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" MORNING pi ifENE ORE.. SUNDAY." OCT. 71, 1W3
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The Place of Vetch in Fall Cropping
By M. E. McCollam, Agronomist at Wcatorn Washington
"" . ! Kxporlmont Station
t:: The uses to which vetch may be
ut as a fall sown crop are many,
nd no other orop is nearly ns
. 'Satisfactory under the same con
ditions. Three varieties are suited
to fall seeding, but the choice, will
depend upon the soli nnd drain
i Me.
C Hairy vetch, sometimes called
winter vetch, is adapted to light,
gravelly or sandy soil. When sown
with winter rye In tho proportion
of 80 pounds rye nnd 25 pounds
vetoh ppr acre, It produre.1 a crop
'Which may be pastured In the
early spring for a short while nnd
(hen allowed to make a growth
either for hay or green feed. On
ordinary soil where other vetch
iw)l grow, the hairy vetch is not
recommended, einoo it may give
'trouble as a wood, and tho peed
Is: more exponslvo than othor
rvetchea.
1 Hungarian vetch Is a vetoh of
?rebent introduction on our farms
mad is giving good satisfaction on
'poorly, drained, heavy soil. . It is
not recommended for any situa
.tion -where common vetch will
bve, but for the kind of land
'mentioned it is quite useful,- An
other point In Its favor Is tho fact
-that aphis do not trouble It. It
I a heavy seed producer,. nnd all
.reports testify to Its pnlatabillty
a forage plant. Seeding nt the
rate of 80 pounds per . acre pro-
daces good stands.
Common vetch In most cases
JWfll be tho most desirable vetch
Making Mohair Fleeces Worth $200 Apiece
By'O. II. Barnhlll, in
i The averago stockman shears a
ftoat or sheep onco or: twice a year
Md sells the fleece for ?3 to $5;
Mrs. F. - A. Pierce, Humboldt
'breeder, waits two years longer
and gets $200 for tho crop of mo
hair from on animal.-v; .
Ae the darkey would ay. It's
"mo" hair," all right, weighing HO
'Pounds or more per fleece and
measuring two to three feet in
length. Such hair brings $2 to
120 a pound, and Is used largely
for making switches. :
."Meteyl" exclaims milady, who
iff. losing her natural head cover
ing and is looking for a substitute.
:"Thlnk of wearing goat hair!''
' "Tea, and think of wearing a
Chinaman's queue," returns Mrs.
Pieroe. "ale for the goat, every
time. Lots of women are wear
ing mohair and don't know it. No
wonder it's so fine and wavy,
with a beautiful silk luster." .
HO this isn't a hot-air fairy tale
from far western forests,- but an
honest-to-goodness -story of the
possibilities of the long-haired
goat Industry. - 'AH goats won't
CTOW long hair, not even all An
goras; just as all persons haven't
the tendency to produce lengthy
bears or tresses.
(jJJ;. All Goats Don't Shed
. . Host goats, if not shorn, will
abed their hair once a year, usual
ly, in the spring, after they begin
to eat gras3 and other green feed.
There are certain strains, however,
that retain their coat' from year
- to year.- Of course when the hair
gets unusually long it must be
caved fop esrefullv. else mneh nf
it will be worn out and-polled off.!
UMi, luuiitur i unuaa ttnu
the ends of the braids tied together
over the animal's back, to prevent
their dragging on the ground' Yes,
the owner of the hair gets pretty
hot in the summer (some women
with long, heavy hair can Imagine
ho It feels) but, as Mrs.. Pierce
in
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to arrow for forttgo'or winter cover.
Tho nunu's: urrny. votch, Orenon
vetch, sprlntf vetch, und some
others, aro included under the
head of common vetch. Kor fall
seeding a proportion of SO pounds
red itUNinn wheat, roacn rye or
pray winter oats, with 40 pounds
common vetch, it) recom mended aa
a mixture for wreen feed, hIIuro,
hay or cover crop. The oats and
votch make hay of a hotter qual
ity than tho other grahui In com
hnintlon, but for silage and green
feed cither the wheat and vetch or
rye and vetch nro superior be
cause of their heavier yield-
Sometimes an objection to vetoh
has arisen because it has not come
through the winter with a full
stand. Thero Ja no question nhout
vetch beins resistant to any winter
temperature occurring in western
Washington,' but thero is danger
on sonin lands which heave seri
ously, of destroying tho vetch by
heaving. . This so-called "winter
killing" can largely be remedied
by seeding the vetch with a drill
or when broadcasting, discing the
seed in thoroughly so as to cover
It well. Also, November la too late
to seed vetch for best results.
Early seeding, about September 1,
is recommended, especially ' whero
trouble from "winter killing' has
been experienced. This early fall
seeding is also an advantage when
n good winter cover Is desired or
if green feed in tho spring is
planned for.
Orchard and Farm
points out, goats don't suffer from
tho heat as much as fat hogs,
which sometimes die from over
heating while being shown at
fairs.
"No, wo didn't exhibit our stock
nt the state fair this year," re
plied Mrs. Pierce, In answer to an
inquiry.
"You see, it was this way,'' she
explained, tying up two magnifi
cent braids over the back of a big
buck. 1 "The milk goat breeders
asked to have bucks omitted from
the premium list, because the dis
agreeable odor of these animals
gives visitors a bad impression.
The fair management thought it
wouldn't look right to admit An
gora bucks, even If they lack the
unpleasant smell, while excluding
milk goat bucks.
"Ana yet," continued Mrs.
Pierce, "the milk "goat breeders
were offered more than. 81000 In
premiums and the Angora neonle
only 860, although there are prob
ably ten times as many mohair
goats in California as there are of
the milk breeds. Instead of get
ting ten times as much prize
money. Angoras were offered only
one-twentieth as much.- Is that
Justice?"
Women Like Goat work
The Pierces keen 22 nure-bred
Angoras on their "ranchette" at
Freshwater, six miles from Eureka..
Mr. Pierce and his son-in-law, J.
R .Taylor, work in tho city, while
Mrs. Pierce and daughter, Emily,
take care of the goats, thoroughly
enjoying the work.
A yardstick was necessary to
measure Lebou's mohair, the
longest of which is 29 inches in
length. "Will It get any longer?
Land's sake, yes." affirmed the
goat lady. "Mohair grows an Inch
a month, on an average. At the
Panama - Pacific exposition we
showed a goat, "Dodo," with the
longest mohair .ever grown 41
WkmU tmt Nul St-MmatiHt Ctrritr, 125
EUGENE WASH CO.
Salesroom 45 N inth Avenue W: ".
Service SUtidn 407 BUir Boulevard
Inches. Tt wns about 44 Inches
when we cut It off.
"That fleece sold for 8372, so
you see $200 Is by no means the
top price for n mohair clip. Count
ing pi-lues nnd other things. Dodo
earned us $S0I). '
"We sell all our long hnlr to I..
I.coutsovo, a NeV York dealer.'
Ordinary innhnlr is shipped by our
association from Portland to mills
in New England, where it is made
into fine suitings, plush and up
holstering." Mrs. Pierce has doxona of fine
samples of molialr products, sent
her by tho firm which buys her
Angora fleeces. Mood mohair
brings HO cents tq $1 u pound, the
latter being the price of fine kid
hair. Poor Btock sells down to 30
oents.
Const Coats Yield Writ
Two und one-half to three
pounds Is the averago weight of
Angora fleeces In Texas, the great,
est goat state in the Union, but
blooded stock In Humbqlilt county
shears six pounds, tine two-year-old
fleece weighed 19 pounds, tho
hair being two feet long.
"Climate nnd good breeding
make tho difference." Mrs. Pierce
explains. "Wo bellovo the coast,
counties constitute tho finest goat
country In the world, . Thero arc
more Angoras In tills state than
In Oregon, where we were in tiusi'
ncss for several yours In the UmP'
ami valley." '
The Pierces have 120 goats at
Shower's Pass, 76 miles from the
coast. These animals are cared
for by G. W. Jordan for half the
Increase. Their range is kept In
first-class condition by burning out
the underbrush, which not only
gives the grass a bettor chance
to grow, but also makes It easier
to protect the animals from coy
otes. tnelr greatest enemy.
' Controlling (ioat Knomlcs
Sinco government hunters have
been making war on coyotes, tnis
menace to tho sheep and goat In
dustry is much less serious tnan
formerly. Lice are controlled with
Hitlnhur din. Where Angoras are
kept Irt nn orchard, tho trunks of
tho trees aro protected by palat
ine thm wltn a solution wnicn
tastes bad to the goats, but does
not injure the trees.
Mrs. Pierce Is a great booster
for Angoras and all their products.
Including "chevon," tho new name
for goat meat. The latter often
Is sold for mutton, which It greatly
resembles, but hits a gamier
flavor.
"Along with calf clubs, why not
have goat clubs?" Mrs. Pierce sug
gests. "Angoras are more profit
able than calves, make better pets
and aro easeir to keep. In fact,
they aro such good rustlers and are
so healthy and hardy that they
often are underfed and neglected
in other ways. While a goat will
stand a lot of abuse, no animal
will more richly reward good treat
ment. '
Inflation
To give maximum service, a tire
must contain the proper pressure
at all-t met..-since. It Is the. air
cushion within the tire which sup
ports tue' weight of tho car.. When
under-inflnteu, the sidcwalls bend
or flex sharply with each turn of
tho wheel. ?'he bending and flex
ing produce heat, which softens
the rubber Detween the layers of
fabric or cords. F nally the layers
separate and begin to chafe and
rub against each other. ' Sooner or
Inter the. layers next to the tube
breaks. Tnlr break . pinches or
cbates the lube and results In. a
.low leak or blowout. Clincher
casing, when under-Inflated, may
also develop another condition,
commonly .knowrc-as "rlm-cutting."
Whr n tne t re does not contain
enough nlr to keep It properly
rounded out. the sidewalls crtafe
against tho rim.
The stat highwav commission
plans to spel l $4,000,000 this year
in repairing California roads.
tdditiorul
Old Building Can' Be Made
. Into Poultry House .
Important Thing IB to Sco that
tiuod ' Ventilation, Freedom
Draft and ' Plenty uf Von--tllutloii
Are Provided.
Many farms . hnvo old-style
closed-up poultry houses, with
poor light and ventilation, or old
sheds and other buildings of little
use for other purposes, that can
be remodeled, or built over with
little difficulty Into satisfactory
poultry houses for the flock this
winter. The siso and the shape of
the buildings makes little differ
ence, says the United States du
partiiicut of agriculture, but the
essential factors nro dryness, good
ventilation, freedom from drafts,
plenty:, of jtunshino, and room
enough to allow the birds to move
about With freedom and ':0m fort.
If new bouses are to be built' or
old buildings converted Into poul
try houses, locato them on high
or sloping ground If possible, but
always on dry and well drained
soil. The amount of floor apace
to be allowed each fowl varies
somewhat with conditions, but on
a farm or whero the birds can he
out of doors nearly evefy day, the
department has found that i
square feet of floor spare per bird
in flocks of 20 is enough. In a
village or city, or in a climate
where .thero Is a good deal, of
snow, making It necessary to con
fine tho birds closely, 4 or S square
feet uer bird is needed. The Inter
ior of the house should be stmplo,
convenient, and easy to clean.
The converted poultry house
may or may not hnvo a floor. . It
the houso Is on dry, sandy soil
dirt floor is usually qulto satisfac
tory although often more damp
than board or cement noors. r resn
gravel urid sand munt bo addod
from time to tinio to keep them
sanitary. If board floors nro usee),
make them tight nnd smooth so as
to make them dry and easy to
Clean. If possible, build boaTd
floors 8 to 10 inches from 'the
ground to allow a circulation of
air nnd to prevent rats from har
boring under them, cement noors.
especially for largo houses, are
qulto satisfactory, as they keep
rats out and last much longer than
board floors. They niust be kept
covered "with litter, however, de
partment workers any. : to niako
them warm and comfortable for
the flock.
Hot' Lunches for Children
By Frederick D. Strieker, M.p.
Time was when this business of
hot lunches in schools wnjs consid
ered a fad or experiment. This
time has now passed. In most
schools the children bring their
lunches from home. These nro not
only cold and unpalatable, but In
many cases are Jar from being
suitable to the needs of growing
children.. The hot lunch Is not in
tended to substitute tho regular
box lunch, but to supplement it.
In our city schools the hot lunch
plan has already demonstrated Its
value and is being generally
adopted. The advantages to the
city child are that he Is ennhlcd
to get a hot lunch at school for a
few pennies, and also ; enabled p
get tho proper kind of nourish
ment, instcai of candy and lolll
pops bought over the counter. '
- In -the rural districts tho need
of hot lunches Is even greater than
In the cities. Many children come
for a distance and have to walk to
school.; - In order to be on time
they must rise early.' eat a, poorly
prepared breakfast hastily, and set.
out to school, Tholr lunch Is calri
and unpalatable, and the only
satisfactory meal they got is tho
evening meal. Undernourishment,
malnutrition, and Inefficiency are
the results,..
With a little tact and Ingenuity
on the part of tho teacher, how--
ever, the necessary "equipment for
a hot lunch may be secured. If the
School board or some civic aasocla
tino will not purchnse It, It may he
secured by donation. There are
several methods for securing the
food supply for hot luhchcs. In
some cases the school board or
some civic organisation furnishes
the money. Usually It is found
necessary fo" the 'patrons of the
school to furnish tho food supply.
Pach pupil nr.fiunlly may volun
teer to furnlRh the' lunch for one
day, or a certain Item of the lunch
for each day. Cocoa, chocolate,
soups, stews, custards, chowder,
nnd puddings are especially
adnptcd for hot school lunches.
"The School Lunch," Oregon ag
ricultural college bulletin no. 222,
contains many hclnftil suggestions
on the subject of the hot lunches.' '
- In rural schools. - where there. Is
often no course In domestic, science"
the hot lunclr offers a means of
teaching the children mnny lessons.
In regard to cooklntr, and Ihn re!-"
p.tlve values of. foods. In schools
where hot tnnohes havn been
nerved 'the' t'llowintr results have
been obldined. (1) Punlls nre
enabled to do ' better work In the
afternoon. (2) More Interest l
mnnltcstcrt In school work. (3)
Opportunity' Is offered for the
teaching of 'Practical hygiene nnd
ft.inltntlon. M) A better balanced
diet Is obtained for thn Rchool
iHiidrrn- fKivPii.nllB.nre taught to
take more tlme'tfor cnttng and dl-.
PACIFIC INTKRNATIONAIj llV5STOCK buimmno largicst or
: ' ' X ITS KIND IJf TIIK WORLD ,. .
The building In which thn rn.
clflo International' Livestock ex
position will be held at Portland
during the week boglhnlng No
vember ' 3, covers 10 acres of
ground And Is the Inrgost building
u. un niuu in me WOriU. iSOl Only
that, hut Its arrangement is Ideal.
Tho great nrena where the- judg
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the horse show held nt night, is
in the center. In front Is the
beautiful industrial -exhibits dlvl
slons, 7 2 It feet Ion and. ISO feet
Wide filled with a l,niM..i.
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Price quoted are f. o. b.
cestlng their food. ) An op nor.
tunity is offered for tho teaching
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Is obtained in nutrition und effic
iency of the pupils.
Farm Pointer
O. A. C. Experiment Station
Ready mixed commercial bor
donux mixture Is Inferior to home
made material correctly prepared,
as a winter spray, according to II.
P. Bnrss, plant pathologist at the
Orogon experiment statelon. Tho
ready mixed product docs not ad
here so well as the hnmcmndc. The
commercially prepared bordeaux
mixture in which tho constituents
aro sold In separate packages to be
mixed by the grower Is satisfactory
if fresh and correctly mixed. It
properly made, homemade bor
deaux mlxturo cannot bo surpassed.
Directions for mixing bordeaux may
bo obtained free by writing to the
experiment station at COrvallls.
hyo grass full sowed makes a
seed crop the next summer. It Is
nn easy crop to handle, requiring
no specini machinery. Annual Im
ports Into the United States are
largo and much of it Is used in
seeding pasture nnd hums in tho
Pacific- northwest, says tho farm
crops specialist at the Oregon ex
periment station. s
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,. Apple and peach trees should be
sprayed at once with; Imrdeaux
mixture 6-0-50 to avoid heavy In
festations of nnthracnose in the
apple trees and peach' blight In
the poach trees during tho fall
rains. . This disease, cause serious
damage if not controlled but can
be rcndily checked If sprayed he.
fore the heavy fall rains begin.
August is the best month In which
to spray, according to H. P. Itarss,
plant pathologist of the Oregon ex
periment stntiom
ranged the beef emtio hnrn, the
dairy cnttlo department, sheep and
gont department, poultry horses
with two big auction sales' rings in
tho corners.
The I'aclflo International T,ive
stock exposition Is recngnlsod by
livestock men everywhere as one
of tho most Important Institutions
of Its kind in the world. People
come across the continent to sec
ts attractions the finest livestock
n the world. This Is nn oppor
tunity to visit and learn and enjoy,
close at home.
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