r BETTHRiFAi::, -3 EFFICIENT MARKETING , vJ PUBLICTAKIIIG. NB'ffl ABOUT CiPlIW j By B- C Stewsrtv Now is the time to look over- the records of the past year, to figure. jup the crop production, to find ths profit and "losses and to lay juansfor' the coming year 'What Ilea ahead can only he conjectured, it la rather much of a samMe. Let the past toe son, hut Clean from it many lessons. ; Plan for the future,', Hake resolutions if that m help and they will if of the right kind, -but intentions wilt do little with out constant effort .-y ' -Z Farm crops and farm profits have not .been unusually large during the past year. The producer was forced to- gamble, at ; both the f arming and marketing ends of the industry. The -weather-dealt many a Shard, hand to play. The farmer always lias and al ways will have to gamble against the weather. There - Is a : shrewd player who still sits in the game that . the producer is anxious to oust, player that the producer has' found always on the winning side. No matter how good ; the hand of the producer, that of the commodity gambler, has been Just, a little better. ; Net? matter how . many or what kind of chips the farmer places before him, when he cashes In he receives the little end of the bar gain. The commodity gambler la a big gambler and can f reese out' the individual farmers who enter the' mar keting game. PAW ZAI, WAXTETJ - . Producers are finding it - profitable to. combine their forces and piay-their hand together. ; By doing eo - they stand a better , chance when they play the marketing gam and nave ",. more cash, when they settle with the banner. Production. has been materially in creased through adoption of better methods of farming practice. Im proved - strains,,. . aclentifio -cultural methods, soil improvement and h&r ' vesting methods have all ' tended to increase - production without much ad ditional outlay, of time or money. All these were deemed essential that' -the world might be fed. -. But -baa ' the farmer received a fair deal when" the commodity waa ready for the market? It would seem that he -has not. After staking his investment, bis time and his labor to produce the" crept gam bling against elemental "forces in get tins the ' crop ready for - the .? market. . ha .has had to see the crop he created used as a gambling stake before it reached the ultimate consumer. The' importance of the marketing part of farming is beginning to be recognised. Special markets can take but a small part of the . farm com- moduea. . The average producer' must take., his chances Th the -, general mar kets. Alone he stands but small chance of . v receiving an -equitable j return. Through - cooperation xwith -his fellow producers he gains the power to, 4le mano justice. Aa a part or a group. ! he ia in a position to go out. and reek new markets and new buyers if - those at hand do not give, promise of .ppying a fair price. J, ... While the past year his not seen Man? new marketing groups organised luv the Northwest, yet those already established, with few exceptions,' have shown healthy growth. Even more Important, from the standpoint of the r ture. is the favorable Impression that many, hot now members of any marketing group, have received - The ..; future outlook is bright, for the demon stratlon of - collective . marketing has . won many converts to the cause, who ill eventually, fall in line and Join with their fellow producers. The gen- eral public has been educated to the . feasibility of- such methods vf mar keting, and where they 'once doubted iu ultimate success they are begin ning to realize that it is to be the ! solution of economic problems that haw long confronted the. people as a whole. if,,'.., -----.-v-.. ;-.-- . By individual effort the farmer can grow a crop, take it to market and receive what he la offered. : By col lective extort, he , can grow a crop with the assurance ; that when it Is ready for the market he will be able to have some say In fixing the price. In planning for. the new year many will take Into account the opportunities offered to those who help themselves and help their neighbors by working : .together. - 2 More Profits " in Walnuts - - - - - a That's whas you want if you are e a walnut grower ; and that's e what . you want to positively e . knew about if you are thinking of starting walnuts. -. To help you in properly cultivating- the; rich walnut soil in your section and make it yield the greatest harvest - at the least coat, we have illustrated litera ture prepared by walnut experts that we will be glad to furnish . you fre upon request and with . out any obligation on your part. Simply use the attached coupon. . Jtegardless of how many trees you want or of what variety 4 we" have anything you want). It Js Important that you plant tros of the best quality: he-althy, vigorous and produc tive. -That's the only kind we barKil-TSNatres Best." V f Oregon Nursery Co.. urenco. vre. Send m tn. formation referred to above ithout obligation to me. ante Address .. if V UK U WESTERN BULL WINS Hereford ball, Panama llotb, a.Montam animal, that ron senior and . . .' grand champion at the i Chicago, Dec, 30. The Northwest aa a "natural cattle country" and the Hereford as America's premier beef breed won new recognition at the In ternational Live Stock Exposition in Chicago recently when a Montana bull, "Panamk 110th," won grand champion ship honors' in ; competition 'with'. 'the best Hereford from the leading Amer ican and Canadian shows. n The( new champion was bred and exhibited by A, B. Cook, veteran " - cattlemanof Townsend. Mont; who- operates two large ranches on which he baa HOP head of registered Hereford. s . Jfor did the Cook show herd -con tent itself with the grand champion ship ribbon. It gathered in IS more, including second prize in the aged herd class and the competition for the two best bulls. Andrew 3. Mettler of Menno, S. p.. won the sterling silver, cop offered by the .Institute of American Meat Pack ers for the. best bred carload of Here ford cattle. His winning load ; ' sired by a Panama bull from the Cook herd. ,; : ' ' -. - "1 believe commercial . cattle , pro ducers should ' use the best Hereford bull 3 they .can- afford ;and grade -up their cow herds to " the highest possl ble degree." says Cook. "Quality Jbeef ia the only kind that U showing a profit to the producer i today, and it will be the producer of Quality cattle who will continue 'to make profits In the future.". . ..,.. T GREAT PROGRESS Great progress has been made in the art of irrigation since the first crude works built Cu years ago, according to the annual report of the bureau of pub lie roads. United States department of agriculture. In 1920 the. area Irrigated in the United States amounted to ap proximately 19,000,000 acres and the annual - gross returns from irrigated land is -now nearly half a billion dol lars. ' -'-.vv ' ' V In the task of converting so large an extent of arid lands Into highly produc tive fields and- orchards, the bureau, through its Investigations, has rendered substantial aid. Methods of applying water to land have been studied in the principal irrigation sections. Investiga tions have also been made of the rise of alkali ar.d the capacities of drainage ditches and tUes.-v;-. ; The irrigation : district, the report says, has been rapidly growing in fa vor as a form of organisation for re claiming arid land or for. improving existing, Irrigation systems. ' The bu reau has aided a number of Western states in perfecting laws, relating to dis tricts, and last year-a careful study was made of the operation of the irri gation district law In each of the states. Much valuable work has been done by the bureau in finding the cost of ob-. talning a water supply for arid lands. Frequently it is less than the fann er's expense of preparing his land for Irrigation,, purchasing equipment ana building the neeaeaary . improvements. .---Tr n ii i i fa iM mmi 1 1 i m : ; Jersey Breeders ; Form Association, ; , Plan 'Dairy Week' Freewater. Dee. JO. The dairymen Of the valley held an Important meet ing last week at the Ferndale Hall for the purpose : of s advancing the breed ing of Jersey stock In this section, vr. B. T. Slmms of O. A. C .and H. A. Mathieson of Salt Lake City, both of the dairy division of the agricultural department addressed - the meeting. A temporary association of the Walla Walla. valley Jersey - breeders was formed with Clarence Bixby, president, O. C. i Plaquet, secretary-treasurer; Victor 7 CofXman. Frank Kelson and Howard Raneome, directors. The next meeting will be at Waua Walla early in janu&ry during dairy week. , 'OFFICES CONSOLIDATED " x Wenatchee,, Wash., Dee. SO. The soils - Investigation, office : and . county agent have been consolidated as the result of action - taken at a meeting held at the courthouse. Roy Larson, former county agent, has accepted the position of county agricultural agent. After three hours of heated debate, a motion supporting the county commis sioners and recommending - that ; the disposition of the county, agent and soils investigation work be left in the board's hands, was passed. - This ac tion virtually amounted tor 'the con solidation of the two offices. COrTT HOME A!E5TT " Medford Dee. 30. Miss Grayce Teich, ;t graduate at Iowa college. Ames, low.i. who has recently ' com pleted a special course at O. A. CX. will succeed Miss Florence Pool, resigned; as county home demonstration- spent in ?-tedford- M:k3 Pool has been dem onstraUcg for six years.. NORTHWEST VIS HONOR AT SHOW KA ON MAKES Chicago livestock snow. " . OREGON MAN HAS .WINNING JERSEY Starting tests at 6 years, -9 months of age, Minna ' Lass of Ashbura ' has Just finished a most creditable register of merit record, la 365 days she pro duced 12328 pounds of milk and 752.59 pounds of butterfat Her average test was S.09 Der cent. - ; . V , -" In October 1921" Lass came through withithe highest production with 1198 pound of milk and 74.84 pounds . of butter fat. The other 11 months were also very creditable as each time she produced more than "60 pounds, of but terfat. - - --. ... . . . ': - ' - . - ,' Minna" started test as a ; junior year old and tn one year produced S823 pounds ef milk and 655.22 pounds of butterfat, i She lust missed a silver medal by ten pounds.- ,t - . - Va tntln,'. Achhnrn Ttarmnt. : A. J. rC. C. sold . and silver medal buU is Minna's sire. He has ZX register of merit daughters to date. Minna:-, of Ashbura was her dam. Thla cow was sired by a G. Chief of Ashhurn, he a son Of the gold and silver medal null, Oolden Glow's Chief. Minna of Aah- ourn, has two creditable: register of merit records as follows 40S.su pounds of butter-fat at 1 year and U months and 822.70 pounds at 7 years. J, M. Dickson et Son, Shedd, Or., are the owners of Minna Lass of Ashhurn. HolstemSftlilk Records and Feed Burn; Contest Off Stanhope Belle Johanna, who has made Holsteln. history -in Oregon, will be unable to carry on with her second greatr year of production. Her teed. her barn and her . December milk rec ords were burned on "Christmas- eve-i ning. - - : -. . A fire, starting in the hay loft com. pletely wiped out the barn and silo of H. " G. Mullenhoff pear Gresham. Stanhope Belle and most of the other animals . were savedX One registered bull and a heifer cjUf were burned and the herd sire ! was badly burned on the back, but it Is thought will re cover. Stanhope would have ximsnea the first six months of her second yearly record on January 6. and gave every promise of finisning close to tne top as a world rnilk .producer, since her first six months would have shown her to have given approximately 18,000 pounds of milk. S. E. Hodgens. who has assisted -Mullenhoff4 throughout the tests with helpful advice and by preparing the feed ration, says that it will be impossible for Stanhope's owner to carry on her test ; to com pletion. - . ' ' ! '', Potatoes good enough -for certifica tion were crown hy a good- many per sons last year who sold off their choice stock for seed and planted only in ferior sorts of tho certified product- In nearly veTr Instance this resulted in too much disease for certification, this s-ear. In eortinc the potatoes this win ter save plenty of good, smooth. halthy tubers for planting next-spring, it is not aaf e to save for seed the very small and very matured potato as they are likely to have mosaic. Every po tato with pointed stem-end should be rejected, for seed purposes - Buying of repair parts and putting them on at this time will save much time when crop conditions are rushing tho - work : next summer. There are clentx of repairs available now or there is time to get them before harvest is pressing. - . , . Valley View Land Tillers Form New Farm Bureau Unit Medford, Dec, - JO. The farmer of Valley -View,' east of Talent, have or ganised a community unit of the coun ty farm bureau, this being tho first community tn Jackson county to - or ganise under the plan adopted by the state farm bureau federation. , One of the principal matters calling for, the attention of this: unit i irrigation. Meetings are planned for the last Sat urday of each month. Each member nleda-ed hia support to the farm bureau for the coming year. Officers elected were X R. McCracken. president; J. D. Lowe, vice president ; H. Ii. Reach- ert, secretary-treasurer. : - ; w . County Agent Need Of Marion Bureau ' Salem. Dec 80. Demand for. county agent In . Marion county t voiced by the Marion County Farm bu reau, in session - bere. . -The bureau, which has 700 members in the county, is said to be solidly tack- of tt move f or a county agent. - QA.G E DIES IN EPIDEMICS Few people realise, that the livestock Industry of 'this state 'suffers annual losses v equal to twice the taxable valuation o some, of Oregon's coun ties, yet this is Irue If the estimates of the state sanitary ? board: and its representatives can be relied . upon, writes a resident of Hermlston. Every" year a severe outbreak of soma disease, and aometimes more than one, decimates the herds and flocks of , the '-Northwest y The "walking disease which attacked the horses, the sheep scab, the black leg tn the range herds, tuberculosis and Infectious abor tion, in. dairy herds, have been largely responsible 'for these losses. -All : oi these diseases respond to control meas ures, : and , some of , them . to definite cures. , . " . - . , - This season- Hermlston has had an attack of. hog cholera which has prac tically wiped - out some of the .best herds in Umatilla county., Two - men alone have lost not ' lesa than $7000. Had it not been for the strenuous efforts put forth, by the state sanitary board and the " Agricultural , college, this disease would certainly have . be come ; widespread. -The losses in -this state and -district through Infectious abortion have been so severe as to-cause great discourage ment of many dairymen. Several par ties are known who have lost nearly $1000 a season, and some who have lost considerably above "this through this disease. Largely through the . efforts of. Dr. B. .T, Sims of the Agricultural college, control measure are being put in effect which It la hoped will elim inate this trouble. ' .. The severe "lossea suffered -byHer mlston breeders have caused them to ask the coming legislature for the continuance of the' good work, which Is now being done by Dr. Sims, and in spile of the fact that, this Is a year of tax reduction, they feel that funds necessary to continue this work should be provided, ? .,-, . . Fi T H3nsboro, Dec." 10. A eummary of tha "last, two yearSi efforts at; onion smut control tn Washington county by County Agent O. T. McWhorter ahows that In 19214an Increase of 218 sacks of onions-per acre was obtained where formaldehyde was dripped in the rows at seeding time on an onion-farm In the Klaton community. A repetition of the tests this season on - the same farm gave a yield of 255 sacks of onions per acre on the treated plots and nine sacks per acre on the un treated areas, making an increase of 247 sacks per acre for the trouble and expense of using formaldehyde, . , The services of H.. P. Barss.x plant pathologist. Oregon Agricultural Col-Experiment- station, were secured to Bsuoervlsethis work. . . a grower in me .jsnerwooa locality obtained . an average increase of ,79.1 sacks per acre.; Two growers at Mul loy place their increase, at 100 sacks per acre, and one grower at Tualatin approximates his Increase through .the use of formaldehyde at 100 per cent for this year. - A . solution of one ounce of formal dehyde to one gallon of water ia dis- tnoutea tnrougn a -l inch opening into tne rows at eeedlng time, A tank la attached . to the planter which car ries .-the solution. 'X Onion , smut is somewhat serious on several farm in Washington county. and it is 'spreading. It is not at alt improbable that the . formaldehyde treatment, which has proven so suc cessful the last two years, may be the means through which the onion grow ing industry win be saved to Wash ington county, concludes the county agent. . Directors of Farm . Bureau Formulate Next Year's Plans The directors of the Oregon Farm Bureau federation were in session at their office at 212 Fltzpatrick bulldinjr ell day December 20, formulating plans for carrying' out their organisation campaign for 192 for orderly mar keting or agricultural producta - Mem bers present expressed their Intention to . heartily cooperate with the market ing program of the. Portland Chamber of Commerce and expressed themselves as confident that a' successful year waa ahead of the farm bureau. - One mem ber voiced the general sentiment when be said, "a favorable aentlment on the part . of the town and commercial in terests will remove one" of the greatest obstacles to farm organisation.' .' Berry Growers of ; 0helialis to, Join v ; N, P. Association Chehalis. Wasfu; Dec 20. At " the meeting of the berry growers in this section, which was held in the Chehalis Citizens' , dub rooms on Wednesday afternoon. It was -decided that the growers shall become members of the North Pacific. Berry Growers' as sociation. They had with tnem at "this time Karl Kallagren. organizing man- ager of the association, who gave an address " explaining the workings of his . organization. He - has signed number of the local 'growers and will return la a few day after more mem bers. The . temporary committee in charge that will look after the affairs of the organisation is L. O. Cotyn. T. F. Snlvely, Henry Olson. M. Seine and K.F. Hllborn. The organisation . Is made np of local feranchea and the pur pose is to market the berry output of the state tn a mors satisfactory man ner. . - " ' -. ' - TO FISB STlTlfPS ; - Molalla,. Dec JO. A demonstration f clearing big stump land r at the & A. Cordill - farm by the O. A. C ex tension service, will be held January S. -The Zysset blasting and pulling methods will be used. The Zysset method has been Investigated for a period of six years by the - Oregon Agricultural college and has been a I ruceessful method In quickly firing I the rtumr with a rrs that will cou raume tie stamp roola. tin UOHUV STOG CHECK ON SMU BURNER WILL BE KM i Big stumps must be more econom ically removed.;- It is even more im portant that the roots of such stumps bo eliminated- from tho cultivated depth cl farm lands. " lAnd clearing operations, are progressing too slowly nnaer tne -film coe( ox present Detier known methods.,- -v . : The Zysset method of clearing big stump lands has been Investigated for six years by . the ' Oregon . Agricultural college,' with time and cost studies made thereon. It has been found that this - method la successful In . quickly firing the stump with a fire that will, when properly managed, satisfactorily consume- the ' stump and roots, Any successful system must- remove - the roots from the plowing depth; The Zyaaet device la simple and durable. To show these burners in operation In real stump land in Clackamas two big demonstrations i will be held, writes W, , -A. Holt; county agent. Jenuary there -will be a complete exhibit of land clearing at the S. A. Cordill farnw one mila'west of MoIaK la. - The program will ' begin . at II o'clock with an Indoor show of lantern slides and and a discussion of the burner bv Georse W. Kable. extension specialist from 0,.A C This part, of the ' program will be necessary for a orooer. understanding on the actual field demonstration and should hot be missed. 4 -uvvf--',- 5 : - : :''-- At noon there will be a hot lunch. after which win be shown the .actual clearing in the stump patch. Five hat- tt rlea of burners- will begin, operations a week before the 'demonstration- so those attending will have an oppor tunity to see all phases of the Zysset method. ! . Arrangements are being made-to show the nee of pullera and blasting powders. " January 18 a -similar demonstration wUl be held In the vicinity of Boring. the exact place to be announced soon. For further Information in tnta con nection interested persons may; aa daess the county agent at Oregon City. PRAISESlRlGi Ton have something In your horti cultural - products . Investigations no other institution In the United SUtes has." writes C. I. Lewis, managing editor of the "American . Fruit Grower. Chtearo. "vt . The "Fruit Grower- has just pub lished a three-page Illustrated article on the work of the experiment station laboratory in better canning, crying and other " wise preserving- perishable fruits adn vegetables, including, the new recirculation prune oner, ine aditor aava-this story Is very Inter esting and readable and. wtU be of in- terest to growers all over tne country. "J. beleive you would do well to give a great deal -of publicity to this work because tnere is tremenaous in terest ln.lt all over the united eiaes. tha editor writes. "I have beea hoping it will bo supported in a nice way . on the. experimental aide so you can go ahead ' and- capltayse the present building for experiments aa well . as teaching," -. - Th nnw work, was started a few years ago and has already developed many new facts of Interest about Jam. Mi atut dried products, and closer use of culls and waste products of manufacture, E. E W elgand la tn charge.-. f -t.u. - t: ' r ' " IENT KEEPS MOLD OFF BUTTER The rrowth of mold on butter ' In tubs is -a cause of great annoyance to dealers and a common source, of loss to creameries. Preventive. ., t r e a t- ments designed to' d away -with this trouble have been devised by various people, and these have been carefully studied by the United States depart ment of agriculture. The treatment that, has been found 'most successful consists In soaking the tubs In cold water; steaming them for 10 T seconds with Clive steam, paraffining the . In ner surface, and i then rubbing over the paraffin with salt. In addition, the liners for the tubs are soaked fftr 80 minutes In a saturated solution of boil ing brine. Under the supervision of the department several million pounds of batter have been packed in tubs and liners treated In this manner and no cases of mold have been reported. - - A number of methods of - treating tubs and - liners have been tried out in comparison with the one just de scribed, but no other has been squally successful. Some tubs and liners were merely" soaked in cold water, and tn these the -mold made '.; abundant rrowth '. When the tubs Jmd liners were soaked in a saturated solution of cold brine the growth of the mold was somewhat - reduced, v . Butter - tn tuba that were soaked In water and steamed for 20 seconds with live steam, and lined with liners that had been dipped in a saturated solution of boil ing brine, developed very little mold ; but results were still better when par affin and salt were, used as described above. -: --t -h-.' ?t ; " The treatment found most satisf ae tory is inexpensive and meets the needs of creameries of any type and in any part of the country.- . AJEFXESEXT O. A. C Oregon-Agricultural College. Corval lls, Dec 30. Dr. Wlllibald Wealger. professor of physics, and W. & Brown, whose work as horticulturist 'at' the Oregon experiment station is credited with doing much for: th horticultural industry of the state, are representing the college at a meeting -of the Ameri can Association for Advancement of Science, now in session at Cambridge, Mass. ! Weaateb.ee Apples Win Wenatchee, Wash,, Dee.1 80. Two bones of -Wenatchee apples were ex hibited at the Purdue University Hor ticultural how and according to word reaching here won the highest prizes at the exhibition. - The apples were shown by Paul Piper, who .is attend ing Purdue university. - - WAKT SHOW BEPEATEO ' Wenatchee, Wash- .. Dec 10. We eatchee's first home : products show was such a success that the Commer cial club has been asked .to make it an annual event. The first show was at tended by 4580 people cum in actio; onuui EXPERIMENTvORK TREA1 MAY W..-0LLIE ."! f ..W - . ,..-- . - .-r.. J.J..--. ..JJC , t ii i i fcwwi m i i wiii ii. ii wi ii iimimmi iwii i 'rn' r fT "fir n rr-n nr rm i irr - f-r" -- t.xmm " w-. .vrj- ...- - ,-.v-: --. ----..?-t;,-.: - rffiii-iif.-iii.irri'w i, ii nw.iiifa-Mi.jiiMiiiiiiirM, nmr win in mi i t -r- -ir-r- y.-.-. .--y..- .,-..,J.....:...jJ Ilolbtein cow who, on December test wTaScb places lier as yrortd record butter prod ocer. f - HOLSTE IH HOLDS Chicago, IIL, Dec. SO.Wlth a yearly semi-offlciaj record of ,!18-6S pounds butterfat. equivalent to 1.523.2 ; pounds butter from 21.610.C pounds milk test ing ; 2.25 per Cent, May Walker OlUe Homestead, a Holsteitt,;: Is America's new .champion hutter-produclng cow over alt - breeds and ages, j As a con seqsence of this performance., finished December is, sne displaces tne zormer American record held by. Duchess Sky lark Ormsby.; x She. is , owned by ne Minnesota Holsteln company, Austin, Minn. ' ' The new champion is a seven-year- old daughter of PKbe Laura OUIe Homestead King and May Walker of Arden, both of whom are of high pro ducing and show v winning ancestry. Her : weight. 1,765 pounds,. ' combined with dairy temperament and refinement also-mark her as an excellent type of dairy cow. , . - - . . consisted of bran, ground oata.' distil- lera grains,- hominy, oil meal, gluten and cottonseed with salt and a limited amount of mineral compounds. She also received : liberal amounts -. of al falfa hay and. during the latter part of her test,' corn ensilage and beeta. . - The nniformtty-of May Walker Ollle Homestead's production during her entire- yearly : testr period . is an out standing feature of her record. In no one calender month nld she produce less . than .80 pounds butterfat or 2000 pounds milk, nor did-she produce over 3000 pounds milk m any month. --She carried calf -almost six months of her test prtod;.;rsiii-- 'f-- v- jtt eJ: je--eg"rv LANDS ESSENTIAL It Is well known among' agricultural leaders of. Western Oregon that drain age of ths wet lands is an absolute "necessity before. extensive. agriculture at development-"can progress' ' as - it should. ' :;. Jp According to reperts from the mem bers of the Oregon Clay Workers .as sociation, 1.5SJ.500 feet of tile waa sold iu ' 1921 ; for. farm drainage purposes. Under average conditions this would serve 2000 acres - or more, according to the soil type drained. Any increase In drained acreage can be figured as an asset to the ; locality, but if the work is continued at this rate it would take 875 years- to drain the .730.000 acres of land needing -'drainage-in. the Willamette valley alone. . it is- assumed that the - concrete tile need In farm drainage was offset by -day tile used for -road and bahement drainage. , The - Oregon experiment , station has carried on experimental work which has shown tho most economic method of drainage for various soil type a The extension service has provided a soils specialist who devotes most of his time In the drainage season to assisting! groups of farmers in working out plans for drainage systems and con ducting demonstrations showing prop er methods, grades and depths for laying tile. v; .-'.v.-. ;. -. -Requests for drainage assistance should be sent, to the - local' county agent. Or if there is hone in tho county where assistance is desired, to- the O. A. C extension' eervlee, CorvaUls. s Cours0il;Eepairs Of Farm Machinery Is Added at 0. A. 0. - Oregon Agricultural College, Cor vaUls, Dec. 2 a. To give the farmers of Oregon the technical knowledge to op erate and repair -farm machinery and tractors, a winter short course is of fered at the Oregon Agricultural col lege, beginning January X and ending March 17. Mors than 22 hours a week in laboratory work.-with 10 - different makes of tractors, under the regular Instructors and experts from the varl ous factories will be given each man enrolled m the course. . Many farmers near Corvallls have brought their farm machinery to the college department for students to re pair under ths supervision of the fac ulty members. The short course stu dents will have a chance to work on some of these machines. .. - L15D BA5K PBOTE8 BOOK Morton. Wastw- Dec ! 88. According 'to reports made to the local farm association, the Eastern Lewis county farmers are approved borrowers from the Federal Land bank at Spokane of approximately $18,000. - James N, Sword of Morton has received his loan of 82500 and loans of J. W. Peters of Randal for 27000 ; - George W. Peters of Ran die for $5709; EL C Skaggs of Davis Lake for $1500 and C. E. Dun away , of. Davis Lake for $1500. have been approved, v TBBEE SITKSS 6B0WCKS - Pasco.' Wash,. Dec 20. -The directors of the Three Rivers Growers associa tion met in Pasco with the growers of strawberries, asparagus, potatoes and other crops to' discuss .questions--of interest to all growers and p!ans of organization. ' " AMERICM RECORD DRAINAGE OF ET HOMESTEAD 18, completed ' jo?m semi-official OREfiOIl THAFPERS PRIZE .:A renord of 203, Docket s-onhere and ti moles caught in II months ending In November, obtained for Roy Hanen krat. en Oregon boy, a prise of $2S. Another boy, Ferdinand Beeker, caught 220 moles and received' a second prise of $15. These boys were taking part la a contest organized in Tillamook county. Or., to eradicate these pesta The county was divided into three dis tricts, and prises amounting to 250 were allotted to each district. . Forty boys and girls entered the contest.. Pocket gopheas- are very unevenly distributed in Tillamook county, and the boys working in' certain territories were lurmed by the mountainous ma ture of the country,' so that it required fully as much effort to get the 145 moles -which won tho first prise tn the south side of the county, or the lit moles turned In by the -winner at the north end, as it took for the big catches in the open Tillamook' vauey. The onlv condition of the contest was that- prise winners ' should turn in , at least 100 skins. A total ef ISO mote- skins and 594 pocket gopher skins, or 2402 skins altogether.- were turned in to the county agent's office, according b ths report received by the represen tative of the biological survey of the United States department of agricul ture, who assisted in organising the campaign In . addition . te ther prises, ths .1800 moleskins will be sold and ths money returned to ths young trap- To emphsslss the need of food con trol la wa , tha . United States depart ment of agriculture calls attention to the great, growth, of food preparation in factories. Not many decades ago much of the food consumed was pre pared in the home or obtained in the immediate neighborhood, and sines the consumer knew about the conditions of its preparation there was little need for food laws. Todav . much of ' the food is produced end prepared 'a long way from those who consume It. and as a consequence some sort of govern ment control is necessary. , ' . , : The great- volume of - commerce. In foods Is indicated In the last .census report, for 1919, which shows that the food manufacturing ; industry - as a whole Is more than four times larger in value than the next largest manu facturing1 Industry, -which la iron and steel.. .Meat packing alone -represents a greater values. The . total . value ef manufactured food - products for 1919 was $l$,S91.914.00u, -while, automobiles produced in the same year wars valued at . 12,227.832,000, boots and ; shoes at tU49.660.000. clothing at $2443.19.000. antl foundry and -machine shop prod uces at SZ,SZl,lZ9,nOV, - - - ' ! i Among the food products that make i a the errand total, flour-mill products stafnd nxt to packinghouse products, the figures for tne year nemg 007,000 as compared with $3,995,977,000. Bakery products amounted to nearly $1,600,000,000 and sugar almost to $1,000,000,000. . ' Poultry 1 N One egg now is worth two In ths spring, says ths O. A. C. experiment station. It is important that the birds go to roost with a good full crop dur ing cold weather, A little extra, grain in a trough an hour after the regular grain feeding at night will help to ob tain this condition. . It takes mors fuel for the - hen's - f urnaee during cold weather and heavy production than when the birds are .molting and rest ing- - - ' . Purchasing baby chicks from a re liable breeder Is one of ths cheapest and beet ways ot getting started in tbe poultry buainesa. . Of course one should have adequate brooders and houses to rear ths chicks, as well as a knowledge, of brooding in , order that normal, well grown pullets be made ready for the laying housetn ths zalL Professor .Buchanan.' . Washington state poultry extension specialist, has decided that any hen r which Jays less than" 120 eggs a year is a cull and should be taken off tho nest, fattened and made into a chicken pie, - Ia this connection ' It -is interesting to note the average United States hen lays leas than half the number - fixed by the Washington authority Vs the dead-line between scrubs and thoroughbreds. Pa cific poultrymen. evidently have high ideals of production. '' f Thomas TVMurphine of Seattle an nounces hia withdrawal as a candidate for speaker ef the house in the etate legislature Thia leaves Mark E. Heed ef Shelton as the only candidate. . KINKADE GARDEN TRACTOR - and . Power- Lawnmower ' A practical, tnmi pvwmr CulUvaUtf for iarden.ra. Soharbanilaa. . . Tneierm, Klnrata. Korr- s- . 'jr. r lua. trait tinwlL . ' Awterieaa Farm ?!arhine Co. zse km, aa- a. c RtlnnMpotia, .- sjlae. FOOD PRODUCTS OUTPUT iS HEAW WOOL (Su.'.liS PLEASED WK. , The 12 directors. of the' Paclfio Co opera tlvs Wool Orowerf on December 21 completed two-day meeting at the offices Of the association In Portia:. I. They expressed themselves as h!s!.'y saUsfled with the result of the year s business The association has handled ever $400,000 worth of wool and mohair, and prices received by members hav been several cents - per pound above the prices obtainable outside the asso ciation at shearing time.- - : The association consists of zzuu wooi and mohair growers residing principal ly, in Oregon, though with member ship in Idaho, -Washington ana s-,.-fornls, . . - The directors attended luncheon at the Portland Chamber Of Commerce on Wednesday and were addressed by ChasV Stewart, vice president of te Northwestern National bank, and v P. B. Dodson. general manager or tne chamber: Speeches were also made t y Directors K. A. McCormack. Kugene : W. W. Poland. Shedd t TUude Uu chanan.' Corvallls; J. . It. Coleman, Co burg ; P. DeFord. " Central Point : Oeo. H. Thompson, Meelayt B. Hoy Booth. Yoncalla. and President i rea W. Herrln of Ashland. . R.- A. Ward, manager of the association, presided. Other directors in attendance were C L. Beckley. Dlxonvllle; J. w. fcmitn. Aurors; j. B. Cornett, Shedd A. B. Flint, Beavsrton. The wool growers board passed reo lutions endorsing, and approving the Portland Chamber of Commerce pro gram for state development and co operative marketing. '' 4BIlaMMaMWlaaMMMav.e2esnefeaeiMirsBSHaeeW Cattle; Testing inV -Lane Successful EugeneVDecT ie,More than 10,003 head of cattle have been tested for tu berculosis in Lane county and a suc cessful - squirrel poison campaign of the estimated value of $86,000 was con ducted la 1222, according to to the com pleted report of Ira P. Whitney, county agricultural agent, to the United States department Of agriculture. The report enumerates the - different activities along 'agricultural lines and the result obtained during the year. In the -testing of 10.02$ animals, S3 were, found to react to .the T. B. teat. X- TO HOLD DEMOSstHATIOX ' Medford. Dec. 20. -A pruning dem onstration will be held at the Omera orchard near Talent on Wednesday, January ft, to be conducted by County Agent Cats and county rruit mpeo- tors Howard Warner and . timer JU Oatman, It had been erroneously an nounced previously that this, demon stration was to be held December 27. . . . s . . . Top Prices FOR- Highest market prices paid fura graded by experts.. - Quick Returns .. - . Shlo skins to ' ";- , .- - " 1" " ; 1 Broadway at Morrison Portland, Oregon SASH and D O ORS O.B.WILLI AMS CO. lsa rim Ate. sevth, sestUe, Wain. Ursnt mtn ia tha Wejt twlUns oHraet to h vmmr. stm yea u BUOdiuneB'a ptvdt. ; CHICKETI KCUSE SASH 20 in. wvl by 29 in. btcb ......... .S0r a eocea di(lnuU sUas is stock for prosi i CHICKEI HOUSE SXYUCIITS S 1m. bf 40 in. rricm, (lu-d sa.tia Thia ia tb KM raeMnraandet hf Wmtrn WaahlnrtOB TCzparlmaat suuoa. Olden tmmu pnaapUr. nva aroaa easel eoen, S lb S 4s, sy S f t. S in., at. mmeh. . . t ..SS.St One paael doeta, at. aech. . ......... se.ba Monef cheerfully refund! If not aatiafM. Writo for free ilhutratad catalos Ha. 12 Contains halpfal hlau for rcBtodauat tha ai4 boaaa er iilaatilm. tha sew eaa O, B.WIIXIAIS CO. FSTA FT,imn i SEEDS THl KIND THAT GROT 1 Ton Can't Keep Them in the f, Grownd. i-- .'; ! " y-: Wrlbs f or PHce for Seeds " FOR FALL SOWING ''. J; J. Butzer Front and Tajlor Eta. i . Portland, Oregon HIDES WOOL ' 'CaseatS Ears, ralta. Mohalu IT Ara tm the llarliat. 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