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TUESDAY, MARCH IS, 1902
SEEDS!
All Kinds of Seeds,
Alfalfa,
Timothy,
Broome
Grass,
Blue
Grass
and
White
Clover.
Orders for any kind
of Seed Solicited
TAYLOR,
THE HARDWARE MAN.
Who Sells Field hence In all heights
mm well as every variety of HARD
WARE, Barbed Wlre.&c
WOOD! COAL!
WOOD! COAL!
WOOD! COAL!
W. C. MINNIS
SELLS BOTH.
Kemerer Coal. First Class Wood
Orders Promptly Filled.
Telephone, Red 401, or call on
W. 0. MINNIS,
Office Main Street, juat opposite Hans
ford & Thompson's hardware store.
LaFontaine S: Garrison
Proprietors
Old Dutch Henry
Feed Yard.
Cavalry Horses for Sale.
BEST OF CARE TAKEN OF
TEAMS OVER NIGHT
GIVE US A CALL.
SEALS!
Notary and
Corporation
$3.50 to $5 Delivered
Order of ua and save money.
Orders for Rubber Stamps
alBO solicited.
EAST OREGONI AN PUR. CO
9112.500 for a Proscription.
Hie Uipeat sum ever paid for a prescription
Changed lianda in San FrancUco August 30'
1901. The transfer invoWed iu coin and stock
1118,500 and was paid by a party o! business
nea for a specific lor Bright' Disease and Dia
betes, hitherto Incurable dlieases.
They commenced the careful Investigation of
the speolflc November 15, 10CO. They inter
Viewed scores ! the cured and tried it out on
its merits by putting over three dezen cases
nthe treatment and watching them. They
lao got physicians to name chronic, Incurable
Maes, and administered It with the physlelana
tor Judges. UptoAuguit 27, eighty-seven per
est ot the test cases were either well or
rogreaslng favorably.
There being but thirteen per cent ol (allures,
ike parties were satisfied and closed the trans
action. The proceedings of the investigating
alttee and the clinical report of the test
i were published and will be mailed free
application. Address John J. Fulton Cok-
MJrr, 480 MoBtgdmery 8U. 8an Francisco, Cal.
"What Is the boat (Vert far pigs after
being weaned?" Ground oats and corn
in equal parts, to which add a little
bran and middlings, says National
Stockman.
"Do you feed the oats with the
hulls?" Some claimed they took the
oats ns It came from the machine and
had It around as line as possible. Oth
ers asserted taking the oats ns it is
usually ground has a tendency to pro
duce irritation of the throat, producing
a hacking cough. Sift the ground oats
and the malady in the pigs disappears
Give no sour milk to pigs. Milk dl
mntw from tin? cows is cood feed.
"Can we afford to feed sweet milk at
1 cent nor pound?" A limited amount
can lie profitably fed.
"What is the best Ingredient to mis
with separator milk?" Urnn and mid
dlings. Even at the present high
prices for these two articles it does
oar to feed them.
"Does it pay to buy buttermilk at 1
cent nor gallon?" It docs if you can
got a genuine article and live conven
lent to the creamery. Genuine butter
milk Is preferable to sklmmilk.
"Does it pay during winter to warm
and cook feeds?" If we have a warm
nlace to keen the pigs, it does. Hyo
In combination with oats and bran
mnkos a rich hos feed. To the rye
add one-fifth oats by weight and grind.
To this product add one-half bran by
weight.
Hosts For Quick Iletnrii.i.
It has always been my experience
that there is a decided advantage with
hogs over all other stock kept on the
farm the quick returns if goou man
agement is given, writes Mrs. M. A.
Sparkman of Chester county, Pa., to
American Agriculturist. As with all
stock, it is essential that a good breed
be had. By having well ureu ammais
a quick growth and early maturity can
be obtained. If a sow farrows in early
spring, say April, late enough not to
endanger losses from cold, in nino
months the pigs, with good treatment,
can be ready for market. By this time
another lot of pigs can be growing.
Thus wo can sell two lots of pigs In a
year from the same sow. This gives a
quick return and at this year's prices
a good one on the money Invested. No
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other stock will answer as wen. iub
value of the hog to the farmer cannot
be questioned.
A Ilnmly IIoBlionao.
The following plan was originally
given In the Ohio Farmer in answer to
a request for a plan of a hoghouso with
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FIO. I FLOOn FLAN OF UOOHOUSE.
two good sized pens, a driveway that
may he utilized for another pen In case
of need and storage room for corn
above the pens.
Pig. 1 is the floor plan. B is a brick
arcli with kettle set In for cooking feed
and heatlmr water at killing time. A Is
a cistern, which Is supplied with water
from the eaves of the building; E,
driveway; C O C, peus; T T T, troughs.
D D shows the doors and W W the
windows. The two compartments next
to the cistern arc bins for meal and
middlings. The dimensions of the
building are 34 feet wide by 40 feet In
length. However, the length may be
varied, according to the number of
hogs one may wish to keep.
Fig. 2 shows a section of the middle
bents. C C G shows spaces where corn
FIO. II DENT OF UOOHOUSE.
can be stored. Make the posts out of-2
by C joists doubled, putting iu two cen
ter bents only. Use 2 by 4 nailing girts.
Plates are formed of a 2 by 0 and a 2
by 8 Joist put together. Rafters, 2 by
4; sill, 8 by 8 timbers.
Hi-ceding- Sown.
For next year's litters select bows of
good milking qualities. Much depends
on the mother, and an abundance of
milk Is what pigs require. Give the
sow no feed for twenty-four hours
after farrowing, hut after possible
trouble from garget has been avoided
he should be fed liberally.
Ezpoaltlen Motto.
Nail over .the entrance to the Inter-
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nntionnl Live Stock exposition this
motto for all who bring animals to
read and heed: "The biggest possible
piece of meat In the smallest possible
package." If that is not your Ideal,
take some of your best animals to the
ihow and see how the Judges will turn
you down! Von saw enough, at the
show to keep you thinking for a year.
You heard enough, if you had ears, to
keep you thinking for another yenr.
Joseph E. Wine in Breeder's Gazette
Ilegln with the owes before the breed
intr season, says J. Withers in Amer
ican Agriculturist. For two or three
vfn..ia nut ilinm on better feed. The
best I have found for this is rape pas
ture. Let the ewes run on the rape for
an hour twice a day for the first few
days until they get accustomed to it.
This will put them In good flesh and in
shape to raise strong lambs.
1 always raise a few acres of turnips,
and these I feed regularly twice a day
during the winter in connection with
ground oats and bran. About a quart
for each sheep with as much hay as
they will eat up clean Is sufficient.
Tlds care of the ewes during the winter
sives to the lambs when they are drop
ped a large amount of milk. When
the lambs are less than a week old,
they will begin to eat a little grain.
The ewes must then be fed more lib
erally. I generally have a place where
the iambs can be fed by themselves
and then give them ground oats itnd a
little bran in tho morning with corn
meal and bran at night I always give
a feed of roots during the day. By this
method I have raised lambs which
have dressed seventy-eight pounds at
thirteen weeks old. I always keep the
following points in mind: Give plenty
of clean water; dip in late summer;
keep clean and in a good dry bam:
give regular attendance and feed.
ShenrlnR and Calling.
Take the wool off Just aB soon as the
weather seems settled and warm
enough to admit of It with safety to
the sheep, said .T. II. Dixon in an ad
dress before Wisconsin institute. The
practice of shearing before turning to
pasture is fast coming Into favor, at
least in my locality. It inaKes it mucu
easier to start the lambs, the wool Is
much whiter and cleaner and hence
more salable, and the sheep do better
than If allowed to run until June. By
this method sheep do better, feel more
comfortable and arc a great deal less
trouble than by the old method.
This is also the best time to cull out
as you can readily see which are in
ferior in fleece and as breeders. Mark
them so you will readily know them
when selllmr time comes. Do your own
selecting, always keeping the best,
Tho3- are worth as much to you as to
any ono else, so long as you are not
overstocked.
Ynlne of Salt For Sheep.
The value of salt for sheep is shown
by an experiment in France where
three lots of animals were fed on hay,
straw, potatoes and beans for 124 days.
Ono lot had no salt, one had half an
ounce of salt each every day, and the
other had three-fourths of on ounce.
Those that had half an ounce gained
four and a half pounds each more than
those which had no salt and one and
a quarter pounds more than those
which had more than half an ounce.
So It seems that too much salt can be
given as well as too little. The salted
sheep clipped one and three-quarters
pounds more of wool and a better fleece
than those that had no salt, showing
better results in the wool that Is, lar
ger profit thaln in the flesh.
Sheep Scab In Great Britain.
The official returns show that during
the month of November there were 12o
outbreaks of sheep scab In Great Brit
ain, of which 69 were In English coun
ties. 30 In Welsh counties and 17 In
b'cotch counties. The largest numbers
were In Glamorgan (17) and Monmouth
(15). In the corresponding month last
year 202 fresh outbreaks were reported,
liuring the month of November the
disease existed in 22 administrative
counties in Eugland, 11 lo Wales and
12 in Scotland.
The Value of Contractu.
There Is nothing like contrasts to
demonstrate the superiority of the good
and the worthlessuess of tho bad In
roadbuildlng, says tho Cleveland (O.)
Nows-Hernld. Every first rate high
way Is a powerful Indictment of the
folly which permits roads near It to
remain in a state more befitting Spain
than the great and rich American re
public. Tho difference Is so striking
and so easy to see and feel that the
argument silently made for general
road Improvement is the most potent
possible.
Demand Good Rood.
People generally are beginning to re
allze that roadbuildlng is a public mat
ter and that tho beat Interests of Amer
Icau agriculture and the American peo
plo as a whole demand the construe
uon or gooa roads ana that money
wisely expended for this purpose Is
ure to return.
One trouble with economy is that It
Is usually practiced by men who do not
need to exercise It Saturday Hvenlnjj
Post.
PBAINAGrE OF ROADS
BOME POINTS BY PROFESSOR IRA G.
BAKER.
The Sncceim of Tile Drntnnste on
Fnrm lmnl and Hluh-nrnySome
Recent Experiment In IlHnnU.
How the AVork Shonlil Be Done.
All roads except those on pure saud
can be materially Improved by tile
drainage, says Professor Ira O. Baker
of the Illinois agricultural experiment
station in Good Itoads Magazine.. This
is the opinion of many farmers In sev
eral communities with whom the writ
er has conversed on this subject. In
each community this 1b universally the
onlnlon of the farmers who have had
tho best success In draining their own
farms. The cost of tile drainage is not
great-say about CO cents per rod, or
'$l(i0 per mlle-nnd the improvement 1b
permanent, with no expense for main
tenance, and tho beneilt is immediate
and certain.
Further, tile drainage is tho very
best preparation for a gravel or a
stone road. Gravel or broken stone
placed upon an undralned foundation
Is almost sure to sink gradually, what
ever its thickness, whereas a thinner
lavcr upon an underdralned roadbed
will give much better service. "Hoads
tiled without gravel are better than
roads graveled without tile."
The road should be undcrdrained so
as to keep the water level well below
tho road surface. In most localities
this can be accomplished reasonably
well by laying a lino of farm tile three
or three and a half feet below the road
surface along one side of the roadway.
It Is sometimes claimed that there
should be a tile on each side of the
road.
Some tests recently made by the Illi
nois experimental station, not yet pub
lished, seem to Indicate that one line
wilt rrlvn fnlrlv cood drainage under
the most adverse conditions. The ex
periment consisted in the drainage of
a piece of land selected as tho worst
that could be found In a part of the
state notorious as having a large nrea
of hardpau which It was generally con
sidered could not bo underdralned "be
cause the soil held water like a Jug."
Lines of tiles were placed two and a
half feet deep and fifty feet apart. The
water level at a point midway between
tho lines of tiles was lowered eighteen
Inches, when at the same time the wa
ter level in the undralned portion of
the field was only six inches below the
surface. In this case the surface or
tho ground water had a slope of one
foot in twenty-five feet, hut in a more
porous soil the slope would bo much
less. Therefore a single line of tile
three or three and a half feet deep, If
of adequate size, will give nearly per
fect drainage, and a second line will
not materially Improve it.
Some writers on good roads advocate
the use of a line of tile under tho mid
dle of tho traveled portion, and some
advocate a line on each side of the
wheelway. Tho object sought by these
tiles'is rapid drainage, and therefore It
is urged that they should be laid near
the surface. It is doubtful whether
any water will reach the tile, since the
road surface when wet is puddled by
the traffic, which prevents the water
percolating through the soil, and it is
certain that in clay or loam the drain
age ,thus obtained is of no practical
value. More than one farmer has tried
to drain his barnyard by laying tile
near the surface, always without ap
preciable effect.
While a line of tile ou one side of the
road Is usually sufficient, there Is of
ten a great difference as to the side on
which it should be laid. If one side of
the road is higher than tho other, the
tile should be on tho high side to in
tercept tho ground water that 1b flow
ing down the slope under the surface.
The tile should be laid in the bottom
of the side ditch below tho frost line.
Of courso the tile should have a uni
form grade and a sufficient fall and rrn
adequate outlet. The size of the tile
required will depend upon tho length
of the line and the grade of the ditch,
hut local experience In farm drainage
Is likely to be a better guide than any
general statement that can be made
Farm drainage la almost certain to
precede road drainage in any partlcu
lar locality.
The Bide ditches are to receive the
water from the surface of the traveled
way and should carry It rapidly and
entirely away from the roadside. They
arc useful also to Intercept and carry
off the water that would otherwise
flow from tho side hills upon the road
Ordinarily they need not be deep and,
If possible, should 'have a broad, liar
ing aide toward tho traveled way to
provent accident If a vehicle should bo
crowded to the extreme side of the
roadway. The outside bank should be
flat enough to prevent caving. The
proper form of ditch Is easily made by
tho usual road machine or road grad
er. The side ditch should have a free
outlet iuto some stream, so as to carry
the water entirely away from the
road. No good road can be obtained
with side ditches that hold the water
until It evaporates.
Much alleged roadwork Is a positive
damage for this reason. Piling up the
earth In the middle of the road Is per
haps In itself well enough, but leaving
undralneq holes at the side pf tho road
protmbiv more than counterlmlanccs
K benefits of the embankment. A
oad between Ian nrtinelnl J.unds
nlwnvs inferior and Is often impunBU
b e! It !" cheaper and bettor to make
a lower embankment and to ill
thoroughly the holes at the side of the
ST8 Often the public fnml. cjj , bo
more wisely used In making ditches
in aSjohg private lands than In . .,.
ing ponds at tho roadside In an at
tempt to improve the rood by raisin?
the surface. .
NECESSITY FOR GOOD ROADS
Men., n Grent Economic Gain In
MiirketliiK Prod noc.
In a country as large ns that In which
we live, with the greater part of Its
producing regions widely separa ted
from the markets which they serve,
the matter of transportation is one of
vast importance, says Martin Dodge u
n.i. i,.,.m 'Piils nimllcs particularly
lilt l'UMM - 111
to our agricultural products, for while
a great portion both of our manufae
ot,..it nuii nf our farm growth
mt iw. moved long distances by rail
or water before reaching a market,
irnitimillv nil of the latter must also
be transported for greater or less dla
tnnces over the public highways. The
question of marketing those agricui
tnriil nroducts. amounting In the Unit
piI States to Sl.000,000,000 annually, on
t.t. Hint tim tinnier can nftord to
pay and the grower to accept often re
duces Itself to n question of cheap and
quick delivery In other words, to .i
nnpstlon of economical transportation
As far as the railways and steam
ship lines nre concerned, this problem
lias been dealt with very intelligently
mill satisfactorily. Skill and money
have been applied without stint to the
provision of enlarged moans of con
vovance. improved wuyR and Increased
influences, under the
stress of strong competition, have re
ducod long distance freight rates to a
reasonable level.
There Is one phase of this transporta
tion problem, however, which has ap
nroached no satisfactory solution that
ie tim mnttnr of wacon road haul. As
has already been said, while the grent
er part of our farm products travels by
steamship, canal or railway for a por
tion of tho journey to market, virtually
TO MAItKET ON A OOOD ROAD.
all of them are conveyed for some ois
tauce over the public highways. 'It Is
unfortunate that this is often the most
expensive part of their journey. It hnH
been shown -by mathematical demon
stration that It costs more to move a
bushel of wheat or a ton of hay ten
miles over the overage country roads
of the United Stntes than to transport
the same burden 500 miles by railway
or 2,000 miles by steamship.
It has happened many times in dif
ferent parts of the country that farm
ers have let crops go to waste because
the cost of hauling them to the nearest
market or railway shipping point over
wretched and 111 kept roads nmounted
to more than could be realized for them
afterward, whereas If good roads on
which heavy loads could be hauled had
been at hand the same crops could hove
been marketed at a small profit to the
producer, while the economic gain re
sulting from their application to useful
purposes would have been very consid
erable. AVlrte Tlren nnd Good IlontlH.
Doubtless the best way to keep an
earth road, or auy road, for that mat
ter, in repair is by the use of wide
tires on all wagons carrying heavy
burdens. Water and narrow tires aid
each other iu destroying streets, mac
adam, gravel and earth roads. Nar
row tires are also among the most de
structive agents to the fields, pastures
and meadows of farms, while, ou the
other hand, wide tires are roadmakers.
They roll and harden the surface, and
every loaded wagon becomes in effect
a road roller. Nothing so much tends
to tho improving of a rood as the con
tinned rolling of Us surface. Tests
mado at the experiment stations in
Utah and Missouri show that wide tires
not only improve the surface of roads,
but that under ordinary clrcumstuncos
less power 1b required to pull a wagon
on jyhlch wide tires aro used.
New Jeraey'a Good llonila.
New Jersey was probably tho first
8tato to make radical progress in road
building. By her state aid law, passed
in 1801, it was possible for the authorl
ties, under the direction and petition
of tho taxpayer, to Bpend $450,000 a
year in road improvement Under this
beneficent law ten mlleB ol excellent
roads were built tho following year
double that in the next year, and since
1805 the full limit of the amount ai
lowed by law has been annually used.
Aliowlng-f8,000 per mile, thlB meant
about 160 miles of roadbullUlu- every
year. .
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