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PAGE EIGHT. BABY'S DAILY EAST OREOONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY, 27, 1904. Is the joy of the household, fo'r without it no happiness can be complete. How sweet the picture of mother and babe, angels smile at IIU'I dfe m ... Noughts and aspirations of the mother If 111 f1fc np over the cradle. The ordeal through Illllir Wh,h. tho "ttn n,other muit pass, how- W WlVh ever ,s so full of danger and suffering that .u ... ... - e ,ook8 forward to the hour when slip unnll foci the exquisite tlirill of motherhood with indescrilml, J ,U ?a J f uw auists nature in its sublimo Work. By its aid thousand f women hare passed this great crisis in perfect safety su wiinout pain. Sold at $1.00 per lottls by druggists. Our book of priceless Talue to all women sent free. Address mmABTtELD REGULATOR TO, JUlmiUm. Om. MOTHER'S FBJEND Closing-Out Sale OF Trotting-Bred Horses FARMING SIEC E ADDRESS OF WITHYCOMBE TO FARMERS' INSTITUTE. Practical Science Applied for the Conservation of Soil Energy Prog nosis of Difficulties Ahead of the Exclusive Wheat Farmer What Can Be Done by Crop Rotation- Each Section of the State Has Problems Peculiar to It. HAVING DECIDED TO DEVOTE MY ATTENTION TO mininu, i vy.ii.i un SATURDAY, JUNE 4, AT THE rtu tmou, i-tnuLtTON, ORE., OFFER FOR PUBLIC AUCTION, THE FOLLOWING HORSES. CASH. OREGON SALE AT TERMS C. L. COX. BELLE SPOTSWOOD Day maro (14) weight 1200, with est Al- ton 13 colt yet foaled In Umatilla county, by side, by Albicore, e Ilec. 2:27 trotting, by Alwood, by Almont 33. Dam by Belle J founder. J Dam Belle Morgan, a high-classed mare of Hamblef nlan and 2 Morgan breeding. LITTLE MARGARET Bay mare (11) weight 1100, with a flne Westfleld colt by side, by Albicore; dam, Mag., by Tamllnlne, a m Lummux horse; 2d dam, a Morgan mare. FITZ LEE Bay gelding (6) weight 1250, by Westfleld. J)am, Belle Spotswood; 2d dam Belle Morgan. Z BAY GELbiNG (3) Piill brother to Pltz Lee. BAY GELDING (3) AND Dam, Llttlo Margaret. BAY F1U.Y (2) By Weetflcld. deprived of Ito vogotablo matter, which tho bare summer fallow does to an alarming extent, It then suffers a serious deterioration of Its water bearing Qualities. "A soli well Btinnllcd with organic matter will carry a much larger per centage of caulllarv ITI n I Q f 1 1 f A Mi nn n soil poorly supplied with this sub stance. Hence tho most Important problem for tho perpetuity of success nil agriculture hero rests on tho abll ity of the farmer to keep his land well supplied with humus. There arc ngrl- uumirai sections In this part of tho state which are probably producing wheat successfully with a. lower mois turo condition than wheat Is grown In any other agricultural district in the world. This Is perhaps almost whol ly due to tho fnvorablo physical con dition of the soil. "Adversely change this condition, which tho present system of bare fal low will inevitably do, and these de sirable farniB are liable to bo trans formed into barren wastes. On tho other hand, ir the farmers will take the precaution to keep these ' soils supplied with a nroner amount of or- ganle matter, they can be successfully lunuuu ior nn lnuounlte period of time. These soils are vorv rich In plant food and under rntlnnnl RvstmnK m niiHuanury are practically Inex naustlblc. 'It Is comparatively an cbbv task to point out the probable faults of your present systems of farming, but m suggest a remedy for thoso ap parent faultB is a most dinicult prob lem. The dominant factor in success ful husbandry hero Is tho mninte- nance of a desirable percentage of, humus in the soil, but how this Is best obtained is liable to prove to bo a perplexing problem for the farmer to satisfactorily solve. , "It is not a question of soli oxhaiis-, tlon, but of soil moisture. These rich doop soils of volcanic origin should remain productive for ages and they I will If properly handled. Soils mav be over so rich, but without moisture crops cannot be successfully grown. "The first Indication of appronching disaster as tho results of the deple tion of organic matter will be crop failures during dry seasons. Those We 'a"llros w'" hocome more frequent as ' The followlne able adilreaR hv Dr. James Withycombc, of the Oregon Agricultural college was read before the institute. Dr. Wlthvcomlio bolnc unavoidably detained at Corvallls: ".Mr. Chairman. Ladles and Gentle-' men: This splendid co-operative ef fort of the Commercial Association of this city and tho farmers of the com munity merits the approbation of every progressive citizon of this sec tion of our commonwealth. Tho very fact of the interest elicited in tho dis cussion of modern agriculture, augurs well for tho future financial and so cial welfare of the farmers of this vi cinity. "It is n trite but true saving that all wealth comes from tho soil, honco every citizen Is either directly or in directly Interested in successful sys tems of agriculture. This body of farmers, who pride themselves on de veloping the banner wheat producing county of the state, would probably regard It as agricultural heresy If one were to say their method of farming is wrong. "Nevertheless, If the present scien tific knowledge of agriculture be ten able, this Is true. While nature has generously endowed this county with a largo area of phenomenally rich land, it lessens not the scientific fact that all land is susceptible to ex haustion. "Tho general principles of agricul ture are the same ovorvwhore. but ciimato and soil variation demand dlf fnvnn. ...... 1. ... I .. . 1 . 1 ... . often hear tho expression that our ! 10 !ie.r. r,cnt of vcgotnblo matter in r.., .. tlio soil becomes Inwnrnil until hov tumiD tiiv t.-Auuunieu: 1L IS Uliuuillli II. . . ' J A? A prominent club woman, Mrs. fh, iorth, oi bt. J oseph, Mich., tells ho was cured of falling of the womb i no ciuwiiijjctuy ui pains ana misery! Lydia JE Pinkhamfs Vegetable Comr, "Deak Mrs. I'inkiiam: Life looks dark indeed when J feqls that hor strength is fadimr away aud sho has no hopad minus icaioivu. awn wag my ieeuiiff a lew months amrtnl t.v..uv.u. .una jiij jui iiumu Mas cuusuu uy prolapsus or faUim womb, rho words sounded like a knell to me, I felt tnatnu Bet : but Iiyclla E. Plnklmm's Vce-taliln BAY FILLY (3) AND BAY COLT 2) By Hassaloe, by Westfleld; dam, Alta, by AltemonL Dam, Bello Westfiold, by Westfleld; 2d dam Belle Spots wood; 3d dam, Be'lc M rgan. BAY COLT (1) By CJautlon, by Electioneer. Dam, Bello Westfleld, by Westfiold; 2d dam Bell? Spotawood, by Al bicore, by Almont 33; dam by Bellfeoundor; 3d dam Bello Morgan. For the Summer Kitchen Wo can Bupply gasoline and oil stoves. Cheaper than coal and more convenient; real comforts for hot weather. All sizes and prices from 7Cc to $15.00. - W. J. Ciatke & Co. HARDWARE AND PLUMBING, 211 Court St. Do You Enjoy a Good Smoke ? Trv "Pendleton Boquet" and "Pride of Umatilla." (Warlr. at home. A. ROHDE, Maker Scare Ribs, Cold Boiled Ham, Sausage, Fresh Pigs' Feet, Pore Lard, Ham and Bacon and the choicest fresh meats in the city. The Schwarz if Greulich Meat Co. C07 MAIN STREET. TELEPHONE MAIN 181. For sale at the Eact Oregonlan office Laroe bundles of i.owepapere containing ovar 100 blc paper, can be had for 25o a bunala. there Is n sinslo acre of agricultural land In the state that Is really ex hausted. It Is true farms that were once productive no loncor nrnduco satisfactory crops, but this is due to physical chances rather than to the exhaustion of Its plant food. There may be a want of nitrogen due to tho lack of sufllcient matter, but the great deficiency of our Western Oregon farms Is the want of a proper soil tex ture. 'Land In that section, which during our pioneer agriculture produced from 35 to -10 bushels of wheat to the acre and In later voars only 12 to IB bushels, is now yielding from two to four tons of clover or vetch hay per acre, and after a fow of these crops will again produce 35 and -40 bushels of wheat per acre. Tho cause of this e i is mat tne growing of those crops In- creaftflff thi vocrotnlilfv mnfinr In f Vin soli and thereby Improves Its texture, thus making the land very much more productive, an well as making It more easily worked. "It Is probably not an exaggerated i Hiuiement wnen we say mat lauity methods of farming In Western Ore gon have been responsible for a loss of nitrogen that exceeds In value nil the wheat shipped from the farms In this section. "A well-worked summer fallow on land liberally supplied with vegetable matter, will cause tho oxidation of sufllcient humus to develop enough ni trates to supply four crops of 40 bush els of wheat per acre. As a matter of fact, only enough of this for the needs of the growing crop is utilized, the balance is lost In the drainage water. In this section, whore the rainfall Is not sufficient to causo leaching of the soil, the valuable nitrates formed ns a result of a summer fallow aro not lost, but remain In tho soli for a succeeding crop. Thero Is a remote danger that this system of farming may, in time, produce an excess of ill- trntes.whlch may prove Injurious to tho growing crops, but the rhancug 2 are that donltriflcation will take plnco : and thus transform the nltratos into a harmless substance. J ' "Although the valuable nitrates are I not Io3t as thoy often are In the more humid sections of our state, still tliuro are much gravor agricultural prob lems confronting the exclusive grain grower In this section than thure are confronting tho Jarmor of our more humid .sections. "In tho latter, coHdi:l-n.'. aro favor able for a very wfdo range of plant growth, especially tho leguminous type, which have the power through mlcro-organllc assistance of npproprl atlng atmospheric nitrogen of which thero Is nn inexhaustible supply, ho- ing approximately 75 million pounds per acre. Thus It will bo readily seen that the remedy for correcting tiio soils In humid districts Is easily ob talned. Unfortunately In this section the range plant growth, particularly of tho leguminous class, seems at present to bo somewhat narrow. "Tho systems of grain farming practiced lioro at present, have some features to commend thorn, hut their ultimate tendency Is simply to court disaster. The stereotyped summer fallow may enrich the father, but will most assuredly Impoverish tho son. "Truo. the snmmor fallow conserves rnolsturo and subdues weeds, but It adds nothing to tho soil. It Is not tho dopletlvo effect of the summer fnllow we should deplore, but tho undesira ble chango It Is constantly bringing about In tho physical condition of tho soil. In tho heavy clays thoy aro be coming steadily hardor to work, and in tho volcanic ashy sou. ot wnicn you have a largo area. It Is becoming steadily loss ndheslvo and shifts from tho action or tho wind more easily, as well as being less capable of retain ing moisture. "This last conuuion in iiBmupn m moat Borloug of all. Whon tho soil Is j may. Increase In frequency to such nn extent as to render agricultural pur suits unremunerative. "It is usually easier to retain the horse by locking the stable' door than It Is to gain him after he Is stolen. Just so with the farm; It Is much easier to mnlntaln a desirable per centum of humus In tho soil now than It will be to replace It again when once the soil Is exhausted of this sub stance. "There are two general systems can be followed for replenishing tho soil with vegetable matter, viz. Plowing green crops under, or what is perhaps better, feedinc a nooillv portion of the crude product of the farm to domestic livestock. In this way a verj large proportion of the vegetable matter and other vnluablo fertilizing materials are returned to the soil. The fnrmer should not for get the fact that tho plant food in his soil is his capital, hence any system of farming that will unnecessarily ex lmust this should be carefully avoided, "Perhaps n few comparisons as to tho effect of different systems of fnrmlng on the fertility of the soil may not be amiss. If tho farmer were engaged in dairying and sold only tho butter fat, a ton of this would bo worth from $350 to $600, and tho value of the plant fond in this ton of butter fat would be less than 50 cents. While a ton of wheat worth, say $25, would contain plant food to the value of $7.50. A ton of dressed hnef, worth approximately $H0, would contain $11.75 worth of plant food; a ton of hogs, worth $110 would have $7.35 worth of plant food; a ton of mutton sheep, worth about $80 would contain $S.15 of plant food. "This plant food consists of nitro gen, phosphoric acid and potash, and the estimates are based on their com mercial value In tho open market. Those figures strikingly Illustrate the value of Hvoatock in maintaining the fertility of the farm. "The Spanish proverb, "The sheep's hoof Is golden,' evidently refers to the rojuvenntlng influence on the soil from pasturiug this class of stock. These flguroK also show why the cow fattens tho land. Whorover condi tions will permit of succossful dairy ing Increased crop production quick ly follows. The fertilizing material In the feed consumed by the cow is practically all rotiirnod to tho soil. This Is also Inrgely tho case with all nn elixir of lifo; it restored the lost forces aud built me trot huuu uuuibu lutuiutu wj uiu. rur lour mourns i tOOK trie uauy anu cacu. uoso auuett neaitu and strength. I am eo th tho help I obtained through its use." 21ns. Fiorexcz : 1007 Miles Ave.. St. .Tosonh. Mich. A medicine that hus restored so ninny women to kea can produce proof of tho fnct must bo reimrded with mm is tljo record of Lydla E. IMnkliam's Vegotablo Compound cannot do equalled ly any other medicine the world has tn uuceu. iicre is auotner enso: "Deab Mits. Pnficn am : For iti troubled with fallinc of the worno, i and painful menstruation, leurontoab tiown pains, backache, heaaacce, i r -. 1 It 1 . 2 1. . VI. luuiung; spoils, uiiu Biumaui uvuiw "l uoctercu ior about live jei not seem to improve. I becan the t medicine, and have taken seven I IiVdia E. Plnkhnm's Veeetable Co thren nf Hlnod Purifier, and also I fimmfivn "Wash nml liver Pilli-indl enjoying good health, and havegamedn 1 tuanK you very mucu iuii have done for mc, and hearts; mend vour medicine to all i women." Miss Emma stmj, Center St, Marion, Ohio. wwwtiw nrrcTvrrtAT. ATiVTfTR TO WOMEX.' ich sickness If tifll write to Mrs. Pinkham for advice as soon as nny dlstrwshij toms appear. It i free, and has put thousands oi wob- right road to recovery. . A. mt. flilnnrA inns tuu her, and although Bho publishes thousands of tcstlm may women who have been ucneutcu uy ncr u ---- t it i i.D T,i,i uiifvi Nuchaiencti tho full consent, and often by special request of the wrw. S5000 lx0' g$$foj a. ' f r tin nnn nt unll nvli.notlnn I..., rnll.n. , Tll fnrm nr CUTi eUSHT an undesirablo physical chango thus ! curing soil from an oM lessoning tho water-bearing qualities where the pian; aas nf Mm unll Tlio rnmorlv fnr Miln la lin irrown. and DUttlng OH ' omit-In.. nt liiinino.fn.mlnn nmtyt, In'nminila HPf &CT6 befOW Of """it. ""',o . .7 ... r..i.; ... 6d cm "There aro two coneral methods for , by means of cultures this one bv nlowinir under creen haps h st u'ed fmm'w crops and tho other Is the keeping of partment of agriculture ivi'BiticK on uio iurin, 10 wnirn is iuii i ..,, l.1 . .. . . , ..mu. nA onnrn SbOUI 1 a arce nronort on or tne cnu e nroi im b u nets and tho wasto material returned to the land. In this way tho proper amount of organic matter can br maintained In the soil. "The question nrlsos, what system nf rotation Is practicable In this sec tion? This will havo to bo largely de termined by direct experimentation. Unfortunately, tho rango of forage planiH suitable to tho climatic and soli conditions found hero Is somo- whnl nnrrnv.' Thorn nre. however. ... . Hi... two valuable leguminous forego plants , " ' .,-fUllr uii" . . I l l In rn will D6 Ku' " from plitn's 'hat have c Kilted or wha' Is roP""" dr -Inn,' '.Ualfa TM i"; i ..... i vcrv tiesi CU"" I lllll 111 LHW - ,..h UIU llt-lilii.- a good nlan will be it thoroughly am - i .rail or - 4 will get well roottu "ea8.0n . nllTTJil i -Tin principal In,, nllalla OB WDCai ' s'ancii ai that will undoubtedly nourish here. rlassos or domestic livestock. It Is i nlfalfa nml the common, field pea. thereafter fioiihtful If the productivity of any Both of those aro excollont feed for ?x t."1" hrMuns i doubtful If the productivity ot any agricultural section can be maintained for onv considerable period without tho aid of livestock. "Even this county which, perhaps, can boast of ns good wheat land as can bo found In tho world, has a limit to Its endurance. The production of moro beof, pork nnd mutton on the ...1 i . , . , 1 . 1 .nitnt.p in . i fi ti ti Ihn WllUtll. Wllllin HI lino Willi. ij i,.ivj nmntnr nrosnorltr In wheat produc- DrnroBS of evolution uo;n or tuose aro excouoni leeci ior ......nn,? nn ' :js?5i8 for ,1,0,r hm-. , iu 7.n.',,iir;nn,t..,i H...I m. ' doei-- not oxreco n ; ,.. r..T.r.:r. J i. m-ffarv 'opj' lUllil Will glllW WUIIUIIl II I liilllUII - . ,0n if thiu lio -HI'- n"" ..J Whornvnr wlinnt will crnw so. then there Is no rjuestlon but what 1 "ThP .vBalmiur to thoroughly foaslblo systems uf crop fllc Hi,rlnH. mips fan m' tlon "There Is no agricultural country that can withstand the evils of ex clusive grain growing for any groat period of tlmo. Tho rich valloys of tho Nllo havo frequently been given na examples to disprove this, but oven in thoso phenomonally rich val leys tho farmors havo boon compelled to resort to aystoms of crop rotation. "It wns thought for a long time that sediment resulting from tho nnnual InundntlonB of theso vauoys was tne sourco of perpotual rojuvonatlon or tho soil, but agricultural experts who hayo recontly Investigated tho matter declare that tho sodlmont Is a rather unimportant factor, but that the growing of bursoom, a variety of an mini nlovor. has beoh the roal sourco of maintenance of tho fertility of tho soil. That tho farmors of this section must soonor or later bo confronted with agricultural problems which will hn difficult to solve Is quite probable. As boforo stated, tho problem will not rotation can be adopted. The most ,m,,81 "',., the fa"- -1 doslruble plan of rotntlnn will be a ',e..h' Jn 'resent poPJ i ion or mr . ..,.1 u i spring f is tiarilv ' firm i.t.. . resiiiiuiK imiiii . - . -. tho careful trials of various systoms. ' Jon ... unimatelr Perhaps a good system will consist of huabanory wi" , fl nnmllno n iir.pllnn nf tlin fnrin fnr fniir nerSIOne or llvo years to airaira then nreau , , ,rmers & ' '" u-M If It up and sow wheat for two years. " , amass ' thnii n Pllltlvntorl rrnn Hlich ns corn. 1 a"d J. lnr. 1 then two crops of grain and seed , cbislyc erM P down to alfalfa again. j " .f6 " be "In the most successful agricultural soil I encc can districts no two corcal crops aro al- ' .here I 10 lowed to follow each other, but this I HX.. !ann In toe uvalnm innv onnrnnlv tin tirno llr-nl hero , imtnCOIBlu "",,. mi for tho present. Another good rota- Kro'n 1,0'r r)nciples of linn wm lH hn n rrn nf iwrns nvorV thO SClCntldC P"" Ji.l otl snrnn,! nr thlrtl vnnr The liens could , may not 1)0 01 . . keta hn iinstnrnil with tinea nml the BtUbllH) ,' farmer at Pr w plowed under, which would supply a mat considerable amount of organic tor to tho soil. Tho growing of either i of those crops ns an occasional rota toln would maintain tho soil in good condition for wheat production almost Indefinitely "in Hnofiinir ninii to niraira ior Hi" m ip8. j i first time much valuable tlmo is often KbUs t u'nd deputf j saved It the land bo first Inoculated i Icy, ,.v'c,." Mexico. AP or tho seed treated before seeding, .."" ,".;;i him w acumen win " VeB its control of naiu. - tet, of his vocation Is l" - Mexico'. R rtn-ft nr in ' rau!'i-' - .. ih O"" Irnn.ihlk' states ta pff o'rnllwoy system or W