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rrj"g. Ma' 9' 1925 EUGENE GUARD Fage Eleven BRIDGE GRAFTING SAVES TREES Girdled Fruit Tree. Often Lost Unlesa Something I. Done to Pre vent It; Method of Grafting Is Shown In Diagram F FOUR-ROOM BUNGALOW PROVES TO BE VERY POPULAR BAIT USED TO SELL EXTOLLED AS BEST OF VEGETABLES REE BUILDING LOT UNDESIRABLE HID I ..,) br ri1t "f irrieation """"...M.bles. and desire to l"!':.,,,t on water vhon it ik . fcur inch wntrifujnl '?t'rVr minute on their Wt -I Thia ontf'if. which """"Lrpn bV'a three horsepower r31b' l or replaces two 2-inch "l"lbl used the last ".CVth resulting increased ifnt.! irristinn i trainlnc " -itb Willamette valley lorm kl,r"" soils specialist "Vy'n'A I', extension service, (ar t . ..... ond ereater y"' followed appli '' m on (arms where I" I.., heen nropcrly in- gSVu-tcould put on watery P"1' i n Irrieation aystems aere.-...---.--- "77 e time j. R. Williamson I"1. Af ... j. .n nnll in his Kiger Srf P'"h V.1""''' "In ft! Wr.".' . Du. to in- S;i-"he,rit, I figure that 4. added waier ' " J J, yr" i his tesnmony. In a B ' i. a nrchnrd on which cannot be put small fruit stiU P'"U- .iflf on the Fred A tine siam "i tabbmi farm "r h'iomath was ,rted mth irrigfluon u j. Mkirh .no in a " ii, Kobbins lias msiuueu n r motor and 3-inch pump and is Irreirimt W additional acres for tatfr this jear. IrriratiDg iwiiaroeue vaur? laium .- hnnui- when the nericul- ttnl tconomic conference in Benton, Clackamas an(l nabiiiusiou wuuuro .i.pi li on the subject and KMinmended the practice. Based on nis wM-nuiw 'aiBi lion of punipine plant systems, Jlr. n.;- .iiriapa that nil farmers who intra) to irrigate Ibis year for the Cut time have their plans clearly in .ir.H b June -so the water will be inilsble when needed. He . estimates tie cost of a pumping plant at about CO ptr acre. Farm flocks of sheep in western Orsion yield a profit when well mnu ced. but .re not to he looked on as I old mine or a means of doubling ftw'l money, acrording to cost of pro duction figures furnished by growers ro-operatmg with the Oregon Agricul tural coIIoro ns analyzed by the de partment of animal husbandry. "TV uninitiated think that nliout a! (here in to pheep fnnnin is to hij the sheep, put them on pasture, iWr them And then go fishing," says H. A. I.inilcrcn. livestock ficldmnn f"r the college extension service, "toieh, however, is not the rase. require ronslnnl attention and upenditurc of Koine money." The avernce annual income ner r" from nolo of wool and lanihs, MJ Mr. Mndgren, is about $0.80 Tear. The total carrying expense is ""It Will which .Hist about hnl '" the income. Included in the ""Ting eapenses are $4.an for pas bmand feed; labor in caring for the 1. 10; ram service. H2 rents; . packing and marketing the el. SI cents; taxes, 17 cents; hnus- w cents; interest. OS cents: de- Pwalion on the value of the ewe, " -o; and losses. ,M rents. The "wi. it will be noted, retains about ""of the ttn JO 70 lliese tinures are nvernires nml will PPly to' every flock, Mr. Llnil M i eirlains. All the factors men M (hould bo included, however. ' fignrmg the total rost on anv Current Worm is Proving Menace a a tr , "'' "ni"". cylimlricnl ahape 'tot which develops inside of the . tncinr mar Will tamper the production of goose- C " " currants in Oregon. T'n M . ',r'v,nliv measures are u,ea tO Sinn Ibn lnt. fot- "-, niuiin n lew K,k. h"v' npiete control . '"n " '"Kh to ""J "nth the insects. . li0B that is effective kin- . ... " iiK V" .t,M. the solution is . 'Sa ofTsT Spr"y ron',i",i"E of ; ' 1 nmrt of 'ttm i. nf wlr. The .L,P,r",M lih,l' n t-'fcnJ'.' J1"",' ,l"rin Corn Crop Held 0nn4 C c.'i -u tur onage s. k... UC''''11'!' Oregon, sav. " n"a.i. Pr0!" "l"cialist for 'i r '""'""U by Oregon 1 ' ilm """'nf combina '' ,P " ? '' V'lch .bout -1:00 ae i . " VAl" " . "iorm. a e... (.riner isl.. ... . r. '-"'.in , ,Ul" """""ion irf fc dM, ""' fr"ra '"""f (By NEA MeiT.ce) ITHACA, N. Y.t May 0. Every ef-t fort should be made to save girdled fruit trees. The winter just past, with its exceptionally deep snow Id many localities, has given rodents an excellent chance to girdle young apple trees, but the trees can still be saved. Bridge-grafting is not a long or difficult operation, says Professor Oskamp of the New York Suite Col lege of Agriculture at CornellM'ni vcrsity. One may expect over 00 per cent success if the following few im portant essential are carefully fol lowed : Cut the scion wood while it la dor mant and keep it dormant. Put it in moist sand or sawdust and keep it in a cool, dark place. Use large water sprout or sucker growths from such hardy varieties as Mcintosh, Spy and Tolman. Do not use King, Ben lavis or Baldwin if hardy seion wood is nvailable. Do the grafting a little in advance of the time to do delayed dormant sprayiug, when the bark slips readily. Cut the scions as indicated in the diagram. Put the cut surface on the bark of the trunk just below the gir- Farm Facts die. Outline the sciou with the knife point and remove the scion. Following the line of the scion, cut through to the wood and remove a piece of bark from the trunk corres ponding with the sixe of the cut end of the scion. The bark should Blip out easily, exposing the cambium or growing tissue. The top end of the scion Is cut and fitted into the bark above the girdle in a similar way; Nail in scions with one-inch fine wire brads with large heads. Use a wedge to give the scions a bow. Set the scions about two Inches apart. Wax the scions immediately after they are set. A good melted war formula: Resin, five pounds; beeswax or paraffin, one pound; powdered wood charcoal, one half pound; raw linseed oil, one-half pint. Melt the resin and the beeswax or paraffin together, odd the charcoal, and stir the mixture briskly to pre vent lumping. Add the linseed oil and mix it thoroughly with the other ingrediente. The wax is then ready for use. It should be applied with a pointed ladle, and care should be taken that it is not too hot. POTATO CARE IS Seed corn is best shelled by hand, the tip and butt kernels being discarded.- Kaeh ear is shelled into a pan by itself before being dumped into the sack with the rest of the scM. In shelling, the following de fects in kernel type are noted: kern els which show decided starchiness and dull color; kernels that are blis tered around the germ or show other signs of immaturity; aud shoe-peggy or moldy kernels. Ears that, have any of these defects are discarded. Hand shelling given the grower an opportunity to study the kernel-type and prevents broken kernels. The seed is run over a grader or fann ing mill to remove small and over sized kernels. The small kernels are likely to he poor jielderR, and the large misshaped kernels sometimes clog the planter. Uniformity of ker nel is a real help in getting uniform planting with the corn planter. Farmers are urged nnf to use lime sulfur spray or dust sulfiir for mil dew on gooseberries after the fruit has set if it is to be marketed through the cannery. The sulfur injures the canned product. Spray information ran hp had of the Oreaon Agricultural college experiment station. Use of the pressure cooker for canning sH vegetables in glass ex cept rhubarb and tomatoes is ill advisable, says K. H. Wiegand, pro feasor of horticultural products at, . A. When boiling water bath or open kettle methods are used, there is often danger from bacillus botuli nus. Only sound, fresh, vegetables properly washed before canning are selected. Overfilling of jam often causea understerilistation. Oregon farmers find it to their ad vantage to interview canners or con sult the experiment station before making plantings of various berries of various berries or vegetables for cannery use. Uargeareas are often planted which arc not the type nor variety desired by canneries. ... 'THIS is the first spring in fire years that, shows any Evidence of a gen eral stimulus in agriculture, reports the U. S. Department of Agriculture. Let a warning issued against over production, which might tend to lower prices. Butter production in th United States increased nearly 3.",000,0Kl pounds during the first nine months of unM. Nearly 13.000 acres more of forest land has been bought by the govern ment at an average price of $1.77 an acre. The land consist of forests in Tenuessee. Pennylrania, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Arkansas. Stocks of wheat enough to meet all domestic needs, but with sight of a small surplus on June 30, are re ported by the Deportment of Agricul ture. This, despite a reduction of about ."lO.tNiO.itffO btiehe.ii on Marrh 1 of this year a compared with the same time last year. The Department of Agriculture has ! evolved a niethml of extrac ting pectin from citrux fruit wate. for it h tue ill .the manufacture f jeilie. j Number of spring lamb tradable tor market iwtore jut? i v:ii ne niucn larg'r than last Tear and as large any jer d;irug th" !! Mc. Tbe Iturt-au of Agricultural Km- i tiomic in tudinjr -o-t! in producing hogs oti about K Urtn iu the corn i L'clL i Finding why potatoes run out and preventing their doing so is the nim of the Umatilla county potato growers of the Weston Mountain dis trict, says K. K. .Inckman, farm crops speciiiliHts of the O. A. C. extension service. "Here is a group of growers who go through their fields several times during the summer, carefully rogueing alt diseased and off-type plants," says Mr. .lackman. "Some of these men will select their seed for the following year," A profitable potato seed trade for merly existed with California and still eitists (o some extent, but last year the delta region around Stock ton, which grows L'7.(00 acres of po tatoes, obtained oidy enough from Washington and regnn for about fiOftO acres, hike conditions prevail in thp Yakima valley in Washington. Formerly that district imported much of its seed front Oregon, but now ex cept, fnr output of the Western Moun tain region very little goes there from this state. This loss of the seed business by Oregon growers was due in part to the lack of any organized effort to build up and supply year after year seed of good dependable strains. The same is true nf seed for ( regon plantings. Yields have not been in creasing in this state as in some other places and the total acreage of pota toes in waste rn Oregon has been de clining. This leads to the certification of seeds. But this service was no unoner established but it was found more difficult to- grow certified seed than hod been expected. A whole flock of new diseases termed "virus" diseases was discovered. They spread so fast from' plant to plant in the fields that practically no disease-free aeed existed. Comparatively few growers could or would take the time during the busy season, to rogue their fields thoroughly and get them free enough of these diseases to be passed as certified seed by the inspector. I-ast year the potato certification board at the agricultural college in cluded a new grade of seed to be known as standard seed. This is to include such seed lots as ire very good for the use of commercial grow ers, but are not good enough to go as "certified." Over the state are growers here and there who are doing all that is necessary to grow certified seed. They are hill selecting in the fall, maintaining seed plots grown from this hill selected seed, rogueing the seed plots often and so discarding all the plants which show themselves to be diseased, or "running out" as it is usually catted, and o building up their seed from-year to year instead of letting it run down. A warntax to th public lia been issued by the Better Busi ness bureau of Portland against certain Veal estate promoters who are endeavoring to obtain .pros pects by means of the so-called "freo lot" method. This particu lar scheme for selling real estate has been used in other parts of the country for several year. Three firms have recently -oomo from California and Washington and their use of the "freo lot" scheme has occasioned so much complaint that- the Better Busi ness bureau has conducted' an in vestigation and is informing the public of the facta. According to Robert M. Mount, manager of the bureau, the scheme which has several varia tions Is worked substantiality as follows: People attending a motion pic ture theater are handed cards and are asked to sign their name and address on the representation that certain members of the audience will be awarded a free building lot worth from $300 to $400. A few days Inter the persons sign ing these card's are called on and advised that they have been awarded a 'free" building iot, "Extra" Charges Made The salesman then advises them that there is no cost connected with this lot except the payment of $50 to cover cost of abstract, title, survey and other incidental expenses relative to the transfer of the proprty. If possible, Urn "salesman col lects $5 from the Mucky" party which he says la in evidence of good faith that the winner of the lot will appear' nt the company's office at an appointed time to see the property. When the winner of the lot is taken to the property he is shown a "free lot which is only from 18 feet to 25 feet wide and is in a nundesirable location in the sub division. These subdivisions are several mites out of the city. Upon seeing the almost useless piece of property that has been awarded him, the wmaer natural ly objects to accepting it since it would' fro expensive at $50. The salesman theu tells him that hejs sorry the lot isn't what he wants and offers to trade him a lot or a piece of property of similar size in what they call their restricted district. .-.(. Where Joker Comes In This second piece of property is usually a desirable lot hut the salesman states that, they have a restriction which prevents them from letting any one hav.o a lot In that particular section of the tract less than 50 feet wido so it will be necessary for the winner of the "free" lot to buy the ' ad joining 25 foot which will cost him from $300 to $500. When the winner of the lot real izes what has happened, he finds that he has not secured something for nothing but has paid a good high prico for a piero of property that bo would not JuiVo linen In terested in if hn bad not been taken to tho tract under the im pression that he wan receiving a bona fide "free" lot. ... .r.r-j I ST:p -ii 3J5j;S - -E-'J. r.jmMMBSJum'' ?ihVi-T- etoFurA"lii i CltMbLL ' tt IT . I' CHAtlML j - HALL r. f -r-i ium.1 lo-0'l3-6 , . minimi 1X1 I CM I A I In this bungalow we have embodied all the desirable features and conven iences of other homes and climates. The long low flat roof tends to give this home a longer larger appearance. By using careful planting one can eu banco the beauty of this houso very much. From the large front porch one enters a large living room which hav ing the fireplace at the end can be made very attractive by very simple decoration. The kitchen and nook open at the opposite end from the fireplace. This kitchen is singular in the respect that it looks upou the street, has a side entrance- and largo roomy closets or cabinets. The nook is between the kitchen proper and the living room although it is not a separate roorfi. In tho back entry thero is a space for an ice box. The stairs to a full cement bnsement nro from tho grade entrance and back porch. The two large airy bedrooms have entrance to the living room by means of a small hall. Both rooms have ample airy closets and are also ably cross ventilated. The large hath room also opens from tho hall, la the hall is a lincu closet which lias shelves l LiviriGj toon m nun - I I , r -A POtcH a k FtGDL TUB run no 441 ovpr and a set of dr.wers iindoriipnth. nnd other houses mil? bo sr-oured from Thin, and epeeificntioiis for thisWnlU'rii-ltiiKliiHiK nt KtiKt'tie. f'Rttlej nrp bflnir tfNtc-rl for tuber culosis nt tlio rnte of (l,Ofiii,(i(l nn,. iHlnll.r. WE HAVE For Sale 3 Second Hand Water Closets 2 Second Hand Sinks In Good Condition at a Bargain WILLIAMSON & CO. 153 East 10th Phone 636 Heal estate market activity throughout the United , States showed a decline in volumo dur ing March compared with Febru ary, according to a report issued last week by the Natloual Asso ciation ot Heal Estate Boards, a copy of which was received here. A greater volume of sales was recorded, however, than" during March last year. ' "The quantitative index of ac tivity in the real estato market, recently established by the Na tional Association of Heal Estate Boards' shows a decline for March of five points from the peak reached in February, when the official records of 41. typical cit ies from which the index is com puted indicated an activity great er than had been ahown for any month in the past nine years ex cept the months of January nnd February of last year," said the report. "The activity if the real estato market nationally, howover, as shown by the Index, is eight polntH over that showu in March of last year. "The Index figure for March is 168. This means that tho actual number of real estate transCera and' conveyances in tho cities re porting was 68 per cent higher during March, 1025, than the av erage number of such transfers and conveyances recorded in the same cities during February in the, period ltil6-l!)23, ' the period taken as the base of tho asso ciation's reckonings, "While tho Indox shows a down ward slant iu the curve of market activity for the first time since November of lust year, tho total number of transfers and convey ances reported for all except two cities allowed u Increase over the totals reported for tho preceding month. Tho average total for March, however, over tho period of eight years used as tho base of reckoning, noticeably exceeds thn average total for February, and tho difference in this factor has overcome tho Iihtoubo In ac tual number of trnnHfcrs reeoni'- ed and brought tho Index for tho month under tho February Index. The index for individual cities j shows a non-uniform market. The I cases showing tho lowered activ ity wore sporadic rather than sec tional or in population groups. The drop, therefore, inny mean two things. It may Indicate a somewhat lowered market activ ity, tho key to which Is return toward stabilization, and It may indicate that the real estate mar ket, like tho building industry, Is tending to smooth out and spread' Its peak of seasonal ac tlvlty." The records of building activity It is pointed out, indicate that the seasonal peaks are declining, but tho total volumo over the year Is holding out. The new Index of real estate activity U bearing out tho probability that the real es tato market Is closely correlated with tho degree of building activity. KUflENE coixnrrtoN AOriXOY. 82S-2n :tO MINKU Bl.nO. I'UONK tiOO.. W. II. BLOWKUS. MOIL t.' OREGON MOTOR CO. I'linnc Dll . W'.O Olive American cities have contributed much of all kinds tu housing agita tion during the past few years, and now that our homes are the beat In the world. . ' . . The average workingman's home today is ahead of the most palatini home KM) years ago. General health conditions have been materially im proved during this generation because the people are mora comfortably housed than ever before in our coun try's history. No other country has made the progress along home sanitation lines as has tho United States, and hous ing facilitieH for the population of a city arc very important in promoting and conserving community health. The better built the house, the better chance the occupants for enjoying good health.. Tho Old and New Dwellings in the old days vers hardly more than four walls and a roof. A kitchen stove furnished the heat for 4he house, the water supply consisted of a well in the yard, ths lavatories were privies which were a menace to health, floors and walls were of rough wood showing plenty of knots, with seams between the buardu, wide and unsightly, water waa heated iu a kettle on tho top of a stove, our grandmothers were com pelted to tnk their washtuba into the yard and wash their clothes thei-u, bathtubs were of wood, oil lamps pro vided (he light, garbage was hit ml led iu a inipliaxard manner, plumbing fix- lures we to . leaky and defective, through rats could enter the house, Houses Aro Better Today there aro few houses left iu which rooms do not have outside light aud ventilation. Water fixtures of vurioua types tire scattered throughout our rooms with pressure adequate for all purposes; lttvntorie in halls are provided by taw iu thu ratio' of one such closet to two fami lies, and in lint houses facilities a to provided fur privacy somewhat iu ratio to number of rooms; floors are ( of hardwood and itle, walls are 1 painted, panelled or covered with pn- per or grass 'cloth, kitchen nnd bath- ' room walls are of tile; steam heal ing by gus or electricity, or through 1 commercially operated central heat ing plants, have replaced the old coul i rouge; luNtantaneous hot water at- tacluuents, gas and electric stoves, ventilating tmm aud flue, steam clothes dryers, ornate built, iu bath tubs aud showers, electric lighting, sanitary plumbing, have transformed our homes nnd given u a better chance against death and disease. It U hardly possible that the next fifty years will see the improvement in housing conditions that have taken place in this past fifty. The railing of such stuuilards has come gradually, each step meeting with considerable opposition, which invarably crumbled before reasonable health regulations. With these Improvements have, eomo a better health index aud fewer deaths. BOILER MAKERS and WELDERS W. SHENTON Phone 81 L 2nd and BInir St. Veltum & Claw Mfg. Co. Let Gas be the Finishing Touch That Will Assure Your Home Comfort. Of rourso tho now homo will Vio pipod for fins! Tt's almost ns essential for comfort and convenience as doors and windows and a roof. If you're building this Mimiwr, nolifv ns now. r if you intend to have "the old nest" made mod ern and up-to-date with (ias Service, lot us know. Call at our office and lot us demonstrate now Vul can Smooth Top Gas Kange. Free estimates on any installation new house or old. Just phone 28, or come into the office. Mountain States Power Co. 881 Oak Street Prion. 23 ANNOUNCEMENT Starting; May 9th, and during the summer months, the mill will close at noon Saturday. The usual quick service will be rendered other days of the week from 7:30 A. M. until 5:15 P. M. TERRILL-VOIGT PLANING ILL CO, PORTLAND J i rrmruTfft Parks Warehouse & Storage Company CEMENT 4th and Pearl Sts. Phone 822-J WE DELIVER PLANER BLOCK WOOD Immediate Delivery in Eugene. The Harry M. Stewart Fuel Co., Inc. Phone Springfield 41 Twin OaRs Lumber Co. FIR AND CEDAR LUMBER SHINGLES LATH HARDWOOD FLOORS Phone 782 669 High St. Hall's Catarrh Medicine .rs at rid your nyitem of Caurh ot Deal. caused by Catarrh. Soli, ky drrnggnii fin m 40 ytmt F.I. CHENEY & CO-Toledo. Oblo CHICHESTER S PILLS I M -fkt.r I I!iaJl)fML7V ! I'illata ti,4 tr4 bl4 twIAXy Tmk 4aWt. BirifiMr v lrtirW. Ax. Ir4 II I t JlV A-TFTH UlAtftttD H1tt 11 I.I J, . ti wMliaynn H B).-J, : tfati;. A oMtf! i'4 SOW SX DRIOGISTS iLRYWHLRc : CONCRETE BRICK BURIAL VAULTS DRAIN TILE IRRIGATION PIPE EEWER PIPE CULVERT PIPE HOLLOW TILE BLOCKS SEPTIC TANKS Eugene Concrete Pipe Co. 135 Blair Phone 003 The Machining of All Parts AUCHINE SHOP L . e W OF" MACKINKfir AND TOOLS IS Ol'll RI'KCI Al.TV AND WHATKVKK JOHS YOU HAVH IN THIS LINK YOU CAN HAKKI.Y KNTHI'HT TO Ol'U OI'KUA'IOHH. OUll MACIIINK WOKK 13 AC fl'IIATK DOWN TO tmk smallest frac tion ok an inch. oi k shop kacilitiks ahb tmk latk8t and CJCICK SKHVICK m I'lIOMISKK YOl. (1KT Yont NKXT KNTIMATK HKItK. Eugene Foundry and Machine Company 51S JOn.Ht 8th Avenue I'hotm 1051 S. B. FWWEGAN Machine Blacksmithing Soil Truck Tires; Auto nnd Truck Springs; Auto Wheels and Kims; Oxyucetyleno Welding We carry carbido in cunsj ulso blacksmith coal, and' oxygen in tanks. At Your Service LUMBER AND BUILDING MATERIALS Walters-Bushong Lumber Co. 4th and Pearl t Phone 500
