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THE BANNER-COURIER, OREGON CITY, OREGON THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1922
ACID SOILS FOR
CRANBERRY CROP
Extension Workers Discuss Ad
vantages and Drawbacks of
Industry in United States.
PREPARATION IS EXPENSIVE
All Trees and Roots Must Be Re
moved From Marsh and Burned,
and the Fields Graded, Ditched,
Diked and Sanded.
(Prepared by the United Statu Department
- of Agriculture.)
Cranberry culture Is recommended
as a profitable Industry under suitable
conditions and In certain climates by
specialists of the United States De
partment of Agriculture. At a recent
conference of extension workers the
possibilities, advantages and draw
backs in cranberry growing were dis
cussed. The bulk of the, present cranberry
crop is grown on the acid soils and
peat bogs of Massachusetts, parts of
New Jersey, and New York, Wiscon
sin, Michigan, and na the mouth of
the Columbia river in Washington and
Oregon. Some cranberries are also
grown in the mountain districts in
Virginia and West Virginia.
Preparation Expensive Process.
Preparation of the land for cran
berry growing Is an expensive proc
ess. All trees and roots have to be
removed from the marsh and burned,
and the fields graded, ditched, dyked
and sanded. Before the war. swamp
land could thus be Cleared and pre
pared for about $300 to $700 per cre.
At present prices of labor and ma
terials, this work will cost anywhere
from $600 to $1,200.
The ground ' must be suitably lo
cated and prepared carefully because
it is important to Jiave a good water
supply and good drainage facilities.
The water is also used for controlling
insect enemies. It is necessary to have
a reservoir from which the bog can
be flooded. In New Jersey some grow
ers say that leaving some weeds in the
bog is not objectionable as they sup
ply, shade for the plants. In Wiscon
sin Indians from the reservation pick
the berries. In New Jersey thousands
of Italians come out to do the pick
ing. In Massachusetts Portuguese do
most of the work.
Ward Off Pests and Diseases.
It is essential that the cranberry
grower be prepared to ward off In
sects and diseases, both of which are
very destructive. In New Jersey,
where conditions are favorable for the
development of certain fungous dis
eases, proper spraying with bordeaux
mixture was found to control the dis
ease and is generally practiced.
Ordinarily, the price of cranberries
per barrel is from $8 to $10, although
during the past year as much as $40
per barrel was obtained for small lots.
The number of barrels produced per
acre ranges anywhere from 15 or 20
to 100 or sometimes 200. A reason
able expectation under good condi
tions and management, however,
would be from 35 to 40 barrels per
acre.
ELEVATOR FOR HAY OR GRAIN
Invention of Idaho Man Intended to
Take Product From Rack and.
Deliver to Wagon.
The Scientific American In illustrat
ing and describing a hay elevator, the
Invention of J. J. Huston of Huston,
Idaho, says: ,
An object of the invention is to pro
vide a side-delivering hay elevator, in
which the hay or grain is taken from
a side delivery rack device and deliv-
A Rear Elevation of the Device,
ered without waste to a wagon. An
other object is to provide an elevator
in which a pair of endless drapers are
used to take and convey the load
laterally of direction of travel and
dump the same into a delivery wagon
or, receptacle. " -
KEEP YOUNG FOWL GROWING
Profits Depend Largely on Correct
Supply of Material-Standard
Missouri Ration.
Feeding the growing chick correctly
Is absolutely essential, both to the im
provement of the laying flock and to
the profitable growth of the cockerels
for sale as broilers. The necessity
for liberal quantities of animal pro
tein In the ration is urgent, says T. S.
feathers which require large quanti
ties of animal protein.
The standard Missouri ration for
growing chicks includes the same
mash as for laying hens; that is, a
mixture of 100 pounds bran, 100
ponnds shorts and 50 pounds of tank-'
age. In addition to this the growing
chick should receive cracked corn and
whole wheat or kafir, both the grain
and, the mash being provided in self
feeding hoppers.
nuTAniAucs ur IsUliivhiiui?
It Helps to Keep Weeds Down and
Conserves Moisture Necessary
for Vegetables.
Keep the hand cultivator going 'to
preserve a dust mulch and to kill
weeds. ' Either pull or hoe the weeds
out of the vegetable rows. The best
time to kill weeds is when they hav
Just pushed through the top of the
ground. Frequent shallow cultivation
will do this1 as well as conserve moisture.
HABITS OF STARLING
BENEFICIAL TO MAN
Biological Survey Has Made Ex
tensive Study of Bird. .
In State of Maine They Are Given Pro
tection While Not Destroying
Crops--Two Ways of Break-
ing Up Their Roosts.
(Prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
Contrary to popular opinion, the
starling is not an undesirable bird
alien, according to the biological sur
vey of the United States Department
of Agriculture. Most of its food hub
Its have been demonstrated to be either
beneficial to man or of a neutral char
acter.. The time the bird spends de
stroying Cherries or molesting other
birds is short compared with the end
less hours it spends searching for In
sects or feeding on wild fruits.
To determine what should be the at
titude of the public toward the star
ling, in respect to protective legisla
tion, the biological survey lias made
an extensive study of it. The starling
secures less than 6 per cent of its
yearly food from cultivated crons.
The Starling Secures Less Than 6
Per Cent of Its Food From Culti
vated Crops.
The bluebird and the flicker suffer
most at the breeding season from the
starling's attacks on their nests.
In most states where starlings are
present, even in moderate numbers,
they have been placed on the lfist of
exceptions to protection. In Maine
they are given protection" subject to a
provision whereby they may be killed
when destroying crops. The depart
ment recommends this type of law in
justice to the farmer whose crops are
threatened by a local overabundance
of these birds. Roosts . of starlings
may be broken up by frightening the
birds with the persistent use of fire
arms or Roman candles, but vigilance
Is necessary, to prevent the re-estal)-lishment
of roosts by removal to other
places where they would be equally
objectionable.
POISON KILLS GRASSHOPPERS
Paris Green or Arsenic Added to
Wheat Bran Will Destroy
Large Number of Them.
A very effective grasshopper poison
Is made as follows:
To 25 pounds of wheat bran add one
pound of Paris green or arsenic, six
oranges or lemons finely chpppeil ;
two quarts of low grade molasses and
from two to four gallons of water.
If this Is thoroughly mixed and
then scattered over grasshopper in
fested areas, it will dispose of larpe
numbers of them. The mixture may be
scattered in the morning; unless it
is very dry when it should be put out
In the evening. It may be scattered
through a regular oats seeder, set to
sow about three bushels of oats per
acre. .
ADJUST HARNESS ON HORSES
Practically No Trouble From. Sots
Necks If Hames Fit Animals'
Necks Properly.
If the hames fit the horses and they
are properly adjusted there will be
practically no trouble from sore necks,
collar bolls and galled shoulders dur
ing the summer season when horses
do their hardest ' work. The most im
portant part of the harness is the
collar. A broad-faced collar Is one to
be preferred. It should fit snug or al
most tight when new. The same col
lar should be used on the same horse
from day "to day. The next Item is
the . regulation of the hame string
both at the top and the bottom to fit
the collar snug. Any variation will
pinch the neck or bruise the shoul
der. LITTLE WORMS KILL CHICKS
Gapes Destroy or Stunt Thousands of
Young Birds Every Season
Hard to Dislodge.
Thousands of promising little chicks
are stunted or killed by the ravages
of gapes every season. Such chicks
mope around, frequently gape for
breath and cough or sneeze In an ef
fort to dislodge the gapeworms
which have attached themselves to
the chick's windpipe and Irritate it.
Gapeworms are so small that one or
two of them might not harm a chick
much, but they are rapid multipliers
and soon the windpipe becomes filled
with them and the lining becomes in
flamed and breathing difficult. -
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WE HAVE IT!
FREE RANGE OF IMPORTANCE
Chicks Confined Continually in Brooder
Do Not Secure Proper Amount
of Exercise.
Healthy chicks are very active.
Chicks that, are confined in a brooder
house continually are not apt to have
sufficient exercise, which frequently
gives rise to toe picking, feather pull
ing and other brooder evils. Free
range gives them something to do and
keeps them healthy.
REMEDY AGAINST LAWN ANTS
Entomologists Recommend Drenching
Nests With Boiling Water
, or Using Kerosene.
To get rid of lawn ants entomolo
gists of the United States Department
of Agriculture suggest drenching the
nests with boiling water or pouring in
a small quantity of kerosene oil. Sim-
UraVERSflY-OKECON
The UNIVERSITY of OREGON
contains:
The college of Literature, Science
and the Arts with 22 departments.
The professional schools of Archi
tecture Business Administration
Education Graduate Study -Law-Medicine
Music Physical Educa
tion Sociology.
The 47th Year Opens October 2. 1922
For acatalogue or any information
xorile The Registrar, University of
Oregon, Eugene, Oregon.
Reliable Abstracts
If -you are thinking of
making a loan or selling
your property, come in
and see us about an ab
stract. We try to give prompt
and efficient service.
Oregon City Abstract . Co.
Opposite Courthouse
OREGON CITY, OREGON
About
Battery
Life
Insurance
The wording of a
battery life - insurance
policy may sound pret
ty good, but you can be
sure it isn't a bit better
than the company back
of it.
The great strength of
Willard Battery insur
ance is in the reputa
tion of the Willard
Storage Battery Com
pany for building the
right kind of product,
and then backing that
product by the right
kind of policies, and the
right sort of. an organ
ization. Our service is the
'Willard Standard in
every particular and
that means caring for
all makes of batteries
alike and giving all
owners the same
prompt courteous serv
ice. We recharge and repair all
makes of batteries, all Rubber
Radio Batteries, Radio wire and
parts.
Con. Hilgers
Battery Rebuilding and Repairing
Twelfth and Main Oregon City, Ore.
Representing the
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ilar treatment 'may be applTedTo nests
between or beneath paving stones.
Spraying the lawn with kerosene
emulsion or with very strong soap
wash is also recommended. t For large
ant nests disulphid of carbon injected
into the nest by means of an oil can
or small syringe is recommended to
kill the ants. The fumes of disulphid
of carbon have a very 'disigreeble
odor and are inflammable, but they
are not injurious to higher animals in
the open air. . ' , - ''
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your kitchen is kept cool, clean and
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To insure best results, use only
Pearl Oil the dean-burning, urd
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This institution offers a thorough, practical, and standard education
at a cost within reach of the high school graduate
It offers training for collegiate degrees in. '
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Engineering and Mechanic Arta Vocational Educa"oa
Forestry Chemical Engineering
Home Economics . . Military Science and TactiC3
It offers training also in: The School of Music, Physical Education,
Industrial Journalism.
Fall Term Opens September 18
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Corvallie, Oregon
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Makes Comforts Clean and
Keeps Them Fluffy
The big problem in laundering "omforts Is not the -washing of '
them, but the drying of them. .
It is no easy matter to force the thick,, dripping mass through
a wringer, and drying the comfort by hand is even a harder
task. . , . "
But the Laun-Dry-Ette makes this work easy. It washes the v
comfort for you, and then dries it, And the beauty of the '
Laun-rry-Ette Way is that the comfort is not flattened out by a
wringer but comes out of the Laund-Dry-Ette clean and fluff y,
and dry for the line. - .
The LAUN-DRY-ETTE
does your hardest task for you. It not only washes the heavy
pieces, but dries them, too.
Portland Railway, Light & Power Co.
PROVIDE RIGHT VENTILATION
Leave Opening on South Side of
House to Equal One-Tenth of
Total, Floor Space.
In providing ventilation, enough
space should be left open in the south
side of poultry houses so that the open
front will equal one-tenth of the
total floor space. This open screen
ought to be near the bottom of the
south side rather than at the top, so
that the warm air from the roosts
will not flow up and out of the open
apace. '
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BANNER-COURIER WANT ADS BRING RESULTS
OPEN AN ACCOUNT
TO-DAY
We are not seeking a great bulk of business
from all over the country, but rather prefer the
patronage and confidence of the good people
residing in our own vicinity, who desire to do
business with an institution ever ready and glad
to render them every reasonable accommoda
tion and service. We would be glad to have you
open an account any time, but why not today?
SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES FOfc RENT
Four (4) paid on time deposits,
CARVER STATE BANK
Carver, Oregon
GRANT B. DIMICK, President THOS. E. ANDERSON, Vice-Pres.
R. E. LOOMIS, Cashier
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Gladstone Meat Market
Adam J. Cramer, Prop.
Dealer in all Fresh and Cured
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