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About Rural enterprise. (Halsey, Or.) 1924-1927 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 28, 1925)
The Great Outdoors W h e r e B r e a d , M e at, C lo t h in g , U e u l t h a m i V i g o r o u s H u m a n i t y a r e P r o d u c e d V e tc h a n d N e r v e The Greatest Bird Suggestions Drawn From Experiments ' ' Tomatoes Ranked First in Crops Record in Fight on Bovine Tuberculosis N in e te e n D iffe re n t P ro d u c ts H a d $ 3 1 3 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 G ro ss V a lu e in 1924. M o re T e s ts in O c to b e r, 1924, T h a n A n y O n e M o n th . ‘ u su a lly tend to th icke n up the etaud and uiske it very tnuch more productive. • F r .s .r .d by tb s V a lts d S tates D e p a rtm e n t at A g r ic u lt u r e t (P r « p « r « 4 by Ufcll«4 S tate« D a p a r t a a o t o f ▲ ffria iiitiu a .) More cattle were tuberculin tested Nineteen truck crops produced In the during the month of October, 1924, in The tim e is here now to lake on United States the past year for table the nation-wide campaign to eradlcete use, canning, and manufacture had a bovine tuherculuala than were ever w raetliods on the fe rin . The L ib e ra l p la n tin g o f corn w ill gross value to the growers of 1813,000,- tested In any previous month, accord N o t t h e C o n d o r n o r tin Id ones are dot producing desired ' 'e a s, O a t s G o o d F o d d e r replace w iuter cereals vhicb 000, according to estlinatea by the ing to a summary of the work com E u g le , b u t t h e O ld suits, 'Ib is reiuiods ts o f th e ' W e t S o il f o r B l a s t i n g E a r ly m a tu rin g ' L’ntted States Department of Agricul piled by the United States Depart in ju re d or t ille d ment of Agriculture. A total of 642,- • tm e r near Cottage Grose who B id d y H e n . C t o v e r a n d A ls ik o j varieties, lik e M innesota N o . 13 ture. This Is »12,000,000 less than In ; 1928, but »22.000,000 more than In 602 cattle were given the tuberculin rew a crop of voted and then and th« im proved e a rly varieties of 1922, and »78,000,000 more than In test during that month by the force of The condor, bulkiest bird that filer lowed it under I I took nerve to (B y O. A C. E x p e rts .) veterinarian« engaged by the govern golden glow, w ill (nature the la t.e r 1921. o th a t, but every fa rm e r knows and the eagle, blazoned on the There has been a rapid expansion in ment and those co-operating In stamp Canada field peas and oats for p „ , t <jf September, In th e la tte r « should do the same th ie g . H is cv.tcheans of many nations as pre truck crop production, transportation, ing out this costly cattle plague. ext crop of, ve cb whs a w hopper, hay o r si lag« make a vo rry satis- pdrt ,,f October or e a rly in N o and marketing In recent years, as In This exceeds by more than sixteen «rnipent, are not the greatest bird he envy of all bis neighbors— and fa cto ry crop in western Oregon, vember they m ay he husked and dicated In acreage figures, the depart thousand the previous record number in America. That honor belongs t e plowed it under. Now he liv ts planted in Februay or M arch, stored safely in cribs. Good yields ment points out. The acreage devoted of cattle tested In one month. In May, n p<ace and p le n ty and has to to tile 19 crops this year was 2,302,000 1924, there were tested 626,257 cattle, the bumble, industrious, unassuming Feus w ill stand a lit tle later of very fo o d feed fo r p o u ltry , hogs pare. acres, which Is a 80 per cent Increase which was the highest number until hen. She furnishes more dollars p la n tin g than the vetch and usu- and ca ttle may be seoured in th is over the acreage In 1921. the recent month - of October. The worth of food than the excellent total number of cattle now under su Canning Acreage Doubled. A r th u r Powell and Fayne Co- illy make a good tonnage of fo r way. W hile th is corn is p ro b a b ly dairy cow or the fine beef steer o ge Use the w hite C anadian va not going to get d ry enough to Production of 18 crops grown wholly pervision for the eradication of tuber how are going in to the n u t busi. this country. culosis i t 9,196,975. That the work of i-ss and w ill cninmennce w ith 17 rie ty a id sow about 80 pounds an shell and sell in car lots, as in or partly for table use direct was on tuberculosis eradication ta populurly The cackle of the hen when sh< 1,309,000 acres and had a value of ores of w alnute and lilb e rts . icre, w ith a bushel to a bushel and the east, there should be m auy lays an egg is justified, though sh $262,000,000. The quantity produced supported la shown by the fact that i h a lf of such outs as tb r e ' g ra in , heir place is sout heast o Brow ns dures of it harvosted fo r s to rin g in has no conception of the value tha wholly or partly for canning or manu there is a watting list of mors than victo ry o r Shadela d c lim a x ills. cribs. little fru it possesses for mankind facture was grown on 998,000 acres two and ons-hoif million cattle whose I t m ay be necessary to inoculate Growers de sirin g general d ire c and had a value of $51,000,000. The owners desire to have them tested as Her instinct is to obey the command the re td o f the peas go insure sue tio n s fo r the co n stru ctio n o f corn soon us practicable. canning acreage lias been more than "M ultiply and replenish the earth.' cess on farm s th a t have never cribs may w rite to the college. O f the 642,692 cattle tested In Octo doubled since 1921, and the table acre Man steps in and interferes with that grown them to any e xte n t I hi ber there were 24,446 which reacted [A n im p ro p e rly b u ilt c rib m ay age has been Increased one-third process and replenishes his own car m ay be fro m pure cultures gup- Tomatoes were first in gross- value, to the test, Indicating thqt they were spoil a crop of corn iu O re g o u .] co»« by consuming the great major plied by the departm ent of bac<es allowing a total of $55,000,000; early tuberculous. Such animals are Imme ity of the eggs she lays. diately disposed of In accordance with ’uccess D e p e n d s U pon M an riology at the experim ent station Irish potatoes are valued nt $44,000, regulations for the prevention of tlietr A little digression here— a gram or it mav be garden soil where 000; strawberries $85,000,000, and can a g e m e n t, U n d e rs ta n d in g , peas have been successfully grow n. matical digression. The hen lays ar taloupes $20,000,000. Green peas, acting us spreaders of the infection of Official Says, onions, lettuce, celery, cabbage, and tuberculosis. I f the la tte r is used, 200 to BOO egg and it lies in her nest. When w asparagus —r ---- c— each -----come In the $16,000,000 . pounds of the surface soil should •et a hen she sits. “ A setting hen’ P r . p . r u l 8» I h . V S lt .S »lute« D e p artm en t of A g ric u ltu re .) to $17,000.000 range; cucumbers, snup C o s t n f Fpr+ilt7Pr f a n be scattered over each acre o f the is a violation of English grammar beans and watermelons ranged from 1 V l OI r e m n z e r ^ an The success of co-operation market- land to go in to peas and harrowed A sitting hen” is not. Here we pro Washington, D. C.— Members of the $8.500,000 to $12,000,000 each, and B e R educed by L egum es ag depends mure than anything else in pro m p tly. Exposure to th p ro m p tly . Exposure to the congressional farm group are consider pose to let this digressive subject li< sweet corn for canning, spinach, pep • eh nniiJrat * * '' " 1 M ' » in ju rio u s lo the bacteria ‘Grow more legumes and let nuture — not "lay.” lng a plan to throw their solid pers, cauliflower, and carrots, from ixn understunning on the Diirt of 11»** < . > , • , take care ot your fertlltaer needs. •embershlp as to the possibilities ami ' ‘ i ‘ ¡'.g ? .P u,lder strength behind some farm relief $3,600,000 to $7,100,000 each. We mentioned P. A. Pehrsson's The Let the air help pay your fertlltaer mltatlona of co-operative marketing, Ì C '.,U< y COU(iitio,,s or tow ttrdi «V- measure with the hope of getting legis value of eggplants was $1,030,000. rm all flock of white Leghorns the hill.” ••cording to Chris L. Christensen. in e ,ll,,rt’ ah(* lbe u iaterial should be lation enacted at this session. other day. Since then he has shown Tomatoes in the Lead. Thia la the suggeetlon soil and trop fiiip iz x s nt »k.. .ii.i..! _ * I 1 il r a d a z x rv rv no harrowed as soon us possible a lte r barge of the division of co-operative at this office his return slips for 1924 Just what form the bill will take has Tomatoes had the largest acreage at specialists of the Georgia State Col •arkerlng In the United States Dé i t is scattered, not been determined, but an effort will 470,000 acres; early Irish potatoes. lege of Agriculture make to help keep from the Co-operative Poultry triment of Agriculture, who lias just Producers, to which body he belong the cost of fertilizer down. Nitrogen be made to produce a measure which 308,000 acres; sweet corn for cap isde a tlJFee months' huir of the coun- ilie heat tim e to blast stum ps is will receive the indorsement of the nlng, 299,000 acres; green peas, 242,000 is the moat expensive constituent in m il ships all the eggs he markets ar i'y studying co-operative methods. when the ground Is lu ll of water such. He keeps about 200 hens. The president’s agricultural commission acres; watermelons, 168,000 acres; factory mixed fertilizer, they say, and Need Buelneee E xperience. l i e explosive changes w ith v io and the support of the farm-group in strawberries, 147,000 acres; cucumbers, economy necessitates the using of a receipts from the company for the The Importance of having men with lence fro m a form ncoupying lit tle 180,000 acres. These figures do not part of the unlimited quantities of congress. twelve months foot up $991.41. Be usliiess capacity to head up co-opera Include market gardens. Ninety-one nitrogen found In the air over Georgia space to a ga« fillin g a very great sides this he had what eggs the fam At a meeting at the capttol, called ve organizations cannot be overcstl- per cent of the acreuge of green peas farms. space. Io find room the gvs goes •sted," Mr. Christensen suys. He de- by Chairman Norris of the senate ag was for canning; canning and manu ily used and set 2500 in incubators to The clover« and vetches have been where there is least resistance. lares that co-operative organizations rlcultural committee, senators and rep facture of cucumbers took 72 per cent found to make available about sixty produce the baby chirks he sold and Because d ry soil is lig h t and fille d re beginning to realize more than ever resentatives interested In farm prob of the acreage; tomatnee. 67 per cent; pounds of nitrogen per acre, and when those he raised. Add to all this the ••fore that production and marketing w ith a ir spaces, and does uot hang lems heard arguments In support of a usparagus, 47 per cent; spinach, 29 the whole crop la turned under, the receipts from sales of cockerels and re Inseparable, un.l tliut very often together w ell, it offers less re sist fertilizing value Is equivalent to the modified McNary-Haugen bill, which per cent; string beans, 27 per cent old hens for meat and you get some ie solution of a marketing problem ance than the s lu m p , to is m erely and cabbage for kraut, 14 per cent. addition of five or six loads of stable was defeated In its original form at • ay be found to originate In produc Mown off, leaving the stu m p s till idea of what the hen may mean on manure. Truck crops are the product of In •>n practices. Organizations are also 'noted to the la n d . W hen the soil the last session of congress, from tensive agriculture and require much an American farm. A good legume hay crop turned un •arnlng that production must be ad is fu ll of water the stu m p offers spokesmen for the American council human labor, and a highly fertile and Mr. Pehgsson keeps a little herd of der will lead to profitable and per of agriculture. isted to meet murket demands less resistance th a n i t and is lifte d well-tllled soli. GroM return per acre manent farming. Jersey cattle und the toLal receipt- It would require Visitad tha N orthw est. out. Is far from being all profit, and some four tong of ordinary, mixed fertiliser from it were »872.71, oonsiderabli Mr. Christensen's study Included the times falls to equal the cost of pro per acre, containing 2 per cent am T H E M ARKETS le«s than from marketed egg »-operative murket lng methods em duction, the department says. monia, to furnish an amount of nitro Bed and alslke clover p la n tin g alone. loyed by fanners' organizations for gen equal to a good crop of vetch or Portland iu Oregon is u s u a lly best done the andllng fruits and vegetables, dairy He raises wheat ami the hens cat clover. I f purchased In mixed form Wheat — Hard white. $2.10; soft S o u rc es o f P r o te in a n d They roducts, poultry products, wool and la tte r p s rt of F e b ru a ry, It. He buys a good deal more feed, but thia nitrogen would coat from $20 to white and northern spring, $1.92; hard ruins He visited twenty to twenty are sown iu fa ll g r# io , w here (he $25 per ten. not from the city manufacturers of V ita m in e s f o r L a y in g H e n ve organizations In California in ig h t freezing and th a w in g , or winter, $1.90; western white, $1,89; poultry feels. He figures th„ t tho>, 9klm milk and buttermilk are ev- iregun he studied the wool marketing »ins, cover the seed. T h e clover western red, $1.87. firms must pay freight on the grain »-«-‘allons, and In North Hukuta and business dem ands pure seed, espe BROOKHART IS REPUDIATED Hay—Alfalfa. $19.50® 20 ton; valley ceedlngly valuable sources of protein from the farm to the city and on the and vitamines for laying hens. This llnnesuta he investigated the husl- c ia lly free fro m b u ckh o rn . Sani timothy. $19620; eastern Oregon has been demonstrated not only by Senate to Be Atked to Declare Office combined feed from the city to the ss methods and practices of farmers' es w ill be tested free by the timothy, $22622.50. levators to determine the factors tliut experiment stations, but also by consumer, and must add somethin!- Is Vacant. Butterfat—46c delivered Portland. nier luto the efficient management of « xperim ent and federal seed lab- thousands of poultry raisers. While for their services, and he saves the«, Des Moines.— The republican party Eggs— Ranch. 41 6 43c. ue elevators. ra to ry at C o rv a llis, [N . T. poultrymen generally understand the items by buying his wheat, oats and Cheese—Prices f. 0. b. Tillamook: value of these product«, they do not of Iowa through the state central com "need has been a d ve rtisin g a lsike corn from his neighbors, and meat eed in the E n te rp rise . n o u r Triplets. 28c; loaf, 29c per lb. always use enough of them to get the mittee officially repudiated Smith W. ’om e Im p o rta n t P o in ts menl and fish meal from othei Brookhart, United States senator, and best result« obtainable. Too many Cattle— Prime steers, $7.7568.00. ishes in places too wet fo r o th e r A b o u t D ucks a n d G eese v a rie tie s.] sources, and then grinding and mix think that If they feed some milk or moved to have the seat to which he Hogs—Prime, 811.60611.75. ing them according to the formula for The laying season for ducks and Sheep— Lambs, medium to choice some buttermilk In addition to the was elected as a republican candidate rsm lsr innth and grain ration, they last November be declared vacant on « perfect ration which the O.A.C. has teese usually starts In February. The $13616.50. Bv using land plaster on seed '• 'k i l l duck lays about us many eggs are doing all that Is necessary. Thia, worked out t , grounds of alleged fraud and deceit. of course, may not be true. Feeding u the average hen, hut she lays her Potatoes c u t for p la n tin g , growers Seattle O. A. C. p o u ltry nra«h is 30) • A resolution adopted by the cen have got one-eighth n to n yield "lome" of these dairy producte may ulire clutch In seven months, while W heat— Soft white. $195; western not be enough to properly balance the tral committee which met here direct nounds finely ground w liaat, 800 'l l « hen takes about nine months, says Hie tre a tm e n t is p a rtic u la rly ed the chairman, B. B. Burnqulst of pounds m ill run. 1.50 pound, ffsetive in ra lh e r dam p, cold «oil, white, $1.92 6 2; hard winter. $1.94; rat Ion. writer In the Farm Journal. The Fort Dodge, to propose a bill of com It has been ehown that an ordinary ground corn. 100 pounds ground Runner duck extends Its laying over •'here s p ro u tin g is »low, as it western red, $1.93; northern spring. i longer period. The goose averages mash made of ground corn, ground plaint for filing with the senate, charg oats and 150 pounds fiish o r in« a eetns to preset ve the seed pieces. $1.98; Big Bend bluestem. $2.28H. tn ra l. T h is is High i n protein t< ibout thirty eggs. H a y -A lfa lfa , $23; D. C.. $28; tlm- oats, bran, and shorts, when eupple- ing that Senator Rrookhart. prior to Geese pair, but a drake will mate h a ts n re a scratch feed of vhest otlly, $26; D. C., $28; mixed hay, >24. mented with whole com and oats the November election, posed as a re Some com m on w in te r varieties ' th four or more females. The eggs ranke a good laying ration when the Butterfat—47c. w h ic h ie deficient in p ro te in publican until if was too late for the hens are given all the buttermilk or "<tn yearling dneks hutch well hut of g ra in have been in ju re d or Eggs Ranch, 43645c. l-et ua sing the lay of the American to show strong fertility geese must he k ille d iu parts of western Oregon. skim milk they can consume. That la, committee to bring out another candi Cattle— Choice steers, 17.506 8.00. hen. Let us set her eggs In the incu date, then aligned himself with the when they are given no water. I f i out three years old. Ducks can l.e W here such varieties as R ink bator to increase the species without Hogs— Prime light. 811.40611 60 La Follette movement, denounced the Piotltubly bred for , four , ......- Tears ......... hut | they have access to water In ad K ' lin»y. K aton and Jsnlciu Choese—Washington cream brick. dltton to skim milk or buttermilk, they republican national ticket and divorc :.cse will he pr.dlfl requiring her to take the time tc he Iliree or more • lo b are s u rv iv in g to the e xte n t of »it upon them. Let her lay the eggs times that period. Ducks rarely be t 0 p.-r oent or more i t is probable 19c; Washington triplets, 19 6 20c; will not consume enough of the let ed himself. me broody, hut geese are a |d to Washington Young America. 21622c ter to balance the ration mentioned, where they may lie, and we will hav< ' t a t th e y w ill b rin g a better net '•••come broody after laying the flrsi and thorein lies the mistake that so Canada and America to Fight Dope i o need to lie about them to mak« clutch. °pa.| re tu rn than the a jiu s la n d w ould many poultrymen make. They do not Spokane 1 cr acl ievement seem worth while Washington. D. C . - A new extradp 1 he goose la a grazing bird, hut the plowed and reseeded Io a spring ad J feed enough of the skim milk or but Hoge— Prime mixed. 111 35611 50. tlon treaty with Canada, tightening tbe duck will th riv e on a lim ited quan tity v a rie ty , a lth o u g h if a ra th e r we I termilk to furnish the amount of pro tf»e] C attle—Prime steers. 17 2567.76. green fowl, tleeso do not thrive spHng and sum m er follow i t is government’s barriers against t ie ] tein needed for high production. « lieu y a rd e d ; ducks do. illegal narcotic trade, wa, favorably possible th a t s p rin g wheat max ibly J Money has been made in Linn The drake Is recognized by the curl o u ta io ld th in stands of w in te r reported by the senate foreign rela ounty by growing pickling cucum- In c re a s e o f R o u p (Oregon Farm er, the tall feathers, hut this curl Is wheat. tlons committee. The treaty will give not found on the gander Although roup is an all year-round either nation the right to extradite all A n a p p lic a tio n of 50 to 75 ers for the factory. Growers at A commendable movement is being The average weight of the goose Is disease, the worst epidemic« come pounds per acre o f n itra te of sods Woodburn averaged 1225 an acre and tndm taken by the land settlement twice that of the duck. with the shifting weather conditions persons connected with the peddlinx of “dope.” , i nd marketing committees of the | The older the gander the more vl- • r sulfate o f am m o n ia on (he th io one man sold $1080 worth fron three of fall and spring. The disease wheat W1|| t j f mgde jn March I Wetland t hanrher of Commerce, b.x ■lotis he Is apt to heecme during breed acres. causes considerable loss and appears Seattla to Vote on Manager F l , n. 1 ■ he Portland Ad club and by progres- ■ ng season. The drake ssldom shows to be Increasing from year to year aive Rusiness Men's club of that city j temper. The true roup Includes cold«, bron Seattle. W aah .-M ayo r Brown Geese cannot he profitably hatched chitis, catarrh, ranker, diphtheria ’ hey are offering a aeries of prizes ed an ortilnance passed by the city <nd reared artificially. hut Incubators roup proper, and perhaps chicken pox for the best ideas on how Oregon ' council, placing on the ballot |D « and brooders have revolutionised the It iisuslly comes with colds which start >eople may moat effectively put to 1 <iuek bindn»w« -Pec ai «Action March 10 . propose when the birds have been exposed to profitable use products which are now Nowadays gees» are replacing tur fo™ * n,eDdment f° r • city manager dampness, drafts and chill. going to waste. keys on many festive occasions. form of government which would Waste products Inc’ u le everything Too much busines« Independence Is abolish the office of mayor. from sawdust and mill worn! to stub- ' D ullness Is one of th e m ost uni sometimes hard on the Income Co- operators are usually less dangerous C w » b , M ,m b ,r’ ' ” ',r y Bo’ * ‘ * • “ - • hie pastures and table scraps. '» re a lly despised qualities, yet wc than competitors. om ellnies see sh a rp persons tolera) Many a big commercial r >ncern Washington. D. C. - The annual • e e ng »lull tn«»la depends upon its by products for its ’ * of the president's rslng a . m ib bu„ tb# her(J ta real profit. Many an Oregon farm in o o o would be $17.500 instead of Rke Investing money In continentals t can do the same or at leart can The quantity Is increased .n d the 812.000 under . bill Introduced by R o p re^n tatlv, Fish, republican, Ne greatly increase Its ¡"come by ju income curtailed. • • • dicious utilixetion of products which are now being loaf The same la I f yen want tre », ahrtiha, etc., Seattle Chamber Opene New H em . no doubt true of m«nv another O re r iln h ’ " ' T l " M *’ , h " at the be»t p rice for »rateissa or climbing rose. Almost any vari t J “ .';'Í’ gon industrv. The business inter -r o n ,» ,,, ~ ety win produce most satisfactorily if H . W. C |IA N C K , e s t of Portland are on the right stock a«e "nrh ,n i * lB • »«»ny place’ in Success to their undertaking. , H alsey In’ “, «*>*«« ih - S m » I , -h in b er co_ . [Harrisburg Bulletin] in Americ? Jakes Study of Coop Marketing Farm Bloc Wants Something Done -V Penny Savotl ie a Penny Earned—B. F A car of Land Plaster ------ - Y arrive in February, DI r lace your order J for delivery right off the car at a Uz a Mz $ 4z rmrad f \lz Uz Nursery Stock ,-R 8reat savin« >n price î o . \v . FRUM w iLd" irwaie .« 7 , tb* «1- «-•• 00 ,h* ,nr“e -P-B1B» „ „, ■»Odel new building and headquarters