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SUPPLEMENT TO ESTACADA PROGRESS T H U R S D A Y , JUINE 2 4 , 1915 Published weekly by the extension iivision of the Oregon Agricultural ollege. R. D. Hetzel, director. Exchange copies and communica tions should be addressed to Editor of Press Bulletins, 116 Agricultural Hall, O. A. C., Corvallis, Ore. The Press Bulletin aims to keep the state press informed in all mat ters of interest and value related to the work of the Oregon Agricul tural College. Editors are respect fully requested to publish for the benefit of their readers such items as they think seasonable and suited to local use. E X P E R IM E N T S T A T IO N C O LLE C E S T A T IO N S T A F F REDUCED BY N IN E M EN before the clover is ready to bloom. A fte r it reaches the seed stage, the mower is run over the field in the same direction that the roller was op erated and this cuts off simply the upper foot or so o f the vine and leaves most j f the rank vine growing on the soil to be plowed under. A limited amount of mammoth clover seed may be profitably produced for sale. Crimson clover seed is develop ed in considerable quantities on the plants in Western Oregon but unless one is prepared with special equip ment to handle it under most con ditions it would hardly pay. The crimson clover ripens so early in the season that frequently there would be difficulty associated with harvest ing it at a dry enough period. It usually reaches maturity sometime rather early in June and this is nearly always a rainy period. The whole plant is sometimes cut and cured or the heads may be stripped off with home-made strippers and the stubble later plowed under. On many o f the fairly moist soils o f the Western Oregon section, where it remains moist during the earlier part of the summer, white clover may be produced very satisfactorily and the seed is valuable and sells well. White clover should only be put on land that has been in cultivated crops for several years. Because o f its small size and its short growth it is rather a difficult type o f clover to keep clean o f weeds. It should there fore be planted on good, clean, mellow soil that stays moist during the spring. The white clover should be kept pastured off until about the first o f June; then it should be allowed to go to seed. White clover is harvested with an ordinary mowing machine which is set to run as close to the ground as possible and which has a metal pan, shaped something like the platform o f a self-rake reapef, at tached behind the cutting bar. The clover heads are raked on this until sufficient number are gathered that they may be raked off into a suitable pile. The white clover seed should usually be harvested early in July and should be cured as promptly as pos sible and then either hulled or stacked. Yields of white clover seed in the various sections where it is produced in the Eastern states usually run about three to five bushels per acre and the stand remains productive for a number o f years. Oregon Agricultural College, Cor vallis, June 21.— Indefinite leave of absencej has been granted five re search assistants and four research fellows o f the Oregon Experiment Station statf, by the Board o f Regents. This action was made necessary by the action o f the last legislature in repealing the crops pest and hortiiul- tural law and the appropriation for scientific investigation. The follow ing members will sever their connec tion with the station staff on July 1: A. F. Vass, whose investigations of inoculation o f soils with bacteria have greatly increased production o f al falfa and other legumes; F. R. Brown, assistant in horticultural by-products, whose work with the evaporation of prunes and loganberries and with lo ganberry juices has assisted in de veloping the best methods o f hand ling these fruits; LeRoy Childs, as sistant in control o f insect pests that destroy thousands o f dollars worth o f farm crops in Oregon annually; G. F. Moznette, assistant in crop pest control, whose work with strawberry pests in Oregon fields is still under way; R. F. Beard, assistant in the study o f soil chemistry and the con ditions most favorable to the best chemical action in soils and agricul tural products; two graduates assist ing in the study o f plant disease con trol, working to advance our know ledge o f the expensive orchard field and garden plant diseases that always threaten and often inflict serious dam age to the growers’ crops; and two graduates assisting in the develop ENTOM OLOGY ment of s' ientific fruit production. As a result o f the leave granted these scientists it is frequently im G R ASSH O PPE R CONTROL possible to answer the urgent calls BY B RO ADCASTING B A IT for help coming into the office o f the director. It is true thatiin some cases this help had been promised, notably Oregon Agricultural College, Cor in the fight against grasshoppers in vallis, June 21.— “ I f cooperation can Eastern Oregon and in further work be secured among growers in locali with horticultural by-products, but ties where the grasshoppers are bad the loss o f the funds for carying on their ravages can be materially the work was unforseen and has ren checked,” says Professor H. F. Wilson, dered it impossible to continne to entomologist o f the Oregon Experi meet all demands for help. When ment Station. “ Experiments have possible calls will be responded to, shown that the old methods o f hand and when not possible the best avail ling the hoppers are not as efficient as able instruction will be sent from the spreading the poisoned bait by broad station. ' casting. In this way from five to ten pounds o f material can be made to cover one acre o f ground. AGRONOM Y “ The poison bait is made as follows: Bran ......................... 50 lbs. Salt ......... - ............ 1 lb. GRO W ING CLOVER SEED Lemon Extract ______ 1 oz. ON T H E OREGON FARM Paris G ree n ............... 1 lb. Water to make a crumbly mass. “ Make up this material in the even Oregon Agricultural College, Cor ing and spread the following morning vallis, June 21.— (Continued from last before the rew is off the grass. Broad issue.) “ Mammoth clover is handled cast the bait as if sowing seed and in much the same way that red clover do not put out in piles as there is is handled, often being pastured back dang,er o f poisoning stock. until about the middle of May or in some cases it is rolled down the same “ The present year promises to be a bumper year for grasshoppers and direction that the clover is cut, this rolling tailing place about two weeks many inquiries are being sent into the office o f the entomologists con cerning control measures and request ing personal visits of members o f the staff. Plans had been perfected in connection with conducting a cam paign throughout the eastern part of the state for this season but owing to a discontinuance of station funds by the last legislature the College is now without funds for carrying on work o f this kind. However, the de partment o f Entomology will be glad to furnish any information that can be sent by letter.” D A IR Y OREGON D A IR YM E N SHOULD R A IS E T H E IR OW N C ALVE S Oregon Agricultural College, Cor vallis, June 21.— “ There is only one practical way fo r the dairyman to in crease the herd and that is to raise his own calves,” said Professor C. H. Eckles, professor of dairy husbandry, University of Missouri, when speaking before the dairymen’s conventions during the Farmers’ Week at the Ore gon Agricultural College. “ You can’t buy good stock. Heifers should be raised with a good deal o f care and at tention. You say it costs too much. But I believe that under any ordinary conditions you can not afford not to do it. “ They say about one cow out of every three is not going to be a proft- able animal. But success of the dairy farmer depends to no slight extent up on the careful rearing of the calves. The careful dairyman sees in every heifer calf the possibility of a cow that will not only replace a discarded member o f his herd, but help to raise the average production. By proper care in the choice of the sire, and by careful attention to the rearing o f the calves, the dairyman who is compelled to start with a herd o f ordinary quali ty may, within a few years, raise the average o f production o f his herd tD a marked extent. On the other hand, carelessness in breeding and in calf raising is bound to result disastrously to a herd, or at least to keep it at a standstill as far as improvement is concerned.” PURPOSE OF M ILK T E S T L A W The purpose o f the law requiring creameries and other purchasers of milk on the butter-fat basis for manu facturing purposes to have only li censed testers in their employ is to protect both the producers and the manufacturers, say the 0. A. C. au thorities. It is an effort to realize the “ Right is right and wrongs no man” idea, by securing fo r the pro ducer pay for the value o f his pro duct, and for the buyer value for his payments. The requirement of the use o f standard glassware in testing is for the same purpose. CO LLEGE NEW S O. A. C. G R AD U ATE S GET PO SITIO N S ON F A C U L T Y Oregon Agricultural College, Cor vallis, June 21.— Three graduates of the Oregon Agricultural College have been appointed to positions on the faculty on the basis o f superior work as students. Irwin L. Betzel, o f Portland, will be instructor o f Pharmacy. Aside from his excellent scholarship he was major o f the second cadet battalion last year, general manager of Junior week end. member of the student dramatic society and o f the upper classmen's honor society, and assistant manager of the 1915 Orange. Miss M'elissa M. Martin, o f Cor vallis, has been made instructor of Modern Languages. She has led her classes in scholarship here just as she did in her work at the University of Oregon, where she was graduated buchelor o f arts. She has had teach ing experience as a member of the Eugene high school staff, and has been interested in student affairs at the College. Miss June Seeley, o f Independence, has been apointed instructor o f do mestic art in the Home Economics School. She has been an “ A ” student tluoughout her entire course and maintained the highest average o f any freshman in the College. She has shown unusual talent in costume de signing and has been an active work er in the Y. W. C. A. and other Col lege associations. POULTRY LAD Y M cDUFF The Oregon Agricultural College has the honor o f having the record- breaking hen o f the world, so fa r as authoritative records go. She laid 303 eggs last year. Naturally there is much interest In the madam and no little pride in her achievement. When her record was made known to the Board o f Regents they were asked officially to name her. Senator H. von der Hellen, o f the Board, spoke promptly saying “ Shakespeare pro vided her name long ago, Lady Mc- Duff— Lay on McDuff.” She carries the name to the Panama-Pacific Ex position, and will carry it on the rolls o f fame for many a day.— Journal of Education, Boston. COMMERCE P R A C T IC A L MEN TO S P E A K About a score o f Oregon’s leading business men have been engaged to contribute one or two lectures in the new practical course established for next year by Dean J. A. Bexell, o f the O. A. C. School of Commerce. Many of these men represent the state’s best thought in their special lines and the course will bring directly to the students a knowledge o f the ways that succeed. A N IM A L HUSBANDRY C O N V E N IE N T D IP P IN G V A T E NCO URAG ES F R E Q U E N T USE Oregon Agricultural College, Cor vallis, June 21.— “ More frequent dip ping than is usually practiced would be profitable with pigs because lice greatly decrease the thrift of pigs and increase the feed requirements,” says G. R. Samson, swine specialist at 0. A, C. “ A good dipping vat convenient ly located makes it easy to dip the pigs and increases the probability that they will be dipped frequently enough. “ The most common parasites of pigs, which are destroyed by dipping, are lice, and the most common diseases of the skin are mange and canker sores. The later are due primarily to germs gaining access to the skin through abrasions caused by mechan ical injuries. “ In Oregon few localities are too cold to permit dipping hogs a t any time of the year, provided a sunny day is chosen and a sunny sheltered place for the animals to dry in is available. “ Two dippings, eight days apart, are most effective for lice, and the treatment for skin diseases will de pend on the severity and persistence o f the attack.”