tlA L ù E k i . . \ l u R P R IS K
Alfalfa and Drouth
This Legume Draws Moisture From Far Down But Does
Not Flourish With Wet Feet
T h e Harrisburg Bulletin tells of I *>lanl r“ ,her than tlie size of the crop,
a gardgti in its city where a lf a lf a 1 Experim ents on government plats
is flo u ris h in g w h ile e v e ry th in g else
,h* ‘ cu« ‘ »« »•
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eentta! to the w elfare o f the plant.
is dried up, anil thinks farmers but I k only a means of getting hay.
tnav get a valuable lesson from it. Plain of a lfa lfa that have not Keen cut
A lfa lfa sends its roots to a depth
of eight or ten feet and can sur
vive a drouth that k it h plant
whose roots fa il to go below the
dried-up stratum of soil.
But standing water covering th*-
lower roots of alfalfa will k ill it
It likes a moist soil but cannot
stand wet feet.
Where the water table ie not
near enough to the surface to flood
its loots, alfalfa is a great soil ren
o vato r
W ith the proper bacteria
in the soil it g;ta it* supply of n i
trogen from tbe air, and nitrogen
is the most costly ingredient ol
commercial fertilizers.
fh e long
tap roots o, this plant, with then
feeders, also bresk up (be soil a n d
increase its mellowness far below
tbe plow level
Just when to cut a lfa lfa and how
many times to harvest a crop In one
season are questions which have re
ceived «nulled attention from experts
In the United States Departm ent of
Agriculture and the various experi
ment stations In a lfa lfa producing
slates
Ordinarily It la a good time
to cut alfalfa for hay when the new
ahoofs have started from the crown,
and from one-tenth to one-flfth of the
plnnta ere In flower. But these two
conditions do not always occur at the
same time However, the fan n er with
a little experience, and keeping In
mind the flower and new shoots, soon
Is able to tell when his a lfa lfa crop
should be cut. The fanner's best Judg
m -nt w ill he called Into play, with
proferjc e given to the w elfare of fhe
i and general appearance Indicate non-
produetlon. The pelvic bones are also
helpful In making this feat as theae
two bones tend to clone up when the
hen stops laying
I f the spread be
tween
these bones measures two
fingers or less the probability la that
the hen la not laying, w hile If the
spread la greater, together w ith other
Indications mentioned, she la probably
laying.
GRAIN OF SUPERIOR
QUALITY IN DEMAND
Frequent Use of Cleaning Equip
ment Is Profitable.
Financial L o n C a u n d by Pretence of
Im purities,
Foreign
M atter
or
High Moisture Content— Ele
vator Not at Fault.
’ P rep ared
by the U n ite d S tates
m ent o f A < ric u ltu re )
D ep a rt-
W hile equipment for cleaning and
conditioning grain la expensive, coun
try elevators w ill find that Its use fre
quently Improves the quality of tbe
grain and Increases its m arket value
say specialists of the bureau of mar
keta, United States Departm ent of
Agriculture
Sometimes grain comes
to the elevator In poor condition,
often being dirty, dusty, or with high
molRtnre content, and unless the qual
An Excellent Stand of A lfalfa .
In six years are In better physical con
ditio» today than those that have
been cut regularly. Government agri
cultural experts lean strongly toward
fewer crops of a lfa lfa a year, holding
that as large tonnage can be secured,
for example, with three as with four
cuttings, and with less labor.
Em
phasis Is laid on the necessity of leav
ing tim e enough a fte r the last harvest
to permit the plants to get a healthy
growth, approxim ately four Inches, be
fore frost.
L ‘n a t
Ao Illustration of the Improvement
Which May Result From Treatm g
Seed W ith Formaldehyde as Smut
Often Stunts the Plants.
1 vantaceoitsly.
Load Immediately la Iced Refrigerator
Cars and Furnish Ample V en tila
tion— Floor Racks Are Alto
Recommended.
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(P r r pared hy t h . U nited S t a t u
m ent of A g ric u ltu re . I
D e p a rt
Unwrapped Melon» Cool Quickly, Thu»
Preventing Mold.
Moreover, grain containing Im pur
ities. foreign m atter, or a high mois
ture content Is quite likely to become
hot In transit, which greatly reduces
It« value and frequently results In
»erlous financial loss. I f the elevator
Is not provided w ith suitable equip
ment for this process, such grain must
he shipped in the condition In which
tt Is received.
The farm er should not place all re
»ponsdhlllfy for cleaning grain on the
elevator, It Is helleved
It should be
remembered that elevator managers
do not pay grain prices for the dirt
and w ater found In a farm er's grain
The price should he established by
taking Into consideration the neces
ia f y expense of placing the grain tn
marketable condition
The farm er
who delivers clean, dry. sound grain
should receive a premium over the
price paid to the more careless farm
er who delivers grain of Inferio r qual
tty, specialists say.
we k h»cau«e too much
Jury caused by squeezing "can be pre
vented If packers are careful not to
force In over sized melon« when fln-
Ishing the crates.
The reduction of serious m arket
losses from over ripe and decayed mel
ons Is dependent to a large extent
upon the promptness w ith which they
are placed under refrigeration. They
Should he loaded Imm ediately In Iced
refrigerator cart, and, while being
hauled from packing shod to the car-
loading platform , should he covered
to protect them from the sun.
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Cantaloupes should preferably not
he wrapped
They do not refrigerate
so well In transit nor do they reach
the consumer in so good condition ss
unwrapped melons. Loading different
types of packages may obstruct a ir cir
culation and thus seriously retard re
frigeration
In cars equipped with
these racks, as well as basket hunk
er*. salt mat he effectively employed
to hasten refrigeration.
The ability
o f refrigerator cars to cool melon ship Fowls Pick Up M aterial T hat Escape
Chicken« and Turkey»—Are
ments quickly and to maintain desir-
Prolific Egg Layers.
able temperatures |n transit depends
F ully 10 pei tent of the cantaloupes
prod u i ad In the western states reach
th e c< nsiimer so green that they are
practically worthless for food. I f onlv
1 l“*r coot were picked and shipiwd
t’oilpe it would mean transporting and
marketing more than 40,000 crates, for
more than 20,000 carloads— or four-
fifths of the production of the United
Htatea—are harvested In Colorado.
New Mexico. Arlxona. Nevada, and
California, and alilpped on a aix to
tw elveday Journey to middle west
e rti and eastern markets.
During three recent shipping sea
sons specialists of the United States
Dapartnient of Agriculture conducted
Investigations tn the western produc
ing sections and chief eastern conaum
•ng centers. In order to determine the
•nosi satisfactory methods o f handling
cantaloupes for longdistance
ship
tnents
it was found that too early
Picking was one of (he chief reason» directly up i, proper hunker RDd balk-
why melons reached the market in an head construction and upon the quan
inferior, tasteless condition.
tity and quality of the Insulating m».
terlal used
Whan to Pick Melons.
Green melons hare a depressing efi
U h . , ' ” ! b° ,h
* " d Pr l' * ‘
W hile it | . necessary that they be |
Picked before they are entirely ripe, Work Should Be Started In Summer
hi order to provide Ute essential keep
and During Early Fall Month#—
Ing qualities In transit, they may h e,
Comb Is Indicator.
1’ '»ed at a stage of m aturity that w ill
a tto rd g ,„ M „ a m t .» well „
keepli.r
The hen« »tumid he culled
nut dur-
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Qua t j \\ hcu they reach corn» uni era,
ng the summer and
early
fa ll
cantaloupes should he picked just , f .
non'iiK, heglrnlng tn cull out the poo,
t»r they will
,-leanly from the
producers Ju»t as soon as they stop
•tern: that la, ai the full slip stage of
is.tlng, which Is usually In July and
m aturity
August
When a hen Is laying her
I f propel ly handled and promptly
oinh will he large, full o f blond and
loaded they w ill carry m satisfactory bright red In color As «he at -pa lay
condition, even to longdistance mar lug. the ecnih heemu a email and
kets. Allowance must he made, how- shrunken pale or «'all tn color, and
ever for a < erts'n «mount of rough Is neually rather hard Another good
handling and fcr some delay m transit
indication to use In selecting thnre
,
s general rule, therefore, canta- liens which Mop laving early la molt
«npe. should he picked Just before ing. a* the hens that start to molt
*y reach the full-slip stage. Such c»riy that la. In July and A u g u s t-
melons posse*» not only the desirable are usually tlie poorest producer«
" •" n g quality, hut
|h<>
W hite a hen which has molted m«vst
«w iryinf quality
<w her fonthere ta very eaay to pick
The keeping and carrying qualities I ut by sight without examlnstlnn th .
or cantaloupes are directly ,M»|«endent
* ,y
* ° .»»certain accmatel.v
on the cure exercised to prevent me- • ’’ h*'n
he"" he'ftn ’ « molt Is to ban
chant,-at In ju rie s In harvesting and die
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them.
Hdfoie '* the ‘ body
and wing
(eather* are molted tn any great nnm
pteparatlon for shipment.
her you w ill find short pin feathers
U m Care in P a c k in g .
growing thickly on the hack and in
During the opeiat|nn ,4 packing
the feather tracta running hack from
melon, should Le placed carefully in
th a breast. Indicating that these hena
fhe crates, and not dropped or toe*, d
have started to molt and probably
Into place, a* la (iw^nently done
In
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Heavy Application of Manure W ill Qe
Long W ay Tow ard Correcting Al
kali Condition.
Drainage ta tho most Important fac
tor tn alkaline soils In nearly all
case«
Good drainage la an ahsoluta
necessity In a lk ali correction
When
drainage Is assured. a heavy applica
tion of horse manure w ill go a long
w a f toward correcting the alkali con
dltton I t may he necessary to apply
aome fe r tlllie r carrying large amounts
of potash
Corn ta not the beet crop
to consider In handling alkaline soil»,
and oats or rye bring better result»
unfit the »oils are completely brought
hack to normal conditions.
7
1.50
.40
2 for.35
E v e r y U ay
The store with a square deal for
EVERY CUSTOMER
OHEGON
w rin g the winter to enable L a w .
r< lice to attend Ihe U n iv e rs ity of
Oregon.— Eugene Register.
Daim ale, forem an, H .
Sin
Hugh I ee|>er an d 'R . A . !,«■«<•
Com tv School S'lpcrintendent
Kti< IS T E R E D
G' er »«yspighl h-gradc exauiioatioii
Paul Gteen,
who
has beet- p pere have been com ing in very
preaching in
P ullm an,
W ash., s 'o w ly .
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I
i^arluigs. and 1 registered 2 year-
will he a atud»>irt in sp-.’ ial work nl
T
he
men
who
serve
on
the
next
V lllam elte U uivers'tv in Salem
O X l O r d for wale.
this year. Hnlsev friends w ill be grsnd ju ry are J B. Burch,JCharle-
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D « J w . c o t'
W alker. Theo
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Theo. H "flich
intetexted to know this.
Shropshire Bucl
Guinea fowls utilize waste that
would escape both hen« and turkey«,
»ay poultry specialists of the United
J. N . Sm ith came o v tr iron
States Departm ent of Agriculture.
Brownsville Wednesday morning
Taking a w ider range than chickens,
>n h's way home to P rineville
and je t not »n wide as turkey», keep
ing largely to
thicket« and weed .Junction, where he owns a 6 (0
He ha* just purchase
patches, and committing few er depre »ere fa rm .
le e . ere raucn from J K Venue,
dations against field and garden rhan
either chickens or turkeys, requiring » few m ile* out of Brownsville and
little feed at any time, being prolific
' l l . bring his wife and family
layers during thetr season of eggs, t'lere in tim e for the dcliool open- I
that are thought by many to have a
K
He and M r Vernier are old
richer and finer flavor even than hens'
quaint a lives.
Mr
Venner »1
eggs. Hie guinea fowl 1« well worth
me lime bad a drugstore in Prine-
considering on any farm where a
»
serious effort la made to convert all eille.
waste Into meat and eggs.
K a i l B r a m w e ll ag,d fa m ily drove
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PROPER DRAINAGE ESSENTIAL
r te e jf
r
I the »ftice late*- W 'd t'tt -
d \ and riiursday:
GUINEAS UTILIZE ALL WASTE
CULL POOR PRODUCING HENS
('Ut
F r e s h N e w F . 11 C l o t h i n g
,lc « /- ’«
$30
22.50
18.50
35
5 and $6
3.50
11
tty la Improved by cleaning or drying
’ he grain ennnot he disposed o f ad
«VOID BRUISING IN PICKING
•“7 /t t a
Men’s AH Worsted Suits
$55
Men’s OregonCassimere Suits 37.50
Men’s Oregon Cassimere Suits 30
Young Men’s Suits
60
Mallory Hats
9
Good Fur Felt Dress Hats
6.50
Men’s Brown Calfskin Shoes
Men’s splendid quality Cot
ton Union Suits
Interwoven Lisle Soxyou can
buy no better
Ariow Collars
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Early Picking Is Reason Given
for Melons Reaching Market
in Inferior Condition.
You no doubt have been disappointed
in what some merchants have told you
were new prices, when they were not
Many have tried to hold to the old prices
as long as possible in order to sell the
stock they bought at the peak price.
Again, some have held sales in order to
make the public believe they were getting
bargains when in many cases the new
market price was as low as, if not lower
than, the so-called sale price
We have taken our loss and you can
depend on buying clothing and furnish
ings here at the lowest possible price for
quality merchandise. We are quoting below a few
items out of each line with the old price and the
new
Look them over. They tell the story.
C1VAL0UPES0F
FINEST DUALITY
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What About
to Huger e Mun y, eturniiig Mon
d ,y . W hile ths e iney were guest«
of M r. B ram w ell’s mother.
Eldon rew and fam ily , f I ’o r ' - !
le n t drove uown Sunday to v is it
M . Crew»' aunt. M is. John Porter
ol H »laev, Prom here they drov,
to Albany and vie'led J|r«. S»rah
Bloom, anotlo r ai.n t.
Dr, J w . Powell of Crawfords
ville
| through Haleey T 1’ •
dav on his way 1,1 f h e I ) , lee
where a bio her died Tm-adav
norm ng.
H e was Rev J
J
P.iw-dl, 77 years old
H<* wife
died about a year ago
Several
grown children survive him .
Mrs
• jo ,
J
Douglas T a v lo r
and
hei
Lawreuca, will reside ben
A
Brownsville, Oregon.
Harvest is Over
Now is the tim e to begin a n o th e r y e a r bv get
ting new im p lem en ts, su ch as
I.H.C. Tillage Tools ¿Tractors
Now ¡8 th e tim e to u se them .
for y o u r fall needs.
Give us a call
s
G.W. Mornhinweg-
I I m
in p
n l k e n m i e e o n f t S
k to
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