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A P R IL IS, K2Ó
The Great Outdoors
CRCSS-WORD PUZZLE No. 18
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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
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