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BEND BULLETIN, BKND, ORKGON, THURSDAY, AUGUNT M, 1010 tlHHHttttl imiRmmimi!m;:t!'.:mtm!i:!iititiii:iHt:;iiiitttt!mti::iitii:i::im:titiiim::ii:tiii!itiiti:itititi;iii:iititttt!iii! CROP CENSUS IS COMPLETE FILL IN WITH SUNFLOWERS What Busy Farmers Are Doing ''im:n:t:i:i::::::u::::i::tn:::i:UK:n:R::!:::::::i:::t::::::::!Utt:n::::m!u:iit:::::::t::::iiti:::it:::::t::t!::i::iut:tuin:::ii:tii::ii FAG 1W DISEASE IN POTATOES CROPS COUNTY AQIUCUIrUltlST 11K lilKVKS IT KITHKU VU8AUIUM Oil lUiAOIUiKG I N VKSTIO A TIOX8 UKING MADK. FARMERS SMILE; BUMPER HKCONI) CUTTING OK ALKALl-'A LOOKS PROMISING SULPHUR 1DKA GAINING GROUND IN COUNTY, SAYS II. K. KOONH. FARMS IN THE COUNTY NUMBER 720. l'lr.st Complete Summary of ArtIcuI. turn! mul llortlcultuml Statin- tics for Deschutes Slionn Variety of Kni-mlnR. County Agricultural H. E. Koons reports that BOToral days ago a num ber of fields of potatoes woro devel oping a condition nkin to fursarlum, or possibly black-leg. Spoclmens of these diseased plants were mailed to Corrallls for positive Identification by tho agents offtco. Tho depart ment of pathology of tho Oregon Agricultural Collego is uot certain which of tho two diseases is present, but wll bo ablo In a row days to make n deflnlto report. Slnco tho first samples were sont to tho county agent other fields are reported to havo developed the same trouble Ordinarily tho corrosive trcatmont of seed will eliminate trouble with black-leg, but when seed, which has been affected In tho previous year is used the organisms aro sometimes found within tho potato and in this caso no dip Is ablo to reach them. "When such seed Is used tho plants are usually thrifty all during tho ear ly part of tho growth, but about the time tho70iing tubers aro being formed thteso organisms either injuro the main atom or else cut off the young tubers from the rest of the plant, consequently preventing their further development. The outward in dications aro that tho leaves turn to yellow or light green and eventual ly 'die. Tho fjrst leaves to show the effects of tho disease aro those closest the ground, later on the whole plant may become badly with ered and oft.coUr,y says Mr. Koons. "To Jusfwhat an extent the potato crop this year will be affected it is not possible to say, but thero are some few fields which the writer has examined on which the ield will per haps be cut one-half or more. Con stant use of the corrosive sublimate dip will in time greatly control the disease, but the best means of pre vention are to use clean seed and hew land, rotating potato areas as often as possible." AIR DRILL ORDERED BY POWER COMPANY A compressed air drill to be used in connection with the Bend Water, Light & Tower company's program of laying steel mains through1 tho business district of tho city, has been ordered by tho company to facilitate more rapid work than would other wise be possible. Farmers, remember, big Banker - Farmer Mixer on Tumalo Island, Sept. 1. Adv. I'ut it la Tho Bulletin. What's tho cause of tho smllos nnd pleasant looks among tho farmers of Dcschutoa county this year hotter crops nnd favorable prices in tho air. Many of tho farmers nro report ing prospects for second cutting of nlfnlfa which will mean almost as heavy a yield as mado by tho first cutting. Many of those yields, ac cording to county agriculturist, II. E. Koons, are tho direct result of tho uso of sulphur as fertilizer. Farmers nro constantly applying to tho county agriculturist for ordors for sulphur, seeing this year tho benefit they thomsolvcs hnvo gnlnod or tho results obtained on tho farms of neighbors. They bellovo sulphur is one of tho best investments n farmer can make. The Grimm alfalfa seed is show ing up in fine shape. Whllo no ac curate measurements aro possible from tho Grimm alfalfa fields, it is apparent, according to Mr. Koons, that this hardier strain of alfalfa has mado sufficient increase to pay for the difference in the prico of tho seed several times over, to say noth ing about tho insurance against win ter killing. DAIRY STOCK IS SHOWING INCREASE WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 28. Twenoy-nlne countries each havo more than 2,000,000 cattlo. Tho United States has not the greatest number, as many people suppose, but ranks second to India by more than 100,000,000. During the last 33 years Guernseys led by far all other breeds in numbers of pure-bred cattle Imported Into this couutry. and of the five breeds leading .the importations, four were distinctly dairy types. Dairy cows havo shown less fluc tuation in number than total cattlo. This condition Is noteworthy throughout the world ovor long periods Including adverse conditions, such as disease, drought, and war. European experiences indicate that when a country has (reached the practical limit of cattle the land will maintain further Increase of milk production Is obtained by im proving the yield per cow. It appears logical that tho United States can best meet changed world conditions, first, by increasing simul taneously both tho number and quality of its cattle; second, by con stant attention to economy of pro duction; and third, by malntalnco of cattle raising and dairying In con junction with genoral farming, thus reducing dependence on purchased feeds. School Opens Sept. 15th Be sure you have all your School Supplies on that day. We will carry an unusually large stock of books and all other sup plies for the school room. Remember School Books Change This Year. Hortcm Drug Co, The 3tes! Store For tho first tlmo in tho history of tho county, a complete summary of agricultural nnd horticultural statistics Is nvnllnbto, being Inado public Saturday by Assessor W. T, Mullhrky, under whoso direction it was compiled In compliance with tho now atnto law. Tho report Is considered of grout vnluo by tho county agriculturist, to whom a copy of tho assessor's summary has bcon furnished. According to Mr. MuUnrky's re port, data for which was collected by his deputies earlier In tho sum mer when statistics tor tho tax roll woro gathered, thero nro 730 farms In Deschutes county, with n total acreago of 99.CC5. Tho larg est ucreago In any ono crop Is thnt dovotcd to nlfnlfa. 10,320.76. Ilyo comes next with 8203.35 acres, nnd oats woro planted this your on 4598.5 acres. Crop Art' Vnrlrtl. Other crops, with tholr ncrengo, nro as follows: Winter wheat, 79; spring wheat, 2388; barloy, 631; corn, 457.25; clover, 010.5; wild or marsh hay, 1C17; other hoy crops, 224S.5; potatoes, 1334.75; other root crops, 61; field peas, 10; flold beans, 30; othor crops, 124.5; npplo trees, bearing, 54.75; applo trees, not bearing, 8.6; strawborrlos, .5; othor fruits and nuts, bearing, 42.25; othor fruits nnd nuts, not boarlng, .5. Tho total acreage dovotcd direct ly to tho commercial growth or cul ture of agricultural and horticul tural products Is 33,122.5. HAYS Til: DOY. "Why did you leave tho farm, my lad? Why did you bolt and leave your dadT Why did you beat It off to town And turn your poor old father down? Thinkers of platform, pulpit, press Are wallowing in deep distress; They seek to know tho hidden cause Why farmer boys desert their pas. Some say they long to get a taste Of faster life and social waste. And some will say tho silly chumps Mlstako tho suit cards for their trumps In waging fresh and gormless air Against tho smoky thoroughfare. We're all agreed tho farm's the place, So free your mind and atnto your caso." "Woll, Strangor, slnco you'vo been so frank, I'll roll asldo by hazy bank, Tho misty cloud of theories, And toll you whero tho troublo lies; I left my dad, his farm, his plow, Boca uso my calf becamo his cow; I loft my dad 'twas wrong, of course Decauso my colt becamo his horso; I left my dad to sow and reap Hecauso my lamb becamo his sheep; I droppod my hoe and stuck my fork Because my pig bocamo his pork; Tho garden truck that I made grow Was his to soil but mlno to hoo; It's not- tho smoko In tho atmos phere Nor tho taste for llfo that brought me hero; Pleaso tell tho platform, pulpit, press No fear of toll or lovo of dross Is driving off tho fnrmor lads, But just tho methods of tholr duds." Big Banker-Farmer Mix er on Tumalo Island Sep tember 1. Adv. HOTEL EMPLOYES GET SHORTER WEEK Announcement was made by Man ager Blrdsall of tho Pilot Jlutto Inn this morning of a new policy to ho adopted by tho hotel In respect of hours of employment of chnmhor maids. Arrangements aro to ho made by which all such omnJoyou will horoafter havo ono day off In seven. Instead of working Haven davx In tho wook, as heretofore. Gnrnlng Old Hcforo Your Time. Kidney troublo tonds to slow ud men and women in mlddlo llfo and they four oncoming oko whon it Is only tho kldnoys thnt aro at fault. Foloy Kidney Pills assist nuturo to roatoro a sound, hcnlthy condition I and to banish backacho, soreness, lameness and stiffness, puffy eyes and oihor symptoms. Sold ovory- whoro, Adv, Thn silo hatt had n hard tlmo try ing to mnku Its way In parts of Montana, owing to tho difficulty of raising corn and in sonrchtng for u substitute, tho experiment station nt Hozamnu bogun n test of Sunflowers In 1015. Sunflower onsllaga has given grat ifying rosultn at tho experiment sta tion, whero it has boon fed to dairy cows tho past throo yoars. Tho mammoth Husslan vnrloty has boon grown tor suyerat years in different parts of Montana on both dry and Irrigated land, Tho stalks of this vnrloty grow to a height of from sovon to twelve feet, nnd tho yield of gren forage on dry laud was from five to ten tons por ncro. If used tor altngo, the sunflowers should be cut whon one-half to three fourths of tho seed Is In tho milk stago. It cut before this tlmo, tho stnlks nrp watery nnd considerable loss in weight occurs. They may ho hnrvostod by hand or with a corn binder and tho stalks nro passed thru tho onsllago cuttor and placed In tho silo In tho same manner as corn. Cows will cat sunflower sllago very readily and experiments con ducted by tho Uozomnn station show od that cows would produco both moro milk and butterfnt whon on n rntlon of grain, clover hay utono. Tho grain rntlon was tho samo and nn nvorngo dally food of thirty-four pounds of sunflower sllago effected a dally saving of nlno pounds of clovor hay per row. Husslan thistle also has proven of considerable foodlng value whon mado into sllago nnd has enabled moro than ono fnrmor to carry his hord over a dry year. As soon as tho valuo of tho silo Is demonstrated to tho farmers of Montnna, thoy will bo as thick as thoy aro in Wisconsin, Iowa and tho older states at tho prcsont time. It it is tho only building you do this year, put up a silo and fill It with whatover forage you have at hand, and you will be surprised with tho results. From "Homo of 8hev-lln." GORDON Only a good hat can look as good as do the new fall Gordons. The rdnu has a charm that goes with top notch character and quality. Style BART is a real personality. Ask your hatter. HATS CASHMAN, Bend's Clothier Pat It la Ttm Rullftia. ARMY FOODSTUFFS MARKET IS DULL I-Yiv Order for Supplier I'lnrrd Tills Afternoon nt Poitofllrr I.Mrn Quantity Still .Unliable. Approximately $760 worth of gov ernment foodstuffs had been sold up to 3 o'clock this afternoon, but Acting Postmaster W. II. Hudson, through whom tho ordors for this district aro being placed, reported that thn demand for supplies nt cost had slumped badly, for very tew orders wore booked today. Thero Is still available for this district a largo quantity of bacon, canned bnkod beans, canned string beans, corned beef, canned roast beef, canned corn, canned corned beef hash, canned pess and flour and beans. Pat il In Thn Rallrtln. GIVK 1IKNH .MAHII l-'KKD. It Is the prnctlco of the most iuc cossfiil poiillrymou to feed a part of the daily grain ration ground. Most of thorn feed thn ground grain mois tened with ullhor milk or water, noma feed It dry. A fowl's gizzard Ic capable of grinding nil kinds of grain, but It Is considered moro economical to havo n part of tl.u grinding done by steam or water powor. Tho soft-feed Idea must no, be overworked, A beginner often reasons that It Is cheaper for th 4 miller than for tho toy to grind tho grain; but the powerful .wis cles of tho gizzard nro thero to bo used, and experience has shown Mint tho batanco of power of functions In tho fowl's economy makes the vig orous exercise of tho gizzard bene ficial. Whon feeding moistened ground feed hnvo It a comparative ly dry, crumbly mash, and not a thin soup. Qlvo what they will rat readily In 15 or 30 minutes. t Tut It In Tho Bulletin. M ! ! ---------y- r hitBia. TTMaTSaJTTTTTTj SXXXXX.-mXXX XXX XX XXX X .. sf .W. sT.sF. li What We Are Striving To Do TSTT Every possible effort is being made to prevail upon Portland distributors to provide us with Velie Overland Essex Hudson Super-Six Automobiles We are making frequent trips to Portland and are urging most strongly that Bend and vicinity be given 'every consideration in its quota of orders. We now have a large number outstanding and will do all in our power to get your order filled at the earliest pos sible date. Come in as soon as you can and let us explain the situation to you. It was never so difficult to get or ders for these automobiles filled. They arc popular and buyers are snapping every opportunity to get them. Pioneer Garage Co. Agentsfor VELIE, OVERLAND, ESSEX, HUDSON SUPER-SIX AUTOMOBILES and QENERAL TIRES u u E iiiiim jji a 13 13 9 3 Mm BcaaEzx3axxxxaa 4