THE BANNER-COURIER, OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1922
Page Five
AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCK NEWS
Up-to-date Information to Help Develop Progressive Farming
SOIL-IMPROVING CROP FOR USE
IN PECAN ORCHARDS IS NEEDED
'
Typical Field Specimens of Native Pecans Growing in Southern Indiana.
(Prepared by the United States Department
I of Agriculture.)
Many Important problems in grow
ing and marketing pecans are confront
ing the growers.
Until recently the most experienced
growers ot pecans have considered
the cowpea to be an excellent summer
cover crop for use in their orchards,
but, says the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, it has been found
that, this crop is a favorite host plant
or crop for the southern green plant
bug or "stink bug" which attacks the
Immature nuts and by perforating the
soft shell with its proboscis, reaches
and injures the tender kernel. With
the subsequent growth and develop
ment of the nuts there arise at the
points of perforation definite areas of
deadened tissue in the kernel, possess
ing a bitter or acrid taste, and com
monly designated as "kernel spot."
Large quantities of the finest nuts were
greatly reduced in consequence. A
substitute soil-improving crop for
growing in pecan orchards is there
fore needed. Among the promising
things are beggarweed, bush velvet
bead and soy bean. So far as is known
the beggarweed is not a host plant for
the bug and the bush velvet bean and
the soy bean are not supposed to be
attacked by this insect. Bush velvet
beans are increasing in popularity as
a cover crop in this section and may
be the. solution of the problem. As yet,
there is little practical experience in
determining the suitability of these
cover crops in pecan orchards an,d
their efficiency in controlling the "stink
bug." Orchardists who use either bush
velvet beans or soy beans as cover
crops should carefully inspect their
crops at the end. of the season to de
termine whether the percentage of
nuts with kernel spot is satisfactorily
reduced on the areas in which these
crops are grown in comparison with
the same variety where no cover crops
are used. These are important prob
lems on which the growers themselves
can assist in securing trustworthy in
formation. Plan to Destroy "Stink Bug."
It has been suggested that the "stink
bug" feeds only on seed pods. If this
is true, crops, such as the velvet bean,
which are late in maturing seed pods,
could be grown for . a summer cover
crop and turned under or cut up with
disk harrows in early October before
the pecan is ready to harvest. In this
way the insect probably would be de
stroyed and the ground left in good
condition for the nut harvest. Growers
and experimenters are expecting to
obtain valuable information on these
crops during the coming season.
Another important problem is that
of unproductive orchards. Some of
these orchards were planted on very
poor soil, and for the worst of these
the only apparent alternative Is that
of abandonment. Other orchards do
not produce well because the trees
were planted too close together, and
are now badly crowded. For these It
appears that the most effective rem
edy would be that of removing the
alternate trees, pruning those remain
ing, and of improving the fertility of
the soil. For orchards composed of
seedling trees, or inferior varieties,
top-working is the solution. -To
Build Up Industry.
In large outlying districts within the
pecan range, yet beyond the limits of
successful culture of southern varie
ties, the question is how to build up
the orcharding industry, and" how to
extend its. range. In regions to which
the species is indigenous the first ques
tion is that of finding new varieties
suitable for planting. The native for
est and field specimens should be ex
amined for trees bearing desirable nuts
in sufficient quantity to be profitable.
Scions from such trees should be used
for top-working the inferior seedlings.
Small wild seedlings can be worked
over to desirable sorts by customary
nursery methods. Some common mis-j
takes made in attempting to top-work
trees are : Using those that are too
old; cutting off branches that are too
large ; pruning too severely at the out
set, thus attempting to do top much
in a single season; top-working trees
planted too close together,- and top
working trees standing in out-of-the-way
places where it will never be pos
sible to give them good care.
The development of the nut-cracking
industry should help the pecan into a
12 months of the year market, and give
employment to labor during otherwise
idle months.
The kernels of the pecan contain a
large percentage of oil which is quite
as sensitive to temperature changes as
is butter. In order that the shelled
meats, as well as the unshelled nuts,
may be kept in prime condition for the
longest possible period, it is necessary
that the nuts be well dried before they
are packed or barreled for shipment,
and that the product be kept in a cool
and well-ventilated place during the
winter months. As soon as warm
weather begins these products should
be placed in cold storage at a tem-'
perature between 30 and 36 degrees.
In the shelling of nuts there is con
siderable waste in the form of shells
and broken meats. Growers and han
dlers are trying to find uses for these
products, such as fertilizer, tanning
material and fuel.
Steers 'fed on silage usually not only
make more economical gains, shrink
less and make more profits than steers
fed on dry roughage, but also make it
possfble to utilize crops -grown primar
ily in a rotation for restoring the fer
tility of worn-out-lands.
The comparative value of a number
of different silage crops for steer f eed-
ling was recently worked out by the
department. In one-instance similar
lots of cattle were fed" a ration of cot
tonseed meal and blackstrap molasses
in combination -with corn silage, corn
and Biloxl soy bean silage, sorghum
silage, sorghum and Biloxi soy bean
silage, and Japanese cane and Biloxi
soy bean silage.
The best gain was made by the
steers fed the straight corn silage; but
it was shown that the capacity of a
farm for fattening or wintering cattle
may be greatly increased by the use of
heavy-yielding silage crops, such as
sorghum and Japanese cane. Immna
ture Biloxi soy beans mixed with corn
or sorghum were not so satisfactory,
ut with late-maturing crops like Jap
anese cane, these soys gave very good
results. Sorghum silage and Japanese
cane and Biloxi soy .bean silage are
practically equal in feeding value for
steers when supplemented by cotton
seed meal and molasses.
O. A. C. CORRESPONDENCE
Farm Reminders
, How to Combat Garden Pests
The excessive drouth and hot days
of this summer are particularly favor
able to the development of insect
pests. The red spiders are especially
serious on beans, can fruits, and hops,
though almost all garden crops, horti
cultural and field crops may suffer
serious injury. Sulphur in some form
is the standard insecticide for the red
spider. For limited areas dust sul
phur using if possible superfine dust
ing sulp7iur,c will prove the eastiest
and most practical treatment. For
hops, fruit trees, etc. where liquid
sprays are being applied self-boiled
lime-sulphur, "atomic sulphur" or very
dilute (1-100) lime- sulphur may be
used. O. A. C. Experiment Station.
Use Black Leaf-40 For Thrips
Thrips are particularly serious on
garden crops such as beans, broccoli,
and onions Black leaf-40 and soap or
kerosene emulsion as used for aphis
control is the standard spray for this
insect pest. O. A. C. Experiment Station.
Weights of Fleeces Vary
The weights of fleeces obtained from
sheep varies greatly with the individ
uals in the flock. If the flock was
culled each year ' disposing of all ani
mals that dil not come up to the flock
average of fleece weight, the return
in wool would be greatly increased.
Individual flocks have shown as much
as a four-pound increase in the aver
age weight of fleece over a period of
eight years when this practice has
been carried out O. A. C. Experiment
Station.
Farm Reminders
Silage reduces the amount of hay re
quired in feeding rations by one:thirl.
Results show that two pounds of silage
is equal to one pound of hay in feeding
value. Two tons of silage can be ppt
into the silo cheaper generally than
one ton of hay can be put into the
stackb. The Union experiment station
has showed that a combination of hay
and silage produced in three years
trials twice the gains at half the cost
of gains on hay alone. O. A. C. Ex
tension Service.
Loss of nitrogen in the form of am
monia from barnyard manure and
from poultry manure in the summer
months can be prevented by adding a
small quantity of either landplaster or
superphosphate These materials should
be applied at the rate of 50-60 pounds
to a ton of manure. O. A. C. Experi
ment Station.
Straw instead, of being burned
should be saved and more of it used
around the ,barn during the winter
months The straw not only contains
plant food but also prevents the loss
of liquid manure. This liquid manure
contains a large portion of plant food
material. O. A C. Experiment Station.
Use of ventillating lofts stuffed with
dry straw was said to be effective by
R V. Mitchell of the Washington exper
iment station, in carrying off and ab
sorbing excess moisture.
Investigations showed that even in
the so-called "dry" districts of the
state the humidity and temperature
conditions were much less different
from those of the rainy parts than is
generally supposed. O. A. .C. Experi
ment Station.
TWO MORE GOLD MEDAL
JERSEYS FOR OREGON
Zila's Alice 382,807 owned by Geo.
W. Piatt, Springfield has just qualified
for Gold and Silver medals by producing-12,624
pounds of milk 703.06 lbs.
of butter-fat. She carried calf 258
days during-test and average 5.57 per
cent. She started test at 4 years 3
months of age.
Alice appeared in the 50 pound list
for eleven of the months she was on
test.
Her sire is Pussy's Noble 127,698
and her dam is Miss Zila 223,301.
Starting test at 8 years 11 months'
of age Flossie May St. Mawes 464,923,
wins an American Jersey Cattle Club
Gold Medal with a "production of 14,213
pounds of milk and 743.44 pounds of
butter-fat. She carried calf 276 days
during test.
For eight of the months on test,'Flos
sie appeared in the 50 pound list. In
April she produced as high as 1818
pounds of milk and 96.72 pounds of
butter-fat.
She was sired by St. Mawes Tilla
mook 85,535; and is out of Chief's Kit
ty Dell 207,748; and is owned Iby Geo.
Lawrence afod Son, Estacada, Oregon.
The American Jersey Cattle Club.
July 26, 1922.
Silage Almost Essential ,
To get results economically most
cattle feeders should use same kind of
silage in the rations says the United
States repartment of agriculure.
BETTER PROGENY BY CULLING,
TESTS WITH POULTRY REVEAL
That culling the poultry flock to get
rid of all those birds execpt the vigor
ous, prolific layers results in notice
able improvement In the progeny is
shown by recent investigations at the
United States Experiment Farm, Belts
ville, Md. the late moulters selected
from a flock of 100 Rhode Island Reds
in the fall of 1920 laid seven more
eggs per bird . during; itheir second
year than the original flock as pullets.
They were used as breeders the fol
lowing spring and the first Red pulelts
to .commence laying in the fall of 1921
were found to be the offspring of these
late-anoulting hens. Their pullets in a
period of seven months have already
averaged about two dozen eggs per
bird more than the original flock.
But it is not alone in number of
eggs that the late-moulter's progeny
excel, but also in the value of the pro
duct, as the distribution was more
even, a, much larger proportion of the
eggs being laid during 1he w'intef
months. In the last seven months the
daughters of the late moulters not only
averaged two dozen eggs per bird
more than the original flock but the
value of their product was, figuring.
at the same prices, about $1.04 per
bird more during the same period. It
is expected that this margin will in
crease during the net fivemonths.
on at the rate of seven per cent ?er
annum from the 19th day of Novem
be, 1222, and the. further sum of $75.00,
as attorney's fee. and the further sum
ot" $20.50 costs and disbursement
and te costs of and upon this writ,
commanding me ta make sale of the
following described real property, sit
uated in the county of Clackamas,
state of Oregon, to-wit.
Commencing at the Southeast corner
of section 12, T. P. 6S. R. 1 E of the
Willamette meridian, Jn Clackamas
County Oregon thende west, 240 rods
to the Southwest corner of George T.
Slaughter's homestead, thence north
34 rods, thence east 160 rods, thence
north 4fi rods, thence east 80 rods to
the east line of said section 124 thence
South 80 rods to the place of beginning
and containing 74 acres more of less.
Now, - therefore, by virtue of said
execution, judgment order and decree,
and in compliance with the commands
of said writ. I will, on Saturday, the
26th day of August 1922j at the hour
of 10 o'clock a. m.. at the front .door
of the, County Court House in the City
of Oregon City, in said County and
State, sell at public auction, subject to
redemption, to the highest bidder, for
U. S. gold coin cash in hand, all the
right .(title and interest which' the
within named defendants or either of
them, had on the date of the mortgage
herein or since had in or to the above
described real property or any part
thereof, to satisfy said execution, judg
ment order, decree, interest, costs and
all accruing costs.
- W. J. WILSON,
Sheriff of Clackamas County, Ore.
By E. C. Hackett, deputy.
Dated, Oregon City, Oregon, July 27th
1922. 7-27-5t.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that .the un
dersigned has been" appointed as ad
ministrator of the estate of Richard E.
Thompson, deceased, by the County
County of Clackamas County. Oregon.
Any and all persons having claims
against the estate of said deceased are
hereby reauired to present the same,
duly verified as by law required With
proper vouchers to me at the office of
my attorneys G. B. Dimick and W. L.
Muivey, Room 3 Andreson Building,
Oregon City, Oregon, on or before
six months from the data of the firsi
publication of this notice.
ELWOOD THOMPSON,
Administrator of the estate of Rich
ard E. Thompson, deceased.
July 27th, 1922.
G. B. DIMICK & W. L. MULVET,
Attorneys for administrator.
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A BOY'S MOT HER
'My mother she's so good to me,
If I was good as could be,
I couldn't be as good no.sir!
Can't any boy be, good as her!
She loves me when I'm glad er sad ;
She loves me when I'm good or bad ;
An', what's a funniest thing, she says
She loves me when she punishes. .
I dont like her to punish me
That don't hurt tout it hurts to see
Her cryin' en I cry; an' nen
We both cry and be good again.
She loves me when she cuts an sews
My little cloak an' Sund'y clothes;
An when my Pa comes to tea,
She loves him most as much as me.
She laughs an tells him all I said,
An' grabs me up an' pats my head;
An' I hug her, an' hug my Pa
An love him purt' night as much as Ma,
- James Whitcomb Riley:
SHERIFPS SALE
In the Circuit Court of the State of
, Oregon, for the County of Clackamas
THOMAS SLAUGHTER, plaintiff,
vs.
HENRIETTA STANFORD, J. S.
STANFORD and D. W. MILES.
Defendants.
State of Oregon. County of Clack
amas, ss.
By virtue of a judgment order, de
cree and an execution, duly Issued out
of and under the seal of the above en
titled cause, to me duly directed ana
dated the 26th day of July. 1922, upon
a judgment rendered and entered in
said court on The 17th day of July,
1922, in favor of Thomas Slaughter,
Plaintiff, and against Henrietta Stan
ford, J. S. Stanford, Defendants, for
the sum of $1500, with interest tfier,e-
SHERIFF'S SALE
In the Circuit court of the State of
Oregon, for the County of Clackamas,
MARY E. LAVERTY, plaintiff.
. vs.
AARON ESCH and RACHEL ESCH
his wife; JAMES M. MISHLER and
CARRIE MISHLER his wife;
FLOYD EMMERT and MARY E.
GOUDY, defendants.
STATE OF OREGON, County of
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By virtue of a judgment order, de
cree and an execution, duly1 issued out
of and under the seal of the above en-!
titled court, in the above entitled
cause, to me duly directed and dated
the 17th day of July, 1922, upon a
favor of Mary E. Laverty, plaintiff,
and against Aaron Esch and Rachel
Esch, his wife; James M. Mishler and
Carrie Mishler his wife; Floyd Em
mert and Mary E. Goudy, defendants,
for the; sum, of $7588, with interest
thereon at the rate of six per cent per
annum from the 10th day of June, 1922
and the further sum of ?400, as attor
ney's fee, and the further sum of
$23.40 costs and disbursements, and
th costs of and upon this writ, com
manding me to make sale of the fol
lowing described real property, situ
ated in the county of Clackamas, state
of Oregon, towit:
Beginning at the northeast corner of
the southeast quarter of section seven
(7). Township five (5), south range
one (1) east of the Willamette merid,
ian, running thence west, 165 rods,
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more or less, thence south 18 chains
and 62 links, thence east 165 rods,
more or less, thence north 18 chains
and 62 links to the place of beginning
and containing 79 acres, more or less.
Now, therefore, by virtue of said ex
ecution, judgment order and decree,
and in compliance with the commands
of said writ, I will, on Saturday, the
19th day of August, 1922; at the hour
of 10 o'clock a. m., at the front door
of the County Court House in the City
of Oregon City, in said County .and
State, sell at public auction, subject to
redemption, to the highest bidder,
for tr. S. gold coin in hand, all the
right; title and interest which the
within named defendants or either of
them, had on the date of the mortgage,
herein or since had in or to the above
described, real property or any part
thereof, to satisfy said execution,
judgment order, decree, Interest, costs
and all accruing costs.
W. J. WILSON,
Sheriff of Clackamas County,
By E. C. HACKETT,
Deputy.
Dated, Oregon City, Ore., July 20, 1922.
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