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About Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 5, 1909)
How's Thfsr Vfe offer One J?tiiirtl Dollars Reward fof ",iy case of Catarrh that cannot be cured bj Hail'a Catarrh Cure. F J. CHENEY St CO., Props ,, Toledo, O. We the undo signed, have known F. J. Che ney for the last 15 years, and believe bim per t'cctly honorable fa all business transaction! rud financially able to carry out any obliga tions made bv their firm. WeutaThcai, Wholesale Drogsrlsts, Toledo, O. Waldino, Kinnak&Mabvin, Wholesale Drug rista. Toledo. O. Hairs Catarrh Care is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mncous surfaces of the system. Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold by U iTQ(PKists. eatiDoniaU tre. Hall's Family Pills are the best. arm and Garden HENS VERSUS INCUBATORS. f'OliP Foil 8ITTINO HENS. brooded in brooders was 30.8 per cent in four ipeeks and of Incubator hatched chicks per cent. The mortality In hen hatched chicks blooded under liens was 'l.'l per cent and of Incubator chicks -tO.U per cent. In other tests the mortality was 40.5 per cent for Incubator chir ks brooded by liens and oXA brooded i:i brooders. Hen hatched hicks made sreater piiii In weight than inculjator chicks, whether brooded by liens or brooders. Result of Soma Recent Experiments In Chicken Raising. By JAMES DRTDEN. Artificial Incubation In recent years has assumed large proportions. Large numbers of incubators and brooders are purchased In every community, en tailing in the aggregate a large Invest ment of capital. It Is admitted that there are great losses In the artificial Incubation of eggs and brooding of chicks, and many explanations are incuiutoii nocsE. given as to the cause. The complaint is that the chicks either fall to hatch or, hutching, they fall to live. Why the embryo should live through the In cubation period and die before hatch ing is a problem that bothers the in cubator operator more probably than any other. It Is a keen disappoint ment to the Incubator user to find after the eggs apparently have pro gressed satisfactorily up to the time of hatching that 25 per cent of them, more or less, have failed to hatch. This means a large loss to the poultry man, and If there were no other prob lem involved In Incubation than that of the chicks dying in the shell It would warrant extended Investigation. The testimony is very conflicting as to the elliclency of incubators. Hatches as high as !m to !(." per cent of "fer tile" eggs are frequently made and as low as lt per cent or less. Some claim that the fault Is In the stock that laid the I'i'g"- t'thers claim that the man who runs the Incubator is usually to blame In failing to follow Instructions, ai.d this is very often the case. An H'tii more M-rlous problem Is to L2!.! the chicks ,Son.e claim that U tjsy t.j Litt'.h tLe cUhks. but bard : r.ii tLej. S-u.e rei-urts are made I il.e fir-1 ttat within four weeks fcf'-r L:-.t- ulna n try chick bag died. At -rtaiu MraMiis of the year proba bly yi i r Kt-h of the incubator chicks '..-. Tie' i-ausv of this great mortality i usuni.y aribed to faulty methods of bro.Nlihg or feeding. The fact that the -bi. k may be hatched with im paired xiulity has not been recognized fully. The evidence of vitality should not be merely that the chick survives the brooding period, but that It comes to maturity with vitality equal to that of the parent stock and Is capable of transmitting the same vigor and health to the second generation. A series of carefully conducted In vestigations at the Oregon Agricultural college has brought out the following facts as to I he comparative elliclency of hens and Incubators: I'' mm S7!l eggs set. Incubators hutch ed oXI chicks, or iKUi per cent. From 1!7! eggs hens hatched 211) chicks, or .S per cent. Humiliating eggs broken in nests, the hens batched KS.o per cent of eggs set. The incubators hatched 7S.5 per ceut of "fertile" eggs, and the hens hatched IMl.o per cent. Ilggs incubated artitlclully tested out 2- 7 per cent as Infertile, while those Incubated by bens tested out 11.8 per cent. The Incubators showed Hi d per ceut of chick "dead ill the shell" and the bens 2.S per cent. Chick hatched under hens weighed heavier than chick hutched 111 In cubators. The mortality of hen hutched chicks i Keep Sowing. Sow something whenever the ground Is cleared. Nature abhors bare grounds. Crimson clover Is excellent for sowing among all garden crops at the last cultivation. This will live through the winter and may be turned under in spring, thus adding humus and nitrogen to the soil. Ilye may be sown for a cover crop, used for spring feed or be turned under as green ma nure. Itape or turnips may be sown for fall growth and fire beneficial to the soil DRY ROT IN CORN. A Disease Which Threatens to Be come a Serious Matter. The name dry rot is derived from the way the ears are affected in the field. "In general the husks tend to turn prematurely yellow to sooty, and the ear becomes partially or wholly shriveled and much decreased in weight. Sometimes the ears remain upright with the husks closely adher ing to them. In other cases the shanks are weakened, and the aliected ears hang limp from (heir attachment, or the diseased condition may not be de tected until the husk Is removed." There are several kinds of dry rot. due to different causes. The most ommon and that which has during" the past two seasons caused about 00 per cent of the damage in Illinois Is due to a fungus known as Jiiplodia maydis. Ears Infected with this fun gus "shrivel up more or less, darken In color and become light In weight." The kernels are also shriveled, very brittle and loosely attached to (he cob. The fungus penetrates all portions of the ear, kernels, cob and husks and produces many dark brown, two celled spores which serve to propagate the fungus. i In the case of the dlplodla disease and fpilte probably In that of the other inns the fungus perpetuates Itself over winter on the old diseased ears and old stalks. It Is not usually diffi- n!t to find throughout the summer in 1 cornfield, where the disease ha previously prevailed, many pieces of old cornstalk which are Infected with the diplodia fungus. Stalk known be two years old have been found still producing spore. Paring moist period spore ooze from thee stalks in abun dance and lire blown singly or in masses long distance, a Iris been fre ijnetitly de'notistr iied by e';;eri'!ient . The fungus ib es ml. ae-ordbig to present knowledge, grow up 'i any other host and upon developpig corn only on the ears. Not so much is known of the other fungi here con cerned, but since l per cent of the rot Is due o diplodia les attention need be given to (liein. I'i eased ear are fruitful source of subeouent In fection and should be removed as promptly as possible. Tlii can h- readily done, at the time of buskin': If not before. Keep them In a separate receptacle and burn tbeni as soon as practicable. In addition to ibis. Pi fields where any considerable amount of disease has been found, the stalks should also hive attention, whatever crop Is to follow. Something may b.- ! gained by carefully plow ing them un- j dor and leaving I hem well covered, but binning may be required even If this is otherwise bad procedure. If the first suggestion is always fol lowed and the others are put into practice whenever necessity demands It, these serious losses may be prac tically prevented. NEW ALFALFA HAKROW. will be astonished to know that the business of grinding alfalfa hay into meal has reached the point where millers organize their business. Baled alfalfa, according to these millers, is going out of the market, while the j ground product has reached an enor mous sale. ! In the culture of the crop also new- tools and methods are being devised. I In the southwest particularly it has been found desirable to work the al fulfil over with some shallow working i tool w hich w ill chop up the ground j without cutting off t lie crop, so as to I prevent its sprouting. A recent bulle- ! tin from the Arizona station discusses tin's matter. The proper kind of disk harrow in that country not only quickens up the growth of alfalfa and destroys a large number of weeds, but also helps destroy ninny insect enemies by turning up their eggs so that they are destroyed. I'or some time the or dinary disk harrows were used, but a new tool Is now being operated. In this tool spikes or teeth like those used on a tooth harrow are fastened to the disk, so that instead of cutting the surface, as a disk harrow does, these teeth chop up and turn over the surface. Bermuda grass, chufas and summer oats are slightly susceptible, but proo ably can lie used in rotation when root knot is only slightly prevalent. Many needs are also to be avoided because subject to root knot. The commoner of these are niaypop, Indian potato, saw tirier. red root or pigweed (amaran thusi and purslane. The following treatment Is suggested for fields infected with both wilt and root knot: Beginning In the fall, sow winter oats. These may De cut ior uuy m fv or allowed to ripen. Follow the oats with Iron cowpeas, sown broad cast or, better, in drills, where they can be cultivated once or twice. Cut these peas for hay and plow the land at once for another crop of winter grain. General Farm Items. Or'.v good, sound apples should be used for cider. The amount of humus In the soil in dicates in great measure its richness In nitrogen. It is claimed that exposed marure loses about one-sixth of Its phosphoric acid and more than one-third of its phosphate. A nail can be driven In hard wood by dipping t lie point in lard or tallow. An acre of soil nine Inches deep if of ordinary fertility is estimated to weigh about :i.f!00.niO pounds and contains about 2.0IKI pounds of nitrogen. 3.000 pounds of phosphoric ai id and 5.00O pounds of potash. According to late statistics, there are at the present time 19.74(5.000 horses In the 1'nited Stales. This Is a gain of 40 per cent during ten years. ROOT KNOT AND WILT. Wood Aehss For Horses. K little wood ash is held to be very beneficial to horses. It Is given a tea spoonful at a time, sprinkled on a feeo of oats. Chemical Action of Manure. Manures act chemically on soils by adding new stores of plant food, and by their decomposition in the soil they rive off carbonic acid gas, which unites . . , i... with the soil waters ana increases dissolving action on mineral plant food. It also provides the formation of hu- mates In the soli and thus renders m ert mineral plant food more available, Success In Breeding Hogs. A farmer who has been breeding hnrr fnr twentv-flve years and has been unusually successful was asked how he did It. His reply, in substance, was that he provided good, decent quar ters nlentv of shade, good pasture, a variety of good food, good water, al ways fed for vigor and gave the hogs reiriilarlv ashes and charcoal. This Is ill simple, but all good. TTORNKYS AT I AW. Sibley & Eakin, The only reliable eel of Abstracts Ir Polk county. Office on Court St. DALLAS. OREGON dkd rev w S V. . ft Y-Ji - ... ."' " "l ;i tt. mrr y- need no V 1 f-inr-- them if you wise IOCSO 0OTTO PLAMT DYINd FROM WILT. This may be succeeded by coru. with Iron cowpeas or peanuts between the rows, the third year a wilt resistant variety of cotton may be planted. Wheat or rye may be substituted for oats and the velvet bean for the Iron cowpea, especially in the more south ern districts. Considerable relief is often obtained by n single year's rotation with oats followed by crab grass or winter oats or rye followed by Iron cowpeas, but not all the nematodes are destroyed. However, It Is much more profitable In the long run to practice a three year rotation like that previously described TTOHNEY AT LAW Walter L. Tooze, Jr. Office in Wilson Bldpr. Dallas - - Obkoon H0REH0UND SYatUr A couK'h or cnbUs generally a forerunner of wenv seri sick spells. Ir. Hhould not be neglected, the human bi'ea'l i 3 system i a combination of tubes and cells, which innsJ i? kept in order to iimtire good health. 1 u" Ballard's Horehound Syrup n QV COUGHS, COLDS, BRONCHITIS vUStCD WHOOPING COUGH, CR01 AND ALL PULMONARY DISEASES. Cured cf a Chronic Cough. J. II. Ellis, Butte, Mont, writes: "l cheerfully recom mend liallaid's llorehound Syrup to all peopio alliieted with chronic coughs. 1 mitfered for years with a chronio eolith which would last nil winter. Ballard's Horehound Hyrup clfuctt' J an immediate and permanent cure." 25c, 50c and $1.00. TTORNET AT LAW B. F. JONES Office in Cooper Building. INDEPENDENCE, - OREGON Ballard Snow Liniment Co. 5C0-502 North Second Street, ST. LOUIS, M0., Sold and Recommended by STAFRIN DRUG COMPANY M. OLIVE SMITH teacher of PIANO AND ORGAN Studio, Room No. 2, Wilson Block DAIXAS OREGON Rotation of Crops For Controlling Them In Cotton Growing. By W. A. ORTDN, Bureau of Plant In dustry, Washington. A rotntioii df miiis must lie workeil nit in ilet:ii! fur ench fnriii to fit its ;.-! rt ii-ii r neeils. The esseuti.-il pi'lnci plcs to i e o'lson e 1 lire :is follow s: First. To use crops immune to root !:uo: i'i o;i!er to stnrve out the iet. The Busy Bee. There are 300.000 beekeepers iu this country and un unnual production of honey to the vulue of $15.000.01,0. Leave all colonies in tin best condi tion possible for winter. Don't rim the comb honey superba on weak stocks; It won't work. Keep the hive covers well painted. The body of the hive needs only a little palut. White Is the proper color. In localities where aster, poldenrod and other fall blooms abound it is well to look for surplus even In September. Don't keep the honey on hand too Ion?, as It will not bring more than It will rtnrlnp the next few weeks. An Alfalfa Harrow. The culture of alfalfa has now reached the Kilut In this country where It Is cri-atlni! new lines of linlnstry aside from the growth of the crop. A convention of Htfalfa millers was re cently held in Kansas. Many people HOOT KNOT ON COTTON l'LAST. Second. To build up the fertility of the soil an 1 especially to increase the amount of organic matter or humus. Third To secure an adeipiate in come ilurin each year of the rotation. Fourth. --To keep the land free from weds iii.-n are liable to root knot. A II-1 of the crops not liable to root Un 't liirli can be used in such rota lions follows: Corn, winter oats, rye. wheal, i rail crass. Iron cowpea. velvet li'an. peanut, bec-'arw ml. Some of the crops susceptible to nem atodes jiikI therefore to be avoided In rotations for root knot are cowpeas leM i'pt I run i, alfalfa, vetch, soy lieans. clover, sinrar line, tomatoes, okra. cu cumbers. c.'iaiMloiipos, v. ater melons, celery, bean, sweet potatoes, to'iaceo. potatoes, p'-aches. t's. mill berries. The Iron i irai is ii -easionally slightly af fected in Florida, but Is p-ai tically Im mune in the cotton belt. Seed of the Iron cow pea containing n !n;i.iti'.res of oilier kinds is dangerous and should 1 avoided. Si FOR COUGHS KING OF CURES THE WONDER WORKER FOR GOLDS FOR nZT "1 AND THROAT j PR. KING'S I LUNGS DM BWl FOR COUGHS AND COLDS PREVENTS PNEUMONIA I bad the most deb&ttting coogh a mortal was erer afflicted with, and my friends expected that when I left my bed it would urely be for my grtrt. Our doctor pronounced my cass incurable, but thanks be to God, four bottles of Dr. King's New Discovery cured me so completely that I am all sound and well MRS. EVA UXCAPHR, Crovertown, Ind. Prici 50c and $1.03 ABSOLUTELY GUARANTEED! Trial BotlU Free SOLD AND GUARANTEED BY A can of carriage paint will not eot much, but It will make the buggy look better, and you can put it on yourself. Potatomatoes. In grafting the tomato on the potato or the potato on tomato, or in making any other graft of similar herbaceous plants, the simpler methods are pre ferred. The saddle graft nml splice graft are (he ones most commonly used. The splice graft Is made by simply cutting the scions a smooth slanting cut. The stock Is cut In the snine way. and the two members are tied together with their faces Joined. In order to get the best results it Is desirable to have the grafts made of rather tender shoots, such us have only partially hardened. In order to set n proper union with this sort of tissue ii is necessary that the cut be made with n very sharp knife, prefer ibly with a razor. The two parts are hen rather tenderly Joined together, using very soft cloth blindages or Calls promptly answered flayor night. R. L. CHAPMAN FUNERAL DIRECTOR & EMBALMER dm 'Si Bell DALLAS, Phono 103 OKFOON MntllHl Phoue l.W M. HAYTER Office1 over Wllaon'a 1 rug Store DALLAS, OREGON. JVl. iV- V til. V - - , -jr jcv v v. f SR- TAB IL SETS-N3 1 TTOBNBY AT LAW. Oscar Hayter, Upstairs in Campbell building. Mill St DALLAS, OREGON. BELT & CHERRINGTON, Dallas, Oregon. TTORNUY AT LAW. N. L. BUTLKR, Otlce over Dallas City Bank. DALLAS. OREGON. Bplice. Saddle. TTORNEY AT LAW J. L. Collins Main Street, Near Postoffloe DALLAS, - OREGON is preserved and produced by Kubeitinc, a milJ, delightful preparation, delicately fragrant. iV ri''lkc3 ,',e tkin cxquuitely soft; fi'Zr banishej crackled 3nnearance caused I Jf J by over-drvnesss reduces the size of enlarged pores, cleanses them, re duces inflammation and spreads an even, radiant glow due to wholesome nourish ment of skin glands and stimulation of the capillaries which also feed the skin and supply its healthful color. Aii your Druggist for a fret sample of BELT & CHERRINGTON, Dallas, Oregon moistened raffia. It is desirable, fur thermort. to cover the grafted plant with it liell jar or hand glass of some sort for a few days in order to prevent too rapid evaporation. If It Is left ex posed to the open air, especially If the itmosphere Is rather dry. the ncloii Jrles out and wilts so badly that It unnot recover. The raddle graft It made by cutting the stock wedge snap wl. while the scion is cut with a V hap-l slit so that It will fit down oei he wedge of the stock. The rest of he process Is carried out exactly as ilready described for the ipllce graft. Fall Car of Orchard. In section where the ground is very rough the orchard should not be culti vate!, tfsntially In the fali. la hilly section where the ground dues Dot freeze and where there is a great deal of r-Infall during the winter tba ground u apt to be mellowed by tb cultivation, causing the best part of the soil to wash away duiin thna winter rains. But In sections vbera the ground will freeze during the win ter. In level locations, fall cultivation will prevent the soil from wasting away. To turn up tb mellow ground to the action of the frost renders many vi me nnsoiut.ie minerals plant food elements availabk for tbc trees, which Is valuable In developing- and maturing the fruit. Cultivate between the rows, avowing the around to be reasonably poroo. so the freextng will be as bene nUI ss ponlble. bat the dirt mnst not he allowed to remain In large lamps, which win eipne the roots of th trsew to the cold weather. INDEPENDENCE & MONMOUTH Railway. FROM INDEPENDENCE. roB DALLAS. Train No. M. Leave Independence daily, 8:00 1 a. m.; Iv. Monmouth, 6:15 a. ni.; ar. Dallas, 6:40 1 a. in. Train No. SS. Leave Independence, dally, iu:og a. m.; iv. Monmouin, u;ua a. m. ; ar. Dal las, 11:30 a. m. Train No. TO. Iave Independence, dally, 6:16 p. m.; ly, Monmouth, 6:30 p. m.; ar. Dallas, o .oo p. m, FOB iIM.l. Train No. 67. Leave Independence, daily. 7:30 a. m.; Iv. Monmouth, 7:40 a. m.; nr. Alrlie. 8:lt a. m. Train No. 73. Leave Independence, daily, 3:W p. m.; Iv. Monmonln, 3:6u p. m.; ar. Airlie, 4: '.'ft p. m. FOB MONMOUTH OHLT, Leave Independence. daily, 2:30 p. m. No. 101 arrives Monmouth 7:20 a m FROM DALLAS. fob iSDiraMitsos. Train No. ho. Leave Dallaa. dally ex. Sunday. o.'iua. m.i iv. nuumuuin, a:ooa.m.: ar. luae- peuaence, :m a. m. Train No. int. Lv. Dallas. Sunday only, 6:56 a. m.; ar. independence, 7:30 a. m. Train No. 69. Leave Dallas, daily, 1 p. m ; It Monmouin, 1:25 p. m.: ar. lndeindence. 1 :40 n. m. (Tins train connecta at Monmouth lor Air- ue.i Train No. 71. Leave Dallaa. dally. 7:ffi nm It. Monmouth, 8 p. m.; ar. ludependence, 8:15 I p. m. FROM AIRLIE. Train No Leare Airlie, dally, a. m.; It. I Moiimnuin, a. m.: ar. Indendenee, 9:.tC a. m. (inia train counecia at Moomouih lor uauas.) Train No. 72. Leave Airlie. dally. 8:0S p. a it. Monmouin, :w p.m.; ar. Independence, j -hi i . m . Train No. 100 leaves Alrlle 4:45 p.m. imtT " arnT Monmuuin i.Ai p. m. arrtvea Inde- inruuvuce p. m. FROM MONMOCTH ONLY. braves Monmuath tor Independent, daily at a The cleanest. liahtest. and most comfortable SLICKER at the same time cheapest in the end ibecause it wears longest 3QP Evepwhere Every garment quar. onleed woterproot Calaloq tree .J OW tO SOlTOf USA 111 I KILLthc COUGH AND CURE THE LUNGS WITH Dr. King's New Discovery PBICE 'OLDS Trial Bottle Free M0 U THROaT sNDlUNG TROUBLES. rnn aaiiaua run i zxrzp9 . . woo. I GUARANTEED 8ATISFACI0KS j OA bOIIIT B.EFUNDED. cock's IT'S YOUR KIDNEYS Don't Mistake The Cause of Your Trouble Delay May Prove Fatal. I)oc6 your buck ache? Do you t P lame in the morning? Do you leel dnH un.l liied? Does it hurt you to bend over, to lift anvthine, to pet upl-om; chair? I'o you have sudden "atcto or etiti-hes of pain in the hack? loeis dull, throbbiiiK aehe settle m the imw of vour bark and bother you day niht? Io you sometimes feel that r siuiplv cannot straighten up? onlr not make any mistake by treatinir W kidneys at on.-e, lor it is the w troubles that had to dropsy, duKt and I'.iisht'sdiseafe. If there li ! doubt in your mind that the kidneti are affeeted, notice the urine for a davs. If passages are irregular, painim or "too scanty, discolored or lull of K uient.the kidneys need help rieht "? and there is no other medicine mor. helpful than Doan's Kidney IM simple remedy for the kidney!, yei powerful that it quickly cures ih and o ends all the panllul anu ina svmptonifc. i.,-nf Home proof is eonvinnne e iheelllciency of I'oan's Kidney11 Call at Belt Jt I herrintton s d'of anrt afk to see statements of V' pie no have used tnis jf( w or tale nv mi it-'- u .. ..... M. 11.,, rn 10.. DIU""7 cents. rurin-ji"'-" - r.itfd Near York, sole agents fo' the tsi- Statee. rvuin's- Remember the name-Uos" f no other, FomsnoNEMAR sm (Mdsi IVsTsarU 'eilei Kodol Dyspepsia Cure OneR.inuteCouBhCur iiigests what rou eat. r or uougns, i,ww IT - lit IEW IDEA rn THE ORIGINAL LAXATIYc rilp C306B STEDP 5p2 EtniEDYSf mm MohevbM? ii W:m tii Bae!i HzH Best fcr ChHirea tL uz-.imiW uJ For Sale by Druggists. rM01E Will enrs. snv roe ef VlArm tji j i t-: IB J iuuv,y KJL UldliUCr ll lCtiC I1U1 Devond the rwchnf mirina r?r A nr-m ----- iw iiiwuiwiue via iuuiim CoresBacVjiiS Correctt Do not risk f& BnshtVTi? Tor S&Ie b STAFRIN DRUG CO. Dallas, and M. THOMPSON, Falls Citf-
