Making Success of
Production of Pork
The Great Outdoors
uromuot $£<¡1,057,308 In 1033, an la-
t-reaa« oí $l4l,«<9,2u* tor lit« year.
Germany Ahead In Reparation
Pay,
Parle —Germany has for once got
ahead of her engagements In ths paw
ment of reparations.
The transfet
committee under the Dawes plan,
<2r«par«4 by th« U nit«» Bttt«« r>«>*rtm «»t
which mat here Thursday, found that
at A trte a ltu ra .)
A pound of pork every seven min deliveries In kind made since the
utes la the record of a quarteC-aectlon Dawes plan went Into effect amount
fprn belt hog farm on which actual fig- to 32,000,000 gold marks more than
urea were kept for a year by the Unit the total expected.
ed States Department of Agriculture,
(By Everett Earle Stanard)
Washington. D. C.— Assistance for
in co-operation with the University
The competitive hunt plan for th-
the livestock Industry through exist
of Illinois. The operations on this
farm and the plane of cropping and
ing financial agencies and through a
extermination of peats and varmint
"Future development of the herd
feeding were used at the basis for an
which yearly devastate the farms o
says O. E. Reed, formerly of Kansu- new land policy to grant grazing on
exhibit which was ahown at the Inter
unappropriated public domain were
now
with
Michigan
College
of
Agr
the Willametts valley was originate'
The Enterprise is telling, everj national Live Stock exposition, held at
recommended
Wednesday
to
President
cuitare, “dependa to a great extent up
apparently by ’ he farmers of the Asi
Coolidge by his agricultural commis week, of things that farmers of Chicago November 29 to December 7.
on the kind of sire used with the herd
The principal crops grown on the
it has been said that the sire Is lial sion In a preliminary report.
Linn county are doing, or can do
Swale district, just to the northwes*
farm were corn, oate and soy beans,
the
herd
and
It
is
a
fact
that
all
futun
A later report will deal with possi to bring in income outside of the
of Brownsville. So successful ha
very little feed being purchased and
cows In the herd carry 50 per cent o ble additional relief through revision
ordinary and popular lines of pro much of the oata being marketed as
thia system been, so simple in i t
his breeding.
of transportation charges and a pro duction
grain. During the year 78,700 pounds
There are several kinds of rust on
The herd sire should be pure bret tective tariff. The oommlttee said It
workings and so practicable that
By sowing cabbage of an early of hogs were marketed, which was a cereals Two of these rusts are most
of
the
breed
he
represents
and
1»
It is being adopted by various com
wished to emphasize now that “the variety in August, transplanting little more than a pound every seven
backed by good ancestry. I f possible
commonly found on w heat; namely,
munities and bids fa ir to find its wa
he should be a sire whose mother am welfare of agriculture also demands any time before February and ■nlnutee during the entire year. The orange leaf rust and black stem rust.
other close female ancestry have an early and thorough revision of the taking proper care of the plants, outstanding reasons for the success of Both are caused by fungus organisms
into all of the country districts
shown high records of production. ? freight rate structure.’’
tho writer has been able to take this farmer, who did most of the work and the “seeds" by which they spread
The plan, as outlined by a membe
Declaring existing agencies can han them to town early in June, when himself, are given as follows: Con are called spores. These spores ger
yearly record Is to be preferred t<
of the club at Ash Stfale, is as fol
one of shorter duration.
dle the livestock financing situation, ihe only cabbage on the market venient arrangement, enabling the minate, forming a germ tube which
owner to care for the pigs with little
lows: A representative organizatioi
I f it la not possible to know the rec the commission declared the federal were from California
and not labor; well-balanced rations, produc enters the living host plant and pro
ord of production one should by ul, Intermediate credit banks "should as nearly as nice as bis.
duces a spot which later breaks
• f the farmers or residents of a givei
ing gains without waste, and continu
means see the mother of the anima) it sume the full responsibility by ag
through the epidermis. This Is called
district must be organized. I t mus'
Fresh
green
vegetables,
right
ous
use
of
fresh
pasture,
providing
question and note how closely she con gresslvely and sympathetically under
pustule.
have its proper officers, its constitu
forms to good dairy type. If the sire'* taking to cover the field and thus sup from the fields where they are cheap feed and keeping the hogs In
Leaf rust has a widespread occur
tion and bylaws, its rules and regula
grown, are now available to winter excellent condition.
father has daughters (hat have proveí
rence. Its pustules after are found on
tions. I t will through the year hold t
to be good producers he Is more cei port and supplement the normal f i residents and travelers io Oregon
the leaves of wheut when the plants
number of hunts, and toward the tain to transmit the dairy qualities de nancing of livestook paper."
and the west.
are young. They are of an orange yel
The
only
legislation
suggested
was
close of the year the big annual hunt
sired. Very often It Is possible to
Fresh berries, too, may be had
low color, hence the name “orange leaf
A banquet will then conclude th« buy an old sire that has proved to bi amendment of the agricultural credits virtually all the year round, to
rust.” Ttie round spores can be rec
High-priced feed such as the milking ognized by means of a microscope.
a good breeder. Good results from th. acts to eliminate the provision that gether with many western grown
year’s program.
herd
must
have
Is
not
required
for
the
use
of
such
an
animal
are
almost
cer
prohibits rediscounting by federal In fruits.
Though this rust causes some damage,
The hunt at Ash Swale Is a com
growing heifer, although she must It does not cause serious losses.
tain. The objection to buying un old termediate credit banks of loans nego
petitive event, and there is, of courst
The
rapid
development
of
winter
have
a
liberal
supply
of
good
rough
bull Is that be Is high priced If Idt tiated by federally chartered agricul
considerable rivalry between the two
farming in Oregon, California and ages, says O. A. Williams of Indiana.
Rust on Stems and Leaves.
value Is known and one runs the tural credit agencies.
teams that engage In it. Two cap
neighboring states now is produc In an exchange. The heifer that will
Stem rust la common on both stem*
'hance of getting an unruly animal
tains are named each year and the A bull calf Is usually selected. A call
ing a constant supply of excellent soon freshen needs a generous supply and leaves. Its pustules can be told
fresh green vegetable», so th at suoh of mineral matter. Alfalfa, clover or from those of the leaf rust by their
captains lead forth their small force
can be purchased for less money and
to trap, shoot and lay for such ani ihe owner can train him as he chooses
Feeding the fall farrowed p it canned products practically have soy bean hay supplies this need and reddish color and the torn paper-llke
mals and fowl as skunk, rats, mice Too much attention cannot be given should be given careful attention He been eliminated from dining cars furnishes the bulk to develop the di edges of the pustules. The red spores
to the selection of a sire, for future- needs n substitute for the green feed of the Southern Pacific.
gestive system. Silage is too watery of the summer stage are oval In shape.
mink, coon, weasel, polecats, hawks
success depends largely upon the bend the summer pig gets to keep him
The red or summer stage develops
Favorable comment on these und Is also low In ash and protein for
owls,, coyotes, eagles and bear. The
of the herd."—Kansas Bulletin No thrifty and healthy. The best winter
heifers. Not more than fifteen pounds rapidly under favorable conditions,
winter
products
of
the
west
daily
curcass of each animal or bird is giv
187.
substitute for green feed Is alfalfa is made by tr.velers from the east a day Is advisable. Some grain la spreading the rust from field to field.
cn a certain valuation, so that the
The spores are so light that they may
needed to produce best results.
hay of good quality. Fall pigs fed on the trains.
score is readily computed. The team
When the roughage Is silage and a he carried long distances by the wind.
on a ration consisting of corn and
The com, any is now obtaining legume hay, ground com or a mixture Moisture does not cause rust but fur
accumulating the larger number of
tankage In proper proportions and
and of grains, depending on the coet, may nishes favorable conditions for the
points in a given number of days is
having free access to fine alfalfa hay exceptionally fine cabbage
The be used at the rate of two to five spores to germinate and multiply.
declared winner.
The natural check put upon tin will gain and thrive almost as well cauliflower from Oregon.
-odllng moth larvue by low wlntei as spring pigs on alfalfa pasture If cabbage is firm, tender and sweet. pounds dally.
The common barberry, (Herbert*
Without silage and
There is a considerable incentive
_ district with legume hay, reduce the grain rec- vulgaris), Is an Important factor in
for the teams and captains to d< temperatures is often over-estimated protected from cold nnd disease. The Farmers in the Roseburg
the spread of stem rust. There are a
their beat. The winning aggregation by the fruit grower. The most of our protein requirements must also be have developed an excellent grade I omnJenile<l above somewhat,
Insects winter in the pupu or egg stag, met. Thia will require one-half pound of brocoli.
I "H h corn allage and timothy hay or few other species of barberry which
is given at the year's end a splendid
und usually In well protected places of tankage per head per day. Where
Iu the past Utah has been noted I Corn fo<’der'
8t
h8jf the may take stem rust and spread It to
banquet by the losers. That is to say The codling moth Is an exception and
tankage and alfalfa hay are fed min for its tender winter celery but grain mixture a high protein feed such grains and grasses.
the defeated team stands the expensi
winters as a caterpillar under loose eral mixtures are not needed.
us gluten feed, cottonseed meal, soy 1
Barberry Starts Spread.
this winter farmers near Portland beans or olltp^tl. Timothy hay or
of the supper.
To be sure, both bark usually well above the ground
An Infected common barberry w ill
have produced a variety that is on u corn fodder are never satisfactory
urface. One would suppose that tern
teams dine, and their families and
par with that of Utah or any other «lone. At least half the roughage start an early spread of stem rust.
peratures approximating zero would
friends besides. As the expense ir
Several cases have been observed
Cracked nud dirty eggs are worth section,
kill these frail Hrvaa under their scunt
must be legóme hay. The producing
considerable, it behooves the trnpper
where local epidemics have started
only a little more than half us much
pNitectlon. Observations made In tin
Apples
of
a
uniform
size
are
ability
and
ante
value
of
thousands
o#
and hunters to do thoir best while thi
state of Washington show that low as cleun fresh eggs with sound shells. specially packed at the orchards cows are grv-atly reduced because they from such sources.
hunt is on.
The Japanese barberry la liurmles*
Keep the uests filled with clean straw,
temperatures do play havoc with thus,
in Oregon and California for din- »cere not iwoperly fed and eared for and should be destroyed.
arvae, but unless these temperatures sawdust, or hay, und avoid the loss
An added incentive is the dons
Travelers frequently while they were carrying their first
Look out for early appearance* of
from cracked eggs. Ity keeping the ing cars.
re exceptionally low. (he codling motl
calves.
tion of a silver loving cup to the cap
both leaf und stem rusts on grain*
llock Indoors In muddy weather, the comment on their good flavor.
loes
not
suffer
serious
winter
killing
tain who brings in the best individual
Ranuhes in a number of favored
number of dirty eggs can be reduced.
and wild grasses.
Send specimens
In Washington It was foiutd that tern
kill or count. At Ash Swale, Charles
sections of the Pacific ooast are
and record of location of early stem
peratures of 25 degrees below sen
D
IE
MARKETS
Bowers, basing accumulated the lar
supplying winter-grown
“ sum
rust on grain or wild grasses to the
Fahrenheit were followed with coin
gest number of points for the foui
plete killing of over-wintering codling
mer'’ squash, naw potatoes, fresh ( r n M H i * r i t * u a lu o M at«« D *e«rtxn«nt botany department of the State Ag
Portland
moth larvae. Temperatures neur If
years in succession, received the cup
ricultural college.—E. A. Lungren,
0 ' A a rio u lto n .)
Wheat — Hard white, $2.00; soft oei.s, lettuoe, asparagus, eggplant
He was closely pressed, however or, degrees below zero still allowed 30 per
H a lf a mlllUMi fanners are to be State Leader, Barberry Eradication,
white and northern spring, $1 so and many other varities of vege
•ent to come through unharmed.
several occasions, by other members
tables to tempt the palates of the asked te report to the United States Colorado State Agricultural College.
The most eftlclent natural check Is hard winter, $1 88; western white
Depurtmmt of Agriculture the number
of the club.
traveler.
$1.87; western red, $1.83.
not temperature or birds, or even In
of cows and hel fiera kept for milk this
Tho annual banquet is made the
During
the
last
two
years
the
Hay— Alfalfa, $19.60®20 ton; valley
sect partial (eg. It Is tile total failure
year compared with last, the number
occasion of an elaborate program
f the upple crop, due to late frosts or timothy, $22.50@23.50; eastern Oregon levelopmont of winter farming in of hens and pullets of laying age- and
Distinguished guests
appear at
the weBt has made almost unbe the number of sows farrowed or bred
'liter causes, which removes food for timothy, $21®22.
The lucky farmer tn the ton-lttter
speakers, generally including mem
t It© Insect, it Is a well known fact that
lievable strides.
to farrow this fall and next spring.
Butterfat—47c delivered Portland.
contest of Indiana was W. F. Parks.
bers of the state game commission and after years of complete failure of th
Questionnaires will be distributed by
Eggs— Ranch, 44@46c.
His ten pure bred Poland-China pigs
ipple crop, codling moth damage b
the Suntium Fish and Gume associa
tifs rural mall carriers.
Cheese— Prices f. 0. b. Tillamook
tipped the scales nt 2,774 pounds.
The soil on a good farm should get
tion. Good music is provided, games dkely to lie very light. Its ability t< Triplets, 28cI loaf, 29c per lb.
This Information Is sought to form
better every year.
Here Is how he fed the sow and
«me hack Is strong anil In the yeni
The basis for forecasting production
are indulged in, and the refreshments following this failure the schedule ot
• • •
Cattle—Steers, good, $7.25®7.7S.
pigs.
The mother got corn, some
and
market
supplies
so
tbat
farmers
are sumptuous.
Charles Carlson
tankage and a little skim milk, and
three sprays carefully directed agulnst
Hogs— Medium to good, $9.60® 11.00
In cribbing Immature corn, ventlla-
may
adjust
production
to
demand
and
president of the club since its organ
the run of a mixed clover and timothy
the pest, cannot he safely altered
Sheep—Lambs, medium to choice tlou la one of the biggest problems.
market thalr products In a more or
T. H. Parks. Ohio Slate University
ization in 1907, is master of ceremon
pasture, while she carried her litter.
$1*018.
derly fashion. Surveys of this kind
After farrowing, a thin »lop of
ies, and he literally sees to it that
begun by the department two
bran and shorts was fed for three
I were
everyone has a good time. A t thi
Seattle
years
ago
In
connection
with
pigs,
W
or four days. Com was added on the
annual banquet, “The Coon Skin,"
Wheat — Soft white, hard wlntei
The corn stalk borer spends thie and the success of the system has fifth day and tankage when the pig*
humorous newspaper, edited by homr
$1.88; western white, $1.87; wester, winter In the tap root of the old con t been such that the surveys bave been were a week old. Feed was gradually
I f you want to get the beat result»
talent, and detailing in joking fashion
extended to dairy cowe and poultry.
Increased until the sqws were getting
from your hens thia fall and winter red, $185; northern spring. $1.90; Bi» stalk, where It Is protected from win
tho neighborhood news, is solemn)
ter weather, in the spring the adal t
a liberal feed by the time the pigs
provide them with plenty of green llend bluestem. $2.15.
rend. Thus the club serves the c<
were two weeks old.
Hay—Alfalfa. $22; D. C„ $27- tlm moth or "miller’’ develops. Eggs
food. Green food Is essential to egi
niunity in a social way.
Pigs were started to eating on a
production. Is a stlniiilnnt to tin othy. $2«; D. C„ $28; mixed hay. $24 layed on the growing corn. Injure Ila
caused by the larva or grub
T ills
slop of shorts and aklro milk, and were
The competitive hunt plan can be -owls, nnd nlso possess«* vitamin,
Eggs -Ranch. 45®48c.
Sweet clover is one of the best crops f<el by hand in a “creep." Corn wae
worm bores Into the corn stalk, gt n „f.
that are essential to body health an,
used to advantage with variation
Butterfat—48c.
ing the plant, and causing It to bgi-ak bn grow for the purpose of turning un added a couple of week» before wean
level opment.
One club that we know of has been
Cattle—Choice steers, $7 60®8 00
down before the ears are mature. , in der to build up the soil. Not only does ing. After weaning the pigs were fed
There are two ways of supplying
formed by the residents of two dis
Hogs— Prime light. $11.4O®ll«o
tt add organic matter and fertility to com. short» and skim inllk and had
some localities Injury Is severe. 4
green food to the hen. says D it Hal!
tinct communities. Each district fur
Cheese- Washington cream brick
ri>e soli when the heavy growth Is the run of a clover pasture.
extension poultry hushanrimnn at tin
—----------------------- /
nialies its team of hunters for the an
turned under, but the roots ore active
Clemson college. The llrst method I. 22®23c; Washington triplets, 21c
“The pigs did exceptionally well
nual event, and thus the rivalry it
In storing up nitrogen In nodules when from the start,” said Mr. Parks. “One
by planting green rood In the yard Washington Young America, 22c.
the
proper
Inoculation
Is
present.
One
even keener than is tha case where and allowing the poultry access to It
big reason was because I kept the
The present price of com makes if
of the best times to sow la In early sows and their litters out of the old
all of the members are from the same The second method Is by supplyin
Spokane
especially profitable to uue a self feed
spring, about January or February on hog lets.
•r for bogs. ,n addltto. ,©
X
Hogs—Prime mixed, $10 86 ® H oc
The pigs were always
neighborhood. In places, the scheme green food each day to the pou'ltrv
from another lot. The tin t method
Cattle—Prime steers, $7.26®7.75.
economical gain, made b , p m vid ln , a wheat or rye fields. Another good thrifty and healthy; none of them
will probably be adapted to the ex
requires less labor and Is less exnen
•«lanced ration, the feeder avoids the plan, however. Is to sow with oats or were runted. It pays to keep young
termination of the coyotes, which slve.
barley In the spring. This Is suggested pig» where there 1» no danger of them
.0.«
of grain which always
Just now are very much on the in
The best green feeds for poultry are
tiecomlng infected with parasite» and
ng wet weather, If fed ot. the ground. us the best method where the stalk
crease. This is something yet to be Rape, cabbage, collards, oats, rye and
field has been left over winter,
worked out, Amt the success of the nearly soy of these can be planted l„
hunt club system now in vogue at the fall and will supply green food
for the winter.
Ash Swale is a demonstrated thing
I?
Three »talka to the hill la a good av
Eg» production depends to a large
and a matter of more than fifteen
Federal Income Tax Nets $1,844.833,- erage number of »talks when growing
extent on green food. Plant green
year's testing.
sweet corn. Some varieties will grow
678 In 1822.
food now and have high priced egg.
from three er four grains a t many as
this winter.
*
Washington, D C.— The total tax a- dosen stalk..
The weaker one*
able Income of the American people, should be pulled out. Otherwise the
*
personal and corporation, amounted in yield wtu be reduced to small ear», or
Notwithstanding the heavy rainfall
1922 to $28.300 033,873. and on this oone at all. Three healthy atalka to
In thi« county, practically
every
amount the federal government col the hill should average two to three
farm er has land on which irrigation
ears to the stalk.
lected taxes of $1.844.3*3478.
a t some time in the season would
nCXtar
L-»»-
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•
I
.
These
figures,
made
public
by
the
pay Its cost and a p ro fit Farming
bureau of Internal revenue, showed
w ill pay better when this fact is
that 8.717,481 Individuals and 382,883
recognised and acted on.
Where the orchard has been In sod
corporation« filed Income tax returns for several year« the plowing should
Dock h. Smith of Sweet Home has
prices
market
In 1923, ths records for which have Just be shallow, so a t not to tear up th *
Just received from the state of Ore
beccme complete The aggregate net •m *U feeding root* which always
43 years in huainetf.
gon the right to take water from
Rtfcrenc«, Ikink of Calif.
or taxable Income, as reported In the come to the surface la sod orchard*.
Taylor <reek to irrigate three acre*
Individual return», was $21.338,312431). Two year* of dean cultivation will
The permit is signed by Khea Loper,
with an lnoreaac of 128,305 In the nua •end the root* downward and there
|U t e engineer.
Portland, Ore.
>er of returns and of 81.751,OOl.OOl wtn he no danger of dl«turbtng them.
IA net Income reported over l i j i . in Afterward» the orchard ahould be
kept in aome kind of cover crop
ifita®» inxee aeiLed the gqv tn clean cultivation.
Pound Every Seven Minutes,
Illinois Farm Record.
W here Bread, Meat, Clothing, H ealth and V igorous H um anity a re Produced
Hunt Club Plan
For Fighting Pest
Pure Bred Sire Is
Seek Way t° Get
Summer Products
Best for Breeding
Farmers in Debt
in W inter Time
Female Ancestry Shoub
Show High Records.
One P oint W here Oregon
F arm ers Have A dvan
tage Over E ast
Rust on Cereals
Cause of Damage
Two Varieties Found on
W heat Caused by Fun
gus Organisms.
Roughage Is Great Need
of the Growing Helfer
Feed for Fall Pigs
Codling Moth Is Able
to Stand Cold Weathei
Cracked and Dirty Eggs
Authorities Plan to
Take a Farm Census
Winning Pig Litter Was
Given Run of Pasture
Egg Production Depends
Largely on Green Feed?
ork of Com Borer
ioe Sweet Clover of Help
in Building Up Soil
Self-Feeders Pay Well
INCOME IS 28 BILLIONS
Thinning Sweet Corn
A car of
Land Plaster
Irrig atio n P ays
TUR KEYS
# Wl11 arrive in February. PJa
CARONS
ce your order
VEAL
HOGS $ now for delivery right off the
c i r at
POULTRY
KUarantee hi®hp8t
PAGE & SON
great saving in price
S o . AV. I R n i
Sod in Orchards