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« ‘ »« »• •* •> 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. - J j (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. | 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- ................. 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 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 . '*■ 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- „ ... D « J w . c o t' W alker. Theo .R Ic h , J,’ 0 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 ------------------------- ----- 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 — —- - I — 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 k 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 » re ****** MAYBERRY & McKINNE’ L IV E S T O C K B U Y E R S H I,» « ■et, ra you sell. p. , d b ,„ p „ rt v - i i >4 M o 1 m