T H E W E S T . — flMI.ISlIKU gVKKY FBIÜAY WOKNIWO. — AT— L amb C ounty , FkOBKX CE, A I.I.K V * O bkook I ’ M lillo lir r * . It M T O K . B. F. A i . lky , - - * E imtob . A. H. B i . itom , I-xx-al Editor and M anager. ____T kkmh : $2.00 a year in advance.----- AO V K B TlW iia BATES MAOK KNOWN on ei.icATioN. l/M-al notice» * cent» per lin e , AC- m ent, because th ere are no crack» in which milk can l»e secreted and become tainted. W hen crack» come, through accident or other cause», they can easily he repaired. Apple» th a t are packed in buckw heat chai!' for w inter use keep longer, do not Io*« th eir flavor ami are let«» inclined to rot, and if a few are affected th e cliafi al>Moi h» the juice», which prevent» them from affecting th e rest. Though not a» large a* th e Shropshire or the Oxford, th e Southdow n sheep holds th e highest position am ong th e m utton breeds for quality of flesh. It is also a very hardy ami active breed, sub- »¡»ting where many of the larger breeds PSVARVERUD & C ° ' w h o le s a le AND r e t a il d e a l e r s in ICRICULTURAL MP LE ME N TS . each Insertion, could n o t th riv e . Shoot» growing around th e trunk» of Entered at the jsrst-offlce nt Florence, voting tree» rob th e trees of n o u rish J une county, Oregon, hs Hecond-class m ent. They never should he allowed to mull mutter. sta rt. If kept hack for a year they w ill I cease to up]>ear. < ¡runs around th e trunk» FA R M NOTES. will he moi»1 servicabl© to th e tree if the . sod is cut and inverted. The excellence of th e Lim a bean is I Hens require green food in w inter. not confined to its use in su m m er. If I»on't starve tin* cuts. Kill the su r th e vine» produce more th a n lie used j plus. green, they can he gathered and kept in Poultry houses should face th e Month a dry state, having, w hen properly | or south-east. cooked, much of th e rich n u tty taste Turkeys ami guineas are great for which makes them so popular in th e ir. ager* for insect*. P ' iijkt season. A g»s«l range mean* every thing for W ithout doubt every insect jiest has the growing stock. its parasite, and one of th e most intpor- , Get all the poultry to roo*t in the taut things ¡or a fartimr to know is w hat houses from this on. are the parasites of his insect (tests, am i , It will not help growing chickens to u|„<> what ¡‘.sects feed on o th er insects. | Is- out in the rains this m onth. Thus a large ¡»art of th e insect world will , Pullet* rarely make good m others, lie found to lie th e friend and not th e , have some of the old hens for hatching, enemy of the farm er. Many trees would hear fruit if they A warm stable nnd a good blanket ha<l about one-half of th e limbs and will save gram and give horses more branches cut out, so as to allow th e sun ‘•get u p .” If horse owiieis would discontinue tin to act on the leaves and assist in pre use of blind hl id le s there Would he few venting mildew . Too much top ami too many branches draw from the soil th e . er skittish horses. nourishm ent th a t should be used A \c t e i ¡nary sorgom tellu th a t silage fewer branches. is not a foisl for horses, though excel W heat will grow for many years after lent for other sGs'k. it has h e e n threshed, if carefully kept, I Take pains to destroy all the cater so as not to heat or mold. The dryness p illa rs 'n e s ts y«»u see. w he,tier on your of last year’s wheat makes it often better own giaamds or by the roadside. than that of the present season’s growth, It is estimat«*! by go, s I authority that especiallv it it was harvested when in g ia s l a v e r a g e c o m b w ill yield from s ix t y tin* milkx stage of growth. I'nless more to eighty |H-r r e n t. pure lie»-» wax. thoroughly dried out than is often the fow ls (list are healthy ami thrifty are ease, w h e a t a year old will come up more always early risers and should I*’ led as quickly and make a stronger growth in »noil a* they fly down from the roosts. the fall. It the heli* are ex,* » ted to lay regu S C IE N IF IC NOTES. larly aiming the w inter the qu.uters mils, Is« so warm that w ater will not An electiic , v (»»'-setting machine IS Iterse. coming. Put away your surplus I aw supplies B r iis -e ls , Belgium, will build an elt- where moth» will not destroy emptv v atcl cal>l»‘ i<>ad. «oiiihs and they should I kj kept in a I'lw pulse heat« considerably faster in dry place. women than men. fa n n e rs who are breeding stock for Electricity is now used in heating flat- m arket should reioem la’r that it is the irotis used in tailor shops. high grade* and not tn e m 'F u I m that More than half the inhabitants of gain rx’m unt ru tite return*. I be ls-sl kind of charcoal for fowls is England hav«* »lark hrowm hair. l ight and a half m inutes is the time |>nit be»l corn. Roast until II is a «lark I ,-ed that light takes to travel from the sun to brown, hut do not burn It black ,h«’ earth. once a w« vk m w Intel. Ru“«ia 1« cx|>criiiiciit ¡tig very exten tansy water ia recommended as a de- a,rover of the cabbage worm. Where s iv e ly w it h th e id e a of using metal tansy glow« in large quantities it will »l»’e|s*rs upi'ii tie.1 railroads in that coun- tr v . not »oat much to try the remedy tireeit fodder corn laid Is-twcen lav - A teni(<er.i,ure of 220 degrees lelow c ts o f s tta w will k«« p well and im part r* r»» lia s Is-, n produced l>v a hath of ear- of Its good qualities to the straw , so fa>n bisulphide and liquid nitrous acid. , ha, eattle i s t it ui w inter with grxwalt- Papier niacin* oil cans w hicli ate now liras, straw anti all. fw'ilig made me very durable mid iin- Tiir,w iitm e Bltd sulphur given in th e pervious to any spirit or oil likely to be itoullrv I,«»I when the w eather is dam p used in a iiut'hiuc room. Is one of the » hea|w»t ami I s - t prvvvii t attle hieexh-rs of the western plains lives «4 ga|a*s. Keep th e low la dry alter have decided to prevent the growth of giving sulphur. horns hv killing the bulls» with caustic W hen th e butter is gatheied in the l<otM»h when the calves me three davs c h u m in tie« form of gianule» It IS never old. „ i r a - l m n a d tiBfher it. wash it and llaidw a n of all kinds a, bottom »alt It th ere will» brine and th e nioet prunes, at F. I t h a mitent, ' • * 1 * 1 Hu* fa»tidl«ma » ustom er will la* plena»«!. k e t l e l t d , f i ;» n t The l«*id floor for d a n ' houses is »4 REAPERS and D R I L L S . = --------- Vehicles nf all kinds. C orner Olive and. E ig h th S tre e ts ., OREGON. eigene . STOVES and RANCES. Jatu. U, ce- ■ V V O S C A R F T J T T IC E , T IN AND C R A N IT E W A R E . H O U SE rU R N IS H IN Q O O O E S. IRON PIPE, LIFT AND FORCE PUMPS. Florence, Oregon. < W a tch e s, Clocks and a ll kin d s o f J e w e lry Repaired and w o rk a r r e n t e D - H . Is/I. C l ' i ^ r n ' b o r i i n a t -Toe M o r r i s ’ S to re .