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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.
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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.
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We Will Save You ZS to 50
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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.
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MANAGER PEERLESS DENTISTS
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