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About The Boardman mirror. (Boardman, Or.) 1921-1925 | View Entire Issue (April 1, 1921)
BQARDMAN TRADING CO. "West Extension Supply Store" Our line is now complete for the Farmer. We have: Groceries Dry goods Shoes Hardware Implements Tires Feed When t hey ask whore yon got It, say Boardman Trading Co. "WEST KXTKNNION BTJPPIiY STOKE" Mystery plays no part in the adjusting of our prices. No guesswork- no secret prices but everything in plain figures. We know that if you examine our store, in vestigate and compare our prices even with city prices, that you will become a regular customer here. A visit is all we desire Our Merchandise will convince Sawteile's, Snc. Pendleton, JOl'corS Oregon The Leading Diamond Dealers in Eastern Oregon Diamond Tires and Tubes Mighty Easy Riding Gas Oils Accessories Expert Guaranteed Repair Work At Reasonable Prices Service Car Any Time Any Where If your Ford Is sick We can cure it. No cure, no pay Boardman Garage DAIRY 1 1 FACTS I COW-TESTING ASSOCIATIONS Some Notable Improvement in Milk Production Reported From Stat of New Hampshire. (Prepared by the United StateB Depart ment of Agriculture.) Tn seven rou-tpstinc associations Id bn Hampshire, 21fl rnnt werp sold during i- months, and their places fillet) by more profitable animals, ac cording to h report made to the dairy division. United Slates Department of Agriculture. This averages nearly 31 cuts for each association, in these New Hampshire associations some not ahle Improvement In production is re ported. In SIX Cow-testing associations In that stale, which have been at work for two years, IB herds made an aver- Testing Associations Furnish Dairy man With Means of Detecting Un profitable Producers. Rge increase per cow of 7!.'l pounds of inlk annually, and an increase of 40,30 in the incoi ver cost of teed. In six associations that have been at work for three years, six herds se cured an increase of 860 pounds in the milk yield per cow. and an income over cost of feed of $88.31 more than the herds formerly averaged, in general, cow-testing association work in New Hampshire is on a good, sound basis, the department says. As sociation members are studying indi vidual cow records, the ability of pure bred bulls In Increase production, wise feeding practices, and tl' proper rais ing of young stock. The Influence of these studies is affecting even dairy men who are not members of t lie associations. DEVELOPMENT OF GOOD COWS Typical Letter From Dairyman Aiding in "Better Sires Better Stock" Campaign. (Prepared by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture ) To illustrate how a good herd of cat tle may be developed from a small be ginning, the United states Department Of Agriculture makes public the follow ing letter from a farmer near Nokes vllle. Va. This letter Is typical Of many contributed by practical farmers aiding in the Heller Sires Better Stock" campaign. "I am a farmer and dairyman. I milk 7"i cows and raise about two calves a year so as to be able to cull my herd two cows a year and replace with young calves "I started with common grades of all kinds, hut they were good ones Then 1 began using my neighbor's purebred bull, and kept the best heif ers Hut this was slow progress, so I bought six grade Holsiein hellers and also a purebred hull. Then I added two purebred cows. "1 now find a ready sale for stock I wish to sell, even for my grades When one uses a good bull and good cows, well cared for, he does not have any scrub calves." The letter points out clearly how it Is possible for one lo develop gradu ally Into a breeder of purebred and high-grade live stock SEPARATE STALL FOR COWS Youngsters Prevented Fr'm Crowding and Nursing Each Other's Ears Expanse Is .mall. A Wisconsin tenner, Who had a number of calves, thought It might be well to thai some means of keeping them separate While feeding They pushed and pulled and "nursed" each other's ears so thai the Stronger ones were well fed while the weaker weut hungry Sicel stanchions were an ea pense which be did not feel was lustl- fled with his small herd At Utile cost Hnd with small labor he built wooden stalls to which the calves could be tied while feeding Board partitions separate ibein more completely from one another, and ta dtvldtwl earthenware bowls which fit Into a wooden frame, form separate feeding devices which may be ettsltj renewed and cleaned RIGHT SPEED OF SEPARATOR If Bowl Does Not Travel at Proper Spsed Inefficient Skimming Will Be the Result. Hid speed at Which the cream sep arator is operated Is a manor of tin portance If the howl does not travel ut the proper rate of speed inefficient skimming will be the result, too much hutterfat being left In the skim milk A decrease In the sped of the ma chine will cause n decrease 111 the tut test of the cream while running the machine too fast will cause an In crease. Care should be taken to op erate the separator at the speed des Iguated by the manufacturer To o sure thai the machine Is being run it the correct speed the revolutions ot the crank should be timed by a reii able indicator or a watco. 0, A. 0. BUT SEES GRIM TRAGEDY Starving Chinese Clamor For Garbage Thrown From Diner. Conditions too appalling for descrip tion and mteery awful to look upon were witnessed only six weats ago In the famine districts of North china by W A Sellwood, Y. M. C. A. secretary and graduate of O. A. C, who has just returned from 18 months' service in Russia and China, and who travelled 10 days, covering 800 miles, through the famine-stricken section from Pekin near the northern boundary, to Nan king, near the Chinese coast, "That ten-day journey was one long horror," said Sellwood. "I am haunted yet by the memory of the drawn, des pairing faces and the pitiable cries for rood of the starving, half-naked men, women and children who crowded un der the train windows, lifting up their arms in desperate supplication to us, every time the train slowed up or stopped. There are 45,000,000 Chinese xrmfrnntofi with starvation in the famine district, and the daily death rate is 15.000 a day. Typhus and pestilence are adding their toll to that of wholesale starvation, and condi tions are simply beyond any adequate description. "In Russia I have seen corpses stack ed up like cordwood, and many other things very shocking to people who live comfortable, well-ordered lives here in the United States, but these were nothing to the tragic things that were visible on every hand all along the 800-mile journey through the famine districts of north China. The corpses were not stacked up in orderly fashion as in Russia. The survivors are too weak and wasted to under take any such task, and those who perish are left to lie where they fall, or are rolled Into streams nearby. Almost at any time we could look out and see bodies floating in the streams or lying about on the ground. It is a common thing for famine vic tims to succumb while digging for roois to eat, and the mute evidence of this last futile effort to secure some morsel that will sustain life a little longer, is visible on every hand; the dead bodies of men, women and chil dren may be seen lying beside the hole lu the ground that has been dug with sticks, or with the wasted claw-like hands of the starving. Long ago all dogs, cats and even rats have disap peared in this land of horrors, except for a few wild, half-crazed dogs that are dreaded by the emaciated human creatures because they fight so tenaciously for food and sometimes at tack the children in their desperate hunger. Everything eatable has been eaten except leaves, roots and grass, and these are rapidly being exhausted. Where there are trees the bark frum these is also used, and most of the trees are dying as a result. This vege tation is ground up into a sort of meal, and made into a kind of cake by mix ing with '..iter. It is baked when fuel cat. tiS) obtained. Millions of Chines' .ire living on this diet alone. "Or of the most pitiable incidents of tin- journey was the wild clamor all along the railroad at points where tha garbage from the dining car was dumped daily. Knowing approximate ly where to expect this garbage to be lumped, thousands of gaunt, starving creatures gather for hours in advance and await the passing of the train. The railroad company, to prevent the frantic people from throwing them selves under the wheels In the strug gle for this garbage, have built fences two or three feet from the train, and the pails are emptied outside this fence. Policemen si and guard along the fence to hold back the older and the better-nourished people while the chil dren and the weaker udults are let through to get the first pickings '' Sellwood also tells of a desperate Chinese mother ' tried to sell him her little thresyu -old daughter for Ml cents. Recognizing the lace of an American at the ' udow of the train, this woman crowded to the front, hold ing up the child In her arms, and Im ploring him to buy it It was explain ed to Sellwood that all Chinese mothers in the famine section are eager to sell their c'ol Iren, particular ly to Americans, as this means that the child will be fed and have a chance to live, also that the returns from the sale will also mean a little food foi (he children that 0 I 'eft and for them selves. T ed! No matter how hard up" you may feel, you are rich in comparison with the starving peoples of China and Vrmenla. You know that you car easily help fill a few plates on the big relief table, fifteen thousand peopk are dviug in the Chinese famine dis trick Hut for the accident that you wer born on this side of the globe, one ol them might have been you Weston Leader. Well said. Rut for the fortune ol birth 1n a favored lone, one of then might have been you, or yours. The American public Is tired of drives sc it is often said but it will be yet mort tired before famine gives way tc plenty, death to life, or a chance foi life, and chaos to order, in less for tunate parts of the world. Tired? Of course everybody is tired Out others are even more tired o hunger, destitution, disease, and all tli horrors that go with famine and de strnction. Being tired is no excust for closing either ears or pockets t the cries and ueeds of helpless people Morning Oregonlaa. Columbia Trading Co. General Merchandise Boardman, Oregon Confections Gasoline Lunch Goods Oils Fruits Vegetables Hay FLOUR and FEED Drop in at the PASTIME f ej Candies Pool Koom obacco Barber Shop BAKERY GOODS Boardman, C. SNIVELY Oregon Attention to Small Details is One of Our Hobbies Is it any satisfaction to you to know that, your Insurance Policy Never Expires while in our care until you order it discontinued? 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