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10 THE HOOD RIVER NEWS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 1912 ORG dNt A OWEN FETR1GG CENTRAL POIHT ROGUE RIVER VALLEY OREGON CCWC5PONDENCC SOLICITCO Th! matter muet not ba reprinted with out epeclal permlaalon. Of the several kinds of poultry no ipocles Is bo free from disease and withal so hardy as the duck. Besides this, they are not bothered with lice or mites. A dairy cow is a good deal I'ke a feed mill In that. If she Is worthy the name at all, oue gets out at the spout In the shape of milk what he puts Into the hopper In the way of feed. The cash returns from the sale of sixty-eight cent corn look Inviting, but from the standpoint of welfare of the land seven ivut beef and hogs and thirty-five cent butter are a whole lot more attractive. That green food of some kind should form a considerable part of the ration for chickens, ducks and geese is nicely shown In the portion of the day they usually spend on pasture when they hare access to it Various styles and models of auto mobiles come and go, but a chunky, clean limbed draft horse with sound feet U always In great demand. Horse raisers of the country have never suc ceeded In producing enough of them. ' The lead pencil farmer may be In dis repute, but notwithstanding this the farmer who uses his lead pencil along with his bauds and feet stands a bet ter chance of achieving success In his farming operations than the one who leaves the lead pencil out of the count The migratory Insect eating birds of the country ar said to prevent an an nual damage to crops of $800,000,000. In spite of this, however, some fel lowsa few of them live in the coun trythink this question of bird pro tection is largely a matter of senti ment lime was when hogs were supposed to have had excellent care when they bd all the grain and slop they wanted In an 8 by 10 pen. Nowadays a good pasture of clover, alfalfa or rape is considered an Indispensable adjunct In the hog raising business by all farm ers who are Interested in economical pork production. A good deal of fun Is poked at the pretty, but punky, Ben Davis, the ap ple that combines the poorest texture and best keeping quality under one skin of any apple on the market. And yet many who have bad experience with the Ben Iavls say that one year with another It will net as murn mon ey per acre as many of the better quality and higher priced apples. Soft shelled epes may be caused by lack of lime in the ration of the ben and also may le due to the fact that she is out of condition resulting from too much corn In the ration If the former is the cause the difficulty may be righted by supplying old plaster or ground oyster shell, while In the latter wtieat, bran or oats should be substi tuted fur the bulk of the corn and the flock made to crutch for their feed A whole lot of people are taking dope of one kind or another or having this or that portion of their Interior anat omy removed, when It Is more than likely that a great part of their dumpy and disordered condition Is due to a rundown condition the result of im proper food and nutrition. We know a number of red nosed Individuals of both sexes who don't need a tonic to brace up ther liver or to have their apiiendixe removed half as much as they need more milk, eggs, fresh air and pure water. One of the chief attractions In Hrlng on the Taclflc slot for the lover of flowers Is the ease with which the tender varieties of roses can be grown. A Kalserln Victoria rosebush in a schoolyard not far from the writer's ranch Is two and a half inches in diam eter at the ground and Is so tall that the blossoms In the top have to be plucked from a stepladder In the north central states one thinks be is doing well If be nurses one of these tender roses through the winter by the aid of a bard coal fire and feels re warded if be gets a blossom or two. For some reason the nature of tbe irrspe Is sucb that it seems to thrive lest on soli that Is thinnest and most impromlslng One of the most pro lific yields of wild grapes the writer r ver saw was on Tines located on the nortb slo of a railroad embankment coiislsOng f nearly pure sand, coarse gravel sod cinders. Jost bow tbea vines mnuag-d to get the nourishment Do. esf.ary for growth of leaf and teo dril and production of luscious fruit It la hard lo make out but the fact I they did This cant fare bablt of the r-m is one that suosld be kept la nilud Id lbs vetting of the rtoayard. BY II bic$? J raw An early frost was never known to rove nay serious backset to a crop of vild outs aor beat nor drought. It is be only sowing thn U dead sure to rlng a good crop to maturity. An excellent ration for the ducklings onsists of one-half corn meal and oue lalf bran, with a little sand added. They should also have fresh water, uid If milk can be bad It is good for hem. For a quick growing Tine to cover insightly places there Is nothing bet ter than the wild cucumber. The Ut ile plants may be got In the woods, and t taken up with considerable earth :hey will stand transplanting nicely. Some idea can be gained of the Im mense proportions of the canning busi ness of the country from the reports on ast year's output, which show that i'JO.OOO.OOO cans of tomatoes, sweet rorn and peas were filled and consum ed In the United States. The young growing things and these Delude pigs, lambs, falves and chicks -should be furnished, in addition to :he ration suited to their several needs, ill the fresh water they will drink. Not nly the best health, but most rapid rowth, depends upon this condition. A few weeks ago eight carloads of potatoes from Scotland were received in the Chicago market and brought at wholesale $1.40 per bushel. Only once r twice before have foreign potatoes jeen shipped to Chicago, although :hey are quite frequently shipped to S'ew York to supply the local and ad jacent markets. Fruit tree agents In different parts of the country seem to make easy money periodically by selling calomel on the :laini that If injected beneath the bark on the trunk of apple trees, it will kill borers and other Insects. This Is bosh pure and simple and would bare no more effect on the borers than would anise oil rubbed on the hitch ing post Just outside the front gate. The future would seem to bare mighty little In store for the young fel low living In town or country who at the age of twenty years Is still spong ing off the "old man" and not doing enough work about home or anywhere else to pay for bis board and the clothes be wears. Unless fellows of this type take a radical turn for the better they will live and die scratching a poor man's bead. The crop of field oeans will be much freer from damage by the weevil If the planting is delayed until after the 1st of June. The growing of beans on land thnt has been producing heavy :rops of other stuff Is to be commend ?d, for It not only makes posslole the Jestructlon of all weeds, that germinate before the beans are planted, but the beans, being a legume, enrich the soil nstead of impoverishing It. Crop rotation has even more to com mend it from the standpoint of good to the crop than rest and change for the soIL Many of the fungous pests which affect plant life, including the several types of rust smut and scab, are quite effectually kept In check by putting a different crop on the land year after year. If this simple fact were kept more often in mind It would save both loss and disappointment Judged on the basis of crop produc tion. It is questionable If there Is any tectlon of the country that Is more fer- ile than the celebrated Imperial valley in southern California Authentic re ports tell of nine cuttlnirs of alfalfa In i single season, averaging thirteen tons to the acre. One alfalfa ranch of thirty five acres is cited (on which were kept thirty-five dairy cowsi which produced 130 tons of hny and during the sum mer furnished pasture for -oO hogs A paper products company of St Louis has lately put on the market a lorrugated paper packnirp for the mar keting of apples that bids fair to be xime popular as the trade In fancy ipples Is further developed. The boxes are made to bold one-half peck. ne peck, a half bushel and a bushel. Sot only do these boxes make it pos ilble to display apples to ndvantage. 3ut the packing of them In the Rmnller lxxes would seem likely to Increase he consumption. It Is a fair guess that the corn belt farmer who this year bad to pay from $4 to $0 a bushel for tip and butt seed corn which In ordinary seasons is fed to the pigs will select his seed ears next September and get them thor oughly dried out before any freezing weather comes if this were done and 1 the seed ears were kept absolutely dry luring the winter season there would be no need whatever for testing the need next spring It Is because farm ers gamble with the picking of their seed corn by selecting It at busking time that they have as tnucb trouble as they do. For four or five dollars the farmer who milks cows can provide himself with a Betx-ock tester, which will tell txactly how much butter fat there Is In the milk of earn cow In his herd I tils (In (a. which ran be got at easily, i coupled with a record showing the ' number of pounds of milk each cow gives during the year, will make It possible to figure out Just what her .milk or rrenm is worth. Against this ihould be charged ihe cost of her fe-d bill for the year If her yield of butter fat production does not exceed by fJO or more the cost ol her feed It Is tt fair conclusion that she l s pretty punk prnrHislflon and houid as-nt U (be stockyards as soou as puwtlbl THE NORTHWESTERN FRUIT aOC CHANGE. There was organized at Portland. Ore., on Arll i: the Northwestern Fruit Exchange, an association repre senting bona tide fruit growers, the chief purpose of which shall he the handling of the fruit produced by members of the several subsidiary as sociations and exchauges lu Washing ton, Oregon and Idaho An Important feature of the new organization is an auxiliary organisation known .as the growers' council, which Is to consist of elected representatives of each as sociation affiliated with the exchange, which will have charge of standardize tlon cf methods and contracts. I'rac tlcally every fruit growing district In the three states mentioned will be rep resented In the new organization. Tel egraphic market news will be dis tributed from Spokane, and this city and Tort land will both be recognized In the establishment of headquarters of the exchange. The officers chosen to manage the association for the com ing year are: It. II. Parsons, Medford. Ore., president; A. P. Bateham. Mo sler. Ore., rice president for Oregon; II. W. Otis, Pehastln. rice president for Washington: C. A. Malboeuf. Port land, secretary, and W. F. Qwln. Port land, treasurer and general manager. CHEAP LIFE INSURANCE. In.a news Item published In a central state paper the other day there was narrated how a farmer" son narrowly escaped an enraged bull by climbing Into a feed rick a short time before dinner and bow the mangled body of the dead father was found about mid afternoon in the barnyard, where he had been attacked by the ugly brute and bad been bested in an unequal con test. This Incident Is not recited be cause It Is of a type that Is unusual or extraordinary, for It hi not. llardly a day passes but somewhere in the coun try oue or more animal husbandmen are killed or ruined for life by mad bulls. It is mentioned for the purpose of calling attention to the wisdom of taking the bull when be Is a youngster and breaking him to do work in a treadmill or haul a cart in the doing of work about the farm. "Too much bother," some one will say. Maybe, but It's cheap life Insurance, and In stead of paying out on the premium there Is an income. Besides this, the work the bull docs tiot only makes him more docile, but also a better sire. ALFALFA FOR HORSES. There has been a good deal of preju dice in the past against alfalfa as a ration for work horses, but some ex periments which bare lately been con ducted by the Kansas experiment sta tion seem to prove the contrary, lo the experiment mentioned seventeen horses were fed 140 days on a ration consisting of ten pounds of alfalfa bay, eight ounds of corn nnd two pounds of oats. During the feeding period the horses made an average gain of 20.6 pounds, more than was made with any other ration. As compared with other rations, the one mentioned con tained ten pounds of alfalfa as against fourteen of timothy, while the grain ration was reduced from twelve to ten pounds. During the feeding period no trouble was noticed from laxativeness; neither did the horses lack wind or endurance. In the matter of cost the alfalfa corn ration cost 13 cents per day, while the other rations varied from IS to 20 ceuts. A SIMPLE SAFEGUARD. Millions upon millions of dollars might be saved by investors annually If they would only take the simple precaution of asking the advice of their local bankers as to the soundness of enterprises In wbicb they are planning to invest bard earned dollars and the financial responsibility of parties back ing them. The writer realizes that this is very prosy, uninteresting advice, yet we venture the ussertiou that 70 per cent of the Investment propositions by meaus of wbicb wily grafters seek to defraud folks of their money could be spotted by a banker of average Intelli gence as fraudulent or decidedly risky without his even taking the pains to more than glance through the prom ises of the literature submitted We have made reference to this easy meth od of investigating one's investment on previous occasions, but there Is good reuson for believing that the warning should be repeated. ABOUT TEA GROWING. In some experiments in tea growing which have been curried on at Sum merville. S. C, under the direction of the experts of the department of agri culture, substantial progress has been made. Six of the twelve gardens have averaged 2.V) pounds of dry tea to the acre for the past four years, and the other gardens yielded nearly as well. Those Jn charge of the experimental work have suggested that some of the abandoned rice fields on the south At lantic const mlghf be used as tea gar dens and the old sources of artificial Irrigation utilized to advantage In time of drotight. The tea fetches 30 cents a pound. The expense Includes $0 an acre for fertilizers. $2 for pnin frig. 3V4 cents per pound for plucking and 3 cents a pound for handling In the factory. Colored children do most of the work, and with a little experi ence are found to do better than the Chinese Paint Kitchen Floors Don't Scrub Them Avoid the backache and sore knees caused by scrubbing bare floors. Painted floors are easy to keep bright and clean, are attractive and very inexpensive. ACME QUALITY FLOOR PAINT gives a hard, durable, sanitary finish for floors, steps or any inside surface to be walked on, E.A. FRANZ CO Our Presidential e) ty American Pres. Association. ALBEIT AIM) CUMlfflNS ONB of the earliest of Itepublican advocates of tariff revision downwarj was Albert Balrd Curamlns; In fact, the "Iowa Idea" of protecting American Industries without fostering trusts owes Its name and much of Its popularity to him. Ills opposition to the renomlnatlon of President Taft assumed definite form last fall when he took Issue with the president's position on the Payne tariff law. the Income tax proposed by the progressives, but rejected by congress; the control and disposition of the public domain and the Canadian reciprocity bill. Senator Cummins Is serving his second term, uhlcb will expire In 1015. He wss governor of lows for three term. The NEWS easy to keep clean and hard to wear out. You can apply it yourself. It dries in a short time. Offered in appropriate and attractive shades. Possibilities Series For Printing. W ire Wound Continuous Stave WOOD STAVE PIPE KELLY BROS., Agents 4th St. Bet. Oak and State Phone 227-M Hood River, Ore. 12 ACRES G acres in Apples and Pears; house and barn; on two county roads. Abun dance of good water with place; 1 mile from town. EASY TERMS Would consider trade in city property H. M. PRINDLE, :: P. 0. Box 357 FOR SALE Quarter Section Per petual free water right. Shot and, best for apples. No leavy timber to clear. Ten acres cleared. The price and terms are right. Sell all or cut into tracts. 1 mile from R. R. depot. Address owner, 17 Ainsworth bldg., Port land, Ore., or G. Y. Edwards! & (Jo., Hood Kiver, Ore. Washington Apple Orchard A solid block of 1G0 acres young apple trees; near Goldendale, Klickitat coun ty. Will make reasonable price and terms on one half or three-fourths. A sightly location overlook- I ir i a ii l ing JvncKiiat vaney ana a fine view of Mt. Hood and Mt. Adams and I think the most likely looking young orchard in the Northwest. W. G. DAVIS, Owner Goldendale, Washington Neat nnd iintt.v job printing quirk executed nt the News olllce. Water Works for the Country "Hallo. Jim, when did oo Dut In s water-work ij'f syaicmr - ZftV&!rt Chart. adouk n monin BeTO. sod I oarer baler bow Si f X s' KS realised m f V "I t' bo law advertised, ealleel '. 1 I 'How I Holvad tha VV'atar ( Bappl rrabtom.' sod It 1 opened my aret. I tall you." : It convinced ma that I could bava running water on my plac si easily at town people, ao I ordered an ontflt, aat It up my ell, and It works to parfeetluo. It la called th Leader Water Supply System "I put la a bathroom, bay hot and cold water In tha kitchen and laundrv and im aea what a trOEUT pressure I have In thla boaa." "How do you gat that preaaura, Jim f" "It'i very simple, Charley com pressed air. You aee, my windmill pumps water Into a steel tank In my basement (not tha old-lathloned clumsy, outdoor gravity tank). Tha air In thla tank, being elastic, la com pressed Into the upper bait as tha water entera. This compressed air then elves pressure which torcea tha water through the pipes all over the house, the garden and tha barn." "I can wash my buggies, clean out tha atablea. water the gardens, and pipe water to tha stock ao easily. It seems almost Ilka a dream." "Then 1 have absolute Are protec tion, and that'a worth a great deal on the farm yon know.'1 Do you want a copy Ol nut book, Mr. Reader? It will show you bow easily thla aystem can be applied to your own farm, and what a time mn,1 l.hnf ..v.. I. Mill npuva L at moderate cost. J I The title o the bonk n "Mow Hupply Problem." ) timd u flthh lu say oee iDtcmMd. Better write bow, while the seMect Is n-h la youe nlnd. Yhi ll sufely eiuy tssei 1&4 It. AiUrs Apple Land & Orchard Co, Office No. 9 Oak St. Phone 26 or 2002-K C. P.SUMNER Oppositi tbi Post Oltlci Home !'hone20 s?svn rmu amf :Mir.iii mill r- -a u Garden Hose Plumbing Blacksmithing and Wagon Work Farm Implements and Logging tools repaired. Plow work a specialty. Howell Bros. Two doors east of Fashion Stables Hood River, Ore. Phone 227-X Economical Housewives... have found our store a blessing. Here you find the best and only ink I r7 VaBBST m tilH i ma "aasSiisi the best Groceries Always fresh, always clean and wholesome. Staple and fancy goods for some of which we are exclusive agents. Our free de livery department is prompt, ac curate and efficient. Try us. WOOD'S GROCERY J. M. WOOD, Prop.
