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OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 1908. OUR FARMERS' PAGE. ENTERPRISE READERS ARE INVITED TO CON TRIBUTE AGRICULTURAL, HORTICULTURAL, LIVESTOCK, POULTRY, DAIRY OR "BIG CROP" ITEMS FOR THIS DEPARTMENT. C OT3 - ffZ, Source of Rain. . Every year a layer of the entire sea, 14 feet thick. In taken up into the clouds, the winds bear their burden into the land and water comes down in rain upon the fields, to How back through rivers. Wild Boar a Hard Fighter. For sheer deviltry and Insane feroc lty the boar stands pre-eminent, and for courage he has no equal among an imals, says Recreation. A wild boar charging has been known to bring an elephant down on its knees, and one well authenticated fight is recorded between a boar and a full-grown tiger in which the boar more than held its own. Tigers have the greatest respect for wild boars and treat them accord' ingly. In matter of speed the horse has not yet been foaled which can catch a boar in its first burst. I have seen a man on a thoroughbred Arab try to cut on a boar in breaking back to cover, and the boar literally walked around him. Mixed Manure. Cow manure, although the least concentrated and most watery of all farm manure, is the backbone of all farm fertility on acount of its quality. hen mixed with horse manure it makes what is commonly called barn yard manure, which is well adapted for most crops. When kept by itself without plenty of litter there is danger that the liquid part of the cow manure will leach away. A common practice is to throw the two kinds of manure together In the gutter behind the cows, thus absorbing the liquid at once. Where many cows and but few horses are kept, leaves and other refuse must be used quite freely under the cows to secure manure easily managed, abundant and of good quality. The liquid part is half the farm fertility. Value of Poultry Manure. The value of the hen manure is sel dom taken account of in the poultry yards, and yet it is quite an item of profit Scientists have long ago sound ed loud praises for the fertilizing pow er, proving that in quality it exceeded any of the commercial fertilizers on the market. It is claimed that an adult fowl is capable of producing nearly 100 pounds of highly concentrated dung in a year, but the bulk of this manure is, on many of the farms, allowed to go to waste. Much of this is lost by fowls being allowed to roost in the farm yards, the wagon shed, or some other outside building. E. T. Brown says that all successful farmers and market gardeners realize that before they can get anything out of the soil they must first of all put It there, and thus in the keeping of and she packs It away carefully In tho wee baskets on her hind legs, first moistening it with a drop of honey. When she has as much as she can car ry she flies back to the hive and stores away her load for futuro use. Tho bread made from this Hour requires neither raising nor baking. The pollen grains are crushed, soak ed and kneaded with honeand tho bread Is ready for tho baby bees, who are the only ones that eat It. Men Cleanliness in Milking. Experiments prove that milking In a stable where the circulation of air carries out the dust, wiping the udder with a damp eloth, and scalding the utensils with live steam from boiling water, will not only reduce the bacter ial content of the milk, but largely in crease its keeping qualities as well as that of the finished product. Apple Tree Canker. Treatment recommended for canker of apple trees by one of the experi ment stations is to paint the affected trunk with a combination of one pint whale oil soap, three pints slacked lime and four gallons of water; thick en to right consistency with wood ash es or with Bordeaux mixture thicken ed with lime until like whitewash. Location of Beehives. Beehives should never be faced to ward the north. In a northern lati tude exposure m winter is almost sure to cause the loss of the colony, by the rigorous north winds blowing in at the entrance, and the confinement of the bees, caused by the entrances being shaded on mild, sunny days when the bees in the hives facing southward fly freely. Cows Exposed to Cold Rain. The1 Arizona Station has recorded the results of a cold rain on the flow of milk of the station herd. The cows were exposed for three days to a cold rain. During this time the herd de creased 37 per cent in milk yield and continued it until it reached 50 per cent, and it was a month until the cows gave as much milk as before the storm. This is what might be called a cash illustration of the value of sheltering cows from cold rains. In Every Home where there are children, there ought to be a Columbia Graphophone' And also in every home where there are no chil drenonly more so. See and hear this "BQ" model the new tone-arm cylinder Graphophone. Compact, convenient. No horn crane. No horn stand. No rubber tube. , Horn swings in any direction. Work of the Bureau of Soil. The greatest fear of the American soil tillers, exhaustion and unproduc tiveness of land, is rapidly being dis pelled by the experiments and investi gations of the Bureau of Soils at Washington. This branch of the De partment of Agriculture has received little advertising; it does its work quietly and the cities hear little of It, but to the great and small farming districts, to the hesitating planter and to the dependent settler it is a great boon and a daily counselor. It has fowls on the land an oDDortunltv is! shown the way to scientific farming; afforded to such man of obtaining a'11 has made briar patches into grassy, first-class manure already distributed fertile plains, swamps into blooming at practically no cost. It Is some- cornfields, sandy prairies Into acres of times stated by those who use any I production. In short, a man can learn argument they can against poultry 'In an hour from the Bureau of Soils keeping that other classes of stock j'hat his father spent years in ascer will not follow fowls in a meadow, talning, and he can learn it with great but never has this proved to be the'er accuracy. From a map or a report case unless, probably, the land was too heavily stocked, when the manure would speedily cause foulness, he can see what crop his land will best produce, what It will not yield and perhaps, that it will bring him un complete outfit, with 6 gold-moulded Columbia Re cords, your own selection 65 $34! On Easy Terms Other outfits from $20 to $200. HUNTLEY BROS. CO. COLUMBIAS-VICTORS-EDISONS PAPER MILLS IN EAST SHUT DOWN GENERAL STRIKE IN PAPER AND PULP FACTORIES OF INTER NATIONAL COMPANY. In cases where poultry are confined I dreamed of produce and wealth. The in runs the gravel or earth around the house over which the fowls are con stantly running should be swept at least once a week, the manure colect ed, and stored until there is sufficient quantity to sell. Not only does such a plan represent greater profit by rea son of the sale of the manure, but the land can be more heavily stocked, as the danger of tainted ground is thus largely overcome. Bureau of soils has made many farm ers rich, and the number that make use of the bureau is increasing dally. According to a Washington corres pondent of the New York Tribune, the authorities of the bureau, under the direction of Prof. Milton Whitney, have asked for $500,000 for the fiscal year 1909, and they have some assur ance that this amount will be appro priated by Congress. What will be ac complished with the $500,000, if It is granted, can best be gauged by a con sideration of what has been done with the $200,000 spent in 1907. In the main the Bureau of Soils de votes a large portion of Its attention to Cultivation of Oats . At Cornell University oats were sown broadcast, in the usual manner, the yield per acre being 37. bushels. On nnnthpr nlrtf tho ngtu mora Hi-illaH in, 15 inches apart, the handwheel hoe surveying, mapping and classifying being used to work between the rows. the land ot tne United States and de This may appea to some as giving a ; termining the constituents of soil In large share of labor in that manner, !Buch a precise manner that a farmer but as the yield on the drilled and wishing to plant a certain crop can worked plot was CI bushels per acre, I determine In advance the advisability the method Is worthy of attention. A j of such a curBe by a moment's refer man with a wheel hoe can go over a ence to the reP',rt of the bureau. Ir large piece of ground In a day, and it ; rigation and Its success must be large is possible that the method will pay. I lv redlted to this department. Reclam- lation owes its Inception to the bureau; A Rhinoceros Mummy. fertilization and erosion are studied In The Illustrated London News re- their most technical phases and re cently reproduced a photograph of a ported in simple language, while the mummified rhinoceros presumably transplanting of seed and the adapta the wooly Siberian species discover- bility of still complete the main use ed in the oil strata of Austrian Poland, of the bureau. The skin of the head, of one fore limb The maps Issued are used not only and of a considerable portion of the by farmers and agriculturists, but by body is preserved, and appears to be landowners of all classes, Including in a wonderfully good condition. The real estate and railroad men. From preservation of the soft parts is due, every part of the country comes re of course to the oil in the stratum, uests asking that particular portions which has probably converted much of land be surveyed; thousands of of the tissue into a kind of adipocere. maps and reports are asked for, and Although horns of the aurochs have many letters of appreciation and been discovered in peat, says a writ- thanks are on file at the bureau. To er in Knowledge, this is the first in- chart every necessary portion of land stance that has come under my notice in the country Is the ultimate aim, but of the preservation of the skin of an at pesent the bureau Is ten years be extinct animal in oil. J hind, even In those regions where sur- ,vey will mean a certain and lromedi- Bee Bread.' ate Increase in the value of soil. More Do you know that the bees get than 40,000 requests come to the bu bread as well as honey from the flow- reau In a year from strugllng farm ers? ers, from cattle raisers, from import " Watch closely some time, and you ant Chambers of Commerce, from will see the whole performance. You Boards of Trade and from various state NEW YORK, Aug. 3. General Man ager Whltcomb, of the International Paper Company, made a statement late today, embodying the attitude to ward the strike which now, it Is said, Is in force in all Its paper mills. Te said: "A strike Btarted at all the paper mills of the International Paper Com pany this morning, practically clos ing all the mills operated by the cor poration that were manufacturing pa per. Only a few of the ground wood mills and sulphite mills are as yet af fected, although It Is possible that, if the strike continues, all of the plants of the company will be closed In due time, as It Is not practicable for tho company to run Its pulp mills for any great period while the paper mills are not in operation. The company em ployes approximately 1000 expert paper-machine operators and about 6500 other mill employes, not taking Into consideration wood operators." Mr. Whitcomb continued: 'It happened that a few foremen belonged to the Papermakers' union The salaries of the foremen were for the time being 'reduced approximately seven per cent, this reduction being the only change that has become ef fective." COMPANY G LEAVES FOR AMERICAN LAKE NATIONAL GUARDSMEN GO INTO CAMP FOR TEN DAY8 NEAR TACOMA, WASH. Spiritualist Officers. The New Era Camnmeetincr Assoc! ation held its business meeting last baturoay and the officers reported the camp to be a success this year finan daily, as well as In all other ways jne omcers for the ensuing year are President, W. L. Dutton,. Liberal; vice-president, Mrs. u L. Irwin, Bar low; secretary, p. E. Dunton, Liber al; treasurer, John Burgoyne, New Era. must keep your eyes very wide open, departments of agriculture and geo- though, or it will be over before you graphical surveys. know it. j First, Miss Bee sucks up the pr'ecl- Excellent Health Advice, ous drop of honey which the flower' Mrs. M. M. Davison, of No. 379 Gif has stored away for her. She always ford Ave., San Jose, Cal., says: "The knows just where to find it, too, worth of Electric Bitters as a general though each blossom has its own par- family remedy, for headache, bilious tlcular kind of pantry. Then she gath- ness and torpor of the liver and bow. ers her flour. This, says the Brooklyn els is so pronounced that I am prompt- Eagle, . Is generally packed In tiny ed to say a word in its favor, for the boxes, with slits In the side, and Miss Bee has only to put In her funny, lit tle feet and scrape out the precious flour. We call it pollen, but the name does not matter. To Miss Bee it is flour, benefit of those seeking relief from such afflictions. There Is more health for the digestive organs In a bottle of Electric Bitters than in any other remedy I know of." Sold under guar antee at Jones' Drug Store. 50c. ALL TIRED OUT. Hundred! More In Oregon City in the Same Plight. Tired all, the time; Weary and worn out night and day; Back aches; side aches; All on acount of the kidneys. Must help them at their work. L. W. Hill, of 328 Front St., Salem Or.,- says: "Doan's Kidney pills are not a new remedy to me, as I have used them on different occasions when ever the necessity has arisen. I have enjoyed the best of health all my life except for a touch of kidney trouble at times. Back aches bothered me then, and .when this has been the case, I hav6 gotten Doan's Kidney Pills at a drug store and a few doses have eradi cated the trouble. I am a firm believ er in this remedy and know of several other people who have used it with good results. I am only too pleased to recommend Doan's Kidney PIUh whenever the opportunity occurs." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Mllburn Co.. Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name Doan's and take no other. In command of Captain Franklin A. Loomis, First Lieutenant William R. Logus and Second Lieutenant Charles E. Burns, Jr., the members of Com pany O, Third Regiment of Infantry, Oregon National Guard, 45 men strong, Monday morning departed for a ten days' stay at American Lake, near Ta- coma, where they go Into camp with the regulars and national guardsmen. They left on the second section of the Southern Pacific overland, and had a special car. The boys were garb ed in fighting kahkl and a large crowd of their friends wer at the Station to bid them farewell. In addition to the commissioned officers the members who left were: First Sergeant Charles Hldy, Quar termaster-sergeant J. C. Spagle, Ser geants A. L. Kuuhl. W. E. Kuehl, Gay- lord Godfrey, L. C. Miller; Corporals Carl S. Moore, E. Illanchard, R. C. Woodward, I P. Barnes; 7'rlvates Andrews, Berry, Bowen, Brown, Bruce, Crandall, Crletser, Farnell, Green, GUIett, Harris. Ketchem. King. Kel logg, Nelson, Meed, McDonald, Mc Loughlln, Ream, Rettlnger, Shupe, Scripture, Shaw, Sumner, Shannon, Sinnott, White, Wink, Truscott, Music ians Blanchard and Young, Cook J. C. Dollar. The military train from the South rolled In a few minutes later and thera were 10 cars with national guardsmen. with five cars filled with baggage. The Roseburg company left their lunch behind and filed a wire Into Portland for a supply of eatables while making a brief stop here. The boys were not Issued rations until their arrival at American Lake and had a march of two miles into camp after leaving the train. Teacher at Mount Pleasant. The Board of Directors of tne Mt. Pleasant School Monday night elected Miss Mabel Smith, of Eugene, teacher of the primary grades. The position of principal has not yet been filled, though the board has made an offer to a teacher, who has not signified her Intention of accepting It. The Mount Pleasant people may add the ninth grade to the course this year, as sev eral eighth grade graduates would like to return. Last year there was only one teacher employed at Mount Pleas ant, but the place Is growing rapidly and now has about 70 pupils, with ex cellent prospect of an Increase In this number. New Individual desks will be purchased and Installed In the ad vanced room. Seven applications have been received for the primary work. The taxpayers held a meeting last week and made a special levy of three mills, which upon a valuation of $192,000, will produce a revenue of 570. - The Kind You Have Always Bought, and which lin boon In umo for over 30 yearn, lias borao tho tilffiiaturo of and bait boon miulo under bin per- fj-f-t1-. tonal uporvlitiou uliioe Itn InfUnoy. f-CucAMi, Allow no ono to deceive you In thin. All Counterfeits, Imitations and " Just-un-food" uro but KxperliiuMiU that trlllo with and ondanjror tho health of Infants and ChildrenExperience ngatiiNt Kiporlmout What is CASTOR I A Cantorlu In a harmless nubntltute for Cantor Oil, Pare gorle. Drops and Hoothlntr Syrup. It lit l'leanant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its afro Is Its guarantee It destroy Worms and allays Foverishneiin. It cures Dlurrlnva and Wind Colic. It relieves Teething1 Troubles, cures Constipation and Flatulency. It OMHlmlhttes the Food, regulates tho Btomuch and Dowels, riving healthy and natural sleep. The Children's Panacea Tho Mother's Friend. . GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Bears the Signature of The Kind You Havo Always Bought In Use For Oyer 30 Years. i ttiMiir, rt mu tm von arrv. CLACKAMAS TAVERN WOULD RETAIL BEER ARTHUR ERICK80N PETITIONS FOR A LICENSE BUT WILL RUN INTO A REMONSTRANCE. tire loving public, hut Just plain beer from I ho bottle, ll Is certain however, that a vliw ouri rcmotiNtrniu'i! will tin flltid RKulnsl the aspirations of Mr. Krlckson, who Ik rather well known In tho North Kml circles ut Portland. ItHldntn of (iliulHtono and I'arkplace, who live In tho Abernethy pivrlnrt, ntnti emphat ically that no license will bo Rrantea for the sale of lbjuor If they can help It. Arthur Krlckmm, proprietor of Clackamas Tavern, Intends to n-quent tho County Court to pant him a 11- 8ha Like Good Things. Mrs. Chun. H. Smith, of West Frank lin. Maine, nny: "I llko good thinits eeiiHo to hoII beer, lie 1ms. ihroiiKh nnd have adopted nr. KMk h New uro Arthur Erlrkson, announced his In- IMIIh an our family laxative medicine, tentlon of Minn a petition at tho Sep- because they are kooi! nnd do their tember term. It la not whiskey and work without maklntr. fus nboul It. other Htronir heverai;en that Mr. Brick- These painless purifiers nold at Jones' son desires to unload upon the pleaM- Drug More. 25c. We have a buyer for timber lands and for two ten acre tracts. We have for sale some fine river front properties. Have made some nice additions to our list in last few days. W. F. SCHOOLEY & CO. 606 WAIN STREET OREGON CITY. D. C. LATOUHETTE President. P. J. MEYER, Cashier THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK of OREGON CITY , OREGON CAPITAL, $50,000.00. Transacts a General Banking Business. Open from 9 A. M. to 3 P. M. I Pioneer Transfer Express&StorageCo. j Cascasweet Ih for babies and child ren, and Is especially good for the Ills so common In hot weather. Look for for the InRredlents on the bottle. Con tains no harmful drugs. Sold by Jones Drug Co. Furniture, Pianos and Machinery moved by experienced men :: : Sandfand -gravel in any quantity de livered on short notice. Try us once and you will be sure to come again. Phone'Mafn 22 Office in Postofflce Bldg. : Careful of Your Property One of the secrets of our success in the Baggage and Transfer Business Safes, Pianos and Furnitue Moving Williams Bros. Transfer Co. Phones, Office 1121, Residence 1833 525 Main Street I I
