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About The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 1, 1912)
Some Sound The Madras Pioneer Til A. ! l'ublislieii ivry Thursday by UK I'lONKHIt rilUIilSlllNO CO. Advice subscription rates: - Dim yinir fl.rO Six mouths Mi Th ice months 50 formerly C. A.IVK11T1H1N0 UATKR ON A 111. II'ATION M. Kntereil as aOcmitl clnss iiinlter August 2U, 1004, at tin Postotfice nt Madras, Ore. und'ir tho Actnf Ooncress of March 8, IH1V. Cofection THURSDAY FEB. 1, 1912 co and GOOD ROADS The following article was tak en from the Telegram of recent date and the writer being some what familiar with the condition of the Good Roads movement in lew York state agrees with the writer of this article about the high cost of road building in that state. One particular piece ot road that I am most familiar with cost the county nearly as much to get the work started as it did to complete it afterward They have been prosecuting a goods roads campaign for a num ber of years in the state of New York,, and in that state perhaps more than in any other, except California, results have assumed something like the model-road order. But the system of maintenance and construction is not perfected in the Empire State. Under the state law that gives an annual appropriation for general road work, it appears that the various counties do not stand on the same footing. The smaller and less wealthy counties contend that they do not get their fair appor tionment of the annual appropri ation ; so a movment is on foot to cure that; to give every one a square deal and thereby incite greater interest in state road building. The new scheme is to divide the state into ten districts, ir respective of county lines, and to divide the annual state appro priation by exactly that number. In each district there will be a board of road supervisors who will work in conjunction with the state engineer, and those who are familiar with all the details of the scheme claim that it is one which will work wonders in the general condition of roads in the course of eight or ten years. Here in Uregon, ol course, we have not progressed far enough to induce the government to take hold of the good roads project in such practical fashion as that of making a state appropriation that shall be available in the var ious sections of the common wealth. But we are on the way toward that consummation, and it is just as well to keep in mind the plans and experiments of ol der states that are more advanc ed in the business. We have had quite a bit in the way of good roads education in Oregon ; but we need a great deal more of the same sort. The greatest need is to get the rank and file of Oregon people both in city and country-to thinking seriously about the dis advantages and the loss conse quent upon bad roads, and the advantage and the gain that would be ours if the roads were better. It is not alone a matter of sig nificance to the country poeple. In a general way and even as af fecting the personal interests of the average man who lives in the city, good roads are or should be to him a matter of prime impor tance. They are an economy that will lighten the cost of his living: because they mean more farmers, more produce and better facilities to market. All- these things count in the life of the city man as they do in the life of the country man. In fact, good roads should be a gos pel with the entire citizenship of 7. . . i?l tne state, until puune opinion brings pressure to bear that will cause the state's lawmakers to move in the right direction, The Deschutes forest reserve pow boasts of owning one of the natural ice caves to be found in the Central Oregon country. The cave is about three miles from Bend and the ice will be used by the Forest Rangers near. Formula to Prevent Smut On Wheat Farmers are anxious to grow clean grain, and are much inter ested about securing a formula that is effective in reducing the effect of smut to a minimum. The following formula has been in use for the last six years on the University of Idaho's experi ment station farm : Into ten gallons of water pour one half pound of formaldehyde, and one pound of copper sulphate nnmrnon v known as Diuestone or blue vitrolj. The copper sul-1 and is easier to apply. 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Copper sulphate alone and formaldehyde alone have been tried, either of which is good. We have tried them at different strength of solution, leaving the gram in the solution from three minutes to fifteen hours, the length of time depending upon the strength of the solution. The three-minute treatement with the stronger solution (one pound of formaldehyde to forty gallons of water, or five pounds of copper sulphate to forty gal- Jons of water;, has always prov ed to be the best of these treat ments when used alone. The hot water treatment is very effective and when on test gave better results than any of the methods of single treatments, but is too tedious, and requires too much time to be practical when a formula is available that will give equal or better results, On the farm formaldehyde and i . i i ii uuppur suipnate in tne propor tions as above described have never failed to entirely prevent smut. The method of applica tion is important. If a good floor iree irom slivers is not available lor use, a canvas can be spread upon a smooth surface and made secure at the corners by nails or stakes to hold the surface of the canvas smooth. Pour the grain to be treated upon the canvas. Apply the solution to the grain with an ordinary hand sprinkler. Scoop the grain continuously while sprinkling till it is thor ougnlv wet. It is not necessary for the solution to run from the grain in quantity, but great care should be exercised that the grain is thoroughly wet. The amount to be treated at one oper ation can be governed according to the shoveling space. Small quantities will insure a thorough treatment. Thoroughness is one of the secrets of success in treat- ing grain for smut. Sack the rain immediately nftnr t about, one bushel to the snnH (Continued on page 6.) The New- MADRAS FLOUR M1LU Are Now Making Three Brands of Flout MADRAS FLOUR (straight) HIGHLAND PATENT (la grade; . 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