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CONVINCING DEMONSTRATION.
A reader of these notes living at Le-
raysville, I’a., sends us a clipping giv
ing a brief summary of the potato
spraying experiments which have been
conducted by the experiment station
at Burlington, Vt., during the past
eighteen years. The showing is such
an excellent one that potato raisers
will be glad to hear about it. Thor
ough spraying with the bordeaux mix
ture, blue vitriol, lime and water made
up in tlie 5-5-50 recipe twice yielded 67
per cent more and spraying three
times yielded 141 per cent more than
the unsprayed. During the eighteen
years that the station has used the
bordeaux mixture there has been an
average increase of 92 per cent, or 112
bushels, per acre. The lowest increase
in yield was 26 per cent and the high
est 215 per cent in seasons when there
was much dampness. The varieties
experimented with were the White,
Star, Polaris, Green Mountain and
Delaware, and these when unsprayed
yielded from 54 to 267 bushels per i
acre under least and most favorable I
conditions, while sprayed the returns
varied from 133 bushels to 389 bushels
per acre. These figures should be
scanned twice by the fellow who pre
tends to raise potatoes on a commer
cial scale, and even for the home gar-
den the precaution is well worth while
The hazelnut* wtd n ♦h» chüdfva
ga'Lered this fall *'U taste Biigtety
go-jd by the winter tire.
(htod management on t h* farm as
well as in the home consists as much
in knowing what to let go as in what
to do—in other words, in the power of
discrimination.
Just why it is so we have never
seen explained, but fruit that is grown
on sandy land seems to develop a
brighter color at maturity. In select
ing an orchard site it is therefore well
to keep this point in mind.
A British abortion remedy that is
said to be very effective consists in
giving animals subject to this ailment
two drams of pure carbolic acid well
diluted in water in soft feed every
other night during each alternate fort
night during pregnancy.
A
A
SURE HOG CHOLERA CURE,
E xperiments which have been con
ducted by experts In animal disease at
the Kansas City stockyards with a
view to giving the new senim cure
for hog cholera a still further test
seem to prove beyond doubt that it is
both effective and reliable. At the be
ginning of tlie test, which extended
for thirty days, thirty-five hogs were
placed in an isolated pen, twenty-two
of which were inoculated with serum,
four with virulent cholera blood and
the nine remaining given no treatment
at all. During the period all the bogs
which were not vaccinated with the
serum died, while the twenty-two that
had been inoculated did not contract
the disease at all, but were alive
and healthy at tlie close. In order to
give the new cure the severest test
the treated hogs were subjected to the
most aggravated type of exposure,
hogs that had died of the disease be-
ing left in the pens for periods of two
or three days. Dr. I. 11. Baker, chief
of the government inspection depast
ment at Kansas City, had the work in
charge ami in conjunction with his
assistants will shortly make a full re
port of the experiments to (he depart
ment of agriculture, which will in turn
give the matter still further publicity
SOMETHING TO WORK FOR.
A scad of young fellows don't fare
any better than they do in a financial
way because they spend every cent
they earn jut as fast as it comes luto
their hands. The outcome of this is
that, saving nothing, they have nothing
ahead toward which to strive and nat
urally feel unprepared to tackle any
business proposition requiring capital
or to make definite plans to have a
home of their own. both of which in
fluences would tend to have a steady
ing and uplifting Influence on their
Ilves. The average young fellow, plug
ging along alone without any well de
fined objts t in life, often has spells
when be questions whether the mere
feeding and clothing of himself is real
ly worth w hile, and in too many cases
his doubt would seem to be justifiable.
It is only w hen he gets to working for
something or somebody outside of him
self that life has zest and meaning. A
savings fund laid aside for some def
inite pur|M>se, perhaps the starting of
a home or the helping of some friend
or relative in need, is a boon which
thousands of young fellows ought to
avail themselves of. The start may
be hard, but the rest is easy. The sec
ond hundred dollars Is often easier
saved than the first ten.
Better a little dirt on the kitchen
floor and a bright smile for the tired
and hungry husband when he comes in
from a hard day’s work in the field
than floors white as scrub brush and
elbow grease can make them and a
cross and Irritable wife with the back
ache.
In a good many years’ experience in
the feeding of silage there has been
virtually no evidence forthcoming that
it is tn any way injurious as a feed
for cattle. More than this, it is relish
ed by the other farm animals. and all
seem to thrive when it constitutes a
portion of the regular ration.
Before the hot fires of the early win
ter are started in heater or furnace it
is a good idea to inspect the flues and
see if the brick and plaster are sub
stantial enough to last until spring
without repairing. It is an easy mat
ter to overlook because it is quite out
of sight, yet an important one not
withstanding this fact.
The highest price paid for beeves on
the Chicago market this season was
$8.30 for a buuch of native steers
weighing 1,600 pounds and finished
for the market at Bloomington. III.
This means that a single animal of
this weight cashed its owner $137.80.
In the words of the hapless little ne
gro in the comic supplement, “This
makes a noise like prosperity.”
There seems to be a pretty well set
tied opinion that while seed corn will
retain its vitality if buried in an oat
bin it will not do so if the ears are
hung over the bin above the oats. The
reason for tills seems to be that in the
first place the ear is kept quite dry, its
moisture being absorbed by the oats,
while in tlie second instance it gathers
enough moisture so that hard freezes
kill the germ
The fellow who puts off the securing
of bis seed corn until be is afield with
a husking wagon the latter part of
November or December may be trust
ing Providence for a good stand of
corn next season, but has mighty lit
tle ground ou which to base any such
confidence. In this as in some other
familiar experiences the Lord helps
those who stir around and do most to
help themselves.
While a chicken will roost on most
any old thing, from the edge of a bar
rel to the reel of a reaper, a glance at
the shape of the foot when it clutches
a support siiows that to be comforta
ble the roost ought to be nearly round.
While straight and even poles about
two inches in diameter with the knots
trimmed smooth will do nicely if one
can get them, a pine 2 by 2 with the
corners rounded off makes an excellent
perch.
Oranges grown in some portions of
Mexico are infested with maggots,
the larvae of flies which lay their eggs
In the skin of the growing orange
and hatch by the time the fruit is
ripe and have a fine time in the pulp
of the orange until they emerge as fully
developed flies. Eor this reasou Cali
fornia, with her immense orange grow
ing interests, has placed an embargo
ou Mexican oranges as well as nursery
stock, so much is a spread of this
pest feared. The maggot is white in
color and is from a third to half an
Inch long.
Washington rated agriculture as one
of the noblest and most useful of pur
suits in a daj- when the methods fol
lowed were cmde and the results at
tained meager. Today it occupies a
still more exalted position and in a
very true sense furnishes the means
whereby we are able to subsist as a
nation. The time is fast approaching,
if not already here, when an increas
ing number of the brightest boys and
girls of the land will look to agricul
THE NEED OF SHADE.
ture and horticulture in their general
During the hot weather of July and and special fields as callings which
August this year there appeared in they may enter with ample equipment
some of the central western states ac of Intelligence and energy, knowing
counts of cattle in pasture being killed that In return for the same effort nec
by the intense heat. In most cases essary for success In professional, busi
where such losses were reported there ness or clerical pursuits they will reap
was no shelter for the stock from the a generous and substantial reward.
glaring rays of the sun. in one in The conditions to be found in rural
stance all of a herd of twenty-three life may and ought to be healthful,
died, while tn another some fifteen wholesome and uplifting—nay, even
perished, the animals when found t«e Inspiring If the right spirit is brought
Ing pile«! up one upon another In an
to Its activities. Notwithstanding the
effort to reach a mere patch of shade progress made in the past fifteen years,
hardly sufficient for a single animal. there is ns yet but a meager showing
Losses of this type would seem to sug of the possibilities of the hight*st and
gest the wisdom of providing shade of best type of agriculture. It is the one
some kind in the pasture lot so that great field of effort, tremendously wide
ou especially hot days the stock may and roomy which has not yet been ex
find refreshing shelter there. Where ploited and exhausted The door of op
a grove Is not available shelters of portunity swings wide for those who
gome kind should Is’ erected, which would enter it. promising a typo of life,
may be left o|>eii on two or three sides though fraught with hard toil and
ao as to permit of a food circulation some discouragements, at once the
of air This item is too late to help most health giving and Independent of
out any this year, but it may serve as
hose pursuits which young men
a reminder fur next.
Women are eu ter lag lu4»y
1
At tt« rate wlu t •uto®oblle a el Notice of Sale of Tide Lands
are hr
- t login»' <•» ••»A
Notice l hereby given that the State Land
as though tlie old w>w ’The ftxjls are Board ot the State ot Oregon, w ili «11 io the
not all dead yet” would soou be un “ AiestJ aider, at its office m the Uapilel build
ing al Salem, Oregon, on Deci I
*
true.
Cows and elover in some form arv
the two best agencies knowu for rest
ing and regenerating tired aud worn
out soils. Many realize this truth:|
good many ought to.
It is fair to assume that work hornet
enjoy a frequent and refreshing drink
of cool water just as much as work
men do. If they were rememl>ered In
this way there would be fewer of
them giving oyt on hot days during
harvest.
As a Hile, the most beautiful colored
autumn leaves are noticed those falls
when heavy freezes hold off till late,
the varied colors which the leaves of
different trees take on being in way of
a chemical change, the result of a nat
ural ripening process.
Many a grower of produce comes to
grief by rising to the bait of a little
higher price offered by an unknown
firm and shipping stuff which repre
sents the best part of a season’s work
on which no account of sales is ever
given and for which no pay is ever re
ceived. It Is much better to play safe
at somewhat lower price levels.
1)0 YOl
Do you want to buy a farm or
some city property?
Do you want to sell your farm
or city property?
Do you want to insure your
property in a reliable com-
pany?
Do you have any wants in the
realestate or insurance line?
at 1000 a. m., oi «aid day, all the state's in
terest in the (¿de and ovriHou lends hereinafter
described, giving however, to the owner or own
ers of any lards abutting or fronting on such tide
and ove flow lands, the preference right to pur
< tm <• -aid tide and MNHMW land.. at th. I ight i
price offered, providing such offer is made in l
good faith; and also providing that the land will <
not be sold nor any offer therefor accepted foi
less than $5 00 per acre the Board reserving the
right to reject any and ail bids.
Said lands are situated in Coo. countv, Ore
gon, and described as follows;
Beginning at a point on the meander line of
the C cMjuilie river at the northwest corner of lot
C. which said point is 1320 feel east and 1965
fret north from corners ections 17, IB. 19 and
20, running thence along
meander line as
follows, to-wit;
S84® e 130 feet.
5 74 ° 45’ e 492 feet.
North A) feet to low water line
N 75 - 15’ w 257 feet along low waler line.
N 73 0 10' w 232 feet.
N B0° w 137 feet.
S 100 feet to place of beginning, containing
1.31 acres, . being
__________
____ on
_____
_____
tide land _____
fronting
west
hail
of lot 6.
i7.’f 28. S R 14 W oi W M.
Applications and bids should be addressed to
G. G. Brown, Clerk State Land Board, Salem,
Oregon, and marked 'Application and bid to
purchase tide lands ’
G. G. BROWN.
39-10»
Clerk State Land Board
Dated this Sept. 28. 1909.
A big list of property to sell.
Your choice of seven insurance
companies.
Anything else you want.
HL EL OA KE
The Real Estate Man
Bandon Fonudry
& Machine Shop
There is little excuse for the farm
animal being afflicted with vermin or
scab when there are so many effective
dips and disinfectants on the market
Dipping tanks which will do for hogs,
sheep and calves are on sale at most
any agricultural implement house and
are quite inexpensive. Eor larger cat
tie disinfectants may be applied in
the form of a spray.
A.
Garfield
Mill and Steamboat Work Our
SPECIALTIES
week or month.
A flock of hens is doubtless better
off from the standpoint of health if SPECIAL MACHINES BUILT TO ORDER
they sleep out of doors in pleasant
weather in the same way that folks
Tnrned Shafting, Cap anti Set
are if they sleep in tlie open air or in
Screws, Machii.e Bolts. 1*
tents instead of in stuffy bedrooms
an.I Fittings, Brass Work
Tlie hens may dislike being ejected
from the henhouse for the first few
nights, but they will soon become ac
GENERAL REPAIRING
customed to the outdoor perch.
Pattern
Shop
Sample Room in Connection.
Bandon
Connection
in
If the money which is annually spent
by farmers in mining and other wild
cat and blue sky enterprises were put
Into the purchase of better machinery,
the installing of dairies and the hiring
of more help to give the acres worked
a more intensive tillage, more profit
would be forthcoming from these im
provements in a single season than
from the aforesaid investments in a
lifetime.
CAPTAIN
CHRISTENSEN. Commanding
Coos Bay and Bandon twice a week
Coniiectinj? with SteamjShip Alliance at Marshfield,
information of
J. E. WALSÏROM, Agt. Bandon
In latitudes where the winters are
forbidding and tend to keep folks
closely boused during the winter II
months it is a sensible thing to be out :•
r
of doors during the fall and early win
ter as much as possible in order to
store up vitality and energy to bear
the more rigorous outdoor air of the
colder months. Every chance that of
fers should be improved to breathe
this fine, crisp, life giving air that is
so characteristic these October and No
vember days.
o
Alvin Munck, Prop
Portland and Coos Bay Steamship Line
BANDON, OREGON
A
Sails from Coos Bay Saturdays at Service of Tide
Sails from Ainsworth Dock, Portland, Wednesday
HAS A SELECT STOCK OF
Wines, Liquors & Cigars
The designations “nigh” and “off”
used in referring to the left and right
hand animals of a team came into use
because of the fact that the driver ot
the pioneer ox team used to stand
when driving to the left of the left
band animal so he could wield a whip
in his right hand, which was nearest
the team The customary position of
the driver of a team of horses is on
the right instead of the left side of tile 1IANDON
seat, with the result that the nigh
horse is the one farthest from him and
the off horse the one nearest.
“A
BR EAKWA 1ER
The Opera
at 8 P
M.
MILLF.R. Agent, Marshfield
Of
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BANDON STEAM LAUNDRY
Family Washing a Specialty.
OREGON
The El Dorado
According to figures which have been |
compiled by the Canadian forestry de-1
partment. there is in the Dominion a
total of l.fiOO.OUO square miles of stand
ing timber. but notwithstanding this
enormous reserve there were set out!
in 1908 under the direction of the de
partment 3.000.000 young trees to take
the place of those felled, while a total
of 10.000,000 little trees have been set i
out during the past few years, it
would have Iteen well for this country’
had a like policy been inaugurated
when its timber resources were con
sidered inexhaustible.
WANT
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First Class Laundry Work Guaranteed.
attention given to fine woolen goods.
Hearting and
pressing
Mens' Suits anil Ladies
prompt attention
Special
fine skirls given
F. A. BATES, Proprietor
Vi.
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vicinity in which the writer lives this
year attended big state fairs in com (
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