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" ..r need is usually an Index of a
I Ku type of furuiing. while two other
• .rmarks are inadequate cultivation of
tae soil and u surplus of weeds. Tbe
three things together make a pretty
ixd agricultural mesa.
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Better fencing Is qidte u®ally an ®-
tompangueui o^an improved type of
farniidfc. In« any Case the more effec­
tively a farm is fenced rhe better the
system of maaageiuent which cun be
fallowed.
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ROOMS and
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LUMBER CO.
We will deliver lumber
on the Bandon
w tari without
extra
charge to the purch ,ser
Lyons-Johnson L umber Company
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THE COQUIL □ RIVER LINE
Strs. Bifid. 1 & Banc Ion
Twin Screw, >iew and Fast
Bandon Foundry
& Machine Shop
The Eagle
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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
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now produced or manufactured on the
Atlantic coast will be sent to the Pa­
cific coast and points in the orient by
REGISTER.
During the year 1908 the state of Ar­ the canal route.
kansas raised 15.000 acres of rice,
ROCKFORD, IA
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 kuown that sists on a long time lease when be
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rice Is cultivated so far north. They rents his farm. This will enable bls
have been doing some strange things tenant to take some pride and Interest
[Copyright, 1JU9, by American Press Asso­
ciation. This matter must not be re­ since Secretary Wilson took charge of in Improvements and methods of crop
rotation which cover a period of two
the department of agriculture.
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 COMMISSION.
tory
was noted recently by the resi­ as satisfaction ahead under such a
President Roosevelt recently trans­
dents
of a Mississippi river town In system.
mitted to congress the voluminous re­
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Rasmussen Bros., Props
port of the country life commission the flight of thirty-five big snowy
The flavor as well as the texture of
owls
in
one
dock,
their
large
size
and
which he appointed about a year ago
a piece of boiling beef may be pre­
to investigate into agricultural condi­ fluffy snow white nppearance making served If the piece Is seared for a few
a
most
Interesting
sight.
Owls
are
tion« and life over the country and re­
minutes in a hot kettle without water
port to him and make recommenda­ usually unsociable birds and not gre­ and boiling water then added, in which
garious, as are other species like the
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.
for ten or fifteen minutes. This should
miliar kinds.
The commission consisted of four men
be followed by slow cooking for about
LlQUoR.5 AND
of exceptional qualifications both in
A poor stand of clover is often due two hours. In the case of a soup cut WINE5,
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breadth of view and keen insight into to a careless preparation of the seed the reverse course should lie followed,
the agricultural needs and problems bed and only half covering the seed, placing the meat in cold water and al­
CIGAR. ,5
of tbe 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.
public hearings held at different points vitality will germinate and grow If it
and attended by the farmers and farm- is covered with a sufficient depth of
The cream separator and milking
era* 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 tbe 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
Soipe one fond of statistics has fig­ Carelessly handled 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 in 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 Our
history of the country. Yet, notwith­ would fill 09,395,000« crates, allowing of milking und 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 tbe 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 198,23" carloads. Placed end to end, vices mentioned This is a fact that
discontent, and even discouragement. these cars would extend a distance of many creamerymen know and many SPECIAL MACHINES BUIIT TO ORDER
Three ways are suggested which, it is 1,500 miles, or from New York tp more are every day finding out.
thought, will help to Improve this con­ Omaha. The American hen is surely
turned Sb.'.fting, 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. Macbite Bolts. Pipe
log. better business methods and a view of the above showing.
whether the landlord or the tenant
and Fittings, Brass 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
tbe 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 tbe amount of the whole expense simply from the
Shop in Connection
“First.- Effective co-operatlou among I 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
tbe organized interests with which be trqf 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 in plank nor cement is comfortable or If a landlord was so shortsighted and BOOTS - AND
SHOES
tbe 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
and 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 country life and not, as son’s choice, with the advantage pos­ this being especially true if he had 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 communlca- fioortog
way, in view of the lienefits accruing
tjon, including good roads and a pur-
to both parties, would seem to be for M
There Is no way In which the weed each one to stand for half of the ex-
cels post, which the country people
Dealer in Boots and Shoes.
are everywhere, and' rightly, unani­ pest on the farm may be more ef- [tense. The benefit being mutual, the
fectively
held
In
check
than
by
the
mous in demanding.’*
expense should be so too.
The federal depai^ment 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 eating all but forty or fifty of the 590 buying grass seed. It is well worth I
ly dene at lowest liv­
are recognized as agencies which are odd varieties of weeds common to thiB remembering that the pure food laws
ing prices
dplng an excellent service In favoring country. On farms where sheep are of tbe several states give no guaran­
a better type of agriculture, which, kept clean pastures are the rule, which tee of vitality or freedom from noxious
realized, would mean a doubling of means fewer weedB 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, field can be fenced off they wljl 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 digni­ tbe flock at a time when the regular ferior type which will be furnished at
fied, desirable and sought after ways pasture is often short. The food con­ the bargain counter prices which
ALVIN 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 it'down as a safe rule that that
phasis is placed on tbe need of organi­ ring the cost of its simple winter ra­ grass seed which Is the lowest In price Is now Located in Fine New Quarters
East of the Postoflice
sation and co-operation for business i tion, is clear gain.
Is tbe poorest in quality and there­
and social reasons. Tbe 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, Uquors and Cigars
la also recognized atid an important
couragement
for
the
hosts
of
boys
and
place given the country church In this
priced and bought of firms of knowu
BILLIARD AND POOL TABLES
connection, while an especial tribute Is young men who have the major part reputation will be the best and by a
paid the borne as the most powerful of their lives before them to remember like rule the most economical. This
COURTEOUS TREATMENT
factor in tbe development of charac­ that today more than at any other lesson of seed price and quality is one
time
tn
the
history
of
the
country
is
ter and personality, tbe presence or
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
equipped
for
some
special
line
of
th* president emphasizes the fact tbat
One of the chief drawbacks to a
th* permanency of our civilization de­ work. In many lines of work today newly settled prairie country from tbe
the
men
who
are
at
the
head
of
affairs
pends upon the wholesomeness, attrac­
standpoint of'comfortable residence Is
tiveness and completeness as well as are the comparatively young, clean the absence <rf trees to provide shade
th* prosperity of country life. An ap­ shaven fellows who have force, enthu­ tn 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 soouer the
able to digest the materia] it has col­ ing its needs are also increasing and better, a belt of trees should lie set on
lected and to collect and dlgest 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
reaeh. While this is but a beginning, there will always be work to do for ample room for the barns, sheds and Newly furnished large light rooms
th* work of the country life commls- those who fit themselves to do It effec­ feed lots. Lf tbe trees are desired for
Telephone
Electric Lights
Mon la 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—tbe
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
Tillers of tbe soil in all tbe older day is the difficulty of being able with or fuel purposes also, the belt should The BANDON STEAM LAUDRY
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, hard and soft
which It would tie 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 youug trees are
Carries a fine line of
crease In the value of farm lands in best chances along this line are get­ not propagated* at home, as will likely
ting
fewer
every
day.
The
other
is
to
the sections referred to, a correspond­
be true of the conifers, they should be
ing increase« in rental charges, and this hire out to a man who Is carrying on a secured oftthe nearest reliable nursery­ Watches, Clocks and Jewelry
coupled with the fact of a continually progressive and intelligent type of in­ man, who»should have given the trees
decreasing soli 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 hi mi to back them with a pretty
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perficially can realize at once tbat this eiercislng prudence and economy, and good guarantee. After being set out—
condition of affairs cannot continue a little later to secure the long term and this, applies (to any kinds of trees— Agate Jewelry Made to Order
)nng. Either tbe soil robbing methods rental of such a farm and continue to th* best'resuits'wlll lie secured if the
of tilling land will have to be aban­ this way until means are In t^s hands yonng trees ard given careful cultiva­
doned and a more rational system to buy a small farm, which he should tion for at least u'hree years, when the
FINE ENGRAVING
adopted in their place In the shape of work on the same intensive plana, it is shade they furnish and straw mulch
dairying and stock raising or else as plain as the nose on a tiody'a face which may'be applied will answer the
farms of tbe class referred to will that It Is out of the question for the purpose iof i conserving necessary mois­
themselves have to tie abandoned. The young man with but >1,000 or so to ture. AI well 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
Be along the line of a reformation of farm. He must content himself with a only to (the attractive appearance of
agricultural methods, which is tbeonly lesser stake, say forty acres, costing tbe farmland comfort of Its residents,
way out of tbe difficulty consistent one-fourth of this amount, and be will but wlllJalMo add a good sum to tbe
iwtth financial consideration and patri­ find if he works this wisely that he value ofttbe-farm in case It should be
otic regard for the dignity of agricul­ will have as much in hand at the end sold
REGIST ERED OPTICIAN
ture as a vocation and the marvelous of the year as If be skinned over twice
original endowment of sol) fertility. as much land. It must tie admitted
Reliable Work and Goods.
W* should quit this dishonorable busi- that even this way out for tbe young
man
Is
much
easier
to
outline
than
to
ncaa of soil robbery and develop a
Every Saturday at 1 he Gullier
keener regard than we fee/ for tbe carry out in detail, yet it is a way tbat
Is
not
being
given
tbe
emphasis
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to a. nr><. to 4 p. tn.
agricultural bankruptcy which it wig
I not) that It ought to receive
lead to If persisted to.
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California dairymen are up against
the proposition this winter of paying
>22 u t<>D 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.
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