GORVA
jLIS S)- GAZETTE
Vol. XUDUV
CORVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY, OrEGQN, TUESDAY, . JANUARY S. V 190G.
No, s
CLOVER, VETCH, ARTICHOKES.
L. L. Brooks Writes of His Ex-
perience.
I want to give a little
mv experimenting and
more of
what I
have seen ot others in cl wers in
this valley. I have come to the
conclusion that the Willamette
valley is going to be one of the
most successful places in the
Uni'ed S'ates to raise clover and
clover seeds. While traveling
up and down this valley buying
and shipping vetch seed, I made
it a basiness to observe those that
raise clover, and the results. One
man sold $8oo worth of clover
seed from i nacres: another four
acres of the best of his alsike
land yielded nine bushels of seed
per acre, and he sold it lor 12
cents per pound or an "average of
the four best
his whole alsike field
$67. ?o per acre'for
acres:
brought him in 12 4 cents a
pound for 120 bushels or $900.
. Alsike seems to be adapted to
the flat white soil. There are
- thousands of acres of this kind in
this valley that could be bring
ing in good returns frsm the seed
and have the hay crop and past
ure extra, with one-tenth the
work it takes to raise wheat after
once started. Alsike is a peren
nial, will live for years and is
adapted to wet land; it should be
sown from May 15 lo June 15
after the rains are over and the
ground is warm; the ground
should be worked down fine, and
sow eight pounds per acre, with
out any thin? sown with it for
good resnlts. If wanted for past
ure rape can be sown with it
six pounds alsike and four of
rape. To be sure of a good stand
sow inoculated seed and sow 100
pounds of land pasture .. per acre.
The experiment station at Cor-
vallis says 150 pounds of . land
plasture give the best results.
I have had good luck sowing
jifty pounds per acre. Red clo
ver should be sown at the same
time of year, and use inoculation
material and land plasture, only
red clover should be sown on
higher ground than alsike; rich
rolling land "is best if well
manured, that much better. l
know of some fields of red clover
that vield seven bushels of clover
seed to the acre, worth irom 1 1
to 124 cents per pound; and just
across the road the wheat only
yielded seven bushels per acre,
worth 65 to 70 cents per bushel ;
the clover brings $52.50 per acre
and the wheat $4.90, while the
wheat draws from the soil and
makes it less valuable each year,
while clover feeds from .the air
and builds up the soil, besides
yielding generally two tons ot
good clover hay per acre, besides
the seed crop and winter pasture
and it shut off the winter plowing
to about every third year. And
when the clover is plowed under
it enriches the ground and if sown
to wheat will yield thirty to forty
bushels per acre. Raise one
crop of wheat and sow right down
to clover.
The result has been that ninety
farmers out of every hundred
plow their clover up after-it has
been sown one year because it
did not do much good. It was a
thin stand and looked pale and
weakly: The reason of this is
because it was not inoculated for
clover, and probably the ground
was not prepared properly nor
inoculated seed used nor land
plaster. I am sure clovers will
do as well here as in any other
country after the ground has been
thoroughly inoculated, and farm
ers can make three or four times
as much money per acre with less
than half the work and the land
will be growing richer every
year, besides much more stock
can be raised and fed better.
When we farmers all learn to
feed up all crops raised on the
tarm tne lana will soon be as
productive as ever it was. The
old worn out lana tnat was corn
ed to death in Indiana, Illinois
and lows, has all been brought
back to yield as good crops as
the first year it was broke np, by
plowing uner clover and feeding
out all crops raised on the tarm
to stock and hauling out the
manure. How can it be expect
ed of this land to yield an income
by raising wheat every year and
burning all the straw and hanling
wheat to market. Watch Eastern
Oregon where they raise nothing
but wheat, and see how soon that
land will be gone.
I have been sowing alfalfa the
last two springs with .very good
results. I sowed two acres on a
poor clay point on May, 23,
1964. 1 used inoculated dirt
from the agricultural college al
falfa bed. The ground was not
worked down as fine as it should
be, and'an extremely dry season
from April to November, but cut
two crops this year, and on May
19, 1905, sowed three acres more
on much better land, and worked
the ground down fine, plowed it
extra deep, disced it twice, rolled
three times, harrowed four times
besides the ground was well
manured before plowing. I sow
ed forty pounds-of inoculated al
falfa .seed on the three acres with
nity pounds or land plaster per
acre; land plaster and seed sown
same day and harrowed in to
gether. The first month the bes
of it was seven inches high, at
two months thirteen inches; after
that kept it mowed close to the
ground to keep weeds down.
The stand cannot be any better;
an eastern man saw it and said
it was the best stand that he ever
saw.
bo many beginners do not
know what" is the matter with
the alfalfa when it is about six or
eight inches high and the leaves
turn white and look sickly as ii
it were dying; it grows too fast
for the root, to support , the top,
and it should be cut every . time
it looks sickly. - So many people
don't thoroughly understand how
land plaster works on the soil.
Some may sow it on clover after
rain or heavy dew; that don't do
any good, it should be sown on
the ground as it does .the plant
no good until it is washed off
in soil; it unlocks the soil so that
plants feed from it, is the nearest
way I can explain it. It takes
500 parts of water to one gallon
of land plaster. If seed is sown
in spring after rains are over the
land plaster will not do any good
until rains come. I sowed a
small field to alsikt and one to
red clover last spring; both did
very well.
I have sowed ten acres of red
clover this fall; it may freeze out
and lose the soil. I am told that
the land plaster snould not be
sowed until Februarv.
One more thing I want to
speak of to eastern men that
come from a corn country and
feed hogs; that is artichokes. I
planted a patch May 30, 1905,
size of patch 89 steps long, 17
steps wide or 18 rws 3 feet 6
inches apart, 18 rods long, 3
rods wide, and we pulled fifty
two sacks just what pulled up
with tops; have not dug them
up yet. At that rae would be
over 3000 bushels to the acre;
that is better than a corn field of
seventy bushels to the acre. I
am satisfied with the artichokes
and alfalfa and clover pasture.
Hogs can be raised cheaper than
ina corn country. I am told that
one man fattened out ninety head
of hogs on five acres of artichokes
and when hogs are raised on this
kind of feed they don' t die with
cholera, where in a corn country
we figured on losing nearly all
our hogs every four years with
cholera. I am not talking
through my hat; these are facts.
Anyone wishing to try these clo
vers or artichokes' and want seed,
I keep them for sale; also inocu
lated seed and land plasture. I
have the government inoculation
for vetch, alsike, alfalfa, red clo
ver and can furnish inoculated
seed. Write before it is needed
several days so I will have time
to prepare the seed.
I would like to heat from
MADE NO LEVY.
City Council
Failed to -Make Tax
Levy.
lr anairs couia oe carried on
always on the basis - they
might be in this city fori the
coming year Corvallis would be
an unusually nice place in which
to hold property. By some pe
culiar oversight the city council
failed to fix the tax levy for Cor
vallis for 1906 'and so notify
County ClerkMoses. vThe latter
gentleman gave certification of the
city's total . valuation of taxable
property in December.
The law makes it mandatory
Inat all incorporated towns and
school districts must fix their tax
levy at some regular or adjourned
meeting during the . month of
December and through the proper
official . notify the clerk of the
county, mere is saia to be no
mistaking the language or the
meaningof this act. It would be
incharitable to severely criticise
any. mere ber of the council for
this oversight, owing to the fact
that it was an "oversight" be
yond donbt.
In the past years it has been
customary for the county clerk
to hold the rolls open until Feb
ruary in order that the various
incorporated , cities and school
districts could get in the sum of
their levy. But a year ago a law
went into effect that these incor
porate bodies must have their
'evies in by Jan; 1st in order that
the county court could act in the
matter and the clerk proceed to
close the rolls without holding
them open until February 1st.
It was largely, if not wholly, on
account of this change, owing to
tne additional tact tnat the noti
fication from County Clerk Moses
was after the regular term' ofthc
city council for December, that
the oversight occurred. -
However, the 4citv dads .got
busy at once when their attention
was called to the oversight . and
they communicated forthwith
with Attorney-General Crawford
in oalem. iney received an
opinion from that gentleman to
the effect that if the county court
held open until the city council
could meet and fix a levy and
so inform the court in time for!
action at the January term of
that body all "would be well. '
The county court took the proper
view of the situation and gave
assurance or its assistance by
holding court open until tomor
row, with the expectation that
the council would fix the levy
last night. This is practically
the situation in its entiretv.
The object of the new law it is
claimed is that the various
county clerks would be enabled
to proceed with the task of clos
ing the rolls immediately after
the January term of county
court, and the opinion is .held
that so long as the aims, objects
and intents, of the law are not
violated there is nothing- illegal
in adjusting any oversight, such
as has just occurred. At any
rate, such oversights are known
to have occurred in Oregon be
fore and in all probability in
other places, too. Last year
Astoria failed to make her levy
and the legislature being in ses
sion at the time a special
law was enacted" in her favor.
TTT1 1! . . a -
wnetner or not tne Astoria case
establishes a precedent for us is
not known. ,
A Little Early.
Jesse Spencer relates a pretty
good story on his wife's pro
clivities for early rising. It
seems that she has been in the
habit of getting up when she
hears the bus go to the C. &. E.
depot early -in the morning.
Friday night she rolled out of
bed on hearing a vehicle and
proceeded to build a fire.
Mr. Spencer says that he
neara tne Kindling cracKiing. as
it burned and it seemed to him
that it was only about fifteen
minutes since he went to
bed. He could hear his wife
bustling about preparing break
fast. Presently the clock began
stricking and counted off the
hour of 12, midnight.
"Did you hear that?" called
Mrs. Spencer.
'Yes," said Jesse.
'I'm going back to bed," said
his-wife.
'You'd better, or leave town,"
said the tonsorial artist. ' '
The couple had not retired un
til 11 o'clock and what Mrs.
Spencer heard and mistook for
the bus going to the C. & E.
depot was the carriages carrying
dancers home at the close ol the
dance at the Armory.
Four Hundred Babies.
FOR OUR DEAREST
silverware we ask no more than you
would expect to pay for far inferior goods.
We want you to feel able to afiord the
beet, whether it be for' your table, side
board or dressing case. So we make a
specialty of fine Bilverware moderately
priced. We have sets and 'single" pieces.
Standard and special patterns. Every"
piece is fally warranted to wear for years.
We shall be very glad to have you look ;
at the collection any time.
Albert J. Metzger
' JEWELER
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ara; 7.iTii'iatf''irSss: 1
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as it is a safe remedy and certain in re
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ham & Wortham.
Now that the holiday rush is over we have time to do your re
pair work with neatness and despatch.
Fine Watch Work a Specialty
The diamond ring drawing will come off Jan. 6, 1906. A ticket
with each dollar's worth purchased until that time. Everything
desired in the jewelry line is carried by us.
Eyes, tested free and glasses fitted properly in a
most up-to-date manner.
- E. VJ. S. PRATT, Jeweler and Optician.
The Weekly Oregonian and the Gazette
Both one year for $2.55
3T5!
For cash we will make special prices on
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inns' unairs am
Couches
during: the month of January as follows
other experiments on these new
crops for Oregon, - - . .
As I have not said anything
about vetch this time, I might
say that I have sown a few acres
of hairy vetch for the government,
they get the seed, but I hope to
be able to report later on how
that does. I have nearly 100
acres of common vetch in again
this vear. This vear I have
shipped several hundred thousand
pounds of seed" I am told that
one man plowed under two crops
of vetch on old wheat lad that
would only yield ten bushels of
wheat to the acre, and, - after
plowing under the two crops, the
soil yielded forty bushels of
wheat per acre. L. I. Brooks.
117.50 couches $16.65
14.50 couches 12.05
13.25 couches 11.85
81.50 chairs 81.30
1.10 chairs .95
.90 chairs .75
This is the best opportunity ever offer
ed to save money on these goods.
Our goods
;;re
marked in plain figures and
you will find prices as quoted. Come and see.
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