Saturday Evening, April 11,
fage Eight
THE EUGENE GUABD
DECLARE EXPERTS
Lane county can (row good corn
profitably nay the experiment ata
lion at . 'orvallia. Mm-h rorn ia ship
jed into Ortgou frou- the central
titata and Argentina. La at year.
2hi para were shipped into the north
west for fttock feed, yet the yield of
cirn ia dragon for an acre in greater
than the bent yields of winter and
Kpring grain grown.
The corn crop fitrnifdien a culti
vated crop in the cropping ayalem
of the farm. A cultivated crop w
one eetiential for profitable utiliza
tion of land, labor, and plant foods
Dot used by grain crop, ('ultira
t ion dcrreanea the weeda and dia-
eaxea common to Oregon aoila. It i
alifo improves the structure and area- j
tiop at Hoila, eonnervea moisture, and i
makes it poHsibie for more plant food :
to become available.
For best reatiitM, corn is i dun ted 1
when the koi) in dry and warm enough
for prompt germination, usually from
the middle of April to the middle of
May. Kight to ll! pounds of teed
are used to the acre. Corn requires
a long growing Keanon in Oregon. In
102-1, a large amount of very good
seed corn wan harvested in eastern
and western Oregon.
SOIL STIMULATED.
fBy KA Rervice)
BOSTON', .Mhhh., April iL The
high-freiu,ncy radio enerjty that is
being broadcast constantly over the
1'nited States may prove a boon to
farmers in improvement of their
crops.
Such Is the belief of a Host on elec,
tricul engineer who has been ohncrv
ing the effects of electrical energy
dinsipHted by wires over and under
ground, on the growth and yield of
plants.
"In the not far dint ant future,"
he says, "radio may prove to be of
more practical benefit to ngrimlture
through stimulating the yield of
fruits, vegetables and other farm
products."
The engineer makes this deduction
from observation of experiments in
the stimulation of plant growth by
electricity.
Cost Is High
"For ninny yearn," he says, "ex
periments have been carried on both
in this country and Knglnnd with
various methods for aiding crop
growing by electricity. In Kngland
it appears to be Vhiefly along the
linen of overhead wiring.
"The chief deterrent to adoption of
this method on u commercial scale,
lias been the com!;. The advantages
in stimulating growth nnd increased
yield were not miffieii-M to offset the
cost."
Another method of plant stimula
tion is to put wires into the ground,
coat the seed, with a finely divided
iio-dctcrioting metal and drive a high
frequency current through the wires.
More Nitrogen
"There is 11 general belief that the
principal effect of electricity in the
soil is the addition of nitrogen to the
soil," the engineer ex plaint. "As we
go nearer the tropics the precipita
tion of nitrogen to the earth by the
ttntm-nt electrical disturbances lu the
atmosphere ' becomes increasingly
heavy and vegetation becomes more
abundant.
"It is therefore a natural assump
tion that artificial discharges of elec
tricity, cither through the nir or
through the soil, wili react in the
name manner."
r'rmn this he concludes the high
power, high-frequency currents trans
mitted through radio aerials might
help plant growth in the vicinity of
tlietve Aerials.
"We may look forward to the in
in.
creased yield of plants
nreas," lie so. s, "hs well
tuieh I
more
quickly completed cycle and
slHitt stimulation of the plant result-J
hig in a hcnlih.v condition, permitting
a stronger rMstanre to the encroach- j
con
nients of fungi him
Plans Arc Laid to
Observe Birthday
of English Bible
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WASHINGTON, April H.ttpu - '
The Hihl ' Mll complfti'ly overtop !
all rtthor 'bft seller','' fr. Samuel1
MtVrra lert, geneml sreretarv .f
the Federal t'oun. tl ,.f Cfciiri-he. t.ii.l
todiir iu a Mrttfm-nt rnthni altrnt
to the itt'th anniversary f the fjri;
tranilsti" of the new leHtament from
tireek hit Knii-h. t b oherv d
tht e.u.
Only our if-i-y of (he Kndi-li HiM-.
printed by William TymUk, im trans
lator, i eitl, the statement aid.
and it i at Hritd. Lngland. Tyn-
dute life tnd nnri. will receive pe-
iii attention during tbf obtervsne. 1
which will bring f.rtb exhibits of rar ; r'rom a mission ef following te
b'bhcrtt edni"ti by university and r-t ' warning craft of tbe'r
puMie lihr-irif. whereabout, the duties of the ice
"Tviidale's wrk h.ined tre whole, patrol hare grown to include atudr
'jne of su.ed'Tg tr-inslntieus, fnnii
llie fan 'I t'overtlitle lltble to th
KiH Jme version in Itll 1," the
'..iteinttt eu(iiioe... Tatter and
Smut.? school w rker tire tvinf
t.re-J by te cimneil . it reus the im.
.rtnc f tii' rmrer.ir,y thro-ub-fi
icir. '!" tran;.itiun uf the
!VW fr...i the or-ginil tvngue. Tvu
iti r i her.'i.u and martyrdom ami tti.
lower f ti. printing pr are sub
jevr f'ir dcuim."
The .rtrnt;o.l Cuncil of lie
I'gioua rdmtun. t'bioago. i jirvaioi
ig mteret ia the nh'vement. a are
the A m rVj U'te s'i'tt. the Amr-tc-m
L-tar aocaiia. and the N.
ti.nil Asiviati..ii cf Ito-'k rbEtitef.
SaaltatUa lprtanl
bick )ic can be cbex-kej con
derablj by kee;ng tt jwu!try ia
saa:tary urnuntlu g, Sam: a! ton
prevents dieae.
EAR OF CORN D:AWS $1000 AWARD
Huge Prize Goes to a Woman; Thl Time It'a An Illinois Woman
Who Take the Laurel! and the Cath
Mrs. Elsie M. Pulaska and
(Br NKA Service )
CHK'AtJO, April 11. Another tri
umph for the wmen "f America!
This time it is Mrs. Klnie M. TulftS
ka of Waverly, ill., wbo cops the.
laurels.
She has just been awarded a $1000
prize for producing a champion ear
of corn.
The ear was declared to be 100 per
cent perfect by judges at the National
Seed Com honr here.
Mrs. Pulasku's corn was selected
a the best ear from a field of .'10,000
entries in the contest. Korty-six
In one county alone in New York
stute. farmers made an estimated
saving of $'J5.000 on their buy crop
in us a result uf a special har
vest weather forecast service main
tained by the Weather Bureau of the
1'nited States Department of Agricul
ture, in co-operution with the New
York State College of Agriculture
and the New York County Farm and
Home Bureaus. Uuriug the harvest
operation a series of forecasts were
scut out daily by telegraph and by
telephone.
tin this way the farmers were giv
en advance information about the
weather. These forecasts covered a
longer period than do the regular
forecasts published in the newspa
pers, us I hey were given from one
to four days in advance. They were
made available to farmers having tel
ephones with.n two hours after they
left the hands of the forecaster. Thus
the wise farmer was able to be
prompt in cutting bis oats, or lit hold
ing oif from cutting his i lover in rut
rain ms prophesit d, or l e could lias-
Hen harvesting if good weather wus
expected.
The service is available to farm
ers h.tvinj telephone connection. Dur
ing July and August the harvest wea
ther forecusts are dispatched to the
county agencies in some thirty-five
counties of Newt York state. In one
county, by the u,se of party lines, prac
tically every farmer having a tele
phone receives the service. The prac
t .ce hega n when, a f e w y eu r g ago,
1'iof. ti. l- Warren, head (if the Le
partment of Agricultural Keonomic
and Farm Management of the New
"rk State College of Agriculture,
started calling the weather bureau
office daily by telephone to see whe
ther the weather conditions were fa
vorable for cutting hay.
At the end of last season a vote
w.i taken bv telephone Which was
unanimous for the continuation of the
r,, p NI,,t ,r extension in ao far
P"tl'le.
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S f I , K T IS Mr II r
ULUIIL I U Ul lUL
WASlUNtrrnV Anril II
Ihe r rti guard i tanning to tra
, come of H offiVen m speeinlists in
lr latrn work. Lieutenant Com-
ma rider r.dwsrd H. Smith, who ha
hren serving a oeeaoof raphie offieer
"f ri- tsking advintag'
' P'1'"" fellowship offered him by
ln Atneriean-SndinaTitn founds
1 u11, "n tnp ri-citinieinlation of llar-
nri jt.-ienti. and i 'tndying the
o.uetin of ireberf nnd their con
tributing rinse., am) lu at Bergen,
Norway.
Commander Smith has been a pion
eer in ice pntrol work, serving n
const guard vee in the iceberg
lanes and during the winter month
working up osta at c-ast guard
XV
nnirter- nd ci.mluetiue reiea
Harvard tint. erity.
f IJie oceen, includirg the currents
An Expert at
Eugene Foundry and
yiis mm.
her champion ear of corn.
states were represented.
The winner was presented with n
?1000 check at a "corn banquet" here
bby Julius Hosenwuld.
A bit of rural romance was re
vealed with the announcement of Mrs.
Pulasku's good fortune. She was no
tified that she had won the contest
on the fifth anniversary of ber mar
riage. When she and her husband married
and started farming in Morgan county,
III., five yara ago, there was only
f'J5 in the family treasury.
- Now they have a 160-acre farm.
that carry the bergs, the places where
they form, and other scientific data
bearing on them.
This service dates from 1014, fol
lowing the signing by VI powers in
terested in transatlantic navigation
of a convention, which provided for
"au international derelict-destruction,
ice-observation and ice-put rol ser
vice." The sinking of the Titanic
by an iceberg in 1012 really initiated
the movement and coast guard offi
cers point with pride to the fact that
since the ice patrol wos established,
no lives have been lost because of
icebergs in the oceau lanes of the
North Atlantic.
Short Cuts
TAKB a box-type loop with four
1 celluloid or wood coat hangers
and two strips of wood each 24 inches
long. A coat hanger is screwed at
the middle to the ends of the wood
strips. The two strips are notched
in the middle and mortised so each
strip will be at right angles to the
other. I'se 100 feet of single lamp
cord for the inductance.
Make your set tune, to the longer
wavelengths by hooking a coil of 20
turns of No. 20 wire in series with
the aerial or by connecting a .0001
Mfd. fixed condenser across the var-
iable condenser and across the aerial
and ground binding posts.
If the socket binding post is not
long enough to hold several loops of
bus wire, remove the binding post
screw and replace it with a longer
one.
I'se small test clips In making tem
porary connections while experiment
ing with a hookup. They can be
snapped on and off in an instant.
Tighten a loosened binding post on
the panel by putting a lock wnsher
under the nut at the rear of the
panel before the nut is screwed down.
Starting of Train
Service Celebrated
OM.VIKW. Wash., April 11.
Towns or Southwestern Washington I
and northern Oregon joined with
Lonjiview recently, celebrating tht
storting of train wervice between
lmgview and Iliderwood, Wash.,
over the Fmnjrview. Portland snd Nor- :
thern railway. Itiderwood Is had
piartep ,.f the lugging operations
whi.-h ttuppk the null of the Long
Hell rotnpany in I,ongview. U. a.
Long, head f the lumber company,
and other officer were here to take
part in the celebration.
Hall's Catarrh
Medicine
rid your system of Catarrh or Deal,
acts caused by Catarrh.
?. J. CHENEY & CO-Toledo. Ohio
CHICHESTER SPILLS
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50L0 Bt DRLCGISTS mRKC
Each Machine
In our shop that's hy
)rou are taking no chance
hco jroo jive ycur ma
china ahop work to as.
No matter what the char
acter of the Job, do mat
ter how complicated, we
will make good. Oct cor
future talk it oier ltb.
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Machine Company
IN WEST EXPECTED
PORTLAND, Ore.. April 11. OP)
The intention! of Oregon farmer,
as well as the farmers of Washington
and tho other nine western states,
indicate an increased acreage. of all
of the major crops this spring, with
the exception of tame hay. The in
crease is particularly noticeable in
the case of spring wheat. The large
increasa in this crop ia probably due
to the severe winter killing in the
Pacific northwest, particularly in
eastern Oregon.
These intentions are shown in re
ports gathered by t. J. Kent, agri
cultural statistician of the depart
ment of agriculture. Heports in de
tail from the state indicate:
'"Winter wheat" Winterkill, east
ern Oregon, 480.000 acres; western
Oregon 57.000 acres: total, 537.000
acres. Nearly all eastern Oregon
winterkilled "area replaced with
spring wheat. I'art of western Ore
gon area will be planted to oars, bar
ley, corn, etc. More mixed wheat
than Isst year and probably lens
smutty wheat. Decrease in hard red
winter and white club wheat.
Oats Spring oat acreage larger
than usual due to poor fall for seeding
and winterkilled fall oats. Probably
no overproduction of crop.
Barley Acreage increased in all
parts of the state. Increased acre
age limited by seed supply. Probably
no overproduction.
Potatoes Increased acreage In
Union, Umatilla, Deschutes, Croot
and Klamath counties'. Decreased
acreage in western Oregon. N?w
potato law will probably improve local
market for home grown stock. (Pig
increase in acreage reported from
Yakima district).
.Tame hay Greatly reduced acre,
nge in clover, due to. failure of 192 1
sowings. Also great decrease in vetch
due to poor fall seeding, and serious
winterkilling in Washington, Yam
hill, Polk, Penton and Clackamas
counties. Alfalfa reduced in state to
some extent, account some winter
killing, ' and weakening due to dry
season of 1024. Considerable new
planting and prospect for plenty of;
water.
Grain hay Large increase in west-
ern Oregon. j
Flax Probable increase in f ibT !
flax acreage. Seed flax acreage will
increase substantially.
Corn acreage will increase.
Wire Pictures on
Commercial Basis
Coast-to-coast service on a com
mercial basis of the new method of
transmittipg pictures over telephone
wires, devised by engineers of the
American Telephone and Telegraph
company nnd the Western Electric
company, has now been established.
Thus another age-old dream is real
ized.
The new service involves two-way
transmission from the Atlantic to the
Pacific ocean and joins up New York,
Chicago and San I'runcisco. It take.
oniy aDout tnree-nunureutus ot a sec
ond for the electrical waves to reach
San Francisco after they are applied
to the circuit at New Y'ork. There
fore, the time required for transmis
sion of complete picture is that re
quired by the sending and receiving
machines to trace over the picture
point by point about seven minutes.
The time consumed in the photograph
ic process at each eud is approxi
mately three-quarters of an hour.
Thus, a photograph, drawing, hand
writing exhibit, finger print or other
graphical record for transmittal to 1
San Francisco could be filed in New j
York at 8 a. m. ami an hour later, I
or at tt a. m., Pacific Coast time, be !
available for use iu the San Francibco
newspapers. - I
MAY NOT USE SARDINES
FOR FERTILIZER, RULING
(Commercial Bulletin) j
The California supreme court h.is
just rendered a unanimous decision 1
Can You
Qualify"?
The completing of one of our regular courses will
qualify you for a good position.
And good positions ore open for those who have
the necessary business training to qualify.
Our school will continue in session during the sum
mer months so that those who enroll now nro en
abled to "carry on" without a break.
Ask for full information
Eugene Business College
A. E. ROBERTS, Tresident
Phone C66 902 Willamette St. Eugene, Ore.
Ask for'
WLLAMETTE GOLD
BUTTER
Always Pure-Sweet-Fresh
At Your Grocers
TAtg. by Reid'a Dairy
642 Tearl St.
upholding the mate Uv prohibilinl
to. manufacture of fertiliser from
fre ah aardinea. The law providea that
caonera may only use offal from air
dinea actually packed jn the manufac
ture of fertiliier and oil. Pendins the
decision of the court the California
packer, hare aent laree quantitife of
ardinea to the reduction planta and
the production of fertiliier and oil ha,
been exceptionally heavy thia aeaaon.
t'annera Bay that oral aardinea were
aold thia y?ar at a loaa of 5 cenli
and SO centa a cae but the large pro
fita realized from the sale of fertil
izer and oil more than offset
losses on the pack. With the large
profita from fertilizer and oil sales
eliminated cannera will be forced to
raise prices of ovals pa"ked in the
future, it ia claimed.
The fi-h and game commission has
not yet officially advised the packers
of the court decision and operation of
the reduction plants is continuing ' n
the same basis as in the past.
The California pack of oval aar
d'nes this season was more than a
million and a half cases. - '.-
New Peach Varieties '
Eight new varieties of peachee have
been developed by ecientista at the
New Jersey Agricultural Experiment
Station at New Brunswick. These
are the results of crossbreeding
thousands of peach seedlings over
a period of ten years.
Herd Honor Roll
Farmers in 28 states, to the num
ber of 2378,. have landed in the Na
tional 300-pound Herd Honor Boll.
Each of these has had a yearly pro
rincHnn record of no less than 300
pounds of buttcrfat. ' s
Flrat In Bulterfat
0. F. Bicrsdorf of Cornelius. Ore.,
has won first honors in the national
testa of Jersey fat production for
yearlings and senior two-year-olds,
ilis yearling heifer produced !M
pounds of fat in December and hiu
two-year-old yielded 77 pouuds.
1 Half Pound a Day
Lambs under test at the University
of Illinois gained half a pound a day,
when fed in creeps and given a ra
tion of corn, oats, and alfalfa hay.
They were marketed after 13 weeks'
feeding.
What Helps Soil
Proper tillage, addition of organic
matter and limestone, nnd drainage
are what keeps soils in good condi
tion, saya M. B. Harland of the ag-
Knnnmv r1or.iiri-n.enr. college of fltlri-
culturc, University of Illinois.
Huge Acreage
Harvested crops are grown on
attu.UUO.UOO acres of land in the
1'nited States. More than a fourth
of this is devoted to corn and a fifth
to hay.
, For Leg Weakness
! Provide nbundunco of sunlight to
taby chicks, to prevent leg weakness.
Where this i not present, a 3 per
cent solution of cod liver oil will be
found effective.
Cut Brush Hedges f
A brush hedge on un east-west ,
boundary wilt keep the sunlight from
a strip of land at least five feet I
wide. Brush cutting increases pro
duct ion.
; Big Corn Aoreage i
Wisconsin grows about 2,500,000 f
acres of corn annually, about half
of which is used for silage. It takes:
.'175,000 bushels of seed to plant this
acreage. j
PANTS
Cut and made specially for
you any style or grade In our
own shop. Guaranteed to fit
LISTON MFG. CO.
718 Olive Elks Bldg.
SHORT ACREAGE OF
CLOVER INDICATED
A short acreage of clover for lfttf
is indicated by the rather slow de
mand for clover seed report el by
dea -s and the few inquiries received
at the Corvallis experiment station.
Last season the clover crop was short
and the clorer crop for 1123 ia going
to be short because of the dry. sum
mer of 1124 which killed nut most
of the clover seeding. Yet it it
cheaper for the farmer to grow his
own hay than to buy it and a S eg time
bay is better than a grain or grass
and weed hay. (ood quality bay in
cheaper to feed than poor quality hay
which takes more for a feeding
Red or alsike clover planted a'one
is a successful method for estab
lishing a good stand says the experi
ment station. Their practice is to
plow the land early and then culti
vate until planting to kill out the
weeds and maintain a good mulch. The
late workings of the land are shal
low to avoid bringing up more weed
seeds. Twelve pounds of red clover
or 8 pound of alsike t Joe acre
are used, being planted from the
middle of April to the middle of May.
It is either drilled with machinery
which seeds about 1 inch in depth
or broadcast by hand and the seed
covered by harrowing lightly or using
the corrugated roller if the surface
is dry.
ES
fBy NEA Service.)
ITHACA, X. Y.. April 11. Young
ajiple orchards have been pruned, too
much up to the time they are from
10 to 12 years old, saya G.'W. Peck
of the New York State College of
Agriculture at Corneas university.
Much of the breakage in trees
reaching maturity could be avoided
by proper pruning at planting time
and during the year or two follow
ing, he adds.
When four or five main limbs are
allowed to start from tho trunk
within a space of eight to twelve
inches, the tree is almost sure to be
crowded and weakened as it reaches
the full bearing nge. The top main
nmn or modified central leader will
often bo seriously dwarfed, for, as
the lower branches increase in sine,
they are apt to cut off its sap flow.
The two-year-old tree coming di
rectly from tho nursery will usually
require considerable pruning. It wiil
STOP
Children's
Cough
with .
FOLEY'S
MILIAR
bdObAfi lift '
No f4tit lngTfltsnti pet n txj
an Um wrapper.
CSIMrn Ilk It. Lrrat Mlllnff
couf h nwdictiM In th world.
SOLD EVERYWHERE
Starting Monday, April 1 3th, for one week only
we will have on sale the well known brand of Clauss
scissors, one pair at regular price or two pair for an addi
tional 1 cent only two pair to a customer we have
scissors of all sizes and for most any purpose. See our
window.
Also for this week we will sell a guaranteed outsidt
white paint for $2.75 per gallon.
All above subject to stock on
5.0.5.'
Phone 1840
be necessary to cut away entire limbs
to avoid crowding later.
Bad crotch conditions should hare
careful attention. It will often be de
sirable to cut one limb away entirely..
In selecting limbs for the frame
work, it is desirable that they be
spaced as far apart on the trunk as
is possible. Main limbs on the young
tree spaced eight or ten inches apart
is none too far; a greater distance is
preferable.
Branches starting opposite, or
nearly opposite each other, on the
main trunk may be left. They are
not apt to make bad crotches or to
crowd each other as the tree matures.
Allow Room
If, however, one limb is allowed to
grow directly above another, or near
ly so, or to start at any point for a
quarter of the distance from i
around the trunk, a vertical space of
at least eight inches, ami preferahly
more. is necessary to insure against
weakness when the tree reaches ma
turity. Limbs which are left to form the
main branches of the tree need little
if any heading back, if their late
growth in the ends has been well
matured in the nursery.
When the framework of the young
tree has been well established, there
is need for only light corrective prun
ing until it reaches the age of 10 or
12 years. The roots of the young
tree need practically no pruning be
foer it is set.
There is no objection to shorten-
SPECSA
For April 11 to 18
Included
100 lb. sk. of Bran. ... .$1.90
80 lb. sk. of Millrun. .$1.65 1
100 lb. sk. of Cr. Com. $2.85
1 00 lb. sk. Fishers' Chick
Feed ........... $4.10
100 lb. sk. FishersMOO lb. sk. Granulated
Milk Chick Start-
ins: CI IA
Mash .....VV.
100 lb. sk.
Fishers'
Producer.. !?0M.V
100 lb. sk
Fishers'
Dev.
Mash.
$3.85
100 lb.
Oyster
Shell...
Come and Get
PacificFeedSupplyCo
East 5th St.; O. E. Freight Bldg.
Eugene. Ore.
SCISSORS
Cent
SALE
Scissors
73
ing unduly long roots or
cuttU:
away dead or seriously broken tar
T!-..., kn-a. el, .
.srjVjU .a...-, uu..v.ri, .ur more rtHMv
there are left on the young tMt
Warning h Issued
On Imported Seed
(By XEA Service.!
WASHINGTON. April ll.-Tt
Department of Agriculture ,t tfr..
out a warning against the pureliiJ,
of certain foreign seed, especially ttt
mimi caneu iirnumi cjovt-r seed..
Italian clover seed, which the J.
pnmueoi mm iintTicr iii HoaiKu
seed, is being shipped to (lenntoi
repacked and shipped to America un
der the guise of t.ermau clover
the department reports.
There is small chance that thit b
German need, the warning adds, be.
caiffce tJenue ,v does not even produo
enough seed lor her own use.
Alfalfa seed from Argentine i,
equally misleading, because uipst 0,
it comes from tlie semi-tropirsl tot
and is unfit for planting in the tem
perate roue uete.
Avoid Drafts
For best chicks from incubation,
the room must hove an even temptr
at lire of from 0 to 70 degree Fah
renheit, should be properly ventilate
but must be free from drafts. Iq.
direct ventilation is best.
' Bone for
3.25
Poultry.
50 lb. sk. Charcoal,
Coarse,
Medium 0 OCT
Fine
4xucj
100 lb. sk. Berry and
Potato CO fill
Fertilizer
sk. Eastern
$1.40
Acquainted with Us
hand
CO.
West 9th Ave.
The Radio baaebjll fin
ve tat bit ptt.
to
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