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About Eastern Clackamas news. (Estacada, Or.) 1916-1928 | View Entire Issue (April 6, 1916)
Small Fruits - A creage Strawberries Blackberries ________ TIMELY INCUBATOR TIPS. Raspberries _______ Loganberries Variety Gooseberries ________ Variety___________________Sentiment for or against Cannery Estimated Shipment this Y ear________ Pounds. Estimate for next Year Vegetables Acres Potatoes E a r ly ____ Variety Late Variety Estimate of Sacks for sale this Y e a r______________ R em arks____ Other Vegetables and Remarks Produce Eggs - No. Dozen probable for sale per year Butter - No. Pounds ’ Cream - ” tt tt ” for Creamery tt tt tt ” tt Quarts of Milk sold, if any _____ Personal Nationality____ _ Married or Single___________ Adults in Family Age - Old Middle Young Children________ In School_________ Amount Incumbrance $ When Due Rate Interest Farm Journal Subscribed for Favors shipping Meats Dressed or on Hoof Experimenting in Is Farmer Interested in any outside Business Remarks Stock R eport Hew Cotton Varies. Date Name ________________ P. O. Route A ddress_______________ _ Distance Phone __ Boars Sows H ogs___ _ B re e d ..___ _ ” Sec. T ._R. __Shoats __________ ” A g e ____ ___ ” ” _ Month expected to finish for s h ip m e n t_____ C a ttle ______ Breed Age Cows Bulls ___” ____ Disposition Steers ” ______ _ ” ” ” __ _ _______ ” .............. Cotton la usuully differentiated In or dinar? classification by the length of Its staple. "Ordinary cotton" In the L’ nlted States la o f several kinds, chief amonit them the upland cotton, with a staple of from seven-eighths to one Inch In length, and gulf of Texas cot ton. of which the staple la not usual ly quite so long. The longest stapled cottons among the "ordinary cottons" here are the bottom land or bender cotton, with a staple of from one and one-eighth to one and one-fourtb Inch and the special fancy staple cotton, one and three-eighths to one and five- eighths Inch in length The sea tslund cotton, which Is growu on the sea Is lands off the coast o f South Carolina, has a staple of from oue and a half to two and a half Inches, the average length being one and three fourths Egyptian cotton Is being grown In southern California. New Mexico and Arizona Its staple Is not so long as the sea Island cotton, but compares rather with the uptnnd cotton here Successful Hatching Requires Moisture and Ventilation. M e a t, The modern Incubator as offered to farmers today Is one of the most val uable as well as necessary farm Im plements. writes J. H. Robey lu the Orange Judd Farmer. A well con structed incubator which embodies ail the uecenaary elements o f natural in cubation supplies at least three Im portant conditions—heat, moisture and ventilation. Without these in proper proportions the machine is not a suc cess. In the earlier development of the artificial hatcher the only thought and effort was to produce and main tain a sufficient umount of heat, be lieving that 1<»3 degrees of tempera ture was all that was necessary to hatch big, fluffy chicks. Heat alone may hatch an egg, but the incubator must also supply moisture and pure air in order that the chick may make a good start. A well built machine with a small outlay for r ‘pairs after several years should last a 'tfetlme aud pay for it self many times over. The size of the incubator to buy is governed principal ly by the size of the flock of breeders from which the eggs are to be gather ed, as well as the probable future of the Industry on the furm. It is not good Judgment to buy a machine too small In the beginning, then soon out grow it. Neither Is it iidvi: able to get a large hatch r when the owner has only u small flock. For the average farm flock I would recommend an Incubator holding about 240 eggs. In some Instances, however, one ho.dlng 300 to 400 eggs may be used to good advantage if the flock is large. A good sized machine enables the furrner to Incubate all the chicks at one or two hatchings. This is de cidedly In favor of the busy farmer or farmer’s wife who can attend to the large flock In the same time that he or she usually consumes In looking aft er one or two “ mother hens.' lu ad dltlon the chicks hatch earlier and ma ture earlier and more uniformly. The machine may then Is» used for custom hatching for the less fortunate neigh bors the remainder of the season. After many years’ experience in ban dliug various makes of Incubators aud hatching thousands of eggs under vary lug weather conditions, we find It Im possible to follow the Instructions of the manufacturer exactly. This Is with special reference to the periods when the door of the incubator should i»e opened and how long the chicks should remain in the machine, either in the egg trays or In the nursery after the hutching begins. This Is a time when the operator must rely ou Ids own Judgment, (¿eneral lnsiruclloiis apply ing {Mirtlculnrly to the setting of a ma chine In a cool room, wl h only :i small or medium hub h in pro»|»ect. will not be applicable to a hatch on a hot Vlay or June day. J a p a n e s e House«. Killed at home __ _____ ______________ Shipped d r e s s e d _____________________________ ” on hoof ” via Sheep ______________________________________ Horses Mares Stallions _ A number of inu*e* have affected fbe size of the Japanese house, which seems much too small for 11 comforta ble habitation In flic eres o f the for elgner. In the first place. the people themselves are small, the average height o f the Japanese male adult l*e- Ing five feet three and one-half Inc he* and that of the female four feet nine and one-half Inrhea. Aa It la the usual custom to sit ou the floors u ( k > u rush Ions, with the legs bent beneath, great height o f celllujpi Is not desirable. The low ceilings may also be attributed to the luck of auy beating systems other than the small charcoal bratler known as the ••hibashi.*’ The frequency of earthquakes throughout Japan has been a largely contributing cause as well, and the question o f expense In a country where economy reigns su preme has also bad a powerful Influ ence. T h e r e is no que stion that tne A y r sh ire c«»w IS rapid I \ c o m in g to the fro n t as an all nxjnd dairy cow She has sho w n high f o r m a - u m ilk p ro d u c e r, both in qunntlty m id q u a l ity A s an all a ro u n d money in »K e i on the fa rm she sta nd s near th top Th»- a d v a m e d re g istry w ork has developed the f a ir that m d iv i.l ual cowra have m ade w nndt-rfu* re c o rd s for a yeai and fo r tw o three, fo u r and rive ye a rs , also th a t m e ave ra g e of d ie breed shows s re m ark able dairy a b ility The Ulus tra tlo n sho w s an A y r s h ir e b u ll of pure breeding