dairy Cows Paid
Further evidence of what can be
done with dairy cows in the Prine
ville district is furnished by the ex
perience of John Remmling who went
into debt $10,000 about 12 years ago
for an unimproved ranch near Prine
ville borrowed the money with which
to purchase purebred Jersey cows and
now is one of the well-to-do farmers
of the district Recently he tested
a group of eight of his Jerseys which
in one month showed a total produc
tion of 337.76 pounds of butterfat.
This brought $124.97 and 4012 pounds
of milk was worth $20, a total of $144.-
97. Feed for the group cost $47 leav
ing a net return of $97.97, or an aver
age of $12.24 per cow. Mr. Kemmling
ligures the value of each calf produc
ed at $200. Oregon Farmer
see how they could possibly get along
without a silo now that they have
used one.
SUCCESSFUL HOG RAISING
Has 3200 Baby Chicks
J. H. Brown, living on route 1, Ore
gon City has about 3200 baby chicks,
of the March hatch. He has four
buildings each 16r30 feet, with shed
roof, windows in south only and the
door to each faces east Across the
end of each building is a partition one
foot high, four and a half feet back
from the wall allowing for a pen 4x16,
with the two feet next to the south
wall covered the cover being boards
with canvas covering, the canvas
hanging down in front of the housing
to serve as a curtain with -several
holes cut near the bottom to admit
light through the curtain. The cur
tain falls to within three inches of
the floor. When the chicks become
eld enough to jump over the one-foot
partition they are allowed to run all
over the building when weather is
moderate.
The building i3 heated by a radiat
; ing system, which is home-made. The
stove of each building is in a little
room 4x6 built off from the east side,
but has no floor in it. The stove
sits on the ground. This little room
is also fixed to serve as a ventilator
for the building.
The chicks are not fed for 72 hours
after hatching as Mr. Brown says his
success has been in not feeding them
too soon, as many will die from stuff
ing themselves if fed sooner. Ore
gon Farmer.
(By T. B. Johnson)
During the years I have been" pro
ducing hogs I have made a study of
feeding and care of them. To begin
with I take the best of care of the
sow before farrowing, and sow and
litter after farrowing. I have my
breeding ipens arranged with a
"Creep" where the small pigs can eat
without being disturbed by the older
hogs. Shortly after farrowing I make
available for the little pigs a mixture
of mill feed and skim milk thin
enough so they can drink it When
they are five or six weeks old- I pro
vide a ration of chopped wheat or
corn, and also let them run on clover
or alfalfa pasture. With this way of
handling the pigs practically wean
themselves at from six to eight weeks
of age, and the process is so gradual
as to not hinder their growth in any
way. When they are from seven to
eight weeks old I begin to feed them
ground wheat and oats mixed one
third oats and two-thirds wheat, in
self-feeders placed in alfalfa pasture.
These feeders as well as pure water
and plenty of shade is provided for
them at all times. At the age of four
months I change the feed to either
chopped wheat or corn, and give
them free access to salt trough at all
times as well as to a solution of lime
water and 20 per cent copperas. Once
a . week during the summer months
I give them a 20 per ecnt mixture of
sulphur with wood ashes. Some peo
ple feed soft coal, but I consider this
detriment. A properly constructed
self-feeder is the most economical
way of feeding hogs for market
Handling hogs in the above manner
has permitted me to have' them well
finished for market at the age ol
about six months when they will
weigh from 180 to 225 pounds per
head, which is the weight most suit
able to the packer at this time. At
the age of eight months my hogs
weigh from 240 to 280 pounds.
I believe most farmers will concede
that hog production at this time is a
profitable business. So far as I am
concerned I have always found the
production of hogs to be profitable
and I see no reason why they should
not be profitable for all tinje to come
when properly raised and cared for.
Frank Henderson by a strike sympa
thizer who threw into his face a bottle
of oil of mustard, (which would likely
blind the victim or at least burn his
face severely. At the hospital, Mr.
Henderson is in a serious condition
though it is believed he will recover
without the loss of his eyesight.
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MY PA
My Pa c'n make th finest kite
'At any feller filed;
'Th' . cross-sticks balanced ujj
right
An' tail all fixed and tied.
'At is, my pa he says he can,
But it jus' seems somehow
'At ev'ry time I ast him to
He says, "I'm busy now."
My pa can take a wilier stick
An trim it nice an' clean,
Then make a whistle jus' as slick
As any feller's seen.
'At is, my pa he says he 'can
He can, too, bet a dime
But when I ast t' make me one
He says, "I haven't time."
My pa c'n catch th" mostest fish
Of any man I know. .
He's caught an awful lot, Tguess;
.. At least he's told me so.
OREGON INDUSTRIES
Weekly Record of Industrial
Conditions Gleaned From Re
liable Sources Over The State
Saphead
your life?
Miss Sweet
is my motto.-
Her Principle
Will you trust me with
No. indeed. Cash down
-Wayside Tales.
Ashland Many residences under
construction.
Eugene lets paving and sewer con
tracts. - Peoria Plans made for handle fac
tory to employ about 30 men.
Hermitson 40000 acres adjoining
Umatilla project to be reclaimed.
State tax reform committee prepar
ing to initiate bills for state Income
tax and to repeal millage tax for high
er education .
Roseburg Canning of broccoli to
become an industry.
Marshfield Contract let for logging
1,000,000 ft spruce and cedar.
Grant county to have summer re
sorts at ' Strawberry and Magoon
lakes. -
Astoria Factory for barrel hoop
making assured.
Port of Astoria for March shows
120 per cent increase.
Hillsboro Second, Third and Jeff
erson streets to be paved.
Reedsport $60,000 road contracts
let.
Hood River City constructing $20,
000 reservoir.
The Dalles $25,000 garage to be er
ected. "
Baker $700,000 to be spent on high
way amd railroad improvements.
Marshfield $17,000 rig purchased
to start drilling oil well.
Astoria Bids asked for paving 2.3
miles market road.
Wendell Booth-Kelly lumber mill
re-opens May 1, 200 additionall men
THE SILO
0. A. C. Correspondence
FARM REMINDERS
Hanchen Barley Beats Oats
Hannchen Barley has usually pro
duced more pounds of feed an acre
at the experiment station than oats.
It is the best spring cereal for med
ium to late planting. Two bushels to
the acre are usually seeded.
Some values of the silo are set
forth by National Tank and Pipe com
pany as follows:
1. A Silo is a pasture under cover.
Its crop is always ready when the
pastures dry ud in summer or the
rains and snow come in winter.
2. All of the feed value of a crop
is conserved when stored as ensilage.
3. Added to the feeding value of
silage is its value as a substitute for
green feed.
4. As a supplement to ensilage, it
is possible to use up otherwise poor
feeds.
5. Ensilage is palatable and like
green feeds, has a beneficial effect
upon the digestive organs.
6. Aids greatly in balancing the ra
tions. Corn ensilage with "clover or
vetch hay makes an almost perfectly
balanced, ration.
7. Saves more of the crop than can
be saved in any other way. In some
instances the saving amounts to 50
per cent.
8. Greater return can be secured
from the land when the crop is put in
the silo than when it is cured in the
ordinary way.
9. Silage saves half the hay. Ask
the man who has one.
10. Surplus feed in years of abun
dance can be carried over to years of
scarcity. Good silage will keep for
years.
11. When corn or sunflowers are
made into silage, the land is left in
good condition for the following grain
crop.
12. More livestock can be kept
with silage than without it. In other
words, the silo increases the size of
the farm.
13. Makes it possible to keep sheep
in during lamibing season and In bod
weather.
14. The 'value of straw and hay Is
greatly increased by feeding it with
silage. Straw is worth several dollars
a ton more when fed with silage, r
15. Silage increases the milk flow
and total butterfat
16. Silage keeps young stock thrif
ty and growing better than dry fod
der. .
17. It produces beef and milk more
economically than dry hay.
18. There is no rain-spoiled crop
and no big losses due to frost if you
make crops into silage.
19. More feed can be stored per
cubic foot in the form of silage than
in any other form of roughage.
20. Farmers who have them, say
silos are the most profitable buildings
on the farm that silos pay for them
selves in a year or two, that 25 per
cent more livestock can be kept on
Haywire Kills Cow
The veterinary department recently
performed an autopsy on a cow that
had died suddenly, following symp
toms of pneumonia. The post mortem
examination disclosed a piece of (bail
ing wire that had penetrated the per
icardial sack and worked into the
heart muscle for more than an inch.
These cases are not uncommon and
each emphasizes the fact that the ut
most care should be used in cutting
open bales of hay to see that no small
pieces are left to get into the cow's
mouth. Quite often the damage re
sults from careless baling, allowing
small pieces of wire to get in the
bales.
Loganberry Spray Control
loganberry anthracnose can be con
trolled by spraying with Bordeaux
4-4-50 as the new leaves and shoots
develop. The spray should be repeat
ed just before blooming.
"Shot"-Hole Borer Due Soon
The shot-hole borer that attacks all
varieties of trees will begin to appear
soon. The evidence of the attack
shows as small shot-like holes that
tunnel through the bark and into the
wood. Always use every effort to re
vitalize by better care when trees
have been attacked by the borers. A
good wash to be applied to the sur
face of trees consists of water, t gal
lons soft soap or liquid, fish oil soap,
1 gallon and crude carbolic acid one
pint. Three application at iu aay in
tervals are good to apply to the tree
truns.
Wilhelm Hohenzollern, well known
wood sawyer of Doom, Holland, and
who once achieved quite a reputation
as an emoeror and war-starter, is now
using an Oregon-made drag saw in
his private lot This information has
been received by P. A. Combs, pres
ident of the Beaver State Motor Com
pany, makers of Beaver drag saws,
from an English saw agent - The ex-
kaiser's drag saw is a Beaver, made
at Gresham.
How's This for Lumber?
Oregon juniper, once regarded as
useless, now is one of the most costly
woods on the market When convert
ed into small slats for making lead
Dencisl it sells for approximately
J270 ner thousand feet board measure,
ancordine to C. S. Hudson of Bend,
the leading spirit behind the local jun
ior "refining plant" The Bend juni
per .mill employs 30 or more people
and supplies lead pencil stock to prac
tically all the large pencil factories of
the East, and to some in Europe.
Longshoremen Fight
The longshoremen strike in Port
land has assumed ugly" aspects. Strike
assaulted and lawless
acts are plentiful.
One of the most dangerous assaults
Dependable Poultry Feeds
Are a large factor in successful poultry farming.
We carry a large and complete stock of poultry sup
plies and grain at prices which compare very favor
ably with pre-war times.
Larsen & Company
10th and Main
Oregon City
'SL WSlTB DOUBLE treat
. 'mW -Peppermint -
10 for 5c
"melts in' your mouth,'
then you get the deleo K
table gum center. w
And with Wrigles three old
standby also affording friendly yif
aid to teeth, throat, breath, ap- - Vj "&r 1 i
petite and digestion. j
Soothing, thirst-quenching. jSlLW V I
Making the next cigar O&Sk 'ft? I
Rainier New sawmill to be built
here will employ 25 men.
St Helens Local company ship 2
carloads paving blocks to Portland.
Cloverdale to get new theatre, rec
reation hall and garage.
Vale $18,500 contract let for new
waterworks system.
Maupin Maupin State bank starts
erection of new concrete building.
Hood River gets new concrete re-
saw, planing mill and box factory.
Pendleton issues 20 bulling permits,
average 8,000 each.
Astoria water ocmmission lets $243,
482 pipe ocntract
Carver cannery gets $100,000 order
for canned goods. - "
Marion county hopyard reports la-
will be employed, with monthly pay
roll of $20,000.
bor shortage.
Redmond plans construction 5 miles
cement sidewalk..
Stayton chair factory, idle 5 years.
installing new machinery. .
Pendleton contracting for $85,000
municipal septic tank.
G. H. Flag buys interest in The
Dalles Optimist
BakerBay Horse mine ships 3
cars $7500 ore.
Silverton Work started on $30000
Coolidge & McClane bank.
Haines David George mine strikes
14 ft ledge copper ore showing a per
centage of gold and silver.
Monmouth starting work on $15,000
flax and hemp plant
Eugene Private physicians start
$50,000 hospital building.
What Teacher Pulled On Him
"Teacher pulled something on me
today that made me mighty sore."
"What was it?"
"My ear." Wayside Tales.
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Cantuttr
cylindrical
I 1 Zr e?1' 1 ""ton
I " "f If 't' j insure
Is - &$f-' absolute
I Al? V ' sanitation.
S. F. Scripture
GENERAL BLACKSMTTHING
All kinds of repairing, plow grinding
Automobile and Truck Springs Repaired
HORSESHOEING
Phone 276-W 108 Fifth 8t Between Main and Water Sts.
Grocers
Recommend
Albers
Quality
Albert
Flapjacks
the
hotcakes
of the
West
Millers Shoe Store
Men's and Boys' Shoes, Gloves, Laces,
Shoe Polish, Oils and Greases
. EXPERT SHOE REPAIRING
Main Street Opposite Post Office
The Time to Buy
Is when others are not buying
when money 1b rather close
and prices are low.
When spring opens there la
always a buyers' rash, and
prices always follow demand.
If you want a city home, a
farm or any property, look them
over now and savo mone.y.
Come in andsee what I have.
Insurance that
Insures
Seven strong companies, fire,
accident, burglary, forgery,
causality, auto.
E. E. TEEPLE
719 Main, Oregon Or.
SAFETY FIRST
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 Valufc
The Best In Quality
THE MOST IN VALUE
THE BEST IN QUALITY
Store Closes
Daily
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 and Hosiery
FOR PARTICULAR WOMEN
The superior merits of the famous Phoenix 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 the 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
EVERYTHING DESIRABLE IN OUR STOCK OF
New Spring Coats
Just such Ribbons as are in greatest demand for the trimming and mak
ing of Hats, Waists, Dresses, Underg arments, Bows, Bags, Sashes, etc
Plain colors and novelties in all widt hs, and all at new low prices.
Narrow Silk Moire Ribons in plain colors and
amber effects 20c and 25c yard.
Double-Face Two-Tone Ribbons, all collors,
plain or with Picot edge 20c and 25c yard.
Grosgraln Ribbons is black and colors or with
Picot edge; No. 3 to 16V
New Garter Ribbons and Garter Tubular Rib
bons In all colors and combinations.
New Wash Ribbons 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, baga,
sashes, etc
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