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FOREST G R O V E PRESS, FOREST GROVE, O REGON, T H U R S D A Y . A P R IL 17, 1913 MARKETING FRUIT IN OHIO. Tbe marketing cml is Just as impor tant a part of tbe fruit growing busi ness as any step wblcb precedes it aud is receiving much attention Just now. In way of solving tbls problem the plan that bus been evolved by tbe peach growers In tbe district adjacent to Port Clinton, O., Is interesting aud may be of value to fruit growers else where. Briefly, the plan referred to Is a disposal o f the fruit at auction sales, which ure held lu the home markets. While two successful co-op erative marketing companies had been in operation for about twenty years, the auction plan was not Inaugurated until six years ago. At that time any peach grower not a member o f either company was likely to fall a victim to the commission men who often got these growers to consign their fruit. Since the unction pluu has become es tabllsbed the buyers have been com pelled to buy outright. As fast as tlie fruit Is picked It is sorted luto three grades and taken In buskets to the auction station aud sold to the highest bidder. Thereupon tile grower is giv en u slip stating the number o f bushels o f each grade and tbe price of each and next receives In exchange for this a check on the local bank. There Is no uncertainty about this plan, no de lays, no telegrams stating “ stuff not as represented" or anything of tbe kind. Now and then the grower re ceives less under this plan than he would by consigning to reliable houses, but he runs no risk, and the money in his pocket on tho spot has a good sound. The Press Poultry Department Conducted hy H. S. Canon, Magalia, Calif. SenJ q u a tion s fo r this deportm ent direct to M r. Canon to insure prompt answers. Building A Heavy Laying Strain. back should be broader than the When mating cockerels to pul lower part o f the body. The lets they should be strong, vigor- type thus formed is wedge shap our and we ! developed. In fact, ed first, on sides from front to all stock used as breeders should rear, second bottom to top, front be well developed, or the chicks to rear, third, base o f tail down will be weakly. wards. Using the trap nest not only Personally, I do not consider gives you a record o f each hen’ s any o f these so called “ systems” work for future reference when seriously. The Wyandotte hen selecting breeders, but enables is almost a direct antithesis of you to weed out the drones, for the type described above as being any hen which does not get the ideal laying hen, yet there caught in the nest is not laying, are some strains o f Wyandottes and should be removed from the which produce over 200 eggs per pen if she does not begin laying hen, per year. withing a reasonable length of There are, however, very few time. A look at the egg record flocks which will average 200 at the end o f the month will dis eggs per hen per year, and the close the fact if some o f the hens larger the flock, the lower the are not producers, and eating up average as a rule. the profits o f the more industri Where five hundred or a thous ous hens. and laying hens are kept, it is Hens which are not laying, or not practical to use the trap are laying but once in three or nests, as it would keep several four days should be weeded out. people busy releasing the hens They often look as vigorous and and recording the numbers. healthy as the hens which are Breeders who use the trap nests laying, and it is not safe to go by keep a small flock separate from appearance. The trap nest is j the rest of the fowls, and trap the only sure method o f finding nest these, and use their eggs the drones. for hatching, to replace the hens There are several so called sold. Two laying seasons is “ systems” , a part o f which is to thought to be as long as a hen tell by the appearance o f a hen can be profitably kept for laying. whether or not she is laying. The average hen, according to One judges by the comb. I f it the statistics o f the U. S. Gov is full and red, the hen is laying. ernment, lays about 80 eggs per Another tells by an examination year. This is a very low yield o f the pelvic bones. I f they are for a pure bred hen. flexible and can be spread so as There are records o f hens bred to admit three fingers o f a man’s for laying, o f as high as 260 eggs hand, it is an indication that the per year. This is exceptional, of hen is laying. Others claim to be able to tell course, but it shows what careful a hen which is a prolific layer by selection o f the best as shown by the formation and shape o f the carefully kept records, and prop body. The ideal laying hen is er care will do. wedge shaped in three ways. The back is broader a little back o f the middle than in front. The abdomen o f a laying hen is lower than the breast line, and the Three or four years of careful work along the lines I have laid down will put you on the road to success with a flock of uniformly good layers. Have You Eggs or Poultry for Breeding Pur poses for Sale? Many people in this section of Washington county are interested in Poultry-raising and will purchase eggs or breeding stock. You can reach them through the classified columns of the F o r e s t G r o v e p r e s s STAEHRS’ BAZAAR K. N. Staehr, P roprietor F o r e s t G ro v e , O r e g o n . N e x t D o o r to P o s t o f f ic e PIANOS, ORGANS, S E W IN G MACHINES, STA TIO N E R Y A N D SCH O O L SUPPLIES PH O N O G R A P H S A N D RECORDS Pianos; 40 different makes. Organs; any style, parlor or chapel. Instruments; for band and orchestra. Sheet Music; the latest popular pieces, 10 to 25c. Phonographs; Edison in all styles. Records; full Edison catalogue. Sewing M a chines; latest improved makes. Needles and Extras; for any machine made. School Supplies: books and stationery. Notions: toys and birthday gifts. CEMENT W O R K . Foundations, Walks, Curbing, Drains, Cement W ork of all Kinds. Everything guaranteed from start to finish. M. S. TAU N TO N , Forest Grove, . . . Oregon A H ER D OF W IL D HORSES. In the rugged and forbidding valleys o f Okanogan county. Wash . which lies north of the big bend in the Columbia liver, range today a most interesting group of some 5,000 wild horses. These are said to be tbe runty descendants of horses of good breediug and a much larger size that were brought west at the time of the gold discoveries in the fifties and sixties. These animals a v erage about 700 pounds in weight, are remarkably swift and sure of foot, much like the bighorn sheep, and up to the present time have resisted prac tically all attempts at taming and bringing under domestication, being vi cious aud wild and showing no regard for their own lives when attempts have been made to subdue them. An inter estlng trait uoticed in the stallions of this wild herd is their persistent at tempts to coax to this wild life mares grazing ou the nearest ranges. In many cases these efforts hnve bpen successful, with the result that more thaD one ranchman has unwillingly furnished new blood for tills wild horde However, a railroad Is soon to run Into the heart of the country rang ed by these wild horses, and it is not likely they will long survive this en cronehmeut of clvilizutiou. @ by American Press Association. The grave looking young gentleman in odd looking costume is doing Ids best to keep still and remember what he was told. When caught by the photographer he was posing as "Lord Althorp.” ns represented in the paint ing by Sir Joshua Reynolds. It is pretty hard work for a little boy to stand stock still for any length o f time, but the photo shows that he succeeded admirably. The boy's name is Gren ville Temple Emmett, and he is the roil o f Grenville Emmett o f New York •lty. While Master Emmett behaved so well ns to win the plaudits of the beholders, it is quite likely that he would have much preferred not to pose at all. How to Split Paper. According to Popular Science News, there are two ways o f splitting a piece if paper. One is to lay the sheet of paper on a piece of glass, soak it thor oughly with water and then press it smoothly over the glass. With a little care the upper half o f the sheet can be peeled off. leaving the under half in the glass. Let this dry and It will come off the glass easily. O f course the glass must be perfectly clean. The second way Is si better one. but it re pdres some good practice. Paste a piece o f cloth or strong paper on each side o f the sheet to be split. When it has thoroughly dried pull the two pieces o f cloth apart suddenly and vio lently. The paste can then be soften ed with water and the two halves of the sheet easily taken off the cloths. Orchestra— A Game. IS B EARIN G F R U IT. For the year ending Nov. 1 Iowa produced 2.7H3.ISS1 |munds more but ter than for the preceding year. In accounting for {his Increase Dairy Com mlssloner Harney attributes no small part of the gain to the work done by lectures and demonstrations on tb<’ dairy specials that were run over the main railroad lines of the state last winter. In these lectures emphasis was Inld upon the need of testing each member of the herd for butler fat pro ductlon. tbe Importance of and what constitutes a proper ration and the necessity of grading up the (lulry herd by tbe use of a first class sire. Much of this better dairy gosjiel work has been done in several of tlie slates, and the practical good that has resulted It would be difficult to measure. More Lives Than the Cat. If a starfish be torn limb from limb and the fragments cast Into the sea from each limb another starfish will result The residue o f the body will reproduce the lost llmlm. From each severed limb will grow a new body. The brittle star, which Is the most disruptive o f the whole brigade and will shatter itself In fragments when an attempt Is made to draw it from the sea. is. however, believed not to have this uncanny resemblance to plant life. Rut the sea cucumbers voluntarily undergo division for the purpose o f multiplying their kind. A B O U T CROWN GALL. Crown gall Is n disease of fruit trees that lu some sectious Is causing a good deal o f trouble. It Is a fungous disease that makes Its appearance In so enlargement and fibrous or hairy growth at the crown of the root While many trees affected with the disease do out die. many others are practically ruined The damage from crown gall may be reduced somewhat by a drenching o f the base o f the tree and adjacent roots with bordeaiix mixture, but this only helps and does not repair damages It has been found that the disease Is contagious, may be carried from one tree to another with hoe or cultivator shovel and that It lif tiot safe to set new trees In soil from which diseased trees have been re 'aoved. Nancy’s Way. - 8 t NlchoP* Makes Your Abstract Offices, with Forest Grove Press, Hoffman Building. Law Office, M. B. Bump, Hillsboro. G U A R A N TE E S R E L IA B L E SERVICE The Approach of Spring is the signal for greater effort in all lines o f endeavor. W ann er and dryer weather means greater activity in b u i l d i n g operations. Now REPAIRING T R E E DAMAGE. Doubtless more than one reader of these notes who has lately set out small fruit trpes will find before spring that some of the trees have been gir died by mice or rabbits unless mens ures have been taken to protect the trunks. One o f tbe best safeguards against damage by mice Is a removal of all grass and weeds from about the trunk over a radius o f two or three feet, for mice rarely do damage unless there be a shelter of some kind close to the trunk In ease damage is done and the discovery of this should not be left until spring. It may be in part over come by giving the wound a coat ot linseed oil or white lead and tying ou a poultice of moist cla.\ or cow mn nure. I f the tree is entirely or almost girdled It will be advisable In the long run to take it out in the spring or at once If conditions permit and set a new one In Its place. With apple trees bridge or strip grafting may be done In eases where the girdling is complete, but one must be quite expert at such work to Insure success. The game o f orchestra is great. Se lect a conductor, who seats his or chestra In a semicircle, each being as signed to play some Imaginary instru ment and Instructed how to play i t The conductor first calls on his or chestra to tune up. and then, naming some lively air, begins to hum it. at the same time waving a baton, when all players must join in Imitating, by voice and gesture, their instruments, such ns harp, violin, cornet, trombone, flute, clarinet, piccolo, drum, cymbals, etc. Solos may be called for and the one representing the Instrument named must respond or pay a fo rfe it There are few games that afford more fun and laughter than this. He sure to se lect a comical t>erson to be your leader. —Philadelphia Ledger. The wind was whistling round tha house and ahaklng at the door; The sky was dull; the anowy Held. lay level as a floor. I’d tired of my fairy book, and Dot be gan to fret. •"These stupid winter days," I yawned, " I wish the sun would set!" Then Nancy Joyce came running In. her cheeks like roses red. "I'v e found the finest coeat and slide! Tou must come out." she said. "And Hilly’s skating on the pond and says he'll pull the sled Or that he’ll come and help us build a big snow house Instead!" We hurried Into coats and hats, so Nancy need not wait. And. laughing, hand In hand we flew down to the garden gate How hrlght the dull day seemed to grow! Or was It Just the voice And happy ways that made the change of jolly Nancy Joyce? Investment Realty Abstract Company Is the Time to Start work on your new residence, store building, barn or other structure. When you are ready to start That New House, get our estimates on all the ma terial you will require. Willis-Place Lumber Co., Phone 024X. When you come to town G E T D I N N E R for th* HORSE .-.I W. W. R Y A L S So. A Si., Forest Grove. Feed and Sale Stables W . W . RYALS, Prop’r North Main St. Forest Grove, Oregon First Class Rigs and Saddle Horses for Hire CONTRACT H A U L IN G A N D Get my prices P L O W IN G Father Time Has a Successor A T H E R Time was a product o f the imaginations o f the Greeks or Romans or some other ancient people. His stock in trade consisted o f an hour glass and a scythe. He was sup posed to symbolize the passage o f time. The present day Father Time is a product o f the Elgin Watch Factory. It is not a symbol hut a certainty. I t ’s a fine watch for any man and is used by many railroad men. 21 jewels, fully adjusted. F In Twenty-five Year Case aar $45.00 £&"/“" $42.00 Other FJgint $100. 00 to $10.00 SHEARER & SON Main Street, I Forest Grove, Oregon