OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1907.
OUR FARMERS' PAGE.
ENTERPRISE READERS ARE INVITED TO CON
TRIBUTE AGRICULTURAL, HORTICULTURAL,
LIVESTOCK, POULTRY, DAIRY OR "BIO CROP"
ITEMS FOR THIS DEPARTMENT.
ofirm on the watetr, When the lime o
loaes Ha strength scum will begin to
form. Wash out the tank and repeat
the thm'!. It In cheap, not only harm
less hut wholesome; keeps the water
sweet and aaves the livestock.
POTATO GROWING METHODS.
How Tubers are Grown In Two Potato
Sectlona of tht Eait.
There ar two auction of fotmtVy In
which potato growing. Ihih been devel
oped to a high state of perfect Ion and
1 am aura tmr r'ituira will ho Interest
ed In a brief account of farm practice
In thi'Ho NcctloriH.
Oregon Horses Suparlor.
Professor Carlyle, of the Colorado
experiment alatlon, waa one of the
Judge at tho Stale Fair, at Salem. He
nny that experience show Oregon to
have tho climate and grass that make
an Ideal atock racing country,' and
there In no reason why we ahould bo
abroad for many breeding anlmala,
Hpeaklng particularly of ClydeHdalea,
Professor Carlyle aald that Oregon
bred home have no bony defecta and
Amend Freehold. N. J., a crop of ht ho could not say of the horses he
potato a Im grown every year on the j
MARKETS
aame
Iiam neen lu the Kant em state falra,
hind. I'f,tatn aeah in hnlii ,n and ne na auenueu mem a... in aim.
.eck and tho land kept In proper con- f,,rm n fib"r th" 0n'Kon ,,"rH6 ,B
dltlon by sowing crimson clover Juat (,"P"r,"r-
after the potatoes are dug, and plow
lug It under Just before planting time
next aprlng. Crimson clover dues riot
ordinarily succeed went of the Alle-'
ghanleH, but red clover can he ud 1
there. It should be sown In the pota
toes at the last cultivation. Cornruer
clal fertilisers are used In large quan
tlllea, 1000 to 1MI0 pounda per acre,
containing about 3 per cent nitrogen,
7 per cent phoaphorlc add, and 8 per
cent potash. The potaloca yield 200
to 300 bushel per acre on the beat
farms. These farmera can aot safely
uxe barnyard rnanure In tlielr system
aa It would favor the development of
potato acab.
On the other hand, the system of j
potato growing In Arooa took county,
Main, permlta the uho of manure.
Unfortunately, however, the farmera
there take little advantage of thin fact.
Futur Valut of Young Timber.
An Hem of new of Importance to
timber land ownera la the announce
Farmera, now that the harveat la at
an end, are beginning to offer their
wheat more freely. Exporters and
miller are good htiyera, but the mar
ket cannot be called an active one,
aa the railroad facilities are not all
that could be desired. Club wheat la
quoted at 3c, and blue atem 85c.
Both oat and barley were strong
at recent quotation. There la an ur
gent demand for mill feed and bran
and ahorta are atrong at the recent
advance.
Tho flour market 1h In a firm posi
tion, and while local gradea may not
be advanced before new wheat flour
When buying fruit treea, ahruha or , p(l on a) thf,re , lU(.iy io be a
vines, It In alwaya safest to get flrat- r,H(J , Mpwt four prce , tne DPxt
grade atock. There la not much dlf- f,.w jaVi
ference In price, hut a big difference ( Tbo hop mM , a puzzl,( the
In quality of flrat and aecond grade amount of business done baa been less
tftK'k. Ut.an nuMdl xnrf at iha mrtmpnl ttiinffll
are practically at a standstill. The
Notei.
In aettlng out atrawberrlea one
ahould know the kind and at what
dlntatice to net aa Home make more
plitnta than other,
it la aald that, there are more ducka
In China than In all the real of the
world. Duck and pork are the favorite
klnda of meat with Chinese.
There la probably no other way In
which sklm-mllk can be no profitably
tiHcd In Weatern Oregon aa in feeding
poultry. ,
Action and endurance are heredi
tary glfta bred in the horae and
brought out by artificial cultivation.
An Ohio dairy farmer owning 100
acres of land made a net profit of $18
that California lumber com- Pr Toll meana that
They use commercial fertilizer alxxit
an they do at Freehold. N. J. The com
mon cropping system on potato farm
In Arooatook county la a three-year
rotation of potatoes, oata, clover. In
attrh a system rnanure may safely te
spread on the clover aod the aummer
or fall before the potatoca are ptunted,
or even on the potato land before the
oata am aown.
The Aroostook farmer aella both
bin oata and hi clover hay, except
what li needed by hi work Mock.
Thla fact greatly Increaaea hi necea
aary expense for fertilizer. Dairying
would fit nicely In on these potato
farm. The oata could be cut for
grain or hay and, with the clover hay,
fed to dairy cowa.
ment
Pny, which applied a plan of fire pro
tection to a lngln township during the
aummer of 19o5, la now preparing to
extend the name protection to the rent
of It large holding of cut over land.
It lurflt fire line and Inaugurated a
patrol eystem to guard the young
growth. A algnlflcant point In connec
tion with thla uae of a fire protection
system by a private owner la the fact
that it meana tho recoknltlon of the
future value of young timber.
Hay In Ntw England.
Hay la the great underlying crop In
New England. New Hampshire alone
rslsce C.000.000 ton, To produce a
profitable crop the essential are deep
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writer In American Cultivator. How
In the aummer and aeed In the Hum
mer. Weed are killed by winter frot.
while the grass aurvlve. plow land
every fifth year. Apply five ton of
manure to tho acre.
With tha Rooter.
The healthy hog la tho grass fed
hog.
A thoroughbred boar that'a what
you want.
llrood aow ahould be neither poor
nor fat.
flood bedding la alwaya necessary In
tho hogpen,
lam" I try to keep more hoga than
you can feed profitably.
The more the hoga live In the paa
ture the better they will do.
Sunshine and freah air are great dls
Infectanta. Don't ahut them out of
tho hog houno.
Harrowing Improve Wheat.
H. CI Mott rerommenda harrowing
wheat field with a fine aplke tooth
harrow In the aprlng aa aoon aa the
ground I nettled enough to go over
with a team. It aeni to benefit the Lime to Sweeten Water.
wheat aa well aa give a Rood chance Here la aomethlng that la worth
for a atand of clover. He flmt aowa imany dollar to every farmer to know,
the clover need and then glvea the J Sprinkle lime In your atock water
field a alight harrowing.
tank and not a particle of acum will
at the end of the year he had paid all
hla exocrine and had $1,800 In the
bank to ahow for hla year"a work.
To alleviate apaamodlc croup apread
lard on a cloth and iprlnkle with tur
pentine, or mix the lard and turpen
tine, apread and apply to the chent.
A pound of cruahed oata to a gallon
of aklm milk la aald to be about the
beat proportion for feeding to plga to
get rapid growth.
One of the bent Cotawold bucks In
the United Statea la" on the farm of
John Wyatt, near Corvallla. He took
the flrat prize at the St. Loula expoal-
tlon, and again at the Lewia and Clark
fair. He la four year old, and at the
Iicwla and Clark fair waa purchased
for $i!00.
It la the comfortable cow which
fill the pall with milk and the milk
with butterfat.'
Cowa, hogs and poultry make a
combination on the farm that can't be
beat. I
flood fruit alwaya ella well.
Small fruit ahould be found In con
alderable quantltlea on every farm.
ninlnfectanta ahould be used freely
around the chicken house, and espec
(ally during the aummer.
Keep up the lien'a appetite with
variety, aklp from one kind of grain
to another frequently.
Of all the products aold on the farm
butter take the least fertility and re-
atorea the greateat amount to the
farm.
Klndneaa la an Important factor in
the dairy, and one cannot begin too
early to accuHtom the calves to being
handled.
The beat way to keep milk Bweet
U to separate It Immediately after it
comes from the cow and keep the
temperature down aa near the freez
Ing point aa possible
The apple la the beat foundation on
which to build np a largo export trade
In fruit
A very long per cent of the balky
and disagreeable horses are made ao
by 111 nsuage and not by nature
We have ten chances of llfo with
the sherp as agajnat one chance with
I the steer and If we choose we can
l turn three tlmea each year In the
i keeping of sheep by the Bale of wool
lambs or old Bheep.
A Holstein heifer at the Nebraska
Agricultural College gave 8.C40 qts
of milk In one year, that sold for
$518.40.
Full line Heating Stoves, Cook Stoves
and Ranges. See my line bziotc you buy.
glassware:
There Is nothing more delights the housewife than a handsome
display of Glassware. And the methods of manufacture make it
possible for every housewife to have handsome Glassware. We
show a complete line of Pitchers, Goblets,' Tumblers, in sets or
singly, Berry Dishes, Honey Dishes, Sugar Bowls, Butter Dishes,
Spoon Holdors, Creamers, etc. Assortment large; prices very low.
I. TOLPOLAR
Main St. Opp. Postoffice Oregon City, Oregon
Wheat Straw for Paper Mllla.
At Lebanon the paper mills are at
tempting to Introduce a new variety
of wheat In thla part of the state. The
wheat Is known as Velvet Chaff and 1
said to yield a crop of grain of a good
quality and to be of long straw. The
paper mllla are Interested In this kind
of grain became the straw la hettor
and longer for paper making. It has
been used aronnd Woodburn for the
past few years and Is a strong favorite
with the growers thPre. Ttie paper
mills have been haling and shipping
i the straw of thla wheat from W'ood
;burn to Lebanon. The paper mills will
'sow a field of It on their ground and
will sell the seed to farmers who de
sire to try It. Ex.
TENTH AND MORRISON STREETS, PORTLAND, OREGON
A. P. ARMSTRONG, LL. B.. PRINCIPAL
Educates for $ uccet in a short time and at small expense, and aenda'each ta-
dent to a position as soon as competent. Quality is oar motto, and reputation for
thorough work brings as over 100 calls per month for office help. Individual In.
(traction insures rapid progress. We teach the loose leaf, the card index, the
voucher and other modern methods of bookkeeping. Chartier is our shorthand ;
easy, rapid, legible. Beautiful catalogue, business forms and penmanship free -
write today. References: any merchant, any bank, any newspaper in Portland
PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY
HARVEY E. CROSS
ATTORNEY AT LAW
farmer are very firm In their deter
mination to wait until next month
before selling, especially as the prices
offered by dealers who have orders
to fill do not come up to their expec
tations. Picking la now at an end.
There have been a few salea of New
York hops at 14c during the week, but
ntll the crop la baled little will prob
ably be done.
Live Stock.
Prices ahow but little change. Steers
are quoted at $3. DO to $3.75, heifers
$3.00, cows $2.50 to 2.75, sheep $4 to
5, lambs $', all per cwt
Produce and Poultry.
Eggs have made a big jump and
are now commanding 30 cents the doz
en. And they are not plenty at at
that while butter la very scarce even
at the high prlcea quoted the past
few weeks.
Butter Choice ranch butter is
bringing from CO to 65c the roll, and
creamery 75c to 80c.
Lard-10c to 11c lb.
Eggs 27 He per dozen.
Chickens Hena 10c, rooatera 8 to 9c
young frlea 12'4c
Fruits and Vegetables,
Apples Bring 75c per box.
Pears Bartletts CO to 70c bu.
Pluma Peach 1C lb, Green dage
lc, Italian Prunes lc, Hungarian
Prunea lc
Peachea There are a few Late
Craw fords still In the local market
and the price to farmera la 70 to 90c.
Watermelons Choice 90c to $1 per
cwt, Canteloupes 45c to 90c dozen.
Green Stuff Corn 8c to 10c dozen,
green and yellow string beans 3c lb,
aummer squash 25c dozen, crooked
neck 35c dozen, potatoes 90c to $1.10
bu, turnips, carrots, parsnips, beets,
75c sack, wine plant 2c lb, green on
ions 40c doz. bunches, rhubarb 3c lb,
cabbage 40c, cucumbers 10c doz or
pickling 2c lb.
RETAIL PKICES.
Flour and Feed.
Flour sells at $4.50 for Valley to
$5.25 for Oregon hard wheat
Corn $1.65 per cwt, cracked $1.70.
Shorts 90c per sack.
Barley $1.15 per sack.
Oats In sacks $1.25 per cwt
Hay Selling In retail way at $1 cwt
for timothy and 75c for clof er,
other varieties same proportion.
Real Estate,
Loan, Insurance
Main Street,
OREGON CITY
GEORGE C. BROWNELL
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Phone: Main 521 Office in Oilfield Bldlt Main and tWi Sts
THOS. F. RYAN
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Probate and Realty Law Practice Specialties,
Real Estate, Insurance and Loans.
Office Upstairs, first building south of Courthouse,
W. S. U'BES
C. SCHUEBEL
U'REN & SCHUEBEL
ATTORN E YS-AT-LA W-
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Will practice is, all courts, make collections and settlements of estate Forum.
abstracts of title, lend you money on first mortgage. Office is EXTEIPBliC
Building, Oregon City, Oregon.
J. E HEDCE8 F. T. CRIFFITH
HEDGES & GRIFFITH
-LAWYERS
Rooms 10-13 "Weinhard Building, opposite Court House
WORLD NEWS
A single fir tree cut near Raymond,
Wash., a few days ago, yielded three
Seattle, where the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific
Exposition will be held in
1909, from June 1 to October 15, now
has a population of 241,000. At the
rate the city is growing It will have
logs which scaled nearly 45,000 feet, fully 350,000 by 1909.
For Summer Coughs.
I You must have noticed how preva
lent coughs have been this summer.
'A summer cold Is much harder to
! shake off than a winter one.
j People get overheated walking and
get into open street cars going fast In
, the cool wind of afternoon and the
'mischief is done.
Many colds are caused by the back
,of the lungs getting chilled. This Is
jWhy a draught on the back of the
inock Is so dangerous.
j Tho next time you take cold, try
heating your back and keeping It
warm for at least an hour. Don't take
'cough medicines. All contain narcot
ics and are injurious.
NEW ERA.
Mr. Trargoyne arrived home Satur
day from a visit to Eastern Washing
ton friends.
Mrs. H. P. Wing and Misses Kate
and Ruby Newburg were at the State
Fair Portland Day.
The Firwood Lumber Co.'s sawmill
closed down Saturday. The mill will
be moved to another timber tract
owned by the company.
School will open Monday, October
7, with Miss Gans as teacher.
The little daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
James Pitts is numbered among the
sick.
Mrs. George Kidder, who neon
visiting friends in Eastern Oregon for
the past three months, passed through
here enroute to her horae at Mount
Pleasant
Barney Friedrich had a runaway on
Saturday; no damage to himself but
little to his wagon.
R. J. Brown -lost a five-gallon can
of cream the past week; hired man
upset It on the way to the creamery.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert McArthur from
Sherman county are visiting friends
here and enjoying their honeymoon.
Woman and her weight are an
uncertain proposition. For particulars
ask Mr. McArthur.
Mrs. J. B. Thomas, of Sacramento,
Cal., Is visiting her father, D. Cox, at
Firwood.
Mrs. D. McArthur, Mrs. G. H. Brown
and Mrs. J. H. Hoffman, with their
daughters, were shopping" In Portland
last week.
the market value of- the lumber there
from being $425.
In the Oklahoma election on Tues
day the constitutional provision for
prohibition in the State for a period
of twenty-one yeara was sustained by
a vote of about 40,000.
A New Orleans city official con
fesses to having stolen $600,000.
A Juneau. Alaska, dispatch says:
Jack Slmpkina, who was badly want
ed by the State of Idaho as a witness
In the recent trial of William D. Hay- j
wood, was recognized by several per-!
sons on the streets -of Juneau a fort
night ago. He disappeared as soon as
he heard he had been recognized.
Simpklns was a pal of Harry Orchard,
who was the leading witness for the
prosecution against Haywood.
Luther Burbank boasts of -raising
seventy-three varieties of apples on
one tree.
Mrs. Cassie M. Chadwick, note,d
witch of finance, who, posing as
Andrew Carnegie's natural daughter,
swindled Ohio and Eastern banks and
capitalists out of millions In loans, on
bogus securities, has been stricken
with a nervous collapse at the peni
tentiary, which has left her blind.
Prohibitionists now boast of forty
dry counties In Missouri.
A record liekly to stand for a good
many years was established by the
transatlantic vliner Kroonland last
week, when after a seven days' voy
age from the other side she reached
New York with Just seven more pas
sengers than when she started an
average increase of one a day. The
officers of the ,ship are trying to de
cide whether to change her name to
"Croon-land" and get a pet stork, or
to stop calling at ports of Holland, the
country In which this bird abounds.
A river improvement convention
is advertised for Memphis, Tennessee,
October 4 to 8. President Roosevelt
is expected to deliver an address on
the opening day.
RESOLUTIONS PASSED.
Oswego Lodge, I. O. O. F., through
Its committee sends words of cheer to
Brother S. C. Garfield, as follows:
Dear Brother We know that these.
few words will find you filled wlUv
grief at the loss of your dear wtfev
You have indeed suffered a greal
affliction. A more faithful partner-
never lived. A true wife and a de.
voted mother.
No higher eulogy can be pronounc
ed upon this woman. Truly the
great central sun in your household
has gone down, and we most truly,
deeply, sympathize with you In your
affliction.
Let us hope, however. In the lang
uage of the Scripture, "I go to prepare
a place for you" that in the Eolden
summer of another life, children,
mother, and father will gather again
in a sweet reunion, where partings
are unknown.
Though the days are dark now,
spring will come once more, thus, we
trust the pleasant days will come
again for you and yours. With deep
est sympathies, we are, Yours frater
nally. In F. L. & T.
HENRY GANS,
G. W. PROSSER
J. W. THOMAS,
Committee.
Barlow Saloon Robbed.
O. A. Simlkns saloon at Barlow was
robbed Monday noon while the pro
prietor was at dinner, the thief secur-
In the whole history of the cotton ling about $40. A man described as
trade of the United States there has jof rather dark complexion, weight
been only one crop larger than this 180 pounds, middle-aged and wearing
year's that of 1904-05, when the pro-ja dark coat, was seen loafing around1
ductton amounted to 13,024,029 bales the town during the forenoon and is
as against 13,539,948 bales for 190C-7. 'presumed to be the robber.
TAKE NOTICE.
I hereby give notice that I will not
be responsible for any debts which
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iu iiiust'ii a UKUI iuukii, put. a urn-
l water bag exactly over the spot where Ida M. Robinson, my wife, may con
the cough seems to como from. Put tract.
on all the heat you can bear. 42-3t JOHN ROBINSON.
areful of Your Property
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