Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, October 20, 1908, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextTHE HORN FLY. 8oms Remedies to Protect Cattle From This Annoying Pest. Tlie season la uere when that great pest of the dairy cow, tlie tioru fly, should be watched. Considerable anx iety Is always evinced by stock owners concerning the sudden annual appear ance upon their cattle or enormous numbers of a small blackish fly which irritates the animals so much with its bite and disturbs them constantly that they fall off rapidly both In flesh and yield of milk. This horn fly Is a European pest which was first brought to the notice of the United States division of ento mology in September, 1877, and was probably Imported with cattle from Europe, where It has been known since 1830. Xhe flies merely resort to the horn as avrestlng place from which they cannot easily be dislodged by the animal. They also congregate on the neck and on the base of the tall While feeding the flics work their way down through the hairs so as to reach the skin of their victim, but they quickly take flight at the slightest disturbance. The bites seem to pro duce great Irritation. Preventive. To quote from the Unit ed States entomologists, Messrs. iilley and Howard: "Almost any greasy substance will keep the flics away for several days. J A number of experiments were made In the field, with the result that train oil alone and train oil with a little sulphur or carbolic acid added will keep the flies away for from five to six "days, while with a small proportion of car bolic acid It will have a healing effect upon sores which may have formed. Common axle grease will answer near ly as well, and tills substance has been successfully and extensively used by a large stock dealer lu Virginia. Tal low has also been used to good advan tage. The practice of smearing the horns with pine or coal tar simply re pels them from these parts. Train oil i be a liealthy one. Their feet will gc't bad, ticks will Infest them, and Inter nal worms will trouble them. The adult sheep may withstand these nt- tac!:s, though they will show plain signs of suffering, but many Iambs will perish after being perhaps half grown. Sheep are three times profitable, for lambs, wool and muttoo, and there Is room In the United States for double the number there now is, and farmers may well grow them In small or me dlum'flocks. But don't do It If your pastures are low and marshy. In some portions of the year our atmosphere Itself Is too moist for them, and when Is added to that a moist bed and mud and water for them to walk and feed In for long at a time success need not be cxp'cted. Farmers who raise sheep, therefore, says American Stockman, should al ways select tlie highest ground for their pasture ami If possible provide them clean drinking water that they can get to without going into mud. If this can be done there Is not a more profitable animal on the farm except those whose actual services are needed and make them profitable. AMERICAN MERINOS. Some Characteristics of This Hardy Breed of Sheep. The variety known as the American Merino Is a modification of the Spanish Merino and has been established In this country for more than a hundred years. Its most striking characteris tic is tlie heavy folding of the body, excepting over the back; also the small, short hair, the heavy twisted horns of the male and the thin skin. The fleece covers the entire body and legs, often almost concealing the eyes. The sur face of the fleece is usually very dark, owing largely to the oil and dirt. The fleece Is of tlie very highest grade and Is the lending business char asterlstlc of the breed. Many ma ture ewes shear twelve to fifteen pounds and rams fifteen to twenty pounds or even more, some records of BOliN FLY AND EOT! MUCH KNLAIiOED. or flsh oil seems to be more lasting in its effects than any other of the sub stances used." A cheap and clllcaclous remedy which lu the long run will be found to be the best Is the kerosene emul sion, says a writer In Hoard's Dairy man. The emulsion consists simply of n inlxturo of soapsuds with twice the quantity of ordinary coal oil made as follows: Kerosene (coal oil), two quarts; rain water, one quart; soap, two ounces. Hull the soap In the water till all Is dissolved, then whllo boiling hot turn It into the kerosene and churn It con stantly and forcibly with a syringe or force pump for Ave minutes, when it will be of a smooth, creamy nature. As It cools it thickens Into a Jellyllko mass. This gives tlie stock emulsion, which must be diluted before using with nine times Its measure that Is, twenty -seven quarts of water. It will be found to mix more easily If done at once before It cools. This makes thir ty quarts of tlie mixture ready for use. This may lie npplied to the nnlmals by means of n sponge or, what Is certainly more convenient, a force pump nnd spray nozzle, fine application often lasts two or three days. Where a small number of cattle only nre kept the hand sprayers answer well enough. mothers, who "bad to depend upon the wild fruits alone when the country was new, learned many arts that seem almost forgotten In these later days, and one of them was the use of elder berries. They gathered them, stem mcd, washed and packed tbem in deep earthen Jars until within three inches of the top and then filled the Jar with Orleans molasses. The berries kept in this way, too, and made delicious pies through the ong. bleak winter, wnen good things were scarce. Another way, which some of us remember, was to dry them In the sun, and this, too, gave many an appetizing dish that other wise would have been forever lacking. Somehow the pioneer woman found her greatest Joy in providing good things for her family. One wonders if the women of today who have "ca reers" know as much real happiness as did the pioneer women of fifty years ago. But elderberries still grow, and they are still good. Let the boys gather some and try an elderberry pie. Make a rich crust and pinch it up high around the edge, so that the pie will not be, as some one said, "all fence and no pasture." Fill it with the clean berries, add a tablespoonful or good vinegar and a teacup of sugar into wlil'li a tablespoonful of flour has been sMrred. Cover with a top crust and bind the edges together with a strip of cloth, or some of the rich Juices will be lost sure. Bake forty minutes. A delicious sauce can be made witn apples and elderberry Juice, or a Jelly can be made in the same way. Cook apples and berries together, one part of berries to three or four of apples. Strain the juice and cook as any other Jelly Elderberry Juice Is a fine addi tion to grape juice, both because of flavor and medicinal qualities. THE GUINEA IN DISGUISE. Wiien on h trip to grandpap's farm Vou're always sure to meet The guinea with his hawk alarm "Uuckwheat! Buckwheat! Buckwheat!' If you should ento New York bo You almost die of fright When that same guinea whistles low: "Bob White! Bob White! Bob White!" But down at Philadelphia, too, He sounds the pheasant's drum; Most smarts the daylights out of you With Ms "Trum! Tr-r-rum! Trum!" Now. at-Atlnntic l:y the sea He's honlon cunvasback. Just nils your gizzard up with glee To hear him Quack! Quack! Quack!" O guinea, guinea, sakea alive. You used to cost but nit! But no-.v you cost from two to five By changing your outfit. At home you dressed In polka dots, But now. full dressed in town. You're frilled In parsley and pink knots And sport a fine sheath gown. . Killing Sumac. For killing out sumac a correspond- at recommends a flock of sheep. First mow the suniac, then turn In the sheep. Sumac may be destroyed by persistent cutting after (lowering season and be fore It sets berries, but sheep will do the work at less 'rouble nnd expense. OUT OF DOOR WORKERS Men who cannot stop . for a rainy day.- will ' , III IU IMC y I , comfort and freedom of bodily movement WATFPPPfinF ' nii.F.n f.iOTHlNG n irvcBttinn tiiiTOinn1 Every garment bearing I the sign of the fish "Wl guaranteed waterproof IO Catalog free )M nil II -TA I VWfT. Ill hri it m M Ml JOB - V A YVX urnm, i j ju&ht Mill UVW,. ilf i i ill U'v ii 1 .i m.r- w - 1 1 ik;u n i wm ' " Keep It In the Bottle. Bottled milk, being sealed with a cap, cannot absorb odors and should be left in the bottle until used, not emptied into an open dish. Handy For the Dairy. nalryineii who keep records of their cows, and nil dairymen should, will be Interested In tlie handy milk scales anil record suggested In a recent circular by V. J. FriiKcr of the Illinois experi ment station. n tlie Illustration hows, nny dairyman can adopt the 1 Jllk r-i ttnw -Kifi'h I''- AMKBICAN MKltl-SO. thirty to forty-four pounds having been made. A record is given of thir ty-six rams, three years old or over, shearing a little over thirty-one pounds each. The wool lu these instances weighed over ii3 per cent of the total weight of the animals. The tendency of Merino wool since Introduction Into this country has been toward a greater degree of fineness. No doubt the wool has been Improved In quantity and quality at the expense of mutton quali ty. The Merinos, although active and muscular, do not take on much fat and except in the grade stock nre not considered of much importance as a meat breed. Tlie .Merinos are well adapted to the conditions of the northeastern states, doing well in the rough mountain pas tures. Were it not for the dog nui sance It Is probable that they would be kept lu large numbers In tlie pas tures which have become unsuitable for dairy herds. They also thrive In tlie ranges of the far west and endure cold weather very well. A SMALL PLACE. BMT kill X WALIH. rlan ! simply ric inn up a l-oard to uplM.it s':iUn and milk tvord. and he then lm tin figure In-fore him to tell Just stli.it the cms are doing. To know the value .f a tiw Lt total su nual yl.-ld iunt U- known. The only way t.. Irani this is to keep record f brr dally uillk vivid. SHEEP SURROUNDINGS. Their Pastures Should Be High. Crsund on Farm. Amkl pr.,T surrounding Ih sheep la a hardy snhual. Other is It Is Dot. Thousands of I hem are often mi la tUui herds In the mountain rev I cos sf the est- But thr the sir Is dry. sod so Is the (round on which tbry fras. No matter how rich their pas ture or bow carefully they may be Boused from sbtrms. If tbey are com pelled to seek their food by ad:n( la mod sod stater or erea In eoouo aaliy ioJug through mud to a;-t their irtuklus; water the !Wk will not loaf I Great Succesa of a Four Acre Farm Managed by a Woman. Successful women farmers nre no longer a novelty, numbers of them being found In all sections of the coun try. Fosslbly the sintillest farm that has provided a living for its owner Is carried on by Mrs. June C. narrow of Connecticut. This energetic lady has succeeded In obtaining a living for herself and two children on the profits of a four acre farm, sending the chil dren to school meanwhile. The enterprise was started without capital seven years ago, Mrs. Harrow being forced to Incur debt to pny for groceries and supplies until tbo farm returns ticgnn to come In. Itees, small fruits and poultry were the founda tion. Only one acre of the four was suitable for planting, and this ncre has really brought In most of the Income by means of a system of Intensive farming which Is remarkable, to say tlie least. One-fourth of this one ncre was devoted to poultry, and last year 2.0H0 ducks were raised and sold at a weight of four pounds each w hen be tween three and four months old. The feather crop alone amounted to 400 IhhiihU. On this acre of tillable land, besides the ducks, were 100 fowls. 24 turkeys. 00 pairs of pigeons and 75 stands of liees. rigeons were a profitable ie- clalty, about 400 pairs of squnhs hav ing lieen sold. Pucks, however, are considered more profitable than pi geons, and Mrs. Harrow thinks of dis posing of the pigeons and Increasing the duck area. The turkeys also pay well. The white variety Is kept be- rstiM the feathers are more valuable. The birds are sold during the holiday season and. being especially well fat tened, bring the very highest prices. The bees ant an excellent Investment. and Mrs. Barrow considers the work pleasant and suitable for a woman. Bees pick op their living In the sum mer, but receive some extra feeding In w Inter. Of coarse the large supplies of food needed for the poultry are not raised on the farm. They are bought outside at considerable expense. Mrs. Barrow hesitates to buy more land, having made such a success on a small area. Kb Is firmly of the opinion that a com mon mistake made by women who take op farming ta to begin oa too large a scale. Potted Strawberries. At this season of the year there are always a number of Inquiries with re gard to potted strawberry plants. The Idea is that extra strong plants can be grown by plunging pots into tne ground and setting the young plants into those while still attached to the mother plants. These potted nurslings are then transplanted to permanent beds in August or September nnd are expected to yield a crop the following year. Practically one year Is thus saved In the production of a straw berry crop. The value of this method in lie pretty accurately set forth In a lozen wonVt. It Is Interesting play for amateur gardeners, out nas no stand ing in commercial strawberry culture. It is never undertaken on a commer ial scale. But In small gardens, where the fun of growing tilings Is equal to the market price of the produce, fall planted potted strawberry plants may be cordially recommended. These Tacts account for the annual appear ance of the potted plant fever in the amateur horticultural journals. The scheme Is suited perfectly to those who have not yet progressed beyond the rending of such magazines. tJn rortcnatcly, however, these amateur liorlicultiiril periodicals very seldom warn their credulous renders that the Idea Is of no commercial value, and so from year to year, along with a small rop of strawberries, there flourishes n arge crop of needless disappointment The Louise Bonne Pear. A good iiiidseuson pear, the Louise limine. Is one of the best known mar ket varieties and has always been pop ular in various localities because of Its great productiveness nnd general good qualities. The tree Is hardy every where that pears succeed, and It does Foley's Honey and Tar cures cougln auicklv. Mrengthens the lungs and ex pels colds. Get tlie genuine in a yellow package. Stafrin Urug Uo. : M. i,, Thompson, Falls City. A large increase of pupils has shown up in the Albany schools. Saved His Boy's Life. "Mv three vearold boy was badly con stipated had a high fever and was in an awful condition. I gave him two dozes of Foley's Orino Laxative and the next morning the fever was gone and be was entirely well. Foley's Orino Laxative saved his life." A. Wolknsh, Casimer, Wis. stafrin Urug Co.; M. L. Ihomp eon, Falls City. Eugene has provided 50 hitching posts aroutid its parks. Are You Only Mall Alive? People with kidney trouble are so weak and exhausted that they are only half alive. Foley's Kidney Kemedy makes liealthy kidnevs, restores lost vitality, and weak, delicate people are restored to health. Kefuee any but roley s. Stafrin Drue Co.: M. L. Thompson, Falls City. Many more prune trees will be set out around Milton. Woman Interrupts Political Speaker. A well dressed woman interrupted a political speaker recently by continually coughing. If she had taken Foley's Honey and Tar it would have cured her cough quickly and expelled the cold from her system. The genuine Foley's Honey and Tar contains no opiates and is in a yellow package. Kefuee substi tutes. "Stafrin Drug Co.; M. L. Thomp son, Falls City. Ad 80-acre tract near Clatskanie will be laid off in small tracts. Married Man In Trouble. A married man who permits any mem ber of the family to take anything except Foley's Honey and Tar, for coughs, colds and lung trouble is guilty of neglect. Nothing else is as good for all pulmonary irounies. ine genuine roley e Honey and Tar contains no opiates and is in a yellow package. Stafrin Drug Co, M. L. Thompson, Falls City. Every sawmill and lumber camp in the vicinity of Rainier is in full blast. KILL the COUCH AND CURE the LUNGS WITH Dr. King's Net? Discovery PBICE SAn A IKS OLDS Trial Bottle Free AND ALL THROAT AND LUNG TROUBLES FDR sfQUCHS I VII GUARANTEED SATISFACTORY OB MONEY REFUNDED. THE PENALTY OF OVERWORK Many Dallas Readers Find Toil A Daily Burden. The heavy tax of overwork the strain upon the back that is so common to many trades and occupations, is too great. The kidneys begin to fail in their work, and there is a double danger to health. The poisonous matter collects in the svstem, and the kidneys them selves begin to break down. Pain in the back is only a warning of trouble iu the kidneys. An inflammation has set in, and a disordered condition of the urine soon becomes apparent. Too much or too little urine, with a constant desne to void the secretions ; any notice able deviation trom the normal color; the appearance of a eamly sediment, proves a disordered condition of the kid neys that needs quick attention. If your work seems hard for you, it you have a lame, weak or aching back, if you eeetn tired and listless, and seem to be running down without apparent cause, begin at once with Doan s Kid ney i'llls, the great kidnev remedy that has cured so many of your neighbors. It has given thousands of working men and women strong, sound backs for their daily work. Home proof is convincing evidence of the efficiently of Doan '8 Kidnev Fills. Call at Belt & Cberrington's drug store and ask to see statements of Dallas peo ple wno nave useu tins remedy. ror sale by all dealers. Price 60 cents. roster-Milbnrn Co., Btidalo. New York, sole agentB for the United States. Remember the name Doan's and no other. Grandfathers knew whoTi BALLARD'S SNOW LINIMENT will do. A CONVINCING PROOF of the worth of a medicine is the cures it can effect Pver one who has used Ballard's Snow Liniment knows that it wilT C TD D RHEUMATISM, CUTS, SPRAINS, STIFF JO NTs LUKE gs' TRACTED MUSCLE;! USED SNOW LINIMENT 10 YEARS. V. L. Settle, Kichmond, Mo., writes:- "This is to certify that I have used your Snow Liniment for ten years for rheumatism, neuralgia, lame back etc and 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, STH LOUIS, M0. Sold and Recommended by STAFRIN DRUG COMPANY tffvMmS. 0 ' r -.ii 'BiLiiri'ttVi''iiMrihtsi.&f. irt i. Jrf ' s .-y31trtl,-. .tang- . ' I" All. LEWIS MEDICINE Ca.ST.LOllS; Would Mortgage the Farm. A farmer on Rural Route 2, Empire, Oa., V. A. Flovd bv name, savs: "Buek- len's Arnica Salve cured the two worst sores I evtr saw : one on mv hand and one on my leg. It is worth more than its weight in uold. I would not be with out it if I had to mortitatre the farm to get it." Duly 25c. at Belt A Cherring- ion uruz store. I.OI I3K DONNE I'EAa. well either on natural pear stock or on the (inline. It Is a vigorous upright grower iiml very productive, especially if grown lu deep rich loam, which Is Its favorite noil. The fruit Is large and yellowish given In color, with n slight tinge of brownish red. The tlesh Is white. One grained and Juicy, with pleasant aro malie flavor. It is a good dessert pear and also suitable for market or distant shipment. It ripens in Septemlier and early Oc toher. Just before the Sheldon. Bart lett. Louise and Sheldou make a suc cession of high grade market Kars. It Is a pear of I'reneh origin, but Is high ly re-oiii mended on the official list of the department of agriculture as stilt able for the New England and middle states. THE NEGLECTED ELDERBERRY It Is Really Whiltw mi mn4 D4icis fruit. Of tbs wQtl fruits few are more d IW-tooe than iJerb-ries. Our ten- Designing Next Ycsr's Planting. As your shrubs, perennials and an nuals liloKHom planting plans for next year may best te devised. When the Boners are in bloom their effect may be tinted, and the change to be w rougbt by uow plants may lie accurately cal culated. That Is the time to jret out notebook and catalogue, figure out w hat your flower leds aud shrubbery border lack and decide what may best supply that lack. If a pluk flowering shrub U needed at a certain indnt make note of It In your book; better still, stick lip link- stake In the exact spot w here the shrub would look best, marking on tbe stake the specinYstkms, whether tbe plant should be tall or low growing, tbe sea son of flowering, etc. Then w hen too order your shrubberr for fall planting your nurseryman can Cll your specifi cations, and when tbe plant come you will know tbe exact r'ce to plant It. Id irrouples; your plants take pains to make them Et In with tbe neighbor ing architecture. Tbe texture of the foliare. tbe color of tbe flower, sea son of Lloom anj tbe rapidity of rrnwtb should all be coniiWed care fully. Po not plant shrubs so clnse together hen tbey are youti tfcst wbea they attain few years' growth tbey will bo crowded. Klamath county produces the finest kind of cavalry horses for the army. A Healthy Family "Oar whole family has enjoved good health since we began using Dr. King's ew i.ue nils, tliree years ago," says I.. A. Kartlet, of Iiural Route 1. tiuil ford, Maine. They cleanse and tone the system in gentle wav that does von good. 25c. at Belt & Cherrington drug store. Numerous aales of fruit and farm log lands are occurring in Josephine county. Where Bullets Flew. Pavid Parker, of Fayette, N. Y., a veteran of the civil war.' who lost a foot at (iettysburg, says: "Thegood Electric Hitters lisve done is worth more than live hundred dollars to me. I spent much money doctoring for a bad case of stomach trouble, to little purpose. I then tried Klectrie Bitters, and they cured me. 1 now take them as a tonic, ami they keep me strong and well." 50c. at Kelt A Cherrington drug store. The Wood river region In Klamath county may become a great summer resort. Had a Close Call. Mrs. Ada UCroooi, tbe widely known proprietor ol theCrooin Hotel, Vaughn. Miss., says: "For several months I sul- fereil w ith a severe congh, and eontnmp. nun sremeu to nave i: grip on me, when a friend recommended Or. King's Xew Ibseovery. I began taking it, and three bottles affected a complete core." The tame ol this life ssvir.g cough snd cold remedy, and lung and throat healer is world wide. Sld at Belt A Cherring ton drug store. 50c and 11.00. Trial bottle Inn. Rogue River valley pears for the current season have been sold in the New York market at 1TJ per half box. A Jeweler' Expeneace. C. R. Klnger. Tbe Jeweler. Vir. ginia Are., Indianapolis, Ind., writes- "1 was so weak from kidnev trooble that I cook! hantlvwalk handm) leeu Four bottle ol Foiev s ktdev Rew4r cleared sny nvnplexioa, cared sny bock ache and the irregaiaritie disappeared, and I ran bow attend to bosineee everv nv. ana recommend Foe'a Ktdoe Krnv to all lorTrrers, as it cored ane sher tbe dortnr snd her rentedie had failed. M.lnn lngl o.;M.L TboaDp oo. Fs!l l ily. ' IIow's TUfsf Weotfer One Hundred Dollars Reward fof iy case of Catarrh that cannot be cured bj lairs uatarru cure. F J. CHENEY & CO., Props ., Toledo, O. We the undci signed, have known F. J. Che- ley rot the last lfi years, and believe him per- ectly honorable In all business transaction! nd financially able to carry out any obliga- ions made bv their firm. .Vest a Ihu.ii, Wholesale Drumrista. Totitn. n .Valuing, Ki.nnan& Maevin, Wholesale Drug- Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken Internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucona surfaces of the system. Price, 76c. per bottle. Sold by all Hall's Family Fills are the best. A Fresh Complexion is preserved and produced by Kohertinc, a mUd, delightful preparation, delicately fragrant. Makes the skin exuukitelr softi tunishci crackled appearance eiuied by over-drynesij reduces the Ue of eniarped pores, cleanses them, re- uuecs innammation and spreads an even, radiant clow due to wholesome nourish ment of skin glands and stimulation of tlie capillaries which also feed the kin and supply its healthful color. lit jur Druggist for a frtttampUtf IpBERTM BELT & CHERRINGTON, Dallas, Oregon. mrCMtl m iJ - FRIEND TO FRIEND. The personal recommendations of oeoole who have been cured of coughs and colds bv Cham berlain's Cough Remedv 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. Lucy Suddreth, of Lenoir, N. C, had been troubled with a vrry bad cough for over a year. She y : A friend borgU a botUe of Chambeju.ai.Vs Cocch Remedy, brouf M it to me and insisted that I should take it. I did o and to my surprise it helped me. Four bottles of it cured me of my cough." SIP iff TIE IEW IDEA, ri THE CBISIXAL LAUTIYE riri C006B STEBP TfJ EHHEDY5 MAT1YE H OflEY AR lH3 Best fcr CLIirei i ti ucMta-u ta" Umx til B:ii!t For Sale by Druggists. Cures Biliousness, Sick Headache, Sour Stom ach, Torpid Liver and Chronic Constipation. Pleasant to take ORINO Laxatiye Fruit Syrup Cleanses the system thoroughly end clcais sallow complexions di pimples and blotches It Is guaranteed For Sxle by STAFRIN DRUG CO. Dallas, and M. THOMPSON, Falls City.