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The Great Outdoors
Hog Raiser Has
^M^is and'Downs
W h ere Bread, Meat, Clothing, H ealth and V igorous H u m an ity a re Produced
Te Raise Foxes
Alfalfa for Linn
Referendum on
G rim m alfalfa atood the
Bus and Truck Tax freeze last winter w ithout
Linn and Linen
Flax and Facts
Seth M ills and Claude H uff plan
heavy
to go to Alaska, w ith th e ir fam i
barm
lies, to reside. Theyjbave leased
-vhere a ll other varieties were from the government an island
W illam ette Valley Can
T here ia Need of All the tille d ,
south of Sitka containing
II
Beat th e W orld in
The Harrisburg B u lle tin says: square miles, where they w ill have
Incom e Proposed in
W F. DeteriDg is one of the most
line fences to ‘ build, and pro-
th e In d u stry
the new Laws.
‘lotbusiastic rauohers and d a ir y - 1 pose fo raise foxes, it is reported
Tbe Enterprise two weeks ^ago
Tbe (ox farms in this county
The bus ta x, the tobacco tax and men in this v ic in ity just now. He have been stocked w ith animals
contained
a reference to tbe dan
the appropriation to the state ol -as planted about two acres of I descended from foxes of the far
ger that tbe flax in d u stry m ight
irim m alfalfa and the crop looks n(,rlb
These
gentlemen
w ill
ten per ceot of tbe receipts of th
ine.
East
year
J.
A.
Malpass,
his
raise
the
animals
under
clim
a
tic get a setback if the disease Itnowu
ouunertus commissions are held
leighbor, grew aa acre o f this j conditions natural to them, and no us w ilt should get a foothold in
up by referendum u n til next year
. Haifa w ith goood results and th is; doubt w ill get top-notch fu r and this valley. Tbe seed can be
•lection. There ie no significance
ear has a good-sized field which be able to sell Oregonians some disinfected w ith form aldehyde but
in relation to popular sentimen
¡iyes great promise.
j doe breeding stock.
it is not safe to try tbe crop on
A t least two cuttings w ill be
Foxes are quiet when tame, but
regarding these laws, in tbe num
oade each year and there w ill be ; when a mother fox bps young infested ground fo r seven years.
ber of sigaturse attached to th
m other growth for pasture, accor- j offspring she is suspicious of her
Now comes the glad tidings of a
petitions th a t they be referred,
iug to Mr. Deteriug, who| avers ' attendants and sometimes shows wilt-resisting variety th a t “ lib e r
People often sign petitions with
hat there isn’ t a doubt in his fight. M r. H u ff would belter be
ates an enzytn to attack tbe fun
out reading them. M any w ill mind th a t this section is particu- careful or one o f them may get
a
rly
adapted
for
this
class
of
into a buff and change tbe spelling gus.
•ign a petition for a referendum or
W. W . Bartram of Toronto, a
«Haifa.
ol
his first name to “ Clawed.”
a measure of which they approve,
There has always been a sbort-
representative of tbe linea m anu
believing that the votere should b»
ige of green feed in tbe summer
facturing firm wbioh
proposes
perm itted to decidj. Many signed 'im e and fa ll for d a iry cows, aud
Cattle Tested at Rate
to build a m ill at Salem, talks
the petitions under discussion he t is M r. Deteriag’a opinion th a t
of Six Million Annually thus through tbe Portland Jour
cause thoy or those who influence«' he d a irym a n ’s troubles in this
nal :
The
tuberculin testing of cattle, to
Between Eugene and Portland
them wwnted to embarrass ti)< espect are about over. I f so the eradicate bovine tuberculosis from the
state government by tyin g u) itroduc tiou ol this seed in tbe United States. Is now going forward at are 200,000 acres which w ill pro-
these eouces o f revenue, satisfied -per valley w ill make it oue of I a rate exceeding six million cattle an duce better fla x than i t grown
if , at any cost, theg could get that ie greatest dairy countries in th e nually, according to a recent statement anywhere sine in tbe world.
•
! of the bureau of animal Industry,
In 1923 between 80 and 90 acres
ta n ta lizin g placid smile off tbe fact » L
United States Department of Agrlcul- of flax was grown iu tbe W illa rn -
of the governor.
i ture.
ett» valley, last rear 400 acres and
I t is a P ortland leferendum
Figures for the last six months of this year 4500 acres are growing.
signed p rin cip a lly in Portland and
1024 show that under the co-operative Next year 12,000 acres in the
directed against all who * pay
plan there were tested 283,985 herds
taxes on property.
valley w ill be seeded te flax.
containing 3,157,126 cattle. This rate
We have received an elaborati
F lax ie grown north of Toronto,
of testing was a noticeable Increase
appeal from the organized motor
but we are nnable to compete w ith
over
that
for
tbe
preceding
six
months.
stage companies versus the hue anti Scientists Also Trying to De Estimates of bureaa of animal Indus tbe q u a lity of th a t grown here.
truck tax sot.
I l says: “ The
termine Effect Spraying
try veterinarians, based on the grad Two carloads o f flax shipped from
revenue raised by this law would
ually Increasing volume of testing, In your penitentiary sold for 33c a
Has on Mortality.
go in to tbe highway fund. The
dicate that from six and a half to pound f. o. b. Salem, w hile oura
seven million cattle wilt be tested dur sold at 31c.
highw ay department has adequati
When the ship
P r« p a r*4 kr t h * C n lted g la la * E x p a r ln w a l
ing the fiscal year ending June 30. ment arrived and the q u a lity
of A f rio u ltu r« .)
funds.” The highway oomtniseioi
To determine “Just how busy the 1023. This Is In comparison with became apparent a query was sent
does not ta lk th a t way.
usy honeybee might be.’’ and when about five and a third million during asking for ten more carloads.
I t talka about the opposition it
md why, was the object of an In- the fiscal year 1924.
met from a “ wealthy aaeociatioi
I t would take tbe product of
uatlgatlon recently made by scientists
of county judges and commission
40,000 acres in the W illam ette
f the United States Department of
Shipment of cherries Into California
ers,”
We would like m oie infor-
valley to supply tbe Am erican
Agriculture.
The scientists wanted
■nation about the wealth of that ■<) know how many bees worked out from all but six Oregon counties was demand for raw m aterial in
barred
Indefinitely
under
the
terms
of
association.
fiber and spinning tow.
The
Tom the hive, how long each trip
Saturday’s Portland Oregoniar was. what time of day and what time an embargo declared by George H. product of 200,000 acres would
Itecte,
director
of
tbe
California
stats
said •„ -W-wt
-<f the season the flights were made,
represent about
$20,000,000 of
A bus line in - Buffalo, N. Y.
md how much of a load each bee re- department of agriculture. The em tbe present im portations.
desiring to raise money by ttie sab oirne-l to tbe hive. These facts are bargo was declared following tbe dis
More area is devoted to
of its securities to the public, pub >•> a large dogree a reflection of the covery of the so-called cherry fruit
flax
growing iu tbe W illa m
nectar conditions of tbe Held, and fly on a shipment recently received
lished a year or two ago a pros
ette valley than in any other one
at
Sacramento.
The
Oregon
counties
the
sclent
lata
believed
that
If
a
means
pectus from wbiuh tbe follow ing h
"f counting the bees aa they passed exempt from the quarantine ruling are spot on tbe American continent.
taken :
The $600,000 linen m ill to
hi and from the hive could be de
"’ Motor
transportation
with vised It would open up a new field Hood River, Wasco, Umatilla, Curry,
be b u ilt at Salem ii oniy one
Joseobine
and
Jackven
freight serviee inherits all tin of aplcultural research.
o f 26 identical m illa d o tliu g tbe
advantages of the railroads w ith
valley th a t could be supplied w ith
T H E MARKETS
Pass Through Oats.
out th eir heavy first investmenl
linen fiber and spinning tow from
After many trials of various kinds
costs. The m otor transportation
th« product ol the W illam ette
Portland
of devices, a “gate” was evolved
lines, using the highways already- through which but one bee could pass
Wheat — Hard white, $1.63; hard valley.
b u ilt, ko not have to buy rig h t of at a time. In passing In or out or
F la x requires a sandy or gravelly
winter, soft white, northern spring
way. There are no ties, no rail- the gate, of which there were a large
The water should be front
and western white, »1.60; western red loam.
to lay, no grading to do, no bill« number to each hive, the weight of »1.56.
streams fed by m ountain snow,
to cut down, no valleys to fill, nu tbe bee caused an electrical contact
Hay —• Alfalfa, »19® 20 ton; valley free of m aterial such as lime.
bridges or trestles to erect.”
to be made which operated a re
timothy, »20® 21; eastern Oregon There should be an absolute guar
cording
mechanism.
'the new type of common carriei
timothy, $23®24.
antee o f d ry weather d u rin g the
Hy knowing the amount of nectar
came into being because a road
harvest sqpeou of J u ly aud August
Butterfnt— 42c delivered Portland.
gathered
on
any
day
and
the
total
system b uilt for general use b>
Eggs— Ranch, 26@30c.
number
of
bees
which
return,
the
tbe individuals of the statq. ii
Cheese—Prices f. o. b. Tillamook:
th e ir ordinary social and bueiuesr minimum weight of the average load
carried by each bee can be estimated. Triplets, 26c; loaf, 27c per lb.
intercourse could be used for p r i The highest minimum average load
Cattle— Steers, good, $9.25©9.50.
vate profit tak-lng by public service obtained during the study was on May
Hogs—Medium to choice, »12 09®
commercial transportation.
22, when 44,507 bees averaged 25.3 13.65.
Partly because of the extraor- nillllgrama each. The data made pos
Sheep— Lambs, medium to choice
Washington, D. C. — The favorable
diuary use made of the bighw at sible the conclusion that the amount
»7.50® 11.50.
wheat
situation last year may be re
system by the carriers, the publii of nectar available to the bees la
versed thia season, the department of
must pay upward o! $2,000,000 Indicated by the average load carried
agriculture declared In Its June report.
Seattle
yearly to m aintain and recoustruci by tbe bees.
Instead of a bumper crop tn time of
W
heat—
Soft
white,
»1
60;
western
In
the
course
of
the
study
It
was
these roadways.
The cost to the but for each ascertained that of the 2.434.66*1 bees white. »1 60; hard winter, »1.60; west world shortage, the report said, a poor
passenger c irrie d one mile ie 2.1 which left the hive 8.10 per cent did ern red. »159; northern spring, »1.60; yield appears In sight, with likelihood
of better crops abroad. More than
m ills , whereas, from figures pre not return. This would mean that on Big Bend bluestem, »1.60.
an average n bee makes about 81.05
Hay—Alfalfa, »24; D. C , »28; tim half the winter wheat acreage was
sented to tbe legislative committee trips before death overtake« It. A
by one of the m ajor railroad» bee may make a trip lasting anywhere othy, »26; D. C„ »28; mixed hay, $24. abandoned In Washington. Montana.
Oregon, New Mexico and Texas It
Butterfat—41c.
operating in the state, i t appears from 8 minutes tb 1 hour and 54-
added, and nearly a quarter of the
Eggs—Ranch, 29®34c.
that lor every passenger carried minutes, depending on the honey flow.
acreage tn the whole country.
Hogs—
Prime,
»13.25®
13.50.
oue mile the railrnnd company The figures seem to show, however,
T h ; condition of the crop on May 1
Cattle— Choice steers, »9.25® 9.50.
incurs an expense in taxes and that even In a heavy honey flow the
was “very poor,” the report added, and
Cheese—
Oregon
fancy
to
retailers,
bees
spend
more
time
In
the
hive
maintenance of rig h t ef way ol
27c per lb.; do standards, 25c; Wash last month cold weather was not re
than they do on tbe trip Itaelt
approxim ately 11 m ill,, noconsid
assuring. The spring wheat crop Is
ington fancy triplets, 25c.
Keep
Count
of
Work*/-«.
«ration being given to investment
yet to be made and may fare better
Having devised a fairly accurate
iu roadbed or other facilities. Here
Canada Is reported to have planted an
Spokane.
is a cost more than five times io method of keeping count of the work
acreage fully as large as last year,
Hogs—Prime mixed. tl2.75®13.00.
excess of tbe charge tbe state ing beet, the department expects to
with moisture and toll conditions ex.
discover, among other facta. Just what
Cattle— Prime steers. $9.00®9.50,
impose on the bus for aim liar
cellent.
effect the time of spraying near-by
rights and facilities.
Bee Activities
Being Measured
Poorer W heat
Price Prospect
•ehrtlen of Puzzle Ne. 24.
orchards with certain poisonous In
secticides may have on the mortality
of the apiary.
It la believed that
beet respond te certain sounds, odors,
and ether stimuli and that data
gathered from counting the activities
of tbe beea will throw light on these
beliefs also.
From conclusions which the figures
would seem to Indicate, the fame of
the "busy bee" must rest upon her
appearance of busyneee only and not
upon tbe site ef the pile ef honey
ahe leaves for her helra. Tor, If we
multiply tbe weight of the average
load retried by a bee by tbe number
of trips ahe make« In her lifetime. It
will be seen that Individually she Is of
small Importance. Her lifetime
cumulation ef nectar amounts to but
400 milligrams, or eight-tenths of a
gram. At thia rate of production It
would require the work ef 507 beea
for a lifetime to produce a pound of
nectar.
so
W R. Sw ink o f Pleasant V a l
ley, 15 miles southeast of Lebanon,
baa 8t) acres of Marehatl straw ber
ries.
For thrifty, healthy chicks feed
ISHER’S CIICK FEED
and
“
Developing Mash
W . FRUM
Spraying Potatoes
Is Most Profitable
Bordeaux Mixture Properly
Applied Is Best Plan.
Farmers Rarely Hit'the Mar
ket Right With Their Sup
Testa made each year on a series
of from four to twenty plots of Irish
ply of Porkers.
potatoes during the past ten years
shoiv that It pays to spray thlg crop
for most profitable yields.
I t la not news to the American farm
During the years from 1016 to 1020,
er that the bog Industry in this coun a series of six teats was conducted at
try, as far back as its history runs, has various places In eastern Carolina on
been of a cylindrical character. livery the early crop by Dr.
W. Letby,
hog raiser knows that his business ia of the North Carolina experiment sta
plagued by violent ups and downs thut tion staff. In this section the pota
mean loss to him, and extra expense toes are hurried to maturity, being
to everyone that sella, buys, handles, planted early and heavily fertilized.
stores or consumes pork products So Here the moat Important factor la
periodic are tbe movements of the the potato beetle, though early blight
hog cycle that economists can fore occasionally attacks the vlnee and Jills
cast them with something of the same before the potatoes are ready to har
confidence with which astronomers cal vest. In each of the testa, certain
culate the orbit of a comet or predict rows were sprayed, some were dusted
an eclipse.
and others were left untreated aa a
W hat the farmer wants to know check.
ubout the hog cycle Is not so much
In checking hla results. Doctor Letby
how it works; he knows that to his found that where the vines were
coet.
He wants to know what cun sprayed with tfie poisoned bordeaux
be done about IL
That Is not such mixture the yield was at the rate of
an Idle question now as It might have 144 bushels per acre. Where the
seemed a few years ago. Studies made vines were not so treated, tbe yield
recently by the United States Depart was only 70 bushels per acre. Tht*
ment of Agriculture Into tbe nature is a gain from spraying of 74 burhata
of hog cycles have brought out the per acre. In dry season»^ Doctor
positive declaration not only that the I.elby also secured good results with
cycle can be eliminated, but that It dusting, using one part of lead ar
can be eliminated by the American senate to six parts of finishing lime.
hog producer, without tbe co-operatton
Doctor Lelby says, “Aa a rule it 1»
of producers In any other part of the safest to use the poisoned bordeaux
world.
mixture at least In the last two ap
Worth Studying-
plications, though the first application
On the face of It a proposition ’ Ike may be a dust Our experience abowa
that dtould be worth studying. With tbe grower should not spray aparlngty,
bog production swinging In a fairly but must use enough material to cover
regular alternation from over to un all parts of the vine thoroughly. This
derproduction,
farmers
practically will require from 100 te 125 gallons
never hit tbe market Just right with of liquid per acre. Any grower can
their hogs.
At one stage they have secure the good results that we did
many bogs to sell and make but If be will use a good bordeaux mix
small profit or perhaps suffer a loss ture and efficient spraying machinery.''
on them. At another stage they have
but few hogs to sell, and this Is al
ways when hogs are bringing the high
est prices. Any practical method of
Cooperation of the governors ol’
gauging hog production and market
ing in such a way as to level out the states In the w ar department’s defense
peaks and depressions of the market test, July 4, baa been requested by ac
would be as good as a gold mine to ting Secretary Davla.
the American farmer.
Major-General W illiam
Morrison,
The possibility of regulating the commander of the Canadian artillery
hog cycle, according to economists In in France and Belgium during the war,
the Department of Agriculture, lies In died at Ottawa, Ont.
the fact that this country domltfates
Freuch losses so far In the campaign
the world's hog market. The United
In Morocco against Abd-El-Krlm's in
States has as many hogs as all Eu
rope.
American hog production con vading tribesmen total 400 killed, HOC
tributes nenrly two-thlrds of the sup wounded and 35 missing.
President Ernest Dewitt Burton ol
ply Of hog products entering Into in
ternational trade.
I t therefore dom the University of Chicago died from
inates hog prices even though the mar complications following an operation
ket In which those prices are made for cancer of the Intestines. lie wat
Is ivorld-wlde. Steadier production In 69 years old.
tflls country, besides eliminating the
Foreign Minister Brland declared In
wastes Inseparable from uneven pro
the senate that France has already
duction, would tend to establish the
begun serious conversation with th<
hog Industry on a stable basis In
every country where It Is functioning United States for the settlement ol
the French war debt.
on a commercial scale.
Foreign Minister Chamberlain, an
Make Industry Mors Stable.
Economists In the Department ef swering questions In the house of com
Agriculture believe that the hog In mens, declared the British government
dustry could be made more stable If has no Intention of resuming negotia
producers would drop their present tlons with soviet Russia.
method of gauging their production
In presence of thousands of person*
plans on the basis of current corn three men sentenced to death pbr
and hog prices, and Instead base their complicity In bombing of a cathedral
breeding operations upon the official in Sofia April 16. which caused 160
outlook statement Issued periodically
deaths, were executed in the Bulgarian
by the Department of Agriculture.
capital.
That may look like an Invitation to
speculate. I t Is really a proposal that
the speculative element, which Is
large In the hog business anyway,
should be eliminated as far as possible.
Referendum Attacks May Cause BI;
The present alternation of overpro
Deficit In Oregon Tax Receipts.
duction and underproduction In the
Salem, Or.— As a result of the refer
liog Industry results from the farmer's
practice of looking at the current mar endum attacks on the several revenue
ket prices for corn and hogs when measures enacted at the last session
he has to decide how many sows to of the legislature the state probably
breed.
This plan fails to allow for will face a financial deficit at the end
the time that must pass before the re of the present year aggregating la ex
sults of breeding decisions thus made cess of »500.000.
will be felt In a larger or smaller move
This deficit was based on the
ment of bogs to market. The number
of boga on tbe market at any given amount that wilt be raised from th*
time Is not adjusted to the price con 1925 tax levy. In estimating the 4»
ditions then existing, because the flclt officials did not take Into con aid
amount of the supply was determined eration any emergencies that may
months previously on the conditions arise during the year.
prevailing at that time. Here Is where
The most important revenue men»
the hog cycle starts.
Boosting pro ures under referendum attack are
duction when prices are nt their peak those providing for a tax on tobaecc
and cutting It down heavily when they and the so-called tithing act which
are low means a hog supply nearly al
transfers receipts from certain fee
ways too large of too small, since
price condition» almost Invariably supported state functions to the gen
eral fund.
change before changes In breeding poi-
Piling of the referendum attacks
Ides have tlielr effect in an Increased
means that neither the tobacco tax law
or lessened supply of hogs.
I f the farmer could know what prices nor the tithing act can be referred te
will rule when the hogs from the the voters of the state for approval oe
sows they are breeding will be ready rejection until the general election tn
for market, they could better adjust Novntber. 1926. In the meantime the
the supply of hots to the demand.
state will iose a large amount ol
They could diminish the ups and
revene.
downs of production that are the bane
of the ho; industry. Economists In
the Department of Agriculture have
California Oleo Tax Bill la signed.
worked out a method of forecasting
Facrament<k Cal.—The much-debat
hog prices which has been thoroughly
ed so-called oleomargarine bill, which
tested, and which makes It possible for
the tread of the hog market to be provides for a tax of 2 cents a pound
foreseen far enough ahead and with on cotton seed oil products. In add!
«° — «h «««Pei accuracy to give the tlon to tbe present license fee, wai
farmers a better and safer basis for signed by Governor Richardton.
ffsugtng production than they can
ever get from watching the current
(P r a sa r a d b r th * U * lt* d S la t* * D a p a rtm a a t
of A g ric u ltu r e.)
R.
BRIEF GENERAL NEWS
STATE FACES SHORTAGE
* W h e n grass Is Included In a rota-
».on. tt should be accompanied by a
?*1“ “?' ,0’3'
H a ll’ s C a ta rrh
Medicine
l
f° r lts bMt Production, local and internal, and has been succee»
flbmt.d remain down longer than one nil tn the trestment o f Catarrh foe ovef
forty yeers
Sold by all druggists,
F. J. CHENEY &. CO., ToUdo, Okie