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About The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 12, 1912)
ANNOUNCEMENT IG SALE OF TOWN LOTS IN WATCH THIS ' SPACE SECURE A BARGAIN I JUST RECEIVED THiM H 1 Mil TJtKl rrv an1 Kl2tts nkni i km ATCHP.S fflMMI IIUIW f?it mr t aibrcK in uuuis 'ut (he thing for preionUI ef erery description nlwayi on hand, Chtlni and I.uvallcTi L PETERSON JEWELER Nil OREGON Dlirrhoea Oulcklv Cured !fu Uken with diarrhoea and Mr. J" too merchant hero, porsuadod 7 bottle of Chamberlain's Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. Wins one dose of it I wbb cured. umctn mat l gave C 10, E. Gcbhurt, Oriole, Pa. That it Bit nnn.M..l a . if . - . ..nioea on almost nvar lab v j o or iwo uoses or inia ' w onii' 1 1 f nil nnnin ar HARVESTING AND SELLING POTATOES W.L.PowaraTlla How To Maka Cen tral Oragon Tubara Bring the Hlghaat Prloa With the large acreage in po tatoes this year, it seems very necessary that we give careful attention to the most economical and efficient methods of har vesting grading, storing and marketing. It seems imperative that we should make an organ ized effort to put out a high grade product and secure a spec ial market if the crop is to be fully successful, HARVESTING. Potatoes should not be har vested until mature and irrigat ed notatoes should be allowed about fifty days to mature in dry soil. It is a good plan to leave them in the soil as long as can eafelv be done without danger of freezing or heavy rains. in the larcrer fields a potato harvester can be used to good advantage where reasonably free from stone. The four horse digger is a good type for larger fields. Where several acres are to be dug, the shaker digger with two wheel forecarriage is inex pensive and fairly good. Thor- THRFF Turn A I nm I hi- Pn T I UHl-ft'LUIII LUI . UU. to tie to City of Madras una Central Oregon Hulld a homo and sottlo down to a contented ifo. Thrifty homo keepers who donl hero hnvo long ulnco learned that no othor yard compares with oura in offerings. Our assort ments are so largo that wo can hardly fun iu piease any time, Wo could koep on telling you forevor about our lumber, our facilities for serving you, and deBlro to merit your patronage, But after all, the burest, speediest and safest way Is to put ua to the test by coming to tho yard in person. W. C. WADE, Agent Madras, Oregon ough harrowing and close pick ing is important to avoid volun teering later, GRADING. The potatoes should lay on the ground surface a few hours or until they become thoroughly dry on the surface, drying aids removal of dirt off the potatoes. They should be graded in the field. The potatoes are picked up and placed in the hopper of the grader. They pass on down an incline over some two and one-half or three feet of screen with a two to two and one-half inch mesh. The culls which drop then can be caught in a sack and the main grade can be caught and sacked or crated at the lower edge. A few of the overgrown potatoes are laid aside for baking purposes. Potatoes will probably be han dled in bags for the present but as the superior quality of Cen tral Oregon potatoes becomes known it will probabypay to put them in crates, properly labeled and cater to the special market. A potato crate is made of slats like lath with about one and one fourth inches between them, bot tom and three sides. The slats run horizontally and are nailed into triangular uprights in the four corners. A good size is 10 h X12 h X 18 inches. Uniform ity is the main thing about a fancy product. STORAGE. The cron should be stored in a dark, cool, well ventilated place. The temperature should be kept at about 35-36 degrees Farenheit. Stored potatoes lose dirt and shrink some ten or fifteen per cent of their total weight in about six months. Potatoes, of course, cannot be held for any great length of time. They can not be stored long in the south and they cannot be held as well west of tho Cascades as here, particularly since the recent rains west of the mountains. MARKETING. It is one thing to raise a crop and quite another to sell it. The nrftvdilincr nrices will have to be accepted unless some special market can be built up. potatoes on the treneral market are ex pected to be graded and are han dled in carload lots. Trie smau producers are at a disadvantage in filling such orders or finding them at a distance and there is great need of potato growers as sociations in which the small producers may combine their product and send a representa tive out to locate a market. An association storehouse near the shipping point will be a great advantage. Such an organiza tion can purchase power spray ers, diggers and other machin ery,,, too expensive for the small grower to afford. Thru such an organization the market -demand can be better learned and the section be led to produce what the consumer wants. Commercial potato growers in any communi ty should confine themselves to one or two leading varieties. In Central Oregon we believe the. Rural New Yorker may gain first place over the Burbank as a commercial potato, but it will take a couple of years to change seed to another variety even with organized effort. Commis sion houses may be found in any large center but it is often neces sary to have a man on the ground to find a reliable house and to learn the market demand. W. L. Powers, Supt. Demonstration Farms. Weather Statistics for August In arid farming the average length of growing season and the amount and distribution of rainfall are important factors in determining the crop best adapt ed and the most suitable time for their seeding. To aid in gather ing this important data the agri cultural demonstration work in Crook County is including the establishment of 16 new co-operative weather observer sta tions to supplant those already established by the weather-bureau. Weather in Crook County for the month of August was free from extreme high temperature and was generally mud and pleasant. Three rainy periods were fair ly general over the county inAu gust, The first one occurred August 1st to 3rcl; the second August 15th to 17th; and the third August 29th to 31st. A warm spell occurred on the 23rd and a cool wave the 29th. Tho maximum" temperature was 96 degrees and tho minimum 28 degrees. Rainfall in inches: Imperial, 1.32; Rosland, 121; Post, .97; Bend, .65; Rio Hermoso, .47; Redmond, .34; Metolius, .64; Warm Springs .99; Madras 73; ITEMS OF INTEREST LOST, or strayed a two-year-old Jersey heifer, some white, white star in forehead, branded 0. X. on left hip. Notify James P. Read, Culver, Oregon Twenty acres of level land, with ten shares of ditch stock, big ditch of water on the east side, within two miles of New Plymouth, Idaho. Land across fence sold for $3500 for 40 acres this spring. Fine fruit land. Some orchards within 3 miles sell for from $500 to $1000 an acre. This has a little tail end mortgage of $200 on it. Equity value $1350. To exchange. What have you? Notify editor of this paper. For good residence and business lots in Madras, call on O. A, Pearce, selling agent for the holdings of the Inland Empire Company. Over 300 lots to choose from. Prices very low. tf HONEY TO LOAN ON PAEMS. Sea Mud rati 8tare Batik FOR SALE At the Plonr Ofllrt Lpu1 Blanks of all klniis; Carbon and Typewriter paper, Installment 8ale contrai't. Notsand Receipts. For residence and business lots see O. A. Pierce. tf FARM LOANS!! HaOias State Bank.- TO LOAN $50,00O.C0 on farm lards See Brenton Jones, Metoliue, Ore. Blue PrihtTownship Plats Corrected uptodnte, showing names of entrymen, vacant land, rivers and creeks, 0 cents each. Land-Scripts For Sale For securing title to all kinds of Gov ernment land without residence or im provement, at lowest market prices -Vrite us for particulars. All kinds of Land office business a specialty. Twen ty five years experience. Reference, trench & Co., Bankers. Hudson Land Company The Dalles, Oregon Notice. Dr. Harold Clark desires to an nounce that he will be in Madras at the old stand, to take care of his patients in the Dental work line during the early part of September. Lost. On the road between my place and the O.W.R. & N."8epot, a roll of blankets; finder please leave at this office and a reasonable reward will be given. Lost. On the road between Madras and Lamonta, probably nearer the latter, an open face Hampton Gold case watch, with a piece of chain attached, last Tuesday August 20th. Finder will please notify J. H. Lockard i of Madras and receive a liberal reward. Money to Loan, on good ap proved farm security. Inquire of Howard W. Turner. OREGON AGRICULTURAL .. COLLEGE This great institution opens its doers for the fall semester on September 20th. Courses include: General Agriculture, Agronomy, Animal Husbandry, Dairy Hus bandry, Bacteriology, Botony ar.u Plant Pathology, Poultry Hus bandry, Horticulture, Entomolo gy, Veterinary Science, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engi neering, t, Mining Engineering, Domestic Science, Domestic Art, Commerce,. Forestvry, Pharmacy, Zoology,,. Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, English Language and Literature, Public Speaking, Modern Languages, History, Art, Architecture, Indnstral Ped agogy, Physicial Education, Mili tary i. Science and Tactics, and Music. Catalogue, and illustrated lit erature mailed free on applica tion Address: Registrar, Ore gon Agricultural College, Corval lis, Oregon Schcofftar Opens Septemter 20th AOnnn Eighth Annual First Central tfiOflflft OuUUU regon Dist Agctl. Society's )yU(J premiums FA I R ::: FA I R r a c e s PRINEVILLE, ORE, OCT. 16-19, 1912, inclusive Amusement Information Instruction Complimentary Season Ticket to all enrolled Crook County School Children and AotuaJ .ohers. CLEAN CAMP OROUND PftBB WOOD AND VVATI2R F0RTffiliRAPP to J. F. CADLE, Sec, Prlneville, Ore. 0 rm.u 'ft f m 1 S'::w. VM i m 11 ft iff. if ?, as mi, 2 n1' ' ft- 17. Mi m WPS i',- ill? ma mi; a' i a is ' ex., . LI J 111 1i t J ' -- ' " '-m3aL-a-"