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- " - -.: . - - .. r . ... ' : , ... v ' ' ' - '.:.... . . f. ,. !.... ......... . . i. l ZZCOIJD rlEVS' SECTION rp - .... . . . : 1 SEVENTY.TIIIUD:YEAR WOBLO'SIEGOIJ fed o:j SILAGE. F. E. Lynn, Perrvdale. Oreaoh. ; Fair Board. Member,! Would Not be Without a Silo ine olio is an ADsolute Essential to Prolitable Dairy- j, ing and This Goes Without Argument Now . .. F, . E. Lynn la one of the newbor for , this j cow. as there was 4 members of the Oregon state falrnothlng that ! would keep ip the board Qf directors. He is a world milk floweiual :to that; of ; sU reeord Jersey breeder. - - Writingage. He had; used silage for 1 5 Mrom hls home at Perrydale, Ore-years and consider It the best ; gon, to The Statesman some time feed obtainable, and "would not ! 'ago. referring to his world's re-be without one' - - cord .Jersey junior. Poppy's Dor- Thvre is no use arguing the . ha be. stated" that during sevenquestion. 'The silo is an abso- months of her test she was fed lute essential; to profitable dairy &0 pounds of corn silage per day; ing in fact to profitable animal -j that- these were her ; best , sevenhusbandry oC any type. months' production. He stated Energy is J required to- - bring that hid silo was not sufficiently feed from fields even under best f large to feed his .entire herd, and of. conditions, and a lot of It is that he got silage from a neigh-required where cows, are sent to I - r A irJSTraLIMITTOIWSTIKlT ft Ff.::ciHi KausEivire may realize sha Mavon thffHcAlb'Lof Graduate From the Mere Keener - a fv ill r . i rii ri 1111:11.1111:1- i.iiiiii 1 hi . sn 1 v . 111 x x m w w w. ' w n -i a im mbv Breed sr of Fowls Whose Eggs and Breeding Stock ' . Make .Her an .Independent Income, Says Authority vt Henry "VW Kruckeberg, t editor of the poultry ' department of- the Los Angeles Sunday ? Times Jfarm and" Tractor Section, isone of the outstanding authorities and writ'ers of the whole -country on matters connected with the poul- ; try industry. The following, ad dressed to the housewife poultry breeder , on the city or suburban back lof. In the Issue of that pa- ,per of last Sunday,! will no doubt nave many readers in the Salem district and perhaps (and It Is oped) tome followers:; . 1 The housewife, who values her time; and does not, want to work i ith poultry if there is not a good return to tbe family front hex ork, 7 deserves xattentlon. v To ' value time Is no small item In our &ort lives and leads to splendid Investments. Common oarnyard ' Tiwla, I helping themselves to what's in sight; are considered profitable to the ordinary farmer 'when , they net him $1 per head , each year. Th housewife, who , cres fot; 15 barnyard fowls yard- ed on the home I back lot, can ex pect to get $15 fclear. profit in a ylar of caretakiag. The yards, pens and fowls are the Jnvest- Sent. Taking note of time' and oney In hand,, nowevier, she re eents working a ,yearffltereljc to il&y -;al spring hati That doesn't &e!p the family enough to pay; tor j,::r; work. . 1 " !' -V:.:v ; J . Instead of : Duyiag tnei Easter hat with? $15 thie- ? disgruntled tousewjfe, aa ' caretaker pt fif- rt.en yaraea rowur, snouia proceea i ' io. Investigate' wharif doing in city I ""poultry Ufa and, inqluire It It isn't possible to - make .more than a Hollar a h In a year . of care ' taking Any poultry supply house . twill assure her it is, or any good 5;poutry paper. The products of a arnyard hen for market sale are merely her few egga! and mongrel carcass;- One should Invest. in purebred; hens, whose eggSj do not , erll at market price, to be eaten, ut far S a dosen Instead of 25 or 30 ceaxfs, and for settings. In order to get a good price for eggs. Hhey must j go', for settings, and jnnst ! be eggs from known stock. iWilft T her x $ 15; th is housewife hould buy three r settings of $5 eggs of a known breeder as soon ,at ibfr has three ..broody, hens. Barayard- hens brood chicks as well as and even , better than do . most highly , bred hens, rmany- of ; the latter having lost; the instinct td breed f the ggs they lay. She 9 should set all three hens oa eggs at tae same time, and Uke les sons daily of the motjier hens on how to brood chicks.- Next year v she may. want j to tony ,, day-old chicles and brood theta herself, .and It la no small job, hut con ERSEY HEIFER THUS AIDED IN TEST Her Owner, flew York Slate Typical v Salem District Scene i' . w v ' m i m n mm m m a k ' venieht to do o, If one knows bow, and is tired . of... barnyard fowl. It isvwell to keep one good broody hen for a mother,- because a "good -broody mother. is a sure thing with expensive eggs and' not at all commoaly found. " , 1 Out of the expensive eggs" of the future toe housewife plans to sell, there will be' family" eggs hot good for eettihgs In . too large eggs too small eggs, eggs ; with ridged shells, too round' eggs, and possibly thin; shelled' eggs, which special feeding can Correct.- There will be cockerels galore, which will' not need- to depress, the breeder, as they will not. sell tot meat but for: breeding stock when a year old. If well grown. There will be. some poor specimens pro bably to eat. u The cock bird of the future to mate with the coming pure-bred hems should be careful ly selected as I only j a practical breeder of males can- select. One of the cockerels might prove de sirable , but It Is a gamble. In which the housewife should not indulge. Good' cock birds . are specially bred to breed, but nat urally cost' much money, but for which the settings will sooh pay. Only a few people can afford- ex pensive sires, although they , do pay in the end as a rule, and the cockerels will sell readily as sires; but, of - course for "less money than If. grown by a breeder of males. .M U ''-: 'A: '-;.-;; There is almost no- limit- to the returns, a' fancier housewife - can command with' her caretaklng of fowls os the' 1 home lot. If she gets too many for the lot, she can farm . out ' the young stock until they need finishing off and keep the. home, lot for a sales place, making) it a show place.- FHiiEriK FnOMTIIEO. A. c. Suggestions on Spraying and I General Notes of Interest I- to Men on the Land J t (Following is a, current bulle tin of the -department of Indus trial journalism of the Oregon Agricultural: college.) " Crab Apples Hit by Scab. 1 ' Apple scap causing patches on leaves and fruit, attacks crab ap plas . worse - than other varieties. often causing the 1 leaves' and small fruit to drop. : The use .ot stock fields on disagreeable days for the purpose of bringing cheap feed back -- to , the barn j by the storaachful. ;'.,.' ' . j. 5,.f; ; Energy is not a spontaneous commodity., -. ' ; v ; r, j X j V: - Every ounce pf energy expendr d must be replaced by generat ing additional, 'energy, I ami 1 it makes no- difference whether thjja is accomplished by man pdwe" except that ; the fmost .' expensive energy that can possiblyf be de veloped is that which is required by milk-producing animals tor rustling cheap feed In stofh "fields on disagreeable days. " : j: ' .. Those who do not have silos can spend ; a day or two right now more profitably than in any other, manner by going to visit their neighbors whoy dot have silos, looking over the condition of their herds and discussing the siibect with themw' ,: I-; -t'f I J A few days spent this way now will; insure larger, cheaper and more, profitable production next winter, for Ino livestock i grower, or dairyman, can Investigate the silo, its costs and its value with out becoming a silage feeder. J An - i a : lime-sulfur spray (1-30) . jnst as soon as the cluster buds have opened so as to- expose the;. tiny blossom buds in' the- center Is recommenaeci. , Anotner; appnea tion of ' the spray -.is made just before - the - buds actually open This-- will prevent-,-the attack of the scab and-, give r a chance for clean ;frulLJto set if properly, fol lowed up by ' the - latter.' sprays. On suoeptible varietiea-of j apples these two- scab 'sprays- are- abso lutely ; necessary for best; results and greatest profits. - - These two applications of scab 'sprays - are also-the most effective sprays for mildew.. ,- . Corn makes a good crop- for hogging ' down. Hogs -fatten in good shape by .this method . and labor Is greatly educed. An acre of corn yielding 40 bushels will feed '20 shotes weighing 12 S pounds for 15 days. ' r Swine can be fattened on gar bage from the cities , and towns. Avoid such as may .contain bro tr n . .1... n tm .M9aV0 -One ton1 per acre increase id alfalfa yields - obtained: from apf plication of sulfur fertilizers hat made . it possible to ' ; keep, one more cow per acre, . reports; a Malheur dairyman A new mimeograph oa the pro gress of sulfur, inyestlgations M Oregon is now available from Che OAC experiment station: and a de tailed report of . texperlments " Is being prepared in . bulletin fofm. IK his o;i . ? ; i SPBB FRUIT Spray Program for the Var ious Fruits tor' the -Nextv Six Weeks or So t (Pearcy Bros:, the orchard ex perts, issue from their office at 237 State street, Salem, a paper which they call 'Orchard- Dope, published occasionally in the In terests of cleaner fruit, berries, vegetables," etc. Following are some very; timely paragraphs--on spraying matters in this district taken from: the - March ..number of "Orchard-I?ope"rdope: f Spray Program f Following is the spray program for the various fruits for the next six- weeks or so. . -. - .Prunes.- Moss, San - Jose scale. twigiininer and spider mite, aro the pests ' that are controlled by spraying at this time.' Ume sul phur, 12 gallons to-100,. will con trol ' all of these at one applica tion, which Js best applied -Just as the1 winter buds are about to open. If there la no scale present, : S to 100 lime-sulphur will do -the work. . For moss and scale Dor moll 8 gallons to 100 is somewhat better to use than the Jfme-sulph ur,r but , does not "" control; twig miner as welt, according to ad Ices from OAC, L SALEM; OREGON, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 5, 1923 THE PRESIDENT; .r-'- .r - y t I v i 1 ' V 1 5 s -This photograph shows Mr. Pioneer at Miami Beach. Brig.-Qen. Cherrlek.-i MdssV- and- scale. If present, ! should ( be; controlled by JTtiree pounds la: the least ' usually spraying with Dormoil 8 to 100,:Mvised; however for this' gives or lime ; suipnur J 2 , to 1 uu, j usi as the- winter buds are swelling. The Dormoi! has a fi tendency; to make the. bark smooth and elastic and tov give the leaves a -deeper green, while the limesulphur,' on the other hand, has a drying ef fect on the baric. : 1 -. Apples and .Pears, " -The dorman spray i for. thes4 fruits to control moss scale and blister mite ' is .applied best just as-' the winter, buds are - swelling. Dormoil' 8 to 100 or lime-sulphur 12 to .100 are used. The 'Delayed Dorman - applica tion Is made just as the cluster buds are separated far enough to expose the blossom bpds This Is the first of several sprayings necessary, to" Conquer ; scab and IxJme-uiphur 2 VS to- .100 is the proper material to use. The De layed Dormant and the Dormant applications can be combined ,r us ing the 12 to 100 strength of lime- sulphur and spraying as the clus ter .buds are separating. . It; is only occasionally that it- Js neces eary to , apply the Dormant spray in apple orchards. For aphis add' nicotine sulphate three-fourths pound to 100 gal' Ions. The- Pink spray- is- applied just before the blossoms open, using" lime-sulphur- 2 gallons to 100. This application" is - for stab and mildew. ' For fruit' worms on pears and for bud' moth,- add two pounds lead arsenate to 100 gal lons. - The apple trees usually ar rive; at the pink spray stage j the tatter -part, of April or early; in May; while' pears are a little earli er, t Some growers are getting good Results In using dusting sul phur for control of scab, using the same .timing as that used in liquid spraying. . -, Cayx;; Spray. This application is for scab. and mildew as well a3 for codling moth (the felw who causes . wormy apples!. Lirner sulphur 2 4 to 100,. pljjg-lead ar senate 2 lbs.. Is used, or a sulphur lead arsenate dust. 1 The time to apply is just as the last petals fall and before j the calyi . on center fruit in, the' cluster closes. Editorial. The . grower fa in terested - In 'learning' what, spray materials ' will cost .him thissea- son. ; ' Lime-sulphue I is r down - in price. Spreaders) should be ; low er. Arsenate of lead, however, will be sky high, j There Is a scar city of arsenate : in the markets. Insecticide salesmen arebeing al lotted limited amounts of this ma terial for- their territories. When they have sold the allotted amount of lead 'that they must stop sell ings -There win not be enough lead to go around this year.. Some one will. have to do without this season. x Buy your supply" early. You may save a little; in price .by buying part of your supply of lead in bulk and weighing it out your. self. ' Where properly applied, v two pounds of arsenate of lead to 200 gallons, will control-worms in the AND MRS. HARDING IN FLORIDA :i i - 'i - , n - 3 1 t ' s . ? t W I.,, Illl ..- ..x - . 4 xl v ' " i - ' . 1 1 '5 . j. , 1 inL y ,. x I and Mrs. Harding ng as they stepped ashore from the houseboat Sawyer, the President's physician, appears in the background. 1 f ilyx and . 30-day applications; some reserve. - Manufacturers put JeW up In four-pound bags. SHice U - is inconvenient to weigh out three pounds from a' four-pound bag,' the, grower 'usually uses,, the Whole bag. 'With lead (scarce and high, as i will be this season, it will pay to buy in bulk for the first; two -. poison ' sprays ?d use three pounds to the; 200 gallons. Use plenty, but not; more than is necessary. For 5the later sprays use the ordinary amounts. Spreader increases the effective ness of. the spraying. The grow er of apples can : more safely re duce the amount of lead when us ing, spreader9 than without iC By increasing the wetting and cover ing powders of the solution It per mits us to reduce the amount; of arsenic necessary, for protection. Calcium caseinate spreader is also a sticker. This- material is composed ' of lima, and- . casein. Casein is; the material used as a base in making the high grade glue; used in . airplane construc tion. It glues the spray to, the fruit' and foliage,' preventing : it fiom" washing off, 1 ' .4 Spreader will Improve the qual ity of all the sprays. It can be need', to advantage with ' Bordeaux mixture, i dormant; j spray ; for prunes, peaches and apples as well as for the summer fruit sprays. ', : - --. v- ; j -;. IF you j haven't . the money to buy, a new sprayer, yourself, why not. form a' "spray ring." and buy one cooperatively. Better to own a part interest in a high-power, high grade, efficient machine than to get only partial protection from a worn' out machine, low power sprayer of which you may be the sole owner. Planto protect, your late cher ries from worms. It can - be done easily and 'cheaply. The grower w ho puts .wotmy cherries on' the market' is hlping .kill his own markets. The buyer i who eats part of a bag of cherries and then chances to find worms in the re fnjalnder i will "'not be"apt to buy wore cherries - -I t naradichlorobenaine will con-' trol prune borers. - The materials costs less than 2 H cents, per tree. August la the time to make appli cation. Don't- board j the borer when you, can kill him so easily and cheaply. Every meat that the -borer- makes of 1 the 'prune tree' decreases -the vitality and yield of the tree. - I ::; f ' - v i - - Augustus Thomas is the czar of the stag world. Will H. Hayes ot the movies. Judge; Landls of the professional - baseball 1 . organiza tions and Thomas J. Johnson : ot the tented shows. There has been a grea advance In i the . circus world Binder the pickpocket and hold-op privileges - were sold ; by the ircus folk, , ,f " . -TfTtumHH-- im niii ii mi m) mi nit .-a . . f ... .A . .. -w i.innr(l'f-- ' 5 : i ' i - - 4 :v - I f I A TamiTE TO THE COW -. --x . Most Potent of all single In fluences in the building of this1. tfhe mightiest nation in history, is ; the cow. Her sons drew.- the plows which first cultivated the land of ? the new . world, hauled to market the ; products of the field and with slow energy moved the' chattels and household goods bayond . the mountains . to new homes In the farther west. They , supplied' the - beef, which is the food " of the Anglo-Saxon, a race that ; was never conquered since history began.- They fur nished ..the' shoes .of the pioneers who trod the unknown wilds and made thamj ih) farmsteads and cities of our; present enlighten ment. They gave the clothes and the robes to protect the pioneer against the - destroying- blasts of winter and . made commerce pos sible beTore-v the railroad was. They covered1;:: the - chair , upon which he sat, ; filled . the . mattress upon; which he slept, ; and glued the furniture . which , he used. ;; The old cow is mother or the whole bovine race and foster mother of half the; human race. From the roadside she manufac tures the most nsrff!lThg human foods. She is the ready aid of the 'farmer .and. pet of the rich man , -and .the ever-present ..help of the poor. She Is the econo mist : of the people; and the con servator of their : resources. She partakes of the grass of the field and leaves ; the farm richer for her presence. - As she helped to develop the r farm from the wil der nesa, and as she ate Its fruits. so she will renew the life of the soil and .make a 'still greater ag rlculfure possible: . - , . vi In- all our.history the cow' has been man's closest friend' and benefactor, j Upon her : products are built the great business Inter ests which -l center in the stock yards,, the creameries, ,the shoe factories, the harness shops and the drills, j Take away the. cow and our banks 1 would close' our graveyards; yawn and the wheels of commerce would cease to turn. Fostfe-if arid care for her and bus iness flourishes, the fertility of the soil U conserved and she be comes the' custodian of the na tion's prosperity. " ; . In .ther one branch of ber use fulness, the" cowr i3 behind " the greatest of all industries in Amer ica.' : Dairying, is first, corn sec ond, poultry third in magnitude MM ' V yjrjXu 1"'' THU! THE COW IS JIBilE ; ID TIliT THE Fi,l IS A FiCTOili ( And That the-Dairy .Farmer. irutns, yvnen They Become universally Recognizcu 1: Will Takethe Element ot Luck Out of Dairy Farmina and Stock Breeding in General Silage and clover or alfalfa, a balanced ration Jfor young stock, strippers, and dry cows.. How cheap!" How etfioieal! This makes' cattie grow big if !t' is in them to do so; scrub - fee is- sure to mako a scrub cow. A" cattle feel ef said that 19 one has cattle enough to' justafy : silo at all, be will pay for a silo' every year that he. does not use onei .yAJUer that it fa all velvJet.It makes dairying certain. ' 1 ' i ( Some Bay that If the rainfall is good that feed" can be bought for lower prices, and therfore a silo is. not needed. - They have' overlooked the fact that with, the falling prices there must come- a lesser - cost" of production;, "a rf d I every cent saved In production I means more proTlt. ,'-'.' .' ; .The cow Is a machine. The farm is a factory; . ' The . dairy farmer the manu facturer. . . He who doubts these state ments and refuses ho conduct his operations- accordingly : will , fait In" 9; cases' out of 100, Jlis only hope Is that luck- Just lure, un adulterated lack will J play him a favorite. . - . -' He who bteiieves these state ments and conducts his factory on the safe sane,' businesslike fundamental .principles-vthat any among the industries of the Unit ed States.-.- - - A" FAVORITE' wmt KtSQ TUT . A. novel and appetising use for boiled beets is in corn beef hash. Chop cold boiled beets fine and use eqnal parts of beets and pota toes with the beef and onion or discard the potatoes altogether. Some cooks add chopped green peppers. . - - ' Wether the - name beet comes from a Celtie word Beta," mean ing red,' or from the Greek letter " B", it Is a vegetable of ancient and honorable usage' and always popular, either for its cooked fol iage for greens or for the root boiled and- served with butter or In combination with other dishes. The finest flavor is said Co be se cured when the beets are baked; the hard outer shell being-remov ed and the tender Interior served with a plentiful dressing of butter. If Is not known when the beet was' Introduced into cultivation but it is known that It was eaten by the; Egyptians of ancient' times and no doubt' was found s in the tomb of King Tut, embalmed 'or pickied; ;.; Crosby's Egyptian : beet Is one 'of the- best for very early planting. . - - . . Beets hare two distinct' meth ods of growth.. Some such as the Egyptian grow wholly' under ground.. Others- such- as Detroit Dark Red have about a-third of their root above the surface of the soil. The, early Flat Esrvotlan also grows above the soil although It Is a parent of the Croaby Egyptian which does not I r It' will speed the germination of beets to soak the seed, although this is hot - necessary. Beets should- be- sown as soon - sr: the ground can be worked. They will always come up too thick because each seed is really, a fruit cluster and -contains several seeds. There fore they must be thinned early, and the ; uprooted plants'1 cooked With their tops to make delicious greens." : They need a i moist seed bed for prompt germination and the soil should be well firm ed over them. If .lt is dry i weather at - planting - time . soak the seed. American Ships-Thrive -: . Without Selling- Drinks LONDON." April 2. Those who thought prohibition was - going to kill passenger travel on American ships have found outT they were' Yoii Can Save If you never have, you czni now. Send for your Government's New Free Book which shows you how to accumulate money safely through Treasury Savings Certificates. Send . for your copy today and take the first step towards independence and success. - r . .To get th book art; .' t ' '. .1 . 1 , . 7W Vmttd Statet Government I Sarin's System j . ' Twain f Papaitm n j City Stttt it pricd 6 cents Is the Manufacturer; Ihczz other successful manufacturer j employs may defy all of the bad luck in the world. Barring acci dent and, death; he cannot Lj stopped short of the achievement to which ho aspires. : '. ' Whenever a cow,; poor or fat, stands; bumped up and cold wlt:i her hair stcking straight- ou t from her body, whether she to oa , the warm side of -a barbed wira fence, sheltered by a straw stack or in the' midst of an excellent stand of leafy corn stalks, the machine Ss being abused and can. not possibly- produce economi. caliy. . (i ' , Whenever a cow Is forced to seek her; feed "In a pasture that U hot, dry and dusty, shei is pester ed w4th flies and insects, the machine. Is being abused and its owner is losing money that he is entitled to. . " : ; ; ' , After all, the first fundamental principle of profitable . dairying consists , of Just being good, , to cows and using, the same common sense Judgment that any manu facturer uses in- securing the lar gest and most economical produc tion from his machines, r Health, comfort and conditLon, these three essentials are the sapping - tones Jt'c",' the avenue which leads to low. cost of nUk andT btitterfat production. mistaken. In spite of prohibition and the fact that' mid-winter U usually the dullest season f;r. trins-Atlantle tjaTdt iour of t"a American passenger liners rI.'.c". left England for America durls the past six weeks had 'a. full com plement of passengers bocked several days before sailing- time. In each' instance applicants f-r bertha. were turned away.; .The President , Roosevelt wa3 tia first of the vessels flying American flag to experience t:.3 Unusual' rush cf jpascrr. r-r 3 1:1 mid-winter. :.Thirty-f lye 1,,-, for passage were turned away, ail a temporary dormitory Lad to 1 built -i to make .room .for extra third-class travelers.. The America left. Southampton a few , days later .with more, than 1800 passen gers, ; every berth being filled. Ac commodations on the George Washington were entirely no.rt out two weeks. before she stiiea. Thi President Harding was the fourth of the "full up" liners." . We quarantine against the pik boll worm,'- but 'do but- little against the entry of undesirable allens.x: v: ' 1 r: oF Tiio: gtcc:: FTpU CANT ENOY U7Z 4 tote, sour, lkmte& "7-. ach,;; Food doer ne moa-'Ji. IcMtead iiii aooree of misery, causL-; PBM, brirhing Xnincm acj bead, acbea, ' .!-- . Q TLa peaoa wl! UJ iomacj JwU hm MtEed wii soiLi lea tW pw wmt. Lata kLJ. Thsittianedy w3actcpa t! tjuBft of UgtomacKancKlLUood. aidibcMouttLccataLLal foUczs aad atrwgJ rmy bocHy fjadioa. "9 The large Bumbet d peef h wL Kate auoceaifu!! mJ Dr. I Lrt.a' lamoua nedlcine. recommgaded lot a3 catanbal csmlliioaa, offer tLo exott' powILle endoricmai tot 11 11 PE-QEJ-t V, Li - f TASlXTSC-t LIQUia t . solo cvtrwKrKs a 4 mm mm tmm mm mm r