THE BANNER-COURIER, OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1922
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AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCK NEWS
Up-to-date Information to Help Develop Progressive Farming
HOW TRANSPLANT VEGETABLES
By V. M. Patterson ,
Success in growing certain vege
tables depends chiefly on the atten
tion given to the details of trans
planting from the seed bed to the
field. A few of these details deal
with preparation of the soil, size of
' the plants, distance and depth to set
the plants, method of removing the
plants from the seed bed, and time to
transplant
Care in preparation of the soil
will greatly repay the gardener. The
first essential in any garden soil is
fertility. The best method of -ob-taining
this is through application
of well rotted manure, supplement
. ed, in a few cases, by small quanti
' ties of commercial fertilizer. " The
manure should be thoroughly disked
into the soil. After the soil is plowed
it should be worked over with the
disk and harrow until it is mellow,
free from clods, and smooth.
Having the soil in first class condi
tion makes transplanting a pleasure,
if done by hand, and is essential
when machines are used. A soil that
is well prepared so it is fine and loose
will retain the moisture better for the
plants. Cultivation should be prac
ticed after the plants are set, in order
to keep a mulch to aid in holding the
omisture. If the field is marked off
before the plants are set, the cultiva
tion will be much more easily done.
The best time to transplant is in
cool, cloudy weather. This is often
impossible, especially with those
vegetables that are not set in the
field until early summer, such as late
cabbage, cauliflower, celery, and oth
ers. When it is impossible to have
cool, cloudy weather for the trans
platning the best thing is to do the
work in the afternoon, after 3 o'clock.
This will give the plants the cooler
part of the day and the night in which
to revive.
Care should always be used in tak
ing the plants from the seed bed, that
the roots are not injured to any ex
tent. It is always a good policy to wa
ter the plants about 12 hours before
they are to be removed from the seed
bed. This will cause the soil to stick
to the roots better and will give it a
chance to dry enough after watering,
so it can be handled. While being re
moved to the field, the plants should
be protected from the sun.
In general, plants should be set
deeper than they were in the seed
bed. It is of great importance that
they be set deeply enough to reach
moist soil. When large plants of the
cabbage family are to be set in the
field in hot, dry weather, it is a good
plan to trim the leaves back to the
crown. This leaves less surface ex
posed to the sun and the drying out
is less, giving the roots a better
chance to start.
noted boars, but if they are not in
their best condition they will not
bring their value in the ring. All
authorities advise not to buy fat sows
but there are 'two sides to the argu
ment. One is the sow loaded down
with undesirable fat and the other
is a sow as thin as a shadow. The
man who can strike a happy medium
between these extremes is the man
who has the bets ocnditioned offering.
Any sow, in order to show quality
and finish, must carry a certain
amount of flesh. It is conceded by
recognized authorities that . young
sows will carry more fat to better ad
vantage and stand heavier feeding
during, the period of pregnancy than
the older sow. The gilt is producing
a litter of pigs within her and at the
same time is building her own body.
Consequently, if she is not supplied
with plenty of nitrogenous feeds, and
does not carry a sufficient amount of
flesh, either she or her litter will
suffer. Personal - experience has
shown that gilts fed a ration with
pelnty of protein, can be in. high felsh
and at the same time produce good
litters. This is also time of mature
sows. .
SILO NECESSARY FOR DAIRY
BIG VALUE OF COW-TESTING
Some Convincing Comparisons of Best
and Poorest Herd Brought
Out by Expert.
(Prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
With figures from a Virginia cow
testing association as the basis for his
calculations a representative of the
United States Department of Agricul
ture has made some convincing com
parisons of the best herd and the poor
est herd, that bring out with unusual
emphasis the value of testing.
There were 511 cows owned by mem
bers of the association. The best herd
consisted of 16 cows, with an average
of 306 pounds of butter fat in a year.'
The poorest herd had 91 cows, aver
aging 155 pounds of butter fat in a
year. The first herd made an average
income of $75 per cow over the cost
of feed consumed ; the latter made an
average return over feed cost of only
64 cents per cow.
The introduction of a few variations
on these figures will help to show just
how far apart were these cows in the
two herds. The average cow in the
best herd produced more income above
Increase of 7J4 Per Cent Made on Mis
souri Farm by Feeding Cows,
on Silage.
JS'o man who is milking a herd of
a dozen or more cows can ever hope
to make maximum returns from his
herd without a silo, according to E.
M. Harmon, dairy extension specialist
for the Missouri College of Agricul
ture. This statement was proved by
the Missouri Cow Testing associations
during the past year, as shown In the
following results:
Cows receiving silage produced an
average of 5,798 pounds of milk, 266.8
pounds of fat and a profit above feed
cost of $108.60 per cow. Cows with
out silage averaged 5,189 pounds of
milk, 252.7 pounds of fat and a profit
of $101.02 per cow. The difference
was 609 pounds of milk, 13.9 pounds
of fat and $7.58 cents per cow in one
year.
This means an increase of 7 per
cent in profit due to the silo. The
average man would go a long way to
market his wheat for 7 per cent
more. It is worth that much to build
a silo and we must have a lot more of
them before we will reach the economy
we should in butterfat production:
Calyx Spray Due
The calyx application on apples for
codling moth control is the most im
portant for the grower to consider at
this time. As the aim must be to
get the poison in the calyx cups, suf
ficient time and enedavor must be
expended to do a thoorugh job. Where
a particular variety blooms with little
uniformity the spraying program
should be altered .to meet the condi
tion.s Spray when the petals are off
the strong central bolssom of the clus
ter is the rule. An interval of 6 to
10 days occurs with most varieties be
tween the time the petals fall and
the calyx cup closes.
Landplaster Quality Varies
Different brands of landplaster
vary in pirce, but the lowest priced
one is not necessarily the cheapest.
Land plaster should be bought on the
basis of the percentage of calcium sul
fate it contains. The percentage com
position varies as much as 20 per cent
If
An Expert
Writes:
A Good Sire Is the Beginning of a !
Good Herd; a Bad One Is the End
of Any Herd. j
tne cost of feed than all of the 91
cows in the other herd. It would re
quire 117 cows like the average in the
poor herd to equal in profit production
one of the cows in the top herd. To
equal the herd of 16 good cows a
farmer would have to keep 1,872 ani
mals like the average cow in this poor
berd.
PREPARE THE HOGS FOR SALE
Breeders may put up a sale of the
most approved blood lines, bred to
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Roses need to be dusted with fine
dusting sulfur or a prepared three in
one dusting mixture to keep rose mil
dew and other troubles in check.
Wet Lands May Be Worked '
Wet lands that have had to be plow
ed late are often helped by a previous
discing, especially if much rubbish is
on the land.
Where the soil breaks up lumpy
a harrow and disc both may have to
be used afterwards. A double corri
gated roller is good for reducing clods
that have been allowed to dry out.
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RALPH WILLIAMS -
MAKES GOOD RECORD
Mr. Wililams in 1916 and 1920 was
a member of the Executive Committee
of the National Organisation, and a
member of the sub-oemmittee which
had control and management of all
executive work pertaining to the Re
publican National Convention, includ
ing the election of temporary chair
man. During this time he supplied
seats at the Convention for all resi
dents of Oregon or former residents
of Oregon who made application, in
cluding students and soldiers enroute
to and from the East..
He has attained, and holds, his high
place in the-party organization be
cause of his demonstrated executive
ability, faithful and consistent attend
ance and long service upon the com
mittee a position of influence no new
man could reach except by the same
long, faithful and intelligent service.
'Republican leaders in the Senate,
and out, are his personal friends. He
can get thingh done for Oregon be
cause he -can go to these men as his
friends to enlist their aid for things
Oregon needs of the National Govern
ment.. He is a veteran of the National or
ganization. He knows, and is one of,
those who direct its movements. No
other man in Oregon could take his
place and wield his influence in the
high councils .of his party. .
He stands at the head, with the
leaders. A new man would, of custom
and necessity, stand at the foot, with
the followers.
If the Republicans of Oregon want
to be represented by a Committeeman
recognized as a leader of the National
party organization possessed of the
power and influence that goes with
leadership, they will vote for Ralph
E. Williams and tis continued service
in behalf of his party and state.
George L. Koehn
For Representative
Mr. Koehn was born in Wisconsin
in 1889. He graduated from the Uni
versity of Oregon Law school in 1914 j
aim was ctuuiiiieu u uie uai mai
same year. Two years later he receiv
ed" the degree of Master of Arts from
the University of Oregon. For four
years he taught in the Lincoln High
School, Portland, and upon the out-
break of the war went to the First Of- j
ficers' Training Camp at the Presidio, !
San Francisco. Receiving a commis-:
sion as Second Lieutenant, he was
sent overseas and remained in France
until the summer of 1919. Mr. Koehn
retired from the service as a captain,
which rank he now holds in the Of
ficers' Reserve Corps. After leaving
the army, he spent a year at Harvard,
receiving an aidvanced degree in Gov
ernment and Law. He has been in
structing in American History and
Government at Reed College for the
past two years, and is on the faculty
of the Northwestern College of Law,
Portland. Captain Koehn is married
and has one child. He has taken an
active interest in civic and public
affairs.
In his platform Mr. Koehn Tax
Reduction; is opposed to Oriental
ownership, of land; would wipe out
the narcotic evil and is in favor of
millage tax for higher educational institutions.
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The Only Wes rner Ever Elected Vice-Chairman of the Republican National
Committee
ip the West in Power
The Republican National Committee consist of one member from each
state in the Union and is the political organization of the party.
In June, 1921, at the Committee' first meeting after the inauguration
of President Warren G. Harding, e ery state cast its vote for ..Ralph E.
Williams of Oregon for vice-chairman of the Committee, recognizing by their
unanimous vote his fitness and ability as a leader to fill this responsble po
siton. A vote for Ralph E. Wlliams for Republican National Committeeman
will confirm the action of the forty-eight states in electing him vice-chairman
of the Republican National Committee, a position never before held by a
Western man.
Ralph E. Williams of - Oregon, as vice-chairman of the Republican Na
tional Committee, is directly in line to become National chairman, the high
est position attainable in the Republican organization.
A Natonal Committeeman on the National Committee does not make or
execute the laws, but carries out the policies and platform of the party adopt
ed by the delegates at each previous National Convention.
Mr. Williams is senior member of he National Committee. Seniority in
this committee gives one the same power as seniority in the U. S. Senate.
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e L. Koehn
Joint Representative Clackamas and Multnomah Counties
30th Representative District
A War Veteran who
stands for
Tax Reduction
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