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About Corvallis gazette. (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 16, 1907)
DIPPING THE WOOL GROWERS. No matter how careful he may be ia the matter of giving his task jrooil water auC lI.u Cj-jl;: :-i-s. the o wner of a sheepherd is obliged to do more or iess dipping. This is a task that in volves much hard labor when followed along crude lines. But there is an easy way to oii sheep a way that takes ell the hn-'d work fr3:n the shouHers of the herder, writes Dennis H. Stovail In the Farm Tress. This method Is that of letting or making the sheep flip themselves. The prime requisites or necessities for this method are a corral an;1, dipping tank. The corral ts an easy thing to construct, but the tank must be built by a plumber. The accompanying illustration gives a rough idea of the manner in which CONVENIENT DIPriNO TANK. uch a tank Is constructed. It should be ten or twelve feet long on top and eight feet long on the bottom, with a height of at least five feet. Galvanized Iron, tightly riveted, is the best mate rial for such a tank, with an upper border of 4 by C scantling to hold it firm. The tank should have a width of two fret and should be buried about ne-hnlf iu the ground. It can be buried deeper, with the top on a level with the ground, but this is not necessary. Then fill the tank almost full of dipping so lution, and when the corral is built it is ready for dipping the sheep. A corralled gangway should lead up to one end and down at the other, with a ladder or elected plank at the farther end of the tank on which the sheep can get a footing to scramble out. The idea, as shown, is to drive the sheep up the narrow corral, and force them, one by one, into the tank. They leap iu to swim across, and in doing so get the full lieuoUt of the solution, scram bling out and making their escape down the opposite side into an open corral prepared for them. We have used this type of dipping tank for several years and find it most convenient, not only for dipping sheep, but also goats and hogs. It is an easy way to rid hogs of fleas. We have found that ilea ridden hogs will fatten much quicker and attain a bigger growth than those that are allowed to have the pests, nogs are more stub born and object strenuously to the swim across the tank, but will take It when they find they have no alterna tive. A good dipping solution Is made of a strong decoction of water and tobac co. For this purpose we buy tobacco stems from cigar factories. The stems are boiled and the thick fluid and stems mixed with the water In the tank. To this we add lye soap and considerable sulphur, also a small quantity of blue vitriol. A number of good dips are on the market and can be bought at most any drug store, but we have found this homemade remedy the best, as It seems to kill the scab much more readily than the manufac tured solutions. In the matter of man ufactured dips. It la well for the buyer to make inquiry concerning their com position, for there are some of these that are positively harmful, not only because of their poisonous quality, but also because of their tendency to In jure the wool. Particularly is this true of solutions containing acids. I do not wish to be misunderstood in this regard, however, as there are some pnlc.itod preparations that are both sale and etlicicut. A Breeder's Invention. A Minnesota breeder claims that his hayrack for sheep, like the one shown in the illustration, prevents them from rubbing the wool off their necks and HATBACK FOB SHEEP. saves considerable hay in a year, as they cannot pull it down and muss it over. Make the frame out of 2 by ffs, says Farm and Home. For the end pieces at the bottom saw 2 by 6's diagonally. The rack should be thirty inches high above the crosspieces and two feet wide. There should be a brace frame very four feet If the sheep are to feed only on one side, make the rack eighteen Inches high. Feeding Lambs and Rama. It has been proved by experiment that it pays to feed Iambs grain from birth whether they are to be sold at weaning time, late In the fall or fat tened in winter and sold In spring, but that after weaning it does not pay to feed them more than one-half pound of grain per bead per day until the fat tening period begins in fall or winter Feed your rams liberally, but don't pamper. Feed with the Idea of devel oping the frame as much as- possible. It Is a great mistake to expect pamper ed rams to give satisfaction on the rane, therefore don't pen them up with the idea of "fooling" your cus tomer, as such a course will invariably prove a boomerang to you. American Sheep Breeder. F03 GOOD CREAM. C!etn!:ness In ths Dairy and Stable ths First Requisite. Cleanliness is the first requisite ia g'.-od cream. To have clean cream your c.'.'V.-s' eurrountlin.Ts must be clean, so keep your cow barns and sheds free from o-.'oi's. It i ; perhaps asking too much of the average dairyman to say 'curry your cows." though currying pays. But just before milking each cow rub her sides, stomach and udder with a damp cloth. Uilk with clean hands cud never wet the teats, with mill:. Don't Kinole while milking. Auy strong odor taints milk, especially when it is warm. Your - stables must be clean, your separator and separator house must be doubly so. Never store anything In the peparator house that will taint the n.iik and cream. Have the house Insect proof and create a draft through ft. Separate your milk Immediately after milking and keep it warm until se;.arr.ted. i Never keep milk over from one milking to another, as it has to be cooled and then warmed again before separating, and this deteriorates, the quality of the cream. Never mix the hot cream with the cold. Do not mix until both are of the same temperature. Cool your cream after separating to at least GO degrees. In cool weather, of course, this is easy. In the hot months set your cream can in a tub partly full of cold water while separating. After finishing wrap double barley sacks around the can, wet them thoroughly and set in a draft. Tour cold water on the sacks once or twice. 4 Never cover a cream can with a tight lid. Use a clean damp cloth or fine screen. Don't keep cream too long. Forty -eight hours is long enough. Separate a high grade of cream, say 35 to 40 per cent This keeps better, makes better butter and leaves yon more skim milk. ' - To sum up, says a writer in Kim ball's Dairy Farmer, be clean, separate a heavy grade of cream, never mix the warm with the cold, keep your cream cool and well aired, and your cream eryman will bless you. Watering the Dairy Cow. Something that is often neglected In the dairy stable is regular watering. We water horses three times a day whether they are doing anything or not, but the cows are -watered only once a day, and sometimes a day is skipped. A cow giving any considera ble quantity of milk drinks 75 to 125 pounds of water daily. It is impossible for her to take all that at one time, and It is not possible for her to give the maximum amount of milk unless she has that amount of water, as wa ter constitutes 87 per cent of the milk produced. BUTTER. AND MILK. If a tub or jar of butter Is to stand down cellar vany length of time with out sealing, cover the top with a thick' layer of salt to keep out the air. When to Skim. As soon as the least degree of acidity can be detected milk should be skim med, as the cream will all have been precipitated when that stage Is reach ed. Cream requires frequent stirring if even ripening is to be secured. It should be smooth and velvety and pleasantly (not decidedly) acid to the taste and is then ready for the churn. Much of the success of the butter maker depends on the proper ripening of the cream. " Working the Butter. The firmness of butter must be taken into account in determining how long to work it Usually the firmer the but ter the more working it wijl stand. The Covered Milk Pail. Milk pails are a source of trouble when not properly treated. There are a great many kinds of pails on the market designed to aid the dairyman In his warfare against germs. One of the most improved pails that are used in sanitary dairies is the covered pail having a layer of absorbent cotton be tween two layers of fine wire gauze, through which the milk must pass be fore It enters the pail. The Flavor of Butter. As the flavor of butter depends prin cipally upon the proper ripening of the cream and upon the absence of bac teria the washing of butter in a gran ular condition with pure water is a matter of far reaching Importance, for If this is neglected the butter will con tain milk, sugar and bacteria. Chem ical action brought about by the latter will hasten decomposition of the but ter. Undesirable Odora In Milk. Rotten silage, musty hay and grain, decayed roots as well as obnoxious weeds will impart to milk undesirable odors and flavors. In order to obtain a milk with a sweet, desirable odor and flavor we must keep obnoxious weeds out of the pastures. We most take care of the animal in such a way that her general physical condition la good. We must feed nothing but clean and fresh food and we most give the animals pore water. Polluted and Im pure water not only affects the quality of the milk, .but may also Impair the health of the animal. Professor Humd ker. Working la the Salt A bnttermaker gives this method far salting out of the churn: Remove the butter when In the granular state, weigh It and place It upon the worker, spread evenly and salt to suit the taste. Sift the salt evenly over the butter, pass the worker over it then run the butter and work again or until the salt Is thoroughly worked In. It my then be set away for a few hours, after which It should be given a sea ond working. Preserving Eggs. Eggs should keep quite well for two or three months in a cool dry cellar., They would deteriorate somewhat In that time, but would probably be stale, not decomposed. Eggs in cold storage are kept in a cold dry air. Dampness in the Storage rooms will affect the pasteboard fillers In the cases and Im part a most disagreeable odor and taste of wet brown cardboard to the eggs. So far as I have seen reports of tests with water glass, says a writer In Farm-Foultry, the eggs have been put In stone jars and the jars covered. Why Keep Mongrels? If the production of eggs is the most valuable branch of poultry, culture, how. asks the Feather, .can any one who may be engaged even to a greater or less extent in their production be so shortsighted, so foolish, so careless, or S3 neglectful of their own interests, as to brush aside the only'' valuable feature of success, and to hold on to the mongrel product, which scarcely ever pays for Its keep? How to Make the Molt Easy. Having fowls come. through the molt , In good condition is wholly a matter of ' good food and care, backing up (or sup porting) the naturally good eonstitu I tional strength and vigor. In other words, it Is having the birds In first t class condition when they go Into the 1 molt and .then helping them by good food and good care. American Varieties the Best. The British Fancier thinks that the American varieties of fowls the Socks I and Wyandottes are the best general purpose fowls In existence Resolutions of Condolence. Whereas,5: It has pleased the' Supreme Ruler of the Universe to remove from our midst our late neighbor W. O. Trine; and Whereas, It is but just that a fitting recognition of his many virtues should be had; -N Resolved, By Marys Peak Camp, No. 126,' W. O. W.. of Corvallis, Benton County, Oregon, while we bow with"hum- ble submission to the will of our Heaven ly Father, we do not the less mourn for our Neighbor who has been taken from us; Resolved, That in the death of Neigh bor Trine this Camp has lost a faithful member, the family a devoted companion and loving father, and the community an upright citizen who was ever ready to proffer the hand of aid and the voice of sympathy to the needy and distressed; ' Resolved,- That the heart-felt sympa thy of this Camp be extended to his fami ly in their affliction; Resolved, That these resolutions be spread upon the records of this Camp and a copy thereof transmitted to the be reaved family of our Neighbor and a copy to each of the newspapers of this city. ' A. K. Russ, W. L. Sharp, C A. Goui,d. Why Fret and Worry When yonr child has a severe cold ? You need not fear pneumonia or other pulmonary diseases. Keep supplied with Ballard's Horehound Syrup a positive cure for Colds, Coughs, Whooping Cough and Bronchitis. Mrs. Hall of Sioux Falls, S. D., writes "I have used your wonderful Ballard's Horehound Syrup on my children for five years. Its results have been wonderful Sold by Graham & Wortham. 1 Additional Locals. Dan Kelly, 'who holds the world's record for the 100-yard dash, is to be eriv en a most severe test of his ability before he will be eent Fast to the Jamestown ex position to compete in the races to oe held there. The people of Eugene who have subscribed the money to send Kelly East desire to know that he is in fit shape to go against the fast sprinters of the East and have asked that he give an ex hibition race. If Kelly caa run the 100 yard dash in 10 seconds fiat, unattended and with nothing to spur him on, he will go East Kelly's backers feel that if the Oregon lad can make the "century" in 10 flat with no competition he will sorely be good for nine and four-fifths' seconds or less when pitted against fast competi tors. Should Kelly run the distance in ten seconds be and bis trainer. Bill Hay ward, will start for Jamestown next Monday in order that Kelly may be in the East long enough to became accli mated before the great race which occurs during the first week in September. Herald. . Arch Horning was in Corvallis, yester day, to receive medical attention, baring bad his foot and ankle badly jammed between; two logs while working on a trestle near Philomath, Wednesday-af ternoon. While no bones are broken, be will be incapacitated for some time. The train in from Taquiaa was delay ed until 3 o'clock yesterday by an accident which occurred near Strong's spur. A box car jumped the track, doing damage to the rails that caused much annoyance and delay. New Gas and Power Plant. W. H. Adams, technical repre sentative of the new gas com- pany, made us a very pleasant' A arid gave in the following hriei outline ; of the plans of the cmparjy : ' Work will commence within thiee months and the plant will i-e completed, within 12 months, gap to be sold at a price not to excee"?75 cents pet thousand. It will be the same quality as manu factured in Portland. o be used for all domestic purposes, and i nwer purpose will not exceed 50 cents per thousand. ; - The initial plans will cost $20,000, aad it will not require over 90 days from the commence ment of the work until gas will He delivered to the customer. It .will be an underground system and- require from seven to ten miles of main to be completed wi'trm one year and will be ex tended as may be required. The gas will take the place of wood and coal and they claim it will cost less money. It will not require the changing of toves as you simply fill your stove with brick, atach the gas and sit down to v warm, turning on or off the heat as may be re quired, thus saving all dust and dirt with which you have now to contend under the present system. The franchise -shall run for 15 years and in case of failure to ful fill the contract for a peiiod of 30 days the council shall have the right to invoke and declare the privilege forfeited. The council reserves the right at any time after five years to purchase the franchise and the presiding judge if the circuit court shall act as sole arbitrator of the property and after hearine of witnesses the judge shall-write judgement for the value Of the property and no appeal can be taken from his judgement. The bond of the company is fixed at $5000. The meter rent al will be 3; cents per month. They now have, a tentative Option on the Dr. Farra Water Plant and in case ' of a consuma tion of the deal there would be 7 miles of main now ready for use, thus you see we are making rapid strides along the line of comfort, health and convenience. Dangerous Toy. Perhaps the strangest playthings that parents can allow their children to have are 22 rifles. Accident after accident occurs from these toys, yet fathers and mothers go blindly on, allowing boys of tenor twelve years to risk-their 'own lives and endanger the lives of others with these guns. The latest death from this all too-common cause is reported in the Albany Herald as follows ; " While p'aying with a 22 rifle yester day evening, which he did not know was loaded, Ralph Read, the 12-year old son of Austin Bead, residing near Knox's Butte, was shot and almost instantly killed. The bullet from the rifle entered the youth's right temple and lodged "in the brain. At the time of the tragedy the boy was standing on the rear porch "of the Austin reaiJsnce. When the bullet struck him he pitched forward falling off the end of the porch. The lad's mother heard the notae of the discharge and rushed to the porch to find her son lying face downward with blood pouring from the wound in his temple The boy was carried into - the house but failed to regain consciousness and died a tew minutes later." Real Estate Transfers. S E Young te Mary R Horton, lot 3 bl. 12 N B & R Avery's additionto Cor vallis; $1. TK Fawcett to D Whalev, lot 3 bl. 22, Corvallis; $1250. T A Coleman to G J Wilhelm, 24 acres near Monroe : $1 . J W Simpson to W PITucker, lots 5, 6, 7 and 8 bl. 12, Jobs addition to Corvallis; $200. C W Price to T J Allen, one-half acre in Kings Valley; $10. t M W Wilkins to M E Irvin, lots 1 and 2 bl. 9 Wilkins addition to Corvallis ; $170. Mary A Dinges (executrix) to LF Wilson, lots I and 2 bl. 0, Wilkin's addi tion to Corvallis; $220. The First National Bank of Corvallis to L F Wilson, lota 3, 4, 5 and 6 bl. 9, Wil kins addition to Corvallis; $6i0. R CI Wills to E W Strong, part'of bl. 5 NBA P Avery's additionto Corvallis; lo. Belle W- Strong to Samuel Crocker, lots 3 and 9 and south of lots 4 and 10 bl. 8, Dixon's Second addition to Corval lis; $2000. United States to Joseph Calwitus, Patent, 163.88 acres in Alsea. 6 A Cooper to F Bin-nap, 80 actes near Wren; $10.' F H Burnap to Charles TJren, lot 146 bl. 40, Brown's addition to Philomath ; $300. W C Belknap to F G Belknap, 4s i acres near Bellefountain ; $2000. v Happy-Homes.- v It a man is properly constructed with theTmilk of human kindness and brotherly love in his heart it is certainlv a great source of pleasure to him to step . abound over the neat little city of Corval lis, and view the many happy homes, with the houses neatly painted, yards nicely arranged, with the beautiful roses and flow ers of variou'sjdnds blooming, see the happy innocent children as they romp and play and her the humming of some sweet song by te( mother as she gof s about her bcjsehold duf.?es, entirely oblivi ous to the worry and strife going on about her in the busy world. The greatest blessing ever given to mortal man is a happy home, with a good, true ' wife in it, where he can go after the worry and annoyances incident to the days' work are over. To be met at the door with a kiss by the happy wife and children drives away all thought of care and anx iety and turns the mind in a dif ferent channel. Home is the place where the world is shut out with its cares and distinctions and a deep and everlastiug friendship fills the mind with peace and soft ens the heart with sympathy to ward all mankind. Here he can feel safe to express the secret emo tions of his heart without fear of being misunderstood or misrepre sented. If misfortune has over taken him here, in the bosom of his family, he can throw off all restraint and receive the true sympathy, known only to a faith ful wife, and consult as to the best method of overcoming the difficulty. He receives new in spiration to brush away the tear and for love for the family he starts again with renewed energy. The man who, having such a home abuses it, will, in our opinion, settle in a warmer clime in the next world than ever he found in this, with no delightful sea breeze to cool the air or moun tain water to drink, so make the best of your pleasant surround ings while they last for you know not how soon some secret sorrow may rob you of your loved ones. The Concrete Works. Three years ago Mr. Whitney bought a barrel or two of lime, bad a few loads of gravel hauled and as best he could with his limited means made a few con crete blocks and set them up on the sidewalks to dry. He found it mighty dry picking to sell them when he first commenced, for people thought they would not stand the rain. He succeed ed, however, in placing a few of them on trial during the first year. -They proved so satisfac tory that in the second year he was quite successful and now during the third year, since April 1st, he has shipped three carloads of cement and branched out in nearly every direction, making concrete blocks, water tanks, blue blocks, cement curbs, drain tile. etc. He has sold 3000 blocks alone since 'April 1st and has orders ahead for 850 more, which will take him until Nov. 1st to finish. He has used im mense quantities of gravel and sand and now has an order out for 150 loads. ',, "' . The blocks are sold all over the country and it is quite con venient to drop in and get any number you like. It is very handy to the farmer who is con templating some little building about the place to drop down his corner blocks and gs ahead with the building. When you go by take a look at the pile of manufactured stuff on hand and see what rapid strides the people of Corvallis are making in every direction. Oar merchants, now as never before, are making a determined effort not only to draw the trade that properly belongs to them but to prove to onr people that they can come to Corvallis and get every thing they want by adding new industries of various kinds as fast as the natnre of the case will justify. To the people of the country we would say give our merchants encouragement by giving , them an even chance at the dollar yon have to spend and thus working hand in hand we will show you a clean little city of which we can all be proud. Don't fail to give "our merchants ; an opportunity to figure on every j bill of goods before you send 1 y our money out of the country a nd then bid it good bye forever. Philomath-Gleanings. r earing the Gazette may deem it nec essary to again propound the query "Who struck Billy Patterson "and "How old was Aau," as was hinted in the issue of the 9tli, we will glean a few items from this vicinity. lUts. Geo. Fehler, of Portland, who has , b'sn visiting at the borne of P. H. Feh. ier for several weeks, will return to Port land the laBt of the week. Our backelor merchant, Mr. L. W. Hill, was one of the iolly excursionists who migrated seaward Sunday. lie re ports a good time. Newton Allen and family, from Mill. City, visited with relatives and friends at Philomath Sunday. On Sunday afternoon a special engine was taken over the C. and E. road to es cort the -excursion train over the Summit. The Misses Caryl and Alice Pimm are taking the teachers' examination at the county seat this week. The Rev. Hoy and family, of the chris tian Catholic church at Portland are vis iting at the homes of J. R. Fehler and Don Wood ward, A company of timber cruisers passed through Philomath last Saturday eveniug westward bound to survey the timber claims on the slope of the coast range. There were about a half dozen vehicles, all loaded, and thev stocked up with, about $100 worth of provisions at tuft burg before hieing for the wilderness. After the lull of the threshing machines caused by the rain the latter part of the week, their busv hum can now be heard in the vicinity. The weather has been ideal. W. J. Mulkey paid a flying visit to Corvallis Monday. Z. H. Davis was seen in the vicinity ot 'Philomath Sunday. Being manager of the Independent local and long distance telephone company necessitates frequent and regular calls at the homes of some of. the subscribers. Miss Faith Keezel .departed for a visit with relatives in Kansas last Thursday. This will be her first glimpse of the land east of the rockies and we predict that the cyclonps and electrical storms will give -her a longing for the valley of the beautiful Willamette. Prof. Keezel has been retained as prin cipal of the public school at Hammond and will soon resume his work there. Prof. L. B. Baldwin is convascing for students! for O. A. C. this month. C. F. Loomis'and mother arrived home last week after a summer of recreation. Otes and HodelJ Heckle, from Irrlgon, who have been assisting their father, J. E. Henkle, in the store, went to Newport on Monday to erect a cottaee for camping at the- seaside. Mrs. Otis Henkle and two children will join them later. They will return to Irrigon in a few weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hnnter, who have been absent on their "honey-moon, visiting relatives in Douglas county, are expected home the latter part o! the week.. Mrs. Hunter was formerly Miss Beulab, Henkle and the vacancy of these two popular clerks from Mr. Henkle's store was filled by Mrs. Hunter's brother, aa. noted in a previous item. It Has Aspirations. The Minneapolis & St. Louis roat aspires to be a transcontinental line. The fact is definitely known that when the extension was ordered to the Missouri river it was the intention of the backers of the road to go to the coast. Edwin Hawle) , president of the Iowa Central and the St Louis roads is becoming a strong factor in transcontinental railroad politics. He has been made a director of a leading transcontinental system, and is familiar with the railroad situa tion and the need for more transportation lines as the western country expands. He ia back of the Corvallis & Eastern road, which has 142 miles under opera, alion from Yaquina on the coast 142 miles westward to Idanab, Ore., parallel ing the Astoria & Columbia River road owned by the Northern Pacific and which extends from the coast along the Columbia river 119 miles to Portland. When the two linis meet the St. Louis, will be; a transcontinental in fact. The St. Louis road is just completing aa extension from Watertown across five counties in South Dakota to Le Bean on the Missouri river. It taps a remark ably rich territory. The attitude of investors toward rail road securities, as a result of anti-railroad agitation, will delay the further exten sion of the read westward, according to railway officials. It is impossible to build roads when money ia tight, and that is the present situation. It is prophesied that when the St. Louis road has reached the coast it wilt jump suddenly into prominence as a leading factor in transportation circles. Now, it does not figure in Wall street to any great extent With the South Da-, kota extension completed it will move up a peg as it. reaches one of the richest farming and grazing countries in the world, and with each successive advance westward it is said that the revenues of tbe line will increase and that the system will soon be on a surplus basis. E. N. Hawley is an unusual factor in rail way circles as he is not a railway job ber, but is 'known as a man who owns . the roads which he directs, and there fore is out of the reach of stock jobbers and the usual contingencies which tend to bankrupt system. Journal.