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.
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Notary Public; Abstkacts
Mill Street opposite Uglow Bldg.
DALLAS, OltEGON,
TTORNEY AT LAW,
Oscar Hayter,
Upstairs In Campbell building. Mill St
DALLAS, OREGON
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The only reliable st of Abstracts li
Polk county. Office on Court St,
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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.
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TIMBER LANDS
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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
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Why will peoplecontinue to sulTcr the
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if yon have any, even one, of the
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Mrs. L. Hodson, of 717 Aura St.,
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agents for the l.'niied States.
Remember the name Doans and
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Even our
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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
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