Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, October 03, 1913, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextFARM ORCHARD Notts and Instruction from Agricultural Colleges' and Experiment Stations at Oregon and Washington. Specially Suitable to Pacific Coast Conditions CAMPAIGN TO FIGHT FIREBLIGHT Oregon Agricultural College, Corval lis. The general and rapid spread of the deadly firebllght in the pear and apple orchards of Oregon can be checked by means of organized cam paigns to carry out the standard treat ment of cutting out all diseased parts of the tree, disinfecting the wounds and burning the brush, according to Professor II. S. Jackson, head of the plant pathology department, Oregon Agricultural college. These radical measures have already been Instituted In one of the Important fruit districts of the state and are in a fair way to be applied in one other. As the dis ease is prevalent in a more or less serious aspect in every county of east ern Oregon with the possible excep tion of Wasco, experts in plant dis eases believe that no time should be lost in putting control measures into effect While measures of procedure will vary somewhat In the different sec tions of the state, the plan followed successfully in the La Grande district can be made the basis of plans suit able in most other districts. This campaign, which has been in operation for several days, Is described by Pro fessor Jackson as follows: "Requests for aid for the La Grande district came through the state board of horticulture. In response I went to La Grande about July 7, and held lec tures there and at Elgin. Subsequent ly I visited all parts of the Grand Ronde valley. As a result of this inspection 01 ue orcnaraa there a meeting was held Saturday afternoon. July 12, at which the matter of hand ling the situation throughout the val ley was discussed and a committee ap pointed to present to the county court a petition asking for funds to provide lor demonstration work. As a result of that action 1500 was appropriated by the county court on August 6. "I secured for the fruit growers the services of C. C. . Hyde and M. M. Winslow, graduates of O. A. C. in horticulture, who spent the summer in the Rogue River valley as blight ex perts and are thoroughly familiar with methods of cutting out the disease. The campaign was organized In such a way that demonstrations in cutting out the disease and disinfecting the wounds are being conducted in various orchards by these men. They expect to cover all parts of the valley. They will follow up the demonstrations with careful inspection as carried on by the inspection service, as soon as the growers are thoroughly familiar with the details of the work. This proced ure interferes In no way with the regular county inspection service but is an aid to inspectors In familiarizing them with' the disease and the best methods of treatment My Dart In the work has been purely that of or ganization under the general direction or the college extension service." BERRY JUICE "KEEPS" Oregon Agricultural Colleen. Cnrvnl, lis. Among other remarkable quali ties loganberry Juice has the property of retaining its freshness for several weeks without any sterilization what ever, according to recent lnvestlga uons conducted by Professor C. L Lewis, horticulturist of the Oregon Agricultural college. About the first of July Professor Lewis took consid erable quantities of loganberry Juice, without heat, sweetened It to taste and poured it into bottles which he set away in the basement rooms of the horticultural building. The bottles were not sealed, nor was the tempera ture of the room cooled below normal. At the end of six weeks an examina tion of the Juice showed that its ap pearance was unchanged and that fer mentation was Just beginning to set in. Upon tasting, the Juice was found to be sweet, with no more than Just a "sparkling" taste to enrich its flavor. Professor Lewis considers Its self sterilizing power very unusual and de stined to make it a popular beverage wherever loganberries are grown. EARLY PASTURE -FOR HOGS. As early In the spring as possible prepare a piece of rich ground. When a good seed bed is made, drill In from one to 1V4 bushels of barley or early oats per acre; or, better still, a mix ture of these. Be sure to use the beardless barley. Then follow with a grass seeder, sowing a mixture of four pounds Dwarf Essex rape, three pounds timothy, and eight pounds clover seeds per acre. I have been using alslke, medium and mammoth clovers, but this spring shall Include alfalfa, writes an expert in Farm and Home. I cover the seed with a weeded sometimes crossing. A light spike tooth harrow will answer also. If sown early, and the earlier the better, this light covering will be sufficient as there is usually plenty of moisture In the ground at this time. When the rape is about six Inches high, which will be in six to eight weeks, hogs may be turned in; the rape, barley and oats should furnish abundant pasture for about 25 shotes per acre. In the meantime timothy and the clovers are growing to sup plant the maturing barley and oats, and. with the rape, will furnish a well balanced ration until covered with snow. This lot will next year furnish the best meadow or pasture on the farm. EXTERMINATE SOW THISTLE. Oregon Agricultural College, Corval lis. "As the sow thistle, the weed so common along roadsides and In waste places, is an annual, it may be de stroyed merely by preventing It from going to seed," says Professor H. D. Scudder, head of the department of agronomy, Oregon Agricultural col lege. "If the land can be put into cultivated crops," continued Professor Scudder, "there should be no difficul ty in getting rid of the thistle. Then after the crop Is harvested and the weeds begin to appear in the fall, the ground should be disked, and the disk ing repeated In the spring. This will cause the seeds to germinate and the plants may be completely destroyed by the plowing or cultivation that fol lows. "In badly infested fields, the land cannot be entirely cleaned of this weed until cultivated In row crops. If this does not seem possible, the fields should be disked after harvest and again as soon as the young seedlings have started to grow. Then, early in the fall, use the disk plow, set deep, and sow the field thickly to vetch and oats or vetch and rye. If this crop is seeded early in September and gets a good start, It will smother out the thistle and most other annual weeds. It can then be cut early in the spring for soiling, or plowed under as green manure. "Where the sow thistle appears In pastures, sheep are very effective in keeping it down. In any case, it should not be allowed to go to seed, as it can propagate itself in no other way. "The weed is especially liable to ac cumulate along the roadside and in waste places. Here the best method is to clip such areas before the seeds form, and follow by thorough burning. If possible, these waste places should be plowed and seeded to some such grass as perennial rye, which will crowd out most of the weeds. The grass may later be cut for hay or pastured on with sheep." NEW GRAINS OF HARDY MERIT SneltZ and emmer nm rpnllv twn distinct grains, and differ practically as mucn as tne pear difrers from the apple. Emmer is a German name, and we have no English equivalent Soeltz is a Dlant of similar Annppr. ance, but quite different Both emmer and SDeltZ are erown In Rnneln nnH it is from Russia that the emmer has been Introduced into the great plains region, stretching rrnm thA Panaris line to the Gulf of Mexico west of the asm meridian, where the annual rain fall Is only from 15 to 20 inches. Emmer Is reallv a anM-lon nf nimi with heads almost always bearded, very compact, and much flattened on the two-ridged sides. It is a hardy UlanL reaiflta rirnnth nnrl niof buJ la recommended by Prof. Carleton in rarm ana Home as a valuable grain In the section above mentioned. It 18 in fact a train fnr thu Botnl.orl1 regions, but often compares well with omer crops in tne more humid sec tions because It standa nn well la comparatively rust, smut and fungus- yiuui, una aroutn resistant It Is probably the least exacting of all the grains so far as cultivation in concerned. It should always be armea, at aoout the same . rate per acre as oats and as early as possible, as it will stand a good degree of spring frost The yield is usually from 20 to 40 bushels Der acre, althnnch kia , 63 have been obtained. Its average yieia proDaDiy ooes not dltter much from that of oats, and it is preferable where oats are liable to rust or lodge. Its feeding value In nrnhnhlv loco that of either oats or barley. TflA fiflV InAt.efOT, In Tl.l. " in Aim employs 190,000 operators and 19,000 looms. The value of the attar nf dustrv of Turkey in mKmntui at ti . 000,000 annually. The French people are ereat chlrkan raisers. A return gives the Income de rived by them from this Industry as $335,000,000. An expert from the TTnlfcd stntaa has been engaged by the Brazilian uovernmeni u conduct experiments by which that countrr hnnpa tn in. crease Its cotton crop. Twentv-fivfi rear urn lnmtiil had to Import Its flour. Today it sells wheat to the world, the annual harvest value amounting to more than $500. 000,000. - Snrlne-tnnm. fermlnatin t u.i.i.j blades, have been patented by a' Con necticut inventor fnr roots and all, from the ground. An Snnarntna fnr nnmnlttar thetin Intn a ..j t , ,v jrv.uvuv iuua auu iiisur Ins the administration of a definite nose nae oeen inventea Dy a Paris doc- iur, A COm Diet A flfAOm f1AAia4 mounted on two wheels and light enoueh to h fcni.t v -. has been Invented in England for sub- uruao ana private use. A new tvna nf MmMnaJ lnll.. reaction turbine Is said to give a fit fill TTI Mntinmv . t)A r r cent greater than the best of existing OMUUaiUBt SWIMMING BOOT IS HELPFUL Paddle Blade Movts Like Fin When Leg Is Kicked Out, Giving In creased 8 peed and Power. Strictly speaking, this should not be called a boot at all. but the device fits around the leg in such a manner as to Justify the name. It was Invent ed by an Ohio man and is said to en able a swimmer to get much greater speed with much less effort A hing ed blade la fastened to the leg by straps that go around the limb and under the foot When the leg Is drawn forward through the water the blade lies close against it but when the kick back comes the blade stands out straight and acts like a fish's fin to afford resistance to the water. There are stops at top and bottom to prevent the blade from making the complete semi-circle on its forward 8wlmmlng Boot movement Obviously, a devise of this kind greatly increases the power behind the stroke and enables a swim mer to make remarkable headway. GAME OF IDENTITY PLEASING One Player Is Asked Questions Until He Recognizes Character He Then Represents. There are two ways of playing the game. The first method is to send one player out of the room. The oth ers then decide upon a well-known character In history or fiction whom the absent one is to represent He is then recalled and each of the others, in turn, asks him a question about himself until he recognizes the charac ter that has been thrust upon him. On his return the player may be assailed with such questions as: "Did you like life on an Island?" "You must have grown tired of keeping your arms crossed on yoor chest for so many pic tures, didn't you?" "How many bl your brothers were kings 7" "Is your present residence In Paris to your lik ing?" It would probably require no more questioning to indicate that Na poleon was the character chosen. . The other form of the game allows the person who goes out to decide upon a character to represent and then act it out for the others to guess. Sometimes the company is divided into two rtouos and each side in turn acts out an event in the career of the character chosen. PRICE OF ELECTRIC MOTORS Ingeniously Devised Board Used In Toy Department for Demon strating New Apparatus. In the electrical toy department of a large department store Is this in geniously devised board for demon strating el ec trio motors. In front of each motor is a small, low voltage, Incandescent lamp about one Inch In diameter with the price of the motor painted upon the glass. A transform er Is used and the lights are kept Practicable Counter Display. burning all the time, says the Popular Electricity. Push buttons enable the salesman to run any motor and light its lamp. Proper Celebration. Visitor What have you there, El sie? Elsie (proudly) That's a bomb we made, and we're going to blow up the nursery. "Oh! Oh! What forr "Perhaps you don't know that the new baby la a boy." Life. Not 8o Insignificant. Benevolent Lady (at Whitsuntide school treat) Well, Lizzie, and who's your little friend T Lixzie Little friend. Miss Smlffi That aint me "little friend;" that's me faQeri HOLYROOD nflHBi palace of Holyrood,' 0t II . observed R. L. Steven II son, "has been set aside Jl in the growth of Edin burgh, and stands gray and silent In a workman's quarter and among breweries and gas works." The gas works have gone since Mr. Stevenson wrote, but the breweries remain, and otherwise the environs of the palace are little changed. Among them, however, must be numbered the magnificent royal park, the pic turesque line of serrated rocks which form the Salisbury cralgs and the lofty hill, crowned by Its noble lion's head, which owes its name of "Ar thur's Seat" to Its associations with the old Arthurian legends of Edln burgh. Of royalty itself Holyrood has seen but little since James VL of happy memory left It to occupy the throne of Elizabeth. The fact that the reigning British sovereigns are to reside in the palace as well as to hold state functions there has greatly In creased the enthusiasm of their visit to Edinburgh. . Scenes of Romantic Interest The rarity of royal residence adds to the Importance of Its occurrence. King George will be the first reigning ting. the second reigning sovereign to oc cupy the palace since the time of Charles I., while Queen Mary will be the first queen consort to reside there since Anne of Denmark, James Vll.'s queen, quitted its walls. In 1633 Charles I. was crowned In the chapel royal at Holyrood, and In 1641 he spent about three months in the pal ape not very happily. From that time till George IV. visited Edinburgh in 1822 no British monarch crossed its threshold. And George IV. while holding various state ceremonies In Holyrood resided in Dalkeith house. Queen Victoria and the prince con sort also lived at Dalkeith on the oc casion of their first visit to Edinburgh, In 1843. In the autumn of 1850, how ever, her majesty and Prince Albert resided for a couple of days In Holy rood, and subsequently the queen when going to or returning from Bal moral several times broke her Jour ney at Edinburgh and spent a night In the palace. In April, 1903, King Ed ward held a court at Holyrood, but his majesty and Queen Alexandra resided at Dalkeith house. It Is fondly hoped that the coming visit of their majesties to the ancient palace of the Stuarts may be the pre cursor of many to follow and that the dimmed brilliance of Holyrood may be restored and Its past glories In some part at least revived. Although not the oldest of the Scot tish royal palaces, that of Holyrood house Is In many respects the most Interesting. It appeals to the imagina tion as none other does. It has been the scene of some of the most splen did, the most romantlo and the most tragio Incidents in Scottish history of coronations, royal marriages, festiv ities, court revels, plots, conspiracies, feuds, intrigues, murders. Moreover, while Linlithgow and Falkland palaces are of earlier date, for nearly four and a half centuries before the erection of a royal palace at Holyrood the mag nificent abbey which stood there was closely associated with the Scottish sovereigns. Founded in 1128 by David I, this religious house was frequently used as a royal residence; parlia ments met within its walls and In Us church kings were crowned, wedded and burled. The Residence of Scottish Monarch. The erection of a royal palace was begun about 1501 by James IV., and from this time onward Its was the chief residence of the Scottish mon arch a It is noteworthy that one of the first avents connected with It was the marriage of James to the Princess Margaret, daughter of Henry VII. of England from which marriage came the union of the crowns. James V. ex tended the palace and It has associa tions of a peculiarly close and Inter eating character with his unfortunate laughter, Mary. Bare the lovely queen of Scots an-1 MLACE or ROriANCE Palacc Joyed a brief period of happiness after her return from France; here she read with George Buchanan, played cheas with her favorites, danced with Ches terfield, listened to the music of Rlzzlo and held stormy interviews with John Knox. Here she wedded Darnley; here Rlzzlo was slain, and here she celebrated her nuptials with the ruf fianly Bothwell. James VL lived chief ly at Holyrood before his accession to the throne of England, and it was hers Sir Robert Carey brought him tidings of the death of Queen Elizabeth. He visited the palace only once after wards. The two visits of Charles L have already been referred to. While no reigning sovereign occupied Holy rood subsequently for a couple of cen turies James II. lived there twice while he was duke of York. The palace, too, played a romantia part In the rising of 1745. For six weeks Prince Charles Edward held a court in it and gave receptions, balls, etc After the French revolution Holy, rood twice provided a residence for the exiled royal family of France. In 1859 King Edward, then prince of Wales, lived In Holyrood while he was studying, and In 1863-1864 the duke of Edinburgh, afterwards duke of Sale-Coburg-Gotha, resided in the palace, while he was attending Edinburgh university. Of the ancient abbey of Holyrood, frequently plundered and burned, nothing remains but a part of the fine church, afterwards the Chapel Royal The palace was set fire to In 1544 by the English and although at once re paired was again destroyed three years later. Rebuilt almost Immedi ately, It suffered once more during the civil wars, when most of the building was burned by Cromwell's troops. Aft er the restoration it was rebuilt by Charles II., who took a great Interest in the work and made several sugges tions which. It is said, were treated with great respect, although they were Ignored. The existing palace, with the exception of a remnant of the building of James V. (the northwestern towers. In which are situated the historical apartments), Is the structure of Charles II. The residential part of the palace In cludes throne room, drawing-rooms, dining-rooms, etc., and several have a magnificent outlook toward Arthur's seat and the Salisbury cralgs. In an ticipation of the present royal visit the building has been thoroughly over hauled and extensive renovations car ried out externally and Internally. Many modern facilities have been In troduced. Most of the private apart ments of the king and queen have been redecorated, and her majesty has taken a great interest In the details of the work. The wall papers have been selected by herself. Tale of the Commune. This BtOrv of th Parln primmer, m Is well vouched for by a spectator. "As several VersaillaJaa VAra hoi no led away to be shot," he says, "one man in ue crowd who accompanied them, to see the shooting mnrin him. self particularly conspicuous by taunt ing and reviling the nriannara "nM confound you.' said one of the prison era at last, 'don't you try to get out of It by edging off Into the crowd and preienoing you are one of them. Come back here: the - -jt-b m na die together.' And the crowd was so persuaded that the communard's vehe monce was only assumed to cloak hi cape, mat ne waa marched Into file with the prisoners and duly shot" First In His Line. ' "It Was Atlas. Wlin't It ... vi . , , r - y, wwr held up the worldr "Yes, my son." "Then he unit h hold-up nun, wain't br Remorse. But" She eomnlalno you had a rich unafe." know It" ha regret that lie more than roa ev can now."