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CEMENT MORTAR. fiatruction In Mixing It For Making Pip or Draintile. A subject tbat Interests farmers is ' t'le milking of concrete pipe, either for tire In Irrigating systems or as a sub stitute for cluy tile In drainage. From le Arizona experiment station come the following practical details of the manufacture of such pliies In molds of tv.o feet In length. The method of mixing the cement mortar will be use ful for other kinds of cement work also:. The rand should be selected with the greatest care. It should be free from clay or dirt and preferably composed of grain of rarylng sizes. Koughly speNking. tbe strongest and densest sand for mortar contains two-third? coarse grains and one-third much finer grains. Often a gravelly sand can be paused throi!h a half Inch mesh screen and then mixed with one-half Its Tolume of fine sand. A cement fbould be selected which b Tery finely ground, rather slow set ting and of i!nitiestloned soundness, Assuming l!:p pipe to be fifteen Inch a In dlnm.'t r and the proportions of the mortar !j lie one part cement to three and oiv-half parts sand, a batch can be made up as follows: One barrel (four sacksi of cement and throe and a balf burrfN (?eveu wheelbarrows) of and. The f.'.oil and cement should be mixed dry m;l tunied three times with hovels. W.'tcr Is then added In an amount KtihV.'cnt to bring the mortar to a "dry" -o!inlntency that Is, such condition as v.iil require much tamp ing to cause r.ater to stand on tbe sur face. The batch should then be turned twice or three times nnd coned. It Is profitable to cork the mortar thor oughly. Labor and Curing. Three r.en two to tamp and one to shovel the mortar are a satisfactory tram and can mix, mold and sprinkle at the rnte of forty pipes per day of nine hours. The tamping mifst be done In small layers, not over three Inches at a time. An Important feature In the manu facture of cement pipe Is tbe curing. About twenty-four hours after tbe pipes are made they should be sprin kled with water so long as they seem to absorb It freely. For a week there after they should be wetted every day. They should then cure In the air for a week or two liefore being laid In tbe grouud. On tbe third day after molding a cement pipe a wash of pure cement should be applied on the Inside of each length wltb a plasterer's brush. Fruit and Fi owe rs r SUCCESS WITH PLUMS. Sugar Boots on Alkali Soil. Beet fields subject to alkali are de scribed as being characterized by a very uneven staud, conniderable Irreg olnrlty In the. size of the plants and the prevalence of chlorosis of the older leaves aud of spratigllng taproots. The eause given for these effects Is tbat the alkali retards or prevents the germina tion of the seed or that It destroys the plants after germination, flay soils wer found to present greater difficul ties In this respect than sandy soils. Attention Is called to the fact that when tbe density of the soil solution becomes too great the vitality of the seed Is destroyed, or, lu the case of al ready growing plants, the paHsagc of water from the soil Into the plant Is checked. The strength of the soli solu-. tion In Colorado analyses was found to be 2.07 per cent of alkali where the oil moisture was equal to 120 per cent and to 8.80 where It was only 10 per cent On tbe field In question the heavy adobe soil two days after Irri gation contained from 18 to 20 per cent of water on the side of the plant next tha water furrow, but several days after Irrigation the moisture content hall fallen to 8 to 12 per cent, and tbe plants, whll still growing, were suf fering from lack of water. O. W. 8 haw, California. Good Effect of Mulching and Spraying In th Spring. Br JAMES ELWIN, Minnesota. Last winter, 1900-7, I bought straw stack In order tbat we might mulch my plum trees to keep them back In the spring In esse a late frost might come after blossoming. We only mulched about one-half aud mulched them In February, when the ground was frozen. As the season was very backward I could not tell If it held tbcui back or not, but I do know that on those that were mulched tbe fruit was better and more of It, owing to tbe mulch retaining the moisture around the tree. On trees that were not mulched the fruit in a number of cases wilted and dried tip lefore ripen ing. The spring of lOOfi was the first year we sprayed. We sprayed before the trees were In blossom with bordeaux and parte green and commenced the second spraying after the fruit bad formed. With only n knapsack spray er It was slow work, and we were un able to UiiInIi the orchard. All the trees that were sprayed twice had very fine fruit, aud those tbat were sprayed only once were Inferior. A number of the trees that were sprayed twice yield ed two slxtcon-quart crates of elegant fin it. harly lu 11)07 I purchased a barrel sprayer, which made the work easy. One man would drive and pump and two would spray. By this means we could spray 200 trees an hour. We sprayed twice last year, using bor deaux and arsenate of lead. Black Aphis. The first three years black aphis was very prevalent among the trees, espe cially the l)e Soto. Last summer after the second spraying I noticed nearly all of the new shoots were' covered with this pest and thought perhaps spraying had not helped It, but lu few days, to my surprise, I found It all gone and concluded the Insects working down to the part that was sprayed obliterated them. In conclu sion I wish to Impress on tbe minds ol those raising plums that It Is not ad visable to offer them for sale In bushel baskets. THE MAGNET. Promising Early Winter Appla of Rich Yellow and Crimson. This promising early winter varletj Is a seedling of Wlnesap which orig inated wltb tbe late Dr. J. Stayman a) Leavenworth, Kan. Tbe first com mercial Introduction of tbe variety ap pears to have been by J. W. Kerr, who catalogued It for tbe fall of 1808 and spring of 1SU9 as "Stayman No. 1." It Is evident, however, that at dif ferent times different names were used FOR ASPARAGUS. mil m i.-i MAGNATE APPLE. for this variety, as Red Sap, Magnet and Magnate, tbe latter name being the one now adopted. The fruit Is described by William A Taylor as being of a rich yellow colot washed with crimson over almost the entire surface and Indistinctly striped with dark purple and covered wltb whitish bloom; dots variable In size, numerous, yellow or red. The flesh Is yellowish, stained with red, flue grain ed, half tender and Juicy. The case Is small, wltb numerous brown seeds; the flavor, rich subacid, with-quality very good; season September to De cember in eastern Kansas, about the Bame as Jonathan. Suitable Fertilizer, With Formula For Home Mixing. There are a great-mapy acres of as paragus raised where a complete fer tilizer Is used, and many of them nre commercial brands bought from deal ers for that express purpose. A fer tilizer that will analyze 4 per cent ni trogen, 8 phosphoric acid and 10 pot ash Is as good an all around article as can be recommended for general use, writes a grower In Rural New Yorker. A formula for this mixture for aspara gus only would be nitrate of soda, 300 pounds; sulphate of ammonia, 100 pounds; tankage, 200 pounds; acid phosphate, 1,000 pounds, and muriate of potash, 400 pounds. Bone may be substituted for tankage If more de slrable. The main object of either tankage or bone Is to get a mixture dry enough to drill. In discussing fer tilizers for this crop I do not wish to be understood as advocating a com plete fertilizer. When Applied. In my own practice I use acid phos phate and potash, three parts of the former to one of the latter. Mix thor oughly and apply broadcast very early In the spring or late winter and work In the soil with future cultivations. The farther down near the roots this Is left when feeding time begins the better. The nitrogenous part of my fertilizer usually nitrate of soda I apply broadcast when cutting season Is over. I fully Indorse the mixing of remiizers at .home ror this or many other crops In preference to paying a greater price for an unknown article, and further than that the grower who knows his soil and its requirements can feed more Intelligently by apply ing that which Is deficient In larger quantity and withholding that which Is not needed. TTORNEY AT LAW L. D. BROWN Notary Public; Abstkacts Mill Street opposite Uglow Bldg. DALLAS, OltEGON, TTORNEY AT LAW, Oscar Hayter, Upstairs In Campbell building. Mill St DALLAS, OREGON ttornkys at law. Sibley & Eakin, The only reliable st of Abstracts li Polk county. Office on Court St, DALLAS, OREGON TTOIt KEY AT LAW Ed. F. Co ad, Office in Courthouse DALLAS, OREGON KILL the COUGH AND CURE the LUNGS WITH Or. ling's (low Discovery PRICE lAn Mr SI tt OLDS .Trial Bottle Free AND ALL THROAT AND LUNG TROUBLES. FOR (TROUGHS GUARANTEED SATISFACTORY! OB MONEY REFUNDED. MA fhis signature is on every box of tbe genu in Laxative bromos(Juinine Tablets ..i JSfr'i'lU'ofS iVV. 1 s2l& J ttorney at law J. L. Collins Main Street, Near I'ostofflce DALLAS, - - OREGON Roots For Farm Animals. Roots as a part of the ration have a decided value for all kinds of domestic animals. Professor T. F. Hunt nnd as sociates in a recent bulletin of the New York Cornell experiment station In dis cussing this subject call attention to the fact that their effect Is tonic as well as nutritive aud that breeders and feeders of farm animals for exhibition purposes find roots Invaluable. For most purposes the roots are chop ped or sliced before feeding. Various hand nnd power machines are on tbe market for this work. Oonerally speaking, roots should not be fed alone, aa they carry too much water. A feed may vary from twenty-live toe fifty pounds a day for a thousand pounds of animal, according to the amount of dry concentrates mid roughage fed. It Is iinijiiI to put the cut roots Into the feed box nnd distribute the ground grain oer them. Kor poultry, how ever, tlie whole roots may be given, al lowing the fowls to pick them. It Is snld by some (lint turnips and ruta baga Impart a flavor to milk. How ever, If no roots lit In the milking room nt the lime of milking and they are fed Just after milking this may be avoided Ostrich Plume Fern. Among the newer ferns Is the New Ostrich Plume (Nephrolcpis piersonl elegantlKRima), uIpo known as the Tar- rytown fern. This Is truly a marvel ous fern nii.l must be seen to be ap preciated, siijs a writer in Floral Life. It Is of ei:i.v culture, has free or vigor ous growth and Is well adapted for house cull i. n, for conservatory or for greenhouse. The beauty of this fern is very Ktri .:lur aud Is justly compar ed wltli (In- plume of the ostrich. The fronds mv ,i.t nearly as long as those of the Pici in fern and are also much broader mid heavier. The small pin nae of the fronds are again subdivid ed, or once more than the Plerson, and the fealhcry effect is very line and striking, 'llicse miniature fronds keep growing; hence there Is a lighter Bhade of green at I heir ends, the main por tions showing a darker shade, the whole effect adding greatly to the beauty of the plaut. TEA Why isn't everything moneyback? Everything isn't fjood enough. Your trocar returns your money If von don't like Schilling'! Best: we pay him. TTORNKV AT LAW. N. L. Butler, Offlce over Dallas City Hank. DALLAS. OREGON TIMBER LANDS Fuller & Elliott Injury From Winter Winds. In some of the prairie slates, where the winter winds nre both cold nnd dry. It is very desirable that the soli be well filled with moisture when whi ter sets In, since during the whole of tho winter evaporation from the young fruit tree'ls constantly going on, nnd If the moisture Is not In the soli to meet this demand the result Is the se rious Injury or even death of the trees. Only Real Estate firm in Polk County handling Timber Laud exclusively Don't fail to call or write If you bave bave timber to sell. Office in Crider Building Dallas, . . Oreoon LOOK HERE! CURE YOUR KIDNEYS Why will peoplecontinue to sulTcr the mronieB ot kidney complaint, backache, urinary disorders, lameness, headaches. languor, Why allow themselves to be come chronic invalids, when a certain cure is offered them? Doan's Kidney Pills is the remedy to use, because it gives to the kidneys the help they need to perform their work. if yon have any, even one, of the syniptomg ol kidney diseases, cure your seif now, before diabetes, dropsy or liriijbt's disease sets in. Mrs. L. Hodson, of 717 Aura St., Pendleton, Ore., says: "I just as en thusiastically endorse Doan's Kidney Pills today as 1 did nearly three years niio. Thev relieve' meof kidney trouble which had botht t . me for a consider able time, l'heie as aching pains m.iuee me siniui oi my uacK and down through my kidneys, "which were aggra vated by colds which settled in the back and loins and caused an awful lameness This was my condition when I began taking loan's K'iclnty Pills. This rem edy banished ttie backache and pains iiimugii uie loins, regulated the kidney secretions and removed every svmptoiii of the trouble, From that day' to this there has been no recurrence, and I give Doan's Kidney Pills all the credit. I consider them to be the best kidney remedy procurable and recommend tliem whenever the occasion arises," For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. roster-.Milbiirn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.,sole agents for the l.'niied States. Remember the name Doans and take no other. 1 Even our Grandfather,-? knew whci BALLARD'S SNOW LINIMENT will do. A CONVINCING PROOF of the worth of a medicine is the cures it can effect. Everv one who has used Ballard's Snow Liniment knows that it will C TD CJ RHEUMATISM, CUTS, SPRAINS, STIFF JOINTS WUKtl BURNS, NEURALGIA,' CONTRACTED MUSCLES AIND ALL PAINS. USED SNOW LINIMENT 10 YEARS. X:,1". ,Settle Richmond, Mo., writes:- "This is to certify that I have used your Snow Liniment for ten years for rheumatism, neuralgia, lama back, etc., ana in every case it has rendered immediate relief and satisfaction." Avoid all Substitutes. Three Sizes 25c, 50c, $1.00 BALLARD SNOW LINIMENT CO. 500-502 North Second Street, ST. LOUIS, AIO. 3 s i FOLEYSIIONETTM tmr thUdrmiu ta'm. ur JJm mplatrw Oats In Montana. Of thirty-four varieties of oats test ed for several seasons at the Montana experiment station Progress, Swedish Select and Siberian were tbe highest ylelders. Grtt Corn States. ah me Kiiues mar produced more than 100,000,000 bushels of -corn 1007 were Ohio, Indiana, Illinois. Iowa Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri and Tex s. It is worthy of remark that the only other Btate which produced up to tbe limit mentioned was the youngest state of nil namely, Oklahoma and that her corn crop for 1907 Is set down at 113,205.000 bushels. Import of Nuts. In the eleven months ended Novem her, 1007. nuts to the value of $9,450, 7U1 were Imported Into the United males. Of this total almonds repre sented 27 per cent, walnuts 23 per cent nil coconnuts 14 er cent. FRIEND TO FRIEND. The personal recommendations of people who hivC been cured I of coughs and colds by Cham berlam s Cough Remedy have done more than all else to make it a staple article of trade and com merce over a large part of the civilized world. AN INSTANCE M i,!T Cun . coco. R.XXDT. of my emji." COI'MIE Good coffee is partly in buying and partly in making:; like everything else,. Your f rocrr return, roiir nnner II rou dost "khillnif' R.'t- r w him INDEPENDENCC I MONMOUTH Railway. KOM INOKI-KSnKSCK. ro DALLA. Trmln No M lrr Imu-'n.l.-m daily or III.; I-. Monmouth. m mr li.ii.. . in. ' ' " Tmin No s .. Iii.tiiviulrnre, ddlv " wa. m.: iv. Mitum.tuiit n ,.v . . I mill , II. 711. I.r.r. In.ln.n.4-.MM m.. Iv. Moniuuulh, Alp m.;r. Dallas.' r aisi.ii. I rain fto. 67 l.v lit,ltwn.li.nm rf.il m. , it. jf.Hiiuvuin. 7.ia. am.: r. Airli. Train Ni. Tl. Irvlnil'n.n,Wnv rf-.ii. m ; IV. NullBouia. l.,ml u. at.: u lull. 1 n aoxnocra om, Jmtt lii.lrprnilrno. dai.jr, s.jo p m. No. lot arrtrra Monmouth . .X a n. FROM tl ALLAH ria luMrinDiM-t. Train So fcy. Iar 11 laa. daily . ..irtr. t rain N hl. MalUa. Sunday a m : r. ln.it-1 a.irm ; .ai . Trala So . Ixn IWlu. l.llr . I Hmim.Miih. I JA l. im. . ar l,.,l-,, ........ The City Express I Transfer Co. does all kinds of hatilino- nt reasonable rates, Stand and both phones at Webstor'sCoufectionci v Store. STOW BR.OS. Proprietors DALLAS, OREGON Lumber For Sale Rough and dressed lumber for sale at your own price. Let me figure on your bill. Mutual phone. M. G. HARRIS, DALLAS. - OREGON V. -cffcr Cns Kunured Dollars Reward foi iy tios i t taion-h that caanot be cured bi Irui'sCutAii-h Curs. 1- J- CUF..NSY & CO. , Props ., Toledo, O. TTe tho oii.:isiied, have known F. J. Che jey foi tho last 10 years, and believe him per eciiy honorable in all business transactions rjil Caancially ah!o to carry out any obliga Jit moile by their firm. A l-sTft'l'iiuAx. Wholesale Drnyfrlsts, Toledo, O gi"3 To'u',ioMiaVIS' Drug. na'l'scatarrh cure is taken Internallr actii. diracnyupoa the blood and mucouTsurfof the sysrera. 1-r.ce, 73c. per botUe. Sold bj U Hall's Faaiily Pills are the best. Sold and Recommended by STAFRIN DRUG COMPANY r r "-ifir-rn Dallas Truck & Dray Company Hubbard & Brown, Proprietors rtione and stand at Belt & Chor. rlngton's drug store. Bell anil Hint nn 1 Phonps. All kinds of haulino- w.i . a " or sine. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Cures Col.ls. Croup and Whooping; Couch. 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