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HOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION
Oregon Agricultural College is the Friend of the Farmer
A Page of Bulletins and News Notes Concerning the Staff at Corvallis.
A GOOD P O U LT R Y RATION.
, P E R F E C T ration for laying hens
contains the required food elements
in approximately the right pproportion,
and in the forms most economical in the
locality where the feeding is done. P ro­
fessor James Dryden, head o f the poul­
try department, Oregon Agricultural Col­
lege, has prepared a list o f fiv e more or
less exact rations fo r one laying hen
for one year. The follow in g is ration
No. 4, considered to be one o f the best
for most places in Oregon:
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and apple le a f hopper. Professor Safro
will carry on this work during the sum­
mer and remain in charge o f the local
department until next fall.
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P E A C H T W IG
M INER.
been used to good advantage in many
parts o f California for several years,
and no doubt tho benefit o f the ex­
perience gained in conducting it could
be had by w riting to any o f the libra­
rians in charge. Also much useful help
may be had by w ritin g to Miss Marvin
o f Salem, who is in charge o f the state
lib rary.”
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Judge John F. Hall and addresses were
made by Professor G. E. Skelton, o f
the highway engineering department at
the Oregon Agricultural College. The
dates for the good roads meetings in
Coos county were: M yrtle Point, M ay
11; Coquille, M ay 12; Bandon, M ay 13;
Marshfield, M ay 16.
Profesesor Skelton has recently re­
turned from a good roads tour o f the
middle and eastern parts o f the United
3tat* s which was made primarily to in­
vestigate the most approved methods o f
highway construction in other states. He
comes prepared to consult with farmers
and officers o f the Oregon counties in
regard to the construction o f highways
throughout the state. Professor Skel­
ton advocates primarily the use o f local
material for the construction o f Oregon
highways.
During his work in Coos county P ro f­
essor Skelton desires to meet road su­
pervisors and with them take up the
problem of highway construction and
maintenance.
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X P E R T M E N T A L work is being done
i in the Hermiston district by the
Agricultural College entomological
department with the peach-twig miner.
P R O F IT A B L E P O T A T O CROP.
Professor Wilson, entomologist o f the le* C T A K M E R S in d ifferen t parts o f
college, spent last week in that terri-
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Oregon who are making a spe­
cialty o f potato growing, get al­
Material
No. o f Pounds
Cost
most uniformly profitable results, net­
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Wheat ........... ...... .to
ting from $40 to $50 per acre,” says
S U M M E R SCHOOL COURSE.
Oats .............. .......in
.15
B ra n ............... ...... 10
.11} A N N O U N C E M E N T S o f the summer Professor Seudder in his Agricultural
f - \ school at the Oregon Agricultural College Bulletin on growing potatoes.
C o rn ............. . ....... 5
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r;
College have been made by Profes- “ I t is for-this reason that in all diversi
Beef scrap ....
.20
Corn meal ..... ....... 5
.10 sor E. D. Bossier. June 15 and July 24 fied farm ing in this state the potato
might profitably be given more atten
Linseed meal .
.11} are named as the dates of beginning
Middlings ..... ....... 5
.071 and ending the summer sessions. Special tion. The use o f a little extra care in
Shell ............... ....... 3
.03 railway rates o f one and a third fares growing potatoes added to the natural
Charcoal ........ ....... 2
.05 have been granted by all railroads op- advantages o f soil and climate would in­
Green food ....
.05 crating in Oregon, good between the sure steady maximum yields and profit.
date« o f .June 5 and July 28. The two The market fo r Oregon potatoes is us­
GUM M O SI3 C A N K E R S.
Total .......... .......
1.48} college dormitories. Waldo fo r women ually excellent.
“ Potatoes are an intensive crop— § é * p H E cherry gammons lig h t is now
W hile the cost of the above ration will ami * author a for men, will be opened
that is, they will give an increasingly
J on,” says Professor IÌ. I*. Baras,
vary in different seasons and at d iffe r ­ to the students and will accommodate
higher yield per acre with every bit
o f the Oregon Agricultural Col­
ent places, it is thought to be very close more than 200 students with board and
o f extra care addded.
A t this time lege department o f plant pathology,
to the average cost. Most o f the mate lodging. The use o f the rooms with
much o f the crop is grown by the gen­ “ and many new infections can be pre­
rial, such as wheat, oats and corn, can beds, mattresses, tables and chairs, will
eral farmer, fo r whom the potato crop vented by cutting out the old cankers.
be produced more cheaply on the farm, be free to those who make their homes
often gives an excellent cash return
and is marketed more economically when ] i the halls. Two dollars will be charged with very little care. Rather thap g iv ­ The canker disease that causes most o f
the gummosis west of the Cascades, is
converted into poultry products. Other for light, heat and use o f laundry. Table
ing the potato crop the additional care due to an organism that lives over win­
material such as green food, charcoal, board w ill be $3.50 per week at Waldo.
required to get the best results in un­ ter in the edges o f the old cankers, es­
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The
college
realizes
its
responsibility
grit and shell or their substitutes, can
favorable seasons, the farmer depends pecially in the larger ones that were
be furnished from natural sources with in fittin g the teachers for teaching ele­
upon other crops for his cash income.
formed the previous season. From these
but little cost. Often milk and other mentary agriculture, manual training,
‘ CThe potato permits the farming of hold-over cankers the disease begins to
farm products can be substituted for domestic science and art, and other
high
priced
lands
close
to
shipping
points
spread in late winter, enlarging the old
some o f the materials that otherwise brandies o f industrial learning in the
and is o f great value in a well-planned, injuries and infecting many trees grow ­
would have to be bought. By a careful schools o f Oregon, ” declares the an
intensive
crop-rotation
system,
helping
ing near b v .”
study o f the given rations the poultry nouneement.. Experienced teachers who
to maintain fe rtility because o f the ex­
These old cankers should be cleaned
men wild be able to supply the neces ; rv devote their whole time to training for
cellent
condition
o
f
tilth
and
the
de­
lip at once and new infections should
food elements by substituting a more these duties will be able to secure suf­
struction
o
f
weeds
that
its
cultivation
be watched for and treated upon their
economical material. O f course the ficien t training to introduce some
ThSs improvement
is first appearance.
in
their brings about.
W ith a draw knife
amounts should vary slightly with the branch o f industrial work
needed
in
many
parts
o
f
Oregon
where
or similar tool cut away ail bark that
difference in egg production and in size schools. D efinite courses wiK be pro
poor
farm
ing
methods
have
le
ft
the
land
vided, lesson plans worked out. and de
is affected, being careful to remove all
o f fowls.
fould with weeds and in poor tilth, so •discolored
tissue.
If
the
disease
I f it is to be conceded that the cost tailed instruction given. These teachers
that
each
succeeding
crop
becomes
shows signs o f spreading up or down
o f maintaining a hen for one vear is w ill be further helped by correspondence
poorer.
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the tree, the bark should be cut away
$1 .50, the necessity o f securing better courses throughout the entire year and
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considerably beyond the
discolored
than the average six dozen-egg hen is fcv personal visitation and supervision.’ ’
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Prospective students and all teachers
qrea.
A ll infected substance should
at once apparent. The yearly product
A IS IN G spring iambs is well adapted be removed. The wound should then
o f such a hen has an average value of who are interested in the l). A. C. sum­
to the climatic conditions o f West be washed with a 1 to 106 solution o f
about $1.50. The yearly production of mer school wPi receive a copy o f the
ern Oregon and does not require corrosive sublimate,
which
can
be
a good layer is worth twice that amount; Bulletin upon request mailed to H. M.
and most o f the increase represents a Tennant, Registrar O. A. C., Corvallis, great eapital or special skill, according bought from the druggist, who will
to Professor E. L. Potter, head o f the give directions for preparing and us­
Oregon.
clear profit.
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Oregon Agricultural College animal hus­ ing the wash. I t is a deadly poison,
STUD E NT A P P O IN T E D .
bandry department.
The industry so and should be labeled Poison, and kept
W E E D PESTS OF OREGON.
fits in with approved crop rotations in glass, not metal, containers.
K M. Harrington,
Cresswell,
H E E P sorrel is spreading rapidlv C R
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Harrington, o
o f f <
resswell,
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A fte r washing out the wound, which
over larK, are»» ami because of *
who was graooated from and is valuable in building up depleted
soils. N eith er is it in immediate dan­ is absolutely essential to success, it
the horticultural department o f
the large number o f seeds formed
ger o f being overdone.
should be allowed to dry, and then
on each plant bids fair to become a seri- A. C. last year and has since filled a
The industry may be made p ro fit­ covered with a good tree or pruning
©us weed pest in Oregon,” writes £. P. position in the Iow a experiment station
able on farms whore grain * hay, clover, paint to protect it from fungi
and
Walls, o f the Agricultural Cobeg© at Asses, has b*»en appointed an assist­
vetch and rape are grown.
\Cueh the heart rot».
botany and plant pathology department, ant horticulturist n the United States
Mr. H ar­ same conditions are required for this
Do not depend upon, exuding gum to
in tho Pacific Homestead.
“ Weeds department o f agriculture.
industry as fo r dairying, except that it indicate canker*. Bad one© sometimes
may be objectionable beeause o f their rington *e appointment is based on a com­
need not have the same accessibility to form with very little external gum.
poisonous qualities and on account o f p etitive examination which he wrote up
market and that some range land may Watch should
kept all spring for
their crowding out more valuable plants. whJe at'ending O. A. C. and is to be
be used. I t is just as profitable as or­ the faintest signs o f canlccr and for
Borrell seed is said by some writers to made e ffec tiv e at once, provided it is
dinary dairying, although it may not blighted fruit spurs and buds.
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be poisonous when eatin in large quan­ accepted. Whether the position will be
pay so large a profit as dairying con other successful treatment
for
this
tities by horses, but the plant can hardly accepted or not has not been decided by
Mr. Harrington. His position at Ames ducted in the most, approved manner.
disease ha» come to the attention o f
be called poisonous.*'
No expensive equipment is needed in the experiment station here. But if
“ In addition to spreading by seed the is exceptionally good, and he ie receiving
the
way
o
f
buildings.
The
sheds
neces­
extreme watchfulness
is
maintained
plant has large rootstocks that live in rapid promotion. Hence, he may decide
sary to shelter the flock may be con­ and the above treatment tboronghly ap­
the grown l from year to year, which to remain with th© state work, accord
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structed at a very small cost. A shed plied, the damage done annually by
M l up .hoot, every fe w Lebes. The ' ^ t0 t - 1' - " r < r
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18 feet wid© and 60 feet long was re­ the disease w ilt be m aterially reduced.
feaves arc stalked, have ear like ap­ horticultural department
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cently constructed at th© college at a
• e e
pendages at the base, and are »hoped
total cost o f $25.
I t accommodates H A R M F U L E X T E R N A L PAR ASITE S.
SUmcwhat like an Indian arrow head.
SEC URING GOOD LIBRARIES.
about 50 sheep but does not provide
X TERN AL
parasites
frequently
Flowers are o f two kinds, pollen bear­ C $
C U RIN G
good libraries for storage room for hay.
cause heavy poultry losses, and
ing and seed bearing, and seeds very
towns toe '•mail to purchase and
The most profitable time fo r growing
poultry men should quarantine their
•mall. They are found in clover and
manage a public library and too a good, cheap lamb in Western Oregon flocks against them. Special method©
many kinds o f g r a ft seed, which they large to depend upon the small traveling
is March. April, M ay and June. The are required for the control o f the vari­
resemble so closely that their presence libraries is one o f the greatest jilfra ry
best results are generally obtained by
is hard to discover until a fte r seeding. problems the people have to solve,’ * said pasturing the lambs on sown pastorale. ous kinds o f pests, but certain general
measures are often advisable.
The chief injury o f the plant is in Mrs. Ida A. Kidder, librarian o f the I t is necessary to have several fields in
One o f the best general methods is
•rowding out crop plants.
Agricultural College. Th© need o f good order that each kind may be utilized in fumigation. W hile* not very e ffe c tiv e
4’ Clean cultivation and liming the books and the influence o f good litera
its proper season. It is also necessary against any o f the external parasite©,
•oil will eradicate the plant. The eul turc are quite generally admitted, whil© to have a special pasture to be used for
it should be employed for its great sani­
fixation should include plowing the stub the disastrous results of sensational finishing.
tary value. It is conveniently applied
t>l© to throw tho root stocks to the sur­ readiug are quite as well understood.
Ordinarily no grain need be used bnt by slipping a tent that has been treated
face, keeping the surface free from the The great question in the small town is it may occasionally be fed with profit
with linseed oil or carbolineum over the
pest during the summer, and growing a to supply the right kind o f reading is when it is very cheap or when mutton
colony ehieken bouse and
w eigh t!ag
cultivated crop the next year. Liming attractive form.
is high. Th© grain should be fed in a down the side» with a littl© dirt. Th©
the soil w ill stun slate the erop plants
‘ ‘ Perhaps on*» o f the best ways to se­ creep so that the lambs may get the fumi© are then applied, af^er whieh th©
making them outgrow the sour sorrel, cure the advrigtage o f a good library is grain while the ewes are kept from it.
tent is removed t© the next house, and
and thus curtail the number o f weed by co-operation between a number o f
The gain should' he about one half » oa.
seed matured. *'
smalt town© o f the «am© county.
A a pound a day which by extra feeding
An account o f the special method*
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fo o d general library can be purchased
id care m ar be in excused to nearly fo r most o f th© common poultry para­
by nil the towns cooperatin g and lo­ one pound.
D E T A IL E D TO F IE L D WORK.
site» IS g iv e » ia College Bulle*in “ Som©
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m jy ir iL E acting as the h eal ftpre»©ii- cated in the most accessible place. In
External Parasites o f P ou ltry.*’ written
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tativo o f the Agricultural College this way all the patrons o f the library
GOOD ROADS M EETING.
by P t . H. E. Ewing. re«earch ae«f*tant
department o f entomology at Hood who contribute to its support may have
ft E M C * o f good road
meetings > t the Oregon
Agricultural C© ilegu
F iver, Frofeesor ▼. I. ftafro. assistant I the advantages o f s g- d library
were held at various points in Coo* ' Free copie» may be had by sending fn§
fetom ologist, will conduct som© experi- Î without undue cosi to any one
fo u rty during May 11 - 16 .
The«©'them to R. D. Hetz©!, Extension i.re© «6
b t n u in th© control o f s o ilin g uicUft, “ Ik*© Semin am ty library idea has ooeet^tfs were presided eve r by County < orvau i^ Oregon.
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