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ASHLAKT) TIDINGS Thursday, May 24, 1P1T page srx PRUIT and FARffi fetnra Itrecd Your Sows Now. Washington, D. C. Every breed able sow should be bred to bring a fall litter. It is Important that all ows be used to increase the food supply, and no sow should be carried lover the summer unbred. Fall litters are profitable. The pigs should come Jn early fall September and October bo thRt they may be weaned and lave attained sufficient growth to phlft for themselves before cold leather arrives. The earlier the pigs come in the fall the cheaper their growth will be made on available pas tures and tho utronger they will be to withstand the winter. The period of gestation for a sow Is approximate ly 112 days, po that a sow bred on Way 15 would farrow about Septem fcer 5. This means the sows must be fcred for fall litters during the pionths of May and June. All sows should be bred Scruples over brerding immature tows should he forgotten. While in normal times Biost hog raisers do not breed the pllts earlier than eight months of age, Bows will breed as early as five to Blx months of age. There are thou sands of young rlu.F farrowed last fall and winter which w!ll take the boar and should te bred this spring. By breeding them this spring the feed given them through the summer will have been more completely devoted toward food production. It will help to produce a greater meat supply and a supply ready for market six months tearlier than if they were not bred (until fall. Breeding such young gilts, vlll have no bad effects cn the farm lerd. Results ftt the Missouri Ex periment Station show that the young pregnant sow continues to grow un Ber proper feeding and that the size of the litter la not appreciably re duced. Suckling pigs retard the growth of tho young sow, but this permanent retardation of growth is mall and of minor Importance when the sow will produce a good litter of pigs' Larger litters" are obtained by flushing bows before breeding. This Is done by feeding in such a way as to have the sows putting on weight at the time of breeding. The suck ling sow should have her pigs weaned Bhortly before being bred. Her udder Bhould be dried up by a reduction of feed. She should then be flushed and In a few days can usually be bred. A good pure" bred boar should be tised, preferably of the same breed as the sow or of that breed which pre dominates In the sow. This will re- eult In a more uniform lot of pigs and an upgrading of the breeding herd. Bor the young gilts and rmall sows a i The In- comparable Baby Food. bobiu hsahhyi luiept hoalthy babies umlL "Kearml to thlhtn' MM W1DEM AN N'S PUHI, UNSWMTINIO. KVAPORATID GOAT MILK A Perfrct Food oho for Invalid. AT LEADING DRUQOUTt 1w fl-i. Tin. WIDEMANN GOATMILK CD. Physician's blfr. -n ban fnKO Cat A( High Boilinglbirris fcrpcnrbr a mileage j v i 4W i "IT i jwWrtlitlwj " 11 T 1 $Mumtoik$ Points fcrcjulA smoofli A acceleration ..itntitt breeding crate may oe nw..jr the boar be large, rruA ni.nnnnnl arv alinl'lr? hp fad a me y.c6""- - ration consisting of bone-making and. muscie-maKing leeua. duo mwu.v. gain weight but not be made fat. Pasture with a small grain ration proves excellent for carrying the pregnant sow until she is almost ready to tarrow. Portland Daily Slock Report, May 15. Cattle Yesterday's market was Bcai, developments. Those who ex rather a clow and sticky affair with pect t0 use special oil emulsion com about 1,000 head In the pens. De-1 binations, confer with the county mand from killers was limited, due pathologist. to the heavy purchases made last week. There was a very good demand from out of town butchers, which put some strength In the market and took quite a string at steady prices, al though the bulk of the sales were on a lower basis relatively, ranging from $10 to 10.50. Medium grades of; beef were the best sellers at steady j prices, while prime steers sold mostly 25c lower. Common beef that Is, I dairy bred stuff suffered a loss of( r An CAirnnnl 1 r n a r9 ntlrviA liAfllrv v..u ... 0K . top, with good light steers from $10.25 to $10.50. Medium grades, sold around $9.75 to $10, with com mon steers down to $3. There were only a few cows, here, the best get- Hnor Q 95 in tQ KQ with rnmmnn stuff selling down to' $5. Best light veal calves sold steady at $1.10; a hiinnh tt Vtnliv liupf Tialforfl hrmip-hf $10. The general trend of the cattle ... ... market was slow, the pep it has shown the last few months being ab-, sent. Hogs Hog prices ranged , mostly 1flr tn 1Ki hlehei. The Inn wab 118 fnr thru lnan- with another lnari . $11.85. The bulk of sales were made at $15.65 to $15.75. with a few light lnada rtnwn tn iis.ro. pi uffprfid ! - - - -o- a severe setback of about 75c due to the heavy receipts of light hogs dur ing the last few weeks, the bulk going at $13. Sheep The sheep market Is un changed. Only a couple of loads of mixed valley sheep were here. Time for Calyx Spray Most of the Newtown and Spitzen- burg apples on the floor of the val-1 ley have reached the proper stage for i me caijj Byiajr. hub Bi.pncuwuu should be made within a week after the petals have fallen. Spraying may be started when 90 per cent of the petals are off and should be com pleted within the week following. This is a very important application, and spraying should be done very thoroughly. The principal object of this application is to fill the calyx cup with arsenate of lead before It closes. In districts where scab is prevalent, it is advisable to combine the arsenate of lead with lime sul phur. Due to the fact that many growers did not make an applica tion In the pink stage with lime and sulphur, It is Important that this ap plication be made at thl3 time. For apples, use lime sulphur, 1 gallon to 40 gallons of water, arsen ate of lead paBte, 2 pounds to 50 gal lons, or arsenate of lead powder, 1 pound to 50 gallons. Pear orchards that have been both ered with scab should be sprayed at Why Sit-5islilled Gasoline Because, In itriight-dittilled gasoline the boiling point! gradually rite in a continuous unbroken chain, giving easy starting, quick and smooth acceleration, power and mileage. Boiling points alone reveal gasoline quality. Aa the U. S. Bureau of Standards states, gravity tells you nothing. No mixture, how-' ever cleverly concocted and no matter what its gravity, can contain the correct, unbroken scries of boiling points. Red Crown s) guaranteed to be straight distilled refinery gasoline, the boiling points of which form a continuous chain. Red Crown It not i mixture. STANDARD OIL COMPANY (CALirOtKIAl 7n CMofine oOuiZi'iy fi I this time, but arsenate of lead will 'probably not be needed in all orch ' ards. However, some Injuries are ber i ing reported in various districts from leaf-eating, insects, such as flea beer ties, click beetles, salfly-larvae, etc. BUCh ln8ectB are working it wouW be wlse t0 add the arsenate of lead In combination with lime and Bulphur. For pears use lime sulphur argonate of ,ead For pears use lime sulphur pow paste, 2 to 50, or arsenate powder, 1 to 50. Atomic sulphur, 14 pounds to 100 gallons of water, may be used instead of the lime sulphur if pre ferred. Some new infections of scab have been found in different sections during the past week, and the cloudy and rainy weather is conductive 'to Lnte Crops for Stock Feed There are several crops which may be planted very late which will af ford a lot of stock feed. In many parts of Oregon corn may be grown for the silo and it affords a large yield of valuable feed for cattle and sheep. Nearly all parts of western Oregon Will grow good silage corn and the same may be said of all 4'ut the highest altitudes of eastern Ore- 'gon. liougnage in eastern uregon has been especially scorce the past i winter and the Indications are that it will be scarce again next winter. !A silo full of corn In connection with hay is a wonderful help in wintering 'cattle and sheep. The eastern Ore- experimental station at Union has been getting extraordinarily good re sults with silage. Furthermore, sli wm ,eep' ' V, 1 iiHod thU nnm ne winter mar be keDt " . , , i until need.eL Cereals may also be sown ior nay wneu it is iuo iaie iu get a crop of grain. Bald barley makes very fine bay and oats and common barley are also good In tne mer- rr08Uer 018 18 Bood- There is a great deal of talk now- adays about the necessity of raising more livestock but livestock can not be grown without feed and there is no use talking about raising more livestock until more feed is produced at prices cheap enough to justify its use for feeding purposes. The man who accumulates a lot of stock with out knowing where he is to get feed for them is only courting disaster, and, while his efforts might be in by the purest motives of pat- the M wou,d be a detrl. j - hnnoflt n hi. Pnnn. try. e. L. Potter, professor of ani mal husbandry, Oregon Agricultural college. Preparing Eggs for Storage or Pres ervation It is very essential that eggs for cold storage or preservation in water glass should be clean, yet they must not be washed. They must not be al lowed to become damp, either by al lowing rain to fall upon them or by storing them In a place which Is al ternately damp and cool and dry and warm. It is almost impossible to cold storage an egg which is allowed to become moist on the surface. Washing removes the mucous coat ing on the shell, thus allowing bac tarla to penetrate the shell more easi ly. Dirty eggs should be discarded. The eggs should be stored in a clean condition In a dry, cool place. Eggs collected in case lots for a central cold storage plant must never be stored, even for a short time, in the vicinity of a moisture condensa tion which appears on the surface of the eggs and causes bacterial growth. T. D, Beckwlth, professor of bacteriology at Oregon Agricultur al college. Cost $2,100. Will take $1,100. Seven-room plastered house, stone foundation. Cost $7,000. Will take best offer. Large house and three acres land, family orchard, barn, etc. Took this in on a trade. Have more than I can handle and will sacrifice. Name your Lown price and terms. Cost $2,600. Will take best offer. Five room cottage, large lot, fruit for family uoo. One of the best business blocki In city to exchange for a going farm. See me for bargains, for loam and fir insurance. Mrs. S. L. Allen For Quick Sale Final Word On Road Bond Bill Much has been said In opposition to the good roads bond bill that has no bearing whatever on the meas ure and which could be designed only to poison and prejudice) the voters against it. That being the case, the following pertinent facts are submit ted for the information and though ful consideration of the impartial vot er on the eve fcf the special election June 4: This road bond bill proposes the issuance of $6,000,000 twenty-five-year, four per cent bonds for thd construction of a system of state wide, hard-surfaced hlgLways. The roads to be Improved are designated in the bill and include the main trav eled roads throughout the state. Adequate revenue has been pro vided by statute' for paying both in terest and principal and retire the bonds at maturity without Increasing taxes. . The money derived from the increased automobile licenses and the existing quarter-mill stale road tax will pay the interest and retire the bonds and leave a substantial bal ance for the construction of other roads not enumerated la the bond bill. The increased automobile license and the state road tax are provided by statutes now in effect and will have to be paid regardless of whether or not the rood bonds are voted at the special election June 4. The automobile owner Is willing to pay tlie increased license. All he asks is that the license money, which has to be paid anyway, be expended in constructing the roads proposed in the bond bill. The automobile owner will provide all of the money necessary to meet the Interest charges and retire the bonds. He falls to see why there should be any opposition to the expenditure of the money so provided in the construction of good roads, in view of the fact that it is his money that will pay for the Im provements. All of the money raised from the bonds will be expended under the di rection of the state highway commis sion, appointed by Governor Withy combe. The commission has announc ed that in expending the funds all sections of the state will be consider ed impartially. A dollar's worth of road construction for every dollar ex pended is guaranteed by the commis sioners who have declared that they will purchase one or more paving plants and lay paving unless satisfac tory bids are submitted by paving contractors. Ordinary common, sense business principle will also govern the commissioners in their work of road bulldlng.i Scarcity of labor and the reasonableness of war-time prices for materials will determine the time for inaugurating work and the scope of actual road construction. Road building wili not be undertaken by the commission unless conditions are favorable. . Approval of the road bond bill, June 4, will be an indorsement of a plan that insures for the state the construction of a system of hard-surfaced roads with funds already pro vided by law and without increasing other taxes. Vote 314X Yes, and help "Pull Ore gon out of the mud." Macleay Ofiers Big Money for Salmon The salmon fishing season on Rogue river has opened with big pay for the fishermen The Gold Beach Reporter referring to the fishing has to say: An Increased scale of prices for fish went into effect, the Wedderburn company now paying $1 and $1.25 for fish, an increase asked for by the union fishermen on the opening of the season. The highest price is paid where the fishermen furnish their own gear and the lesser price where the company furnishes the nets. j - Numbers of outside fishermen have ' arrived during th9 past week, includ-. ing some fron the Sluslaw, and are ; getting ready for fishing operations. I From 20 to 25 boats now fish the lower drift, where In the early days i of Hume control, only three boats were allowed on the drift. The cannery at Wedderburn this week shipped over 700 half casus and over 400 full cases, of salmon, j put up since the salmon, season open-! ed. A' steady and fair run of fish continues and the cannery is In oper ation dally. That Douglas fir can produce 1,754 board feet peft acre has been definite- j ly proved by foresters connected with 1 the Portland office of the Forest Ser-! vice, who have recently compiled fig ures from careful measurements tak en In 1911 and 1916, on two half-acre plots In Lane county, Oregon, on the Sluslaw national forest. DISTRESSING RHEUMATISM How many people, crippled and lame from rheumatism, owe their condition to neglected or incorrect treatment! It is the exact combination of pure Norwegian Cod Liver Oil with glycerine and hypophosphites as contained in am n that has made Scott famous for relieving rheuma tism when other treatments have utterly failed. If you are a rheumatism sufferer, or feel its first symptoms, start on Scott's Emulsion at once. IT MAY BE EXACTLY WHAT YOU NEED. Scott & Down, J. P. Dodge & Sons Undertakers lArtnblJI fcilin.ua tk'irttrr fir -"V-4 Give Uncle Sam Your Vacation New York, ilay 23. The United States government will receive the services this summer of nearly 5,000, 000 men and women, If the "vacation service" movement started here is carried out according to the plans originated by Prof. F. B. Crocker, formerly of Columbia university and a past president of the American In stitute of Electrical Engineers. The movement means that the govern ment will receive about 10,000,000 weeks, or more than 192,300 years of the time of these men and wom en, who will give their vacations to their country as their patriotic duty. Prof. Crocker expects that his plan will be adopted all over the country. "Realizing that there are many who cannot enlist," he said, "and who are unable to participate in the liberty loan as heavily as they wish, j this mean of national service was evolved. "This war 13 the most serious crisis I the United States has ever faced the iwork of every man, woman and child ;Is needed to bring it to a successful conclusion. Every hour given to the government is an hour gained in .bringing the war to an early end. Un derstanding this, the 'vacation serv ice' movement was started. Everyone , in the United States that takes a va cation and It is estimated that there are five million such, can do his or her bit by giving their two weeks to government work. j "Thousands, perhaps hundreds of thousands of these are specialists in their various trades or professions j they can give the services of experts, j Others can put In their time on the i farms helping to solve the vital food j problem of the world. Think what it would mean to the farmers If they were able to avail themselves of 100, 000 years of the time of willing work ers, who worked because they were patriotic! There are hundreds of Cleanliness, Personal Attention and Courtesy Combined to Make the Eagle Meat Market Popular ' INSPECT oar marKet and yonr confl- dence will be behind the pleasure of eating our meats. The Knowledge of cleanliness and a sanitary work shop L. Schwein 84 Pure riilk Norton's Clover Leaf Dairy E. N. NORTON, Proprietor Strictly Sanitary. Thoroughly Up-to-Date. Good Ser vice to Any Part of Town i BloomftrM. N. J. Lady Assistant Deputy County Coroner State Licensed Embalmer "' "it 'TJTir'iJ'ntM a"' other tasks In which these patriots could help their country. "Every person willing to do this ! should apply to the nearest govern i ment depot or arrange to spend their 'vacations on the farms. Organlzar tlons should be formed in every city and these should enroll the vacation workers and assign them to their tasks." In this district the lead has been taken by the Crocker-Wheeler com pany, electrical machinery manufact urers of Ampere, N. J whose engin eering and clerical forces are enthusi astic over this chance to serve their country. Other large manufacturing 1 concerns are falling in line and It Is 1 expected that thousands of their em ployees will give their vacations to 1 Uncle Sam. 1 Pioneers of State Hunt and Fish Free I iun itsai legislature muae Beverai i Important changes In the law regard ing the, granting of hunting and fish ing licenses.. A new provision is that pioneers who came to the state of Oregon prior to the year 1860 can now hunt and fish wlhout having a license. Their Identity, must be es tablished, together with .proof that , they are pioneers, by affidavit if nec jessary. The law also permits veter ; ans of the Civil war and of the Indian wars to fish and hunt free. Special licenses will be granted to men In these classes. I Under the new law women may fish without licenses, but cannot hunt without a license. Boys over 14 must have licenses for either hunting or mi t t 1 . fishing. The fee for hunting licenses was raised from $1 to $1.50 and the fee for fishing licenses was also raised from $1, to $1-50, and the fee for a combination license from $2 to $3. The new law went into effect May 21, and the higher rates are now in effect. In Auto Tops There Is all the difference In the world. Some are built for show; soma are built for wear. We make tops that are built to make youc car ap pear as graceful and dashing as possi ble, and yet to give the maximum of service. Medford Auto Top Factory L. E. ACKLEY, Proprietor. US South Central. will aid your digestion. N. Main Phone 107 Pure Cream TELEPHONE 444-R