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About Corvallis gazette. (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 27, 1906)
creamery A correspondent "writes asking when, In our Judgment, heifers intended for the dairy should Le first Lred. The gen-nl opinion on the subject, and we be.'-eve it is correct, says YTisconsin Farmer, Is that heifers intended for the dairy should be bred so as to come In with their first calve3 at about two years old. The milking function, carried to the extent which good dairy practice requires, is a highly artificial one, and early breeding i:; one of the steps nco?:-.iary to tLe iutealSeatioa of the milking I.abit. If the heifer be not bred early, she is likely to acquire the habit of using the liberal though not fattening food she should have for the purpose of making Uesh. This, if a Labit, is quite f.-ital to the usefulness of the heifer intended for dairying. Feeding, management, breeding, etc., should be direc- ted to its prevention without, however, starving or stunting the animal. It 's alleged, with some show of truth, ''.at early breeding de tracts from tliii size of the cow when matured and a-so that it is likely to have au advert iniluence upon consti tution. As has been intimated, there is probably some truth in both of these objections to arly breeding, but the world we live in is one to which we nniL-t pay the price for anything we get that is worth having. Early Breeding. It is proba'de that the intensifica tion of any quality in the breeding of domestic ;uiii;als is not attained with out a sat-ri.'tce of something else. Sometimes tlr sacrifice is one that can well he made and sometimes it is one that we woul i prefer not to make, but in any event we must pay the c-Oot of the quality v:e desire to exalt. That early brooding does reduce size and scale is altogether probable, but these are qualities that are not particularly essential in Iho dairy cow, and the early breeding Is attended with conse quences much more important to the dairyman thi-.n any consideration of ! mere size. It Is possible, too, that con stitution may suffer to some extent from early breeding, but this, too. Is one of the things that must be in part eudured and iu part compensated by the better ca;e and greater attention to the protection of the cow from con sequences of some little weakness Iu this respect. It will not do to encourage the milk ing faculty by every possible means, early breeding included, and then al low the cow to find her only shelter against the winter blasts on the south Bide of a wire fence or iu the vicinity of a straw stack, but if care, shelter and attention to the comfort of the cow are given, that 'should be given, the fact that she Is not quite so hardy as a scrub rustler would be can well be endured and indeed must be endured if a profitable ("-airy cow Is sought for. Heifers should therefore be bred, we think, so a3 to come In fresh at about two years old. The maternal function, of which milking is but a branch. Is thus encouraged early and made a characteristic of the animal throughout her life. Dairy TaJk of Today If dairymen would expose all milk utensils to the sun and air there would be less trouble from' poor milk. Strong sunlight kills bacteria rapidly, and when a can has uot been thoroughly cleaned or a crack is left with a little casein that will quickly spoil exposure to the sunlight will to a great extent remedy the carelessness of the dairy man. ' MlVklts; Pop Pastime. Every cow in tLe herd should return a profit to her owner, but do they? If they do not they should be discarded and better ones substituted. Milking isn't so much pleasure to many farm ers that they would milk for pastime, yet many are really doing so. Weed out the unprofitable cows if It . takes the whole herd. Breeding Jersey Heifers. Cecil A. Ttfdd of Toledo, O., writes the Practical Farmer on this subject as follows: One mistake a good many farmers maks is in breeding Jersey heifers too young. A much better way Is to let them get their growth, at least three years. Seep them in a separate lot If necessary after they are eighteen months old. If permitted to bring calves before they have their growth they make small cows and yield less milk. The calves also are smaller, as a rule. It is not always best to be in too great a hurry to get ahead in the world. A spac4 of six or nine months is not so long t wait, and it is infinite ly better for tht cow. Other things be ing equal, a cow will sell for more at any kind of sale,, public or private, if she is of good average size. A Convincing: Argument. Lots of dairy farmers are halting by the wayside, wondering if they had better build a silo, says Hoard's Dairy man. One thing is certain they will never know any more about it where they are. The Ohio experiment station put the question to the following test: They fed one lot of cows a heavy si lage ration and another lot a heavy grain ration. The result was in favoi of the ensilage fed oow. As L. W. Lighty says in the Ktional Stockman, "Can we make more dollars handling the corn grain by way of the crib or the silo, stalks to be enalloed at tlw earliest stage we usually cut It up to the shock?" He hen, 25? Jtfc .result Feeding the Milk Maker Did It ever occur to you that there will be as much difference in the ap pearance of an animal fed upon well developed grains of corn and one fed upon shriveled kernels as there is dif ference in appearance in the two kinds of corn? Good Food at All Times. Every breeder should have a com plete understanding of his business and the individual needs of each animal, so that there will be no time in the year when the cow may not have an abun dance of good, rich, juicy foods best suited for milk production. Nothing Just as Good. The dairy cow is the hardest worked animal knawn. She must have the very best fed to produce a large flow of milk and nourish her overworked body. It is a well known fact that the same amount of green forage that will satisfy an animal if allowed to dry out and fed with an equivalent amount of water will not satisfy its hunger. The moisture contained in succulent. Juicy feeds has therefore a great digestive value to the remaining part of the feed. Many mixtures have been given, such as bran, beet roots, mashes and soaked or wet feeds of various kinds, but none of these has ever equaled in food value green feed stored up in an air tight receptacle, where it is preserved, as in the case ef the silo, writes C. W. Me lick of Kimball's Dairy Farmer. Silage contains just enough lactic acid to stimulate digestion, while the natural unfermented foods do not. Calf Meals. Calf meals or milk substitutes are manufactured in large varieties, and there is abundant evidence that they are extensively employed, a circum stance which renders it opportune tG give a warning to cattle breeders both in respect to the quality aud the price, for in many cases the latter is out of all proportion to their true value at the market rates for feeding stuffs, and no calf meals, however well pre pared, cau be worth some of the prices quoted. While I strongly im press upon stock owners the neces sity of exercising caution and pru dence in the purchase of milk substi tutes, I do uot unreservedly condemn or advise their nonuse. On the con trary, there are several very satisfac tory preparations on the market, pro vided their prices are reasonable. An Excellent Calf Food. In case, Lower er, the market price and quality of calf meals are dispro portionate the following will be found au excellent calf food, which, when used with a small allowance of pure linseed cake, has so far given the best results in my experience: This may be prepared by mixing two parts, by weight, of oatmeal, two parts of corn meal and one part of pure ground flax seed, all of which should be finely ground. This food should cost just about half the price charged for soma calf meals. It should be prepared foi use by boiling with water and allow ing to stand for twelve hours. Begin ning with one-quarter pound per bead per day for calves a month old, new milk being- the proper food of the call for the first month, the allowance may soon be Increased to one-half pound and more per day as the calf becomes older. This ration may be profitably supplemented by one-half pound to on pound of pure linseed cake per head per day. W. R. Gilbert In American Cultivator. 8tona In Queer Places. A round stone is found in the joints of certain kinds of bamboo. This is called "tabasheer" and is supposed to be deposited from the siliceous juices of the cane. Anoth er curiosity of this sort is the "co coanut stone," found in the en dosperm of the cocoanut in Java and other East Indian islands. It is a pure carbonate of lime, and the form of the stone is sometimes round, sometimes pear shaped, while the appearance is that of a white pearl without much luster. Some of these stones are as large as cherries and as hard as feldspar or opal. They are very rarely found and are regarded as precfus stones by the orientals and as charms against disease or evil spirits by the natives." Stones of this kind are also found in the pomegranate and in other East Indian fruits. - Apa tite has also been discovered in teak wood. Insects and Odor. The ordinary perfumes of every day life have a distinct use in the destruction of microbes and this is especially the case with some of the essential oils which are used in cooking and in medicine. Cinna mon, which is so universally used for flavoring, will kill some mi crobes within a quarter of an hour, and it has long been reputed as ad vantageous in the destruction of the bacillus of typhoid while still out of the body, perhaps a very different thing from the bacillus when it is inside our anatomy. Cloves, too, can destroy some specimens of bac teria in rather more than half an hour, and the common wild verbena has a similar action in about three quarters of an hour, while geranium flowers Lave a similar action, though it takes rather longer to develor it. so Breeding the : Modern Percheron The modern Percheron stands sixteen; bands high and over, weighs from 1,700 to 2,200 pounds and is white, gray or black in color. He has an intelligent head of a type peculiar to the breed, rather small eara and eyes; short, ' Etroa-jly muscled neck; strong, well laid shoulders and chest; a plump, ro: tund body ; strong back, heavy quarters and somewhat drooping croup. He usually is low down and blocky', on short, clean, legs, devoid of feather and has well shaped, sound hoofs. The pasterns in some individuals of tb.D b:'3ed Incline to uprightness, and size of bone and development of ten dons are somewhat deficient. The ae- A GOOD TYPJ5 OF DBAFX IIOKSE. This is the type of horse that is v-anteii for moving freight in all cit:os. There "io money value in every colt of this class. tiou of a Tercheron is usually fast at a trot and fairly straight and sprightly at the walk. The best individuals hvo superior all around action. The object tionable individuals ' roll in action c' fare legs or slough at the walking gait. Stallions having oblique pasterns auj action free from the faults noted should be selected by breeders. The draft horse3 of France m".1; than those of any other country have had a beneficial, ameliorating eHect upon our uative horse stock. The Ter cheron breeds true to breed type, al though individual prepotence is so:i:e i what lacking. He has become popular because of hi3 docile disposition, easy keeping qualities, clean, hairless activity . and general adaptability to many purposes upon the farm and i:v the city. Percherons of the heaviest weight and largest frame beget from suitable mares horses adapted fo-; heavy draft purposes. In general u'e they have also stocked the country with horses of somewhat lighter build, in cluding excellent expressers. farm chunks and general purpose animals. Where the blood of this breed predomj inates in a district no other breed should be used. Continued breeding. i a right line Is highly advisable and will result In the production of practically pure bred horses of great usefulness and value, says a writer In Farm, Field and Fireside. ; Breeding the Horns Off. Professor Spillman of the department of agriculture In his recent address said it is only a matter of time under the application of Mendell's law of heredity on animal breeding when the horns may be hred off cattle,, and he said: "The operation of the law is ab solute and certain, and in getting rid of the horns of any breed of cattle it Is only necessary to apply the principles of the law and tLe Lorns disappear, never to return, unless the breeder de sires to grow them again. One of the first Items In 'the application of thi. law is to find what characteristics art possible to be transmitted. In cattl. horns and color can- be transmitted." The same law of breeding. he said, ap plies to plants, etc. It is the same lav by which Luther Burbank of California Is governed in breeding up plants, flow ers, etc. selection and mating in ani mals according to characteristics nr.!" poillnlzation !n plant bi-eeilug and ?. The Perversity . Of Young Love Original. Horace Bradbury and Julia Ins lee were of a very simple type of young lov ers. One would naturally suppose that they would twine together like two vine shoots. Their hearts did, but they did not. This was not because there were obstructions in the way of their union, for there were not It was a simple natural perversity. In the first place, Horace took a long time to discover that he wanted Julia so long indeed that every one else, in cluding the object of his affection, knew it long before he did himself. Horace at last fouud out the secret of his heart, and when he did he burn ed to tell it at once to the girl he loved. He chose the first opportunity that pre sented itself, and that was not a pro pitious one. They" were together on a nutting party with a large number of young people of their own age. Horace asked Julia to saunter away from the others with hint. Julia knew at a glance his object in going and with a natural feminine perversity, together with a desire to punish him for taking so much time before making his dec laration, threw straws in his way. "What do you want to so away from all the fun for?" she asked. "I want to show you something." "What?" "A bridge below over the creek. If s a nice place to sit and talk." i "What do you want to talk about?" " Tve something important to tell you." - - " " " " "Srapotrel dont want t hear It." - Horace " was mruwu inti auna&. n hadn't occurred to him that she would not wish to hear what he had to say. "Well, ""then,' he "said, "I suppose there's no use in telling you," and, walking away, he joined some one else. The two did not come together again till shortly before the time of de parture. Then Julia was very gracious. Horace's brow was cloudy. Julia re marked that there would be time for' a walk : before going home. Horace said there would be only time for a very short walk, and he didn't care for a short walk. - "I thor.sht you had something to tell me?" said Julia: :" ' "I had," said Horace. ".What has become of it?" asked Julia. "You didn't want to hear it, and I'm keeping it for sorae one else." Julia looked saber. She said noth ing for awhile, but when she did it formed a very important link in these very ordinary proceedings! "Jim Hawkins wanted me to walk to the bridge with him awhile ago," she said. Jim Hawkins was Horace's only rival that is, he would have been had norace had a rival. At any rate, his name at this critical juncture struck as much terror into Horace as the name of the Black Douglas in days of old into little children. But perversity is not solely a feminine trait. "Why didn't you go?" he remarked. "It wouldn't have been very nice of me to go with him when I had refused to go with you." "Maybe he had something to tell you." "If he had I didn't want to hear it." Circumstance as : well as perversity has something to do with such cases, and in this case circumstance inter- fered jr.st as the matter was in a fair way to Le straightened out. Mary Dale, the oul3- girl Julia was afraid of so far as Horr.ee was concerned, came up and reminded Horace that he had promised to show her the waterfall up the creek a bit. Horace said that he would not only keep his promise, but be very glad to do so. ' When Horace and Mary returned the picnic was breaking up and the young people were putting the empty lunch baskets into the wagons. Horace looked about for Julia and failed to see her. He hunted for her and found her sit ting behind a big tree crying. Wom an's tears are to a man what oil is to hardened putty. Horace softened. "What's the matter?" he asked, in a loverlike tone. "I'm disappointed," she sobbed, dab bing her handkerchief into her eyes. "What about?" "I've always wanted to see that bridge and now we're going home and I haven't." This was a surprise to Horace. He stood thinking. "Would you like to go to the bridge now?" he asked presently. "How'll we get home?" "We'll have to walk, I expect." ',:i"I don't know that I can walk so far." ; . "I think you can. ' It's only seven miles." 'Some one cried "All aboard!" ; "Can you do it?" 'Julia made no reply. The tree was between her and the wagons and she was; waiting for them to be gone. The wagons once on their way, Hor ace and Julia waited till the shouting of the boys and girls died away in the distance, then Julia arose and the two walked down the creek toward Hhe bridge. " - - ;The story had already been told. WLat use to trudge a mile to tell It again In words? And were any words spoken? If they were . they, were doubtless but three, and could have been said at any time. The pair sat by the bridge five min utes, then got up and proceeded to pay for the privilege of having done so by a three hours' tramp to town. Was It paying for the privilege or was it an additional happiness? One must eithef be very ycung or have a good memory to answer the question. ALICE CHEEVEH. . The Lobster an Idiot. The best naturalists remain tim orous enough and hesitate to dog matize. Take the case of the lob ster. Poke him here, he does this; poke him there, he does that; poke a thousand of him in the same way, and they do the same things. Shall we therefore conclude that the lob ster lacks mentality, that he's a mere machine and that he doesn't even know he's a lobster? By no means. All we can affirm with sci entific justice is that apparently and only apparently he's an idiot. The way to know for sure is to be a lobster ! Boston Transcriot. She Knew About Petes-. A visiting pastor wai e.Taramirto the Sunday school of a (xermantov church a few Sundays ago and had asked the class just in front of him if any member of it could tell arij thiag about the Apostle Peter, u little girl with a precocious; face raised her hand. "Come up here, my little lady," said the minister. "I. am much gratified to see that you have remembered your lessor. Kow tell the school what you kry about Peter." The little tot rr quite willing to show off her know7 edge and commenced, "Peter, Peter, pumpkin eater, had a wife and couldn't keep her; put her in a" The school never head where he put her on account of the genera uproar. -Philadelphia Eecord. Additional Local. Miss Rose Irgram,iha Monroe pot t rah tress, left yesterday for home, having come iu Saturday for ihe oitbali game. All hats at cost, fiom this date, at Mrs. C. Maxneld's 96-99 Moses Kline came up from Portland Saturday and spent Sunday with relati ve., . Get a Boj 's Suitifree at Kline's. Born, Saturday, to Mr. and Mrs. Bjjdie, a daughter. Have your eyes fitted by one who knows how Matthews, the opticiar . 84tf Dolpb Kerr arrived Satutday from Silverton and was the guest over San day of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Kerr. Dolph is book keeper for the Fischer mill at Silverton. When you want a good oyster stew, fry or cocktail, call at the Commercial restaurant. 95H" Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Cathey of Gres ham are to arrive tcday for a visit with their sod, Dr. B. A. Cathey, and family. Starrs Bakery has secured the services of Dick Llewellyn, the wonderful bread maker. 89tf A marriage license was issued yesterday to Lewis HanEon and Kela Able, both of Corvallie. $3.50 for $2.00. The last opportunity to obtsin season tickets for the Corvallis Lyceum Courte, at Graham & Worth am 's- ' In the Year 2000" Corvallis Lyceum Course Satun ay, December 1. Fresh, YaquiDa bay oysters, at the Commerical restaurant. f5tf Neil Newbouee and S. H. Moore left yesterday morning for near Goldendale, WpsIi, to lock after business. It is re pr-!eri tht-v will insiect some saw mill property with a view to purchasing. Save money by buying jour walches and jewelry of Matthews' the optician and jeweler. 84' f ' In the Year2000," Coivaliis Lyceum CoureeSaturday, December 1. Lost Saturday night on Main street between K. N. White residence aud Hodes grocery, a light colored telescop ontaining woman's clothing. Finder leave at Gazette office. Thanksgiving will soon be here. Nolan's stock of Table Linen6 and Napkins ver com plete. Special prices this month. P. H. Kaltz the piano tuner is at the Hotel Corvallis for a few days. 96 Tafeen up by undersigned at my place 5 "niles southwest of Philomath on the Wagoner place on October 29, '06 one .Holsteia tow brand 0. on left hip blind in right eye. J. H. Owen?,' Corvallis Or- ' - ; ' ; -. ' ' 97tf New line Cloaks, Suits, Skirts. Rain coats and Shirt Waists just received at Nolan's. FOUND Saturday "evening at' the Commercial ' restaurant a gold ring. Owner please call at the restaurant, an t prove' property and pay for the adver tisement Miss Thia Johnson returned to Albany yesterday morning and will remain for four weeks. She is assisting her' unc-e in the Royal bakery. j See 2erolf for all kinds, of prase seed, orchard, .timothy and clover seed. . ' 74tf Clyde and Claire Starr ef OAC go to their home at Belletountain tomorrow for a holiday visit with their parents. NewGoodsall thetime a1 Nolan's- George Honck of Engene was amont; those who took in the football - game in this city Saturday. John Fisher is to ba brought to Cor vallis today from the ranch to receive medical attention, as he i3 in very poor health. New line Men and Boys' Suits Overcoats Rain coats and W- L. Dou las shoes just received at Nolan's. Joseph Edwards was in from Belle fountain veste.rday and took home two through bred stock sheep which he had 8'iipped from British Columbia. There is to be a pipe organ recital at the Congregational church December 7th given by Prof. Taillandier, assisted by Miss Sheehy, head of the vocal depart ment, atid aa excellent program is assur ed. Il'-iiry nn.i Delpha HeanH of Monroe came up Saturday to witnfss the ball game Hii i HenJ Sunday witututir sister, Mrs Ame!ia Schnh"-'. Have your mainspring t -r 1 clean for $1 : aH work cuar antt-ed Ht jeweler. optician and 84tf Among the out-of-town guests who at - tended the OAC-U. of O. football game Saturday were: Frank and Henry New comb, Bridge and C Woolridge, Qrr Kyle, and Ralph and Lydia Dean, all of Bellefountain. The Ladies' Aid Society of the M. E. church will hold Thanke eivire market at JtJI" kledge'a furr' !' store tomorrow. Patrc-,1 nize ibeui. 96 An alarm of fire at the A; K. Boss re sidence called but the department at six o'clock last night. Real Estate Transfers. Gerard Taillandier ard wife to Mrs H B Tripp, lots 9 and io, block 21, Jobs addition to Cor vallis; $1. GM Missall and wife to J J Johnston, 10 acres west of Al bany; $750. B F Hyland to Levi Oren, z acres north of Coivaliis; $200. W R Hardman and wife to A H Howard, 2 acres west of Belle tountain; $20. A H Howard and wife to Ida Miller, 2 acres west of Bellefcun tarn; $50. O & C R R Co to Ida Miller, 40.58 acres west of Bellefountain; $121.74. Sol King to E E Smith, 30 acres northwest of Corvallis; $3000. The Harrington Agitator. Just completed, a coinpiessed Air Washer. Theie is r.othir.g to get cut of order. I will war rant it to last fifteen , years il car ed for. It will wash all classes of goods. The price is $2.50, its weight is three pound:-. A Liberal Offer. I wil give fifty dollars to the person who can find any two crank or lever wasbeis in the United States that can do the woik ot ore of the Harrington Agitators in all kinds of wash ing, both heavy and light. Now come and see me. You have nothing to lcose. All I gain is adv.enising. Always at home. Yours for all there is in it. R. S. Harrington, Corvallis, Oregon. Leave orders at J. Hardware. R. Smith's 97-8 A GLIrViPSE OF SPAIN. The Manner of a Wedding Dance In the Provinces. The wedding dance was being held in a long, narrow building near a fountain, and we entered on a smooth earth floor. Seats were ar ranged about the sides of the white washed room, and the low rafters wexe draped and festooned with fan cy wall paper with gold scrolls in it. The music was furnished by a piano organ at one end of the long room, turned in rotation' by a number of small1 boys in their clean blue blouses and ' brown corduroy breeches, who felt their importance, and at the other end of the room a table was spread with' cakes and bread and a wine concoction . very sweet and pleasant, but seductive. The women, some bringing their babies, were a pleasant set, but not beautiful, although a few,' with their large dark eyes, came very near to it. They did not wear the gay costumes of my imagination, But their dresses showed great care and conscientious-patching. A gay handkerchief was often folded around the neck and across the breast, and large earrings and big breastpins were the vogue even among the young women. The men wore broad brimmed black felt hats and 1 clean blue1 ' blouses, corduroy trousers, either light tan or brown, and the long red or black sash belt, called a "faja" 'wound many times about the waisf, the folds sprvin as pockets, for. cigarettes, tobacco pouch and the' villainous knife that every one carries. The dances' were "round" inter spersed with a square dance, where four people comprised, a set a sort of fandango, with lots of stamping and attempts at lithe, serpentine motions, with the hands raised above the head. There was a very old man who danced with great gusto and amused the crowd of young people, who encouraged him with clapping of hands. Edward Penfield in Scribners . SUGAR' BEETS. Culture That Ia gucessfnl "With n Western Man. A grower of sugar beets, describing his method In Denver Field and Farm, gives some essential points as follows: While some of my neighbors in fact, most of them have been content to plow six or eight inches deep, I have experimented by plowing to a depth of fourteen, aud I think I have demon strated the advantage of that kind of plowing. I am a firm believer in the efficacy of subsoiling. Some years ago, when I first began raising beets, I j subsoiled several strips of land, and for years these strips produced much larger crops than the pieces on either side of them, although all the land bad the same care otherwise. I always plow In the fall. I have had to pay as high as $4 an acre to get my land turned over in the fall, but I T- est baker evf 5n Corvallis is V-f huTg,' at Small'c Bkery. 94tf Economy Fruit- arn b.. Zierr.lf's. j4tf