IN FATTENING TURKEY INCREASE
SLOWLY EXTRA AMOUNT OF FEED
W ell-Fattened
TurVeys
Always
N'»V. 10. 1921
0 * n n - e j frcpi rim e to time to keep
them from molding.
Cabbage can remain In .the garden
until hard freezing weather, a fte r
which It may be kept sound by eeveral
methods. One of the simplest Is to
dig a shallow trench In a well-drained
portion o f the garden and place the
cabbage, roots up. In It, aud cover with
straw and loose earth.
For other
vegetnhles such as Irish potatoes,
beets, and turnips select a well-drained
location, make a shallow excavation,
about six Inches deep, line It w ith
straw or sim ilar m aterial, and place
the vegetables In a conical pile on the
lining. Cover the végetables w ith the
lining m aterial and carry It up sev­
eral Inches above the apex of the
pile, having It extend through the d irt
covering fo r ventilation.
The top
needs to be covered w ith a piece of
tin or board to keep out rain and
DEEP PLOW ING IS BIG NEED
olla Are Getting Poorer, Producing
Less Per Acre, Thereby Cut­
ting Farmer*« Income.
Deep plowing Is the greatest need
n many farms. I t Is a fact that soils
re getting poorer, producing less per
rre and less In the aggregate year
fte r year and less profit per year on
tany farms. M any of our soils are
red and «Irk ; like their owners they
re overworked, underfed, and under-
ald. T he problem la to get more from
fie soli without greater expense.
One way Is to deepen the soil, let
Ing In a ir and moisture and permit
atnre to make thia sub-soil or under
nll fertile. The roots of plants can
ot penetrate deep enough under the
resent conditions on many farms to
et enough plant food and sufficient
lolsture to yield a normal crop. W hat
i the remedy? Plow deeper
Deeper plowing should be done In
he fa ll. M any soils should be sub-
oiled. others should he plowed deeper
rlth ordinary breaking plows. Whst-
vnr the method the roll must be
lade deeper. Plow deeper.
Cabbage May Be Stored in Shallow
Trenches, Covered W ith Straw
and Earth— Cellar« Provide
Good Storage Placet.
P r e p e n d by th e U n ited S ta te s D ep a rtm en t
of A ffrtcu ltu ro.)
the Fly Weevil.
It Is P rim a rily Plague of W heat and
Corn and Is P articu larly H arm ful
In Southern State«— Ruin«
Entire Crop«.
A
( P r e t e n d by th e U nited S tate« D ep a rtm en t
o f A ir ic u ltu r « )
The Insects are our mo«t form id­
able rivals In the struggle fo r exist
ence.
,
Economic entomology does net deal
alone w ith Insects which a ttack fruits
and growing crops. It must deal with
Insects that affect grains and foods In
storage, that damage our clotBJng, that
kill our domestic animals and, too.
that carry disease to man blrntwlf, that
cat up our wooden buildings. And that
honeycomb our books and Implements
We must fight them all a lo rg the
line.
f.
i
One of these Insect anemic« again*!
which the bureau of entorooWgy has
.'r t,
V «
been directing a fight, la the aO-
b -r ' *
”
gonmola grain moth, popnlarty known
’• 1 ¿ ‘
t.
In thia country as the fly weevil. It
la p rim arily a pest of wheat and corn
lu thia country, but affects all cereal
grains
I t Is p articu larly tnjurtou* In
the Southern state«, and doe« little
harm north of central New Jersey, ex­
cept to cereals In storage.
I t la second to the rice, or black,
weevil In Its capacity to damage
grain. Often entire crops of eorn and
wheat
are
ruined.
W heat
loses
through moth attack shout 52 per cent
of weight. Corn loses from 12 to 24
per cent. Bread made from affected
grain Is worthless. The moth also eats
barley, oats, buckwheat. sorghum,
tnllo. rice, beans, chickpeas and cow-
peas.
This Is mentioned as an example of
Preparing Tomato«« for Storage by avoidable Insect pests which the
W rapping in Newspaper and Plac­
United States Departm ent of Agricul­
ing in Shallow Box.
ture not only teaches but assists farm ­
ers to «void.
ment of Agriculture. To ear« for sur
In the esse of the sngumols moth,
plus vegetables In many case« require* j
which works damage to stored grain
nothing more th in the use of exiitlng
In regions where Its propagation
facilities In or near the home.
among growing crops Is prevented by
Tomato«« A fte r Fro«t.
the s h 'rt seasons, the department la
Tomato vine« usnally have a large
quantity of unrtpened fru it when the I urging farmers to fight the pest sys­
frosts come. I t I» curtomary to use tem atically by such measures as early
threshing, proper storage, snd fum i­
much of this for ptcklea. but the frost
gation. It teaches them to take ad­
need not put an end to ripe tomatoes
vantage of the weakness o f the Insect
I f the vines are pulled, or I f they are
by fighting Its fu rth e r spread.
cut and the ends sealed w ith paraffin
It Is only by constant and In te lli­
or sealing wax. they can be hung up
In a cool cellar and the tomatoes w ill I gent effort that mankind can over­
come the ravages of Insects o f every
ripen and often last fo r six weeks
kind which attack almost every sub­
Another plan Is to pick the tomatoes,
stance on which he depends for hie
wrap them In papers, and place them
Mrtdlhood end comfort
in this effort,
In shallow boxes or baskets
the public should take advantage of
Lim a beans should be picked before
the services rendered by experts of
the frost snd spread on a slightly
the bureau o f entomology and by oth­
moist cellar floor, where they ran be
er expert« o f the department.
kept fresh two weeka
T b t j sponld
When B ryant wrote “The melan­
choly days are come, the saddest in
the year," he Inspired visions of bar
rennets connected w ith the first au
tumn frosts that are not Justified If
one knows how to prepare his garden
stuff for the winter. There Is no rea
son why a gardener who anticipates
the cold weather cannot have vege-
lahles with much of the garden fresh­
ness for weeks and even months a fter
freezing time. I f he follows the In­
structions o f the United States Depnrt-
Weighing Without 3 :a ’es
The resourcefulness of tbs Irish it
PAG E 5
Warmed Over
The uewa items below were
crowded out of the Enterprise last
week bv later and more insistent
■ matter which g ave th e priulersall
they could do. The dates are as
written for that issue, so "to d ay’’
H a t Same Reaction AI way a.
A thermostatic metal Invented In
means Thursday of last week, etc.:
Orest Britain Is said always to have
F. F Fuller. Mr. Rockwell and
the same reaction in a strip of given
Mr. Seaton of Portlaud took diu-
length and thickness for a given (em-
ner at Mr. Fuller’s father’s home
p eisture change.
last Saturday. They were on their
way to southern Oregou looking
NOTICE Or SCHOOL ELECTION TO INCREASE TAX MORE THAN SIX after oil interests.
shown In their method of weighing
without scales.
'T o weigh a pig."
said an Irishm an the other day, “all
ye have to do Is to lay a plank acrcaa
a sawhorse, place a big atone on one
end of the plank and the pig on the
other, then ahlft the plank notl) the
two thlnga balance. Than ya guess
the weight o f the atone and ya hava
the weight o f the pig."— Boston T ra n ­
s c rip t
PER CENT OVER THAT O f PREVIOUS YEAR
Notice is hereby given to the legal voters of School District No. 41 o f Linn
County, Slate of Oregon, that an election w ill be held in said District a t the
school house on the 26th day of November, 1921, at two o ’cloek in the a fte r
noon, to vote on the question of increasing the amount o f the tax levy in said
District fo r the year 1921 by more than six per cent over the amount o f such
levy for the year immediately preceding.
I t is necessary to raise this additional amount by special levy for the fol
lowing reasons:
1st— General school expenses.
2nd—Pay o ff outstanding warrants.
Dated this 25th day of October, 1921.
B. M. B O ND, D istrict Clerk.
TERM INSECTS MOST
FORMIDABLE RIVALS
CARE FOR SURPLUS PRODUCE
H A I.S K V E N T E R P R IS E
A ttest:
Command the Highest Prices.
Once upon a time every farm fam ­
ERADICATION OF CORN SMUT
ily had Its flock of turkeys, which sup­
plied plenty of birds for the home
Fresh Manure Should Not Be Applied
table and some fo r the tables of those
and Rotation of Crop* Should
who lived In the towns. Turkey rais­
Be Practiced.
ing in recent .gears, however, has de­
creased. one o f the main reasons for
T here are things to be done and
this decline being that as t h i popula­
things not to be done to combat sue
tion o f the country Increased farm ing cessfully the smut of core which has j
became more Intensive and the area
damaged the big crop of this year In
suitable for turkey raising was re­
various parts o f the Northwest.
duced.
Turkeys require plenty of
Fresh manure should not be put on
range In order to thrive.
core ground; a rotation of crops
M any farmers, however, still con­
should be practiced. Spores germinate
sider turkeys a profitable side line on j
best and m ultiply In fresh manure
the farm , and about the first of Oc­
says E. C. Stakman, plant disease ape
tober begin to consider how to put
clallst o f the U niversity farm , St
more flesh on th eir turkey flock.
Paul.
Some other crop than eorn
Feeding T urkey Flock.
should be planted on land growing
During the summer and early fall smutted corn this year.
turkeys can find an abundance of
Core smut Is not poisonous, says
feed on the average farm . Grasshop­ Doctor S ta k m a n ; on the contrary, lr
pers and other Insect«, weeds and Its early stages It Is edible for Kli
grass seeds, green w getatlon, berries man beings. It may occur on nny part
Pulling Up Entire Tomato Vine for
and grain picked up in the fields all of the com plant above ground. It
Hanging Up In Cellar.
go to make up the turkey's dally ra­ has been found that core smut spores
tion. When this natural feed Is plen­ are killed In the silo.
snow.
The pile should be covered
tifu l, very little need be added until
w ith two or three Inches o f dirt, and
fattening time except for the purpose ESSENTIALS IN PIGEON COOP
the thickness Increased w ith colder
of bringing the turkeys every night
weather.
to roost and to keep them from stray­ Fresh A ir, Dryness, Sunlight and
Outdoor storage cellars o r’caves are
ing from home. For this purpose one
Space Enough to Keep Birds Com­
excellent for the storage of many
feed of grain every night Just before
fortable Are Urged.
vegetables, and avoid all danger of
roosting time Is sufficient.
unpleasant smells permeating the liv ­
T he prime essentials In pigeon ing-rooms.
Fattening f i r M arket.
F u ll inform ation on the
In fattening turkeys for the m arket houses are fresh air, dryness, sun­ storage of vegetables w ill he found In
an excellent plan Is to begin about Oc­ light. and space enough to keep the Farm ers’ Bulletin 879, whleh w ill be
comfortable.
T he location
tober 1 to feed night and morning, pigeon
sent on request to the departm ent
should hsve good w ater drainage and
feeding only so much at a time that
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. s
the birds go away a little hungry, and a ir circulation In order that the floor
gradually Increasing the quantity un­ and yards may be dry. w hile It should
be situated for convenience In man­
til they are given all they w ill clean
agement. A southern or southeastern
up three times a day during the week
exposure's!« best. T he general prin
before marketing. By the la tte r feed
clples of construction which apply to
tng Is meant that they are fed until
poultry buildings apply also to pigeon
they leave the food and walk away.
One of Most Injurious Pests Is
houses.
Some turkey raisers feed wheat and
oats during the first of the fattening
Season, gradually changing to corn as
the weather lieeomes cooler. T he ma
Jorlty, however, begin feeding henvllj
on corn about’ November 1; and, since
turkeys are not accustomed to such
heavy feeding, scours often result, es
peeially if new com Is used.
Ne»
com can be fed safely I f the turkeys
are gradually accustomed to It bj
feeding lightly at first and more heav
Uy afterw ard.
Lose Flesh When Penned.
Confining turkeys during the fatten
Ing season to prevent their using s<
much energy In ranging has been tried
to some extent, but w ith very little
success, say poultry specialists o f tb<
U nited States Departm ent of Agrlcul
ture. Those confined to a pen eai
h ea rtily fo r two or three days, bu
a fte r this they lose th e ir appetite
and begin to lose flesh rapidly. On
allowing them free range again, they
plek up rapidly and are soon eating
as h eartily as ever. The better meth
od Is to allow them free range, as It
keeps them In good, healthy condition,
and they are always eager to be fed.
Nuts of various hinds are a natural
fattening feed picked up by the tu r­
keys on the range. O f these beech­
nuts, chestnuts, pecans, and scores are
those most commonly found by them
M any turkey growers In Texas depend
solely upon acorns for fattening their
turkeys, and when the maat la plenti­
ful the birds are marketed In fairly
good condition.
Last Offensive Use ef Arrows.
The lust outus.ve u^e o l ilie bow
seems to have occurred In 1791. »hen
two gentlemen fought a duel w ith
| bows aud a rrow * at Edinburgh, shoot-
, tng three arrows each w ithout dam­
aging each other.
D. T A Y L O R , Chairman Board of Directors
Notice of School Meeting
Notice is hereby given to the legal voters- of School D istrict No. 41 of Line
County, State of Oregon, that a school meeting o f said district w ill be held at
school" house on the 26th day of November, 1921, at 2 o ’clock in the afternoon
for the purpose of discussing the budget hereinafter set out w ith the levying
board, and to vote on the proposition of levying a special district tax.
The total amount of money needed by the said school district during thi
fiscal year beginning on June 20, 1921, and ending June 30, 1932, is estimated
in the following budget and includes the amounts to be received from thi
county school fund, state school fund, elementary school fund, special distris
_____
tax, and all other moneys of the district:
B U D G E T — E S T IM A T E D E X P E N D IT U R E S
Personal Service
P rin c ip al’s salary — .......... ..— ............ ............. ................................ $1,600.00
Assistant principal's salary
----- -------------------------- ------------ — - 1,125.00
Seventh and eighth grades teacher’s salary................... -----------
900.00
F ifth and sixth grades teacher's salary ............ —
......— . 900.00
Third and fourth grades teacher’s salary.................................... 810.00
First and second grades teacher’s salary--------- ...------------ -— — 900.00
720.00
Janitor's salary
............ ..— —............... .................
10.00 $6,965.00
Clerk 'a salary.......... - ......... — — — — .......... .................
M ate ria l and Supplies
Furniture (desks, stoves, eurtains, e tc )-----------------— -----.........
Supplies (chalk, erasers, eto.)
— .— ---------- ------- -— — --------
L ib rary books................................... .......... •.......... — .....—
Flams ....................... - ------ --------------- --------- — ----------- —------ — •
50.00
400.00
125.00
10.00
25.00
100.0«
364.00
25.00
22.50
15.00
Playground equipment-------- --------------------------- -—
J a n ito r’s supplies.................................................................. - .......... ....
Postage and stationery
— — -------- ----— —
— .— --------- ------
Maintenance aud Repairs
School building end grounds................ .............................................
Indebtedness
W arrant, and interest thereon.................................
Insurance
School building, furniture and fixtures...........—
------ —
Mr. and Mrs. C. Hubert, M r,
Hawley and M r. and Mrs, V . F.
Fuller, with daughters Ruth and
Dorothea, spent the week end at
the Fuller home southeast of H a l­
sey, having a lovely outing and
bagging some Chinas. The Port­
land people surely love to enjoy
real life in the country once in a
while, this being their secoud visit
this month.
C. R. Fuller, a sophomore at O.
A. C ., spent the weekeud at home,
southeast of Halsey.
The Schmitt interest« in the
First National and the First Sav­
ings banks of Albany have been
sold to Percy A. Young and Z. E.
Collister.
A. C- Schmitt is stay­
ing with them a few weeks while
they get "the hang of the "school-
house.”
The Brownsville correspondent
the Albany Herald tells of a
"slugfest" at the Brownsville.
Junction football game and says:
"Brownsville has now won three
games in a row.”
Which way do
you pronounce that last word?
of
MissOnnna Robertson, student
it the Eugene Bible University,
spent the week end with her par­
ents in Halsey.
Miss Helen Armstrong of the U.
of O. was down from Eugene for a
week-end visit with her pa roots *"
Mr. and Mrs. P. J, Ashton of
Albany passed through Halsey
$1,136.60 Wednesday on their way to Eu­
gene.
They were accompanied
from here by Mesdaines W . W .
200.00 and E, B. Bass,
3,000.00
Mrs. L. C. Merriam and son
Philip returned the last of the week
from Rogue River, where they bad
$11,331.80 been for several weeks.
Frank Porter left today with hie
high-class cattle for Portland to
attend the International Live Stock
exposition, winch begins Noy. 5
and closes Nov, 12.
30.00
Total estimated amount o f money for a ll purposes during the year
Estimated Receipt«
From county school fund during the coming school y«ar........$1,683.00
From state school fund during tho coming school year............
353.50
From elementary srtiool fund during the coming school year
495.00
Estimate of*probahlo unexpended balance a t end of current
y
e
a
r ......................................... .......................... .
1,000.00
Estimated amount to bo received from all other sources dur­
ing the coming school year............................................................ 2,465.88
Lawrence Taylor and Lewis 8k Ir­
vin. who are attending the U. of
Total estimated receipts, not including proposed tax.—...................... $5,999.38 O. at Eugene, spent the week end
at their respective homes in Halsey.
Recapitulation
Total estimated expenses foz the year.»...........................— ...... $11,331.50
T otal estimated receipts n o r including proposed tax .......... ..
5,999.38
A rthur Willoughby of Harris­
burg was transacting business in
----------- „..45,332 12 Halsey Moaday.
Balance, am o u it to be raised by district ta x .....— —
Dated this 25th day of October, 1921.
Attest:
B M . B O N D , Distriat Clerk.
D. T A Y L O R ,
Board of Directors.
Original Estimate and Accounting
Sheet, School District No. 41
This original estimate is made in compliance w ith section 2J1-A of the «chool
laws of 1921 and shows in parallel columns the unit coats of the several service«,
material and supplies for the three fiscal years next preceding the current year,
the detail expenditures for the last one of said three preceding fiscal years and the
budget allowances and expenditures for aia months of the current year.
("fcix
inonthe of the current year" means six months of the last school year.,
EXPENDITURES
o n
8 5
Expenditures
budget allowance for fiscal years next pre­
* * six mouths of last ceding the last school
year
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1 9 » 21 3919 '201 1918 ’19
1921
t’ereonal Service
leacher— Principal ...............
A»»t. P r i n c i p a l . . . . . . -----------
7th and Mth Grades...................
5th and 6th Grade»...........
3rd and 4th G r a d e » - . . . . . . . - .
lat and 2nd Grades ...................
( » n ito r ...... . . . . . . . . . . . . .
C le rk .........................................
M aterial and Supplies
Furniture (desks, e t c . ) . . -----
Supplies (chalk e tc .) ........ —
Library b o o k s ----- ------ --. . .
P lag e.. . . . . . . • • - - . . . .
Playground equipment
Janitor's supplies— . . . . . . . .
F u e l. . . . . .
L ig h t .........- —. . . - - - -----
W a t e r .......................... ..
Postage end stationery...........
Total— M aterial end supplies
Maintenance and Repairs
School bnilding and grounds
1140.—
‘MM). -
690.—
900-
-
—
4M) —
6.60
Mayberry A McKinney shipped
a carload of hogs toSaletuon Tues­
day and Wednesday sent nut a car
of sheep and hogs for the Portland
market.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Ayers
and son Lloyd of Portland were
guests at the G. T. Kitchen home
a n d Expenditures for three the first of the week.
&B
IT E M
L. C. Merriam moved the first of
the week from the J. C. Standish
house on First street to the Mrs.
N. E Taylor residence on Third
street.
13.30 -
1213 -
990—
990 —
WO —
h lA —
990 —
M l) .—
4.30.— 6 7 .3 -
10.—
6.60
900 —
MIO —
660—
660 —
M r. and Mrs. O. M Rankin of
Brownsville were Halsey visitors
Monday.
Carl Seefeld was an Albany via­
tor Friday.
M r. and Mrs. Martin Cummings
were Albany shoppers Friday.
Alfred Ravage was transacting
business in Albany Friday.
D. Taylor returned Friday from
a business trip to Portland.
George Gould of Shedd, who op­
erates the big steam roller over the
between
$3076.6« $4806.60 S72IO - I4AÍK) - $4710 — newly rocked highway
Halsey and Shedd, was back on
$ 100.—i $ to o — $ ICO.—
the job Monday morning after a
100-
600 —
100.—
«no­
business trip to Portland.
lis .
10.—
10 —
10.—
io
M r. and Mrs. Penland and Mrs.
25
Philo Starr left Tuesday morning
30.—
.3 0 -
40.—
100.-
.V o ­
for Moro, in eastern Oregon, and
T7o -
37o-
&A- -
lo —
6 6c
23
14 41
expect to return the latter part of
22.3c
22 So
22 Sc
22 i n
the week.
15 - - 1 3 -
Io —
13 - -
n $1166 91 $ 674 lc
-
ISo —
So —
- $ I3o - $ S o ­
Total—maintenance A rep air i i
IN D E B T E D N E S S
-j 104.3 — lo « » -
W arrants and interest then
$ 3ooc — - lo4S — 1 0 4 5 -
Total— Indebtedness ----- -
Insurance
B n ild ing.furniture A fixtures
Total— Insurance . . . . .
1 67? Äo $ 612 So $ 627 So
5o —
$ So­ $ Soo —i $ ISo —
lo « —
lo $ S —
Mrs. M E M iller of Harrisburg
was a Wednesday arrival fur a vie-
with Mre. C. E. Allen,
M r W . Burke and two children
were Halsey arrivals Wednesday
from Pocatello to visit friends in
Brownsville.
Jo —
•To —
Mrs. R. A Hawks of Portland
arrived Wednesday for a stay at the
lj$74M 31 $637.3.7(1 $9012.10 $3742. .30 $5.317.50
Rues home.
Grand Total
I, B M Bond, do herehv certify that the ebove estimate of expenditure« for
the ye«» 1921 1922 was prepared by me end thet tha expenditure« and budget al­
lowance for eix months a f the current yeai end the expenditure« for the three
fiscal year» a e x t preceding the current year as shown ebove have been compiled
I f r o . the record. . . m y ch.pge aud are true and c o r r e c t ^ .
Clerk
Bert Clark was a traveler to Al­
b a n / Wednesday.
Mrs. B. B. Parker and child of
Crawfordsville were passengers