Rural enterprise. (Halsey, Or.) 1924-1927, December 31, 1924, Image 3

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    ^ /^ b a n y j2 )ire c to ry
T h is >« good » d u c t ; " I I you live
in Albany, trade in Albany ; if you live
in tome other town, trade in that tow n."
But in these automobile day* many re
aiding elsewhere find it advisable to do
at least part ol their buying in the
larger town. Those who go to Albany
to transact business w ill find the firms
named below ready to fill their require
meats w ith courtesy and fairness.
The Great Outdoors
W h ere Bread, Meat, Clothing, H ealth and V igorous H um anity are Produced
Plant Potatoes Late
if on the Right Soil
ACCESSORIES AND TIRES
a
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Auto Supplies
J. H. Au. iso a
442 ¿West First St.
A lb sn y Floral Co. Cut flower;
A*- and plants. Floral art for every
and all occasions.
Flow er phone 458-J.
D B 0S 8W IC K
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P H O N O G R A P H S
st
W O O D W O R T H ’S
rkavenport Music company offers-
Piano-case organ, good as new
Eatey organ, good as new
Used Pianos.
Iq'astbum Bros.— Two big grocery
stores, 212 W. First and 225 South
M ain. Good merchandise at the right
prices.
EMtte Cafeteria aud confectioner)
-■-A Home cooking. Pleasant surround­
ings.
Courteous, efficient service
W e make our own candies.
W . S. D uncan .
Lpilms developed
and
printed
We mail them right back to you.
Woodworth Drug Company, Albany, O r­
egon.
tX )R D SALES AND SERVICE
Tires and accessories
Repairs
Ktax- P o l l a k M otor C o .
pVirimiller Furniture Co., furni-
ture, rugs, linoleum, stoves ranges.
Funeral directors. 427-433 west First
street, Albany, Oregon.
P U L L E R GROCERY, 286 Lyon
*
(Successor to Stenberg Bros.)
Groceries
Fruits
Produce
Phone 2b3R
TJOLMAN & JACKSON
■*•8.
Grocery— Bakery
E veryth in g in the line of eats
Opposite Postoffice
TJub Candy Co.,
F ir s t street, next
door to Blain Clothing Co.
Noon lunches.
Home-made candy and ice Cream.
"CTub Cleaning Work», Inc.
■H
Cor. 8ecoond and
Ferry
Master Dyers and Cleaners
M a d e -T o -M e a s u re Clothes
IM PERIAL CAFE, 209 'W. First
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Harold G. M urphy Prop.
Phone 665
W k n k v h r CLOSE
1L|AONETO ELECTRIC CO.
AvA official Stroinherg carburetor aery
ice station.
Conservative prices
All
work guaranteed
119-121 W . Second.
TLiAKtNELLO PARLORS
a ”
( a beauty aid for e^ery need)
St. Francis Hotel
Prep., W in n if r k d R ose
ILfen and money are best w hen
XvA busy. Make your dollars work in
our sayings department. A l b a n y S t a t e
B a n k . Under government supervision.
J^JOORE’S MUSIC HOUSE
“ E verything musical ”
223 W . First st.
GT1MS0N THE SHOE DOCTOR
Second street, opposite Ham ilton's
store.
“ Sudden Service.’ ’
npuK m a k g v k r iie s h o p p e
Shampooing. Marcelling and Scalp
Treatments.
Margaret Countryman,
HO W es' Second st. Phone 22.
6PHE SPECIALTY SHOPPE
■E for hemstitching and stamped goods.
Opposite H am iltoa s, 31$ W. Second st.
' U / ’ u ld o A n d e rs o n & S o n. d ie tn b -
’ ’ utors and dealers for Maxwell, Chal­
mers, Esses, Hudson ik Hupm obile cars.
Accessories, S polies 1st & Broadalbin
FURNITURE AND
FARM MACHINERY
bought, sold and exchanged at all times
B E N T. S U D T E L L
Phone 76-R, 111 N. Broadalbin s t, Albany
FARM LOANS
W rite tor booklet describing our 20
year Rural Credit Amortized Loans
The loan pay» out in 20 payments, re
tirin g the principal
Cheap rates. No
delay.
B e a m L a n d C o .,
1.13 Lyon street, Albany, Ore.
FARM LOANS
at lowest rate of interesL
Real Estate
Prompt service.
W m
Insurance
Courteous treatment
B a IW, Room 5, First .Savings Bank
hollaing, Albany
SHOE -
SERVICE z
■» qStbat cost lesa per month of wea
Big City Market
Is Now Rat-Free
If You Haven’t Such Land
Raise Somethig Else
and Buy Spuds
Farm Club M em bers
Making B etter
Take to A griculture
A m erican H om es
In the contest for “better homes”
a number of the honia^ which have
been designated as greatly improv­
ed and awarded prizes Were demon­
strations being carried on by mem­
bers of the home-demonatration clubs
'or rural-home improvement. Many
housekeepers started wi»h an attempt
to make the kitchen more convenient
and easier to work in; other rooms
were done over, until the entire
house was more comfortable and at­
tractive.
The better-homes organization, a
national welfare association, report­
ed about 1,000 entries in the contest.
In Charlottesville, V«., the county
home-demonstration agent secured an
old home to remodel and improve as
a “demonstration.”
Women came
!rom all over the county to help.
'Valis, woodwork, and floors were
done over; old furniture was refin-
:shed and loaned or given to be ex­
hibited; curtains, rugs and other fur­
nishings were made by club members
nd used to show what could be done
without great expense. Hundreds
of persons came to see the finished
demonstration, which finally received
he first prize among the “better
homes” of the county, although not
originally intended for competition.
More than 7 per cent of the stu­
dents at Michigan agricultural col­
lege previously were members of
boys’ and girls’ agricultural clubs.
There are now 133 students at this
college who had received training and
inspiration from their club work.
They did things with fields of com,
with gardens, with flocks of hens,
with pigs, and calves and sheep, in
canning, in sewing, and in a score
more ways. But because they learn­
ed to do these things well they did
not scorn the lecture hall and labo­
ratory.
Although engineering and liberal
arts also are taught at this school,
more than twice as many of these
former club members are enrolled in
agriculture and home economics as
in all the ether courses. The know­
ledge and skill acquired in practical
club work stimulated an interest in
farm life and an appreciation of the
importance of being well trained for
iL
The peculiar conditions this sea
son in potato raising have led some
growers to resolve on planting the
main crop of spuds so early that they
can be dug before danger of being
damaged by rains, as so many have
been this year.
Better consider carefully before
making the change. On light, rich,
well-drained land like the sediment
flats along some of our mountain
streams the best potatoes can be
grown, and only on such soils can
large crops be obtained.
Thia writer raised potatoes on such
land for many years in this state,
and he had a standing offer to plant
an acre of potatoes which should be
B urbank S uper W h eat
Jug and presented to any neighbor
H olds Its R eputation
free of cost, if less than 300 bushels
The wheat which W. P. Wahl ex­
provided that neighbor would bind
hibited in the window of Koontz’
himself to take the crop, dug and
store last year did not do quite as
measured, in the field, and pay the
well this year, he says, where he
geing market price if it were more
sowed it on land that was rathe:
har 300 bushels.
He learned to do several things in G overnm ent Control
poor. It takes plenty of food to
•aising these crops of 300 bu3hel»
of Milk Market produce a big crop of wheat or beef
te r acre or more, as follows:
or other crops.
Give the ground a coating of stable
But Mr. Wahl’s wheat is holding its
Milk is so important a part of the
manure the preceding fall, to avoit amily diet that its distribution will own as a high producer. He first
icab, which would result from ma
ot remain unregulated and in pri- got five heads of “ Burbank super”
m iring too npar planting lime. H> ate hands unless the job is done ef- about five years ago and from th*s
^referred to grow a crop of rape on iciently and the service is rendered has come all of the variety In this
this manured ground, feeding it to t reasonable cost. The “strikes” of section.
E. Abraham was one of the grow­
•ows until March, when it was plow
he milk producers in vnrious parts of
ers
this year. We have no report
I
he country indicate that the distri­
Whenever, between March and cting job is not handled as smoothly of the threshing result, but before
Tune, a crop of weeds sprang up, it s it should be, and the average harvest Mr. Abraham said, when
vaa killed with a spike tooth harrow. ■ ousewife seeing the wagons of five everybody was expecting a poor crop
About June 1 (any time before the >r six different concerns delivering because of the drouth, that he would
'Oth, the field was cross-plowed lilk in the same block may well ask tie surprised, from its appearance, if
vith p 12-inch plow, seed being drop- erself whether the enormous dupli- ills Burbank super made less than 45
bushels to the acre.
eed in every third furrow, and har- -nqu;sip
}0 isoa otp Buistea lot
owed.
1 ation of equipment and service is
Eiefore the plants were 7 inches ion far beyond the reasonable level. Different Rations That
iigh they were harrowed once or
Milk is fully as important as gas,
Have Got Good Results
rivice. By this time practically all lectricity or bus transportation. The
Farmers who have good a lfa lfa hay
he weed seed in the soil had sprout­
ncerns supplying these necessities
find that a ration mixed from 500
ed and been killed.
re supervised and regulated by pub­ pounds ground corn, 200 pounds ground
ic
authority.
If
the
public
would
M‘»quite gr tri and other light
oats, 200 pounds wheat bran and 100
cgulate milk distribution as it reg- pounds linseed oilmen), cottonseed meal
veec’ ereds need no artificial aero
danea in Orpffon.
They fly lates public utilities, if established or soy bean meal gives excellent re­
u
reely without and hv early rpriiq liatribvtors should be compelled to sult*.
he sol! is well fincknd with them. onsolidate and be protected against
When clover hay Is used In place of
Afterwards, after every shower o'- ut-throat competition, costs could alfalfa, the ollmeul Is Increased to 200
¡bout once a week in the absence of e reduced, milk would be cheaper, pounds. I f mixed hay Is the only klnfl
a man has. he cuts the,corn to 4o0
ain, a small-tooth cultivator wa; he producer would obtain a fait pounds
and Increases the oats to 300
un between the row’s to maintain rice and the efficient distributor pounds and the ollm eaVto 2tX> pounds
vould
be
able
to
make
ample
profits.
t fine mulch of soil on the surface,
The same amount of,bran, 200 pounds.
Regulation of milk distributitm is Is used.
o hold moisture from evaporation.
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As soon as the tops were dead the oming unless the distributors volun-
In a very few cases where It Is out
ubers (300 bushels or more of them! arily get together and clean house, of the question to secure anything hut
,
,, timothy huy. the above ration Is mixed
vere dug and stored where air could -January Sunset.
in equal parts by weight. C. B. Finley,
sercolate up through them in the bin.
Because th e price was good and dairy extension man at the Iowa State
Keeping weeds down in early
slanted potatoes is a laborious task .he season permitted, more winter college, found In his experience with
over 5,000 farmers last year, that good
n western Oregon.
wheat was sown in this county this results were always obtained from the
Put some other crop on heavy
ear than last. Much of it that had above combinations.
lay land, and let it pay for properly- ome up was still pretty young when
;rown potatoes.
the recent cold snap struck us, Dec.
Never plant potatoes where that '6, and would have been heaved out *************** * * * * * * * * * * * *
•rop or beets have been raised with
f the ground and killed but for the
Work of Busy Bee
*
n two years, and you will avoid now which came with the freeze
“How doth the busy little X
most of the diseases that attack the nd stayed until last Saturday’s thaw.
bee,” has been spoken thorn *
crop.
rhis snow was the salvation of the
sands of times by school chll- I
dren and others without a sin- *
winter wheat crop. But if the crop
gle thought as to the Important *
A n o th e r A risto c ra t
■ext year is a success in foreign
part that the busy little bee J
in Linn Count} vheat countries wheat is likely to
plays in the development o f *
■ell below cost of production, so much
many of our plants. Bees serve J
A recent addition to the growing
s being grown.
a double purpose. They gather *
iat of gold medal Jersey sires ir
the sweets from the flowers and 2
Jregon is St. Mawes of Ashburn
The county court expects to rock
store them and at the same *
Cows sired by this bull have held ive more miles of the Brownsville-
time they perform n greater *
many records, some of which stand Lebanon road and to start the work
service In carrying the pollen *
is national champions in miik and
from one flower to another, thus *
in January if possible.
Insuring a full set of fru it upon *
butterfat production.
This bull if
our trees and certain of our *
iwned by J. M. Dickson & Son of
Seattle has 26 less fools, due to
vegetable plants.
t
Kshburn farm, Shedd.
moonshine. They died from the poi-
The cows which qualified this bull :on, in the year just closed.
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or the medal honors and their rec­
ords are: Lulu Mary of Ashburn,
-¡44 pounds fat in 305 days, national
lersey champion in this class, the
•ecord being made at Ashburn farm;
Clara Lettie of Ashburn, 797 pound:
fat as a junior 3-year-old. nationa’
.lass champioh in 1920, the record
being made at J. J. Kleek’’ farm at
3eavertonj St. Mawes Queen R., 611
Special price oa one-half ten and ton lots
oounds fat in 305 days, the record
A fresh stnek of
made by Leslie P. Trigg at Norway
near Coauille.
Queen R is a full
lister of Lulu Alphea, a cow that
held the world's record for all breeds,
with 800.08 pounds of fat and over
1
The economical food for calves, pigs and poultry
14,000 pounds of milk, starting test
at 22 months of age. This milk rec­
0/
ord still stands.
St. Mawes has been placed as the
seventh ranking register of merit
ire by many who have made a study
of - record« animals.
' For More egg production *
J Use Fisher’s Egg Producer 5
JERSEE MILK FOOD X
X
COMPOUND
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5 O. W . F R L M
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Linn County is a
Poultry Paradise
L ittle H alsey P la n t Sells
$12fM) W o rth o f Baby
Chicks in a Y ear
Western Oregon >• a paradise for
poultry, as it is for dairying in all
its branches, and it is probable that
Linn county exceeds any other sec­
tion of its size ia the number of
paying flocks of biddies.
Among the many is one quite close
to Halsey, that of Mr. and Mrs. A.
C. Armstrong. They raised chicks
nt Tangent in 1909 before coming
here. Their business has grown un­
til their sales of chicks last year
nmountd to 8000. They already have
orders for 4000 for the approaching
eason and supply all these from
about 350 breeding hens.
They have call for more eggs for
hatching than they can spare.
Perhaps the largest poultry plant
in the county is the Arnold ranch
at Lebanon.
Mr. Arnold has bred
steadily for high egg production and
has achieved such a reputation that
n the last two years he has shipped
over 5000 cockrels for breeding pur­
poses on orders from California.
One shipment last year wag 2000 of
•hese cockrels to Petaluma, the poul­
try metropolis of the golden state.
One of Arnold’s hens has a record
of 308 eggs In 366 days. He gives
his pullets a 12-hour day all winter
by using electric light, but the older
breeding hens are not forced beyond
nature’s gait.
These are only two of many flogks
■n this county that are making mon­
ey for their owners. We expect Im­
ports and facts from more.
Roup May Be Controlled
by Proper Management
Contagious roup la very easily
sprend from one bird to another by
contact through the feed, wuter add
litter. Roup la easily controlled by
proper management and housing.
Damp. Insanitary, poorly ventilated,
overcrowded drafty quarters ure con­
ducive to Its spread. Only valuable
birds should receive Individual treat­
ment. Place the bird In a dry, well-
ventilated place and give It plenty of
fresh air and feed. Every morning
and evening remove all the cheesy
matter from the eyes and nostrils of
the bird and dip Its head Into a solu­
tion of ldchlorlde of mercury (1-1.000).
Thia Is made by placing one 7.3-grsln
bichloride of mercury tablet In a pint
of water. Hold the bird flrtnly and
Immerse the head until the eyes ore
covered, keeping It there a few s»<-
on da, or until It struggles.
In treatlag an Infected flock, dispone
of all bad cases by killing and burning
them. Isolate all birds having colds
keep quarters dry. provide plenty of
ventilation without drafts, sunlight,
and avoid overcrowding. Place one 7.8
grain bichloride of mercury tablet In
a gnllon of water In a nomnetal con­
tainer Never nse more than ten days
In succession.
Sour Milk of Immense
Value to Poultry Raiser
I t is at least possible to reduce the
amount of msatscrsp In the mush ru
tlon I f you keep sour m ilk or butter
m ilk before the hens at all times. Home
have fouDd It possible to do uway with
the mestscrap entirely, bat thia Is not
always a success In cases where It has
beeta tried. I t ls b e k t to reduce It to
»beat one-half to on»-third o f the reg
ular quantity galled for In the maali,
and .then allow tbe tour m ilk or butter
m ilk fo r tbs hens
B ltlrs ly atlde from the food value In
the mUk. rlitte aeems to be a regulative
quality to die tour milk. T h e fowl«
will remsIn^tiRSltiller If given the milk
at all times . It stimulate» a henlthy
appetite, particularly for the laying
maah.
T h f soar milk seems to do
sway almost' entirely with the difficul­
ties general^ fraceable to cloae con
Onement, snnli as the clogging of tbe
digestive orA m C -an d f ° f ’ hat reason,
particularly Jor flocks In w inter quar­
ters. It ts hard' to overestimate the
valus u( on abundant supply of sour
skim mille
a
Ibillets kept aepurats
will bring better results.
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Ever try a scythe as an Insect snd
plant disease exterm inator! Hom» In­
sects snd fungous diseases live through
th« »UUM
art
lle e a e lia .« »
A» a result of control measures
quietly Inaugurated by the biological
survey of the United Htutes Iiepu rt-
inent of Agriculture, Center market.
In Washington, has heen made ouo of
tbo most satisfactory markets from
the standpoint of rat-free conditions
In the country. When the department
took over the management o f this
great city m a rk e t which covers an
urea equal to two city blocks, the place
was found to be badly Infested by rats,
here was not only loss In food prod­
ucts, but also daogor to public health
through contamination of foods.
Barium Carbonate Used.
So serious was tbe Infestation th a t
some who had noticed conditions hesi­
tated to purchase th eir food supplies
there. To clear up the situation w ith­
out unduly disturbing the public, the
biological survey,go-operating with the
bureau of agricultural economics, be­
gan work very lnconsplcuoualy. B arium
carbonate was dlatrlbatad under care­
fully controlled conditions and 300 rata
were found killed at one time. T ra p s
were also used on a lurge scale. Ac­
cumulated rubbish was cleared awuy.
Infested hollow walls and other struc­
tures were replaced by rat-proof con­
struction. more »unitary and rat-proof
booths were built of concrete,' und u
lurge laclnerutor was Installed to con­
sume garbage und rubbish.
Conditions Improved.
Special attention was given to rut-
proullng food-storage plucea. including
ull cold storage. T he interest of the
dealers was enlisted In the effort, und
many neighboring commission bouse«,
ut their request, were assisted and
have adopted measures recommended
for the protection o f the food products
which they bundle. W hile the m arket
is still subject to Invasion by rats
from
surrounding
property
und
through Introduction with shipment*
o f food, necessitating careful follow ­
up work, conditions have been vastly
improved, and the market la a vsln-
nble example of what can be accom­
plished when proper effort Is made.
Method Found Good in
Ridding House of Mice
Barium carbonate ts the moat satis­
factory poison for rats and mice. U
run be bhtujned ut most drug stores.
Three types of halt are recoin mended,
meat baits such as hamburger and
fish, cereal halts such as bread and
rolled oats, and vegetables and fruits
such ns apples and canned corn. M ix
one part of barium oarbonate w ith
four parts by weight o f the halt
M ix
thoroughly, adding w ater when neces­
sary to-make the bait melst. The halt
should be placed where It cannot be
eaten by domesticated animals, about
one teaapoonful In a place. Hats snd
mice are usually less suspicious of a
poison «alt I f It Is placed In a paper
bug or In a piece of newspaper which
Is closed by twisting the ends ta^ether.
Got Rid o f Rata
At the marine barracks, Quantico,
Vn., the post commissary building
had become infested with rats. All
efforts to get rid of them with com­
mercial baits were of no avail. An
appeal finally made to the depart­
ment of agriculture was met with
immediate response.
About 600 baits of different sorts,
poisoned with barium carbonate, were
ot out on September 4
The first
night about 260 of the baits were
laken and the second night about 50
more. Only a very small proportion
of the rats killed died outside of
their holes. In this case, about 35
lead and dying rats were found, and
since putting out the poison not a
r»t has heen seen.
Two hundred silver foxes, the larg ­
est shipment ever made tn Oregon,
ware received from the breeding farm
of W K Rogers. Charlottetown. Prince
Edward Island. Canada, and went to
the ranches of D. M Hasktn at N ew ­
berg and Hood River.
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TRAWBERRY
plant S
FOR SALF.
OREGON
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Early seeding la essential for
a
good oat crop
Ground prepared Io
tbe fa ll permits early seeding next
spring.
¡ e r .» % r .d by I k . V n IK x t S i l H
®f A arteuittarw .)
bens
A broody coop where feverish hens
can be confined and fed It much to he
preferred to (lucking them or to star
ration.
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Department of Agriculture
Carries Out Successful
Raid in Washington.
SND
MARSHALL
Plant them any lime.
Will contraot far all yea can
raise.
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TEN BERG
BRO
ALBANY
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