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AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCK NEWS
Up-to-date Information to Help Develop Progressive Farming
FALL FRESHENING WHEN THE
COW NEEDS PROPER CARE
Bv A. B. Nvstrom.
Fall cows, as a general rule, produce
more milk and are more profitable than
those that freshen in the spring. The
reason for this Is that the stimulation
to produce milk immediately following
calving keeps the cow at high produc
tion during the winter months or while
on tarn feeding and later In the lacta
tion period, when a drop in flow is ex
pected, there is an added stimulation
caused by green grass, so that actually
a high production in the milk is main
tained for several months more.
The secret of high yearly production
lies in giving the cow a good start. If
the dairyman uses his powers of ob
servation he will see that those cows
that start the year in poor flesh, or that
are out of condition for a while just
following freshening, never make as
good a record as those that are well
conditioned. N
It is natural for a cow to lay on ex
tra .fat while dry. Indeed Chat is one
reason for having her dry. Such cows
are sure to make a good account of
themselves, provided they are properly
fed after calving. Feeding heavily just
previous to and just following parturi
tion is sure to spell failure. The safest
way is to cut down in the feed about
two weeks before the due date and
feed lightly of laxative feeds, such as
a few roots, bran, ground oats and a
little oil meal. Clover or afalfa hay
should be the main part of the rough
age ration.
Just about two days before calving
feed no oats and only a small amount
of bran. Give plenty of water and if
the weather is cold take the chill off;
the water before offering it to the cow.
This practice might well be continued
for four days after calving.
If delivery of the calf has been norm
al it will be safe to .begin Increasing
the ration a week after freshening.
Care should be taken to make the in
crease gradual, never feeding more j
than the cow will clean up. It is bet
ter for the first month, and in the case
of extra heavy producers, for several
months, to have the cow looking for
more feed after she has consumed all
she is going to get. Over-feeding in
the early stages is often what eauses
the cows to drop In milk production,
and once they drop, they will never
go back to where they were.
Another way to keep to keep up the
flow is to provide clean stalls. These
should be heavily bedded If cows are
kept in at night. Cows that are left
In the barnyard at night should be
provided with a shelter from rain and
a clean, place to lie down. It Is un
reasonable to expect cows to produce
their best if they must wade in mud
and mire night after night and Only
have an opportunity to lie down while
In the barn at milking time.
roll, costing about $1.60 locally, will
wrap an average of 14 colonies at a
cost per colony of between 10 and 15
cents. Two men working together can
wrap about 10 colonies in an hour.
Lime In The Poultry Yard
Lime is an essential In the ration of
the hen, not only because of her bodily
requirement, because the egg and the
egg shell that she produces must ob
tain lime. '
But here is another opportunity for
lime to serve useful purposes in the
poultry yard. Lime is a great sanitary
agent. It is a great cleanser and
sweetener. Bacteria and molds cannot
well endure where lime is present.
Lime is recommended for treating
the open poultry yard to aid in pre
venting .the development of disease
producing organisms. Lime liberally
applied may be worked into the soil
by plowing or otherwise with excellent
results.
Small quanities 'of well-slaked lime
may be sprinkled about the hen house
advantageously. A light dusting of it
on the dropping boards tends oward
purity. A little on the earth portions
of the floor, especially around the cor
ners and the bases of the walls is ad
visable. However, care should be tak
en to prevent the birds getting it onto
their feet in sufficient quantities to
irritate.
. Wintering Bets
ay ii. A. acuiien.
Shall I pack my bees this winter?
This is a question many beekeepers
are seriously asking after suffering a
heavy loss the past winter. No one
will doubt that the bees will come
through the winter stronger and with
less consumption of honey when some
protective covering is used. But is the
gain enough to pay for the labor and
cost of materials? judging -from the
testimony of those who have consist
ently packed for several years, we must
say it does pay.
The writer is trying out two methods
on his personal colonies and the col
lege apiary, using the Williams pack-
lag ease, such as has been used by a
i. number of beekeepers in the Portland
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packing case made of cedar.
A similar case has been used by a
successful beekeeper of Clarke countv.
Wash., for many years. It is essential
mat any packing case used on the west
side of the state be water-ight. When
painted and well made these cases
should last 15 years or even longer.
Not counting labor, the individual case
Will little l.an (I... nt-
.year per colony. assuming that it can
be used for 10 years or more. .
' Another method being used by the
writer Is to wrap the colonies Individu
ally wiht tar paper, allowing enough
space between the paper and hives for
one Inch of dry planer shavings. One
Turkeys Require Less Housing
One of the advantages of raising
turkeys is the fact that they present
less of the housing problem in the win
ter than do other forms of poultry.
In general,- the nearer they are kept
to the wild state the better they thrive
and the greater the- possibility of prof
its. Naturally the turkeys prefer the
open or wooded area. Trees make
ideal roosts for them throughout most
of the year. The only winter shelter
they need at best is a barn range or
just an open shed to keep them dry in
very severe or wet weather. Cold does
not worry them overmuch, but if coupl
ed with dampness or a wetting, or
drafts, their resistance crumples and
colds and croup collect their toll.
I have no statistics at hand to prove
the assertion, but I believe that the
number of turkeys in Linn county is
increasing annually and the profits de
rived from this industry are growing
with the number of individuals.
Dairy Herds Improved.
Sale of 20 boarder cows was made
by Oregon cow testing associations in
October to reduce cost of producing
milk and increase the profits of dairy
ing. One pure-bred bull was beught to
replace two scrubs, thus providing bet
ter milkers for the future. Many more,
cows were tested than in October last
year, and the average production of
milk was 66 pounds per cow more, of
fat 1 more. O. A. C. Extension Service.
Molasses Cake:
One cup sugar, one-half cup molas
ses, scant; one level teaspoon soda dis
solved in a little warm water, two cups
of sour buttermilk if you do not have
it use cold coffee, but if buttermilk Is
used less shortening is required; two
teaspoons each of cinnamon and all
spice, 1 teaspoon of nutmeg, one-half
teaspoon of cloves, flour to stiffen.
Bake in a moderate oven 45 minutes.
Raisins can be added if desired. If
used dredge them with some flour be
fore adding. Mrs. G. N. X, Idaho.
RECIPES
Contributions to this column are
invited.
Dried Cherries
Nine pounds of seeded cherries, one
quart of sugar, one cup of water; boil
until it threads, set off and let cool;
pour over the cherries, put on the
stove and allow to boil for a while
slowly, take off the stove and allow .to
stand over night, tihen bring to a boil
again. Drain off the juice and dry in
the sun. When dry roll in sugar and
pack in jars. One can dry them on
window glass. These will melt in your
mouth and beat candy.
Almond Cake
Cream one-fourth cup butter, add
gradually one-half cup sugar, beating
constantly. Add four egg yokes beaten
until thick and lemon-colored, one
fourth cup milk, seven-eighths cup
flour mixed and sifted with two tea-
spoonfuls baking powder. Beat thor
oughly, filling small paper cases two-
thirds full of mixture. Sprinkle with
shredded almonds and powdered sugar,
bake in' moderate oven until delicately
browned. Serve in paper cases.
It's Mincemeat Time
and we have all the in
gredients for making it.
New crop raisins, currants,
walnuts, apples, citron, vine
gar, as well as the best of
readymade.mincemeat in bulk
and packages.
Besides the regulation Turkey you
will need
Celery Olives Cranberries
Sweet Potatoes
and a host of other eatables to round out
the meal. Our stock is complete, order
early to insure delivery.
Larsen & Co.
Phone 70 Oregon City
GROUSE MAKES HEARTY MEAL
Two Thoueaid Rose .Beetles in One
Day Said to Be Not a Menu
Beyond Her Capacity.
Two thousand rose beetles in one
day were on the menu of a hen grouse
which was experimented with at Clark
university at Worcester, Mass., and
which Prof. Hugh Findlay told about
in a lecture on "Useful Birds in Our
Gardens and Orchards," given recently
at the New York Botanical gardens,
Bronx park. Professor Findlay, who
Is horticulturist in the department of
agriculture at Columbia university, has
spent several years in central , New
York and the New 'England states
studying the habits of birds during
the nesting season.
He has photographed some 200
birds in their natural haunts, and from
these photographs has . developed
slides which he has colored with Jap-,
anese transparent dyes. The birds
range from the tiny humming bird to
the great eagles photographed near
Oneida lake. In his lecture. Professor
Findlay showed some of our most de
structive Insects and their particular
bird foes, showing plainly which spe
cies help to keep our plants, and trees
from being destroyed by Insect foes.
The hen grouse, who was proved to
have made away with 2,000 rose
beetles in one day, he used as an il
lustration of the economic value of
some birds in the destruction of in
sect pests. '
Mr. and Mrs. Reed Graham, Boy
Baker, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Jones and
Lloyd .Jones were Sherwood visitors
last week.
" Miss Audrey Wood, who attends
Lincoln High school, is spending a few
weeks- with her aunt and uncle, Mr.
and Mrs. Hiram Wood, in Portland,
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Parrett of Parrett
Mountain, spent : Tuesday afternoon
with Mr. and Mrs. Reed Graham.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Davis, Harold
and Lucile Davis, and Mr. and Mrs.
Will Dodson were guests at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Jones, Sunday.
The Misses Josephine and Helen
Graham spent Sunday afternoon with
Miss Eleanor Say.
Christena and Henry Ridder, who
have been ill, were able to resume
their school' work this week.'
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PARKPLACE
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Born, to Mr. . and Mrs. William T.
Lucas, December 4, a son.
Mr.' and Mrs. Chas. Dauchy have
moved into their new home on the
bank of the Clackamas river.
Mrs. Fred Peckover of Edgewood is
ill at the home of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Dryden, in Oregon City.
.Mr. and Mrs. Bert Exton and chil
dren of Buxton, were week-end guests
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. F. Mun
ger. John Straight lies in a critical con
dition at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
Paul Praeger.
Mr. and Mrs. M. Dotson of Portland
are guests, for a few' days, at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Fred V. Munger.
Mrs. B. W. Hansell and children,
Pita May and Blaine, Jr., of Lewiston,
Idaho, arrived Tuesday morning to
spend the iolidays with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Holmes.
Mr. and Mrs.Montgomery have mov
ed into the new bungalow, recently
built by W. A. Holmes.
The Parkplace school is preparing a fully and headaches and dizzy spells
cantata, "Santa Calus' Defenders," un-jmade'me miserable and the action of
der the direction of Mrs. Rita Brun-imy kidneys was irregular.- I used
ner, to be given in the assembly hall Doans Kidney ms anatney soon re-
the Friday evening before Christmas.
Mrs. Carl Butts is in Seaside, spend
ing a week with her daughter.
Mr. and Mrs. Mark C. Woods of Van
couver, Wash., spent Sunday at the
home of Mrs. Woods' parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Brunner.
The ladies of Abe'rnathy Grange will
hold a bazaar In the assembly hall of
the school building, Saturday, Decem
ber 16. A chicken supper will be serv
ed at six o'clock.
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Brunner enter
tained at dinner, honoring their cous
ins, Lawrence and Levada Ault, of
Ohio. Covers were laid for the fol
lowing: Miss Jane Barnett, Miss
Katherine Brunner, Mr. and Mrs. Clar
ence Brunner, Martin Verwest and Mr.
and Mrs. W. Al Holmes.
A Christmas entertainment, to be
given by the Sunday school of the Park
Place Congregational church, will be
held Saturday evening, December 23.
The program is in charge of Mrs.
Brunner, assisted by Mrs. Effie Smith.
H. O. Rosebraugh was confined to his
home last week by illness.
Fight For Senate
There is a heated fight over presi
dency of the senate but we will live
through it somehow; the one thing
people would not forgive or forget
would be a legislative hold-up of tax
adjustment legislation because such
legislation is desired by a Democratic
governor. East Oregonian,
leived the backaches and other signs
of kidney trouble and I lelt much bet
ter In every way." '
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't sim
ply ask for a kidney remedy get
Doan's Kidney Pills the same that
Mrs. Rotter had Forest-Milburn Co.,
Mfrs., Buffalo, .N, . ; "
I CHOICE MEATS
I From the best meats
we can buy we offer
Aids Digestion
Roman Beal Health Bread, as well
as Roman Meal in packages. Sold by
a number of grocers In our city. Ask
your neighbor.
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Ruconich & Roppel
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A Phone Pacific 75 218 Main St !
MASON
HEAVY DUTY CORD
Oversize
30x3
32x4
33x4
34x4
$13.75
24.50
24.70
25.35
New Standard Size
30x3 11.30
Also 30x3 and 31x4
straight sides.- -.-
Goodrich motorcycle and
bicycle tires.
Ilorth-West Tire Co.
Warren & Blodgett, Prop. -407
Main St Oregon City
DECEMBER 14, 1922.
ALL TIRED OUT
WHERE ALL SPEED IS ALIKE
Light, Electricity, X-Rays, and Mag
netic Storms Declared to Move
with Equal Velocity.
That In the radium rays we have an
Indication of a .new and mysterious
world of energy, we find what seems
an impressive testimony in the law of
velocity governing these in common
with other recently discovered phenom
ena. "One definite thing we do know,"
says Professor Soddy, writing , of the
ether, "namely, the velocity at which
Influences are transmitted. It Is 185,
000 miles per second, the speed of
light So far as vse yet inow, all In
fluences that are transmitted by the
ether travel at this one definite veloc
ity. Not only light, but also the
electro-magnetic radiations employed
in wireless telegraphy, the magnetic
storms, as they are termed, which
reach us from the sun, and also as we
believe, the X-rays, travel through the
ether at this one definite speed." That
speed is in all these cases the same is
suggestive of a common source and
fountain head, and one is emboldened
in the supposition that behind and
withi the material system with which
wfr are familiar is a subtle and infin
itely marvelous world from which the
universe we know is fed and sustained,
and which uses the light swift undu
lations of the ether as the carrying
agent of its varied influences. Charles
Kassel In the North American Review.
ACTORY OR
BUNGALOW
First, find an agency with
a reputation for service.
Second, make sure that
you are insured in a com
pany that can offer you the
soundest of policies and that
will cooperate to help you
prevent fires.
Let This Agency of the
ill ART FORD FIRE
INSURANCE CO.
Advise You
Tool Straightens Nails.
Even bent wire nails are being sal
vaged from the waste piles in Ger
many and restored to usefulness by
means of an Ingenious nail straighten
ed that may be fastened to the work
bench. The devise is described In the
Popular Science Monthly.
Hinged to one end of the cast iron
base is a long lever with a handle. A
few inches from the fulcrum of the
lever an Iron rod is hinged, and to this
is attached a claw which grips the
head of the nail to be straightened.
The nail is placed with its head -In
the slot of the claw and with its body
between the jaws of a straightening
die which is operated by a lever. The
jaws firmly grip the body of the nail,
and when the long lever Is drawn
back the nail is pulled through the
eye of the dieand effectively straightened.
Indian Has Remarkable Memory.
The most retentive ' memory In
America Is said to belong to a native
Indian of the Yakima tribe. His
brain cells register everything he sees
or hears. ,
During the war he served with the
army in France, and was of much
value In carrying long messages, ob
serving positions, or checking sup
plies, according to an Indian bureau
report When he was In camp he
could call off a regimental roster and
catalogue every -item of equipment
without any note or memorandum. On
one occasion, after making a full re
port of observations to the extent of
a thousand items or more, he repeat
ed the full text of a lecture he had
heard the night before. This was In
the presence of the lecturer himself
and was pronounced perfect. .
CORRAL CREEK
By Corral Creek School.
Blanche , Brown, Teacher.
10th and Main
The Misses Josephine and Eleanor
Graham were visitors at the school
this week.
Mrs. Allison Baker called on Mrs,
Elmer Jones, Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs. Blanche Brown' spent Wednes
day at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Chris
Reissner. -
Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Wood and Gra
ham Wood were dinner guests of lr.
and Mrs. Robt. Graham, Wednesday
HOW TO BUY
FIRE INSURANCE
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REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE
Phone 377 620 Main S"
Oregon City, Oregon
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More and Better
Fruit
A NEW DISCOVERY.
Hundreds More in Oregon City in the
Same Plight
Tired all the time;
Weary and worn out night and day;
Back aches; head aches;
Your kidneys are prbbably weaken
ed. You should nelp them at their work.
Let one who knows tell you how.
Mrs. Frank Rotter, 1106 Monroe St,
Oregon City, says: "My kidneys
troubled me for a long time and my
back ached bo I couldn't do tny wash
ing. To sweep the floor tired me dread-
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 sea what I have.
Insurance that
Insures
Seven strong companies, fire,"
accident, burglary, forgery,
causality, auto. . -
E. E. TEEPLE
719!Main, Oregon Or.
If '
Jli Cook With
I Electricity
Countless thousands of American housewives , ; !
vould never have enjoyed real efticiency, econ
omy, convenience and cleanliness in their kit
chens had they not obeyed the national slogan
cook by wire. . . .
Portland Railway, Light & Power Co.
Nature's Way of Production Greatly
Improved. .
The fruit buds mature and produce
much' larger and more wholesome
fruit. Extremely large cherries and
they do not fall. Bear in mind that
fully fifty per cent of our cherries fall
before maturity. This may all be sav
ed, except for weather conditions, the
first year by the application of "More
house's Orchard Invigorant," applied
by expert horticulturists. All fruit
made to bring forth an abundance, as
the "Invigorant" feeds, the fruit bear
ing buds. The serious bleeding, as
well as Bacterial Gummosis, in the
lherrie, soon overcame,, through the
perfect circulation of the sap. . Roses
and all the flower kingdom made to
respond with brighter tints ; all cerials,
vegetables, forced into heavy produc
tion. Practical pruning, spraying, bud
ding and grafting done in proper sea
son. All sprays have the invigorant
added free. "The wilderness and the
dry land shall be glad, and the desert
shall rejoice and 'blossom as the, rose."
Write or call for further information.
Morehouse Orcharding Co.,
Woodstock,
Portland, Oregon.,
Phone Auto 647 98 -Sundays
exepted.
Store Now
Opens
at 9 A. M.
Saturdays
Phone:
Pacific
Marshall 5080
The Most In Value
The Best In Quality
THE BEST IN QUALITYTHE MOST IN VALUE
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Dally .
at 5:30 P. M.
. Saturdays
at 6 P. M.
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Phone:
A 2112
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. Profit by An Early Selection of
Handkerchiefs for Gift Purposes
Here Are Important Price Inducements
,Here is an unsurpassed showing and sale coming right now
at the moment when assortments are at their best. Hundreds
and hundreds of crisp, new and exquisitely dainty Handkerchiefs
for women and children at prices that will help you both in your
gift selections as well as many personal needs. " ; -
Embroidered Handkerchiefs 25c, 6 for $1.35 r
Beautiful imported hand-embroidered Handkerchiefs, daint-;.
ily embroidered on sheer Irish lawn or shamrock with white, -,.
gray or colored embroidery.
Imported Handkerchiefs 20c, 3 for 50c
' "Included in the assortment of Imported Swiss Handkerchiefs '"'
with dainty hand loom embroidered corner in white, gray or
colored designs on sheer lawn.
Attractive Kerchiefs 10c, 6 for 55c,
A big range of embroidered corners in white, gray or color
ed work, also the popular imitation hand drawn work and the
neat corded border effect.
" ' Handkerchiefs, box of 3, 49c, 59c, 79c ;
' Women's daintily embroidered corner handkerchiefs, packed '
in handsome gift box at the above exceptionally low-prices.
Embroidered Handkerchiefs, 50c Each
Fine Irish Linen Handkerchiefs, beautifully embroidered by . ,
hand in dainty white, gray and colored embroidery in all attrac
tive designs. .-.: -.
Linen Handkerchiefs 35c, 3 for $1.00 . "
Here you will find beautiful hand loom embroidered in white
and gray colored designs, embroidered on a fine quality pure and
sheer linen. '.. .;
Linen Handkerchiefs 25c, 6 for $1.35 --
Pure Linen Handkerchiefs in white or colored with daintily , V
embroidered corner. We are. also including another range of.
pure linen with white and colored footing edge. ...'J'
I evening.