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11 rv ? VOLUME III. BOARDMAN, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1923. NUMBER 39 Balanced Ration Needed for Eggs Profitable Returns From j Laying Hens Are Largely j Due to Good Feed. (Prepared by the ITnaed States Department of' Agriculture. ) Good egg production and profitable returns from laying liens are largely .the result of properly balanced ra tions composed of wholesome feeds. (Experiments in poultry feeding for egg production carried on by the United Mates Department of Agriculture show that it takes about 0.7 pounds ol feed to produce a dozen eggs with i general-purpose pullets while the egg- j laying strains, such as Leghorns, re- quire about 4.8 pounds of feed. Old hens require a much l.'iV"r amount , of feet! in producing a eggs. . ( Re&uits From Simple Mixture. I Simple mixtures composed of home grown grains and their hy-prodm ts, supplemented with meat or fish scrap ' or milk, give the most profitable re- I suits. A good scratch mixture is one made of two parts cracked corn and ;one part oats, while a mash of three j parrs cornmeal and one part Went s . will be found very satisfactory. A air amount of green feed with the. rutions should give good results with the Hock, since the mash and scratch mixtures suggested combine the animal-protein feed, bulk, and fat required by a good balanced poultry ration. The rations may be varied to in clude feeds that are easily obtained and that are comparatively Inexpen sive, Corn, wheat, oats and barle) are the principal grains fed to poultry. Kafir corn and buckwheat are used also, but are not so generally avail able and cost more. Corn and wheat are the two best grains and are about eqttul In value as poultry feeds, al though wheat can be fed alone better tlnui corn, which is inclined to be fat tening. Outs and barley, on account of their hulls and higher fiber content, are not so good as wheat or corn. Itye is not well relished by fowls and Is .seldom fed. Wheat screenings or slightly damaged grains may some times be bought to advantage, their value depending entirely upon their (Utility and condition, but as a rule it is good policy to stick to sound grains In good condition. Mash Made of Ground Grains. A mush made of ground grains, mill products, and meat scrap may use cornmeal, wheat bran, wheat mid dlings, or corn chop, eorn-and-eob meal, or ground oats, depending upon, the feeds available and the relative cost of each. It is worth remember ing, however, that just as go;'d results can be obtained with a simple mash containing three or four ground grains and meat scrap us from a highly com plicated mash containing ten or tvele products. .pi Along the Concrete m mmwwrrr'r' lit i mm 1H5 IATC. HOUR- RAvE YOU Jfp: (f - , j g I p &Mm&wSk ANY GASOLINE? HY (At lgfe k$ -V"-- k 1 BP H AEu-!fR ' III 111 IBBw - I rl .i. - Mlllll !! H 111! LADIES MP BET I).TK FOR HEALTHFUL SCHOOLS BAZAAII OK NOVEMBER 23 STATU MARKICT AGENT DHPARTMBNT C.Ii.SpencO, State .Market Agent 72J Court House, Cortland Training Shipper to Grade and Pack Insects Attack Apples While Held in Storage With more attention being pah! to the grading of apples, anything which contributes to the deterioration of the fruit after packing or in storage will be of considerable Interest to fruit growers. Observations made at (lenova und elsewhere show that late summer Insects sometimes escape the notice of the packer and are put In storage, where later they may develop und do much damage to the fruit. The larvae, or worm form of leaf rollers, bud moth and case-bearers have been found feeding on apples piled In the orchard, while COdllng moth larvae, the lesser apple worm, San Jose scale and apple maggots are known to have continued their feeding and development in supposedly sound fruit which had been placed in stor age. Fortunately the codling moth and arpl.' maggot confine their efforts to a tlM infested fruit, but the apple worm ac San Jose scale may pass from apple to apple. If the fruit can be placed In odd storage und held at Just abore freez ing point until ready for use, little if any injury will result from insects In advertently carried over with the ap ples. Although the larvae may not be killed, the low temperature will effec tively check their growth. However. Infested apples never keep quite so well in storage as do sound apples. eoi'XTY AGENTS' SERVICE MEETS GENERAL APPROVAL All Oregon Oonntlee But One Now Having Agents Support Item. Two New Ones Added All the county courts in counties carrying on agricultural) extension work through county agents, with a single exception, have made pro vision for continuation of the appropriations in ihe budgets recent ly made up, and in addition Grant county included the Item for the first time, and Clackamas county where the county funds were pro vided by private subscription hag restored the item to the budgi ft. The single exception was Linn county v. hore difficulty has been experien ced in securing county funds for this work many times and where farmers raised the nessasary money Outstanding work of the year which has contributed to the general appreciation of this service has been the establishment of re circulation systems In prune dryers In western Oregon, reducing coats work in connection with the dairy industry and a constructive aitack on the marketing problem. In Deschutes county the applica tion of sulphur, first conducted by the county agricultural agent, has increased yields 4 0 per cent, reports representative farmers and business men. FARM FOINTKItS ( From O.A.C. Experiment Station) Keep the dairy cows In out of the rain, because it. takes good feed that might better be used for production to keep them warm if they are ex posed to the weather. It is a com mon practice to leave cows oui dur ing the rainy season In Oregon, but they are better off inside, according lo I!. C. Jones, associate dairy htts- b; ndman of the Oregon experiment s:ation. Alfalfa hay alone for fattening eat- tl gives on the average a little better than one pound gain daily. Alfalta hay and a liberal amount of corn sil age, about 25 pounds, will give a! out 1 pounds daily gain. The latter ration also gives a better finish on cattle. Much business was transacted at the LadieH Aid, which met with Mrs. Johnson at her home on Wednesday. The date for the bazaar was set to be given on Nov. 2 3. Lunch will be served. Mrs. Messenger will have charge of the plain work booth and Mrs. Hands of the fancy work. There will also be a country store 'again this year. l'lans were made to celebrate Ar mistice day, Nov. 11th with services at the church both morning and ev ening. Delicious refreshments were served by the hostess. Exhaust of Automobile Is Sure Death to Lice Most every farmer has a car of some kind ; and most every fanner has chickens, and therefore is troubled with vermin in the chicken house at some time. Well, here Is the connec tion. It is new and reliable. Just attach a rubber hose to the ex haust pipe of your motor and put the other end in the chicken house with the chickens all out, of course. Close the house as tightly as you ran, let the motor run about ten minutes, and bingo! Bugs, lice, mites and other vermin are gone. It Is the cheapest lice killer known. A sholf placed on top of the base board in the clothes closet furni hes an excellent place for shoes. This shoe board not onlv makes it possi ble to take care of the shoes but makes cleaning of the closet much r. Preparedness. When the Iceman came out of the house be found a small boy sitting on one of his blocks. " 'Ere," he roared, "what are yer a-slttlug on that for? Git olT of It." The boy raised a tear-stained face. "Was you ever a boy?" he inquired faintly. "Of course I waR." said the Iceman, fuming. "But " "And did you never play truant 7" put in the youngster. "Of course I did," said the leeraan. "Now then, you " "An' when you got home did your father take a stick an' " "Sit where you are. my little man," i said the iceman. "I understand." PATHOPHOBIA ' "roni Oregon Sla'o Hoard of Ileal t li in Co-operation Willi the United States Public Health. Service. Fred erick D. Strieker, M. D., Collabor ating Epidemiologist.) Unreasonable dread or fear of d la vase Is a primitive affection and lor ages Ignorance and superstition made man an eaiy viotlm. History records a series of epidemics C'.at swept entire na.ioiss, causing more cnsualilies than the hand of war. It was natural lo fear such a mighty agent and wlih no way of control ling dl: ease It was looked upon as the wrath of a Supreme being. In order to appiare the evil one sacri fices were offered while the people lied from the peet-lnfested chics. In modern limes man's fear:: have become more specific, Pht iDIo phobia, fear of tuberculosis, rardlo phobla, fear of heart disease, rancor phobia, fear of cancer, and neo phobia, fear of infection, are of com mon occurrence and are usually due lo an Incomplete knowledge of the disease. There ar". therefore, two extremog, unreasonable fear of disease and a foolhardy blindness to the danger of disease). Only a tboro education In the nature of disease will dev lop the art of sane and efficient llvll g. OUT present knrwh dt'e demonstrates the fact that many diseases ar ' avoid able. Personal hygiene must be come more than i kin deep. Kvery one has an obligation, noi only to prolong his own life, but al.-o o be able to affo-d protection to others, Have you don everything to protect yourself and family from disease? Are you doing everything to pre t tv font OW good health? In order lo stimulate a vreater inter . t In personal welfare a series of bulletins wtO be pubished calling attention to the Utile thlni;; 'hat necessary to assure good health are (Oregon Slate Hoard of Health In Co-operation with the I'nlted States Public Health Service. Frederick D. Strieker, M. D., Collaborating Epidemiologist.) Man has too long considered him self a special creation, not a part of nature, but in some way different from, superior to all other life. Man is Just as much a part of nature as a horse or an elephant, and is equally subject to nal lire's laws The stock grower has long learned the lesson that it is bad business to mix tho healthy animals with the ones that are diseased. In spite of this well known fact many of our schools are still the incubators of disease This is due to the fact that tome parents insist on sending sick children to school and the teacher does not rec ognize the Bcrlous consc'iuenees of allowing an unwell child to attend. When in doubt do not send the child to school. All questionable caseS should be referred to the health officer. The best Investment a coun ty can make is a full time health unit which will insure the proper in vestigation of all suspicious cases. Parents and teachers can do much to lessen infection if they will ob serve and follow a few simple rules. A child Hhould nol be sent to school, or should be excluded from school: Who has an acute cold. Who lias a fever. Who is broken out with a rash. Who has a spulum raising cough. Who has a swelling of the neck 01 face. Who cannot eat on account of Ill ness. Who Is nausealed, dizzy, or faint Who has red or weeping eyes. Who lives in a homo that is quar anl ined. A wise parent will mak- uerialn that a child that has recently had an acute atlack of contagious disease will not return to school until such contagion hart fully Bleared, To send a child to school when not fully re covered, not only may be an addi tional risk to the obi Id, but is a great wrom; lo other children, who may be Infested and seriously In jured by coitart with such a case. Let parens and teachers cooperate In making our schools not only in stltutionB of learning, but also dif- fusers of heallh Instead of spreade rs of disease. Washington has put its co-operative hai association over and has 7 a par cent of tho alfalfa hay signed up to be handled thru pool selling. The organisation Will finance thru the Intermediate Credit bank. The same movement Is now under way in Ore gon and there Is little doubt, say the! promoters, but what it will go over eail), when then' will be co-operation of the two state associations and 7ii pen ent of the hay grown in tho r.orthwest will be committed lo a definite selling plan. When Oregon's 75 per cent Is signed up Joint price Qxing and selling will be worked out. This li a demonstration of farmers operating their own business, rather than letting tht brokers run it for them. U can be applied to almo.t any product grown in s'lQHIent quan tities to warrant an organization. A few years ago the pouitrymen cf OrpgOn shipped their eggs to the different ooinnataeioa houses and pack ing concerns and asked, "How much will you g,vj?" Today the poultry nien have a strong co operative aaso claMo'.i which fivers the prie on the "Kgs and tho deal ts have lo meet It. Further, tho dealt rs consider the pri e of the co-opera ive associate n In quoting prices to thorc whe are not members of the organization. The association fixes the egg price of Oregon. Ittdus'rial prl"es are abnormally high and agricultural prices abnor mally low. This puts the Farmer in a tight hole and It would seem that thru group action lies his only hope In adjusllr.g these conditions. The 'otton growers, tobacco raisers and fruit growers of t'.ie sottth have pulled their Industries up from lois to profit by united SOtlOO. In thia era of com binations and price fixtr.';, the Indus try that thrown its products on toe market and tabes the huyrs' urlc stands a slit a chance to r,uc?ecd The Agricultural News, Waah'ng 'on's state Grange, publication, prints i n"t'v that shou'd sear Itself Into thi eiind of every farrier who read" It wheat -ratr lug rormaunltv in cn gda wag pavtefi 1,! cents for binder ivtne, when tha farmers formed a co-oi.-ra!lvo ROiupan? aid huilt a :wlrie fgfttory and told the name tvlne at 8 14 cents, the actual cor I being 8 cents. The big machhw 'corporation, which had for years ro'd the farmers twine, at onoe cut their price from li cents to 8 cents, one 'eilf cent lower than thO farmers' re operative price, and this price p re ratted until the farmers' factory was : truck by lightning and burned, then 'lie corporal Inn put lis price back to 16 cents. Fully Insured, tin' far mers rebuilt tht Ir plant and again put their twlno on tie- inar'tct at 8 cents, whn the private corporation once more reduced its price from lfi to 8 cents, hoping to Induce the far mers to desert th lr own organisation by the lower price. This story Il lustrates the whole en-operattvo-novement more than columns of ar gument could. The potato inspection and grading law Is being generally observed bv growers tind shippers and tho senti ment over the state Is very fnvorabb' 'o the new act. There Is of courts the usual opposition on Ihe part of so. ne to this law, ati there Ih lo an' law that would guarantee I standard product. Partners may obtain sacs stencils, postpaid, 2f cents each, In applying lo Gleorge n. HisloPi B) per lineal station, o. a. c, Corvallts, Oregon, Slowly the farmers of Oregon are realizing that they must combine as other Industries do. when consum ers and retailers will realize that 'hey i.iusl also combine with the pro ducers, then will the great mlddle proflts and p 'uses be lowered to the benefit of ths three classes. r.Mit A, -( T r -ling survivals GOOD CIGARETTES io ,-Pr--; GENUINE "BULL" DURHAM TOBACCO Sunflowers foi IllSgS should be put In when the secils reach the hard dough atnge. When ifrown on wet land so the pith Ih sappy and full of water, they may be CUt anil wilted In the (bid before inning into the silo. Mien grown en rtry my ground, they nhoubl be peg Into the silo as prompt ly as possible and enough water add-e-' that a liille can he squeezed from the cut states. Monday may nol be the best day of the week on which to do the fam ily washing. Tuesday Is much more acceptable. It leav. h Monday for planning the week's work. Ancient ftute rhet'i are iutertins survivals in ifflfiinnteBt, and the tenacity with ' which ancient customs are guarded In the commons is evident from the fact that a pesesttger may get step on the tog of the house, and at times has to curry out curious forms of gymnas tic exercise In order t(l get at u mem ber be wants without actually st-p ping on forbidden ground (tOTICK cote pi in ic vnox. Department of the Interior, c. s. Land Office at The Dalles, Oregon, September 27, 192:!. NOTICK Is hi reby given that Sol omon C. Cummins, or llermlston, On gon, who, on June 22, 1 f J 2 0 . made Homestead entry, No. 011749. for SF.14, Section 2fi, Township :i N., Range 26 F... Willamette Meridian, has llled notice of Intention to make final throe voar proof, to establish claim to the land above described, before C H. Hlayden, United States Commissioner, at Iloaidman, Oregon, on the 13tfa day of November, 1923. Claimant name as witnesses: Henry J. Tafol, Oliver Oraham Lee, John Puller, Sherman Nelson, all of Echo, Oregon J. W. DONNKLLY, Much Waste and Loss of Fruits and Vegetables Can Be Prevented. (Prepared by the United S(ate Depurtmnnl of Ab; leulture.) VV'Hste and loss 111 fruits and vege tables due to spoilage or breaKUgd iu transit have been one of the &ei lous problems connected with the protitable production and selling of perishable foods. The market specialists of the bu reau of agricultural economics of the United States Department ot Agricul ture have loug urged growers to take steps to prevent this unaeccssary waste, which brings them no prolit tend ofleu means u serious loss, at the same time reducing the total Supply of fruits and vegetables. Increased care In selecting, grading, packing ami shipping their products has accom plished much In spite of the risks in volved in shipping perishables over long distances, across deserts, moun tains and plains In all kinds of weather. Tomatoos All Year. TesnatoSS are now found on the large markets practically all the year, coining front Mexico. Cuba, and the Bahamas In early winter, from Florida and south Texas next, and ttoui east Texas, Mississippi and Tennessee (lur ing the spring. Ohio, Illinois and New Jersey supply the summer trade ct the large eastern markets until local grow ers and home gardeners can 11 U the demand. California siilps tomatoes from May to November, 1 1 order to avoid high freight Charges on toma toes which win spoil in transit, tisry careful grading and packing lUUSt be done by the shippers, Itotlt consumer and grower reap th" benefit of this care preceding shipment. Losses and waste In pundllng poorly graded cabbage are quite frequent. The shippers lose by their own negli gence and the consumer loses because of the lessened supply, poor quality and higher local prices. Growers are being systematically urged uot to ship over-ripe, decayed and soft heads of cabbage. Grade All Producti. The large associations of potato growers have succeeded In grading their products under brand MflHN which protect the customer against overs Ised, hollow ami defective 1 1 " Itoxed apples fyoni the North Wi St leave that region splendidly (traded, al though at times they suffer unavoid ably In transit to eastern markets. California growers are making Vigor ous efforts to put only standardised cantaloupes, citrus fruits and other products on the market, to avoid sli -p!ng either green or overripe meli us and to enforce such rigid grading, packing and shipping rules that only those oranges, grapefruits mid lemons which will surely withstand travel and changes In climate, are now being shipped. The. list Blight he Indefinitely Con tinued. Every effort Is being made by the Culled Stales Department of Agri culture to influence growers to grade their products and pack then properly for shipment, enabling the house keeper, who is the iinai purchaser of California's cantaloupes, Florida's to matoes, or Oregon's apples, to obtain her money' worth when she deals with the retail storekeeper. Fowls Appreciate Good Feed of Grain at Night a ben consumes approximately four ounces of loud a day, ami poultry au thorities at Minnesota University farm hud she will eat two on 11 cs of this In the form of dry mash when It is avail able. These ground griilns are quickly digested, and the fowl Is saved the trouble of grinding all the feed in her crop, Thus by feeding dry mush pro duction can be forced. The other IWO ounces of feed, save Ihe pouitrymen, should he In the form 1 of whole or cracked grains, fed twice j a day In a deep, clean biter, giving a little less than Sa ounce In the morn ing and a little more than an ounce at night, The hen's crop Is small and the winter nights are long, consequently the heavier toedtng should be given at night. Care should lie taken always that the fowla go on tin roosts with full crops. Late fall plowing, followed by an la rertllled crop the following yeur. will et rid of wild onion, or garlic Corn n eheCBrowS Is a good crop to plant. To g"t rid of the onions in pasture, if the plants are too numerous, dig each lent and destroy It Bheeri eat (he op of the onhm, and grazing for a fW years often kill It out. Coal far xeesrttS oil applied to each plant l be rate of about four thimbleful I tf retire In killing both the plant and in tmserminsted bnJhe 00 -n 9 Register. Cooking butter in a kettle in the oven save standing and stirring. Duller so cooked doea not slick.