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TO PRODUCE LARGE
'GAS THE GROUND PESTS' IS ADVICE
Methods Explained For Use of Calcium Cyanide In Fiflhtln0 Field
Invaders
Many croj.s in the VillamMt
toIIot nrp injured arh year bouii'
of liiVk f water during the smnnior
month. Irriicatino trials at the ex
ppriment station for the Inxt 17 yenr
show an average Rain of 90 bushels
of potatoes, two tons of clovr r
alfalfa, five tons of brans, and three
tons of corn, when water is applied.
Thfse crnp were urown on brown
silt loam on the vniley floor. The
average depth f water applied for
the season was 6 inches.
The noils beat suited for irrigation
ar the finer working and sandy
loams that are neither stirkey nor
cmire. The soil survey of the Talley
nearly completed indicates that there
are about 200,000 arres of bottom
land that need irrigation. The free
working valley floor soils where the
water can be applied will make fiO to
60 per cent Increase In crops due to
supplemental irrigation.
Many crops respond to summer Ir
rigation In the Willamette yalley.
Pasture lands hare been kept green
and have carried two cows to the
acre. The early growth ran be cut
for hay. and a good sueulent alter
math provided for maintaining the
milk flow in the late summer. Late
season truck crops all require Irriga
tton. Hummer Irrigation baa also
made early fall plowing possible.
Water filings have been made by
some 425 applicants in the valley.
Hnlf of the water fa pumped from
veils and the other half comes from
trnams. Keports from more than
half of the users of Irrigation show
increased yields, quality and market
ability. Increases from 25 to 800 per
cent are reported.
Difficulties reported are those of
distributing water, getting sufficient
water, and trouble from gophers and
weeds.
"A person with a quarter section
of river bottom land will do well to
nrovide irrigation for 10 to 40 acres
says W. L. Powers, chief of the soils
department at the Oregon experiment
tation.
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Farm Reminders
Cultivation of row crops In Ore
gon should bfgin while the weeds nro
small, says the experiment station.
O'he first cultivations ore nsunlly
made with a harrow or weeder and
later cultivations with a toothed cul
tivator. The cultivator should be
run about three inches deep or just
deep enough to stir the soil suffi
ciently to kill weeds end cover up
weeds In the row. In soma instances
in rather hard soils deep early cul
tivation should be made.
Ksle Neods Manure
Land for kale should be well man
ured and after plowing must be kept
clean of weeds until planting time,
which In usually after a favornhle
rnin In June, Kiilo plants ahould be
net deep to make them grow close
to the ground and avoid excessively
tall stalks In the field, the experi
ment stntlon fimlH, Tho tall atnlka
ni-e more suaccptlble to winter In
Jury. Weeds KIN In a Told
Tho principal object iu cultivating
r crops like potatoes or corn Is to
kill weeds. Many persons think their
cultivation la lnrgely for the purpose
of stirring up the ground, but really
tho cultivation is principally to pro
vent weed growth, since weeds arc
tho worst pasters of moisture we
have. Cultivation should be just deep
enough to sufficiently Btlr the soil
to kill the Mini II weeds, the experi
ment staiioi. finds. Deep cultivation
which digs up a lot of moiat weeds,
not only costs more but may do much
harm by tearing off a great many
roots. When a field of potatoes or
corn la free from weeds and has a
looss dry layer of soil on top there
is nothing to cultivate for.
Mildew Work, Told
Onion growers in Oregon may dis
cover mildew attacks following the
recent wet wealhor. If outbreaks oc
cur, the experiment station will ap
preciate notification.' Instructions as
to control measures will be forward
ed Immediately, Notice of such at
tacks should be sent to II. V. Itaras,
professor of botany and plant path
ology at the agricultural college.
Plant Is Explained
An irrigation plant operated by el
ertrtcity Is being Installed on the
farm of Fleischtnan and Monahan on
Kigrr Island. Ho good results were
obtained by these vegetable gnrdenera
with a 2!-x inch outfit last year that
they are inatalling a bigger outfit
this year. Irrigation more than dou
bled their yield of tomatoes, accord
ing to their report.
The new outfit consists of three
horse power motor directly connected
to a five-Inch centrifugal pump. Wa
ter will be pumped irnm two wells
that were sunk on the place last year
leveling has been done on two fields
in preparation for Irrigation, sod
more work will be done this fat) so
Ihut river water can be ed.
li a .-yrfT TTjfcV X ff1 ' "- siLstiswaitisik. i tar- -aJJJfa.
One tablespoonfut of calcium cyanide is enough to make the
burrow of a groundhog family uninhabitable. Be sure tc kp away
from the fumes, and to wash tho hands after applying the poison.
TTIIACA, N. T.t May .10. Protect
your garden truck and other crops
by gassing the grounding.
This is the surest means of getting
rid of the burrowing animals that in
fest gardens and fields. Tbnt in
cludes not only the woodebuck, but
ffur-h burrowing animals as prairie
dugs, gophers and ground squirrels.
Jiut avoid killing the skunk, not
bwiitiso of its notoriety, but because
it's protected by law. Therefore, be
fore giving woodrhucks the giis
treatment, be sure no ekunks are in
the holes. Skunks are valuable fur
bearing animals.
The gas treatment In advised by
M. I). Pirnie of the extension service
of the New York State Agricultural
College here.
Calcium cyanide and carbon disul
phide are the poisons suggested for
the gassing process. Shooting, trap
ping and poisoning are good enough,
says Pirnie, but the gaa method is
quickest snd surest.
How to Do It
In using either calcium cyanide or
oarbon bisulphide, plug all the open
ings but one. With calcium cyanide
Luke about a tnhlespoonful and place
it deep down in tho burrow.
In extensive holes, with several
openings, It is best to place some
cyonido in each of them, closing all
f the openings. Heavy sods are good
for plugging the holes, and the ga
liberated from the flukes or granules
of cyanide will do the job.
Carbon bisulphide works the same
way, except thst it is a liquid. Soak
a n inn II wad of cotton or old rags
with the bisulphide and shove it well
into the burrow.
It ia well to fasten the cotton to
the end of a stick or a stiff wire.
Then after it is placed as in the
cyanide treatment, plug the hole or
holes tightly.
Care Essential
Some persons sny exploding the car
bon bisulphide gas gives surer results.
They reopen the hole after nbout hnlf
an hour anil set it off with n torch
fattened to the end of a pole.
Carbon bisulphide is so explosive
end inflammable that it Is unwise
even to smoke while placing it.
These precautions should be strict
ly observed.
Carbon bisulphide is explosive and
must be kept from flames and heat.
Calcium cyanide is very poisonous
snd must npver be scattered where
poultry can find a single particle.
Cyanide cans must always be open
ed outdoors, for a concentration of
the gns from It con prove fntol to
Immans as well ns to wondclun-ks.
Tho bonds should always bo washed
after using cyanide.
Only a few fruit growers in Ore
gon ore getting maximum results from
their spray program. This Is not
necessarily a result of applying wrong
materials, having poor equipment, or
spraying at the wrong time, hut a lack
of skill in handling the- sprny .rod,
reports II. V. Hams, professor of hot
any and plant pathology at tho ogrl
culhirnl college.
Tho usual difficulty Is reaching the
uppermost parts of the tree. Many
growers who pride themselves on
their thoroughness would find If they
checked up carefully they a o miss
ing many branches or bitting from
only one direction. This prevents the
complete covering of the foliage and
fruit with the spray material.
Diseases and Insects develop in the
uppermost pnrt of the trees as the
result of this lack of thorough""'".
They then spread to parts below that
are not thoroughly protected. It is
not enough to guess that the tree
has bc?n covered, Professor Haras de
clares. The operator must know that
this has been accomplished.
f Farm Facts T
The last quarantine against foot-and-mouth
Infection In Texas hns fin
ally been lifted. No now infection
was discovered one month after the
outbrenk of this disease, Sept, i!7,
W2. Put the territory under quar
antine baa been held so until now
to give any dormant Infection time
to come to life and to guard against
possible furl hor sprend of the dis
ease, Government economists predict bet
ter limes for beef producers. They
point to tho fact that prices of beef
cuttle this year have been higher than
last year's, and to tho more signifi
cant fact that this business hns come
to a point at which the potential sup
ply of beef is much reduced.
New York city hotels annually buy
about J.'l.TMVKs) worth of fruit and
vegetables!. Yet that Is lexs thnn 1
per cent of the total value of all
produce handled by th New York city
trade.
VITALITY OF SEEDS
YONKKKS, N. Y., May 30. A
new method of testing need fir its
vitality has been devised by Professor
W. 10. Davis at the Ho.vce Thompson
Institute for Plant ltescnrch here.
The new vitality test is said to
show In 11! hours what heretofore re
quired from five to two years.1
J r. 1 nvis has been on a year's
leave of ahsenco from the Kansas
Stato Agricultural College for spe
cial' servico at the research labora
tories here. According to William
Crocker, director of the institute, Dr.
Davis' test Is an important scientific
contribution and n practical advance
In seed tenting,
"Professor I avis work In throw
ing seeds into and out of the dormant
condition is an important advance sci
entifically, explaining why stratifica
tion fails and probably hw dormancy
is produced in nature," says Crocker.
"This finding is the very crux of our
nursery troubles.
'.l ho has mode an advance in
showing how daily alterations in tem
perature bring about, the germination
of certain seeds. Some seeds that
have given gardeners and nurserymen
much trouble can be easily handled by
tho uso of proper daily alternating
temperatures,"
BEAN LEAF-DEETLE
The small beetle that eats holes in
the leaves of bean plants is called
the bean leaf-beetle. To combat it
dnut with one pound calcium arsen
ate thoroughly mixed w it h n;ne
pounds hydrated lime. Or spruy well
with n mixture of calcium nrsunnte,
.'M pounds, Imlrulcd lima, la
pound; water, t0 gallons.
Kfforts made lately to help a young
couple from the east to find a house
! on the Pacific Coast revealed the fact
j that the formal dining room is becom
ing obsolete In small homes. This
I was true in Oregon and almost with
j one accord the real estate men spoke
! of the romn in which meals were ser-
ved as "the breakfast room"
As a rule, less space has been al
lotted to this than is given over in the
' older houses to the dining room, and
j the space thus saved was either add
I ed to the living room which, incid
! ently, seems to grew larger ss the
! dining room grows smaller or was
j converted into a tiny apartment suit
; able for a bedroom or library.
A Simpler Note Is Struck
When no suitable house was found
at what seemed like a reasonable
price, the writer and her friends call
ed upon an architect to ask his advice
about building. During the conversa
tion, books of house plans were pro
duced, and here again were breakfast
rooms, Instead of dining rooms.
The architect explained that there
were a number of reasons for the
preference for an informal room in
which to eat. In the first place, he
said, the old-fashioned dining room
takes up too much space in tnu bouse
plan, and space costs just so much
a square foot. In the second place,
the furnishing of the old-fashioned
dining room cost too much in ratio
in the service they give. Not only
are the chairs and tables and dress
ers expensive because they are of
well-finished expensive wood, but the
linens, silver, china and glass have
to be In accord with the room in
which they are used.
Tho architect assured us that 1n
many homes the breakfast room
sreves for just the purpose which its
name indicates, and no more, for the
other meals are token outside.
The arrangement Is popular also in
families which eat at home for in
these more or less servantless flays,
it Is easier for theiostcsH to serve
an informal meal in nn informal
room, especially when she invites
guests. Usually, the table Jn the
breakfast room, which opens off the
kitchen, can be extended to include
six or eight persons, In houses
where this room is omitted altogeth
er, the breakfast alcove is situated
in the kitchen.
Farewell Mahogany, Sllvor, Damask
In further explanation of the in
creasing popularity of the modern
arrangement, the architect showed us
books of furniture. There were gayly
pninted chairs and tablea and corner
cupboards like the one in the sketch,
fern boxes and plant stands.
To furnish it are used carefully
designed pieces of furniture built of
inexpensive wood painted with light
colors, nd usually finished in enam
el. A table so finished Is cleaned in
a moment by rubbing n damp cloth
over it. Runners, dollies, and smnll
lunch cloths are in order, rather than
the full tablecloths tho dining room
seems to demand. Everything about
the idea of tho breokfnst room tends
to ininimixo the work of tho house
hold. Tho very simple apartment ia one
which tho architect said was very
popular. It hod only one window, but
that one faced tho east. Yellow and
sea-green, he told us, were popular
hues for the walls, the curtains, the
furniture, and even tho dishes.
He produced n sketch dne hi col
ors. "This particular breakfast room."
he explained, "radiates light, and it
is tho proper color treatment that
produces the light, for there is but
one window. The ceiling and walls
are dime In a lovely sea-green flat
tone paint which is sparkling in it
self and attracts light to it. The
woodwork and window trim also nro
dono in a green but it was made n
triflo darker than the walls.
Furnlturo Is Drlnht
"The furniture was finished in a
bright and cheery yellow enameloid
a decorative enamel. This gives a
petty gloss and a surface easy to
keep clean: Little decorative motifs
in complementary colors, and stripes
of vivid green were used to dress the
furniture and add to the effective
ness. The china cupboard was lined
PLANS SUPPLIED
Defiled plans and specifica
tions of this home may be ob
tained at low cost by writing
to the Home Plan Editor of
The Guard.
THERE could one find a more
charming four-room bungalow de
sign than this? Living room, dining
room, kitchen and bedroom just
right for the couple starting out, or
the small family.
Its tizp is 'Jft feet by 3n feet 10
inches. The arangement of the in
terior is ideal, in thst not an inch
of space is wasted. It is a model of
convenience, and is well-equipped with
every modern built-in feature. i
In the tiny bouse, of course, one!
does not use space for the vestibule
or hall. I he front door opens dt-;
reetly into the living room. Here;
are long wall spaces for davenport, i
piano and other largo pieces of fur-,
niture. A closet in the hall between!
living room and bath is convenient as '
a coat closet. '
The dining room is made delightful
with a pair of built-in corner china ;
closets. This is not an extravagance, '
even for the -four-room house, be-,
cause one can buy them ready-made -nowadays
in lovely patterns at reas
space. The basement stairs allow !
space, by using corners which would '
not otherwise be used. j
The kitchen is a model of conven
ience in arrangement and built-in
equipment. The basement stairs
placed at the back, and the entry
where the refrigerator may be placed
are so arranged that there is no un
necessary tracking into the kitchen.
The bedroom occupies a front po
sition. The bathroom is between bed
room and kitchen. It is not neces
sary for the housewife in the kitchen
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to pass through the dining room on
her way to answer the front door.
The .little passageway takes care of
that.
There is a built-in linen case in
this passageway, as well os the coat
trays, built-in, ii
bunging closet.
A full basement is divided off into
heater room, coal bunker, storage
and laundry.
This home, in the average comrnu-
closet. In the bedroom is a chest of nity can be built for i?5-0U.
with a yellow similar to that used
on the furniture.
"The wicker flower box was left
in the natural shade, but was given a
couple of coats of varnish to make it
durable and waterproof.
"For the, drapes, an exquisitely
fine silk material in pale yellow wan
used, which gave the light a more
mellow tone. The little glass cur
tains were of very sheer net.
"Inexpensive earthenware dishen
carrying touches of the same yellow
and green, with dishes of vivid blue"
and lacquer red, make a picture in
the corner cupboard. I not only built
but furnished Hiis particular bouse,"
he concluded, "and this room pleased
the owner more than nil the (ft hers."
Plaster Made in
Patching Cartons
To meet the requirements for ma
terials for home-repairing and to
make it possible for painters, de.cora
tors and home owners 'to do sinoll
patching jobs without the expense of
buying largo quantities of. plaslor
the Cnited States (lypsum company
is putting on tho market red top
patching plaster in 2 Vj -pound car
tons. U is ready-mixed, subject to quality-control
at tho factory, so as lo
require the ndditiori of water only
heforc it is applied. It has keen fnr
mulatcd to work easy, to spread far
and 'to set nfter ample time has been
allowed for smoothing tho surface.
It is adapted to filling fine cracks
or larger wall defects.
Plaster of paris and other substi
tutes used by decorators and house
holders for such work do not make
permanent repairs. This material
makes a chemical bond with tho old
plaster. Py tanking the patch hom
ogeneous with the old plastering it
safeguards against reappearance of
the crack or hole. It makes the
piitcb uniform in appearance with the
rest of the wall and its equal in
strength and durability. It elimin
ates the necessity of dealers band
ling "broken lings."
KITCHEN OF VARIED
METHODS IS WEE
Vory Provoking ,
A negro was receiving bricks at
tho top of a ten-story building in
Los Angeles where some repair work
was going on. Another negro on the
ground was loading the bricks on the
carrier. The negro above accident
ally dropped n brick, hitting the one
on the ground squarely on the head.
He was very indignant and yelled
to the one above: "Be a little moah
careful up thar. nigger. That brick
hit nie and made me t;tn nU ton
gue." The Highway Magazine.
It is really surprising how many
little things women can devise to
make their kitchen work cosier
things many other women leave for
men to do and for which they seldom
find time.
Of course nails must not bo driven
just anywhere into woodwork. With
a little care, however, a great many
conveniences may be put up in such
n manner ,ns to leave no disfiguring
marks when it is necessary to re
move them. For instance, two or
three rows of nt least eight cup
hooks, each with oilcloth behind it, i
may be put up over the drainhoard
or the table to hold longhandlcd
cooking utensils that are light in
weight. Lacking cuphonks, nails may
he used by first driving them into the
piece designed for the top row, tack
to the back of it a strip of oilcloth
of sufficient size to protect the wall
below, clear down to the table. Then
with nnila of an small diameter as
can be bought, fasten each end of the
cross-pieces into the woodwork ad
joining, adjusting the top one first,
nnd driving the nuils diagonally into
tho sides of the casings wherever
possible". Towel racks and other fix
utres should be put up iu the same
way, never nailed down into tho face
of woodwork or In plastered walls if
it is possible to use the side of a cas
ing. A nail on which to hang tho broom
will save considerable nmney as well
as annoyance in the course of a year.
Pore a hilo through the handle of the
broom about nn inch from the top.
and run through it n loop of wire
or strong cord if the hqln is not lrp"
enough to ndmit the nail on which it
is to hang. Always kept free tnou
the floor when not in use, and left
over night occasionally in a pail of
water when the whisks get dry and
brittle, n broom will give excellent
service, fully twice as long as one
not so cared for.
A Kitchen on Wheels
Many times kitchen furniture must
go in certain spaces, regardless of
the fact that the arrangement causes
unnecessary steps for tho worker
there. One woman who has this to
contend with has solved the problem
by putting everything on wheels. The
gasoline stove rests up An a wooden
stand, with casters screwed on at
the corners. On ironing days she sits
in the breeze in tho doorway nnd
pulls the stove around where she
may reach the iroiiB easily from her
stool. The firelcss cooker is raised
to the level of the kitchen table on
a cawtej-fittcd stand with a shelf be
low, nnn may Ire moved around to
supplement tho table space when
needed.
The table on "casters saves many
steps, especially on baking days and
in canning tune.
peering laborat".1
' versity of Iowa h7 ,hf
;flow ofwa P7 hro;etPr
i P cent at an add!?
;Vt by addi ng
conduit am.rdiDjV'
'""or drains eneVD '
.hare a
portance not only tn B2f
"ps. but alFotft ,,; Pn
! burden of
i tion and maintenance t?
; Pointing out that thi, L
many cases where
--h has
i times orpr hv ' ,
"nving m cost
Mr. vii .
three yenrs to eo.Mr
to be one of the bes, t(
atorien of the kind in JJ
to the sink while fruit ,
bein? prepared, and mm
the stove when the can,
sterilized snd the fruit j,
Back to the sink it tM,
load of filled jar, to he
it IS wheeled to the dumb i
the whole buneh of cans d
nt once, instead of only a
jars nt a time.
"When sweepinu or mo.
says, "I can easily m
of furniture in my kitchen,
ins could induce tne to 8
the old way of bavin,
stationary."
Extension Light 8
Lack of liRht is very m,
it costs very little to reoi
houses provided with elen
an extension cord of suffic
to reach easily from the
the farthest point at wbic
is needed. Screw the cor
wall socket at the other i
cord. Into the sides of t
put a few cup hooks on
light can hanc where it x
most Rood. If the kiteht
it. is well to provide for
instead of one by serewin
electric lieht fixture befoi
Inch tho extension cord a
gives two outlets.
WORLD CHAMPI
The new Guernsey breei
for lli-yoar-olds is Ijrma
4."i2fft, bred and owned 1
11. Tuttle. Nnusatuek. C
record is ll.n'.'O.S nonml. n
It is shoved close I taining C75.G pounds of bt
n CUM -m
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Parks Warehouse
Storage Compan
CEMENT
4th and Pearl Sts.
Phone 822-J
WE DELIVER
SLABWOOD
PER. CD.
Order Before June 1
There Is A Reason
MANERUD HUNTINGTON
FUEL CO., Inc.
Phone 651
Room 24, 1st National Bank Bldg.
Pimples
You will be startled how quickly
nd thoroughly you can stop skin
eruptions and beautify your
complexion with S.S.S.
PIMPLES are tho first thlnu on
notices In another persou'a
face. It Is too ottm cruel In It.
mlKjudcment. It Judges from what
it sees on the outsldo. Pimples are
easy to get rid of. More red-cells!
That Is what you need when you
ee rlraptes staring at yon In th.
mirror. Kod-cells mean clear, pure,
rich blood. They mean clear, rud
dy, lorabl complexions. They
mean nerve power, because all
your nerrea are fed by your blood.
They mean freedom sforerer from
pimples, from blai'Vhrad pest, from
bolls, from ccxema and skin erup
tions: from that tired. exhausttMt,
run-down foeltntr. Hed Wood-cells
are the most Important thine, In the
world to each of us. 8 3 8 will aid
Nnture In building them for you!
8.3 H. has Iwn known sine. 182
as one of the greatest bloodthtilld
ers. hlood-clcniiscrs and a y s t e m
etrcngtheners ever produced. Start
taking- 8 8 8. today. Its medicinal
Ingredients aro purely Tegutuhlo.
8. 8. 8. I. arid ! III good
drus? ator.r. in two .ir.t. The
larg.r sit Is note economical
Le Win-Ms Bert
New Shipment of
Floor Coverings
You can replace that old faded
rug or piece of linoleum this
spring at little cost. Get our
prices on floor covering. We
can save you money.
WE BUY AND SELL FOR CASH
AND SELL FOR LESS
Johnson Furniture Co.
625 Willamette
Phone 1188
CONOR
BRICK
BURIAL VAULTS
DRAIN TILE
IRRIGATION PIPE
SEWER PIPE
CULVERT PIPE
HOLLOW TILE
BLOCKS
SEPTIC TANKS
Eugene Concrete
Pipe Co.
135 Blair Phone 903
BOILER MAKERS
and
WELDERS
W. SHENTON
rhonc Sll
Snd nnd Blriir St.
Veltum & Clow
Mfg. Co.
Let Gas be the Finishing Touch That
Assure Your Home Comfort.
Of course the new home will he piped for
almost as essential for comfort mid convei
as doors and windows and a roof.
If you're building this summer, notify us no
if you intend to have "the old nest" made
oni and up-to-date with Gas .Service, let us
Call at our office and let us demonstrate new
can Smooth Top Gas Range.
Free estimates on anv installation new im'
old. Just phone 2S, "or come into the office.
Mountain States Power C
881 Oak Street
, 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
Twin Oaks Lumber C
FIR AND CEDAR LUMBER
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HARDWOOD FLOORS
Phbne 782 669 High St.
At Your Servicf
LUMBER AND BUILDING
MATERIALS
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