HOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION
State and Nation Join to Fight Fire
Forest Lands Put To Many Uses
H E report o f a conference on forest
fire protection by the various
states has just been issued by the
federal department o f agriculture. This
conference was attended by represen
tatives from all the N ew England
states, N ew York, N ew Jersey, Pennsyl
Vania, Maryland, V irgin ia, W est V ir
ginia, North Carolina, Ohio, Michigan,
Minnesota, Oregon and Washington.
telephone «ommunication, as well as
other permanent construction work, to
include roads and trails. In all o f these
activities the value o f co-operation be
tween the various agencies was erapha
sized, and it was brought out that e ff i
ciency could be raised and expenses
lowered when state, nation, lumber
companies and private individuals work
together in accordance with a plan
The meeting was called to discuss evolved by all.
I t was shown that the disposal o f the
the section o f the Weeks law which
authorizes co-operation between the fe d ­ slash le ft after lumbering means the
eral government and the states in pro­ elimination o f a great source o f danger
tecting from fire forests situated on from fires. In some cases it was shown
the watersheds o f navigable streams. that it was best to dispose o f this ma
The conference considered not only the terial by burning it under supervision
details o f carrying out the law, but the when there was little danger from fire.
results which the law has accomplished In other cases it was proved to be suf­
and the promise which it gives o f future ficien t to lop the branches, so that all
would lie close to the ground and decay
accomplishment.
The various subjects discussed includ­ quickly.
T
ed patrol work, eo-operation with p ri­
vate owners o f timberland, and eo-
operation with other protective agencies
and with railroads. The conference is
said to have established beyond a doubt
the great value o f fire lookout stations
and towers, and tae im perative need o f
In the discussion o f actual fire figh t
ing it was pointed out that the secret
o f the suppression and control o f fires
in the woods is not essentially d iffe r ­
ent from that in the city, and lies in
having a trained and dependable fir e ­
figh tin g organization.
Bees Advised as Money Makers
as convenient as possible.
The bee
should not be disturbed whou there is
no need o f i t . ”
J. W. Rausch o f Mexico, Mo., who
has had about th irty years o f work with
bees said: “ You haven’t anything on
tho farm to pay as well as bees do for
the time spent on them.
There are
40,000 beekeepers with 200,000 colonics
o f bees in the state, and they produced
last year honey worth $1,500,600.
“ I f you are just beginning to keep
bees,” advised Mr. Rausch, “ do not
try to take care o f more than two or
three hives, for they will increase
quickly as you can learn how to take
care o f them .”
Emil J. Baxter, a fruit, grower o f Nau
voo, HI., who has kept bees for thirty
six years, said: “ I use bees in my or
chard and also keep them for the profit
they bring. They are an ideal producer
in connection with an orchard.
To
raise bees successfully, always have a
good colony by the time the blossoms
are out-
“ The secret o f keeping the bees from
swarming is to g iv e them room. Dur
ing the fall aee that the bees have
enough food to last all winter.
Use
sugar syrup if feed is scarce, but never
use honey unless you know just where
it came from, because it may contain
the germs o f some disease dangerous to
bees. ’ *
Control Smut With
Formalin
Free Corn Seed To
Be Obtained
■■s ME keeping is the one line o f
J”) work with insects that is pro
fitable, ” said Leonard Baseman,
assistant professor o f entomology at the
Missouri university. “ The bee is im­
portant, not only for its products, but
also for its aid in producing fru it by
helping {tolinization.
“ The hive is the bees’ home,”
Ünued Professor
con
Ilaseman; “ make it
W H E R E D ID I T GO?
B EL LS.
became o f the Star, the Bethlehem They check us on the grovelling w ay—
Star,
*
A gauntlet thrown, u challenge hurled,
Music is smitteu out o f clay.
That was followed by kings and sages
The Spirit breaks out into the world.
Aa they journeyed o 'e r desert and mountain
far
Out of the metal cold and dumb
To find the Pearl o f the Ages?
Man calls a soul, a singing bird;
What may he himself become
Did the angels qnenrh its torch o f fire.
In the first sweet Christmas dawn.
Iu foundries of the Eternal W ord?
When they sang to the world of the w orld’ s
The vacant bells hold hidden chimes,
desire,
So secret is Emmanuel;
%
Ere the night from the hills had gone?
Oh. heed the lesson, learn betimes
Of Angelas and sacred bell.
Did it suddenly vanish into spaee.
Blown out. when its golden ray
Oh. heed and kneel, for every mom
Had bathed in glory the lonely pla ’ e
Great Gabriel comes down from Heaven,
Where the Child and Mother lay ?
Of you a Child would fain be born.
T o you, to you a Son bo given.
Oh! Star that over the manger stood
— Anna Buns ton.
The night when Christ was born.
When the Only Potent, the Only God
Came down to this world forlorn.
T H E K E T T L E 'S SONG.
What
Still shine in the heart o f Mother and Child,
W herever love reigns and sings.
And tho face o f a little one undefiled
Hath that which may conquer kings.
Oh! Bethlehem Star, through pain and loss
Still over the cradle shine.
And comfort ns i f a shadowy cross
There glimmer in faint ontline.
— Margaret E. gangster.
I wish the kettle would sing again,
Just as it used to do.
I wish it would sing o f a lion slain—
W ith a cabin boy, and the boy was I —-
Of a pirate crew on the Spanish Main—
O f a clipper ship on the seaway high
W ith a cabin boy. and the boy was I
Just as it used to do.
I
proportion o f railroad mileage o f any state
tks eemntrv.x m <*«• «H ie o f railroad to
Th« hifhee« wean Inin U Montane, O ea ite vrsry t i r o
Peak, with
Fenk.
w it » « aliitwd# of noeti; t*.eoO
Verses Grave and Gay in Tone
Just as it used to do.
Of a lit.le girl in a bonnet red.
Saved
by ft prince from a hydra head
BA RGA IN S
N S IS T IN G that corn for ensilage can Spring spreads her pedlar bags to view
That lurked in the corn that towered high—
And
the
girl was 8uc, and the prince was I —
be grown in Eastern Washington
And bids us choose what shoo*« we w i l l ;
Just as it used to do.
and Eastern Oregon in large pro­ Then I pick out a bud or two.
And one half-opened daffodil.
portions, R. B. M iller, general tra ffic
I wish the kettle would sing again.
Just as it used to do.
manager o f the O.-W. R. Sc X., is send­ Spring holds her hands outstretched until
The lyrics it crooned and the tales it told—
I
pay
her
fo
r
the
flowers,
and
go
ing out twenty-four pounds o f accli­
But the hearth is chill and the years nre old;
gave Spring all my h eart; but still
mated corn seed to each applicant from
The fa tcics it whispered have all tr.ken wing,
I haven i half paid all T owe.
his offices in Portland. This lot is snf
Ar.d never again the kettle w ill sing,
Just a« it used to do.
ficient for two acres. “ The amount o f
M IN E.
— John D. W ells.
corn already furnished this year and A fe is a wonderful thing
N U M B E R o f cereal smuts carry
their spores over the winter on the
outside of the grain. The spores
germinate in the spring at the same
time that the seed germinates. Hence
the sprouting seed is infected and later,
when the head is formed, its grains be
come “ smutted,” says W. W. Robbias
• f the Colorado Agricultural College.
The follow ing cereal smuts behave in
the manner described above: Stinking the large number o f applications still
Binut or bunt o f wheat, loose smut of un filled ,” says Mr. M iller, “ justifies
oats, heknel smut o f oats, covered smut the belief that interest in com raising
o f barley, smut o f rye, kernel smut or has become general, and interesting dr
velopments may be expected. The seed
•orghuins.
In such cases as these, where the distributed by our line represents only
•pore* are carried over on the outside a small amount o f the acreage planted.”
o f the grain, the formalin dip or
The fruitage o f the planting is to be
•prinkle is to be recommended as an shown at a corn show to be given in
entirely satisfactory control measure. December, and the company has hung
Formalin (a 40 j»er c-eut solution o f up cash prizes o f $500, with smaller
formaldehyde gas in w ater) may be trophies in audition, for the heat dis­
obtained fro nitbe drugist in one pint play». The awards will be divided for
(about one pound) lots.
corn grown on irrigated and non irri
Use one pint o f formalin in about gated land, with special prices for boys
forty five gallons o f water. This amount uadcr 18 years o f age.
w ill treat at least forty bushels o f grata.
Mr. M iller contends that should Wash
Dip about half bushel amounts o f the ington farmers rtoate crops and develop
| n in into the solution several times, the possibilities o f the soil in corn
•u til quite «lire that all parts o f the lot growing, this state would withia a few
bnve been reached. A llo w it to draia, years not only raise enotfgh b eef for
•proad out on a clean floor or canvas, ita own ronsumption. but would have a
and eo\er fo r twelve to twenty four surplus for shipment to other markets.
boors, then remove the eover and let the
gram become thoroughly dry. Instead o f
Canada bat established a forest pro
dipping, the grain may be spread out on
a cleau floor, canvas or wagon box, nnd duet* laboratory is connection with
•pnnkled with the »elution aa prepared MrGiU University o f Montreal, on the
above. M i* the grain and formalin thor lines o f the United States institution
•ughly by turning the grain over and o f the samo sort at tbs UaiversHy o f
aver as it is being treated. Then cover Wisconsin.
fo r tw elve to twenty foar hours, after
which time it should be spread e e l in
Hew Jersey is said to kart the great*«?
a thin layer and allowed to dry.
A
LM O ST every conceivable use to ing pens and the like. N ext came rights
which land may be put is repre­ o f way for conduits, ditches and flumes,
sented iu the permits reported by practically ail o f these being free. V a ri­
the forest service for special projects ous agricultural permits come third, tele­
on the national forests. Some o f the phone lines fourth with more than a
uses shown range, alphabetically, from thousand permits for 6,500 miles o f line,
apiary
through
brickyard,
cannery, and d rift fences for the control o f graz­
cemetery, church, cranberry marsh, fox ing animals, fifth . In both o f theso
ranch, marine railway, rifle range and latter classes, too, practically all o f the -
turpentine still, to wharf and whaling permits are free. Reservoirs for which
station.
more than 600 free permits were issued
There are 15’,000 permits in force for the occupation o f more than 100,-
for such special uses, which aro dis­ 000 acres come sixth. The rost o f the
tributed geographically from Alaska to uses are not classified though there are
the Mexican line, and east to Florida. a large number o f apiaries, camps, Rum­
This figure does not include any o f the mer hotels and schools. The use o f tho
27,000 permits in force for grazing cat­ governm ent's lands for schools is given
tle and sheep on the forests; nor the free; for hotels a charge is made.
The principle which governs the
0,000 transactions for the sale o f timber,
and the more than 38,000 permits issued chargo is based, according to the forest
last year for the free use o f timber by service, on whether or not the use o f
settlers, miners and others in develop­ the land is sought by the permittee for
ing their homesteads and claims; nor a commercial purpose. I f it is the in­
the nearly 300 permits for water power tent o f the user to make money from a
development.
resource which belongs to the whole
California led all the national forest people, the service holds that he should
states in the umber o f these special use give a reasonable return for that use.
permits, follow ed by Arizona, Colorado, I f , on the other hand, farmers want to
Montana and N ew Mexico in the order use government land fo r their own tele­
named. The largest single oiass o f per­ phony lines, irrigation works and schools,
mits was for Special pastures, or corrals, the government gives them that uso
to be used fo r lambing grounds, shear­ without cost.
A
ts M iv testes of territory.
Tk a
moke« aa s n u d a i risk o f forest Urm ass by
Jraitroada»
And it 's mine. « m e . mine!
A row», and a song, and spring 1
It is mine!
Death is a wonderful thing
And it 's mine. mine, mine!
The last gift, and all it may bring.
It is mine I
-— Mary Carolyn D a n e«
The heavy storms in 8>uthern California
during the past rainy season wiped out many
miles Of trails in the National forests o f that
part o f the state.
They are now being re­
built fer the r.«ming summer, for use in fire
protection
They are also of great use to
tourists, campers and prospectors.
Dairying and Beet Growing
N M A N Y sections of the west, dairy more money to be made in beets than in
ing and beet grow ing seem to go to­
grain. Beet tops and low priced beets
gether almost perfectly in making the
farmer* pm sfwrou. says A. E. M.. in made excellent cow feed. Beet fie ld «
Kimball > Dairy Farmer.
Originally made profitable places for the disposal
some o f the farmers were grain growers uf barnyard manure. The income de­
strictly; then they took up beet grow rived from beets and from dairy prod­
ing a* a more intensive line. As with ucts supplement each other nicely. The
all other crops they found that diversi­ lump smn derived from the beets in the
fication and rotation were neceasary. fall is very useful in paying o f f the
Under the single crop plan the yield mortgage or to meet any large oblige-
gradually decreased, diseases came in, tion. The regular weekly or monthly
the quality o f beet* was lowered. Dairy < heck for milk products keep the fam­
ing offered the diversification needed. ilies in plenty or very nearly in Inxnry
A lfa lfa was the legume crop needed and relieve* them of all worry as to the
to restore nitrogen. A lfa lfa would give eource o f their daily living.
R eally
ita greatest returns when fed to dairy this latter is one feature o f greatest
row,. A lfa lfa pasture and a year of merit in favor of »h ^farm dairy. A t
erain with a eovcrmg o f manue from | onr plsee farmers w rrr paid last vrar
th* eow yard wo#ld restore the prodoc iaO.000 by the «near factory and *70,000
tiv rn rw ^ f worn out beet field» On the by the milk eonilensorT. The immenao
other hand nataral #v*oti<.a haa ehnnr |»at¡«faction and snrnrity hron«ht hr tha
»d some former range men into dairy .regular eheek» from the eondenaory
men. Bc« u as a crop bring them a nice made the *70.000 from
that aourro
lump sum of money app-sled to th-m ecpmalent to twin* as mneh as tha
They were oof ready to devote alt their «" • • n» fr. m the h»et faetory in pro-
bate and en er^ to dairying. There » » ducing human comfort.
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