RURAL ENTERPRISE
The Great Outdoors
x ln d .p ssd .n t—Hot neutral—n»w.-
paper, pubhuied .v e iy Weduswlay,
* 7 W «. H. A U IÜ C L B «
crlp.lu. , l l . i j a year In advnnon.
A d v.rtw in g 2l»c an incb ; nu diacouo
(or uine or .puce , ou charge (or c o u
pueiUon or c lange».
«a "Pal«.(or Para«rn*ha,'’ te a
« • ad v .rtu in « dlsgulMd as n a « a
It ia probable as the Eugene Reg
ister remarks, that the
framers
of
the child labor amendment made a
mistake in putting its age
lim it
as
l’lie F a rm e r C a rrie s T h e m
a n d T h e y A re H is
H e a v ie s t Ix>ad
that
similar timber.
In Kentucky,
famed
for
whisky
from Bourbon county, the Masonic
grgnd lodge has not only declared
against the violation of the prohibi
tion laws of the nation by members
but declared that any subordinate
lodge admitting such violators will
forfeit its charter. And there are
people who claim that prohibition is
unpopular and will be repealed in the
United States 1
A move in the legislature to add 2
cents a gallon to the gasoline tax for
the benefit of the ever hungry state
highway fund suggested that consum
ers might stand so much more and the
oil combine promptly raised the price
uplemeote have been bard hit by
*ing unable to sell and some of the
dest establishments have failed,
ow the manufacturers are consider
ng plans for direct sales to farmer«,
.utting out all the middle-profit
igencies.
There is no good reason Xor Imple
ents being sold through wholesalers
id an army of traveling men and
mmissionmen. Half the price a
farmer pays for the smaller pieces of
form equipment is added to the fac
tory price by these middle factors,
and
in
thrashers,
binders,
i: d in threshing machines, binders,
tractors, and like expensive machines
.e overhead expenses added make
the cost so high that their sale is so
limited that the factories are hard
2 oents. T ru s t the tru st to grab
all th at comes w ith in sight.
The move to make is for manufact
urers and organized farmed« to deal
The evidence that Dr. Cook visited directly and cut out the whole middle
the north pole is as good aa that in corks. There is no justification for
favor of Lieutenant Peary, though the present huge middle expense«.
The American Co-Operative oom-
the geographical society of which
Peary was a member gave him the tr lesion in a statement showing the
credit. Cook is In Jail and Peary is w onderful strides of co-operation asks
♦his question, "Does so-called private
fa r from the pole and its climate.
business do anything that cannot be
The bones of Hermando Cortez, d ne better by the produ ers and eon-
mers themselves through co-opera-
which were discovered and preserved
ivg
societies? ” W henever there
in a hospital in tb e o ity of M exico
is
discussion
to elimin *e middle costs
have been-thrown into a rubbish pile
ai
d
profits
there
bob« up this argu
with other bones and lost, Cortez will
mant that American business is based
not care.
•*
on the middlemen and that there
d es not eeem to be *ny way to
r m o v e them. Organized farm
e « are advised to he their • » »
middle agenAee and r?tsln the profit«
now taken by the thouaanda of
Waehiagton, D, C.— Flarebaoks
wholesalers, brokers, dealer«, com
some nt the recommendations of th« million men
If the present middle
president's agricultural commission
p of.te could be divided between the
emanated tram the heads of two main
producers an consumers there would
b*acohee of the government la let
be far greater consumption and de
tert forwarded to President Coolidge
Seeretary
Mellon, advising tht mand with higher prices to the grow
ls and lower prices to the eaters.
president that Commissioner Cooper
Earm organizations In the middle
♦xeoutlve officer of the farm loan
west are warning retailers i th«t It
board, was leaving Washington 1mm
¿lately to obtain first-hand latormn will be to their interests to get their
Uea aa to the credit needs of live a ipplics directly Iron the J>roduc
Claim Commission
Acted Hastily
•tosh and other farm producers, said
he wap not entirely olear as to whai
the oaoimlsston meant by recommend
■ng that the board “should lake some
aggressive steps" to open up credit
ohermets to agriculture.
Chalmnan Attohleon of the Inter
state «MDtneroe commission, thank
log the president for forwarding him
the agricultural commission's recent
trttMsm of its operations, said “wt
• ••I that some of the seeming mis
apprehension" of the commission'»
members "oould have been cleared
«>way by Inquiry from us thereon, oi
by reference to our annual reports.'
Both the letters of Secretary Mellon
and Commissioner Altchlson set out
In detail the oommlsilon’s orltiulsms
and denied their Justification.
Vale, Or.— Danger of an epldemia of
diphthertd and smallpox was foreseen
hore by otty officials and others aa a
result of the flooding of Vale and
surrounding territory through the
bursting ot the Irrigation dam oa Bully
creak last Thursday.
W ith from 2000 to 4000 head of
.
- cattle and sheep lying dead In the low-
A n i m a l lands west ot Vale toward Bully creek.
I-T on Pig Litters
Those Intervening
Hardy Western Ewes Cabbage and Tubers
at Six M onths O ld
M arket Grafters
Best for Beginners
Affect Milk Flavor
Are Freer From Parasites Fed Immediately After the
Than Native Animals.
Milking Not Harmful.
Portland, Jan. 29.
“It
takes
a
plow
to sell a plow”
congress would ever prohibit children
as
become
a
common
saying among
from working on farms at home.
iurmers.
During
the
past
three or
State legnuai.u, es, have not done so,
fm
r
years
the
manufacturers
of farm
and they and coi^gresses are mudêTf
claim,
as Flood Result
W h e r e B read , M eat, C lo th in g , H e a lth a n d V ig o ro u s H u m a n ity a r e P r o d u c e d
high as 18 years, but it is not prob
able, as propagandists
JEpid emic F eared
are* organisation!.
T he letter w ill be com pelled te
establish their own retail stores
v id sell their own goeds.
C. E. Spence,
State Market Agent.
Because western ewe« are hardier
and freer from parasites than native
ewes, they are recommended as foun
dation stock for the beginner In sheep
husbandry by Phil A. Anderson of the
division ef animal husbandry, Univer
sity farm st St. Paul, Minn.
Mr. Anderson explains that sheep
that come to the market may he di
vided Into two general classes na-
H vsa or sheep sf medium or long wool
breeding, raised on small farms, and
westerns, or sheep of fine wool or Me
rino breeding, raised under western
range conditions.
Usually the natives come to the mar
ket In small lota. Buyers of large
numbers, therefore, are likely to get
sheep of different breeding.
Often
native ewes show poor breeding be
cause poor sires were used on many
farm flocks. Western ewes, on the
other hand, come to the market in
larger consignment« They are smaller
In size than natives, but tbey have the
advantage of hardiness and greater
freedom from disease and. I f mated
with good rams of the medlnm-wooled
or long-wooled breeds, they will pro
duce very acceptable lambs.
I f the beginner Is In position to
make a finer selection, Mr Anderson
advises him to pick ewes having broad
firm hacks, wide loins, full and plump
legs of mutton, smooth shoulders and
short necks. By saving the best ewe
lumbs each year, the fanner can cull
the poorer stock and build up a Sock
worth while
Handbook Prepared for
Benefit of Cow Tester
A handbook for cow testers bas
been prepared and published by the
United States Department of Agrlcul
ture which will be of considerable
value and help to the men engaged in
the work of testing cows for produc
tion In cow testing associations. Many
teeters are not especially trained for
their particular work, but by following
the suggestions of the handbook and
the standard methods advised, they
will make their records much more
valuable to the dairymen, and also
more use'ful In the various studies by
the department based on sruch records.
Every teeter should have one of these
handbooks; they are printed In a con
venient slis for carrying in the pocket.
The handbook not only Informs the
teeter Just how to do his work In the
most valuable way, but also Informs
tho owner of the herd Juet what he
can expect of the tester. A thorough
knowledge of the duties of the tester
by both the tester and the owner of
the herd should aid materially In pro-
motlng harmony and better co-opera
tion la cow testing work.
A copy of the handbook, which Is
called Miscellaneous Circular No. 28
m*y he secured upon request, as long
ss the supply lasts, from the United
State« Department of Agriculture.
Washington, D. C.
Soy Beans Recommended
»T h e I nitsd States senate has di
as Emergency Hay Crop
rected the trade cdmmission to In
The Pennsylvania agricultural ex-
vestigate alleged B^ouopoliss in the pertinent station has completed some
electrical power i and tebaeoo indus
feeding experim ents comparing soy
tries and the n a tio ta j <»r
propaganda
.
bean hay and clover hay with alfalfa
o discourage public aWns'rshIp ol when fed to dairy cows.
utlliUes.
During the winter of 1923 24 ten
l ’hs m onopolies and th e, propa tloletetn cows were nsed In a nine
ganda are vigorously alive
The weeks' duration trial. The sov benn
o o m a h sio a , as in passed instances, and alfalfa bay nsed was of good qual
Ity. The cows were all In a high state
will probably cover it sail with of
lactation.
glory by reporting these »eli-evi-
The cows receiving soy bean hay
eut faots and the attorney general produced 3.8 per cent less milk than
acquire a halo by sueing and then those receiving alfalfa hay. As an
lism isem g or by getting judgments emergency hay crop for dairy fantu
and allow ing them to ba enforced soy henna are highly recommended
A feeding trial of six weeks’ dura
Julius Fleltchtnann, millionaire yeast
a way to do the d cfvaJsn t. no
don was conducted comparing refi
manufacturer and sportsmen, drop barcu and nebody else so y good
clover hay with alfalfa hay for milk
ped dead while playing polo
production.
The sines, through representatives
A chance for some of the farmer«
The cows receiving the clover hey
at Athene, Intervened actively to pre v ho are In the hog business to replaoe
produced 8.5 per cent less milk than
vent hostilities between Greece and former loesss with profits Is seen those receiving alfalfa.—Pennsylvania
Turkey.
by Fred Bsnnlon, Umatilla county Experiment Station Bulletin No. 188
The senate ssatad Senator Mayfield «gent, following receipt of the gevera
Plant for the annual strawberry
democrat, of Texas, dismissing Ihs nient's report of a shortage of hogs
contest brought by George E B Peddy amounting to 11.000,000 In January carnival to be held In Roseburg dur
defeated candidate In the 1»M alec l i l t , as compared with I lls
L o , lag May this year have already been
tide.
prices for hogs aad high price of foods started by the Umpqua Chiefs, who
(Aged a very saecsssful festival last
Sentences of two years In the fed have caused hog productloa la Uma
«««tag
*ruA psnHsatlarv at Leavenworth
tllla county to be greatly curtailed
Damage to winter wheat la eastern
Ivan., and 910,000 fines each, were luring the last two year»
Oregon last month was considerably
Imposed on Charles R Forbes former
greeter then at first estimated, re
head ef the veterans* bureau, and
ports Indicate
Between 80 and 86
John W Thompson, St. Louts can
per cent ot the wheat crop In Marrow
tractor. far conspiring to defraud the
eoeelv wfll have to be reseeded, sc
gevevnmeat In connection with bureau
cording te advisee from R W Mors«
hoepltallaetlon ecu tracts.
Marrow eouaty agent. New observe
While no material f u n « . to fall
Gone la gbarmaa. Gilliam and Wasc.
eoaatlea show early eetlmates far he
wheal will occur In Baker county on
low aetesl figure« la Sbermao ooun
account of the recent severe winter
weather. It le reported that deep frees- ft» w a it year produce and guar ly. PS per rent of the grain te dead
antee the highest merket p rie « eraordtug to D I Stephane. super
Ing before snow fell will result In
considerable damage to the alfalfa hay Our business «'tablisbed 44 year* leieadea* of tbe Moro experiment sta
•go
Ila« Between 80.000 end 14.000 acres
crop this year
la many Instances „ . ______ „
,
. _ „.
.
■rawer« will plow their alfalfa fields { R r ^*r* n f *-
n^ * H f * m l*
wiB have to be roeeeded la Wests-
V A G E & S O N Portland, Or. eeaaty. Co««® Agent Dajgb eetlmates
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BRIEF GENERAL NEWS
VEAL
POULTRY EGGS
CAPONS
HOGS
(Prepared by th e U nited S tate« D ep artm en t
o f A <rlcultur«. )
ih e
Y ounger
a il
is, th e L e s s a P o u n d
o f G ro w th C o s ts
After an animal is half grown
Cabbage and potatoes, though not
it takes more feed to put on a pound
grown generally for dairy feeds, are
often fed to dairy cows to supply suc of flesb in any month than It did
culence in the ration and to dispose the month before. The meat that
more economically of these products
during periods of low prices. Like grows the fastest grows the most
other succulent feeds they tend to nf- cheaply. ’-'‘Baby beef actually costs
fect the milk with undesirable tiavors less to produce than any other, and
and odors when fed under certain con it is worth more on the market. The
ditions of quantity and time.
loss from failure to push the growth
In order to determine the amounts of food animals every day from birth
of these feeds that may be fed, as
in this country is enough to make
well as the time of feeding, without
affecting the flavor of the milk, the the difference between a good pro
United States Department of Agricul fit and positive loss in stock grow
ture conducted a number of tests; the ing. The oenges where medium ani
results of which have Just been pub mals could be grown at such small
lished In Department Bulletin 1297.
cost that there was profit in them
From these tests It Is concluded that
are mostly things of the past. The
dairy cows may he fed us much us 24
pounds of cabbage Immediately after day of runts and of two-year^old
milking without imparting any objec and th4«e-year-old steer beef will
tionable flavors or odors to the milk. soon be a memory for the producers
On the average, however, the feeding of that kind of stuff will have been
of 14.3 pounds of cabbage within one starved out.
hour before milking will cause objec
The same facts hold good all
tionable flavors In the milk, and an in
along tke line. Cattle, pigs, poultry,
crease In the nniount of cabbage fed
will Intensify the flavors produced. lambs, all animal life responds more
Proper aeration, however, will reduce profitably to comfort and proper
strong abnormal flavors to gome ex feed the younger it receives them.
tent, and some of the slightly abnormal
In Minnesota last year they had
flavors may be eliminated.
a ton.Jitter pig edptest and 43 farm
When dulry cows consume an aver ers who participated had sows whose
age of 14.8 pounds of potatoes one
litters made a ton or more in weight
hour before milking, slightly abnormal
flavors und odors may be produced In in six months. There * profit, in that
the milk. They are slight, however, kind|uf pork, and i t ia to such appli
and would seldom be perceived by the cation of brains as those farmers
average consumer.
Increasing this
amount to as high as 28.7 pounds does made, more than to congress ortho
not Increase the abnormal flavors. legislature that the firmer* of Ameri
That amount may be fed immediately ca must look for financial salvation
after milking with no effect whatever
The breed and the feed are what
oa the flavor of the milk.
does the trick. H. G. Zavoral, Min
A copy of this bulletin may be se
cured free of charge, while the supply nesota livestock specialist, writes:
lasts, from the United States Depart
“ lhe contest showed the val
ment of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. ue of well-bred pigs for pork pro
Thorough Study of Oil
Emulsion as Insecticide
duction. It showed that purebred hogs
are more highly developed machines
to convert farm feeds into pork
Mr. Zavoral pointed out the earli
er maturity of well-bred stock. Most
of the pigs in the litters that made
the ton were ready for the market
in from 5 to 514 months. The short
er time lessens • the risk from dis
ease.
A thorough study of oil emulsions
for use as Insecticides has been be
gun by the bureau of entomology of
the United States Departiueot of Agri
culture during the poet year, und Im
portant progress has been made, es
pecially toward increasing the stabil
ity of emulsions lu hard water and
I t results in the tenderest, juiciest,
lime-sulphur solutions. The Investi
gation of miscellaneous insecticides most popular meat in the m arket
has been continued at the laboratories which brings several e»n»«
„ „ .... j
cents a > pound
In Washington and at the nearby field more than that grown more slowly,
station at Sliver Spring. Md., and co
and more expensively.
operative tests on a commercial scale
Moye than that, pigs crowded
are made by the Washington labor
atories and various field stations on for the early market bring a higher
new or Improved preparations. What price, on the average, than those
appears to be a new contact Insecti marketed late when the markets are
cide which will in many Instances be flooded.
a suitable substitute for nicotine at a
The weights of the successful lit-
lower cost has been developed by
ters
ranged from 2,008 to 3,102
two offices of the bureau co-operative
ly. This Insecticide mixes well with pounds, with an average of 2,335,4
oil emulsions and, It 1« believed, will pounds. The average number of pigs
make an excellent spray for the de in the litters " fo ik in g the to n ” was
layed dormant treatment for the
10.8 and their average weight was
simultaneous control of the San Joss
215.9 pounds.
scale and apple aphids.
Fruit trees in Lane county as a
rule were not damaged as much by
the recent freezing weather as during
the aero weather hi 19W. according to
C. E. Stewart, county fruit Inspector.
Hay shortage resulted in a com
paratively heavy loss of cuttle in
central Oregon this winter, reports
reaching Bend Indicate. It was es
tltnMed that 13 per cent of the cattle
In the vicinity of Sisters had died
Heavy losses were reported trom Fort
Rock.
Linn Jersey Cattlemen
Saturday's meeting of the L inn
county Jersey Cattle club at Albany
was addressed by I van H. Loughary,
field representative for the American
Jersey Cattle club; L. H. Allen of
to rvallis, state club leader; Prof. P.
M Brandt, dairy expert from O. A.
< and E. A. Rhoten. Ed Shoel is
.„
president, Leslie Cate vice-president,
Mrs. S. B. Holt secretary-treasurer
and W. H. McConnell and D. O.
The public service commission has
Woodworth directors.
i uthorlzed short time publication of
special intrastate carload rates on
seed wheat for reseeding purposes
which has been made necessary as a
result of the recent cold weather. The
rates apply to those counties east of
Hood River and south to Snake river.
W ith Ochooo creek, a tributary to
Crooked rlvsr, at flood »tags, the
Ochoco reservoir le rapidly fliu ng with
water, giving assurance to Prineville
farmers of a season of plentiful erope.
Land Plaster
f w ill arrive in February.
I
Place your order
4/
now for delivery right off the car
at
great saving in price
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where they were oaught by tbs rush
ing waters and drowned, and with
every basement aad lower floor of
Vale's resident»«« aad business bouses
filled with mud and debris, the situa
tion from a health standpoint was
viewed wKb apprehension.
The lose to property hero and la
adjacent territory swept by the flood
now is plaoed close to 9500,080 In
stead of 9250,000, a t at first estimated.
SEED WHEAT BILL VETOED
Gov. Hartley Regards Legislation aa
Wrong In Prlnolple.
Olympia, Wash.—Governor Hartley
vetoed the 9400,000%pproprlatlon from
the reclamation revolving fund for
used wheat for the farmers of the
drought strlaken region.
He gives as his reason that this bill
asks him to pat the finances of the
state Into a proposition which is con
sidered unsafe and unsound for pri
vate capital.
Hs also takes occasion to say that
he regards this kind of legislation
wrong In principle, and not a proper
function of government, "certain to
lead the government Into the by-paths
of group or olass legislation, and into
the pitfalls of paternalism, a policy to
whloh I cannot subscribe."
Moses Lake Dam Goss Out.
Spokane, Wash. — Several houses
were wiped out and winter-sown crops
were ruined when Moses lake dam. 20
ællal north of Othello, In Grant coun-
ty, buret shortly before noon Satur
day.
Child Labor Bill Refused by Idaho.
Boise, Idaho.—Idaho was added to
the states refusing to ratify the fed
eral child labor amendment when the
house defeated the resolution for ratl-
flcatlon by a vote of 18 to 38.
T H K M A R K ET«
Portis ad
Wheat — Hard white, 92.10: soft
white, northern spring, 91.80; hard
winter, 91.87; western white, 91.88;
western red, 51 36.
Hay—Alfalfa, 318.60®20 ton; valley
I U®otby. |19®20;
eastern Oregon
I
>22022.50.
Butterfst—46ci delivered Portland.
Eggs—Ranch, 30®32c.
Cheese— Prices f, o. b. Tillamook:
Triplets, 31c; leaf, 3tc per lb.
Cattle—Prime steers, 97.25®7.76.
Hogs — Medium to cboioe, 98.76®
1150
Sheep— Lambs,
'
medium to choice.
M'
•settle
Wheat— Soft white, 11.80; western
white, hard winter, 91.98; western rod,
|
91.87; northern spring, 91.86; Big
Bend bluestem, 98.20.
Hay-Alfalfa. 923; D. C . 929; tim
othy, 929; D. C., 928; mixed hay, 934.
Buttsrfat— 49c.
Eggs—Ranch. B4®30e.
Cattle— Choice‘ etaerSi 37 50®8.00.
Hoge— Prime light, 9U.T6®U.8O.
Cheese—Washington ern»« brick,
18o; Washington triplet», H ® j o 0 ;
Waehiagton You«« Amerlo«. 91®3Ae'
•pekane
Hogs— Prtase mixed. 9 U J 6 ® t l io .
Caul«—Prim« steppi, 97-26® j .f i .
TRAFFIC TO EAST IS HEAVY
empty ProlflM Oars Brought Wept, Go
Baek Leaded.
Olympia, Wash.—More than half of
all the railroad care entering tbe Pa.
d flc northwest through the four gate
ways ot Troy and Paradise, MonL;
Avery. Idaho, and Huntington, Or., dur
ing tho year 1914 same through empty,
the total number of westbound leads |
being 128.747 and the empties number
tog 148,284. as shown by figures oom-
plied by O. O. Calderhead, traffic ex.
pert of the department of public
works.
The total westward movement was
Z7B.0SX cars, with the empties 22.597
In excess of the loaded cars.
This greet quantity of empties mow
ed westward wis necessary to rake
pare of the heavy shipments of the
Pacific northwest, particularly la fruit
and lumber product».
u. a. Portion,.nt.ry gen.«. Clerk Olep
^ » • h‘“ ro n . D C —le u r y H o ttu y .
parltameatary etork of the ..n e t« for
42 years died at his home bore, aged
»1 years. He was an ex resident ot
Oregon.