Farm
Garden
FIELD BEAN CROP.
Harvester That Throws Two Rows Into
a Single Windrow.
By L. C. COEBETT.
For man;.' years the handling of hoe
crops, such as field beans, upon an ex
tensive scale was impossible because
of the great amount of hand labor nec
essary to Rather the crop. Within re
cent years, however, labor saving de
vices have leen invented, so that now
the once laborious practice of hand
pulling individual plants can be done
away with by the use of a bean har
vester. This implement is built on the princi
ple of a pair of shears and consists of
BEAN HABVKSTEH AT WOBK.
two long steel blades mounted upon a
Strong framework carried upon wheels.
The long shears-like blades are set to
cut the roots of the plants just beneath
'the surface of the ground. Above these
Iblades guard rods or guide rods are so
arranged as to move from their origi
nal positions the plants whose roots
have been severed, and since the im
plement is designed to cut two rows of
'beans across the field the plants of two
rows are thrown together in a single
iwiudrow. This clears a space for the
passage of one of the animals in the
team, so that it is necessary for only
tone to pass through the standing crop,
thus decreasing the amount of loss by
helling which would result from both
animals being drhen through the
Standing crop.
After the plants are thrown together
'ly the harvester it is customary tor
men with ordinary pitchforks to follow
the harvester and place the beans in
small heaps to cure for several days
before storing them in barns or sheds
for thrashing. In some Instances where
the work is done upon a very exten
sive scale and where the loss from
shelling is not considered sufficient to
Justify the employment of hand labor
or bunching the beans with forks an
rdinary horse rake is employed for the
purpose.
Where the beans are to remain for a
longer period and to become more
.thoroughly cured in the field and
rwhere the work of harvesting is done
ntirely by band the crop is frequent
ly placed in shocks which are built
about a pole four or five feet in height,
both ends of which have been sharp
ened and one end placed firmly in the
ground. A small quantity of straw,
grass or other material Is placed
around the base of the stake and the
beans as they are pulled and are piled
BEAK HARVESTER.
around the pole until a compact minia
ture stack about four or five feet
bigh is formed. The operation is very
lmilar to the common practice fol
lowed by growers of peanuts in stack
tog and curing. The curing process In
any case is carried far enough to pre
ivent the vines molding after storing
them in the farm prior to thrashing,
tlf the vines are thoroughly ripened in
jthe field before harvesting they can be
stored in from two to three days if the
jweather is satisfactory.
Plow Points.
Where too large a proportion of the
arm is kept under plow the soil soon
becomes impoverished and unproduc
tive. All animals thrive best when fed at
regular intervals and given each time
no more than they will readily con
ume. Clean, straight fence rows, and
(fences In good repair, add materially to
jthe appearance and value of the farm.
When the cost of keeping a good
article is no more than keeping a poor,
ope It is certainly advisable to keep
'the better.
No vegetable accessible to the farm
er absorbs so much nitrogen from the
air and leaves so rich a storehouse of
ilt as clover. Kansas Farmer.
' Some New England Dairymen.
' Not a few .New England dairymen
are so favorably located and have so
much skill that they get an advance
above the ruling price for an srtlcle of
extra quality.
ALL OVER THE HOUSE.
Suggestions as to the Car of the
Wardrobe Helpful Hints.
Wishing to give the wardrobe
proper care, do not forget to look
every day at the binding of skirts,
at the buttons on boots, at veil and
gloves. Indeed ode must glance at
all that has unceasing wear. A fresh
binding sometimes will alter the en
tire appearance of a girl, making
her look neat and dainty where be
fore the ragged edges of her skirt
suggested that she was at once un
tidy and ignorant. Shabby finery is
inexcusable. Chiffon that has be
come worn and ragged when it can
not be replaced should be removed
and something simpler substituted
for it. Tears, worn places and rips
never are 6een on the well bred girl,
for from her early youth she has
learned how, to wield her needle
well and mend her belongings with
as much daintiness as she embroid
ers. When a Child Has Convulsions.
The first thing to do after send
ing for the doctor when a child has
convulsions is to plunge the Kttle
one up to the neck in a bath of hot
water, but remember that the water
must not be too hot. Test it with
your elbow, which ia not aa hard as
your hand. When the heat is right
for your elbow it will not nurt tne
baby. . The child's head should be
sponged also with cold water. As
soon as the little one is able to swal
low give a small dose of castor oil.
This helps to remove blood pressure
from the brain.
Diphtheria Curs.
At the first indications of diph
theria in the throat of a child make
the room close. Take a tin cup and
put into it a quantity of tar and
turpentine, equal parts. Then hold
the cup overj a fire, so as to fill the
room with fumes. The little pa
tient on inhaling the fumes will
cough up and spit out all the mem
branous matter and the diphtheria
will pass out. The fumes of the tar
and turpentine loosen the matter in
the throat and thus afford the re
lief that has baffled the skill of phy
sicians. Boiled Ribs of Beef.
Take the middle of the flat ribs
of beef, stew until the meat is ten
der and the bones slip put easily,
using just water enough to cover
the meat, to which a bouquet of
sweet herbs has been added. Take
up the meat and herbs. Set the
liquor away to cool, remove the fit.
Add to this gravy diced carrots,
turnips, celery and sis small onions.
Cook until tender. Thicken the
gravy with a little flour, put the
beef back into it to warm and serve.
Sore Throat Gargle.
Strong sage tea, one-half pint;
strained honey, common salt and
strong vinegar, of each two table
spoonfuls; cayenne, pulverized, one
rounding teaspoonful. Steep the
cayenne with the sage, strain, mix
them and bottle for use. Gargle
from four to a dozen times daily,
according to the severity of the
case.
Whitewash Hints. ,
xi one pint oi wneai nour is maae i
t m a I
into a thin cooked paste and added j
to each pailful of whitewash the j
wnitewasn wiu not tud on easily,
Add to this a small quantity of car
bolic acjd and it will purify the cel
lars and dairies where used, keeping
down all musty odors that might
taint the milk and butter.
Apron of Handkerchiefs.
Obtain two large size handker
chiefs. From one cut a corner about
seven inches. Then gather the part
that is cut. The other handkerchief
can be cut up for the band and
strings. The corner cut from the
first handkerchief can be sewed on
the right hand side of the apron for
a small sized pocket.
Cement For China.
Take a very thick solution of
gum arable in water and star in
plaster of paris until the mixture is
of proper consistency. Apply with
a brush to the fractured edges, stick
them together and in three days'
time the article will not break in
the same place.
Cleansing Fluid.
For yellow or grimy things make
an emulsion of kerosene, clear lime
water and turpentine in equal parts.
Shake them together until creamy,
and then add a cupful to a boilerful
of clothes and boil for half an hour.
Baked Apple Jelly.
Fill a two quart granite or earth
en dish with alternate layers of
sliced tart apples and sugar. Bake
three hours, closely covered,
is delicious and should turn
solid pink jelly.
This
out a
Mustard Sauce.
Blend over hot water six table
ppoonfuls of mixed mustard, six ta
blespoonfuls of cream, six table-
spoonfuls of melted butter, a salt-
spoonful of salt and dusting of pa-
prika.
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
Demanded a Trial by a Jury..
His Peers..
I have been engaged in the prac-, Dotf t neglect drg water at
bee of law a good many years, said ason Cf the,year, and have It
S. S. TJrmy, police judge of Topeka, rrosn for the birds every day. During
Kan., "and about the most humorT the cold weather add a pinch of cay
ous thing I ever saw in a courtroom enne pepper to the drinking water,
was in Topeka.
"One day an old negro man was
being tried in the justice court
that was before the office of police
judge was- created and he demand
ed a trial by a jury of his peers. He
could neither read nor write, and
his lawyer insisted that the jury, to
he his peers, as required by law,
must be unable to read or write too. spring by a few days' hard flying.
To avoid dispute I agreed to it, but Grit should not be overlooked during
we had a time finding twelve men the coId weather, when the birds ar.
in Topeka who could neither read kept m confinement and the ground i,
F. , t, , . , ,,; frozen too hard to permit them to picl
nor write. But we did find them, up tbe necessary lngredients for th,
and the case went to trial. purpose of properly digesting their
"Before the jury retired I took r00d; hence we must provide plenty of
two pieces of paper and wrote 'guil- good sharp grit for our pets,
ty on one piece and "not guilty on Don't allow the birds to bathe ofterv
the other and instructed the fore- er than once a week during cold weatt
man of the jury to destroy the one er' as tne dangers of their catching
he did not wish used and to return f1? a,re to n"m -. the benefits
the other to me when the jWnd pleasure the bir derive from It.
, , " . " " . J"jp anor m my opinion, a bath oftener than
reached a verdict. The jury was out once a week durm tne cold weatn(sr
only a few minutes when it came in. woui,i be "penny wise and pound fbol-
The foreman handed me a piece of ish."
paper with the word guilty written Provide plenty of perches for tb
on it. birds so that none will remain hud
" 'Well, gentlemen you find him Sled up on the floor or in corners sub
guilty, do you?' I asked. to a draft of cold air, which
No, sah, jedge, no, san. We vm result j? a case of rouP' cankw
a lit, m,n i, or consumption.
UU1XC XUUUU 1 1 I III Wt gtljltj, BAflU3
up one of the jurymen. Then he
added, with disgust, 1 tole thai fool
nigger he was tearin' up the wrong
piece
Star.
of paper.'
Dr. Chiropodist and His Sign.
C0RN5 REMOVED FCOttJ
ALL THE
CROWNED HEADS
OP EUPOPE
Ally Sloper.
Didn't Know the Dialect.
It is probably a fairy tale, but
nevertheless it is told that Andrew
Carnegie had just emerged from the
White House when he was ap
proached by a newspaperman.
"What did the president say to
you, Mr. Carnegie f' questioned the
reporter.
"Hoot, mon, gang awa' !" answer
ed the ironmaster in the language
of his boyhood.
"Yes," said the reporter, "and I
see you went away, but did you
hoot?" Woman's Home Compan
ion. Not Posted.
"Hands ud!" said the footnad.
Anfi jf T refuge?" nueried the
1
belated pedestrian.
"Well, in that case," resumed the
footpad, "I can only say that you
rinn't know the rules nf t.h mma
I decline to negotiate with one so
grossly ignorant, Good night, sir:
Philadelphia Ledger.
Not Appreciated.
"Do' you keep anything from your
wife?"
"Well," answered Mr. Meekton,
"I try to tell her everything. But
she finds my conversation so dull
that she generally goes to sleep be
fore I am half through." Washing
ton Star.
Thwarted.
The airship inventor was puzzled.
"If I could manage to apply the
hot air I talk about my machine to
the machine itself I'd fly, all right,"
he added.
But he couldn't. Brooklyn Life.
She . Won Out.
Her Before her marriage Grace
was a girl with a mission.
Him What was her mission?
Her To marry a man with . a
mansion and she won out. St.
Louis Post-Dispatch.
An Excellent Start.
"Dumley says he thinks he'll go
in for yachting this summer He's
more than half equipped already."
'Got the yacht, has he?"
"No,
the clothes." New York
! Press.
Disproved.
Mrs. Newpop Shakespeare said
that "good luck lies m odd num
bers."
Mr. Newpo But his wife never
blessed him with triplets.
Not the Original Amount.
"Her face is her fortune, isnt
it?"
"Tes, and she's raised the theck
too.1
Hr-
PIGEON HINTS.
Some Suggestions For Breeders of the
which will not only warm the biros up,
but will prove very beneficial.
Whole corn fed shortly before dusk
during the cold winter months will aid
in keeping the birds Warm and com
fortable during the cold nights, and
as homing pigeons are not used f 01
flying during the winter months the
additional flesh that com will put 01
the birds can easily be reduced in th
Keep an eye on the birds in general
and remove the first one that shows
symptoms of disease of any nature, as
its presence among the flock will prove
ixansas Uity an expensive experience to our care
lessness, and, besides, "an ounce of
prevention is worth more than a pound
of cure," especially to pigeon fanciers.
Go through the loft with the cour
age and heart of a lion and get rid of
all birds that are not( fit to be fed dur
ing the winter, as a good bird will eat
no more than an inferior one, and the
money saved from feed on .an inferior
bird will soon buy a full blooded speci
men. Have no mercy on a cheap, In
ferior specimen.
Open Front Poultry Houses.
Wilber Bros, of Petros, Tenn., say:
We use and much prefer, especially in
the south, where our winters are mild
and summers warm, the open front
scratching shed style. Probably this
style of house would not suit the north
ern or eastern breeders in their deep
snows and zero" weather. It gives
great satisfaction south, where the
winters are mild and deep snows sel
dom seen, and birds can be on ground
most every day In the year.
For. young growing stock we prefer
and use movable houses made of light
wood and often piano boxes or large
dry goods boxes well covered and ven
tilated, that we can move often from
place to place, that birds may have
new range.
A Remedy For Worms.
For adult fowls affected with worms
try one tablespoonful of oil of turpen
tine mixed with an equal quantity of
olive or sweet oil. This remedy should
be given after the bird has been fast
ing for at least twelve hours. It is
best given by Introducing it directly
into the crop through .a rubber tube
passed down the throat. The mixture
can be placed in an ordinary hard
rubber syringe with a soft rubber tube
attached to same. The dose may be
repeated in two or three days if neces
sary. Thoroughly disinfect all drop
pings, using a good creolin disinfect
ant. To Cure Feather Pulling.
Mix a teaspoonful of extract of aloes
with half a cup of lard and apply this
ointment to the affected parts. The
bitter taste will discourage the feather
pullers. If the birds are closely con
fined you may find it necessary to use
poultry bits. These are small wire
bits which can be attached to the up
per mandible and will prevent feather
pulling. They can be had pf almost
all poultry supply dealers.
Keep Chicks on the Grass.
It may be handy to throw scraps out
at the kitchen door or window, but
this practice makes a nuisance of the
chickens if the yard fence is not chick
en proof. They loaf around the back
door waiting for a few crumbs and do
not grow so fast as they would rang
ing green fields, picking np the dainties
nature so generously provides at this
season.
Hens on Range.
When hens are on range, the amount
of food they get Is an unknown quanti
ty, and as they are sure ot exercise
enough, it is usually safe to feed them
all they will eat Feed bnt twice a
day. Give In the morning as much of
either mash or grain as they will eat
clean and go foraging after eating. In
the evening give them all they will eat.
Raising .Pheasants on Chick Feed.
Pheasants are considered hard to
raise. They are certainly harder to
rear than chickens. They are being
successfully raised now on chick food.
Formerly it wa8 considered necessary
to feed them on maggots; but this has
been proved to be a fallacy. Golden
are most common and are considered
one of the most hardy varieties.
Poultry Industry's Aids.
L The Western Poultry Journal be
lieves that "the incubator, brooder,
spray pump, liquid lice killer and dry
chick feeds have ben the greatest
aids in the advancement made by the
poultry industry."
Wheat is the best all round feed for
the hens. But they nead something
besides wheat after all.
THE TOAD.
Kb Eyes and Its Venom and tha
' Changing of Its Skin.
"Moving slowly through the long
grass is a small, rough skinsed crea
ture, almost the color otthe earth
that shows at the roots of the
; trees," writes a nature observer. "It
.is a toad just emerged, somewhat
J tardily, from- his winter hiding
place (a hole about as big as" him
self) and only now awake to ex
ternal influences. Lethargic -and
I sleepy though he is, he is quite suf-
i ficiently alert to know, that I am
looking at him and wondering to
see how his skin has lost all its color
from the long absence of the light.
It is hardly possible to trace any
shade of olive green and dusky yellow-
or ashen gray and brown upon
the warty surface of his back. And
the darker markings which some
times form irregular bands over the
back and legs are merged into the
general dullness and dustiness of
the soil which has covered him for
so long. As a rule, toads and frogs
and other hibernating animals are
seen in the open as soon as the first
warm days of spring restore their
lowered temperature.
"Some people wonder what
Shakespeare meant by the 'precious
jewel in its head.' The brilliant
eyes with their yellow rings, like a
gold setting to the onyx, are as
gems laid upon its head. Wonder
ful eyes they are in their range of
vision and able to see meal worms
placed to the rear fan quicker than
when some distance ahead. The
venom of the toad, which is an
acrid, milky fluid concealed in the
glands at the back of the head, has
been many times described by nat
uralists as harmless unless it
touches some abrasion of the skin,
when it causes local irritation. But
though not particularly virulent
when swallowed by another animal,
yet injected into a wound it is very
active and causes ulceration and all
the symptoms of irritant poisoning.
A dog which has once seized a toad
and tasted" this bitter fluid and
burnt his tongue will never attack
one again. Snakes will starve rath
er than swallow -a toad.
"During the warm weather the
skin is sloughed, and the ponderous
toad shakes off the thin film that
covers him and emerges in a new
skin, fresh and bright. So also do
the frogs change their skins in the
course of the summer, assisting in
the process themselves. The old
cuticle divides down the center of
the back and the two halves grad
ually fold and recede farther and
farther from the center. By con
tinued twitching the folds are
brought down the sides, and then
the hinder legs, first one and then
the other, are brought forward un
der the arm, which presses down
upon it and thus draws off the old
skin inside out."
Truthful Boy.
"Thomas," said Mr. Smith as he
gazed into his son's eyes with a
soul searching look, "have you eaten
any of those peaches I put in the
cupboard ?"
"Father," said Tommy, "I cannot
tell a lie. I have not touched one."
Mr. Smith eyed him wrathfully
as he plunged his hand into the
pocket of his coat and drew forth
five incriminating stones, which had'
each once been enshrined in the lus
cious flesh of a peach, but which
were now staring in all their horrid
nakedness.
"Then how is it," said the parent,
"that I found these peach stones in
your bedroom, and there is only one
peach left ia the cupboard ?"
"Father," said Thomas as he si
lently but swiftly left the room and
nlaced a chair in such a position
that Mr. Smith would fall over it if
he followed too quickly, "father,
that is the one I never touched!"-'
Pearson's.
O ivf Your Home
THE
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of Corvallis
has some
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Near the State Agricultural College
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y"
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on the lot and continue to make these
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have no more rent to pay.
For information address
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the cure of indigestion, dyspepsia and
weak stomach, attended by sour rlslnss,
heart-burn, foul breath, coated tongne,
poor appetite, gnawing feeling in stom
ach, biliousness and Kindred derange
ments of thw stomach, liver and bowels.
Besides curing all the above distressing
ailments, the "Golden Medical Discovery"
is a specific for all diseases of the muco.ii
membranes, as catarrh, whether of the
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edy if its uso be persevered in. InChronia
Catarrh of the Nasal passages, it is well,
while taking the "Golden Medical I-.s-covery
for the necessary constitutional
treatment, to cleanse the passages freely
two or three times a day with Dr. Sage's
Catarrh Remedy. This thorough course
of treatment generally cures the wont
cases.
In coughs and hoarseness caused by bron
chial, throat and lung affections, except con'
sumption in its advanced states, the " Golden
Medical Discovery? is a most efficient rem
edy, ospeciasly in those obstinate, hang-on
coushs caused by irritation and congestion of
the bronchial mucous membranes. The "D is"
covery is nTt so good for acute coughs aris
ing from sadden colds, not must It be ex
pected to cure consumption in Its advanced
stages no madlclne will do that but for all
the obstinate, chronic coughs, which, if ni"
lected. or DcCi? treated, lead up to consump-
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Jnllus Caesar
Was a man of nerve, bnt sickness left
its mark and be became aged before his
ti-re. Sickness is often caneed by a tor
pid liver. Herbine will repnlate your
liver and give you health. Mrs. Carrie
Austin. Hollon, Karsas, writes: "Icon
sider Herbine the best medicine I ever
heard of I am never without it." Sold
by Grhham & Wortbam.
Notice to Creditors,
In the County Court of the State of Orecon for
Benton County: In the matter of the estate of
Jeeee M, Gilfttrap, deceased.
Notice is hereby eiven that J. P. Hummerhaa
heen appointed Administrator of the estate ot
Jesse M. oilstrap, deceased. All persons havlne
claims against said estate are herebv required to
present the same duly verif ed as by jaw required
to the undersigned at Philomath, Benton County
Oregon, or at the office of J. F. Yates at Corvallii',
Benton County, Oregon, within six months from
this date.
Dated September, 10, 19CT.
7fr88 J. P. Hummer,
A Most Worthy Article,
When an article has been on the mMr.
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worth one. 8uch is Ballard'6 Hore
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and all Pulmonary diseases. One of the
known merchants in Mobile, Ala., says:
"For five years my familv has cot beea
uvuuic-u wiiii intj winder rougnp, w
owe this to Ballard's Horebound Syrup,
I know it has saved my children trom
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Wortbam.
Notice for Publication.
United States Land Office.
Roeeburg, Oregon, Jul S, MoT.
Notice! is hereby given that in cotrpliancewlth
the provisions of the ctof Coreress of Junut
I878. entitled "An Act for the sale of timber lands In
the states of California, Oregon, Nevada, end Wuh.
ington Territory," as extei,ded to all Public Laoal
States bv act of Aujrurt 4. 1802, Lvdia J. Bawley of
Monroe, County of Benton, State of Oregon, filed In
this office on April 4, 1907. her sworn statement No
8465 for the purchi?e of the Southwest quarter of
Section No. 2 in Township No. 15, South of JRanre
No. 8 West WW.. Ore., and will offer proof to show
that the land sought is more valuable for ite timbw
or stone than for afrricultural purposes, and to ea.
tablieh her claim to said land before W. W. Calkin.
U. 8. Commissioner, at fus office in Euifene, Oregon'
on Monday, the 4th day of November, 1907.
She names aa witnesses: Leonidas H. Hawley ef
Monroe, Oregon, and Sam Bowen, Alfred Rv craft
and M. P. Kjcraft, all of Alsea, Oregon.
Any and all persons claiminfr adversely the above
described lands are requested to file their claims in
1907 cffice on OT Before aid 4tn ay of November,
BENJAMIN L. EDDY, Register,
Lest We
Forge! Baby is restless, can't sleep at
nieht, won't eat. cries spasmodically
A bottle of White's Cream Vermifufrft
never fails to cure. Every mother should
eive her baby White's Cream Vermifuge,
So many times when the baby is pal
and fretful, the mother does not know
what to do. A bottle of this medicine
would brine color to bis cheeks and
Isnehter to bis eyes. Give it a trial.
Sold by Graham & Wsrtbam.
Notice to Creditors.
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has
been duly confirmed and appointed executor ot
tbe Last Will and Testament and estate of Marv
A. Moore, deceased, by the county Court of tb
State of Oregon for Benton County, sitting la
probate. All persons having claimB against aafel
estate are required to present tbe same, duly veri
fied, to me at my residence in Corvallia, Oregon,
or at the law office of E. Holgate in Corvallia, Ore
gon, within six months from the alate ef the first
publication of this notice.
Dated at Corvallis. Oregon, this 24th dav si
.September, 1907. .
"V J" . C" T. .
Farmers.
Read tbe "Weekly Oregonian" of Port
land and tbe "Corvallis Gazette" for tbo
general news of the world, also for In
formation about how to obtain the beet
results in cultivating tbe soil, stock rais
ing, fruit raising, etc.
You can secure both of these excellent
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