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BURNS, HARNEY COUNTY, ORECfty, NOVEMBER A, 1911
0L, XXIV
NO 51.
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ral Oregon Farmer Makes Good
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n R4rifMnclrn8 Captures 34 Awards at The
'HffMMlJWmCIoscd at Colorado Springs Farin
FriwRCup Held by Central Oregon Man.
M'fllMBt
in Kutr, the Central
dry-fgmiiif igrfzard, wlio
comptUiojiM;ainst en
m all TrtJthe coun-
dwnonttntUtropented-
superior 'crops can be
without irrigation in the
interior, h triumphed
ver exhibitor from nl--ry
sUte in, tho Union by
11 flrtt' prizes at tlio
Dry 'Farming Congress
edat Colorado Springs,
Oieonian.
l Oregon took nn aggre
J4 prize."
c captured tho prize cup
jeat display of farm pro
vhich WM.tho principal
i awarded it the show,
c first priaeinfeaeli of the
2 classes: H '
alfalfa, forage and seed
different Jutting3 of al
ellow flin&'fporn stalk,
la sheaf.'jSprinn rye
orn growntpn Summer
red onioncturnips and
cond priata .where award-1
i following classes: Win
jet sheaf, Winter rye
its sheaf entered in com
with "any other vari
t(Uply ofbnrley, beat
of oats, beet display of
eet display,! of grain, best
jfthreshedBrain, best
of sheaf-grain, bestnr
display byjlndividuals,
$e table beets, best Sum
tth. 1
Ird priaee Jvere secured
jtitlon for tho best sheaf
oats and for best collcc
otatoes. Reuter secured
in every competition in
a paticipated.
ieter, who "has a home
a ranch adjoining that
iich he lias achieved his
success, secured first
the best .woman liomc
i exhibit, first for the
m grown by.a homestead
od, and second for the
play by srwjomon.
radraaCemmercial Club
:olIecHve display of dry
produete in' which parti
secured f'tho following
R. Monncr, first for bcBt yellow
corn; R. Monncr, first for best
peck early potatoes; R. Monnor,
second for threshed oats; Walter
Amey, third for a peck of late
potatoes; G. A. Kibbee, of Hay
Creek, second for the largest
pumpkin, and P. H. La Fallettc,
of Prineville, second for the best
pumpkin pie.
Central Oregon's prizes at tho
exhibition aggregated 15 firsts,
10 seconds and three thirds.
Router's remarkable success
this year, following the record he
has made in the last three or
four years, is pointed to by tho
railroads and others engaged in
the development of tho state as
proof of the theory that the arid
section around Madras can be
successfully cultivated without
irrigation.
His ranch is only an average
quarter section, and what he has
done there, it is argued, can be
done on any other similar piece
of ground in that part of the
state.
Reuter came to Oregon from
Indiana about six years ago. He
had been a farmer in Indiana,
but had not had more than ordi
nary success. Ho went into
Central Oregon, took up a home
stead and applied intelligent
methods of cultivation,
L. W. Hill, president of the
Great Northern Railway, became
interested in his methods and his
success a few years ago, and
when in Central Oregon last
Spring visited Router on his
ranch. Mr. Hill at various times
since has engaged Reuter to pre
pare specimen exhibits to bo
used by the Great Northern in
calling attention to tho agricul
tural possibilities of the state.
Reuter declares his results can
bo duplicated by any farmer of
ordinary efficiency and common
sense.
DEVELOPMENT OP EASTERN 0RE0.0N.
Much attention is being very
rightly given to dry-land farm
ing in eastern Oregon. Experi
ment farms should, and will,
bo multiplied to demonstrate its
possibilities by the results, and
also to do tho still more valuable
work of instruction in tho culti
vation of the land. For, be it
always remembered dry-land
farming is an nrt by itself, and
uninstructcd effort will almost
surely bo followed by failure. In
other words untaught experi
ments aro a very costly business,
says the Journal.
But tho Burns Times-Herald is
absolutely right in urging that
tho possibilities of irrigation in
tho great central region of east
ern Oregon should bo developed
to tho full, and that ao soon as
men and money can bo found to
do the work.
Harney valley is only second to
the Willamette valley, both in
area and in the stored, fortillitv
of its soil. Nothing but" tho in
accessibility of this great tract,
while railroads were but possi
bilities of a dim future, has held
it back from that discovery of
its possibilities, that recognition
of the profits in store for those
who would stake their efforts on
the enterprise, which would have
drawn their settlement and im
provement without bounds.
Thirty years and more ago
travelers brought back the story
of natural grasses so strong and
thick that a horseman was hid
den when he left tho trail. Hun
dreds, aye thousands of tons of
hay were annually cut for the
supply of the fort and for the
winter forage of the cattle rang
ing its wide expanse, on the level
lands surrounding Harney and
Malheur lakes.
Water is, of course, the supreme
necessity. Not only must the
yearly flow of existing streams
be stored and distributed, but
the sub-surface reservoirs must
be tapped by many wells.
I will be hard to find in Ore
gon a more inviting enterprise,
nor one promising greater re
wards. Water brings farms,
farms necessitate roads, railways
are certain followers, even if not
precursors, of the resulting
traffic.
EXPERIMENT WITH HENS
Egg Laying Test is Made at Oregon
Agricultural College
RESULT OF INTEREST TO RAISER
No Harm From Cold Weather, Laid Eggs Just The
Same and Retained Good Health Regular Train
Service Established to Bend Virginia Valley Notes.
Don't wait for success to come
in your yard. Grab it by tho
collar and yank it inside the gate.
II was an ambitious youth, the
sitnplo life was not for him. He
wns determined to go upon the
stage. His persistence won the
day. He now drives the stage
between Upham's Corners and
Newton Center. November
Farm Journal.
"There could be no bettor med
icine than Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy. My children were all
sick with whooping cough. One
of them was in bed, had a high
fever and was coughing up blood
Our doctor gave them Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy and the
first dose eased them, and three
bottles cured them," said Mrs.
R. A. Donaldson, of Lexington,
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Interesting tests for egg laying averaging in weight 2.05 each,
have been conducted at the Ore- Pullet No 3 weighed 3 lbs 2ozs,
gon Agricultural College by John aml ained, 12 ozs- She Iaid 101
,, . , ,. , eggs valued at 2.39, and averag-
HMack, a specud poultry stu- inB208each in weight. Pullet
dent from Portland. No 4 wei-ghe( 3 b3 12 ozs in the
In these tests single-comb white beginning, but lost 3 ozs. She
leghorns were used, five pullets laid 113 eggs valued an $2.94
and a cockerel being given a run averaging 2.15 ozs. Pullet
of but 10x10 feet, in which space , N5 wefched 3 lbs 2 ozs at the
was the house, so that they were ' Jeginnin, and but 2 lbs 6 ozs in
in close confinement. The house nr W record was 99
was a Gx3i foot brooder coop re- j?K lued at ?2-23 and averaK"
.irrnnirnr? fW llinir neiv Inlf mg 1.8 OZS.
was used for roosting quarters
Thus it is seen that the total
and half for a scratching shed. , expenditure for the, five pullets
This scratching shed was kePta,th; cockerel was but $3.92?,
well bedded with straw about 8 wh,le t!lL' ,ncome. from thc eBS
inches deep, and a large part of '"'as S12-. leavi"tr a Profit, if
the whole grain given the fowls thc )vork in cann for the chlck
was fed here." though some was'ens 1S not counted, of $8.74.
fed in the yard to induce the
BEND 0.REETS FIRST TRAIN.
fowls to scratch outside when
the weather permitted. The
front of the house consisted of Bend welcomed with loud ac
two doors which were either wide , claim last night the arrival of the
open or partly so even in the first regular nassencer train from
Portland over the route into
coldest winter weather. No ill
effects were noticed, and the egg
record and general vitality of the
flock showed that they were bene
fited by the more nearly natural
conditions, although the cold
sometimes seemed extreme for
them.
As the soil was rather heavy,
several inches of sawdust were
spread on the ground, so that the
chickens did not track in cold,
wet mud, and had a good scratch
ing place which dried rapidly
after a rain.
A dry mash was fed them in
hoppers, and whole grain, oats
in the morning and wheat in the
afternoon, strown in the litter.
The fowls ate only about ona
third as much oats as wheat, but
into Central Oregon. The train
which is to be operated jointly by
the Hill and Harriman roads
from Metolius to Bend, pulled in
a few minutes before 10 o'clock,
no effort being made to keep up
to the announced schedule which
will be maintained hereafter.
According to advices received
here at the offices of the Deschu
tes Railroad and the Oregon
Trunk, nearly every man, woman
and child in Bend was out to give
the iron horse a fitting reception.
The trains into Central Oregon
will leave the mouth of the Des
chutes Canyon, southbound, con
necting with the regular morn
ing trains on the O.-W. R. & N.
and the North Bank, and will
as there were oats and barley in run as separate trains as far as
the mash, they probably made Metolius, where they will be corn
up deficiencies there. The mash, bined and run jointly to Red,-
wlnch was fed dry and kept con-mond and Bend, arriving at the
stantly before them, consisted of
two parts of bran to one of
ground corn and one of ground
oats and barley. Other hoppers
to which they had access all the
time held beef scraps, charcoal,
grit and ground shell. A good
supply of kale was kept before I Prineville,
them to pick at, and good fresh 'Falls and
water was within easy reach.
They were all apparently in
good health throughout the ex
periment, but on thc last day tho
pullet numbered 2 was found
dead in tho pen without apparent
cause, though she had been lay
ing up to that day.
The following record of the
amount and cost of the feed from
November to May is interesting
in the light of the production re re
eords: 15S lbs. of wheat, $2.22;
GGA lbs of oats, $.88; 13 bs of
bran $.15; 7J lbs of ground oats
and barley ?.10i; 9 lbs of beef
scraps, $.32; 8 lbs of charcoal,
$.04i; 51 lbs of grit $.051; 5J lbs
of shell, $.0531; 5? lbs of ground
corn $.0831; total cost, $3,921.
Pullet No. 1 weighed 3 lbs S
ozs at tho beginning of laying,
and exactly the same at the end
latter terminus at S:35 P. M.
North bound, the joint train will
J leave Bend at G:30 A. M. and
reach Portland about G P. M.
Both roads are making arrange
ments for stage connections with
La Pine, Fort Rock, Silver Lake,
Burns and Klamath
the smaller interior
points. Telegram.
of tho experiment six monthsMVo are justly proud of it as it is
later. She laid 113 eggs valued
at $2,35, averaging in weight
about 2.01 ozs each. Pullet No.
2 weighed 3 lbs 4 ozs in the be
ginning, but gained 3 ozs. She
laid 112 eggs valued at $2.75,
VIRfllM VALLEY rEVS.
BoitN October 8, to Mr. and
Mrs. Grey Kenney a daughter,
weight Si lbs. Mother and
daughter doing well and father
wearing a smile that don't come
ofi".
Mrs. O. E. Thompson of Wav
erly visited friends in Virginia
valley a few Sundays ago.
Tho contract for tho new
school house in district No. 2G
was let on Oct. 7th to G. W.
Urban of Princeton. In spite of
delay caused by waiting at the
mill for lumber Mr. Urban with
tho assistance of Elwood Kinney
finished the building and turned
it over to the directors Oct. 25.
the new building which is quite
centrally located. Mr. Urban
made many friends by his genial
manner and excellent work.
A sadness was cast over the
neighborhood as tho news passed
swiftly from house to house on
the morning of October 2G, that
our neighbor Wm. Dildine had
been found dead at his home.
Although his death was not un
expected yet it sent quite a shock
over all. This is the first death
in our valley since settlement.
He had been suffering for sever
al months from a peculiar form
of heart trouble which his phy
sician had told him was incura
ble. At the time of his death he
was making preparations to go
to relatives in Spokane who had
been urging his coming. The
sympathy of the entire communi
ty goes out to his faithful friend
Mr. Cullen who has so carefully
looked after him in his affliction
We shall miss his genial smile
and neighborly kindness.
All the valley residents have
been taking advantage of the
fine weather to haul their hay
for the winter.
D. A. Brakeman and O. E.
Thompson having a disagreement
about some freight they brought
it before Justice Coleman on Oct.
14. The trial drew quite a crowd
from the neighborhood and sur
rounding country.
D. A. Brakeman started for
the railroad Thursday as did also
B. F. Steel and Don Henderson
and Da'hiel Quier and son Harley
will start Saturday.
Gray Kennev is building a fine
stone c bar for Mr. J. A. Reth
erford. David Williams the Princeton
merchant came down to help put
the finishing touches to the
school house.
Prof. R. II. Harris visits his
family quite frequently on Sat
urdays and Sundays he is getting
to be quite an expert bicyclist.
Henry Reinarts sold his desert
claim and left for outside points
last week. Carl Walker and Gus
Wilkie have filed on it and ad
joining land. We are sorry to
lose Mr. Reinarts from our com
munity, but are glad to welcome
the young strangers and hope
they will stay with us and prosper.
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