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ting a "head of water” on the land
and letting it force Its way ovsur the
uneven ground is impossible. The
result is that part of their crop burns
up while their neighbor with the
same acreage leveled irrigates his
fields nicely with water to spare
The River Hanks Farms have demon
strated through actual bookkeeping
on the matter that leveling will pay
for itself within two years, not count
ing any crop failure» from inability
to irrigate uneven lands, and a num
ber of other places, notably the Roas
place In New Hope and the Imyton
place above Williams creek are do
ing the same thing.
avoided by giving the land 5 irriga
tion. one on the first cutting aud
two each on th» two following.
Individual Tire lU-owd«.
There are nearly 3000 apple tree»
on th» 39.5 acre tract, and a record
card Is kept for each tree, for deter
mination of relation between sur
rounding conditions and yield Th»
Bartlett pears in th» old orchard ar»
this year being budded onto the
young stock in the new orchard, the
combination obtained having been
determined aa best suited. Th« pear
orchard of 300 acre« la to be block
ed out. and lies altogether on the
bench land, being irrigated by th»
pumping plant.
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An OWEN Light and
Power Plant
All through the .Applegate valley
the
old-time
prejudice against
thoroughbred stock has largely dis
appeared. although here and there
are to be found a few who would pit
their common, every-day. ordinary
hogs or cows against the world in
open competition Kjven they admit
these to be exceptions, however, or
group« of exception«, and if they car
I(*ri’RE in your home the many conveniriit't* the lalMir saving
ried their thought to a logical con
G«-n«-r*l Fanning I aunt
Voice Rotumed In ff «citing Orme
that electricity bring*!. Picture a washing machine, a cream Hcpa-
clusion would realise that by breed
Dumb for three year» as the reenlt
All land not In on-hard has been
ratoi- a churn, a vacuum cleaner, a toaster, a flat iron all operated
ing that herd to a perpetuation of of shell shock In the war. Tro.vper W. placed in crop on a ten year rotation
by electricity. Think how many steps and how much time these wonder*
itself would merely be developing Hart, of Niagara. Out unexpectedly basis. The first six 'ears it grows
fill little machines will save you and your family. Realize that to have
another strain of purebreds. Any regain««! the power ««f «peech In (he alfalfa, and the neixt four years in
purebred strain has been developed excitement of a bowling game.
bright, clear light in every room of vour house, in the bam, in your sheda,
grain and corn Oats for horse feed
through this process with the differ
and a» dairy ration, barley for the
if you like, all that you have to do isto push a button and in a jiffy you g
ence that some one elee has had all
dairy and hogs, and corn for slleage
et a flootl of light that brightens upevery corner.
the experimentation.
Coming back
and hogs, makes up the grain. The
then to the growing belief in the fact
Electricity eliminates the dangers and disagrecabh* features of oil
rotation la effected in 100 acre tracts
that thoroughbred blood is most con
or unit», and there are 10 of lheae
lanterns
and lamps.
ducive to a high percentage of types
units, totaling 1000 acres, over 500
(Continued from ***** Nine»
desire«! for a given purpose, it Is
Electricitv brings von power for running water in your house. Think
below the gravity ditch and from
gratifying to find the pure blooded In the orchard »as in 1910 when an-
400 to 500 under the high ditch, and
of
the
convenience of this atone.
herds rapidly developing, or rather, thracnoae entered it. but by 1913 will amount to 600 acres In alfalfa
a growing tendency to cross pure this was eradicated and the orchard
All these things which are so common to the people of the city—
and 400 in grain at all time» The
blooded sires with the grade cows. has since been clean. Last winter's alfalfa will return three crop» each I
which eliminate drudgery—which make the home happier, healthier,
The beneficial effect of this has freeze lowered the vitality of the year as a certainly, and a fourth with ’
cherrier, the OWEN PLANT furnishes at a trifling cost.
been most satisfactorily proven on trees and brought on a blight this labor conditions favorable,
This
the River Banks Farms, with the year that was troublesome for a time. year there are 376 acres in alfalfa.
When we have fully explained it all to you. you will ask yourself,
thoroughbred Guernsey bull. Nells Nineteen hives of bees are also un 40 in barley which threshed 56.19
‘
•Why
have I not installed an OWEN before f”
Giri's Diamond of Pencord, sired by der the care of the orchardist
bushels and 45 in fall oats which
Apollo of Rich Neck, who was full
Alfalfa in the Orchard
went 55.84 bushel» per acre. besides
Remember the OWEN has three tqyecial features, which are not to he
brother of Mignonette of Rich Neck
Alfalfa is planted in the young or 80 acres in corn for seed aa well as
had
in ordinary plants. The OWEN will give you long and satisfactory
with a record of 14.304 pounds of chard to keep the soil producing silage It Is interesting to note that j
sendee.
It is simple in construction, ordinary in o|>eration. It is efficient
■ilk and 800 pounds of butterfat during the period before bearing and before the new regime on the tract.
dependable and [»ays for itself over and over again in time-saving and in
Another sister. Pandora's Valentine also as a means of improving the I. «.. before 1913. oats averaged 1 • '
of Rich Neck has a record of 14,341 •oil. It is allowed to run 3 years to 20 bushels and barley 1'2 bushels!
creased happiness and efficiency.
pounds of milk, and 784 pounds of to inoculate the soil, then is plowed on the same land.
butterfat.
The OWEN can be installed in any house without any muw you
The Dairy
under and re-seeded for another 3
The pedigree continues in this year stand. The idea back of this is, The dairy is conducted by a herds
don’t have to wait to build. Wiring is simple and it does not take long.
strain on both sides, and Includes one that the deep rooting system of the 'man who is an expert dairyman. I
The advantages of the OWEN PLANT are that it starts and stops itself,
ancestor with a record of 20,709 alfalfa plant will open up the subsoil thoroughly understanding his job
furnished 70 per cent more power than most plants and costs less than
pounds of milk and 1019 pounds of for the young orchard's better de land in sympathy with it. HU herd is I
most
smaller plants. This unit consists of a 3 12 h. d . gas engine, genera
butterfat. These records are as velopment, the decay of the roots 'a nucleus of 12 pure blooded female
tor,
set
of storage batteries and an automatic switchboard controlling the
tounding when it is noted that the or leaving channels for aeration of the 'Guernseys and one pure bred Guern- 1
dinary average cow yields a total of soil
.
sey
bull
whose
dam
holds
the
world
’
s
system.
upon the plowing under. Thia
3500 to 4000 pounds of milk and plowing is done in August, putting Guernsey record for milk production I
150 pounds of butterfat.
under the third growth after an irri u i 21, year old heifer, and aug
Sold and Installed by
There has been a marked improve- gation.
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the resultant fermentation mented by a herd of 14 Guernsey 1
ment in the herd by crossing the i and decay increasing the humus con grades. Of this herd. 20 cows are
grade cows with this pure blood bull tent
I
of the soli. The alfalfa serves a now milking, including all the pure|
whose pedigree assures a heritage of further
1
purpose of
determining bred cows Five of the 12 pure breds )
heavy milk and butterfat content, where the drainage system of tile« are on the official teat of the Ameri-;
On official tests the herd has aver- needs readjusting, as it will drown can Guernsey Cattle Club, which is
aged over 5 S per cent, which is , out where the water table Is too high made through a two-day test each
HARRY 8 CLAPP, Electrician
very exceptional.
' and indicates the trouble long before month under an O A C. representa- ¡
tlve
for
butterfat.
The
cost
of
the
it would be detected through 111 ef-
Phone 350 R
foots on the orchard. In order to college representative for thia pur-1
Electrical Work of all Kinds
avoid the necessity of cultivating the poee la uniform over the state,'
Electrical Supplies and Appliances
trees, which invariably results in a 310.50 per month. T he cows on
large percentage of injured trees tests are stall-fed. each having a I
through contact with tillage imple box stall, and being given two hours
The other milk
ments. the alfalfa is grown solid per day exercise
with no cultivation strips. Part of cows are fed in a shed and not pas elation each year, thus paying for the eral farm operations, and the Holt latlng to crops This, combined with
the 1st cutting is then piled back tured. all manure being contened. machinery in five years It Is fig for land leveling and clearing. direct Mr Nile»' keen understanding of
With the water supply of Oregon around the base of the trees, serv During the final seven year period of ured that the tractors named above ly pulling trees up to 12 Inches In business methods and principles, in
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bora«. diameter The leveler has an auto sures the I^onard KMtats Compaay
more limited as additional land is I ing as a mulch and making the culti development of the farm, now start-1 ™7aee’flve’”men ___
placed under irrigation, the men who vation of the ground unnecessary to Ing. It is planned to expand the dairy whJch )b a considerable Item consld- malic lifting device and a capacity of a farming plant which within a few
<he prMen( run of waKea and 3 cub(e y.rda
year will return them bigger profits
pnt in a little capital to leveling preserve moisture. The alfalfa used herd to 200 pure bred Guernseys a.
Fordsons are
- method« are need - ...
... than any other farming operation In
In all
their lands are making handsome re for mulch is that grown on the usual final development Exercise for the Bcarclty
scarcity of
of lalM)r
labor. The
The Fordsons
are ' S' lentlfl'
(a plowing,
p,owln< cultivating
culttvatln« and gen-1
gen operations whether mechanical or re- this part of the country
turns on the investment, ...
Most . of . cultivating strips, leaving about 3% ! bull Is provided by 3 hours a day on | used in
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the older places which are accustom-, tons per acre yield from the orchard | tile treadmill which pumps water for
ed to using about four or five times 1 land. This yield pays for the care of I the other cattle Milking la done by
the amount of water for irrigation the orchard during the period preced- j machinery, with a IB. U. K. gasoline
than their right allows them, are .ing the bearing of crops. The great-; and vacuum type automatic milker,
finding that as they are cut closer est danger in such a system as this, and has been found very au> eaatul.
1922 Plan»
and closer to their water right al is that the trees may be robbed of
now
formulated for 1922
Plans
lowance. the old-time method of put- their moisture by the alfalfa, but Is
call for a new dairy barn to be of
concrete and to bouse 100 cows, and
also a new horse barn, at least of
part con'-rete construction, to ac-1
commodate 25 horses. Silage 'apa-I
city Is 300 tons, provided by three
silos. 16 by 30 feet in dimensions
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The Hogs
This Important branch of the farm
| operations will be under the direct
I supervision of an expert hog herds-
I man. a specialist In his line. Th«
I River Banks herd now consists of 87
I head of pure blooded Berkshire»,
Still hold first place for service, dura
headed by "Pacific Epochal" a thou
sand dollar boar purchased from the
bility and price. They have proved to
Goasard Breeding Estates in Indi
be the best plows for our soils, whether
ana by the Homewood Farm and
River Banks Farms. Seven daugh
bottom land or upland.
ters of I au re 1 Champion, the famous
Berkshire boar, said to be the great
est living breeding boar, form the
nucleus of the herd. This standard
may be judged by the fact that their
sire holds the record for taking
prizes and championships over any
other, and was brought here a num
for loose and sandy soils
ber of years ago by Francis Steele.
The rest of the 87 are pure bred,
there having been no grades on the
place for 4 years. There are Indi
vidual runs for each Utter of pigs,
now being ten and 30 planned The
hog herd will be expanded to 300
pure bred stork and will be develop
for heavy soils
ed as a breeding herd and for exhi
bition purposes as well as pork. Fifty
head will be marketed from the herd
of 87, and with the 300 head, 3 car
loads, or 250 head per season will
be turned to tho market.
ON YOUR FARM
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Grants Pass Electric Co
Remember That
OLIVER Plows
Farm Implements, Stock and Household Goods—at the
Nos. 20 and 40
Charles Burkhalter Farm
CHILLED PLOWS
On Missouri Flat, 7 Miles East of Murphy
Saturday, Oct. 16, 1920
Crescent 5 and 7
STEEL PLOWS
Commencing at 10 a. m. Sharp
Extra Parts for all Oliver Plows
Sandwiches and Coffee Served Free at Noon
Implement« and Methods
CRAMER BROS.
ODD FELLOWS BLOC K
Alfalfa and Clover Seed at Lower Prices
Mr. Niles believe« that modern
business methods pay when applied
to farm operation and Is putting his
belief Into practice on River Banks
Farms. Implements used are mo
dern throughout, Including one Holt
45 caterpillar, and two Fordsons, a
big Holt leveler, gasoline operation
of binding on the binder and other
such devices. Of these Implements
20 per cent Is charged off for depre-
TERMS All sums of $10 and under, cash in hand. On sums of over $10 a bankable
note will be accepted, payable one year after date with interest at 8 per cent per
annum. Five per cent discount for cash on all sums over $10.
W. W. Woo!dridge& G. W. Matney
0. M. KNOX AUCTIONEER
Owners
SAM H. BAKER, CLERK