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x HE OREGON, DAILY JOURNAU PORTLAND, SATURDAY, MAY 24,- 1818.
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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.
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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.
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PRACTICAL
EXPERIENCE
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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jg :i?grmers
BOYS'PIG CLUBS GROW
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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
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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
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But there are hundreds of other jobs that it is capable oY handling and
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It will haul your manure spreader, take produce to market, operate your
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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
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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.