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-4- SEED WHEAT - ------------- • K G**ada Generally Used Not Up to th« G at r den INEXPENSIVE AN ICEHOUSE. No Reason Why the Farmer Should Be Without It. Au icehouse and cool room may be constructed as follows: Excavate a half cellar in a perfectly dry place, from which the surface slopes (or may tie made to slots*) In all dir<*etions, so us to prevent «lunger of muistur«* from want of drainage. A stone or brick wall is built around this and laid In hydraulic cement. The fiin>r is <*e- ment«*d. A frame or other building is built upon this basement to contain the ice. Twelve feet square will be (urge enough for a moderate sized faui- leieiwiMieiv FIG. I.—ICEHOUSE AND COOL BOOM, Standard. T’ at tin* grad«* of se<*d wheat gen- «•rally used is not up to the standard was ascertained in an investigation by <J. W, Shnw of tiie California station, who t.*cure«l a large number of sain- , f (.o,i wheat ox <*r a wide area in the Sa<;i-iiiie;:i<> nrd San Joaquin val ley s <>f t'alifornia to determine the ..-«■neral «bara : r of the teed u a»d by the farmers of the state. In general tile samples showed that the quality of seed used by most farmers is lack ing hi purity, |H*rfectlou of develop ment, weight p«-r bushel, freedom from weeds and freedom from bunt. It is statist that practically all investlga- tors have found the use of large, (.lump seed and of a high weight per bushel the most profitable. No perma- nent benefit is Irelieved to be secured from the frequent exchange of seed unless a belter type of wheat or a more vigorous strain of the same type Is obtained by tin* exchange. The use of seed from heavy yh-luiug plants, a plump and heavy grain, a clean wheat and a pure variety are considered by him tiie most important points in seed '•election. In this connection the results secur ed by E. G. Montgomery of the Ne braska station in an experiment with seed wheat and seed oats selected by the use «>f the fanning mill are of in terest. In these experiments heavy seed wheat as separated by tiie fan ning mill did not show an improve ment in eli In r yield or quality of grain as compared with light or unseparated seed, and it is believed that no norma- nent improvement In quality or yield is to be exp«*cted from the use of the fanning mill in seed selection. At first thought it would seem that if "Ilk«* produces like" th«* large or heavy seeds should produce the best crop. However, we must recognize the individual plant as a unit for selection rather than the individual seed. If a single plant of wh«*at be taken and the kernels thrashed out it will be found that all sizes of kernels are produced by the plant, some large nnil some small. As every wheat plant contains both heavy and light seed, the fanning mill giv«*s almost the same kind of wheal so far ¡is inheritance is con ern<*d. in the light wheat as in the heavy, It must be remembered that reference is ma'k* hero to tin* p rmanent results which may be expected from th«* us«* of tin* fanning mill aud that its use or th«* use of screens for removing ob noxious weed see«l is in no way discour aged. ily, as au icehouse of that size will hold about twenty loads or tons of ice. The main point is the division be- tween the icehouse aud the room be- low it. This must be perfectly air tight and a moderately good conductor of beat. The floor may be laid iu the following manner: Beams of sufficient strength are lai«l across and the ends well bedded in ce ment. A floor of zinc sheets is then laid U[)on the beams, tile sheets being closely nail«*«! to the beams upon strips of rubber sheeting to make tiie joints water and air tight. The beams should be dressed smoothly. The zinc sheets art* bent, as shown in tiie illustration i (Fig. 2). This Is for. the purpose of causing the moisture, which will con dense upon the underside of ttiis ceil lug, to flow downward to tiie lower angle, where it will drip, The drip is caught in the little gutters of zinc shown in the figure attached to the ceiling aud is carried off by a proper With this water will also be drain carried off much of the impurity of the atmosphere, and if very little ven tilation is given there will be little condensation and the air will be kept dry. This point must be well attended Honey Vinegar. to, as tiie danger of excessive ventila A modification of a Ftoucli generator tion 1 h very great. The beams -and devised at the Arizona station will zinc celling should be painted with prove especially serviceable where white paint—lead and oil. only small amounts of honey wine are Above the zinc ceiling a thin layer of dry, fresh sawdust should be lai«i smoothly, and a floor of matched pine boards should I>e laid upon that and thoroughly coated with melted pitch. This floor should slope a little to one corner so as to draw the waste water from the Ice there, and ¡in 8 trap drain should be laid from that to carry off the water into the drain above men tinned. The usual layer of sawdust is laid upon this floor to prevent too rap id conveyance of heat from below to bARll.CL Foil ACETIFICATION OF HONEY the ice above. Small double windows WINE. FICI. IIZINC SHEETS. should lie used in the cool chamber be low to prevent access of heat from the outside, and they should l»e fitted air tight. Ventilation should be provided for by means of a wooden pipe with a slide, by which the opening can be regulated. By carefully regulating the ventilation the air may be kept dry. Market Hogs. What kind <'if hog will bring th** most money lu the market, aud what breed will make the ls*st market hog? These are questions hard to answer definitely. Markets vary as to the class of hogs that will sell at the top. When lard is at a premium the hog that yields a large amount of lard is the market topper, and that, means the heavy, thick, fat hog. When lard is below other products this kind of hog sells for less than the light weight which will make handy pork loins and gtaal hams without too much fat on them. Taking one year with another in eastern markets, the hog of ISO to 200 pounds will hit the top offener than any other weight. In western markets hogs of aroutnl 250 pounds Some will probably average best, times lighter or heavier hogs will out sell these grades, according to the fluctuations In price of the product lu summer hog prices cover the widest range because there Is the greatest difference in the yield of product at this season. In the w inter all hogs are coru fed and yield more uniform quan tities of product. In summer many are grassers that make low yields and of Inferior quality to corn ft*d hogs. A 200 pothid hog that dresses MO per cent yields 100 pounds, one that dress es 75 per cent yields 150 |M>un<ls, aud one that dresses 70 per eent yields only 110 pounds, an enormous differ euce In a carload of hogs. which the buyer makes allowance for in buying them on foot. As a rule, of late the best hogs have been the cheapest on the hooks at the fop of the market lie cause they have yielded so much more product than the others, which looked cheaper to the inexperienced observer, As to the breed that killers like liest probably more would answer Berk* shire than any other breed. But hogs are what killers want, and the kind they want wilj top the market, wheth- W M m < while, rsd or spotted.. * • 9 to be made into vinegar from time to time. A good wine or alcohol barrel is carefully painted on the outside to pre vent corrosion of tiie hoops. A vent hole is now bored iu each end of the cask near the chime on the side next the bung and covered with a fine screen to keep out insects. At the bot- tom of one end a spigot is Inserted and a perpendicular row of gimlet boles bored aud tit ted wit 11 wooden plugs to act as a gauge. Fresh wine, which must lirst be fully fermented, can be added from time to time through a tube passing in at the bunghole and ending near the bottom of the cask, in this way the active film will not be disturbed by drawing off a little vine rar or adding a little fresli wine. The lube must not la* of metal, but can be of glass where available. In this re gion a largo stalk of native cane, the Joints of which have been perforated with a hot iron, makes a very service able tune. A tin funnel tnay be used in pouring the wine into the tube. A similar apparatus has beeu found very serviceable in France for converting table wine waste into vinegar. Such wnstes under suitable temperature conditions yield good vinegar in nine ty days. The generator is started with a mixture of about three-fourths wine and one fourth good vinegar. When once started no new vinegar need be added. Weevil In Wheat. El. A. Gossard. entomologist of the Ohio experiment station, gives the fol lowing method of ridding wheat blns of weevil: To destroy weevils working In wheat blns fumigate with bisulphide of car bon. Procure one pound of the liquid for each thousand cubic feet of space Inclosed in the bln. Tour the liquid Into shallow containers, such as plates or tin pans, and set on top of the grain. Make the building as nearly air tight as possible by pasting (wiper strips over the cracks, windows, etc. If the door does not tit tightly tack a horse blanket over it with lath strips after charging the bln with the chemical. Keep closed for thirty hours. I»o not bring a lamp or light of any kind, such as a lighted cigar, near the building while fumigation is In progress. Fu migation for thirty hours ought not to injure the grain for either seeding or milling purposes. If one fumigation does uot succeed repeat the treatment ss often h * necessa,ry, increasing the dos«* tf the building leaks gas. The chief merit of the silo lies in the fact that It enables the dairyman la furnish his cows summer fev<i lu the winter months, which n suits in a cor- responding increase in milk and butler returns. • The New, Elegantly Fitted and •pnteif • ELIZABETH. T kia Thu A farmer living near Greeley, Colo., the past season grew eighty-eight l< ¡ i of pumpkins <>n lour acres of land I. Ill«» crop pelting him belter than «4»' *«>. This fellow is certainly some pump. kins, to use u bit of slang l*ro|>erl,v cured coru fodder is not only relished by all kinds of live slock, but constitutes a most excellent a ml nutritious food. With enormous amounts of it going to waste annually a big leak exists in the management of the farm for which there is ■'«■ally no good excuse. Sawdust has no value as fertilizer outside of tin- (iotas h It would contain in the form of ashes and the liumu.-, it would add to the soil in the shape of wood mold when decayed. Sawdust may be used to advantage as au ab sorbent of liquid manures and iu this capacity would serve a very useful purpose. A reader of these notes who has had good op|>ortunity to note the effects of clover growing on his own farm told the writer recently that hereafter be should never sow an acre of oats with out adding a moderate amount of clover seed Ills plan might be fol lowed with profit by a good many of his fellows First-class Passenger Fare, Freight Rates, $7.50 $3 on L Freight E. T. Kruse, managing agent. 24 California St., Sa.: New Year'» resolution» are liable to m smoke" but you should be careful thuone---to take a course in the VŸŸtîttt ■ULJ! Miller-Cleaver Business College Hotel Galli Resolve Io make your »elf more valuable as a competent office man or woman “DO IT NOW” Rates $i.oo to $2.00 per day. MILLER - CLEAVER Business College NORTH BEND week or month. OREGON Special rates by Sample Room in Connection Bandon ¡FURNISHED ROOMS AT A. MO NAIR The Pacific THE HARDWARE MAN BRIDGE A BEACH Stove«, Range* and Healers have in them so raa-y cxc that they are now acknowledged the greatest sellers on the coast and they are jro ving in favor every year. We have the exclusive agency in Bandon for these ht usehold and office necessities, and prices range exceedingly modest in either caie. THE MERCY HOSPITAL TINNING AND PLUMBING A SPECIALTY. Our Assortment of Hardware, Tinware and Edged Tools is Most Complete. At North Bend I h oow open for the re ception of patients. Tbe terms are $10 per week and upwards, For par ticulars apply to ; ; Sisters of Mercy In no way does a fellow reveal more quickly the type of a farmer he is than North Be nd, Or. in the use which be makes of the great byproduct of the farm, manure. If he is enterprising he will get this on to the land as fresh as possible, so that its full fertilizing value will be real -. O regon | ized, while if he is a slipshod chap he bandon will quite likely let it accumulate and Druggist and Apothecary permit a good share of its strength to 1« just in receipt of h new stock of leech away as a result of rains and ex Drugs and Chemicals, Patent and posure. Proprietary Preparations. Toilet Ar A definite and effective cure and pre ticles. Druggist Sundries, Perfumes. ventive of hog cholera has been dis Brushes, Sponges, Soap, Nuts and covered by specialists in animal dis Candies, Cigars, Tobaccos and Cig Glass and eases in the employment of the depart arettes, P kid I h , Oils, ment of agriculture at Washington. Painter's Supplies. The treatment consists of inoculating the hogs with virus from an anima) affected with the disease, which seems to render immune to the disease those treated. So effective does the cure seem to be that hopes are entertained that the disease, which in the past has meant a loss to hog raisers of the country of millions of dollars annual ly, may be entirely eradicated. Clarence Y. Lowe ' BANDON STEAM LAUNDRY Family Washing a Specialty First Class Laundry Work Guaranteed. attention given to fine woolen goods. Cleaning and F. A BATES, Pro rietor SHIELDS <fc KENNED/ BLACKSNITHN AND WAGOXMA li F. RS Wagons of All kinds Made to Order ttoricsboeiaf a Specialty ranteed to give «atuta «adsfactiou. Job Work attended to promptly and all work guaranteed reasonable. Shop on Atwater Street, Bandon, Oregon. Z» n »1 community' The type of agriculture followed on ■ good many farms might be greatly Improved, with increased profits accru ing to both landlord and tenant, if the lease on which the farm was rent ed were for five or more years instead of one, as is too often the case. The one year renter naturally feels that he cannot afford to put in a lot of hard work on the farm one season when a large per cent of the benefit resulting cannot be realized until the following year. Likewise the landlord justifies himself in doing as little as he is re quired to under the terms of the lease when he knows that Ids tenant intends to remain but a year and is bent on skinning the land to the limit and would not be in a mood to appreciate improvements tiie benefit from which would extend over a (teriod of more than one year. It Is therefore plain to be seen that the long term lease is best for the tenant, best for the land lord and far and away the best thing for the farm in which each has a mil- tual financial Interest Read the »Mn The chief exponent of the merits of the Coquille Valley $1.50 A YEAR RINTING THATS DONE RIGHT add« dignity and distinc tion to your business. Do all your corresponding on neat* ly printed letter heads. Neatly printed return envelope* are a safeguard against your letters being lost in the mails. We do your work when you want it and guarantee satisfaction. P • • • : • Special pressing Mens’ Saits and Ladies' tine rkirts given prompt atteotion Keep posted on the news of the • • ¡•ncisco. to keep I Starting in a small way but a few years ago, the cement industry of the country has grown until last year the output of the product was 50,000,000 barrels. The scarcity of lumlier iu the next few years Is sure to result in an enormous Increase over these figures. Some one has said that the mixing of cement requires but little more brains than the mixing of mud pies. This is likely overdrawn, but it never- theless (Miints to the fact that the pi-'wess Is not a difficult one aud that any on«* who is of an enterprising turn •f mind am has tiie proper directions <*nu make u: uiy of the cement im provements nb< ut his place. For one who wishes to study the subject as well as secure . .act: al suggestions for doing different kinds of cement work farmers' bulletin No. 235, is- sued by the agricultural department at Washington, will be found helpful. This takes up the questions of mate rials tools and mixing and gives def inite directions for making concrete walks and foundations as well meat posts. ,0^0«. J. E. WALSTROM, Agent. Bandon. Oreg« Tiie real character of some folks is as often indicate«! by the attitude MRS SARAH COSTELLO which they take on trifliug things as by that involved in matters of much Nice clean rooms 25 and 50c a greater consequence. Many times a night; $1.25 a week; $5 amonth person wouldn't think of perpetrating ------ OREGON •1 dew aright swindle on another, yet BANDON has been known to give himself dead away for less than ltt cents. The prevailing high prices of feed and grain render it imperative that the owner of a dairy herd should spot the loafers and weed out without ceremony those individuals that are barely pay ing their keei) or constitute a positive source of loss. It is a farce to feed twenty cent corn to these loafers and a still more serious matter to feed that which is worth 50 cents. 1. u natu tk* l^A*^ IMIWÛVSr wd Will will steamer new, ■ « is Uiongly Rss.lt built .nd and Rttawl fitted tazstk with the ImM laspev*«' fxtl ■nU AAfl give a regular 8 day servwe, for passengers and freight, betwaan the Coquili- Price«
