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About Rural enterprise. (Halsey, Or.) 1924-1927 | View Entire Issue (April 15, 1925)
A \ , » «: PAGE 2 R U R A L KN l E R P R ib E \ A P R IL IS, K2Ó The Great Outdoors CRCSS-WORD PUZZLE No. 18 T W h ere Bread, Meat, Clothing, H ealth and V igorous H u m an ity a re P ro d u c ed Tile Drains M ake W hite Land G ood Highest market price paid far your Wool Sheep to Shear *itba See ate b efo re y o u sell IT T py Increased Crops P ay th e Cost and a Good • P ro fit PÛR SALE W ANTED YV P TV « A » Red K ) D Power Shearing Machine —f o « I Phoue 12F12 H arrisburg or w rite I d j j m Green«, H arrisburg, route 2. Farm Products Prune Grape Vines Grown at Loss for Best Results g Spring Wheat White Oats Mrs. Nate C. Smith Moles E at no Vegetables A corrospordsnt of tbe Oregon Two week, ago we to ld of tbe Farm er, proposing to give “ the success C. H . F alk »r. ba* had io naoieg aud natures o f the numer. hr <e tile -d ra in in g the anathematized ous pe»t* th a t infest the ground white land and other »oil in this pr Too Many People on Farms Work Usually Done While and th e ir respective remedies,’’ valley. Mr. F alk is a man who starts out w ith : “ Before b e iti Causes Excess and Lowers Plants Are Dormant.« observe« and r«member« faete and planted pets should be soaked Living Standard. who through a long life hae also Bearing grape vines must be pruned in kerosene o il and sprinkled with perneed much a g ric u ltu ra l lite ra «y t b * u « it « a * > 1 U D « p a r m » « t every year If a profitable yield is to be red pepper to secure protection ot A a rtc u ltu r e .) ture and apparently has had good from m oles.’ ’ - secured. Too many people on farms results This work Is usually done while the I f the w rite r kuowg the rest ef success in separating the grain to an excess of farm products sold at from the ch aff in the latter. More onremuneratlve prices which In turn vines are «till dormant, advises J. H . hie gubject no better than this Clark, Instructor in fru it growing at gardener» w ill do well to look over, there appears a considerable has a tendency to hold down the stand the New Jersey State College o f Ag by W orn« 5 wipapar Uiko.) fa rthe r for advice or go without. ard of living In the country and blight space between him and the poor riculture. "A heavy pruning is neces No fa ct has been better e»tabli«hed Horizontal. the live« of the growing boys and girls Vertical. house, towards which hie neigh sary to stim ulate vigorous wood ft— W t a d l a a t r a m r a t 1— I ' p w a r e r l l a i k • - —D r i n k i n g p la e a bors thought be wai hvadin» when on the farms, declares D r. H. C. T a y growth, to keep the plapt w ith in than th a t mole« eat o nly animal 2— C o n Jo o c t i e s lor, chief of the bureau of agricultural food. In m aking th e ir tunnel» 11— ( / a f a j n l l l a r ft— S t r ik e bounds, and to leave only as many he began to bury tile in hie’ field«. 14— T a l k s economica United States Departm ent 4— B u r d e a they encounter vegetables, and in bud» as can produce good-sized clus Am ong others who have laid 1!^—F ls t a b lla k m e n t i a k k r . ) ft— A n a i g r e t t e of Agriculture. some cases cut th ro ug h them, but ters. ! • — < k a a < e a t tflr re tla a tile in fields in th is county are R. ft — O m o f t k e f e a r s a l t s o f e a rftft W lien the movement from country IT — K a t they never eat them . Investiga- 7 — P e r t a l a lM g t o a i r "The amount o f old wood le ft at P. Dougherty of Browneville, J. to city goes on at a sufficiently rapM 1ft— P o li t e a a l a t a t l o a ( a k k r . ) ft— B o y Sft— l a l t w f f o r e « L. W orkinger o f Shedd, J. L. rate there win not be a surplus o f pruning time should be no more than tors of the n atio na l departm ent of • r - A « p ro v e d (a ftftr .) J ft— O b s e r v e ! • — O tB s e lo a t a k l a g p i see k e tw e e a G uthrie of Harrisburg, D a vid farmers and. one year with another, is necessary to act as a support to the a griculture settled th is when they 2ft— F a o a t w o lls a lf t a s e p a r a t e d b y t k l a Aegeter of Scio, J. F. Porter of farm prices w ill be adequate to main producing dhnes. In the Kniffen sys exam ined the contents of thou 24— F a r t o f f o o t p n r tttlo s stomachs aud 2 f t - 1- N o t aog tain the desired standard of living on tem of training, which Is recommended sands of moles' Halsey and a num ber more, 1ft— S u r f a c e g e a e r a t e d b y r o t o t l e a for New Jersey, a single trunk ex found no vegetable m atter except • T — l o l t l a l a o f f a m o a a P r e s ld e a t of farm« In rural communities. o f a p la a e c lo s e d e s r r e a b o o t L ik e nearly everything else, l ' « K * 4 S ta te s tends to the top w ire of the two-w lre a s a s ia ly la g la Ita p la a a scraps th a t m ig ht have been acci M — Too drain tile coete more than i t did Adéquat« Rrioea 1ft— T o p u t f o r t k e a e r g y trellis. Four vigorous, one-year-old 2 ft— F e u a d a t lo a d e n ta lly swallowed w ith the worms 14— K i l l "Unies« fanners insist upon « tatla- a few years ago, but in land free •• J e w e l le d h e a d d r e s s canes, a little above the average In 1ft— l a g l l a g a e e e a a e r y 22— f lt u d e a t from stone» and root« the d itc h factory standard of living and w ith length and starting as near tbe trunk «nd grubs th a t constituted the 2 1 — T o s a a ri« g r o w l 22— b i a s I I w e ig h t diet. draw from agriculture when they are 2 4 — .'A a r r o w w o r e * b a a d ing machine recently mentioned as possible, are selected to produce the • 4 — f tla a t s 2ft— B p o e h not able to maintain (his living stand crop. These should be eo located that You may fiud vegetables gnawed in these column» can he made to • T — C o lle e t lo a o f a o l a i a ls 2ft— K l a d o f e o k a o r b r e a d 22— W t a d o w s a s k u p r a i s e o n k l a s e offset some of the cost of tile by ard, prices for farm products adequate one cane can be tied In each’ direction or eaten or oarried away from a 21— F a r t o f v e r b Mt o k o * <2— A b u s ad to provide such a standard of living along each wire. Each of these canea m ole’s runw ay, but this is ths 22— G a m b le d ty p e reducing the amount of labor cannot 4ft ■ ■ i'o a a tra e t be hoped for. 2ft— N e g a t iv e p r e fta Is cut back to eight or ten buda, de work o f mice or squirrels that 4T— M a r o f w e f a l reqtired. 2«— O w e w k e liv e s lo a e m a i l k e n a e “In 1820 approxtoataty 8T per cent pending on the vigor of the vine, m ak make use of the roadway which 4ft— ( ’r o a r 2 m — M e ft a e m e a t The extension «ervice of O. A. of those engaged to gainful occupa • ° — -T o te o f m u a le a l s e a ls ing a total of 82 to 40 buds on the en the moles have b u ilt. 2»— A f t r e fa w l t b p a l a o r a a e a a lo e s s C. w ill furnish V. R Price, drain • f t — P r e p«»» I t io n tions In the United State« were to ag tire plant. «>— t a a n ln g j a h re w d • 4 — T o e h s lle a g e Moles damage lawns and mead* 41— B a y ’s a l e k a a i a e age engineer, free of charge for riculture. The percentage engaged In • f t — P o « a e a a lv a » r o s o w a “This number of buds distributed 42— M a te o f m a a l c a l a e a la owe by th ro w in g up th e ir b ill, working out drainage plan» W ith • ft — B ack agriculture tn 1020 was 28. This move- 42— F i n i s h over four canes w ill produce more 2T—U s w e l ib is and the use of the d itc h in g tqent of country to etty went on grad fru it than the same number of buds aud by le ttin g in a ir which draws W ild o a t k ( o k a . ) • f t — T o n k a tr a e t 4ft— A m a r s h ually throughout 1«) years, but be moisture away from tbe roots, but machine at cost many farmers can •ft— * o a (F re a c ft o r L a t ls ) on spurs, each bearing only two to 44- -A I a r o tween 1610 and logo the movement four buds. .Since the canes which bear they eat no vegetables. • I — k 'a ta b lla b e d ftrlo o in sta ll who could not otherwise. « — U l a p n a lt le a o r f r a m e o f m la d • ft — I ,e r o l e pn e at •ft— A f t e r w a r d Here we quote from a b ulletin was more rapid than In any period fru it one year are removed the next, • 4 — O rtk o g ru p h r (a k b r .) since 1870. 51— O ld by W. L. Powers, ch ie f in the some provision must be made for re •A — R le e a t e d 4 2 — W ig w a m “The proportion of those gainfully T e ,n l* k a r k la to fo r m e r s ta te newal. This Is provided for by select Alfalfa Is Replacing departm ent of soils, O. A . C. : •ft— N a m e a e 2ft k o r t a o a t a l • ft — b e f t occupied who are engaged In agricul 4N— G e n t l e i s o f t A n experim ental tile drainage ture w ill doubtless be fu rth er reduced ing four other canes as close as pos T ^ - O I r l ’e s a m e 41— R e m o v e Timothyin Cow Ration sible to where renewal canes w ill be system was installed at tbe station •ft— M e ta l e o a t a la e r to the United Bute«, but even when T b e H l a l l o i w ill a p p e a r la a » i t l u x . "A lfa lfa Is finding a permanent •ft— In d e f in it e a r t ic le in 1914 on a white land field west final perfection has been reached In wanted a year later, and cutting them buck to spurs of two buds each. A ll •ft— F a t h e r place on many Wisconsin farm s," de of the stadium. This field is the form of labor-eavlng machinery retnalniug cunVs are then removed en clares L. F. Graber, agronomist of the being m uintaiued as a phase of there will continue to be « movement SaltMion of Pazzia No. 1«. i n c M ARKETS tirely. Wisconsin College of Agriculture, "but Oregon soil investigation» to learn of population rfrom country to city a« "These recummendations can easily It Is not replacing the large acreage of long as the birth rate in the country is th« Hio«t effective mean» of im Portland TJE ,N A.’N T he applied to other systems of tra in tim othy and other grasses .as rapidly higher than in the cities W heat — H ard white, > 1.5,; hard proving w hite land after tilin g . ing. The removal of as much old wood as It should." I E a t B o ' r ' “ fhe soil oontaiti»21 p ercen t of Deelrable Movement. w inter, | t 4»; soft white, ,1 5 1 ; north us possible und keeping 30 to 40 buds Farmers have hesitated In growing IH È I ge . fi W a - c e “This movement, within proper lim on four or five one-year-old canes to a lfa lfa because they have not had suf orn spring and western white, ,1.50; clay and over 55 per cent of t ilt. The eub-eurface te blue clay, con ita, should be looked upon a« desirable. produce tbe crop are the essential ficient knowledge of the cultural prac western red. ,1.45. points." tice« of this wonderful legume, Is the H ay— A lfalfa, ,18® 19.50 ton; valley ta in in g over 33 per cent d a y ; tbe W ithout the movement from country it p H to city we would have entirely too opinion of G raber. Only w ithin the subsoil is yellow s ilt loam, con llm othy, ,2 0 ® 3 1 ; eastern Oregon past year bus a lfa lfa taken a rapid ta in in g o nly 17 per cent «lay. Just many people engaged in agriculture Farming Becoming More tim othy, ,22®22.80. and farm prices would be even lower step forward. D a iry farmers are real below tbe blue clay, or at a depth than they are. Cttiee would be lack B u tterfat— 44c delivered Portland. Difficult, Says Expert izing that In order to make dairying a of about 8 feet, ie a friable streak, ing labor and tbe dlaparity between Egga— Ranch. J ftD O E According to D irector Sidney B. H as profitable business, they must find a more porous than the «ubsoil at a Cheese— Prices f. o. b. T illa m o o k : the purchasing power o f. farm prod A R I dependable crop, one that can be greater depth. I t is in th is friable u cts would be even worse than H has kell of the Massachusetts experiment grown from yeur to year, and* aid to Triplets, 27c; loaf, 28c per lb. station, farm ing is becoming more dllfl- layer ju s t below the blue clay that been to recent year«. C attle—Steers, good, ,9.25® ».66. l EJ cutting down th eir feed bills. They cult, due to higher market standards, "The danger to the movement is that Hogg— Medium to choice, ,1 2 60® it is usually best to plaoe laterals soil fe rtility problems, in«e<*t pests, ■ want to replace tpe tim othy and wild 12.50. . or collecting drains. The tiles the process w ill be selective, taking plant and animal diseases, and com grasses which now make u p . over Fruit of Concord Grape the best stock from the rural commun Sheep— Lambs, medium to choice should go under, over or around petition w ith tbe factory which has three-fourths of the roughage used In thick impervious layers [such as ity and leaving the weaker elements brought uhout a shorter working day. rations on tViRConaln dairy farms. Is Produced From Buds ,11.60®16. of the population on the farm s to the Because of Its resistance to drought. M r. D ougherty fouud a t Browns detriment not only of agriculture, but This Increasing difficulty works to tlie Tlitt fru it of the Concord grape [„ Its wide rangy of «oil and climatic v ille — E d .], advantage of the educated farmer. produced, almost entirely, from buds Seattle • of the nation as a whole. The move conditions, its large yields per acre, on cane« of the preceding neeeon’s The future of farm ing looks bright “ In typical white land the tiles ment should operate In such a way as W heat— Soft white. ,1 6 2 ; western growth. Nearly all the bud« on growth because of the Increasing population, a lfa lfa has advantages over any other white, ,1 .6 0 1 hard winter, ,1.60; west w ill need to be about 4 rods apart. to leave in the country those elements o f that type will produce frult-heartn ■ In most white land a fa ll of tw o l o f our rural population beat suited to because there are no longer great crop as a solution to the dairy farm ern red, ,1.68; northern spring ,1.80; er's problem. •boot«. If the condition« for growth are tenths of a foot to the hundred an efficient type of farming, a higber areas of unfilled soil in the West, und Illg Bend blueatem, ,1.90. favorable the following «prlng As a because the M iddle West and South H a y -A lf a lfa . ,2 4 ; D. C„ ,2 » ; tlm feet can be seoured for lateral standard of Bring on tbe farm and to "■natter of fact, a varying proportion of Pasturing Sweet Clover are now passing -through the same era othy, ,2 6 ; D. C , ,2 8 ; mixed hay. ,24. drains, aud one-to tw o-leuths of a the rural coojinnnlty, and a standard the buds will lie dormant, owing to the of Industrialization which the East has of rural cttlssnshlp com mens'ira ta with fo o t fo r main drains. This is the B u tte rfa t— 46c. During Second Season natnr«l tendency of growth to »tart already had. the needs of our democracy.” m iuim ura grade desitable. J he Eggs- Ranch, 2 7 ® , 2c. from the tip of l . , t <row,h Sweet clover, the second season, Each section of the country most Hog»- Primes, ,13.75®1S.9O. rather than from the base. A small more fa ll the better, up to several should be pastured as soon ua an ani adapt Itself more and more to that type Properly Pruned Fruit ponlnn of the ahoota on the vine nmy feet per hundred. C attle Choice ateers. ,8.76® 9.60. mal Is able to get a mouthful and of agriculture that hekt fits It« market prove to he barren at harvest time be grazed heavily, according to "D ra in a g e in experimental Cheese— Oregon fancy to retailers Trees Most Economical and transportation faculties, Its soil should Sometimes thia condition I« due to a specialists of the Kansas State A g ri 27c per lb.; do standards. 25c; W ash field» studied has doubled the and ita climatic conditions, and In or FruR trees property pruned from the failu re of the shoot to produce a bio# cultural college. der to compete on the m arket at the IngtOB fancy triplets. 24c. yield. Those who have tried it year they are set to tbe orchavd «uni cluster, but more often It «rem« to I f a seed crop Is desired, grazing price set by the large producing areas, say it pay« to tile w hite lan d.” they ha»» p e « ^ their age o< ueefn! be due to some accident or condition should cease the last of June or the farmers must reach certain standards nese will produce more and better fru it In the concluding sentences of Spokane. that caused the loaa of the cluster after first of July and tbe crop should be of efficiency per acre, per dollar and Hog«—Good to choice, ,1 3 26® 12.50 lis t week’s installm ent of “ So than the tinpraned or Improperly blooming tim e allowed to make seed. H arvesting per man. pruned one*. They w ill produee fru it Big ’ Selina’s v icto ry over u nfa C a ttle - Prim e ateera, ,8 ® 8 At). should be done September 1, or be More and more attention must be more economically becaus« pruning fa vorable circumetanoes is glimpsyd. fore Close grazing la not llkety to given to good seed, productive live Midsummer Vegetables Oregon Herds In Good Shape. This week she is shown in the fru- cilltates the culture spraying, thin hurt sweet clover. As a m atter of stock, economical use of labor and to ning o f the fru it, and even the future F\>r midsummer legetnhles Salem, Or.— A survey by the United nion of her years of g rin d in g to il the fact. It benefits the following seed Ute application of proper fertilizers In pruning. • • la d y garden la limited to varieties Stale« departm ent of agriculture show And tile dra io ing , w hich her bus tyop. where aeed la desired, by forc auffl' lent quantity to give tbe greatest ITuntog consists to the rumovnl of String bean« will give good enough e<l that In a ll excepting six ooun band had sneered at, ie the key to ing the plant to make a fine, bushy profit. « superfluous parte <rf trues In order to ■ rope to make them worth planting ties In Oregon there 1« lest than 1 her success. growth, instead of a coarse, upright «««tot In the control and direction of Ö although not as good a« in the open •un. I'amnlpa and carrots often do fairly well I-e«f crop«. |n general, are more successful than root or fru it 'tops, and one that la sure Are U the Swiss chard for greens It w pi a good crop In a shady garden, «j thong« A w ill not luzurlat« in the wanner It does In the sun. Per cent of tuberculosis affectin g live •feck, according to a statem ent Is •ued here by Or. W . H . L ytle , state veterinarian. Don't change an anim al's ration abruptly. • e e Guesswork never w ill tell whether or not seed corn w ill grow. f# r * * rt7 h ,t f h ,d b* bT cbl<* ’ ft ft ft « •p a ir pasture fences before bust •ea,on. a • e » A grease enertng on plowshare« and '« o ld board cornea off a great deal easier than a rust enrtug W . n w W t a , Crop 1. 8 h , r t . W a s h ln ro n . o . c. A winter wheel w > p «bout H 6.to0.0M bushel, .m a ile r »Ban that produced last year 1« tn * * “ ‘ * 1 ? r **“ * m r b r th * ccndl tlon o tith e crop On April 1. T b« de p artn .w k of agrlcnlture forecast the crop at (IW hJ.vuu b u .h .i. ln a> re p o rt One-half the value o f manure may he lust to four months tf It Is left ex po«e<L • • • s K "hl rsbt 1« an eariy-seasoa vege table when at Its best, or s 1st« fall one. Put to anros seed early. • • • Oak trees are m o » sehfoct to light nlng than any other kind, according to observations by the federal Depart menf of Agriculture. • • • The t a t annual to htdo an unsight ly object quickly Is the castor beau, the most majestic annual to the flower U«:< ["be Xwmlhsr types are partlcu lArty fine. e e e W h ite L and is F ertile Six ysars ago W . 8. Henae of Tangent plowed a field of white land which came from the plow t . »labs that could h a rd ly be brokso with the harrow. He practiced a thrre-vsar rotation, first corn, we cu ltiva te d; then clover, cut for b a y ; then pasture; then back to corn. The field is now in g»oi tilth , shows a dark color and bids fa ir to be among the best io the neighborhood. Vegetable m atter left in the soil, through rotating the crops and allowing the roots of the replaced ones to decay ia the ground, t . gether w ith c u ltiv a tio n , did the trick. B ut it takes perseverance. You can't change W illam ette valley white land into a fe rtile field in a year. On some of it water stand» too long Icy clover. There tile drainage w ill pay. Sin in In fa n c y remaining parts and to fac ilita te other orchard practices. Tta«« to prodoc., Be not fam iliar with the Idea of good crops eroDotntcaXy tnnst be v)g wrong, for »in in Infancy mothers many 7 croua, large, strong and mtrnading It . «a ugly a c t Is the vigorous trees that produce an ' mini cropa. It Is ths large, rigorsus and strong Hues that protluoe large annual crops with tbe toast breakage and the least need of propping, it the large, vigorous, strong, spreading trees that produce large annual crops o f fru it carrying the hem comb to« G o' of alse and color. growth. ** J ---, v .u .ia trw w mon t paa out se an early summer crop, try fa ll piant isi». Some, mes it doesn't do well early For thrifty, healthy chicks feed T ke state board of control has au thorised the purchase of 47 acres of land adjoining , he p r„ 0B • r t y at a c o .t of ,28.»M . The land will be M c d j m j a n a in g purposes. Sense o f D u ty A sense e f duty may not be tbe hleh- • « » ’Hive, hut th.. test men are n p , '^ ISHER’S CIICK FEED and Developing Mash by 11— Presbyterian Record. G iv in g to th e Poor no.wVeT ^ ' \ r" ’ !ler ' h-,D > Toe former drlr,*« looce. ths la tte r industry th * , ‘° d'> o . W. F R U M