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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND,' SATURDAY, - SEPTEMBER 6, 1919. . 1 ..- - - Warmer5 Should Ascertain -'How ::Mahy Cords of Wood in Gallon of Gas" 10 i- .T1 wv 1'. r HOW MANY CORDS WOOD IN ONE OF GALLON OF GAS? Perfect Condition of Machinery Necessary to Economize on Expense Account and Power. ; TEST ALL FARM IMPLEMENTS .Every Machine Is a Liability, and v Becomes an Investment After - It Proves It an Do Work. By S. H. Small There arc.few farmers or ranchers who cannot tell you how many miles their automobile Is getting on a gal lon of gasoline. And there are also mighty few who ci tell you how many cords of wood thy are getting on a gallon of gaso Hne, or ;how many tons of ensilage or gallons of milk. In the rush of American farmers toward the theory of power farming. It seems that one of the essentials hatf been overlooked and that is, how much does it cost me? This is no argument for the return to the old method of doing ail of the Jobs by 'hand, but it is an argument for' the : selection of the truly eco nomical type of farm Implement, as well'as of gas engine or tractor. TWETT MILES TO OAUOS Xb automobile salesman ever over looks the chance to say that his car will Cive 20 miles on a gallon of gasoline. The IMirchasers know that all automobiles are made to ride in just as all feed cutters are made to cut feed. SOme ctrs rldo easier, are better look ir.rr, have certain patented features, just t as some farm Implements have patented I features and do the work better than ' others. .But. when the selection of a wood- f- aw or ensilage cutter gets down to the i : point of explaining complicated mechan- , leal features, it is well for the farmer to ask the -salesman, "Is it an economical I implement to run?" J-.iST RtrxifING FINAL TEST ! If it is, the chances are that there are few complicated parts to get out of or der, for an easy running implement will be so planned. That does not mean that ease in running is the only thing to go by, but-it does mean that, "all other tn l.i era equal, it should be the final test. Often, however, more gasoline Is used i. than necessary because, through no fau'.t of the manufacturerthe imple- i me;it being used i3 not in perfect con- J ditlon. No man would expect his auto- ) mobile to run without oil, but many farm j implements are expected to do this same ( thing. A dull saw blade uses up more 4!me and money than the time and money necessary to sharpen it, for it not only works more slowly, but requires more power. Il E TERM 131 E CONSUMPTION If a tractor is used forpower, it is wel! to determine Just what the gasoline consumption is, as for eome jobs the old gas engine will do just as well. Test your implements. Find out how much it costs to run. On big experimental farms, such as are operated by agri cultural colleges, it has been often found out that it Is cheaper to discard an ef ficient machine and buy a new one and that the saving the actual saving In gasoline required to run it will pay for a new machine in a short time, as well r.s increase the production. n The test is exceedingly simple. Simply net aside a known amount of material, measure your gasoline at the start and see how much of it has been used. IMPLEMENTS LIABILITIES Every implement on your farm is a liability. It becomes an investment BIG FARMS, LITTLE FARMS ANY KIND OF FARMS You will find them all advertised "Want" Ads. Read them today! When Sawing Wood the THOMAS saws as much as ten men. And it will run any of your machinery that requires a4 H. P. Motor. Mounted on wide rim iron wheels. One man operates and moves it from place to place. All metal construction; easier $y J toinjr ifjBtj toany Fall DcacriftMB. .' rite Aim For wrimonial. THOMAS ENGINEERING WORKS Dept. N TitlelTnittBldf. PORTLAND, OREGON a rsir-Mf m WE PAY 69c-BUTTERFAT-69c Your cows will PAY a PROFIT YOUR CREAM at top prices. Then WHY NOT ship your cream to us? We are al ways over thVtop on butter fat prices. . Tag your next can to the PEERLESS a check by return mail will convince you. PEERLESS BUTTER CO 45-47 Front Street Portland, Oregon Reference to Osr Responsibility Bradstreet, bun or Ladd & Tilton Bank after it has proves it can do the work, and the dividends are the product that it turns out. Make every implement on your farm an Investment Instead of- a liability. Investigate other implements. Just be cause you may have an ensilage cutter In no reason why you should not keep in touch with newer machines. It is not neceseary to buy every one you learn about, but it is necessary to keep In touch with improvements. Remember, too, that it is the old, es tablished firm who keep,. Just as you should, in touch with Improved machines, likewise. It is the old-ln-the-business house who can be trusted not to recom mend to Northwest farmers anything that is not suited t the Northwest. How many "hired hands" are there In a gallon'.' Why not test it and find it out? Disease Attacks Potato Fields Bend, Sept. 6. Whether many of the potato fields in Central Oregon are ef fected with a disease akin to black leg is now under Investigation by the Ore gon agricultural college. Symptoms have been noticed of such a disease in many fields, and efforts are being made to determine Its origin. 'III v r-:: fervcj. Tilly Alcartara, world's .champion H olstein, which will visit Oregon at Pacific International Livestock Exposition; Vive la France, world's champion Jersey! owned and tyred by Ovid Pickard of Marion county, which will be exhibited at the State Fair, Salem. LACK OF UNIFORMITY HINDERS APPLE IN Professor Brown of Agricultural College Reports on Tour of Northwest Orchards. Oregon Agricultural College, Corvallis, Sept. 6. Lack of uniformity in meth ods of handling fruit In the Pacific Northwest, was one of the big things observed by W. S. Brown, professor of pomology, who has just completed a survey of the apple industry in North ern Oregon and Western Washington. Professor Brown Included Hood River, the Walla Walla district, Spokane, Lake Chelan, Yakima, Wenatchee and Puy allup In his itinerary. The immense size of the apple indus try, especially in Washington, greatly impressed pYofessor Brown. He says that ully 10,000 carsuf, boxed apples are in prospect this year, with a valuer of $15,000,000. Yakima expects to mar ket 8000 cars. Washington will grow more apples this year than anj other state in the union, not excepting New York. Lack of uniformity in methods of handling fruit was quite noticeable. The Wenatchee associations use mechanical graders, such as the Cutler and the Price, while in the Yakima district these machines have been discarded in favor the Journal in all - weather ignition system. A sturdily HANDLING Fill lywnp. listen built, guaranteed outfit that lasts longer and operates and more economically. point veft of Minteippi point can of MiHiMippI UU if YOU will SELL TWO WORLD'S CHAMPION COWS v JiL V?v jJf -A I' -'A 11.- 'A ; 4 .'. of the moving belt system. Some or ganisations also favor cold storage houses, while others pin their faith to common storage. In some of the asso ciations each grower's fruit is kept sep arate until marketed, while in some others a five per cent sample is taken, which is graded when the consignment is mingled with the others, and the grower is paid on the basis of the sam ple grade. Professor Brotfn also attended the conference of the Northwest college and station horticulturists at Pullman, Moscow ,and visited the orchards of the Lewiston Orchards company. Other college meA attending the con ference were William Smart and Pro fessor A. L. Lovett, and Leroy Childs and Gordon Brown of the Hood River branch .station. Organizer Purchases Oregon Jersey Bulls Oregon Agricultural College, Corvallis. Aug. 30. "F. W. Kehrli, organizer of bull associations for the federal depart ment of agriculture, is organizing associ ations in other states, but comes to Ore gon to buy Jersey bulls," says E. B. Fitts, college extension specialist in dairying. Mr. Kehrli Is now on his third trip to Oregon to purchase foundation stock for the most progressive dairymen of the other Northwest dairy districts. FRUIT, VEGEfABLES AND FISH LABELS AND CARTONS of every description TRAUNG LABELS-CANTONS Original Ideas Prompt Service Highest Quali'y Samples and Quotations on Request TRAUNG LABEL and LITHOGRAPH CO. 205 Henry Building, Portland, Oregon Fred Johnston, District Manager i Factories and Offices - 1 .1UI.I aaaaaaaaaaa"""aa and jlabor need not worry you. Snd for our catalog. It shows Fenner factory-cut houses attractive, teal homes and tells of the many ways that you will save money. Send for the catalog today. Fenner Manufacturing Co., 324 Ship Street MOTORS SUPPLANT HORSES ON FARMS Department i of Agriculture Fig ures Show That Price of Horses Not Advanced. The department of agriculture reports the farm price of horses per head on July 15 as ?1?7. This figure, which Is close to the monthly average this year to date, shows a fairly steady drop from the level of prices In recent years, as LshoWn by the following averages (per head) : 1919 $125.00 1914 J135.1B 1918 130.66 1913 142.08 1917 132.58 1912 140.41 1916 ...... 130.83 1911 141.33 1915 130 75 1910 J46.58 Seven months. The horse is the only Important item of farm output that has not materially advanced in price in recent years. His present farm price of $127 compares with a high in 1910 of $154. His num bers have varied little. Increasing since 1910 from about 21,000,000 to 21,500,000, after a gain of over 5,000)00 in the pre ceding decade. Yet during the interval since 1910 there has occurred not only the marked advance In price of feed stuffs but also the war buying of horses which caused export of nearly 1,500,000 horses in the three years to June 30, 1917, as against a former yearly aver age of only about 25,000. No more significant testimony could be had of the expansion of the automo bile and the tractor in the past few years. To Try Out Machine For Use of Sulphur For several years horticulturists ef California and other states have used .flowers of sulphur for sprays in the form of powder. The machine most commonly used for making these ap plications is a powder pray or blower. This same machine, it is believed, may be used quite effectively for distributing sulphur on alfalfa fields. Arrangements have been made to have one of these machines shipped to the Deschutes county farm bureau for demonstration purposes. These ma chines, it Is .hoped, will prove very satis factory. Nearly every advertiser on the farm pages issues a catalogue containing valuable information to farmers. An swer these advertisements always men tioning the farm pages of The Journal. San Francisco, Stockton, Fresno. Calif. Seattle, Wash, i Portland, Ore. I V I he htgh cost of labor makes; a factory -cut home more advisable now tjian ever before. That home you want build it now. The tjremendous cost of preparing materials is done away with when you build the Fenner way. High prices for'workrnen t . a roniana, irregon 7SK UNCLE SAM WILL F, Giant Exhibit Planned for State Fair j by Department of Agriculture. . Salem, Sept. $. With the view of acquainting farmers with its activ ities and aiding them in investiga tional work, the United States de partment ' of agriculture has made arrangements for putting on display a giant exhibit at the state fair, which will open here September 22, A. H. Lea, secretary of the fair board, announced today. To list everything that will be in cluded in the exhibit would mean the cetaloguingof hundreds of items. Here are a few of the subjects to be treated Bureau of animal husbandry Poultry raising, meat inspection, silo construc tion, dairy buildings, sheep buildings, methods of combating animal diseases. IirEEAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY Corn production, seed corn and breed EDUCATE ARMER iaaMMavaw Dltchea Increase your crops. Bigger and bettar crops are sure to come when you drain roar wet land or irrigate your dry land or terrace your hlllaidea. . The Simplex Ditcher works so rapidly and economically that one man wrote ua that his Simplex dug a mile of ditch In a day. Isn't that some record? If we didn't get letters like that from many men, we'd aay It was unusual, but as It -is we say "you, too, can expect such results." The Simplex ditcher, on your own farm will ,d the work cheaply and . with less labor. It Is trongly made, and with no complicated parts to ret out of order. There are absolutely do levers. Fill oat the eoupon and mail It to us. We'll end you a catalogue telling all about the Sim plex way of economically digging dltchea and also the name of a dealer who wilt gladly show U to you. Malt the coupon today. c ing, cereals, forage crops, fruit growing, home improvements. ' Bureau of chemis try Plant dust ex plosions, farm treatment of hides, en forcement of food and drugs act, de struction of adulterated foods, vegeta ble drying, use of flour substitutes. States relations service Extension work with men, women, boys and girls. from the national, state, county and community standpoint: making avail able on the farm the facts that they are developed in scientific research. Bureau of entomology Destructive in sects and methods of combatting them ; weevil-proof granary ; insecticides, fun gicides and spraying equipments. FOREST SERVICE Land erosion through deforestation, woodland improvement, forest fire ef fects and prevention ; recreation In the national orests ; growing windbreaks ; fence-post treating,, good and -bad lum bering, timber scales in the nationalfor est, box testing, wood waste and utili se tion. Biological Survey Migratory birds. fur farming, destructive birds, beneficial birds, rabbits, destructive rodents and predatory animals. Bureau of public roads Picturesque American highways, roadside treatment, farm drainage, farm buildings, road con struction and relocation, planning farm steads. Bsirai of Markets Parcel post and grading of fruits and vegetables, city marketing and storage .of the same products, grain .grading demonstrations in the important grain producing states. Bureau of soils Soils best adapted for cotton, truck crops, wheat, fruit and ( WHEN YOU BUY YOU can purchase goods made elsewhere and send a part of your money to other sections to be distri buted in payrolls for the benefit of those communities. Or you can insist on Oregon Made Products and your money all of it will remain in Oregon to increase the output of Oregon factories; to make bigger pay rolls for Oregon; to build more homes and better schools in Oregon. Which ap you buying? Induttriesof Oregon cogs or wheels to caute trouble when yea want to use It. Cut your new ditches for drainage, or for Ir rigation, clean out your old ditches, dig flat-bet-tora laterala. all with the Simplex. Eaves Ita cost the first year. J. B. Ray, Greenwood. Ark., says: "1 am well pleased with your Simplex. I regret I did not have ono 10 years ago" E A. stes. Ripley, Tenn.. aaya: "It will cut a ditch a mile long. 4 feet deep in a da." Another man had 20 acres of land too wet to cultivate He bought a Simplex and cut a 4-foot ditch. The next week he began farming 20 acree of new land: the best land ho had. His ditcher paid for Itself the first day. R. M. WADE A CO., 800 HawthwrM f-t, Portlaad. Or, e- e4fl Howarw it, Sopkaae, Wsik, Plea gnd ma fully illaitrattd cat log-uo aa described abort. Nam . . , Addreia , other products; representative soils of tht- United States, with some of local importance ; methods of soil analysis, and soil surveys ; fertilisers. Weather bureau Meteorological data, phenomena and instruments ; installation of lightning rods. DIVISIONS OF PUBLICATIONS Farmers' bulletins explaining and il lustrating alt phases of the department's work. Selections may be made from the samples on display. The exhibit material consists of mod els illustrating various activities ; en large pictures, chsVts and diagrams and miscellaneous v samples and Objects. Three types of installation on panels, in cabinets and on tables give the ex hibit a new and entirely distinct appear ance. Representatives of the' depart ment will be with the exhibit to give visitors any explanations that may be desired. , - Inland Northwest- Seed Crop for Year Drops Below Normal Spokane, Wash., Sept. 6. Decreased acreage, drouth and insect pests have combined to make the 1919 field seed crop of the Northwest far below normal. according to Spokane seed dealers. Blue grass, red clover, alfalfa, orchard and meadow grass are reported light and It is predicted prices will rise. A production or from &o to 75 per cent of the normal bean and pea crop is attributed to the high guarantee on wheat, which . has caused farmers to neglect planting the less certain crops. 'According to reports from govern- ment inspectors, the Willamette valley. normally producing from ZOO to 300 cars of red clover, will ship only five or six this season,", said John Anderson of 'the Inland Seed company. "Dry weathec and the activities of the clover borer have caused the slump. The corn crop of the Inland Kmpire is good, and ' cab bage, carrots, parsnips and other root crop seeds, will be normal. Only a DO per cent crop of peas is expected." Read the advertisements on the farm" pages of The Journal. When answering advertisements always mention th farm pages. Oregon' State Pair Salem, Sept. 2-27- Government's Giant War and Agricultural Exhibit composed of tro phies captured on European battle- fields by American soldiers, and exhib its from the agricul tural, naval an4 war departments, will be on exhibition for the first time. A colossal array of magnificent exhibits representing the state's great indus tries and resources. Greatest ever staged in the Northwest. A superb racing pro gram, and the best of amusements and attractions. A. H. LEA, Secy., Salem. Sell Your Catcara Bark Balsam of Fir at market price. Write U . DRUQ DIPT. LUMAUKR-FRANK DRUQ 00. Portland, Oregon erreeiwilfMtsni TttW. tct Irfsm. WttW miTBI eat iat. Write farCae sk4 SktMatf Ta(s , SWIFT A COMPANY : i SIS CUM Itrtrt MITUli, Itusi Horse Show i ' - -