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y x HE OREGON, DAILY JOURNAU PORTLAND, SATURDAY, MAY 24,- 1818. 11 Draining: FARMERS START DRAINAGE WORK ; IN LANE COUNTY Junction City Man Tells of Im provements Made and Their Encouraging Results. LAND VALUES INCREASE Thousands of Acres Potentially Prolific if Adequate Measures Taken to Reclaim. By Oscar I- Daslap, Junction City, Or. We bad an Invasion in oar section of Lane county last summer, yes, two of them, first the aphis and. then a whole herd of drainage and Irrigation promot ers. The aphis nearly cleaned us, but we completely cleaned those promoters. We do need drainage and are getting it slowly but have no use for aphis or irrigation. ' Between the Willamette and Long Tom rivers and between Eugene and Monroe there are several swales, most of which drain toward the northwest into the Long Tom. The Long Tom ta rather a crooked stream and is pretty badly dammed with fallen trees. Below Monroe is has been opened up to navi gation but this 'does not help us a great deal. A few miles southwest of Junc tion City the numerous swales unite nd during a floot) period make a small river which is about two miles wide and from one to five feet deep. The flooded land at the present time is worthless as fac.es farm crops are concerned. The condition now is nothing to corn par to what it was 15 years ago, which Improvement Is due largely to . the ef forts of C. W. Waahburne, who had several large ditches made directly west of Junction City. These ditches parallel the Lond Tom. emptying into it as its eastward bend before striking- toward Monroe, "The old Long- Tom at this part of the valley resembles a snake's track. Every time there was a shower in the winter the water backed up over the three mile wide flat and hindered travel on the road from Junction City into the Blachly, Smithfleld and Goldson country WORST TAKE5 CARE OF Since these ditches have been in operation they have been able to take care of moat of the water and it is only during the severest rains that water bothers fv? travelers on this road. It would be hard to estimate the value of these ditches from an agricultural standpoint. The other drainage work has been on a small scale and affects only the farm on which the work has been done. ' Across the Long Tom from Junction City there has been an awakening to the use of drain tile. Enoch Nulf re claimed several acres of swamp land which has been remarkable In its power to produce. Jesse Fergueson, Milton Robinson, Maurice and Jasper Allen and Randolph Brown have done considerable tiling to good advantage. In the Fer gueson. neighborhood several farmers have resorted to the opeA ditch method of drainage and have been quite suc cessful. Some of the farmers here have not attempted to drain the swales east of the Long Tom. They Just take them as a gift from the Creator and seem to be waiting for him to ask - for their return and continue to use them for pasture. Seventy years ago the native grass was so tall one could not tell -where the swales were. Today the native grass hardly reaches six inches In height and the swales are so cut up by winter pasturing that there is very lttUe grass left. a OIB BITCHES IIED UP A few drainage ditches were made in this section about 35 or 40 years ago, only a few doing the real good they could all be made to do by a little work. Those who Lave drained some of these swales have found them good producers of cheat hay', rye grass and spring oats. On my own farm we dug two and a half mites of drainage ditch last August which will more than ' pay for its cost this season. We used a Martin ditcher and would not be without one for five 'times the purchase price. The men of this neighborhood on seeing the advant age gained by our ditches Immediately got busy and organised a company to purchase .one of these ditching machines. This summer will see several . miles of drainage ditches constructed and our section will be one of the best drained in Lane county. There was recently held a ditching 'with, powder demonstration on my farm which was Attended by over 40 men. The swale soil is of such formation that when ' large ditches are constructed powder; will be the best and cheapest means. I Dallas Lingo, who has a large farm near Cheshire, will -build. over a half mile of big ditches by the powder J$&$F'' is what a farmer demands from a county agricultural agent or a lec turer on farming subjects. -Theoretical knowl edge will Tiot do. . ' Ladd . & Tilton Bank: offers the intelligent farmer sixty years of practical'experienoe in the financial line. Is not that sufficient recommen . dation? Correspondence and interviews solicited. . LADD.& TILTON BANK : V." ' " -v. ,:V . -;- -. -;-. .; ; f - v ' Washington and Third PORTLAND; OREGON Willamette ;. Valley 'fiLarid s . INCREASING LANE COUNTY CROPS I - K r t ( f -s.'-Kt: J, I ' ''it : " - " Cifc ' 1 I Blasting demonstrations on new drainage system on the O. L. Dunlap fam at Junction City. Blasting is being done to loo sen earth prior to completing digging of ditches. way this season. His ditches will help lower the flood water condition on the Junction City-Cheshire road and will be of great agricultural value to his farm. We have been asleep on the drainage of these swales but now we are awake to their value. Great things in the way of drainage are to be expected from this section of Lane county, not be cause we wish to sell our land, but because we wish our farms to be better producers. Ranchers of Curry County Say Coyotes Are on an Increase Marshfield. May 24. Ranchers of Northern Curry county report that coyotes are on the increase In that sec tion. For years the sheep men were not bothered with this pest in Curry county, but during the past two or three years coyotes have found their way into the wilds of Curry. On the George Bennett ranch 400 acres has been in closed with a coyote proof fence, and this system, though expensive, has proved effective.' Traps are set on the outside of the fence and many coyotes have been caught. Some of the ranchers claim that the coyotes will never become very numer ous In 'this part of the state owing to the fact that they go up the streams and become poisoned eating salmon. Many believe that the annual poisoning front salmon every summer will to a great extent prevent the spread of the coyotes in Coos and Curry counties. Club to Give Calves The Oregon Jersey club has agreed to furnish a registered bull calf to each standard calf1 club in the state that chooses the ' Jersey breed. Two calves have been placed to date, one in Clackamas county and one in Linn county. These calves were given by Representative McArthur and O. I. Stauff of Rickreall. Third Car Now In &: The Original ButtermiHt & Stalling Feed The lactic acid fa the pure, rich buttermilk strengthens and tone up the sensitive digest ive organs of the little chirk and helps to pro vent White Diarrhea. , ... Conkey is different from all other chick feeds, and costs so little for those critical first chirks eons, ni a bur and h read to atmrt th right. Follow with Conker's BnttarmUk Huh, the mat Developer mad Ess Producer. Sold by daalara. 14V 147 3D ST., FORTLAJVTJ, OB. PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE . OfcwHI ISM 3 Poultry 1 NOTES 'aO Ordinarily the hen does not consume enough lime to form the shells of eggs if she is laying abundantly unless some thing besides the ordinary grain feeds are accessible to her. Oyster shells- are very good for this purpose. . A box of crushed shells may be placed before the fowls, allowing them to eat at will. Old mortar and fine gravelare also useful in supplying lime. Charcoal has a great absorptive power for gases. Impurities and acids, and thus acts as a corrective when the stomach Is sour and digestion has been impaired. Many people raising poultry think of Increased production only along the line of increased numbers. This is a mis take. The necessary object to be kept In view now is Increased revenue, and this can be done better by raising poul try along lines of practical common sense and experience. In other words, it Is better to raise 10 good strong vig orous broilers, roasters or layers that IT DOESN'T MATTER j Whether you want a stock ranch or only a garden tract; whether you wish to buy, sell or exchange anyitind of Real Estate Journal "Want" ads. can help you find the kind of deal SALEM FRUIT UNION Largest Dried Fruit Growers' Association in the Northwest Approximately 00 Members ' Volume of Cash Business in 1918 $1,000,000 A Co - operative Association of Willamette Valley Fruit Growers Robert C. Paulus, Gen. . Mgr., Salem mum m mil i u 1 1 nun i'ritM - mrTmrttM - mr - ini Milwaukee Chain Mowers Easy foot lift Plenty of power Light running Only two cogwheels Simple Chain Tightener Four pawls in each wheel insures quick action of the knife. aJTA. Freeman & Son, Gen. Agts. Write for Catalogue , 315 Belmont St., Portland, Or. mm .' U ' MM- will fetch you $15 than to raise 15 that will only fetch you $12 or possibly at the most $15. Thi extra value can be gotten only through following our "Essential Features," the chief one now being early hatching. For information as regards the other features get in ; touch with your local leader or community commit teeman, country or home demonstration agent, or write your state college. Reports show that backyard poultry keeping, which was taken up by many on patriotic motives, will be extended, because a very large majority of these people became so interested in the work that they are going to keep on, as they find it instructive and profitable from both a physical and a financial point of view. It Is. therefore, urged that all who can and so far have not adopted a backyard flock do so. The spring work Is' about over and now is the time to put the baying and harvesting machinery into first class condition. A breakdown during the heavy work will mean more by far In the loss of time than it will cost to repair the machinery and put it in good run ning order at this time. - Don't wait. You know what delays mean. you want. Read them today. J 'J - mru - mrt - i i win ii hi i- ,--11.1 r-t-. w M . TRADE MARK S2Xmt QUICK. CERTAIN, J- DEADLY . READY FOR INSTANT USfi. NEVER FAILS- ' Destroy squirrels, gophers, prairie dogs, gaga rata. Apply early in Spring when the hungry pesu awake from Winter Bleep. Money fcack If it ever fail. "Wood-Lark for year ha atood every test. ir crop lasur aaca against rodent peat. ' If your; dealer 4 hasn't it, writ tis. . 1 Clarke, Woodward Drug Co. . PORTLAND, OREGON. ' -s ;; gpg VALUABLE BRAND OF FOR STATE BY Specie Seen in California- Is Brought to Oregon by. Growers. By Iff. McDonald ' The "f fifth trticla by Mr. McDonald tho history of tho Troonuta wahrat ia Oiegoa. In our two former articles we dealt with the two leading characters in oar story of' the Vrooman , Franquette John Rock of NUes and Mrs. Emily M. Vrooman of Santa Rosa, Cal. While the character we will now introduce will not perhaps be looked upon as Import ant as those of the preceding chapters. yet. as we look back on life's friends as one by one they slip away and leave us still to fight the battles on. our mem ory turns to him as one worth knowing, as one who each day his dally work be gun and spurned not to rest until that dally task was done. Leon Olrad, a native of Switser- land. came to America while a mere boy. and as a young man he entered the Sec ond Oregon volunteers and saw active service in, the Philippine war. and after returning" home was honorably dis charged. He engaged with the Oregon Nursery company and for many years acted as their confidential traveling representative. Being able to converse In several languages, he was often sent on missions of a special nature requiring tact and judgment. It was in 1905, after his return from an extended trip through Old Mexico in the interests of his company to deter mine the future possibilities of that country for the development of horticul ture, that he found himself In Santa Rosa, Cal. Always on the lookout for tm proved varieties of trees and plants and having an extended knowledge of the walnut in different countries upon seeing a very fine sample of the Fran- quette variety In the show window of Messrs. Kopp & Donovan, grocery store. Santa Rosa, and being struck with its fine showy appearance, he at once made inquiries and was told the nuts were WALNUTS DISCOVERED GIROD V VIGK. jg :i?grmers BOYS'PIG CLUBS GROW 0 9 t ? Boys all over the state are takino leadership of L. J. grown by a Mrs. Vrooman-a few miles out of Santa Rosa. Upon Investigation he found that the year's crop had been contracted for by Messrs. Kopp & Donovan who . In turn were distributing them to the trade. Securing samples he forwarded them to the writer under whose department he was operating, strongly . urgtng us to authorise him to purchase a quantity of the nuts for seed purposes, explaining that the grove of some 800 trees in which the nuts were grown was practically all of the one variety. At this time and for several years previous, there had been considerable interest shwn in the French varieties, because oft the Information distributed by Henry E. ' Dosch of Portland, and importations of both trees and nuts were being made from France, such im portatiOBs always being of an unsatis factory nature because of the fact that It was Impossible to secure true types Buy Your Fordson Tractor Now We Can Not Supply the Demand This Fall The -Fordson Works tSiSWfear .': Around : Winter or bad weather does not hinder the Fordson's usefulness. There is always some job -draw-bar or belt that the Fordson will do more quickly, more economically, than you'ean do it in any other way. Plowing, harrowing, drilling, cultivating, pulling your binder, operating your( grain separator these are the big jobs the Fordson will do for you. But there are hundreds of other jobs that it is capable oY handling and that will keep it busy throughout every season, continually increasing its profit to you. ' It will haul your manure spreader, take produce to market, operate your ensilage cutter, your hay baler, your silo filler your, pump, your saw- help build roads; in fact, supply the draw-bar or belt power, for every job you and your neighbors have to do. It's doing this right now for over 53,000 Fordson owners. v , Small Cost Ample Power Economical Operation Long Life These are the four big essentials of a successful tractor that" Mrr ford built into the Fordson: The best materials and protective construction of. all operating parts, so that long life is sure; power to handle two 14-inch bottoms, in any soil capable of being flowed, tf operating a good sized grain separator, and still enough left over for the' "pinches"; - ability to work successfully on cheap kerosene. . Low purchasing cost. ' . That's a combination that can't Write us for booklets describing . ' ; ' l DISTRIBUtORS ) SALEM, OREGON- ' " V. 4, ill 1, ft increasing intrret in Pig clubs under Allen of O. A. C. of any one Variety in quantities -in France. ,;! ' . - We were , very much impressed with the samples and at once recognised the fact that Mr. Glrod has discovered In Mrs. "Vrooman's grove what we had been searching for, a gt-afted orchard from which we could secure reliable seed stock and scions. Our answer was to purchase every pound of nuts and make arrangements for all the scions from the grove., The purchasing of the nuts from Kopp M Donovan was not a very hard matter, purely a commercial transac tion only a- matter of 'price and 6000 pounds, all of that year's crop, were se cured at 25 cents per pound, f. o. b. Santa Rosa.. . . , 1 '(The final Installment of Mr. McDon ald's history of the Vrooman-Franquette walnut will appear in The Journal Farm Section next .week.) . . In answering advertisements mention the Farm page of The Journal. be beaten. the Fordson. BROTHERS em DEMAND GREATER THAN PRODUCTION OF APPLE SYRUP, Corporation Organized to Meet Fast-Increasing Popularity of New Table Luxury.' Apple syrup is not a drink, but a most delightful table luxury. It la real syrup snd consists, principally, of apple juice. Its other ingredients are maple and cane sugar. i Owning several lirge appls orchards in Union county. George I Cleaver discovered that the smaller, even though perfect, fruit could not be disposed of at a profit, and this was, the reason that four years ago he began to experiment wUh the manufacture of apple syrup. Today there are 27 food dealers in Portland selling this product at $2.25 a gallon, and their only complaint is that -. they cannot produce the luxury in sufficient quantities to supply the demand of their customers.. It is latewlso sold in Eastern Oregon, and Mr. Cleaver has scores of letters in his files declaring his product not only healthful but the most delicious of all appetising foods. Jut how good it is cannot be told in words. The palate alone can tell the , story. 'lie syrup is put up in glass. Is about of the consistency of Log Cabin or Marsh mallow brands,, and is sought by high class dealers. , S s "We are practically sold out for the season," Mr. Cleaver says, "and will place no more on the market .until this season's crop has . ripened 1n Uastern Oregon. We will crush the apples in Union county and ship the fluid to Portland, where the blending and pack ing will take place. The syrup will be put. up in glass packages' containing 13 and 27 fluid ounces, and In gallon Jars. We have now a $50,000 corpora tion, and expect to manufacture, a suf ficient quantity to meet all demands in the future." Officers of the company arei Oeorge 1h Cleaver, president; - H. It Cleaver, vice president and treasurer and Charles Barber, secretary. The company's of fice is at 612 . Merchants Exchange building.