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OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1908. OUR FARMERS' PAGE. 1 I i ENTERPRISE READERS ARE INVITED TO CON TRIBUTE AGRICULTURAL, HORTICULTURAL, LIVE8TOCK, POULTRY, DAIRY OR "BIQ CROP" ITEMS FOR THIS DEPARTMENT. FEEDING THE POULTRY. Brin Make an Ideal Food, Both (or Growth and Laying. I Iran Ih an excellent food for poultry o huiki'h or Krowlh fin well an for myliiK hen. Oiio grout print In It ruyor Im Dm cIu'hpiichm. Jt contain ft lurKi-r nroiH.rlloii of 1 1 mo than any other food nt thn price and lime h 'MHmiHiti to Krowth of ,onn, muscle and feuiher, uh well ax tlut foniintlon f shell for .kkh. Lima which Ih found In food for hoiho n anon Ih much more easily asHlmlluted than lu the form of oyster shell and tho like. Wheat h a miohI excellent poultry food, hut tho hlKh price prohibit many from uhIdk It freely, rtrnn and clover UHed In rnniifpll,,,. with will producn an k'mmI result, Clover ami alfalfa ore rich In lime and should h" had at all Union In tho green Hlato when MiHHlhle and n the form of a well-cured hay the rem of tho year. Cut alfalfa and bran may bo fed In thn form of a manh. Skim milk Ih an Ideal IIiIiik to molHten with. KowIh, however, will consume (jiiitnt 1 1 Ich of nran dry fed from a self-feeder ami and pear, of stonelv cherrliiH and pllllllH. In tho meantime, cultivator of fruit are much nioro anxious Mill fur ther to Improvo tho rneaiiH of trans portation than to provldo moro lu cIiiiih fruit. Should they succeed It may prove ikihhIIiIo, even In our time, Willi tlio help of moro lnntllc metn Krauo aHiioH, containing 0 per cent potaHh. How much of IIiIh doon tho aveniKo frullKrowor return to tho soil? If wo were futtonlnic a tcor for market and Hhould give It only half ratioiiH, how much profit would that Mtoer return? . The Apple Orchard. ' It Ih claimed by heal authorities that an acre of applo tree In twenty yearn, counting ten crop of fruit In that 'period, will consumn 1330 pound or nitrogen, 3J0 poiindn phonphorlc acid, and 18!ir, pound of potaHh. To rontoro tho potaHh alone would require moro than twenty-ono tonH of high- 1 to 2 peckn; millet, one-quarter bush el; orchard xra, 2 quart; white clover, 4 quart; buckwheat, one-half biiHhel; broom corn, ono half btiHhol; corn, broadciiHt, 4 bushels; potatooa, 10 to, 15 buHholn; rutabagas, three fourtlm pound; mixed lawn grass, one hair biiHhel; corn, In til 11m. 4 to 8 quart; corn, In (IrlllH, 2 to 3 buHholn; rye, to 2 biiHholH; wheat 1 to 2 biiHholH. Molaaaee Cake for Cattle, 1 ho iiioliiHHcH cako iiHed In France a h food for cattle consist In tho boll liiK of molaHHeH and working It brlnkly with a mixture or corn flour and bran when It Ih pressed Into tho ordinary form of a rako and packed Into bagH for Halo, Tho proportloim ucd aro ono-thlrd molaHHeH, one-third flour, ono thlrd bran. Tho Hiiburhan dairymen claimed that In tho iihh of thlH mo- lasses oako them oro extra yield of milk and an Increase In proportion of litftt.ii fnt 't'lw. UNinii. ini.HtJ In r!l m 1 Ml '"" cl"v,'r hay ,r,','ly I '"""" 0 10 P"unm dally. " H .a,.k or u'n'!," ' '' ' ""t Intended an a basl of ....in niujr ,IHI.(1 niixoii wnn llio cut grain n the nelf feeder and per- iim iimh ih me moHt convenient form of all In which to iiho It. Homo of tho moHt valuable food proportion contained In tho wheat aro left In the bran, and Uh food value for poultry h not fully appreciated by many poultry raisers or we would hoo more of them iiHlng It In the ration. If you feed bran, clover and alfalfa, you need no oyster Hhell and very lt- u cm none or lean meat. In fact, a flock will get on and yield lots of 'KKH without any attempt to furnish meat If tho bran and alfalfa Ih fed. food, but iih a condiment, and to as- HlHt illgeHtloil. Modern Fruit Without Seed. At, present tho fruits In common iiho that have few or no need Include bun anas, pineapple and certain klndn of orange, together with Homo other tropical fruit that do not reach tho market of tho world In great quanti ties. Yet cultivator do not greatly donpalr of adding to tho lint of elim inating the Miuall and hard seed of tho Htrawberry, tho raspberry, tho blackberry and the currant, and of providing for tho market tho long felt want, tho Needles grape. Nor do they frown altogether on tho eiithusl antic fruit coiihumer, who look for ward to a future of coroloH apples Amount of 8eed Required Per Acre, Tho amount of need required to an acre h estimated a follow: Oat, 3 bushels; barley, 2 bimbo!; timothy quart; tobacco, 2 ounce; bltiegraH, i biiHholH; red clover, ft quart; redtop, oil of transportation, to draw to our Northern marketH Home of thone edl- men that now make the aultry troplcn almoHt a regret to the tintraveled even such delicacies an the avocado pear, tho cutard apple, tho chert moyer, tho sweeteup. tho weot-op the driilau, tho pgpaw, the ranibutan, tho mango and the mungOHteen. America has the Healthiest Cattle. Secretary of Agrlculturo WIIon ay the I'nlled 8tate haH tho health lent cattle of any nation on the face of tho eurth. Thl Ih owing to our rigid nyHlorn of liiHpectlon and our prompt measures to eradicate disease. In Europe 40 per cent of tho cuttle aro Infected with tiiberculoHlH, and Ui the United Slate only 10 per cent, and wo will hooii have It entirely eradi cated. We have liiHpectorH In Europe, and not one animal Infected In any way Ih permitted to bo nhlpped to thl country. Hawka and Poultry. A writer In tho Scientific American declare that ho effectually put an end to tho depredation of hawk In hi poultry yard by futenlng an old Hcytho, ground to a rawir edge, with tho harp end down, on a high pole net In the edge of a field near hi yard. Tho hawk, a I their habit, lit on tho Hcytho, granplng It with their cIiiwh, with tho result that their feet were badly cut. Thl angered them and they attacked tho scythe, literally tooth and toenail, and, of courno, got the worst of It. Kvery hawk that came along met with a llko reception, and within a abort time they were either killed or driven away. Money for Tranivaal Farmer. ' Tho Tranavaal government, through tho medium of a land bank that In being opened, I about to lend ap proximately $12,000,000 to tho farmer of tho country to enable thorn to pur chase modern agricultural machinery and ImplementM. Rainfall, and the Forest. Dr. J. Schubert, of tho Prunslan for OHtry school ai Kbernwaldo, a the re ult of five year' study of forest In fluence on rainfall, ay that of 17 gauge station In tho forest, at the forest' edge and In the open, the for est station show tho greatest and the open station the least precipitation. To Promote Plant Growth. Tho latest phane of the iiho of cheese cloth shading In the control of plant growth Is tho employment of colored cloth. The experiments being akin to mo iiho or colored giaH ror similar purpose which ha been agitated at varlou time, but which ha never been commercially practiced. Certain plants are found to grow In differently under white, black, red blue or yellow cloth nhadlng. Other plantH, such a corn or bean seeds, germinate more . readily under the black cloth, but tho plant themselve soon exhibited lack of thrift and vigor. On tho other hand, experimenter have discovered that certain truck crops, such a rhubarb, celery and cauliflower may bo shaded with black bunting to advantage. Incidentally, It wan shown as the result of the extensive investigation that shading garden plant in this manner affordH a protection from early froHt and from certain Insects nuch a the radish fly am beetle. KEEP BRIGHT AND YOU WILL KEEP BUSY ' Electric light is the magnet that draws trade. The bright store is the "hypnotic eye" of business. People can no more resist the attraction of a bril liant, Electrically lighted store than they can resist the clarion call of a brass band. Is your competitor with the Electrically illum inated show windows, bright interior and sparkling Electric Sign getting an advantage over you? The moth never flutters around the unlighted candlel Up-to-date stores nowadays consider shop window lighting a necessity, whether they remain open after dark or not. Competition forces modern methods. A show window brilliantly illuminated with Electric light will make many a sale "the night before." Electric light compels attention, makes, easy the examination of your display, shows goods in detail and fabrics In their true colors. And don't neglect the Electric Sign. It is soliciting "tomorrow's" business every moment it is lighted burning you name In the public mind. It is a solicitor that never becomes weary never stops work costs little. New Type of Roadway. A new type of roadway haH been developed In some parts of California known an tho petrollthic, which I nothing more or less than a well-built, oiled road. The leading feature of his pavement is tho very complete compacting of the oiled material by means of a rolling lumper, a new piece of road machinery. It was designed to Insure the tamping of the material from the lower portions upward to the , surface. The Inventor received the Idea from seeing a largo flock of sheep walk over a newly plowed road. After the sheep had passed over -.it the soil was found to be. packed so hard that a pick indented it but a short distance. To obtain this effect with a roller the circumference of the main roll is covered with tampers which act like so many feet walking over the earth and packing it down A Good Condition Powder. Dr. Smead advises the following condition iniwder for live stock: Two IKiunds of ground flaxseed ns a base, In which mix 5 ounces' powdered gen tian, G ounces, of ginger, 4 ounces of powdered nitrate of potash, 4 ounces of jKiwdered sulphate of iron. To this add 2 ounces of powdered charcoal and 1 pound of common salt Mix all well together. Give at first two table spoonfuls In feed of grain twice a dny. After two weeks give halt the quantity. New Coffee Plant. Tho African explorer. Carpenter, has found In Saisandra a new spe cies of coffee plant which I very abundant In Home places, although It Ih a dwarf form, varying In height from 3 feet to lesn than a foot. In their wild tate the berrle are not suitable for coffee-making, but it I hoped that by cultivation thl plant may bo Improved, a other peclo In tho Congo State have already been. At prenent the new plant Ih only a botanical curiosity. Bett Grafting Wax. Tho following is claimed to be the best grafting wax, by an old orchard 1st who say he ha tried a great many: To 4 pound of roln and 1 of beeswax add 1 pint of linseed oil; put In an iron pot, heat slowly and mix: pour Into cold water and pull until It assume a light color. Work Into sticks and put Into a cool place until wanted. Some prefer linseed oil to animal fat for grafting wax. Ben Franklin who used to run a newspaper down East yeara ago, also edited an almanac which contained some wise saying. Here is one of thorn: "The way to wealth, If you desire it, I a plain as the way to market. It depends chiefly on two word Industry and frugality. He that gets all he can honestly and save all be get (necessary expenses excepted) will certainly become rich.", What Ben aald was not only true at that time, but It still holds good at the present day. There Is no better way to save than to have a bank account We will be glad to have you atart an account at this bank. you are not tempted to spend It. s The Bank of Oregon Qty Great Expectation. A macadamized road between St. I)iil and Kansas City will be com pleted within two years. Construction work will be begun next spring. The Missouri Legislature appropriated 1500,000 for the purpose at its last session. The road will be . CO feet wide. ' On its completion another ex tending from north to south through the State will be undertaken. Farm Implements and Wagons. A wagon h'ft to the weather and sun Is old when one year has passed. A wagon well cared for and protected Is not old In Ave years. The tool shed Is not so essential as the dwelling or tho barn, but It Is expensive to do without It. Deep Plowing. The air penetrates as deep as we plow. The deeper we plow the more plant food Is prepared by the action of the air and more moisture Is car ried In tho soil to withstand droughts. Deep fall plowing, then. Is a great aid in breaking up the compounds of the soil, In preparing plant food. In stor ing moisture and in warming tho soil for early planting. Repairing Leaky Roofs. Take coal tar and sift coal ashes In until the thlcknos of stlfT morta. Plas ter It around leak. If used on slate roofs the snow and rain can not blow in. This cement will harden like stone and Is apparently as indesctruct Ible. It answers admirably for paper rooms and if properly put on it seems to be there forever. PORTLAND RAILWAY, LIGHT & POWER COMPANY C. Q. MILLER, Agent OREGON CITY, - . Plowing Manure Under. When coarse stable manure I plowed under and there is moisture enough In the soil and manure to cause its fermentation, it Immediately begins to furnluh food for crops. It does this all the better In early SDi'ing. as the manure under the furrow holds j u up ana aumits warm air irom auove, which la just what is required to causo J. active fermentation. . The releaso of . ammonia as the manure ferments en- . riches all the soil above It, as the con- ! stant tendency the warm air la to rise. Hence there Is good reason for apply-' , Ing manure as top dressing during j the winter on land that is to be plowed OREGON or hoed for crops In the spring. Leather Preservative. This waterproof leather preserva tive is said to have been in use among New England fishermen for 100 years, when It was published In an almanac for 1794: Take one pint of boiled Unseed oil, half a pound of mut ton, suet, 6 ounces of clean beeswax and 4 ounces of rosin.. Melt and mix over a fire and apply while warm,.! Put not hot enough to burn the leather. Lay it on plentifully with a brush and warm It In. Note. Keep your poultry flock free from unproductive stock. This . means to market all the surplus males and old birds. Don't overcrowd your poultry quar ters. The butter output of California has increased from 23,000,000 pounds elgnt years aga to 44,000,000 pounds at pres ent. It is surprising what rubbing down after a hard day's work, will do in keeping a team In condition. ' Skim milk or milk In any form- Is good for both growing stock and laying hens. It should be clven In clean vessels. Thoroughly whitewash the Interior of the poultry house, kerosene the roosts. Butter is generally good or bad. ac cording to the process by which it Is made. Sllago-fed cows winter better, give more milk and do better when put ou pasture than others. "Denmark has about 1300 creameries and they make annually about 100,000 tons of butter. Don't sell off your heifer calves at sacrifice prices. Good dairy cows are worth anywhere from $30 to $80. Milk with dry hands. The man who milks with wet hands Is usually very careless as well in the other details of the dairy business. , In feeding hogs, do not try to give ground feed three times a day, but give the pigs the opportunity of grind ing the greater part of their own grain. The first silo built in the United States was put up 30 years ago, and nice that time about 400,000 have been built. This Is good evidence of their popularity. hen properly made, clover silage Is an Ideal food for nearly all kinds of farm stock. Aside from its higher protein product, it Is cheaper l pro duction than corn. A most serious question on the farm Is the disposing of the sewage from the house and the manure around the barn, and outbuildings. A poor appetite in any farm animal Is greatly against its doing its best no matter where it is working, whether In the dairy or before the plow. It has been discovered that giving the cows stale water, or water that has some mineral taste or smell, will. make the milk bitter. When you raise a beef cow she brings you money once in her life time. The dairy cow produces rev enue all her life. Alfalfa is a great feed for oovs: it Is a fairly well balanced ration: 11 IKiunds of it are equal to 10 pounds of oran m reeding value. in regara io me perspiring or a horse, it may be of interest to some to.Jsnow .that a horse In hard condl tlon and in hard work, gives oft thro'1 the pores of the skin, or In other words, through the sweat glands, dur: ing the 24 hours, an amount equal to that excreted as dung. The value of all feed depends on the manner they are stored or cared for. Those stored In the mow or under an enclosed shed are generally worth about 50 per cent more than those stacked In the open. To obtain butter of delicate flavor ana or good keeping quality, churn ing must be stopped when the gran ules of butter are about the size of clover seeds. If larger granules are allowed to form, more casein and water will be retained in the butter. and its keeping quality is thersly im paired. Clean stables are just as ihiportant now as at any time during the year. If you have been in the habit of cleaning but once a day, try twice a day for a while and see how much cleaner the cows are In the morning. The barn should be well lighted. Licht is ftlmnRt na pusonHat a cKa! ter. Put a horse In a barn but dimly 'i if he can - find art opening. Besides j 9 tins, his eyesight suffers by coming out of the dark barn into the bright sunlight Many a good horse Is nun- lshed for "shying," his owner thinking hlni perverse while the fact is that his eyesight is defective from this cause. III iii ' YOUR BILL FOR GROCERIE8 will show a comfortable saving if you do your buying here. And our lower prices In no case mean lower quali ties, it Is the saving on standard groceries that makes buying hero truly economical. We have too much faith In your discernment to offer you Inferior qualities at any price. Dally arrival of new season goods In Dia mond W or Preferred Stock Canned Fruits and Vegetables, Xmas Candies, Nuts, Dates, Raisins, etc. A. ROBERTSON 7th Street Grocer 9 areful of Your Property One of ihe secrets of our success in the Baggage and Transfer Business Safes, Piano and Furniture Moving Williams Bros. Transfer Co, Phones, Office 1121, Residence 1833 525 Main Street 0 A SMOOTH ARTICLE Is turned out by the basketful in this laundry shirts, collars, cuffs and all else requiring starching and stiff fin Ishlng. Our latest Improved applt ances, coupled with skill born of long experience, enable us to turn out first class work quickly and cheaply. CASCADE LAUNDRY Oregon City, . . . -Oregon Oregon City Royal Bakery J. E. SCHAFFER, Prop. Formerly 7th street Bakery Best Quality Royal Table Qoeen Bread FOR SALE BY ALL GROCERS AND AT BAKERY GIVE IT A TRIAL. Shop remodeled and reopened by February 15 for Inspection.' 0 Book and Jot? Printing All Hinds Low Prices Prompt Service Star Press Job Room OREGON CITY, OREGON o