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The Great Outdoors
W here Bread, Meat, Clothing, Health and Vigorous Humanity are Produced
The Biggest Linn
A n Oregon Queen
Interest Boys in
Swarming Bees
Jersey Jubilee
in Her Glory
Managing Trees
Are Controlled
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L ast S atu rd ay ’s A lbany
Thia is S traw berry Time
Club Members Being Taught
Artificial
Division
of
Colony
Event W as Also th e
and F ru it Goes, Fresh,
How to Handle Pine Wood
Will
Check
Impulse
Until
State's L arg est
Everyw here
Lots on Farm.
Nectar Flows.
Lebanon’« annual strawberry
festival will be Friday and Satur
day, June 5 and 6, at the season*
bight. Strawberries will be served
free to all comera. There will be
vaudeville show by a company of
five on the street every evening.
Strawberries are at their best in
Linn county now. The reign of
this monarch haa always been
It Is the desire of every beekeeper
to keep tils beet from «warmIna. since
It Is the strong colony that Is the
proflteble honey gatherer.
No plan
has ever been devised to prevent
«warming altogether, but artlflclal dl-
vision of the colony will check tbe im-
pulse until after the heavy flow of
nectar.
What la known as "shock"
«wanning la poealbly tbe beat method
yet devised for keeping the bee« to­
gether In one strong colony for gath­
ering surplus honey.
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TUB MARKETS
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Portland
Wheat — Hard white, | 1 . | | ; hard
Winter. I I 40; soft white. »1.41; north
•rn spring, 11.40* western white,
*1.51; westsrn red, | i Rg.
Hay — Alfalfa. 111030 ton; valley
timothy, J2O021; eastern Oregon
timothy. I I I O H
R n tterfat-'Stc delivered Portland.
Fgge -Ranch, 2»©S0c.
Cheese—Prices f. o. b. Tillamook
Triplets, Me; loaf. 27c per lb
CotU» Steers. good. »9 50 09 75
Hogs— Medium to choice, 11 1000
11.00.
Sheep— Lambs, medium to choice,
»7 50011 50
Seattle
W h ea t- Soft white. »140; western
white, I I 11; hard wtater. 11.52; west
era red. II 4»; northern spring. 11.lo.
Rtg Rend Mnestem. 1170.
Hay Alfalfa, *3«; D. C , | 2 I ; tlm
otby. I l l ; P C , l i t ; mixed hay. 12«
Rutterfat— lie .
Kggs Ranch, 11013c.
I Hoga- Prime, »1150014.00
Cattle—Choice steer*. |S 50 0 0.71.
Cheese— Oregon fancy to retailers.
17c per lb.; do standards. 25c; Wash
lngton fancy triplets, 25c
Spokane.
Hogs—Prime mixed. 113.7501100.
* C a l l a r Prime steers. 11.0001.50.
afford to plant weed seeds. A single
plant of green fox tall produced 140,-
000 seeds, a plant of lamb's quarters
produced 000,000, a single tumble-
seed produced 0.000,000. The most
pernicious weeds have been Intro­
duced In farming communities through
their occurrence In crop seeds. Be­
cause of the enormous number of
•evils produced by weeds every
farmer should have his seed tested
to see that It Is reasonably free from
such seeds. In addition to examina­
tion of seed for weed seed* It should
also be tested for germination, for
upon viability of seed depends the
stand and henen the yield.
kr
th e C a tt« 4 sta te s D a c a r t i u a t
of A frtc u J tu r« .)
\ ick Brothers have ju st com­
pleted the planting of 120 acres
of flax on a farm south ot
Aumsville and have some spring
planted flax already two feet
high, considerable flax from 8
to 12 inches and some just com­
ing through the ground. They
believe a heavy share of their
■top will go over 80 inches and get
the top price of $38 a ton-
Information Based on Aver­
age Experience of Many
Owners of Stock.
(F ra p e re d by th a U o A .d s t a t M D a p a rtm a a t
a t A s r U u llu r a .)
A* report Just Issued by tbe United
States Department of Agriculture on
tbe progress of tbe better sires, better
stock campaign for the lmprovemnt of
domestic animals states briefly why
pure bred animals excel other kinds.
Tbe Information Is based on the aver­
C., first ; W. H . McConnell, sec­ age experience of hundreds of' stock
ond; S. B. Holt, th ird ; J. H- owners who have been la a position to
make comparisons. I t thus points to
Biegel, fourth.
Senior calves— T. F. Gibson, the results which other fanners who
first; D. 0. Woodworth, second; are considering the Improvement of
their live stock may expect from pare
Jacob Reese, third.
bred sires and also from the combined
Junior calves—J. M. Dickson use of pure bred sires and pore bred
States for a numbed of years, reports
the Department of Agriculture, which
estimates consumption at .’#.772,000,
Governor Pierce had been de­ 000 pounds In 1924 compared with 50,
layed and was behind schedule 440,000 pounds In 1923.
The larger part of the Increase was
tim e in arriving, b ut he made
an addiess before the fair closed, In consumption of cream, and all of
the Increase wus In cities Inasmuch as
which occurred at 5 o’clock.
consumption on farms wus ui Burned to
Prizes were awarded as fol­ be the same as In 1923.
The Increase, says the department.
lows;
Aged cows—Ja y B. Palmer, Is due to Improvement In .quality of
product, delivery in sanitary contain­
Albany, first; E. R. Morse, ers,
and a general Increase in knowl­
Wells, second; J. M. Dickson & edge of the value of milk In the diet,
Son, Shedd, th ird ; T. F. Gibson, the result of milk campaigns and spe­
Halsey, fo u rth ; J. M. Dickson & cial advertising.
The average per capita coaniumptlon
Son, fifth.
Four-year-old-cows— E.
R. for the country as a whole last year
was 54.75 gallons compared with 53
Morse, first; J . H. Biegel, Al­ gallons
in 1923.
Dally average per
bany, second.
capita consumption Is estimated at 1.2
Three-year-old cows, T. F. pints, being .961 of a pint to cities, and
Gibson, first; S. B. Holt, Scio, I. 47 pints on farms.
The figures are based upon reports
second; E. R. Morse, th ird ; O.
A. C., fo u rth ; E. R. Morse, fifth. from boards of health of 354 cities
having an aggregate population of 35,-
Senior two-year-old cows— T. 303.398
people. The quantities of
F. Gibson, first; D. O. Wood- cream reported were converted Into
worth, Albany, second; T. F. milk equivalent and added to the milk
Gibson, th ird ; E. L. Burkhart, In securing the total uned for, house­
Albany, fourth ; Elmer C. Man- hold purposes.
Plainview : E. Holloway, Albany,
and W. H. Walbauf, Santiam
son, Halsey, fifth.
Senior yearlings—J . M. Dick­
son & Son, first; W. H. McCon­
nell,
Shedd,
second; J. C.
Brown & Son, Shedd, th ird ; Mrs.
Earl Shearer, Shedd, fourth;
D. O. Woodworth, fifth.
Junior
yearlings—J.
M.
not ships nor soldiers.
The road Is
the only royal line In a democracy, the
only legislature that never changes,
the only court that never sleeps, the
only army that never quits, the first
aid to the redemption of any nation,
the exodus from stagnation In any b o
clety. the call from savagery In any
tribe, the high priest of prosperity, Albany, second ; O. A. C., third ;
after the order of Malchlsedec, with­ E. L. B urkhart, fourth; S. B.
out beginning of days or end of life. Holt, fifth.
The road Is umpire In every war. and
Senior calves—Anna McCon­
when tho new map Is made, It simply
nell, Shedd, first; Elmer C.
pushes on Its great campaign of help,
hope,
brotherhood,
efficiency
and Munson, second; J. M- Dickson
peace.
& Son, th ir d ; Mrs. W. S. Hense,
Buy legume seed and prepare to
i rveiopment of the poultry industry plant several acres per plow to turn
In the Hermiston district has been under for toll Improvement.
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rapid, according to H. R Crosby, ex
Put In a few plants of the red and
tension specialist of Oregon Agrlcu) yellow cherry tomatoee for the chil­
tural college Between 35.000 and 30. dren. These baby tomatoes make s
ooo hens and pullets are expected ts big tilt with the klda.
be In production this faU.
T hirty or forty farm ers a t­
tended a cheese factory meeting
at Tangent Friday night. It 1»
hoped to s ta ll with 500 or more
c w s pledged and then steadily
expand.
Results Expected
From Pure Breds
Ibe biggest Jersey jubilee
yet was that a t the fair grounds
Club boys In New Hampshire have
Albany Saturday, when
demonstrated through a Junior exten- a t
aion forestry project that trees may be breeders of Linn and Benton
looked upoa and managed as a crop counties had 108 animals on ex*
If given attention under the direction
there were 1000
of a forestry expert
A report re­ hibition and
& Son, first. **
celved by the United State« Depart- people present.
dams.
ment of Agriculture states that club
Junior champion bull—O. A-
Summary of Points.
For his welcoming address
boys am being taught the management Mayor P.cbnett of Albany stated C., first.
Following Is a summary of the
of pine wood lo ti through handling a
Senior and grand champion points In which pure breds excel:
th a t seven of the eight world
quarter of an acre up to an acre on
Based on utility alone, pure bred live
bull,
Gibson & Munson, Halsey.
record
Jersey
cows
are
in
Ore­
the family farm. Tbe work has been
stock lias an earning power from a
Junior
champion
cow—J.
M.
gon,
and
th
at
of
12,852
dairy-
received with enthualusm and haa
third to one-half greater than scrub
8000, or Dickson & Son.
served Its purpose very effectively. It cows in this staite
stock. Pure breds excel other stock
consists of two general types of ac­ about two-thirds, are Jerseys.
Senior», and grand champion in : Superiority aod uniformity In con­
tivity—planting and thinning. Some­
D. 0. Woodworth, druggist, cow—Gibson & Munson.
formation and type, greater sale value,
times tba latter work Is referred to
Get of sire—J. M. Dickson & early maturity, and economy In the
Jersey
fancier
and
president
of
as Improvement cutting, or weeding.
che Jersey organization of the Son, first; 0 . A. C., second; W- conversion of feed into meat* milk,
Different Cuttings,
wool and work.
It was found necessary to emphasize state, in responding, said th at H. McConnell, th ir d ; Ed. Schoel,
Surplus pure breds are salable at
J. C. Brown & Sons,
and call attention of club members the show, the greatest of its fourth,
satisfactory prices In a majority of
to the different types of Improvement kind in America, was a poor fifth.
cases.
cuttings and to prepare definite In­ m an’s
Produce of cows—J. M. Dick­
show, designed to en­
The progeny of pure bred sires has
structions, both written and oral, for courage the farm er having but son & Son, first; E. R. Morse,
practically a 50 per cent greater sale *
each type.
Bach lot presenfs differ­
second, Ed. Schoel, third-
value than the progeny of sires not
ent conditions, and the solution of a few cows. He said th a t nine­
Aged herd—T. F. Gibson.
of th e Jersey
pure bred.
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problems which require a personal ty-six per cent
Better breeding, combined with I
Boys’ and girls’ club calves, 2-
visit of the Junior extension agent. cattle of America are owned
This limits the number of club mem­ by men having not more than year-olds—Harold Gilkey, Scio; proper and adequate feed, practically
bers who can undertake tbe work until three cows each.
junior yearlings, Willa McCon­ prevents runty live stock, of which the
farm has about 7 per cent.
a forestry specialist can be added to
nell, Shedd; senior calves, Edith average
Linn
county
exhibitors
were
Well bred beef cattle, sheep, and
the extension staff.
Pugh
and
Ralph
Malson,
S
hedd;
T.
F.
Gibson,
Halsey;
R.
L.
swjpe yield from 5 to 10 per cent more
The boys who take part In the tree-
planting division are expected to plant Burkhart, Albany; W. H. Mc­ junior calves, Anna McConnell, meat than Inferior animals of the Bame>
Mr. and Mrs. Shedd, and Jacob Reese. Harris­ live weight, and the meat la of better
at least • fourth of an acre between Connell, Shedd;
quality. .
March 1 and June 1 this year. The Earl Shearer,
Shedd; W. S. burg. ____
extension agent will supervise the pur­ Hense, Shedd; John B urkhart,
Improved live stock makes about 40
chase and planting of the trees. Each A lbany; S. B. Holt, Thomas s ta ­
per cent more profitable uae of feed
club member Is to report the number
than common stock, Pure breds excel
tion; H. M. Palmer & Son, Increased Consumption
of trees living on October 15. 1025.
grades, and grades excel scrubs.
Shedd;
Mr-
and
Mrs.
D.
O.
Seen
in
Milk
and
Cream
Improvement Cutting.
The use of pure bred sires leads to
Albany; W alter
Consumption of milk and creem has the ownership and use of fully six
Improvement cutting deals with Woodworth,
three groups of trees— young pine Plageman, Albany ; S. C. Simons, been steadily Increasing In the United times as many pure bred female ani­
i>r»l< »r«4
brief and annually she has gone
Change Quarters.
into eclipse after a few short weeks
At the first Indication of swarming,
to remain until another year which may be known by their lying
should roll around and bring her out In front of the hive and general
season.
restlessness, as well as by tbo prea-
W ithin the memory of people enco of sealed queen cells, prepara­
now living the practise came in tions should be made for changing
vogue of preserving fruit by her llielr quarters, writes H. F. Orindetead
metically sealing it in tin or In the Farm and Ranch. Fill an empty
glass, but it was necessary to beat hive with frames of comb foundation,
it to destroy germs of decay, aud remove the hive containing the been
this, like the previous practice of from Its stund and put the empty hive
In Its place. Now take out tbe frames
drying, changed the flavor, aod
<>f bees one by one. and brush the bees
not at all for the better.
I on i board at the entrance to the
Those in this part of the state empty hive. The bees with tbelr
who raise strawberries in quaotity queen will enter the new hive with tlie
are joyous this year. The recent
iirab foundation and Immediately set
rains and the warm weather mage io work Just as a new swarm would
for an abundant crop and the new da. except that you have all the bees
barreling process, having been Instead of having them divided Into
tried out in the past aud proved two colonies. T h e y w lll have lost ull
leelre for swurtnlng. and will devote
successful,*will enable people far
belr energies toward storing surplus
away to sense the flavor of fresb
honey at u time when It Is most abu
Oregon strawberries.
ilunL The bee« th«t are out In the
Oregon produces more processed Held will likewise return to tbelr old
strawberries than uay other state, ■laud aud enter the new hive alon
and though the fruit is not much with tbe others. There will be young
in evidence in Halsey this county iocs In the comb, and also some honey
is well to the front In the industry. It will be worth while to save the
oung beee, which can be done by set
Barreling stations are operating at
stands under ten yearn of age, those
Ing aside the hive until they hitch,
Albany aud Lebanon,
between ten and thirty years old, and
ien emptying them also In front of
The fruit could only bo made to
those over thirty years.
The object
he colony. All of them wlU hatch In
hold its delicious fresh flavor a few lesa than 21 days. The honey can In tbe first group Is to free tbe young
weeks under any cold pack process tie saved later or a part of It can be group from overtopping older or un­
until M r. Baker of the Baker. cut out at the time. Also a few of desirable trees; in the second, to con­
Kelly & McLaughlin Cold Pack tbe better combs, the ones that do not centrate growth on the more valuable
trees; and lu the third type, to in­
company evolved the method now contain queen cells, may be trans
being used, which is reported to ferred to the new hive along with the crease the diameter growth of the
trees and the total production of the
bees.
keep fresh fruit indefinitely.
stand.
No
Inclination
to
Swarm.
The company expects to process
Thirty-one boys enrolled In the
Bees handled In this way will have planting work last year and set out
1500 barrels in a tuu of about
little Inclination to swarm if room Is over 18,000 seedlings. Some of these
thirty days at Lebanon.
given them by adding a super as soon were planted by boys on town land,
The little district around La
comb, tribuutary to the Lebanon «» they need It. Of course, If the de­ some on national reservations, and
sire Is to Increase the number of colo­ others on the home farm wood lo t
packing plant, has 170 acres ol
nies. a part of tbe bees would be left Several boy« enrolled for * thinning.
this queen of fruits.
<>n tbe combs. In either Instance, the
'I he Lebanon cannery haa turned beekeeper eliminates the uncertain The planting work received more pop­
ular support and public praise than
over thia year’s strawberry cou. ty of losing a swarm.
the wood-lot management phase. To
tract) to the Albany cannery,
give thia new project a start the So­
which ia already operating and
ciety for the Protection of New Hamp­
Weeds
Use
Up
Fertility
expects soon to be giving work to
shire Forests has offered generous
300 peepls.
and Reduce Crop Yields money prises for a state and county
Oregon strawbsrries travel far
The use of high-grade seeds of forestry contest which started this past
and pry looee good American furm crops Is vital to successful fall. Six counties have entered, and
fresh Impetus Is being given the
dollars wbioh come rolling back funning. Weed seeds planted are paid
for at «be price of crop seeds; are Junior forestry work. The content will
to the beaver state.
Plant Mitobell and Oregon town and cultivated at tbe same cost extend until next October.
etrwberries, the kinds the barrelera at crop seeds. In return they are
noaa rustles on Campaign
prefer, this fall and you will get cither scattered on the fleld to reduce
tbe next crop or remain In the har­
for Efficiency and Peace
a better yield than if you plant
vested crop and reduce Ite value.
Roads rule the world—not kings nor
next spring. A cash market is
Actual count of seeds from individ­
congresses, not courts nor constables,
ready for them.
ual plants show that no farmer can
A full season of oporatlon of the At
baay canaery has boon assured by a
bumper crop of strawberries In the
4tstrtot and the closing of the Lebanon
«sanefv
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C. C- Duncan, first; J. M. Dick­
son & Son, second; E. Pugh,
Shedd,
th ird ,
Alva Byers,
fourth.
. Bulls 3 years old—S. G.
Simon, Tangent, first.
Bulls 2 years old— Elmer C.
Munson, firs t; J. H. Biegel, sec­
ond; Ja y B. Palmer, th ird ;
John Burkhart, Albany, fourth.
Senior yearling bulls—C. T.
Nichols, Halsey, first; Waltei
Plageman, Albany, second; W-
H. W alhaupt, Albany, th ird ;
J. M. Dickson & Son, fourth;
Ed. Schoel, fifth.
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Junior yearling bulls—O. A.
Shedd, fou rth ; E. R. Morse,
fifth.
Junior calves— Anna McCon­
nell, first; Mrs. D. O. Wood-
worth, second; Jacob Reese,
H arrisburg, th ird ; Mrs. Alva
Byers, Albany, fourth.
Bulls 4 years old and over—
For thrifty, healthy ehicks feed
ISHER’S ClICK FEED
Developing Mash
O. W . F R U M
...
Points of Pure Breda.
The foregoing brief conclusions are
based on thorough nnulyses of large
numbers of reports. Tlie movement
for better live stock which the depart­
ment Is conducting, in co-operation
with the various states, has resulted
In a gradually increasing recognition
of the many points in which well bred
uulmuls are superior to ordinary live­
stock. The study and control of ani­
mal breeding are umong the most im­
portant and practical meuns of making
live stock enterprises mure profitable
to farmers and also ot Improving the
quality of meats.
Kye is ripening ln Um atilla county
and Is being cut for green fend In the
W lllamatte valley, acoording to the
weekly crop summary of the weather
bureau. Seeding of spring wheat and
oats continues ln elevated districts,
while In some western localities spring
wheat Is heading ln most of the mild­
er sections.
Conditions have been
mostly favorable lor small grain.
Planting of corn continues and early
plantings are coping iip w e lt_____ _
Teachers’ Exam ination
Wheat Hay Not Favored
Notice is hereby given th a t
for Feeding Dairy Cows the county superintendent of
Wheat hay contains a little more
digestible nutrients than oat hay. it
contain« more carbohydrates, hence
Is not quite so desirable for dairy
cows and growing stock
the same feeding value as tlmethy
Any green crop should be cut for
hay when the kernels are In the milk
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I t Is not difficult to cure In
good weather, but It Is dUBeiilt to get
such a crop put up without getting
more or less dirt In It from the field,
as these crops do not form a sod as
do the permanent grasses, like timothy
and bromtis. Cure as you would tim­
othy. A Uttle more time Is required.
Root Crops for Poultry
Reduce Feed Expenses
By feeding more roots and vege­
tables the average poultry raiser can
reduce hts feeding expenses very much
and also Increase the egg yield. The
cheapest feed Is that which will make
h e y lay and the way to make hens
lay Is to keep them In good health It
Is quite impossible to have the flock In
l"od laving conditio«, when only grain
it fiven.
I J o ?
" f v r r "*> turnips and
rie rn « ? ' v n° t/ <* ln ' « Producing
.
and
mals.
-inn county, Oregon, w ill hold
the regular examination of ap­
plicants for state certificates a t
the courthouse, Albany, a t follows:
Commencing Wednesday, June
10, 1925, a t 9 o’clock a. m. and
continuing until Saturday, June
13, 1925, a t 4 o’clock p. m.
Wednesday Forenoon
U. S. History, W riting (Pen­
m anship), Music, Drawing.
Wednesday Afternoon
Physiology, Reading, Manual
Training, Composition, Domestic
Science, Methods in Reading,
Course of Study for Drawing,
Methods in Arithmetic.
Thursday Forenoon
Arithm etic, H istory of Educa­
tion, Psychology, Methods in
Geography, Mechanical Draw-
>nJ . Domestie A rt, Course of
otudy for Domestic A rt.
Thursday Afternoon
Grammar, Geography, Steno­
graphy, American L iterature,
Physics, Typewriting, Methods
in Language, Thesis for P ri­
m ary Certificate.
hriday Forenoon
Pheory and Practice, Ortho-
£ l Phy u (SP?llinK>.
Physical
G w n -P h y . E „glish L iterature,
which renders
a et sU tb> PWform
a service
which
other foods
used
considerably more valuable. Let the
notata, 7 , d ,lrT ’M a
Ws cow,
T? W B ' nrt h" "tp p 'r <*
b*
Tt '« the
w e T From
’ ’ “ a ’ h*
‘* ’<1 " •
o u Friday Afternoon
* ««««Point of dietary c i v T S v ! ? " ^ " ” 0 '' A l " b r> -
W
i
,n * ,W ’ w"> '"«hie one To
▼
**<l more hens and get a greater
W | Held with little or no extra coat.
*
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° « • food fertilizer for t h - ___ _
*«> 8 4-4 wilt
kinds of veyetable.
rU T
‘ for
Saturday Forenoon
Geometry, Botany.
Saturday Afternoon
General History, Bookkeep-
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EDNA G EER ,
Co. Supt. Schools-
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