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About The Eugene guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1924-1930 | View Entire Issue (March 7, 1925)
u i ;'.!) Saturday Evenjne. v Page Ten THE EUGENE .GUARD ! 5 !: Hi! i-t 111 I ! .) ; ai: j-ii 1 1 it PS! SMALL PLACE IS One style of gartl'iilnf.. - followed riKidly frm front sidewalk to rear alley on the Average city lot, seldom ' proves sat lf nctorjr. Many home owners, who have read and studied how to improve their grounds,, try to follow a sincle style. Kach aks himolf the oueHtioii, "Formal or nattirnl? , - , The formal style weans closely clipped hedges, plants trained to ar-Hfi.-inl forms, heds In geometrical designs and patterns, and oyery part of the garden in Dunn. uiwi-vr other part. The einphasiH is entirely on definite, proper lines, and not on trees and other plants, which are luhordina'rd to the design. Two Methods Given The natural style express nature an closely as rfiHinl- There are no sharp anjjles or harsh lines, and the building is united or tied to the group by plantings. The design is never gpomptrieal, imr is an artificial object followed. There iH nlNo a stvle, sometimes, known nt. (he pic tnVniAHA. which is not adopted to mm 11 places, and which is hpUIih.' de veloped success fully, except hy an expert. One certain style on a small place would he difficult to follow through out, even if advisable. Hmnll houses are seldom mifficicntly formal in ar chitecture to have tlmir lines ac cented hy formal plantings. Usually, the opposite Is true the line need to be toned down and harmonized wllh the surroundings. Uftenft combination Is advisable. House Tlod First The house Is first tied to the ground In front, with, foundation plantings of shrubbery, and perhaps nceented at a corner-or at the en trance with a small tree or shrub having some striking characteristic. According as the doorwny is formal, tho planting as It approaches, may become more formal. If the shrubs nnd other plants for the foundation planting are correctly chosen and planted, nnd the lawn Is left open, at least a fair measure ofi success is achieved. Unity Is the first essential In nlnntiiiK. ce.ro being takeu to avoid monotony. It means that all parts! of the planting are subordinated to the whole. One way to obtain unity In a foundation planting is to keep in mind that the purpose of the planting s to harmonize the house wall with the ground, and not to pro duce a striking effect, A certain amount of variety is necesnary, but Is always subordinate to unity. ' Garden for Family The enjoyment of the family ' is the chief essential considered in the development of the garden at the; rear of the house. In front, the ! house is made to appear pleasing to the passer-by. Tho front gnrden is not usually for pleasure purposes. 1 But, the "back yard" may become ad1 outdoor living room, if it is cut off from the public view, thus giving privacy. A combination of formal and nat ur'ul styles in the rear, may be feas ible again, or one or the other de veloped entirely. Here, there is more latitude of choice. Without great regard to the style of the house, such a feature as a small formal rose garden may be planted in a garden otherwise natural. The small house and lot present problems that cannot be solved by adherirg to any particular style of gardening. The gardener has greater choice in tho manner of development, wliiJc stilt keeping within the bounds or unity and variety. r : Farm Reminders To avoid a rot which attacks vege tohe seedling in the spring, the care ful Oregon gardener provides for the aeration of his hot heds. The large amount of damp weather in February und .March is blamed by the experi ment station for the spread of this disenve, which causes the seedlings to rot when they are young. Hot bed sashes are not allowed to cover up a bed of plants for any length of time without some aeration. Otherwise, water will condense on the under side of the sashes from the heat of tho bed. This moisture dripping on the plants below, has a tendency to make them rot. Aera tion 'prevents the water condensa . Young vegetable plants, ac as: cabbage, lettuce and tomatoes, are transplanted for the first time When they have shown their first true leaf, which is the third leaf. Home Ore gon gardeners leave the plants In the seed bad too long "before the first ti tsplanting, the experiment sta tion has observed. The plants be come tall and spindling before they ore removed to a place where they can begin to develop. 'J hu distance apart to place these young plants in the hot beds is 2 inches for lettuce and cabbage, and at least 4 Inches by 4 inches for to mntoes. Hrnadcasting a complete commer cial fertilizer is often advisable as soon as early vegetable ground can he plowed and harrowed. A formula suggested by the Oregon experiment station for one acre is: 8 to 4 per cent nitrogen, 8 per cent phosporic acid, 0 per cent potash. This, fer tiliser would be made up of the fol lowing materials: 2(K) pounds of no trate of soda, 300 to 400 pounds of superphosphate, ltn) pounsd of mu riate or sulphate of potash. This mixture is broadcast over the ground for early garden in late Feb ruary or early. March. It is worked tn with n spike tooth harrow. If de sired . lofi pounds of the nitrate of soda may he withheld for A top dressing later. Pruning Advice Given Oregon fruit growers" should with hold heavy pruning of winOr injured trees until the extent of the Injury hns been determined. Promiscuous pruning or cutting back now may remove the best wood in the tree, which cannot be told until latef. Gypsum or Inndplaster, as ft Is commonly called, is generally used on Willamette valley soils to aid in starting such crops as clover, alfaJfa, vetch and peas or to increase their growth. This increase in growth of the legumes is due to tho fact that the landplaxter may servo as either a direct fertiliser or as a soil stimu lant. As a direct fertilizer, it sup plies the plant food elements cal cium and sulphur both for crop use and for the beneficial soil organisms on the rootH f the legume plants. Consumers of Calcium Most legumes are heavy consumers of both calcium and sulphur. As a soil stimulant, landplaster may liberate certain insoluble potassium compounds in the soil and these com pounds In turn cause an iucrease in crop growth. Isandptaster will not correct acidity in soils. It will not make a sour soil sweet. It should never be used in place of ground limestone, .slaked lime, quick lime or other correcting compounds. Instead of correcting acidity, landplaster may increase acidity In soils. The continued use of landplaster on light sandy soils that are not very fertile to begin with, generally result In tfce rapid depletion of the soil. This is not due ho much to the Use of the landplaster itself, but rather to the fact that largo crops are removed from the soil. Large amounts of plant food material other than the calcium and sulphur added i by the landplaster and the nitrogen hy the legume are also taken from the soil by these large crops;, there fore it becomes all the more neces sary to supply these elements. Potassium Drawn Both phosphorus and potassium arc drawn upon heavily when land piaster is used. Many of our heav ier soils have a large supply of po tassium fertilizers need not be added ot these. On soils having a good ro tation of crops to keep up the nitro gen and organic matter supply and with the proper application of phos phorus and potassium fertilizers, there need be no hesitancy in using Inndplaster. In applying landplaster, It should be sown broadcast at the rate of from 40 to 80 pounds an acre. This can bo done by hand or with n regular spreader. The latter does the work more uniformly. It should be sown directly on the crop the spring of the year the crop is to be cut. In Western Oregon it ifl generaly ap plied In March .or just early enough to insure the spring rains carrying the material into the soil. j The value of landplaster is based on the amount of calcium sulphate it contains. Certain brands of land piaster may contain as low as 50 per cent calcium Mjipbate white oth ers contain as much as 05 per cent For crop use it should always be bought on the basis of its percentage of calcium sulphate. MORE WHEAT ACREAGE Farmers have responded to the higher price of wheat by seeding 6f per cent more wheat this past fall than in the fall of 11)23. This was due largely to Canada's great short age and greatly reduced yields of other countries. CO OPERATIVES TO BE MORE LAND TENANTS Land tenancy in Ohio increased from 10.3 per cent of the whole num ber of farms in 1880 to 29.3 per cent in 1020. Share rent is preferable among owners as well as tenants. MIX WITH GRAIN Cows producing 20 to 25 pounds of milk on wheat pasture should also have a few pounds of grain if they are to maintain their production and body weight. FREE OF TUBERCULOSIS Hillsdale county, Mich., was the first county in the country to rid it self of bovine tuberculosis, reports the U. S. Deportment of Agriculture. PRESIDENT'S PUN Sunlight Makes Bone Pure sunlight is now1 known to be essential in making strong-boned ani main. It causes assimilation of lime in the animals. Paint lengthens the lire of your farm implements. Before starting to use them this spring, give them a good coat of paint to protect them from rust. The machinery sho'ild be cleaned of all dirt and rust before applying the paint. Barley for Corn Barley makes a good substitute for corn In breeding and fattening hogs. Barley chop mixed with skim -milk or tankage and a little water makes a good slop for brood sows or fat tening hogs. t Time for Freshening Cows freshened in autumn yiel.1 a better return than those freshened In summer. Extreme heat, annoy ance of flies, and pasture shortage cause poor results in summer. Corn Borer Advances Since 1021, the corn borer has In vaded Ohio until now 35 per cent of that state's corn crrp is infested. In some fields 40 per cent of the crop wan infested with the pest. Early Sweet Clover . . Sweet clover should be sown In 'the spring as soon as the seed bed has been prepared. Oisking of wheat stubble ground is preferable to plowed ground. Blasting Stumps The best time to blast etumps is whan ttiA vpmlnil tm nil - f milmi. A pound of powder in wet ground will no hs mucn as a pounu ana unit iu dry soil. Egg Laying Contest Extension service of Clemon Agri cultural College, at Clemson, S. C, has started an egg-laying contest to be continued for nine months from Feb. 1. . WASHINGTON', Feb. 21. Co-operative forming will1 become firmly established under government aid and control, if tho recommendations of the president's agricultural confer ence arp adopted. Practically every conclusion made' by the conference calls for action that would benefit farmers through co-operative organization. Co-opera-tivps are placed foremost In the con sideration of the members, and fed eral aid is made en essential part of it. So much so that the conference has recommended the president's nppont mcnt of a separate federal co-operative farming board as is now the case in industry and banking, which could interlock all the problems of agricul ture, production with distribution, and use all facilities of all government departments for the farmer's benefit. Legislation Proposed With this hoard under control, the conference adrises the following steps to help agriculture: 1. Pooling of the products of co operatives, exchange of crops and spread of market information. 2. Federal survey of distributing problems and advice on best type of organization needed to tackle any condition. 3. Federal registration of co-operatives to create confidence In these organizations nnd develop uniform ac counting system. 1 4. Standardization of agricultural products. fi. Creation of federolly registered exchanges. fl. Federal advice to any farm In dustry, through the newly created co operative farming board. 7. Creation of clearing houses for quick distribution of perishable pro ducts. Better Administration On the administrate side, the con ference suggests the following: . v 1 . Unified national banking sys tem which will encourage eligible non member state banks, amounting to more than 0000, to become members of the federal reserve systm. 2. JJhral funds nnd uniform state quarantine rules are needed, the con ference recommends, to secure the country from foreign diseases and pests. 3. Use of broader principles in exempting co-operatives from taxa tion. 4. Replacement of aid and control under the interstate commerce com mission by the newly appointed fed eral co-operative farming board, as recommended by the conference. ' 5. Expansion of the leased wire market news servic to include many livestock and other markets from which no reports are received at present. freight rate in Oregon on the perish able commodities of the northwest is to grow, grade, pack and ship them so there will be fewer claims to be met by the railways, according to C. J Hurd, market specialist of the ex tension service. The cost of claims is passed back to the grower in the high rates to cover the amount of the claims. Culture Said to Prevent Infection GOOD PACKS LOWER FREIGHT The surest way to get a lower (By NEA Service) EAST LANSING, Mich., Feb. 21. Cows may now' be vaccinated against one of the moct dreaded dis eases in the cattle and dairy indus tries. A new non-virulent living culture hns been found which will give a cow immunity' to contagious abortion., I Jr. I. Forest Iludleson, nt Michigan ag ricultural college here, has discovered the nreventutive. Dr. Huddleson Bpent four years seeking this culture. There are otner cures ior mis dis ease than the new vaccine, hut it is. said these cultures have a harmful effect upon the animals at certain periods in their condition. But no harmful- results thus far have been discovered from the new Qulture. Animals whose blood tester posi tive (indicating Infection) were treat ed with the new culture and they had no trouble producing normal calves. Dr. Huddleson reports. Heifers, whose blood tested negative (indicat ing no infection), were treated with the vaccine and then fed cultures con taining the disease germs and . they were found to be Immune. Other ani mals were treated with the vaccine and then were turned out with, in fected animals, yet they did not con tract the disease. 'The use of this non-virulent cul ture is still In the experimental stage' says Dr. Huddleson. "It is not certain that the correct dosage or route of injection is being used. It will require many years of work and entail much expense before all uncer tain factors are made clear." APPLE SCAB CI BE CONTROLLED Apple scab, the most serious dis ease of the apple In Oregon can be controlled, artl even largely prevent ed by a few sanitary measures and a systematic use of lime-sulphur spray. Scab is a fungus growth which at tacks tho fruit, Ipavps, and occasion ally the twigs of the tree. Jt re produces by means of spores, thous ands of which are discharged from the perithecin. small domeMtke pim ples on the fallen leaves of the pre vious year. The spores mature about the time the apple blossoms are ready to open, and are carried up by the wind, causing reinfection, and a continuation of spore produc tion. Plowing the dead leaves under In the early spring, before the winter buds burst will remove the chief source of Infection, biit as the dis ease may be carried in from neigh boring orchards as well as from lenves not turned under, the follow ing sproy schedule should be fol lowed: (1) Delayed dormant spray. gallon. If lime.rT5555: lous of wnt to u bud. CTiS n 'he fruit T"; hl It, l blossom bJSjwJ, before ,h, W Ten-dsy spra, 2 ..11 d"4 days aftDr ,h ter, ,m Thirty-day lpr o"'. sulphur to V.H) .,1, . "WW 1 Plied 30 day. .?' " ' tor Jn preventing .tu, foliage is dense it Z fter each rain, '." of the fungus, better rt'Ul annate and u U inventor', .f',1 & " and other material on oweec clover is not for poorly drained or Sunlight Essential Cure and prevention of rickets in chickens msy be effected by the use of direct sunlight. "Windows absorb just the waves of light that heW most in this cure. ' Vary Cow Diets . Dairy cows like varied diets. Cows fed on the ssme mixture for time on end will eventually refuse their food and lose in flesh and vigor. Plant Grafted Franquetta Walnuts They are money makers One of the best blocks of grafted Vrooman Franquette In the State. Well Grown, selected type. Good line of apple, pear, filberts, cherry, peach, prune, plum, apricots, small fruits, etc. Right stock at right prices. Submit your want list, ask for prices. 35 years m busi ness. Carlton Nursery Co. Carlton, Oregon. Mammoth WINTER One of the Best . Vitamine Producing; Foods Plant spinach, eat spinach ud rull mti wtmmy f ncilu'i i bill. Doctors and dUUclant trtrrvhirt noomaaoul tola 'Ttetab1 for Its heal th-gl ring vltamina and Iroa. i Tblt now giant dtTcloned br ns tor tbm market tr4aar ; trade U Terr popular for aprtna;. summer ftad fall mtrtw, I i in iob (j run i ar(i. I Tho leave aro extra largo, rerr heary, amooth, brittle, dark Froen In color and a moot TaJoablo ud nattinona food, let. 10c: os. 15c : Vi ib. 2flcj lb. Sfte. Br B. or T., 10 lbs. 46c j ZS lbs. 40c. , w SpTlH $1 For ?Bf North wt Garden CfeUeettea. 7" Rfar Val. 11.65. pna Packet BaoKf th Following-: Bonn, Burpee's Strfnfleas; Bnaa. Olll's iDellctoua Giant: Boot, Extra Early Egyptian Speolali iST?? Corn Qui' Improved Golden Bantam; Carrot, Table Gem; Cucumber, Davis Perfect; Lettuce, New York ; Paraalp, Tender Heart ; Muaknaelon, Golden rm, wuus mnni fiaiej; fen, worlds Reo jord spinach, Mammoth Winter; Had lea, Early Scar- tOrans Jo 11 7. if 1 DEPT. E l P0RTLAN& Oregon." : 1 ill X .0 PER WE 0 ( . . , Honest Dentistry at Honest Prices We Will Save You ZS to 50 on Your Dental Bill ISA ' 1 1 Our Prices Average About Half the Usual Charge It is entirely liiinoerssnry to pnv liigh prices for dental work. We gnnrrintee our work to bo first class, and tho price will be far less than most dentists charge. We have a price list and live up to the same, for high class work ns low ns the following prices: Good Plate, with gold crown free $15.00 Porcelain Crown $5.00 Porcelain Filling $2.00 Silver Filling $1.00 Painless Extration . $1.00 We prohnbly mnko more sets of leoth than any other office In the rlty. If yon wish to hsre R set nf teeth we will he pleased to show you samples made by uj. Will advise you as to the best teeth for your moulh. Examination Free PEERLESS BRIDGE WORK IS BEST This picture shows missing: and decayed teeth as commonly happens in neglected mouths Hridgp work is the best way of replacing missing teeth or teeth that are too badly decayed to hold fill ings or crowns. Because you have lost one or more it will not be necessary for you to wear a phite. AVe can make an attachment to tho good adjoining teeth and replace the Ziissing teeth without requiring you to wear a plate. The bridged teeth are fastened slid in your mouth; you canmit take them out. Verv often they will last a lifeime, and will look as naural its your own teeth. Thia picture shows the mouth when fitted with a Peerless bridge. They are best We can't make teeth. grow from the bare gums, hut we can supply a bridge scientificallv constructed to replace lost teeth that will he cnunfto vour natural teeth. .' , You may consult us without charge and secure a com plete examination and estimate without placing your selt under any obligation whatever. We use only the best materials in doing this work nuti o,ir price is right. Phone ML MANAGER PEERLESS DENTISTS Corner Seventh & Willamette Street