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
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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
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