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About Corvallis gazette. (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 2, 1906)
W1YMI Eose la a bovine matron of rare at tainments. She has beta growing olu now for several years, but has maiii Tested no intention of retiring from the activity of a remarkable career. The peculiar, perhaps unparalleled, record of this cow is that for iaj. years she has produced an leverage ql S84 pound3 Lurter fat or 443 poun-Js butter per year. This is 1.23 pounds butter for each and every day of the 8G5 yes, of the 3.C50 days. Her lar- EOSE, AVERAGED 334 POSIS BTJTTEB FAT. gest record for one year was the enor mous yield of 5S0.0 pounds' of butter fat, C77.3 pounds, or more than one third of a ton, of butter. This was .worth, at 22 cents per pound, $149. In the same herd is another cow bearing the unearned .title of Queen, and she has another record a six years record cf lo2 pounds butter fat or 1G7 pounds of butter per , year. "While this is almost a fourth better than the average' cow in ' the United States, yet Rose produced two and a "half times as much butter fat as Queen for that Ions period. And in an exact comparison for one year Hose made more than three times as much butter fat as Queen from exactly the same feed, botli in kinds and amount and with the same care. Rose was purchased by the .Illinoi experiment station when she was four years old, and she is now past sixteen. She was picked up among the cows of fered for sale for $50. Her record her:! given is for ten years in succession, including the times when she was dry. and she has been doing practically a. well since. 1 Her longest milking period-in this time was one year and eleven months, completed when she was fourteen and a half years old; her shortest, one year and ten days, and the average one year five and a third months. In this time she' produced seven calves, four of them being heifers. At 25 cents per pound for butter fal or 22 cents per pound for butter the annual income from Rose is $90 aau that from Queen $38. The Income from Rose is $58 more than that from f QTJEKN, AVERAGED 152 POTJHDS BUTTER FAT Queen. But this does not represent the difference between these cows to a man in the practical dairy business. If the market price of feed is such that It costs $35 per year to keep a cow and Queen's keep cost all of that Queen would return an annual profit of $3 and Rose a profit of $61, or as much as twenty Queens. If the price of feed were $37 per year Queen's profit would be $1 and that of Rose $59, or as much as fifty-nine cows like Queen. This means that Queen 'is entirely out of the list of cows worth keeping; there is absoluteiy no business In keep lng her a single day. Wilber I. Fraser The Silo Para. The value of a silo is hardly knowu in some of Our dairy districts. Many farmers in the dairy business, when one speaks to them about a silo, will say it is easy enough to talk silo on paper, but it is not profitable to build one. I will say that the economy in feed ing a cow is not in saving feed. TLo more you can get her to eat and digest the more she will make for her keeper. If you feed little you lose the value of that, but if you feed generously shi makes you a profit. The first thing is to procure feed ant' a place to keep it. In having a silo your feed is cut and put in at a time when it is in the best condition. Kim ball's Dairy Farmer. Coollnsr tne Milk. Immediately after the milk is sep arated the cream should be cooleo down to the temperature of good cold .well water. This can be done by set ting the cream can In a tub of water and stirring the cream until it Is o.' the same temperature as the water. The water must be changed occasion ally to keep the cream at this tempera ture until ready for shipping. It does no particular good to cool the cream and then allow It to become warm again before shipping. Tne Secret of Success. The superiority of butter made In Denmark Is known the world over where butter is sold. , Many investiga tions of Danish methods have been made and the conclusion la that cleanli ness Is the secret-of the success of the Danifth dairyman In msfctnebutto. "CONTINUOUS" BROODER.- Am Excellent Appliance la Uae oi mm Knglihli Poultry Farm. The illustration given herewith shows the "continuous" brooder used at the university college poultry farm in England. - : This brooder ' is constructed some what like the outdoor brooders used in this country, says the Feather.' The illustration presents the construction more plainly than we could If we might ' use pages in an attempt to describe the appliance so successfully used by them. This brooder is built so that it may be placed upon the movable truck and carried to any part of the farm and put in a new position where it will be protected by the shadows of the trees, and where good drainage and a fine supply of green food are to be found. These trucks need only be a square axle, with the wheels bolted in, one MOVABLE BBOODEB. at each end. The brooder placed on these can be pushed about at will into any portion of the yard or farm where it is desirable to have it placed. When this brooder is in position, protecting yards may be thrown around it to pro tect the young chicks from all kinds of i, dangers which might overtake them. , The only danger not provided against in this manner is the rain storms, but young chicks yarded, in this way soon j learn. to run to the protection of the house or brooder so soon as the rain be gins to fall. Diarrhea In Fowls. Diarrhea is caused by either the quantity of the food, the quality of the food or of the .drinking water or the atmospheric conditions to which the bird has been exposed. In the ' treatment of this class of diseases it is especially important that the cause j should be sought and removed. See j that the birds a-re comfortable and not exposed to drafts, cold or dampness. I Give pure drinking water and regulate j the food. Allow small quantities of mash or cooked food, with some chop ped beef. Tut a handful of oatmeal In the drinking water or give boiled milk for drink. Give a tablespoonful of olive oil as a laxative to carry off any irritating matter that may be in the intestines, then follow with .one- half to one grain of bicarbonate of soda and two grains of subnitrate of bismuth in a little water three times a day. Green Dock Going tip. There is an organization known as the Long Island Duck Raisers' associa tion, and about thirty of the members, Including a few from Jersey and Penn sylvania, met in New York recently to decide on the next selling campaign. Green duck will be higher than ever next season. Cost of labor and feed hare gone up, and the growers must have more money for their products, says American Poultry Journal. The growers get 14 to 16 cents per pound for their output and the retailer 25 to 30 cents. There is considerable talk of the growers installing their own stores and cutting the middleman off. The public will buy ducks because of the beef investigation, and it lies with the growers to raise their price to the middleman and have the latter raise on the consumers or cut out the mid dleman altogether. Teat tne Eggm Under Hena. I have been using hens as well as incubators and consider it Just as es sential and profitable to test the eggs under the hens as the incubators, says Kate Thyson Marr In Poultry Success. The advantages are that the hen is, when relieved of the Infertile eggs, less liable to tramp the chicks, since the nest is not so full. Again, If the eggs are not i valuable and one has set three hens, for instance, the good eggs can In most cases' be given to two hens and the other reset, thus saving two weeks of the hen's time. Roll a piece of tar paper Into funnel shape, flatten a little at the big end and cut to fit snugly up to the eye to exclude the light, and at the small end round and of proper size to admit the egg halfway, as in testing. Make about eighteen inches long. Clocks and Cackles. In the United States corn is a fa vorite feed for chickens, though, as Professor Wheeler states, common grams "seem practically Interchange able and many grain byproducts can be freely substituted for different whole grains or for each other and all combined as desired." Linseed meal is a byproduct of the manufacture of oil from flaxseed. "Old process" contains somewhat more oil than "new process" linseed meal and Is, perhaps, on that account a little better to use, but both are excellent. Experunents"have proved that excess ive feeding of middlings Is apt to pro duce small sized eggs. This, no doubt, is caused by the fact that middlings generally Increases egg production. Barley, either whole or ground, is very good. It has rather too much hull, but otherwise it is a satisfactory food. It Js considered by many to be next to wheat in point of value. While it is a fact that eggs, like beef, should be sold by the pound it Is not likely that we will reach that custom for a generation at least. The spring chicken Is one hatched not earlier than February nor latex than May. It Is marketed -when tv or three pounds te wfim. BELLS ARE VERY ANCIENT. They Were Known to the Egyptian . Before the Exodus. Bells were well fcnowif to the Egyptians before the time of the Jewish exodus. In the description of Aaron's sacerdotal robe mention is made of the fact that upon the hem of the garment there were bells of . gold, alternating with pome granates of blue, of purple and of scarlet: "A golden bell and a pome granate, a "golden bell and a pome granate, upon the hem of the robe around about. And it shall be upon Aaron to minister, and his sound shall be heard when lie goeth in unto the holy place before the Lord, and when he eometh out, that he die not." Hand bells were in com mon use all over the ancient world. The earliest use of bells in churehas was for the purpose of frightening away the evil spirits which were be lieved to infest earth and air, and the earliest curfew was rung at nightfall to rid the neighborhood of the village or town and church of demons. v Most old churches of Europe have a small door on the north side, and at certain points in the service this door was opened, and a bell was rung to give notice to the devil, if he chanced to be present, that he might make his exit before the ele vation. By the command of Pope John IX. church bells were rung as a protection against thunder and lightning. The monument of Por sena, the Etrurian king, was decor ated with pinnacles, each surmount ed with a bell, which tinkled in the breeze. The army of ; Clothaire raised. the siege of Sens on account of a anic .occasioned among the men by a sudden chime from the bells of St. Stephen's church. The largest bell in the world Jls in the Kremlin at Moscow. Its weight is 250 tons, and the value of the bell metal alene, not counting the gold and silver ornaments which were thrown into the pots as votive offer ings, is estimated at 66,565, or about $332,825. : ' Ancient Breton Custom.. In Brittany a quaint and very beautiful custom of Christmas giv ing is still preserved from very an cient times.. When the country folk go to the midnight mass, the open ing mass of Christmas day, they all carry lanterns to light them on their way. - Upon their arrival at the church they give their lanterns over to the poor old women of the parish, who are gathered in a crowd outside the church awaiting them. .The worshipers enter the sacred building and then attend to, the de votions, which the church teaches should be of especial fervor at this holy season. But when the mass is ended and they are dismissed with the benediction they come forth to find the patient old women awaiting them outside the church bearing the lanterns. The lanterns are given back to their owners, and as each takes his own he exchanges for it a piece of money. The value of the piece varies, but the alms is always considerable. He Knew Mrs. Barker. The Barkers possessed three large, intelligent tortoise shell cats, and sometimes as many as three families of kittens. Mrs. Barker was much too tender hearted to drown or chloroform the superfluous kittens, yet she could not keep them all; consequently she devoted much time and thought to finding happj homes for the tortoise shell progeny. One spring the daughter of a neigh bor, who had moved some years previously to another town, hap pened to pay .JVlrs. Barker a visit As- the little visitor was about to depart, Mrs. Barker exclaimed sud denly: "By the way," Alice, wouldn't you like a kitten to take home with you?' "I'd like it," returned Alice, wist fully, ."but the very last thing father said .when I came away was, Alice, whatever else you do, don't bring home any cats.'- Youths- Com panion. Sala at His Best. George Augustus Sala probably did more than any man to make the future of the London Telegraph un der the proprietary who had bought a derelict for a bagatelle. Sala was the ideal roving correspondent. A born cosmopolitan with a considera ble gift of tongues, his memory was as well stocked with miscellaneous matter as the commonplace note books he indefatigably filled or any dry goods store in the America from which his most notable letters were written. Objectionable man nerisms notwithstanding, he often suggests the fanciful but fairly well informed exuberance of Dumas in the "Impressions de Voyage." He could -write about anything, from canvasback ducks and terrapin tur tle to the chances for the presiden tial chair, but he was at his bet whn diMOursing upon nothing Loodoa fiaturdaj Additional Local. Recorder Emery Newton hitched nntn take a drive to the country Wednesday evening just as the shades of night were falling. He tied the hprse in front of his residence and when he returned .he rig had disappeared. Up in froi t of the Spaogler heme a noree and buearv stand on the sidewalk and a telephone message oroagnt JNightwatehman Osburn to the scflne. Mr. Osburn got in the bnggy and attempting to drive off the walk' th horse felly and in the tiujrle tt ar resultej te shafts to the bnggv were broken and various other damasre done? It was hai. lowe'en night. ' . An event that will be of general inti- est to Corvallis people is planned for Friday evening, November 9th.- It is a vocal and instrumental recital given by the pnpi of the Ua vocal and piano derartment, and will occur in the college :hapel at 8 o'clock.. There is no admis sion. 1 he recitals heretofore given by Prof. Gerard Taillanriier have been largely attended and are among the most enjoyable affairs given in a public way in Corvallis each seas About the Harness. . ' In selecting a harness, a plainly fin ished set where every strap is cut from back stock is worth more money than a highly decorated set of all grades of leather. Above all things keep a har ness in repair and allow no weak places. The strength of a harness U the strength of its weakest placed One weak place may cause a serious acci dent and even the loss of life. ' i THE FEEDER It is a bad pracjtice to feed large quantities of cracked corn to horses for a great length of time. It wears out the inner coating of the stomach. A few years ago I examined a hoi-. that had died of an unknown disoa.i-e and found a quart or more of cracko.i com among the intestines, says a writ er in the Farm Journal. The corn had worn through the stomach. Feeding Cattle Without IIoss. My experience of twenty-seven ycar as a cattle feeder in eastern Nebraska, where corn and hay are about as c'aea: as anywhere in the country, Justine.;, the assertion that there is seldom nn; profit In feeding cattje without, hog:;, writes a correspondent to Breeder".-. Gazette. By grinding the corn, and mixing it with bran or linseed mea! or both the waste is greatly reduced and fewer hogs are required, but the higher cost of these feeds partially off sets the saving effected. With the or dinary margin of from 1 to 2 cents per pound between cost of feeders and well finished beeves, the owner can make no net profit if any waste or slipshod methods are tolerated. Alfalfa Fed Hog's. Considerable attention is now being given to alfalfa. I believe It will prove the most profitable crop the farm ever produced. ... To the dairyman who combines the growing of pigs as Is very profitably done this promises much in the production of cheap pork. In southern California, where I visited last winter, they sow alfalfa, Inclose the field with a wire fence, turn in their pigs and feed nothing else. They are marketed directly from thealfalf:1. That, In connection with water, grows the pork. The pigs nevCr see anything else in the line of food. Some 1G0 acre fields turn out carloads of pigs every season. The brood sows are put int- the alfalfa, there the young are born, and there they remain. That seems to be the perfection of profit la swine husbandry. That would not be prac tical in winter In our climate, but it would answer every purpose for the spring litters. Cor. Hoard's Dairyman. Nutriment In Hay and Grain. The universal habit of feeding both hay and grain to domestic animals, especially to work animals and those producing milk, seems to have gen erated the belief in many minds that the nutriment Is all In the grain and that the hay is only filling. It is true that grain is concentrated nutriment, but It does not follow that the hay or grass from which it Is made 43 without nutriment. Indeed, some hays and grasses appear to be as nutritious as some of the grains. Herds of cattle and sheep on our" farms and ranches often live their lives without know the taste of grain, and even horso--have lived and worked for years with out grain, says a writer in Farm an i Ranch. In the early days of Texa.-. when grain was scarce and gras abundant, Texas horses lived on grass alone. Of course there Is nutriment In gr-ss and hay it is not mere filling, and we have always known it. It is the young grass that is most nutritiou. and hay made from grass before it gets too old. But grass can be to young to be nutritious. In just wii . manner the composition of grass varie however, according to age, could not I known till chemical analysis reveals the fact The younger the 'grass or forapre crop the greater the percentage of water and of protein. As. it gro-rrf! older, the percentage of- dry matter in creases, the percentage of protein d ereases and starchy matter increasri rapidly. There is no Reason. Why your baby should be thin, and fretful during the night. Worms are the cause of thin, sickly babies. It is natural that a healthy baby should be fat and sleep ell. - If your baby does not retain its food, den't experiment with colic cures and other medicine, but try a bot tle of White's Cieam Vermifuge, and yon will soon see your baby have color and laugh as it should. Sold by Graham & Wortham. In a Social Way, Alpha Hall , was a , scene of bright social activity Wednesday aiternoon when Mrs. T B. Hor ner entertained the Presbyterian missionary sdciety at one of their q larlerly "te.s." The funds tuus derived are used for the sup port of Dr. Maud Allen, a Port land giil who is now a missionary- in India. On this occasion . fifteen ladies - from Albany were pres ent at the meeting and a" large number of ladies . from Corvallis were also in attendance, the total number of guests reaching 75 or 80. - ' . The rooms were i decorated i with chrysanthemums and um brella plants, and a splendid pro gram was given as follows: Pa per, Mrs. M. S. BusSi; vocal solo, Miss Lulu Spangler; duet, '' Mrss Bush, Mrs. Taylor; recitation, Miss Laura Pratt; piano soI, Miss Draper; and . remarks by Mrs. Griswold and Mrs. Winn cf Albaay. Following this was a season of social conversation, and in conclusion a very tempting luncheon was served. '..- The affair throughout was one of the pleasantest the missionary society has held in a long time. Mrs. Homer was assisted in her arrangmeuts for the event by Mrs. W. A.JWells and Mrs. E. W. S. Pratt, and the trio cer tainly deserve praise for the suc cess of their efforts. Taken to Old Folks Home. James McKay of the vicinity of Corvallis was taken to the old folks' home at Portland yes terday by his son. Mr. McKay was 101 years old the 27th day of last August. He was born in county Antrim, the north of Ire land and married a Miss Murray, sister of John Murray who lost his life iu a hotel fire in Coivalhs in April 1873. ... William McKay, who is now of Independence, a son, was sheriff of Benton county for two years. ' Michael, another son, re sides in Lincoln county, and Mrs. Jane McGee . of Corvallis is a daughter, with ' whom the old gentleman has resided for many years. Since the death of John Mc Gee in September there has been no one who dould take c tre of the aged man as he should be cared for, and because of her in ability to wait upon him, Mrs. McGee and the other children decided that Mr. McKay would be better off in the home,' a con clusion that resulted in his re mova'. thete today, as stated. In spite ot his extreme old age, Mr. McKay gets around fairly well, while his mind is quite vig orous and active. Beaver Creek. Mr. and Mrs. Shalophon of near Bruce visited at the Butler The Kind You Have Always . in use for over 30 years, and ftfy , sonal supervision since its infancy 'kCiil a llnxff nonrnn n flfireive von in this. All Counterfeits, Imitations and Just-as-g-ood" are but Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health ot Infants and Children Experience against Experiment. What is CASTORIA Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil Pare goric, Drops and Soothing- Syrups. It is Pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotio substance.' Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach and Dowels, giving healthy and natural sleep The C51CL"cziIs Panacea The Mother's Friend. GENUIFJg CASTO R I A ALWAYS Bears the The KM You Me Always Bought in Use For Over 30 Yearc home a few days last week. Louis Henderson wr nt to Port land Monday where he is visit ing his daughter. He will re main indefinitely. Martin Butler left one day last week for. Eastern Washington where he will spend the winter with his daughter, Mrs. Homer McBee, - - "Jack Gates has been awarded the contract for doing the janitor work at the school house. Mrs. Park was quite sick a few days last-week. ' . v j Mr. and Mts. Wm.'.Ish visited ! relatives in the Banker Hill ! neighborhood last Sundav. ' Rev. Mr. Wood of Corvallis preached at the school house last ' Sunday. There' will be preach- ing at the "school house the sec- Jack Harkins who has been quite sick "is now in his usual , state vof health. ..." J Alford Bros, of Philomath ; were out in the hills tiunting: cattle one dav last week. - Wm. Park was a Corvallis vis itor one day last week. School is progressing nicely under the leadership of Prof. N. A. Peterson, the ninth grade having been added which makes it one of the best schools in the j county. " Preparations are being made 1 for a basket social to be given at the Beaver Creek school house some time in December for the benefit ol the school library. v Mrs. Mercer is reported to be in her usual state of health. S. P. and 0. R. & 11 THE TIME SAVED Chicago is 17 Hours Nearer by This Popular Columbia River Route Franklin was right when be said,. Lost time is never found again." The O. R. & N. in addition to giving yon 200 miles along the matchless Col umbia River, saves you 17 hours to Chi cago. It is the Short Line to Lewuton. Short Line to Paloupe country. Short Line to Spokane. Short Line to the Conor d'Alene coun try. Short Line to Salt Lake City. Short Line to Denver. Short Line to Kansas City. Short Line to Omaha. Short Line to Chicago. Short Line to all points East. Three trains east daily, 9:15 a. to., 6: 15 p. m. and 8:1 5 p. m. The "Chicago Portland Special" is as fine as the finest. Every comfort of borne. - For particular ask any agent of the Southern Pacific Company or write -Wm. McMURRAY, General Passenger Agent, Portland, Or. Bought, and "which has been. nas borne the signature of has been made under his per- Signature of