IFVrm and
Garden
' PACKING APPLES.
Methods Employed, to Avoid Bruising
the Fruit.
All handling of the apple crop should
be done with the Idea of bruising, the
fruit as little as possible! In all ap
ples of good quality a bruised speci
men soon becomes a rotten one. Ap
ples should be picked Into bags or
padded baskets and carefully rolled
from these into the barrels or on to
the sorting table. A very handy pick
ing bag is made by placing a pebble in
a corner of a grain sack and tying the
corner by means of the pebble to one
Side of the mouth of the bag. This
makes the bag Into a loop, -which may
be hung over the neck of the picker.
The mouth of the bag comes to the
front and is held open by passing a
stiff bent -wire under the hem. This
kind of picking bag leaves both hands
of the worker free for picking. A
gang of pickers will empty their pick-
PORTABLE SORTING TABLB.
ingrbags and baskets directly on to a
portable sorting table placed between
the rows on which they are working.
This table is placed ,on low truck
wheels and has a single whiffletree, so
that a horse can move it to any desired
point as work proceeds. A cut of this
kind of sorting table is here shown. It
should be made large enough to hold
not less than two barrels of fruit. The
rear bolster is higher than that at the
open end so that culls can be rolled.
A long, heavy plank is placed on the
ground on each side of this table on
which the barrels are set for filling.
The sorters j)ick the apples from the
table Into padded wicker baskets
Which have low or folding handles,
which permit of their being placed
down into the barrel before being
dumped. Apples would be greatly In
jured if dumped from the mouth to
the bottom of the barrel. The fruit is
sorted into two grades, firsts and sec
onds. In sorting exclude all fruits that
.are ripe, for if a fruit is ripe at pack
ing time it will soon decay and spoil
Its neighbors. Fruits that are too
green o1- poorly colored should be left
out, as they are always of inferior tex
ture and flavor. Undersized, diseased,
wormy, bruised or misshapen .speci
mens should of course go as culls. The
culls are allowed to roll into a pile
from the lower end of the grading ta
ble. After being properly "racked," to
insure a tight pack, and when ready
for heading the fruit should stand as
PUTTING TBB HEAD IN PLA03I.
evenly as possible at about one-half to
three Inches above the chime of the
barrel. A corrugated paper cap or
excelsior cushion should be placed . on,
the head laid and the press applied.
The figure shows the barrel with the
screw press In position ready for driv
ing down the head. Just beneath the
head may be seen the excelsior cush
ion. After a little experience a handy
man learns lots of little knacks about
heading np fruit Maryland Experi
ment Station. ,
How to Pack Apples.
Two layers of fruit should be placed
In the bottom of a barrel, with stems
down and as close together as possi
ble. These will form the facing, for
this end will be the top when opened.
Fill In with the same grade, shake of
. ten and when near the top put in two
more layers with stems up. letting the
last layer stand a fuH inch above the
Chime of the barrel Now put on the
lid and slowly press Into place, shaking
the barrel- In the meanwhile. Farm
Journal.
-. Interest In the avocado as a salad
trait contlanea to lncrest. The mar-
. KM demand la so- strong la eastern cn
, lea during lata autumn mad winter that
south. .Ftortda growers ir eatafg&g
torts the Wa.lBiav trsv
ia tfa Tirana, to ;-tfce . fagmimXim
MM
i or y
AOC'.HS TO APPEARASGq
o cr- r? n ,
And Usefulness ,(of
lion
vr Valuable fInf
Curled and warped shingles on i
the roofs of suburban tnd conn
trv houses are a -common but not .
a pleasing sight in all parts of the
country wbere Vbnildings are ;
covered with wood. Shingles ,
warp and curl because after a :
wettingr and they .get manv i
tbempper side dries .first.1! -In a !
tew years the roof leaks, decays.
and must come off. Many years
ago farmers made what they
called their "evei lasting,"
roofs of white pine, cedar, and
black walnut shingles, free from
sap, rived with a frow, and shav
ed with a drawing knife. Such i
shingles can not now be bad,
for the fine straight grained tim
ber necessery for their manu
facture is scarce and very expen
sive. Formerly good wood was plenti
ful and shingles cheap. It costs
more to replace a leaky roof now,
and earnest search . has been
made for ways to check the warp
ing and decay of shingles, and
make the roof hut longer.
The Forest Service has studied
the shingle .problem along
with that of the preservation of
farm timber. It is found that
shiiigles treated with creosote
by a special process which the
Service has invented, warp but
little and decay slowly because
water is kept out of the tissues of
the wood. One such root will
outlast two or three left in natur
al state to curl, spring leaks, and
fall to pieces. The creosote used
Is nothing: more than dead oil of
coal tar, but it keeps water trom
entering the pores of the wood
and renders it immune to decay
for a lone time. A roof of that
kind costs a little more at first,
but it is cheaper in the long run.
Woods which are usually classed
as inferior, such as loblolly pine,
beech, sycamore, and others
which are quick-decaying, readi
ly take the preservative treatment
and are given a largely increased
value.
The perserving apparatus is
neither expensive nor hard to
operate. One such outfit will
serve several farmers. The main
items are an iron.. tank( an old
engine boiler will do) with pre
servative fluid in it and a fire
under it, and another tank of
cold preservative. The shingles
or other woods to be treated are
immersed for a sufficient time in
the hot creosote, and then in the
cold.
Full details of the operation
are given to applicants for infor
mation by the Forest Service at
at Washington.
Shingles are one of the most
important lumber products in
this country. Iast year nearly
twelve billions were made.' Even
this enormous number was a
heavy falling off from the total
of the year before. It is a sig
nificant fact the chief source ; of
shingle supply is now the forests
of the far northwest,, from which
shingles are brought even to
New York. The eastern sources
of supply are not able to meet
the eastern demand. It is there
fore fortunate that shingles are so
easily given a preservative treat
ment by which their life is length
eaed. ...
Many handsome residences in
all parts of the country have
their sides and gables covered
with shingles. This architectur
al use often calls for staining or
painting in harmonious . colors.
Such coloring is less frequently
seen on roofs, . where it does not
last long, because tain washes it
off. : . ... ... :.
The Forest Service has been
experimenting in this field, also,
and has found that stains may be
carried into the .shingles, ajong
with the preservatives by . the
new process. The coloring mat
ter is mixed with; creosote,
reaches every fiber which "the
creosote touches, and lasts as long
as the creosote lasts and that
is a long time. Such a stain
does not easily weather, put,
whether on .walls or gables, , or
roof. It is ! expected . to prove
much snrperiar to the.old way of
staining or , painting the surface
only.' - .1'--' - -. :
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Jersey Bull For Sale.
4Isiissndad-faQs Gtsaut Gate sd 3o -
bsfat, te79a. bbfifstalf. -Audited Fnssk Groves, John Withycombe,
Oregon Dairy men's ; Association
The sixteenth annual meeting of the Oregon
Dairymen's Association will be held under the .
.auspices of. the Portland Commercial Club a
:PortJand, Oregon, on December and 134 '07.
. PROGRAM.
Thursday, Dec-12, 10.00 a. m. -
Address of Welcome, Tom Richardson, Port-
land Commercial Club. . . . , -.
; Response, Annual Address, President E. T.
Judd, Turner.
"Testing Milk on the Farm," Dan Bleuer,
Brooks.
"Winter vs. Summer Dairying," John Din- :
widdie, Woodburn.
"Necessity for Clean Milk," L. B Ziemer,
' Tillamook. ,
Thursday, Dec. 12, 1.30 p. m.
. "The Relation the Dairy Industry Bears to
the Commercial Business of the Country," T.
S. Townsend, Portland.
"Care of Cream for Shipment," Mrs. E. T.
Judd, Salem. ' ' ' -'
Discussion Fifteen .Minutes.
"Succulent Feed for Winter," Wm.' Schul
merich, Hillsboro.
Discussion Fifteen Minutes. r
''Milking by Machine," Mrs. S. A. Yokum,
Marshfield. !
"The Dairy Cow at Home and Abroad," Jos.
E. Wing, Mechanicsburg, Ohio.
Friday, Dec. 13, 10.00 a. m.
"Advanced Registration for .Dairy Cattle,"
Prof. F. L. Kent, Corvallis. v (
"Practical Dairy Suggestions," H. L.
Blanchard, Hadlock, Washington.
"What and How to Feed the Dairy Cow,"
Dr. James Withycombe, Corvallis.
"Future of Dairying in Eastern Oregon,"
A. Bennett, Irrigon.
Friday, Dec. 13, 1.50 p. m. ,
Business Session.
Reports of Officers and Committees.
Election of Officers. v
Address, J. W. Bailey, State Dairy and Food
Commissioner, Porfclandt
Address, B. D. White, Dairy Division, U. S.
Department of Agriculture. ..
Announcements of Premium Awards.
All railroads entering Portland will sell
round trip -tickets for this meeting, on the cer
tificate plan, at one and one-third fare. " Full
fare to be paid going and a receipt taken
therefor, upon which return ticket will be
issued at one-third fare.
F. L. KENT, Secretary.
Reuben Kiger Dead.
Reuben Kiger, for many years
a well known and respected resi
dent, died at the family home in
this city at io yesterday fore
noon, after an illness of many
months with cancer of the stom
ach. Deceased was born in Ohio,
April, 1838. i He came to Ore
gon in the fall of 1 86 1, locatin g
in Corvallis where, with the ex
ception of about eight years, he
has resided continuously ever
since.
Reuben Kiger was married to
Minerva Morgan in Corvallis in
1866, Judge Holgate , officiating.
Of the five children born to them
two are dead. The three living
are Richard, John and , Minerva
Kiger, all ci whom, with the wife
and mother, were at the bedside
when the shadow of death fell.
The funeral occurs Wednesday
at 10 o'clock, at ,the: residence,
the services to be .conducted by
Mrs. Jessie Flint. Interment will
be in Locke cemetery,.- services
at the grave to be in charge of Dr.
J. R; Ni Bell. -
For the bereaved, there is sym
pathy, widespread; for the suffer
er, rest and peace, after life's fit
ful fever. , . . : .
Additional Local.
. All Maccabees reqasaled to bs at lodge,
Wednesday evening.
'The first boat of the season came np
Sunday as far as this city, ana the shriek
of its whistls, as it departed early .Mon
day morning, aroased-many a resident
rom peaceful alomber., '.
Oscar Olson, forserlv O.C. T. dosk
agent in. this city, passed through today
bound .or Corvallis there he will Jiave
cJiarge of . the , company 'a 1 business this
.whtar.Satn(iajr& Albany ,Herald. .- -.
.Affwsjg vtkow who , ,wjtaaife4 ,,!&
Aaakan" in Albany, FX-nbi, era
it Kg i;nr 0m,W-i
Joksswa, Mary Solaa. CtoiaDanflOTsan
HI J.BawifcM W. S. LawsU.
Real Estate Transfers.
E Tortora to E E Wilson un
divided 9-10 of lots 1-2 bl 3 Ray
burn's add to Corvallis, $700.
M J Wells and husband to E A
and B E Prather lots 1-2 bl 1
Chase's 2nd add Corvallis, $500.
R N Williamson and wife to
Fannie E Allen lots 12 bl 3
Wells add, $100. . . "
Levi Oren and wife to J J
Chamberlain 18,75 acres north of
Corvallis, $1500.
G F Rice to A Barden bl 10 in
Avery's & Well's add Corvallis,
$100.
C A Wood to Ella . Rodrick 45
acres southwest . of Philomath,
295
; Nellie Branson to Helen V.
Crawford 9 and no acres west
of Corvallis, $2000.
Mary E Perfect to School Dis
trict No 34.11-a acres near Air
bany, $225.
; JHeirs of Joseph Gragg to
Egidio Tortora, undivided. 2 i-a
of lots 7-8-9 bl 4 county add
Corvallis, $600.
MS Hammond and wife to
Jennie Hammond north 1-2 of
lot 65 bl 17 Philomath, $1.
United States to David E
Enkins 160 acres north of Sum
mit, G W Fuller to A H Limb
bocker, 4 lots in. bl 1 Wilkin's
add Corvallis $900.
Sarah E Felchter to Frances
M Feichter 200 acres southwest
of Corvallis, $1.
A W. Fischer, (executor) to M
J Webster ; lots 3-4-33:34 bl 2
Philomath fro. .
W M Jones and wife to C E
Hout undivided 4 acres south
oi Corvallis and lots :8-9-io bl 4
Dixotfs:5
Ebnrorthr win to J M : Dick
son parcel of land in N B Avery's
add Corvallis. 10.
Ue Invite:
Your inspection of our
- . Stock of , I
Ladies' and Misses'
Coats' 11
Wool Dress Goods, Cotton
f Wash Dress Fabrics
3 Our Stock Is Cem-
plete in bvery Detail
f at Right Prices. -
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Henkle & Davis
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For all advertisements over 25 words
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PHYSICIANS.
B. A. CATHEY, M. D., PHYSICIAN
ana t urseon.. Rooms 14, Bank Build
init. Office Hours : 10 to 12 a. m., 2 to
4 p. m . Residence : cor. 5th and Ad
sms 8ts. Telephone at office and res
idence. v Corvallis, Oregon
House Decorating.
FOE PAINTING AND PAPERING SEE
W. E. Paul, Ind. 488. 41tf
UNDERTAKERS
WILKINS& BOVFE, FUNERAL Di
rectors and Liceased Embslmers
Suceessera to S. N. Wilkins, Corvallis,
Oregon. Phone 45. v 8gtf
HENKTLE & BLACKLEDGE. UNDER
takers and licensed embalmers, South
Main St., Corvallis, Or.
ATTORNEYS
J. F. YATES, ATTORNE Y-AT-LAW.
Office np stafrs in Zierolf Building.
Only set of abstracts in Benton County
E. R. BRYSON ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office in Post Office Building, Corval
lis, Oregon.
WANTED
WANTE D 500 SUBSCRIBERS TO THE
Gazette and Weekly Oregonian at
$2.50 per year.
HOMES FOR SALE
WILL SELL LOTS IN CORVALLIS.
Oregon, on instalment plan ana as
sist purchasers to build homes on them
if .desired. Address First National
Bank, Corvallis, Or.
WILL SELL MY LOTS IN NEWPORT,
Or., . for spot ' cash, balance . instal-
' ments, and help parties to build homes
thereon, if desired. Address M. 8.
Woodcock. Co-vallis, Or.
TIMBER LAND AND TOWN LOTS:
400 acres timber, good land , near Mill
Citv; $20,000. Two blocks, center Mill
City; $2000. 440 acres timber land in
: Josephine connty. J. E. Farmer, Cor
vallis, Oreeon. .88lf
BANKING.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF
Corvallis, Oregon, transacts -a general
conservative banking business. - Loans
-' money on approved security. Drafts
. bought and sold and money transferred
f to the principal cities of the United
: States, Europe and foreign -countries. '
ittRtad Ym Hare Arwsis
Ban th
-PstMicattos).
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' United State Lad OSle. . i
- " Rowlmts', Oregon, tmlj vss, ISoT. '
Notice to kmtT liTtn 4ttji wpHicMa
lh2?t$Zi? A 5
tke ne MOiforriv Onvnn. Nkvd, Vh6.
mtftoo Trjry,- w nteirftxl to all PNlclwl
gMtes bf Mt at Anrn 4. 18M, I.Tdta J. Bslv f
!?"' '? State ( Oit, tM ki
S4ft tan thm Mirf4K a T . . .
MlniirMlHMRffliitbli for its Vmm
2fvS2?t !w ' ssrlhi! vmVQUm. to
R" lni to amid land bafore W W. CalkteajL
TJ. a. Cdawsiaalopar. at hisotSoote Kncan. OfacS
on 1 Mondy, tha 4th d.T of Novrnibar, lflOT. T7
OTiaaaiM wmMw: IonMaa H. BMrlry at
"oraoe, Oregon, jrd 9am Vvwm. Alfred Knaai
M.T.-BjmaneUUlio..Br(OB.: t T
' Any Md all peraoni olalminr sdvomery the alxivaj
aewrainad atiiHa . MMuutMi i. n, w
M office on or before sai 4th iiy ot Noranbt
" BENJAMIN!. EDPT, Begistat;
Be Charitable
' To yonr home ss wpll as to vonrsjr. 1
Yon rerl not nfffr from' pains of ny
sort vonr bnwi ikhm) not nffr Try
bottle of Ballard's fraw Liniment. . It
onres all pnins. J . M. T?ohf rt. Bskrrs
ills. Mo . wrls: "I htv rmerl yonr
liniment for ten Tears and find it to bs
the best I bstre ever , ned tor man or
beast." Sold Ky Graham & Worth m. 1 i
Notice to Creditors.
Notice is rjerehv prt1 ttiat tr nnrterslffned ha .
been duly wirfintiM wiH arjiwlnted executor at '
the T-st Will and Tertument and eptate ofVai-r
A.. Moore, deceaaed, bv the oowntv Court of traV
State o Oreiron for Benton County, sltttnr
probate. All oersone havine claim a(rflltwt aajd
estate are required to present tbe spme. dulr vera. .
fied, to me at rrv residence in Corvallte, OTCfftm.
or at the la-w ofRce of K. Holgate in Oorvaltis. Ora
gon. within dix mentha from the ate of the first
publication o this notice.
Ptel at r-..0llis, Oregon, this 84th day ol
September, 1907." ' j
"9tf Minor Swick, Executor, j
There's 00 Use
Talkini?, nn can t beat Herbfne for
tbe liver. The preateat. repnlator ever
offered to sntrerine humanity. Ifvou
suffer from liver complaint, if you ars
bilions and fretful, its vour liver, snrl
Herbine will nnt it in ita proper con dU
Hon. A positive enre for Constipation.
Bilionanear, Tvprerisi and all ilia due to
a torpid liver. T'v a bottle and von will
never n an vtbins else. Sold by Gi a
ham & Wortham.
Notice of Flue! Settletneiit.
Notice ia herehy (riven that the undersigned has
61ed in the County Court rf Pent on Count?. Ore
gon, hip final account. et edn iniptrater of the fa
tate of Alexflnder Fpnnett. deceased, urd thet Sat
urday, the 0th day of Novc n'her, Jfte7. at the hour
of ti o'clock in the forenoon of faid r'arhnshcen
fixed and aprointed by paid Court the tire and
the Countv Judae's offce in the County Court
House in Corvallip in said County and State aa the
place for henringroMeetinns, if pry. to said sccount
and the settlement thereof. All persons interested
and desirinpto -object theretoare refined to Bie
their ohiections thereto in writiop with the Cleric
of said Court afid appear at said tiire nr.d plare.
E. Htnnktt..
As Administrator of the estate of Alexacdar
Bennett, deceased. 84 tt
Always Was Sick.
When a man says he always was slrle
troubled with a cough thpt lasted sll
winter what would , yon think if ha
shonld say be never was sick since using
Ballard's Horehound. Syrup? Such a
man exists.
Mr. J C. Claris. Denver, Colorado,
writes: For years I van troubled with
a severe cough that would last all winter.
This cough left me in a miserable con
dition. I tried Ballard's Horehound
Svrup and have not had a sick dav sins.'
That s what it did for me." Sold by ,
Graham & Wortham. j
Notice lor Publication.
Department of the Interior, Land Office at Port
land. Oregon, Octobei 19. 1907.
Notice is hereby given that Wtllirtu H. Graham
of Corvallis, Oregon, has filed notice of his inten--tion
to make final five year proof in support of his.
claim, vis: Homestead Entry No. J4545 made Sept.
9, I9O2, for the Lot No. 1, Section 26, Township IS
south. Range 5 west, and that said proof will he
made before the Clerk of Benton County, at Corval
lis, Oregon, on November 29, 1967.
Me names the following- vtitresffs to prove hift
continuous resaf ence upon, and cultivation of, th
land, vts: John Scett of CorVallis, Oregon; X,ee
Newman of Corvallis. Oregon; Harper alecblin oi
Corvallis. Oregon, and Thomas R. Graham of Cor
vallis, C regon.
8S-98 ..az.GBK.KON S. JDhessek, Begistar. .
Farmers.
Resd the "Weekly Oregonisn" of Port
land and tbe "Corvallis Gazette" for the
general news of the world, also for in
formation about bow to obtain the beat
results in cultivating the -soil, stock rafs.
inn, fruit raising, etc.
.fou can ercure both of these excellent
papers for one year by paying io th
'Corvallis Gazette" the sum of two dol
lars and fifty rents, in sdvance. : Remit
'tlje.oiioney by postoffice order or bank
draft and these most valuable papers will
be promptly mailed to 00. Mat
The Best Quality of
PIANOS and ORGANS
At the Store of GRAHAM & WELLS
Corvallis, Oregon j
CUSTOMERS I
Are requested to call and see . them
fore purchasing elsewhere.
be
THIS OLD RELIABLE HOUSE, witt
sell their, FINErTONED INSTRU
MENTS FOR REASONABLE .PRICES
instead of charging you extra to make
np for high city rents, railroad fares -and
hotel bills for traveling salesmen. ' j
.Music (Joying People I
Can : purchase these reliable goods i j
tbeir'hoia town. If there u tiytbijux j
yotk ddf not nirdtosband yea will isd'Uavj