OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1908.
OUR FARMERS' PAGE.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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Oregon City, . . .
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J. E. SCHAFFER, Prop. Formerly 7th street Bakery
Best Quality Royal Table
Qoeen Bread
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