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SUPPLEMENT TO ESTACADA PROGRESS T H U R S D A Y , J U L Y 1, 191S Published weekly by the extension division of the Oregon Agricultural College. 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 ip 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. A N IM A L HUSBANDRY GROWING COLTS NEED PLENTY OF PROTEIN Oregon Agricultural College, Cor vallis, June 28.— the chiet need o f colts feed is protein and mineral mat ter or asti, say the U. A. C. Animal Husbandry ollicers. It is therefore especially important that these nutri ents be supplied in the proper quanti ties. On an average the proper nutri tive ratio fo r growing horses will be about one to hve or one to six; that is, the ration will need to contain from hve to six parts o f carbohydrates, or their equivalent, to one part o f pro tein. O f the common feeds best adapted to produce such rations may be men tioned the leguminous hays, such as alfalfa, clover, and vetch and among the grain, oats and bran are the best, i he native pasture grasses when th rif ty will usually supply about the prop er nutrients for the growing horse. Among the feeds which are deficient in protein and mineral matter, and therefore unsatisfactory fo r growing horses, may be mentioned timothy hay, cheat hay, corn and barley. When any of these feeds are used for young horses a liberal amount o f other feeds containing large quantities o f protein and mineral matter should be supplied. A great many people make a mistake by not supplying the young horses with a liberal enough ration, especial ly during the first year. A fte r the colt is weaned from the dam it is a very hard matter to keep it up in good shape, and at such time special care and feed should be given it. The feed is seldom made too liberal at this time, since this is the time to "shove” the colt i f exceptional growth is de sired. Most horsemen agree that if you stunt the colt you stunt the horse, and that if you have a stunted year ling you Seldom geti a good-sized mature horse. On the other hand, a well grown yearling does not need the feed nor care afterwards that the stunted one demands. A fte r the young colt passes the yearling stage, it does not need the special care nor the feed that the colt does during the first winter. POULTRY * OREGON HENS NOW LEAD IN EGG LAYING CONTESTS Oregon Agricultural College, Cor vallis, June 28.— The end of the first half o f the year’s egg laying contest at the Panama-Pacific Exposition finds the Oregon Agricultural College White Leghorns well in the lead. For the first six and a half months of the contest this pen o f 10 college hens laid 882 eggs. Their nearest competi tor. which led during most o f the first half, is a pen o f White Wyandottes entered from Canada, which has pro duced 847 eggs. When these high producing flocks began their work for May this flock was three eggs ahead, it is now 25 behind. The College has but three flocks o f 10 hens each in this contest, the other two being cross breds and barred Rocks, the crosses are third in the race with 806 eggs, and the Rocks are fifth with 777. Since the last report all three pens have gained on the Canada Wyandottes and wljile they have all been near the lead right through the contest and have fr e quently held first place in both pen and individual records for the month, this is the first time that they have actually taken the lead fo r the term. The College Leghorns also led for May with 222 eggs. The crosses were fourth with 161 and the Plymouth Rocks fifth with 158. The second high est pen record for the month was se cured by F. M. Sherman, of Lebanon, Oregon, whose Plymouth Rocks pro duced 176 eggs. The highest individual record fo r the whole term was made by a New York hen, but the 0. A. C. crosses are second and third while the Leghorns are fourth, fifth and tenth. ORGANIZE EGG CIRCLES Better prices for eggs and poultry products for the farmers o f the state, and at the same time a better quality o f products fo r the consumer, are promised as the result of organization work which is now under way by Mr. C. C. Lamb of the Agricultural Col lege Extension Service. Mr. Lamb has been working during the past week in the vicinity o f Salem and has practically completed the organ ization o f an egg circle which will have a membership o f at least 30 farmers and will involve the output of approximately 4000 hens. Mr. Lamb already has assurances o f markets in Portland which will give the farm er a net price o f 20 cents at the present time, as compared with 17 cents which they are now receiving at Salem. Mr. Lamb is investigating the demands for organization at Lebanon while other communities are interest ed and are preparing to organize. E X P E R IM E N T S T A T IO N HEAVY LOSSES FOLLOW LIGHT CHERRY YIELD Oregon Agricultural College, Cor vallis, June 28.— A loss o f $150,000 a year for the last three years, has been reported from one o f Oregon’s several cherry districts as a result o f the failure o f trees o f certain varieties to produce a full crop. The trees blossomed well and the fruit seemed to set, but as it began to ma ture a large percentage o f it fell from the trees so that but little was left to ripen. Growers appealed to the College for help in finding and remedying the trouble, and although the horticultural appropriations were cut off by the last legislature Dean Cordley, director o f the Station, is cooperating as effectively as the cir cumstances will permit. A specialist was sent to investigate and found that the trouble was due to several causes, the most important o f which was failure o f orchardists to provide for pollination o f the varie ties that are largley self-sterile. Cer tain kinds o f sweet cherries may be expected to fail to bear regularly un less provided with other varieties that will fertilize them. This fact has been known to the horticulturists o f the College for several years and they have so stated in bulletins and through the press. I f this information had been as widely published and as generally used as it might have been the heavy losses would not have resulted and the extra expense of providing means o f pollination would have been spared. Growers are becoming increasingly anxious to act upon the information supplied from the Station, and will follow instructions for improving the situation fo r next season and per haps remedying it in the future. The fruitmen of the cherry district send their “ appreciation o f the splen did service rendered” and express the belief that it means a great deal to the grower who will follow the pol lination suggestions. H O R T IC U L T U R E HOME MADE “LOGAN” JUICE Take clean, fresh ripe loganberries and heat to the boiling point with just enough water to keep from burning; remove from the fire at once ami strain through a coarse sack. Take the juice, sweeten with three pounds o f sugar to each gallon, set back on the stove and again heat to the boil ing point, not letting it boil. Pour into ready cleaned and heated bottles and seal immediately. Common soda or pop bottles are good for this pur pose, to be corked and sealed with paraffine; or, glass fruit jars sealed in the usual way. The bottled juice is then set away in a cool and dry place, where it will keep for a long time. When wanted fo r use it is simply poured from the bottles, di luted to taste, and it is then a fit drink for a prince. Don't let your surplus berries go to waste if you like a good soft drink. Make some of them into juice for table use. FACULTY MANY ATTEND SUMMER SCHOOL Twelve members o f the Oregon A g ricultural College faculty are attend ing summer school at the University of California. Nine graduates o f the school engaged in teaching home eco nomics who are taking advantage of the opportunity to do their special work where they may inspect the domestic science study in Eastern in stitutions. PROFESSOR BECOMES STUDENT W. F. Gaskins. Director o f the School o f Music at O. A. C., is spend ing his summer in Portland, where he will take vocal work under Franz X. Arens, a famous vocal teacher o f New York City, who has opened a studio in Portland for a few weeks during the summer. LECTURES AT BERKELEY M'rs. Helen B. Brooks, Professor o f Domestic A rt at O. A. C., has been chosen as one o f the instructional staff for the summer session at the University of California. She is to give a series o f lectures and demon strations on domestic art subjects. LIBRARIAN ATTENDS CONVENTION Mrs. Ida A. Kidder, Librarian, is spending part o f the summer at the University o f California. While at Berkeley she attended the convention o f the National Library Association. COLLEGE NEW S I \( TS AND FIGURER OF FIRST VOCATIONAL CLASS Oregon Agricultural College, Cor vallis, June 28.— The first vocational class consisting of students doing one year’s work in agriculture has been granted certificates by the Oregon Agricultural College. The members o f this class were admitted to College with a common school education and worked solely for the benefit that the course would be to them. Eighty-five per cent o f all students went directly back to their home farms. More than one-third o f the class were entirely self-supporting, paying their entire expenses o f College work with the proceeds o f summer work and odd jobs at O. A. C. Over two-thirds o f the class provided more than one- half o f their own expenses. Although so large a part of the class was self- supporting only two students failed to complete the year fo r lack of money. Seventy-five per cent o f the class in crops and soils intend to re turn to 0. A. C. for more work. Without exception students were satisfied with the work they received in the vocational course. One-third of the number registered in crops and soils had sufficient high school credits to enter the degree course and many o f them have de termined to do so fo r a full College course. Judging from the success o f the past year the vocational courses are destined to become some of the most popular and most valuable given at the College. NEW SOURCE OF INCOME Increased Federal support of the Oregon Agricultural College is noted in the Smith-Lever Fund, which has brought to the College for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1015, the sum o f $10,000. This sum is to be increased annually fo r seven years, when the to tal amount for Oregon will be $30,200. This amount will be a perpetual an nual income to the College fo r prac tical demonstration work in agricul ture and home economics so long as the State or other local agency sup plies an equal amount for the same purpose. The catalogue also notes that the College is on a millage-tax basis, so far as income from the State is concerned, beginning with April 15, 1915. O. A. C. CATALOGUE NOW READY The annual catalogue o f the Ore gon Agricultural College, a book of 470 pages, has just been issued from the College Press, and is being mailed from the office o f the Registrar. It embodies, besides the usual reference information, several announcements, various changes in faculty, courses of study, entrance requirements and so on, which will be of particular inter est at this time. Copies o f the book will be mailed free upon request, to all interested persons. BOYS IN V A D E C AM PU S For the third time Oregon grade school boys have come to the O. A. C. campus to study, work and play. They learn to know the common field crops, how to produce, harvest and utilize some o f them, and to know some of the most common insects and diseases o f orchard, field and garden. Some of the smaller boys get a little homesick for the first few days but that soon wears off and all are sorry when it comes time to leave. COMMERCE INVESTIGATES RURAL CREDITS Dean J. A. Bexell, o f the Oregon Agricultural College School of Com merce, has been selected by the Fed eral Government to investigate farm accounting and rural credits in the Western and Middle Western states during this summer. This work will be done in cooperation with the United States Bureau of Marketing, which hears the expense incident to the in vestigations. The work will be under taken at an early date.