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seed is usually an index of a
Better n4)cl!i£ Is quite usually an sc-
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type of farming, while two’othefi tompanimeui of au improved type of
i .riuurks are inadequate cultivation of farming. In- any case the more effec
me soil and a surplus of weeds. The tively a farm is fenced the better the
three things together make a pretty system of management which can be
Ixd agricultural uiess.
followed.
4Mb
Do You
Bowl?
Western Canadian farmers are al
ready planning to ship their wheat to
Europe by way of the Panama canal
as soon as the big ditch is completed.
It Is quite clear that many products
now produced or manufactured <»u ttie
EETRIGG
Atlantic coast will be sent to the Pa
cific coast and points in the orient by
REGISTER,
During the yesr 1908 the state of Ar the canal route.
10CKFQRD.IA.
kansas raised 15.000 acres of rice,
The landlord will be doing a kind
which was a substantial increase over
the acreage of the preceding year. It ness to himself and his land if be in
CORRESPONDENCE
Is probably not generally known that sists on a long time lease when be
SOLICITED
rice is cultivated so far north. They rents his farm. This will enable bls
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have been doing some strange things tenant to take some pride and interest
(Copyright. lauS, by American Press Asso
ciation. This matter must not be re since Secretary Wilson took charge of in Improvements and methods of crop
the department of agriculture.
rotation which cover a period of two
printed without special permission.)
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or three years, it may be added that
A rather unusual fact of natural his the tenant also will be dollars as well
COUNTRY LIFE COMMI88ION.
President Roosevelt recently trans tory was noted recently by-the resi as satisfaction ahead under such a
mitted to congress the voluminous re dents of a Mississippi river town in system.
port of the country life commission the flight of thirty-five big snowy
The flavor as well as the texture of
Which be appointed about a year ago owls in one flock, their large size and a piece of boiling beef may be pre
fluffy snow white appearance making
to investigate into agricultural condi
served If the piece is seared for a few
tions and life over the country and re a most Interesting sight. Owls are minutes in a hot kettle without water
usually unsociable birds and not gre
port to him and nmke recommenda
garious, as are other species like the and bolllug water then added, in which
tions which they thought would be in
crow, blackbird and a few other fa it should be allowed to cook briskly
strumental in improving conditions. I
for ten or fifteen minutes. This should
miliar kinds.
The commission consisted of four men
be followed by slow cooking for about W1NE5,
LIQUoR.5 AND
of exceptional qualifications both in
A poor stand of clover Is often due two hours. In the case of a soup cut I
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breadth of view and keen insight into to a careless preparation of the seed the reverse course should l»e followed,
the agricultural needs and problems bed and only half covering the seed, placing the meat in cold water and al
C16AR5
of the country. Their report to the which is the case with much broadcast lowing It to come to a boll and letting
president consisted of a digest of the sending. It can be asserted with con it cook for about the same length of
Oregon
Bandon
data and evidence secured at thirty siderable certainty that seed of good time.
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public hearings held at different points vitality will germinate and grow if it
■nd attended by the farmers abd farm Is covered with a sufficient depth of
The cream separator and milking
ers’ wives of forty different states and earth so as to give needed moisture. machine are modern Improvements
territories and from 120,000 answers Clover seed is expensive, and its value which are greatly simplifying some of
to printed questions, which were very as a soil renovator Is so great that the the most serious problems connected
generally distributed, in the execu greatest care should be exercised in with the dairy business, and, rightly
tive letter of transmissal to congress, sowing it properly.
managed, they mean also a cleaner as
which is really an admirable digest of
well as higher grade dairy product,
the committee's report, it Is pointed
Some one fond of statistics has fig Carelessly bandied and not properly
out that the general level of country ured out that if the 25,000,000,000 eggs scalded, quite the reverse Is the case,
A. Garfield
life is high and compares favorably laid in this country tn the year 1907 as a slovenly dairyman who produces
with that of any previous era in the were all packed for shipment they a filthy product under the old system
Mill and Steamboat Work
history of the country. Yet, notwith would fill 09,395,000« crates, allowing of milking and handling the milk and
standing this condition, farming does thirty dozen eggs to the crate, and, al cream will produce a still filthier and
SPECIALTIES
not yield the financial returns it ought lowing 350 crates to the car, would fill more germ laden article with the de
to give. Added to this, there is much 198,257 carloads. Placed end to end, vices mentioned. This Is a fact that
discontent, and even discouragement. I these cars would extend a distance of many creanterymen know and many SPECIAL MACHINES Bllll T TO ORDIR
Three ways are suggested which, it is 1,500 miles, or from New York to more are every day finding out.
thought, will help to improve this con Omaha. The American hen is surely
Turned Shafting, Cap and Sei
dition—namely, a better type of farm Justified In doing a little cackling lr
The question is raised now and then
Screws. Mticiiite Bolts,
in«. better business methods and a view of the above showing.
whether the landlord or the tenant
and Fittings, Brasa Work
better type of living on the farm.
should pay for the manure spreader.
With a view to realizing these ends
The desirability of cement and plank There seems to be little question that
GENERAL REPAIRING
the president makes the following rec for stable floors would seem to be of any landlord could well afford to stand
ommendations:
about equal rank If the amount of the whole expense simply from the
Shop in Connection
“First.— Effective co-operation among bedding used In both cases were what standpoint of economic farm manage Pattern
farmers, to put them on a level with It ought to be. and this would seem to ment and the utilizing of the maxi
ths organized interests with which be trqg of hogpen floors also. With mum value of the homemade manures.
they do business.
little or no straw on either, neither It would seem to be equally true that
“Second.—A new kind of schools lu plank nor cement is comfortable or if a landlord was so shortsighted and BOOTS - AND
SHOES
tbs country, which shall teach the sanitary for the animals that are com penurious that he would not pay for
You can’t expect to get $2 worth
children as much outdoors as indoors pelled to stand or lie thereon. In the the machine the tenant could afford to
for $1. but you can get your
•nd perhaps more, so that they will latter case it would be nearly a Hob do so merely from a selfish standpoint,
money', worth atj
prepare for cotfntry life and not, as son’s choice, with the advantage pos this being especially true if be bad the
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at present, mainly for life In town.
sibly a trifle in favor of the plank farm on a long time lease. The fairest
*
“Third.—Better means of communion I floorWig.
way, in view of the benefits accruing
tjon, including good roads and a pur-
to both parties, would seem to be for
There ls no way In which the weed each one to stand for half of the ex
cels post, which the country iieople
Dealer in Boots and Shoes.
•re everywhere, and rightly, unani pest on the farm may be more ef- pense. The benefit being mutual, the
fectlvely held In check than by the expense should be so too.
mous in demanding.”
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The federal depatjinent of agricul keeping of a flock of sheep, which in a
Repairing neatly and prompt
ture, state experiment stations, the very real sense are weed scavengers,
Readers of these notes will soon be
agricultural press and other ‘hgencles i eating all but forty or fifty of the 590 buying grass seed. It is well worth
ly done at lowest liv
•re recognized as agencies which are odd varieties of weeds common to thiB remembering that the pure food laws
ing prices
dping an excellent service in favoring country. On farms where sheep are of the several states give no guaran
■ better type of agriculture, which, kept cleau pastures are the rule, which tee of vitality or freedom frorii noxious
realized, would mean a doubling of means fewer weeds befouling adjoin weed seeds In the case of grass seed
crop yields in many sections of the ing cultivated fields. If the stubble shipped in from outside the state lim
country. The president asserts that, Held can be fenced off they will pro its, and it is more than likely that it
rightly viewed and carried on, agricul vide a range and abundant feed for Is grass seed of this adulterated, in
Formerly ANCHOR BAR
ture should lie one of the most dlgni the flock at a time when the regular ferior type which will be furnished at
tied, desirable and sought after ways pasture is often short. The food con the bargain counter prices which
AI.VIN MUNCK. Prop.
of earning a livelihood. In bringing sumed Is usually waste, and whatever tempt so many shortsighted buyers.
this condition of things to pass em is realized from wool and mutton, bar Put if down as a safe rule that that
phasis is plsced on the need of organi ring the cost of Its simple winter ra grass seed which is the lowest in price Is now Loeatmi in Fine New Quarters
East of the Postoflice
sation and co-operation for business I i tion, is clear gain.
is the poorest In quality and there
and social reasons. The religious need
fore in the long run the most expen
It should be a source of great en sive, while that which Is the highest Choicest Wines, Liquors and Cigars
la also recognized and an lm|»ortant
place given the country church in this couragement for the hosts of boys and priced and bought of firms of known
BILLIARD AND POOL TABLER
connection, while an especial tribute is young men who have the major part reputation will be the best and by a
P*ld the home as the most powerful of their Jives before them to remember like rule the most economical. This
COURT EOUS T R E A TMENT
factor in the development of charac that today more than at any other lesson of seed price and quality is one
ter and personality, the presence or time In the history of the country is that many learn from the costliest
lack of which tends to make life rich there recognition of the Influence and kind of experience.
Call and See MUNCK
or poor. At the close of his message responsibility of the young man well
ths president emphasizes the fact that equipped for some special line of
One of the chief drawbacks to a
tbs permanency of our civilization de work. In many lines of work today newly settled prairie country from the
pends upon the wholesomeness, attrac the men who are at the head of affairs standpoint of’comfortable residence Is
tiveness and completeness as well as are the comparatively young, clean the absence of trees to provide shade
the prosperity of country life. An ap shaven fellows who have force, enthu In summer and shelter from the storms
propriation of >25,000 is recommended siasm and capacity for work. While of winter. As soon as time can be
in order that the commission may be the population of the country is grow spared for the job. and the sooner the
■Ms to digest the msterial it has col ing its needs are also increasing and better, a belt of trees should tie set on
lected and to collect and digest other becoming more complex, a situation the north and west and at such a dis
valuable data which are within easy which gives abundant assurance that tance from the home site as will give
reach. While this is but a beginning, there will alwnys be work to do for ample room for the barns, shells and Newly furnished large light rooms
the work of the country life commla- those who fit themsélvea to do it effec feed lots. Lf the trees are desired for
Telephone
Electric Lights
Mon le bound to result in untold bene- tively.
windbreak purposes only, there is Rented by single night, week or
fit
month
One of the really serious problems nothing better than the conifers—the
pines, spruces, cedars and larches. If
which
confront
the
young
man
of
to
INQUIRE
AT OFFICE OF
AN IMMEDIATE PROBLEM.
the timber belt is intended for timber
TQlera of the soil in all the older day is the difficulty of being able with or fuel purposes also, the belt should The BANDON STEAM LABDRY
agricultural sections of the epuntry small means to so manage as to ac be more extensive and may include the
are up against an economic proposition quire a farm of his own. There are catalpa, cottonwood, bard and soft
which it would be well worth while two ways out, one of which is for him maple or even the despised box elder
for* them to take into serious account. to go to a section of the country where If other better varieties of trees are
We refer to that to be found in an in land Is new and lower priced. The not available. If the young trees Hre
Carries a fine line of
crease in the value of farm lands in ijest chances along this line are get not propagated«at home, as will likely
the sections referred to. a correspond ting fewer every day. The other is to be true of the conifers, they should be
Mg Increase in rental charges, and this hire out to a man who Is carrying on a
secured of'the nearest reliable nursery Watches, Clocks and Jewelry
coupled with the fact of a continually progressive and Intelligent type of in man, whoishould have given the trees
decreasing soil fertility. Those who tensive agriculture and work for him such care‘in the nursery plot as will
have thought of this problem even su two or three years, in the meantime enable himrto back them with a pretty
AÜATES CUT AND POLISHED
perficially can realize at once that this exercising prudence and economy, and good guarantee. After being set out—
•oodltlon of affairs cannot continue a little later to secure the long term and thls<app!ies|to any kinds of trees— Agate Jewelry Made to Order
long. Either the soil rubbing methods rental of such a farm and continue tn the best'results'will lie secured if the
of tllllhig land will have to be aban this way until means are In t^Js hands young trees ar<*| given careful cultiva
doned and a more rational system to buy a small farm, which he should tion for at >eastk*hree years, when the
FINE ENGRAVING
adopted in their place in the shape of work on the same intensive plans. It is shade they furna-li and straw mulch
as
plain
as
the
nose
on
a
ixsiy
’
s
face
dairying and stock raising or else
which may^be applied will answer the
farms of the clam referred to will that It Is out of the question for the purpose t of/conserving necessary mois
young
man
with
but
$1,000
or
so
to
the met I t re have to be abandoned. The
ture. AlweJl located and thrifty shel
Wise course to follow would seem to negotiate the purchase of a $10.000 ter belt! of trees will contribute not
farm.
He
must
content
himself
with
a
Be along the line of a reformation of
only to (the attractive appearance of
agricultura) methods, which is the only lesser stake, say forty acres, costing the farmland comfort of its residents,
way out of the difficulty consistent one fourth of this amount and be will bat wtllJalwi add a good sum to the
with financial consideration and pa tri find If he works this wisely that be value ofjthe-farm In case it should be
ode regard for the dignity of agricul will have as much tn hand at the end sold.
ture as a vocation and the marvelous of the year as if be skinned over twice
REGIST ERF.D OPTICIAN
original endowment of soil fertility. as much land. It must be admitted
Reliable Work and Goods.
■We should quit this dishonorable busi- that even this way out for the young
■aaa of aoil robbery and develop a man Is much easier to outline than to
Every Saturday at I he Gallier
keener regard than we feci for the carry out In detail, yet it is a way that
is
not
being
given
the
emphasis
just
Hotel io a. mi. to 4 P- ,n-
ngikMlarsT bankruptcy which it wlP
I now that it ought to receive.
A poKtsl will bring me to your home
California dairymen are up against
the proposition this winter of paying
$22 a ton for the alfalfa bay which
they have to buy« which results in a
serious reduction In profit, notwith
standing the high price which they re
ceive for their dairy products.
ARC LIGHT
Bowling Alleys
The El Dorado
Rasmussen Bros., Props
Bandon Foundry
& Machine Shop
M
B R E U E K
The Eagle
Are You Going to Build?
If so you can get the very best lumber ©n
the market at the lowest figure by calling
on or addressing the LYONS-JOHNSON
LUMBER CO.
We will deliver lumber
on the Bandon
w îarf without
extra
charge to the purch .»er
Lyons-Johnson L umber Company
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THE COQUIL J RIVER LINE
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3.00
1st Class Passage,
Up Freight,
Our interests are your nterests. Fair rates and
gbod servif e our motto '
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I rancisco
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a JBal<ery
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L. A. YORK. Proprietor
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cannot be excelled. Baked goods of ail kinds
JUST LIKE MOTHER USE TO MAKE
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