HOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION
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Oregon Agricultural College is the Friend of the Farmer ' f-
Page of News Notes and Interesting Articles Specially Written by College Experts for This Newspaper.
■ ®T ODAY the young man seeking a and the Coast country, is the conclu cording to inquiries received by the number, addressed 6014 meetings and
1 higher education can pick out sion reached by Professor H. D. Scud Plant Pathology department of the organized 757 co-operative bodies. They
his life career and the college der, agronomist at the Oregon Agri- Oregon Agricultural College.
Chief prepared and published 376 emergency
training to fit him for it ,” says Pro cultural College. The reason for this among the diseases is that commonly circulars, 1174 timely articles for the
fessor Edwin T. Reed in the beautiful is that the plant thrives best only in called “ black spot,” a trouble affect press, and wrote 67,033 personal let
Oregon Agricultural College booklet association
with
alfalfa
bacteria, ing the foliage and well characterized ters to farmers on local problems.
“ The Life Career,” which is just o ff which are especially sensitive to acid by the name.
More than 300,000 acres of field crops
the press.
conditions and do not exist in suffi
Recommendations for control are were grown under their direction.
The volume describes in detail the cient numbers in soils that are acid. (1), to gather and burn all leaves
“ The agents supervised the planting
value o f purposeful vocational training With an occasional application of lime that have the spot, whether dead jor and culture Of thousands of acres of
and tells how it is provided in large stone to properly drained soils alfalfa still on the bush. This should be done orchards, and gave spraying directions
measure at the college.
The booklet makes a very satisfactory growth on sometime between late fall and the for many kinds o f trees. They organi
contains 90 pages, profusely illustrated soils where it now either fails entirely time now growth starts in the spring. zed almost 3,000 farms, and made
and is chock full of illuminating facts or does not thrive.
This alone is not sufficient so it will working plans and crop rotation sys
on the relation o f well directed college
“ Clover and even vetch do not sue be necessary (2), to use some good tems for almost as many more. They
work to well directed life work. Any ceed well on soils in these divisions fungicide as a spray, applications to were directly responsible for the budd
one who is interested and will take th<‘ of the state when sown on virgin bo made at intervals o f about ten days ing o f 1,804 silos and the improve
time to read the book through care land,” says Professor Scuddcr. “ While or so that new foliage is kept covered, ment of many homes. They assisted in
fully and examine the illustrations will vetch, alsike and red clover, field peas commencing as soon as the disease the purchase of 719 registered sires
have an excellent idea o f the quality and beans grow fairly well on the can be detected on the older leaves. and tested 16,027 cows for production.
and extent of work done in agricultural older soils of regions that have be Where only a few plants are to be They were instrumental in the vacci
schools. Concerning the career of the come self inoculated, their yield would treated potassium permanganate made nation of 105,806 hogs for cholera, in
young man Professor Reed proceeds as be greatly increased by making the by dissolving crystals in *co!d water many cases making the vaccination
follows:
soils less acid.
and diluting until a pale rose-red solu themselves.
“ lie can choose, for instance, to
“ The heavy rainfalls of these sec tion is seeured, may be used. Since
*1 The system is new in Oregon but
work in the national forest, building tions and the lack of freezing weath this is rather expensive to use on a already work o f the greatest value
trails and marking boundaries, provid er in winter are natural causes of this commercial scale a copper spray may
to farmers has been accomplished by
ing firebreaks, planting seeds for pro lime deficiency. Lime is readily solu- be substituted. Bordeaux mixture has
the agents now in the field.”
pagating new or different species of able in water and easily leached out the disadvantage of leaving a deposit;
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trees and grass» s, and projecting plans of the soil. Sufficient trials have been the following ammonical solution of
INSECTARY AT HOOD RIVER.
for I he most permanently profitable mado to show the valuable effects of copper carbonate is recommended:
method o f handling the timber; and returning a supply of lime for that
Water, 15 gallons; carbonate of cop
N TN8EOTARY for the study of
he can find the services in a »School of which was leached out and lost by per, 2 ounces; strong ammonia, 1 pint.
local insect pests will be estab
Forestry.
natural causes. This liming o f the soils
lished at Hood River by V. U
Make a thin paste o f the copper
“ lie may aim to enter business, or will not only increase production of carbonate in a little water, then slow Safro, assistant professor o f entom
follow the exacting but. polished duties the legumes, but it will be o f the ly add ammonia until a deep blue solu ology at the Oregon Agricultural Col
o f a private secretary, and he will find greatest importance in general crop tion is obtained. This should not be lege, who is stationed at Hood River
the specific training for the technical production, since there can be no per come clouded when diluted with the for the summer. The purpose of th»
duties o f these vocations, as well as manent soil fertility without some of water.
insectary is to secure exact informa
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much helpful instruction in the Jarg the legumes.”
tion on the life history of insects that
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est problems of the work, in the vari
Sections Represented in Graduating are pests in that district so that orch
ous coursts of a school of commerce.
ard ists may see and study them in
Boys For Camp school.
Class.
“ He may aspire to be an expert ma
ultnom ah
coun ty
has ar
RADUATES of this year’s class their various stages, and to learn as
chinist, handling intricate and precise
ranged to send two boys, who
at the Agricultural College rep nearly as possible the time at which!
tasks of a worker in iron and steel, a
may win first prives in indus
resented 21 different counties in the different stages in their develop
maker of massive instruments as deli trial projects, to the school and camp Oregon with a total o f 127 students. ment is reached so that control meas
eat»1 in operation as the poised mag conducted by the State Department Next to Benton County, which fur ures can be applied most efficiently«
»«'tie ueedle, and he will find in me and the State Agricultural College at nished the largest number, comes Mult It is expected that the information de
chanics! engineering exactly the train the State Fair in Salem next fall. By nomah with 20 representatives. Marion veloped in this research work will b»
ing lu desires.
the terms of membership the school County is next with 11. Then come o f groat use in identifying and con
“ lie may want to be a horticultural will be made up o f two boys from Clackamas, Linn and Umatilla with 6 trolling the local insect enemies.
expert, to aid in the development of each county, and these Multnomah each; Hood River, Union and Yam
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some potential Eden; to protect the boys are the first reported for mem hill with four each; Douglas, Jackson
SUMMER SCHOOL FOR YOU.
fruit wealth of an abundant common bership by
Superintendent J.
A. and Washington with 3 each; Lake,
HE rammer school session at the Ore
wealth from the inroads o f disease and Churchill.
Lane, Polk, Wallowa and Wasco with
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gon Agricultural College is designed
the ravages of insect pests; or to en
2 each, and Clatsop, Harney and Lin
to help the people of Oregon in pm-
gage in the mysteries o f propagating
coln with 1 each.
Cane or Beet Sugar
new and wondrous fruits, and he will
Tbcro were also represented 11 states paring themselves to do better and mom
EET SUGAR is just as valuable in
find in the school of agriculture the
putting up jells, jams and other other than Oregon with a total of 38 satisfactory work and to do it mom
extended horticultural training that he
fruit products as cane sugar, students. California led with 20, fol economically. F ot this reason all s t u
need:’.
according to the agricultural chemists lowed by Washington with 7. New dents who believe that they can profit
by the instruction offered will be ad
“ lie mav choose to rear fine horses, at the Oregon Station. “ Their com York and Idaho were each represent
mitted without examination or request
sheep, or dairy cattle or learn the vtr position and action are identical, ” says ed by two students, and Delaware, In
Kentucky, Massachu for credentials. “ It is presumed that
ied and responsible duties o f farm Professor H. V. Tartar, “ and we have diana, Iowa,
all who apply for admission have a
management, ami he will find in the found that the two sugars may be setts, Mississippi and Texas had one
serious purpose and are of good moral
courses animal husbandry, dairy hus- used interchangeably.” I f this infor representative each.
There were but two graduates who character” , says Professor E. D. Regg-
ban dry, ami agronomy such training mation reaches farmers and fruitmen
ler, director o f the Summer School.
as will give him both confidence and quite generally it will enable them to are residents o f foreign countries, and
go ahead with their canning and pre these both came from our neighboring “ College credits will be granted when
enthusiasm for such a life career.
requested, to the extent to which t-ha
“ He may wish to be a veterinarian, serving in those districts in which state, Canada.
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work accomplished is equivalent to the
practicing the arts of medicine and either the one or the other kind of
•landards demanded in the regular school
surgery that save the lives o f thou sugar is not available or is quoted at Work of County Agents Brings Good
year. The regular college registration
Results.
sands of the dumb friends o f humanity, a higher price.
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• •^T>OT> results o f the work of tee of $5 is the only tuition charged.
and he will find in the courses in
V | county demonstration agents Those attending fearer than six week»
Girls Take Agriculture.
veterinary science both the theory and
are beginning to appear,” said will be charged $1 per week. This on»
N’ this year's graduating class at
the practice to fit him for this humane
the Oregon Agricultural College Professor H. T. French, state leader fee admits students to as many course»
service.
two women received degrees in of farm demonstration at the Oregon as they can profitably attend during
“ Ho may have had an insight into
agriculture. These, the first women to Agricultural College. “ While it is the entire sesaion.”
the clay industries, and desire such
bo graduated in agriculture in the impossible to measure the value of
■eientifie instruction as will enable
history o f the college, are Miss Kate their most valuable aeeomplishments
Edinburgh. Scotland, last year sent th*
him to engage in pottery making or to
Failing, of Portland, and Miss Clara in dollars and cents, reports o f 158 United States $19 418 worth o f glue.
conduct a tile factory, and ia the cer
Nixon, o f Trumansburg, N. Y. Miss agents in the states of the northern
amice courses of the school of mines
Failing received her degree in general and wester» parts of the United States
he will be given the instruction he
agriculture, and Miss Nixon, who came show the value to farmers to be more
vequiree.
here frem Cornell Univervity, com than one and one tenth millions of
“ And thus through n score or more
pleted her course in poultry husbandry, dollars. The work they did in organ
New and seeond hand Sank, o f all
o f useful vocations, as they are pre
lhiring her college work Miss Nixon ization, eo operation, maintaining soil kind». Hop Cloth, Burlap and TwiMi
•ented in a progressive land grant
wrote a poultry bulletin on “ Feeding fertility, improving livestoek herds and Sacks of all kinds manufactured. W*
College.”
educational work is an investment for »hip anywhere and buy everywhere
Young Chickena. ”
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future benefits the value o f which Country orders solicited.
Alfalfa Belt Extended By Liming
Control Measures for Black Spot of time only will show.
Sour Soils.
Rosen.
“ During the part o f the year 1913
WINKLEMAN BAG CO.
HAT the field of growing alfalfa
_ INSIDER ABLE concern is felt in which they earned on their work
Oldest, Largest Seeond Hand B a j
on an extensive scale would be
among rose fancieTs regarding these agents visited 40,883 farmers on
Dealers is Northwest.
extended by applying lime to the
some of the fungous pent* that their own farms, cooperated in agri
Mid soils of the Willamette Valley attack their favorite ornament»!, ne cultural betterment with one half that 175 Front *t.
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