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Vitamins Grown
in Our Gardens
The Great Outdoors
W h e r e B re ad , M eat, C lo th in g 1, H e a lth a n d V ig o ro u s H u m a n ity a r e P ro d iic e d
W h e a t Penalties
H ints for L inn
Tuberculosis Being
Swine Production
Eradicated
Rapidly
j
A r e C ut D o w n
C ounty F arm ers
of Big Im portance
I infection Reduced to Less
Necessary Feeds Should Be L in e n M ill S ta r ts R u n n in g
Discounts Up to 10 Per Cent f
Than 1 P er Cent.
...C a n a d a T h is tle H a s
Considered First. .
Mixture Dropped By Grain
(Prepared by tba United stataa Department
F irm F o o th o ld
of Afrtcuitur«.)
IPraparad br tha Ualtad stataa D apartm .et
Association. ~
Eradicating bovine tuberculosis not
.
«1 AxrlcultuTa.)
A dvantages of V egetables
for Fam ily N eeds and
Likes A re M any.
(Prapa-ad kr tba United Stataa D apartm aat
«1 A sricultor«.)
A cúmplete lin e of bee .uppH.
Closely associated in our minds with
the vitamins they supply are the
a t reasonable prices.
vegetables that can be grown In al­
most any home garden— spinach, cab­
bage, lettuce, carrot* string beans,
peas, rutabagas, tomatoes, all the
leafy vegetables known as “greens,"
and many others.
We also obtain
necessary minerals from these vegeta­
ble»—Iron, calcium, phosphorus— and
depend on them for bulk, or “rough­
age." But our first thought Is apt to
be—vegetables for vitamins!
ave M oney.
e c u re
dependable
only from Individual herds but also
The Washington and Oregon
in utilizing farm wastes and In con­
W all* Walla, Wash — Penalties for from entire counties. Is gaining favor verting the concentrates raised on the Linen company announced that
•P to 10 per cent mixture In dark among livestock'owners, according to farm Into a marketable product, the its new m ill at Vancouver would
•ortbern spring, dark hard winter, a recent announcement of the bureau hog Is by far the most valuable farm
of animal Industry, United Stales De­ unlmal, points out the bureau of ani­ begin operation yesterday.
bard white, bluestem and early hard
partment of Agriculture. The coun­ mal Industry, United States Depart­
H irst blood for Vancouver !
Advantages of Vitamins.
wheat were eliminated In the sched­ ty-wide plan Is known os "area work.”
ment of Agriculture. In Its new
The advantages eif growing vitamins
ule of discounts adopted by the Pa­ On January I of this year, approxi­ Farmers’ Bulletin 1437, Swine Pro­
I he capital for the new linen
In our gardens are many an^ obvious.
cific Northwest Grain Dealers' asso­ mately 485 counties in tlie United duction.
All regions of the United m ill lit Selena is about all eub-
To begin with, there Is the matter of
ciation. Up to 10 per cent mixture is States were engaged In some form of States may he considered suitable for
■cribed.
freshness. No matter how near the
permitted, except t^at 1 cent taken area wort. Of these. 55 counties had raising hogs. The feeds used to grow
market may be to the home, It Is
A
rettin
g
p
la
n
t
at
S
layton
w
ill
reduced
the
extent
of
Infection
to
nff for tO-pound wheat If mixed, all
and fatten hogs can be produced to a
usually a long way from the farmer
ether classifications showing no dif­ less than half of 1 per cent, aod are greater or less extent in practically handle flax this year which w ill go
who produced the vegetables. Garden
officially designated as modliied ac­ every part of the country.
ference«.
Without to the Vancouver m ill.
products that have been carried over
credited
a
reus.
One
hundred
others
the
hog,
profits
in
the
big
.cattle-fat­
Discounts on soft white, western
a dusty road, and perhaps exposed for
had completed one or more tests of tening Industry of the Central West
White, hard winter, yellow hard win
hours before they were sold, cannot
all the cattle within their [girders would be Jeopardized.
C a n a d a T h is tle W in s
ter, northern spring and western red
be compared In desirability of flavor
and were approaching the disease-free
The feeds necessary to grow and
remain the same as last year. On goal.
I t is annouuoed th a t the Canada! ®r « ’“ ’¿tlon with those Just oft the P lan ts Should Be Controlled
fatten hogs should he given first con­
dark northern spring wheat dockage
These 485 counties constitute about sideration when the question of loca­ thistle has got beyond co n tro l in vlne 0T out ®f the earth- The vitamin
fo r Good Crop.
for grain containing over 5 and up to 18 per cent of the total number of tion of a farm for hog raizing Is being sections of L in n county.
When content of vegetables Is also dependent
10 per cent mixture Is three cents less counties In the country and contain contemplated. Feeds can be produced the first efforts to head it off were to some extent upon freshness.
Weeds
ore persevering thlevea
than last year. Dockage for dark win
nearly eleven million cattle. The no
Again, when the vegetables are ac- J hey are at work continuously and
more abundantly in some localities mads in thi» stats the present
ter, hard white, bluestem or early Bart tlvlty Is going on In all portions of than in other*
Other factors, such editor of the Enterprise
who in tually at hand In the garden, waiting rob the garden of sunlight, plant food
L m T ^ the
2 ” chances
2 “ ^
Is two cents less than last year. Mak the country. Following the suppres­ as markets, climate and quality of his youth cu ltiva te d croó . " n tí» I t to h e
be v gathered;
are that
and moisture which are most essen­
I 2 ey wl 1 be used oitan*«> and
nnd in tial to the growth of cultivated vege­
Ing It the same as for wheat with no sion of foot-and-mouth disease in Cali­ toll also should be studied. It Is best home of the Canada th ia iu
dieted
that
thev
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l
aantltlM
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«ban
«hen
some
one
fornia,
that
state,
along
with
the
to
start
with
but
a
few
sow
*
As
mixtures, except full test wheat, If
Oregon
° ?
,0 ‘ ° to 8 store t0
‘«’ em. The tables. They* should be controlled to
others, Is now showing renewed ac­ tlie herd Increases In number a care­
mixed, is docked one cent.
have a successful garden.
tivity In banishing tuberculosis.
ful
study
of
the
farm
should
be
made
*
.
was
U
.v
u
ü
é
te
to
r
m
any
price
often
Influences
thd
quantity
The differential on bulk grain was
“Succulent, tender vegetables can be
years
in
being
free
from
th
is
weed,
bought
wken
the
housekeeper
goes
to
, The cattle In Freeborn county, Minn.,
to determine what crops it will pro-
raised to 4 cents from 3, the cost of
were tested under sdvere difficulties duce most successfully nnd how and but once here there is no known » « k e t, but when she steps Into her grown only in the presence of the
resacklng raised to 10 cents from 8, l-ecause of below-zcro weather. Forty-
maximum amount of moisture, light
I t garden she Is apt to bring ln as much
to what extent hogs fit Into the gen­ practical way of banishing it.
and plant food," says Glenn O. Ran­
due It was stated, to the higher cost two veterinarians started work De-
eral plan for that particular farm
may be eradicated from a field by as she believes her fam ily w ill con­ dall. extension horticulturist for the
of sacks this year over last, they
ember 8, using teams Instead of auto­
I t Is always advisable to use pure thorough and continuous c u ltiv a ­ sume.
North Carolinn State college exten­
ketog quoted at 11 cents coast points mobiles. They tested more than 611,- bred animals In founding a herd. Much
The convenience of having a garden sion service. "For the home gardener
tion, but the wind w ill b ring the
Sow. Bad oondttlon sacks are dock 000 cattle on 800 farms, finding shout
time and money are lost by starting seed 4rom afar and restock the frequently leads to a beneficial change
to get the most profitable returns from
ed 3 cents, the same as last year.
3.100 reactors. Federal officials have
with low-grade sows and building up ground.
ln the proportions of the fam ily diet. his efforts, therefore, he must make
Richard J, Stephens of Spokane, classed this activity as "a good piece
the quality of the herd by the use of
are serven
served mors
more aoundant-
abundant- these conditions favorable and he cer­
I f you have a u n i r
>1 Vegetables
'
«re
pure bred boars.
president for three years, wus unanl of work."
Canada thistles of co n . I
b* cauae they are •▼■«•bl«, and they tainly should not allow weeds to take
Copies
of
the
bulletin
may
be
had
arsa you can r ó .h . COU*,derabJ® ••««•'y the craving for bulk, lessening
mously reflected from the floor with­
charge.
^ee, as long as the supply lasts, from them when thi-
? k i g° ° d U8C ° th* deslre for other fooda w,llch » M
out going through the formality of an Mix Barley and Oats to
"Many gardeners allow their en-
the United States Department of Agri­ . ah
en ,be k ts t blossoms begin l«ck the necessary vitamins. Almost
election by the directors.
Get More Feed M aterial culture, Wushington, D. G.
thuslasra for th© plot to lag when the
to snow color. Cut them and tu rn automatically the garden tends to in-
weather gets hot and the weeds begin
That a mixture of barley and oats
tDem in to silage and you w ill have crea»« the use of vegetables,
T H E M A R K t ls
to grow. I t Is possible to have plenty
produces more digestible feeding ma-
a
rich
and
n
utritiou
s
feed.
A
n
y
The
garden
must,
of
course,
be
care-
Apple
Scab
Is
Cause
of
of vegetables In mid summer and late
lerlal par sera than either crop alone
»ter in the p la n t’ s grow th the fuUy Plann*<l so that It w ill yield an In the season but the weeds must be
Portland
I 14 l«d«c»ted by the results of demon-
Large
Losses
of
F
ru
it
thorns are lik e ly to rem ain s tiff ad*<luate supply of the kinds of vege- controlled. This can be done I f the
Whsat — Hard white, 1182- h.rd • Ktratl®M ' 4,u»«d during the past two
uJ ? nt appl® 8Cab ls one of «be most
winter, .o ft white. »1.«’
hard • ' , ears under
-
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the direction
of ----------
H. B. serious apple diseases ln Pennsyl- sharp and objectionable in the tables the famJ’y “ kes nnd needs. garden is laid out In long rows with
feed
both for table use and for canning or plenty of space between each row so
white, »1.80; western red. »1.58; north* Musser, grain extension specialist of
vania Is a fact recognized by growers
storing. I f some sort of record Is that horse cultivation mny be given
the
Pennsylvania
state
college.
.A
fig
ht
to
the
finish
waged
era spring, »1.81.
broughout the atate, says a new bul-
kept from one year to the next, to I f the area is too small for regulgr
In Luzerne county last year five
etln. “Comparison of materials used w ith Canada thistles is thus de­ show the quantity of each vegetable
~ ’5 ,faI,a’ ” 9® 20 ton<-
'nrletles of oats and two of hurley
plowing, use the wheel hoe and then
in spraying and dusting for apple scab scribed by a correspondent in an grown and the use made of It, n gar-
timothy, 82O®21; eastern
a large amount of hand hoeing may
Oregon '.ere compared. Here a mixture of
exenaoge
:
control In Pennsylvania,’» Just Issued
timothy, »23024.
I h .a . t o
.
r den budget can be eventually worked be eliminated.
local outs and Alpha barley ranked
by the agricultural experiment sta­
i had a lJ-acre pasture badly I o ut
Butterfat -42c delivered Portland
first with 1,727.7 pounds of digestible
’’The destruction of weeds is (he
I
tion of the Pennsylvania state college infested w ith Canada thistles.
Eggs— Ranch, 27@31c.
Fruits Aro Important.
feeding matter per acre. Keystoue
most Important object of cultivation—
Figures
of
the
plant
disease
survey
plowed
the
piece
about
the
1st
of
Cheese— Prices f. 0. b. Tillamook
cots and . Jpha barley, mixed, yielded
Fresh fruits are also Important more Important than maintaining a
of the United States Department of May
I t was kept in good t ilt h s»ur<<es of vitamins, and should be mulch. This has been proven by sev-
1.(150.3 pounds per acre. Alpha barley
Triplets, 28c; loaf, 27c per lb
Agriculture show a reduction In yield u n til planted w ith corn about the
alone produced 1,001.7 pounds, local
considered ln connectthn with the eral experiments, notably one with
Cattle- Steers, good, «7.7509 00.
due to scab, of 15 per cent ln Pennsyl- 20tb.
As soon as the corn began gurden plan. Many orchard fruits and corn which showed, as a result of
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M#diuin to choice, »11.60® oats alone 1,200.6 pounds, and Key­ ,T,ai ; a a* “ “ aTeraie for the four years,
stone oats alone 1,508.5 pounds per
sixteen tests, that killing weeds pro­
1018-1822, the bulletin farther states. to show In rpws I started a eeven- berries grow well ln all sections of the
acre.
tooth one-horse c u ltiv a to r w ith country, and others are best suited to duced a gain of 17A bushels per .era
This
means
an
average
reduction
of
lss n rai’r A ^ “ b' ’ “ ed*Um ‘ ° ch° ‘ce'
Tests conducted In the same county
certain localities.
While the citrus However, vegetable crops are benefited
♦«.60® 11.00.
over two million bushels of apples fro n t wheel to regulate depth. I n ­
In 1923 with Alpha barley and eight
fruits— oranges, lemons, grapefruit— by frequent, shallow cultivation and
o f teeth it was provided
nrletles of outs, singly nnd In mix­ per year ln this state for the same stead
when this is done so as to keep the
are among the
best
of T V vita-
W lfh
n a a e l. 4
«
•_>
m o
U C 8 l S sources
U U rC V S O
ila -
Seattle
tures, resulted In the highest yield four years. Apple scab Is caused by enontrh t? T fla t,Wlde ,w e *P«- wi(G ,nlM ' Tomatoes are comparable with weeds in check, the garden wiu
be
a
par
ax
I
Lie
fungus
which
lives
during
w h T e ,t7 ! Oft
, 1 8 ,: * e,tern of digestible feeding material ob­
enough to overlap some so as to
the winter on the dead leave* under 6ut over a ll the ground, in the citrus fruits as sources of vitamins, most profitable. I t costa money 2»
tained
per
sere,
2,039
pounds,
with
n
neglect
the
home
garden.”
and when the latter are lacking, toma­
W‘nter’ ” ««I western
the trees.
mixture <ff Alpha barley and Cornei­
next six weeks the coro was cul i. to Juice, either fresh or canned, may
rea, »1.6», northern spring, »160
Vt hlle It hat long been known that
lle
n
osta
Alpha
barley
alone
yielded
vated sixteen times, eight times be used Instead. I t goes without say­
H a y -A lfa lfa . »24; D. C„ »28; rim-
certain sprays. If «plied at the proper
1.747 pfiunds per acre, and Cornel
P lan fo r D ocking Lam bs
each way. The piece
piece was
was gone ing, therefore, that It Is a good thing
othy, »28; D. C„ »28; mixed hay (24
tttne
and
in
the
proper
manner,
would
lien oats alone produced 1,365 pounds
th Include tematoes ln every garden
All lambs should be docked at oae
over
two
or
three
times
to
finish
Butterfat—43c.
serve
to
protect
the
leaves
and
fruit
[>er acre.
to two weeks old. Docking Is best
the straggling thistles th a t came plan.
Eggs—Ranch, 33®3>c.
The results obtained In these tests against Infection by this fungus, the
done with a heated pal, of pinchers,
Hogs—Prime. »1 »25 ©12.60.
are supported by similar yields ob­ most efficient and practical materials up in and around the h ills of corn.
or It may be done with a sharp knife
“ The oorn was followed bv a A verage Cost o f Pig at
and the best time te use them present
CaMle-^Cholce steers. 88 26®».50.
tained In New York and Ontario tests,
and the wound disinfected with a mild
- problem upon which the station crop of barley. T o see a clean,
Cheese—Oregon fancy to retailer«
"»>»- On good land there is
W ean in g Tim e W ill V ary disinfectant solution. Ram lambs that
haa been working for alx year«.
JTo per lb.; do standards. 25c; Wash I a. p"—lbu,,y of getting a higher yield
criap abundant crop, free from
Records kept by Pennsylvania farm­ are to be marketed as feeder or fat
During thia time experiment« have thistles was a sweet reward for the
of grain and a higher production of
Ington fancy triplet*. 26c.
ers show that during the past three lambs should be castrated at three to
been
conducted
lu
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commercial
digestible feeding material with the
tro u b le ,’’
years the average cost of a pic at six weeks eld. They should not be al­
barley and oats mixture, he states. A orchards ln Adams county, as well as
lowed to go longer than this or there
Spokane.
t T 7 5 75
h“’ V8rled fr° m
In the experiment station orchard« tn
late
maturing
variety
of
barley
and
Hog»—Good to choice, »12 50©l2.7(.
may be some loss as a result of cas­
Twelve
Lancaster
county
Centre
county,
and
one
orchard
each
S
ta
y
to
n
P
ic
k
lin
g
P
la
n
t
medium to early maturing variety of
(Pennsylvania) farmers kept cost of tration.
.Cattle—Prime eteers, »9.00©».6o.
In
Franklin
and
Cheater
counties.
oats should be used so that both
A p ic k lin g p la n t of 2500 l a r - , Production records
-----------------
for 43 ww.
sows ln
In co
Eighteen different materials wer« ap.
ripen together.
reís
capacity
is
being
put
in
shape
“^
«
t
i
o
n
with
the
extension
depart
plied
ok
nine
varieties
involving
ever
WHEAT PROSPECTS BRIGHT
Plan to D estroy Lice
two hundred separte plot« and 111 at West Stayton to handle cuctim- .m*Bt ° L .th* p« “ “ YH»nla State col-
A
simple
plan to destroy lice that
Best
of
Conditions
for
barrel *,e '
aowa averar<?d slightly
different combinations as to material bers, make k ra u t and
Ratifie Ceaet Crop Expected te Total
has been used for years with the beat
and time of application.
berries, and the Aum sville Star i ñ r * . n ? ~ . 2 * ‘7 ° each ln farro"
Good
Crop
of
Potatoes
of auccera 1, to soak . pack of to­
»100,000,000.
The resnlts of the various sprays announce* th a t about 500 o u U .d irs e a L
on S e " ™ nd,er
I f possible potatoes should follow
bacco stems In a barrel of cold soft
° r - Th® ' > ' » « • Of the
nnd
dusts
are
given
In
the
bulletin
w ill be etnployed as p io ktrs d u rin g 'W e r than on sprtng-faírow^ pi*J7 water for a few day* With this solu­
corn, and It Is preferable that the corn
Pacifia north watt will have a »too
so
that
growers
Interested
ln
the-con
th ?
H
three season of
should have succeeded a welt-manured
tion wash the animals affected with
000 000 wheat crop th i. yM r „ , h<
field of clover or alfalfa.
It Is bent trot of apple scab may easily get the
lice thoroughly ,11 ovei
aboot tw<>
L
in
n
c
o
u
n
ty
’s
fi
st
pickle
3row.
“
d
1WS.
»>* costs oil f«n PUs
~
breaent brilliant crop prospect, con not to mennre the corn crop Immedi­ latest Information on this vital sub­
ng of considerable amount wae M 43’ *‘‘ 0C and »<-87- For the spring or three day. later repeat the dose
tlnue and the market holds at the ately preceding the potatoea, since ject.
an over again. It is very , e|dom that
a»t season.
| ■•••ons of 1822 and 1823 the
Present level. It 1, likely
costs two doses do not cleanse the animal of
freshly applied manure tends to scab
were »5.06 and 85.75 per pig.
Grade
or
be
degraded,
says
the
New
these things wilt happen.
the potatoea. Potatoea that are plant­
lice completely.
Use cold water
Jersey potato.
*
-iL-
I
a result of the study the Pent,
to
C™P '* " ow ••««»•«ed at about ed on sod ground are often subject to
A m dkiog shorthorn cow in N ew «Tlvania extension department l» u e . •oak the stems.
• • •
«0.000.000 bushels for Oregon, Wash- extensive attacks by white grub«
A
' Y a ,M
“ ada lb # w orld I l í * J®11® * 1“* amnmary of the cost of
Make the homo garden yield a va­
ngtou and northern Idaho. I .«at y . , r year of cultivated crop, such a t corn, riety of vegetable*
record for m ilk and b u tte rfa t I
for « brood sow raising
R aising Lambs for M arket
ahead of the potatoea, gets rid of tlie
* • •
ere was not much over 60,000.000
She produced 1614 pounds of r ’ V ® weanlM age:
com bethe,r ” ” h”* t0 har* the '«mbs
grub«, allows the roqja and the veg­
t “
' ° f WllB“t , r ® * n ln «be tern
Cussing the Insect» will not help b utterfat, equal to 2017 p6uuds. or L X r ’ u i w '
etable matter to deeny, and produces
come eerly or late will depend upon
hoar*).
.
«ory tributary to Portland nnd the the heat of conditions for the potato
■a cron. Give 'em the poison tpruy. over a too, of b utter.
Her m ilk B,ddln«
circumstances and conditions
The
yield was 82,522 pounds.
" r a w " * .i::;
man who raises pure-bred sheep te tell
of «he hard crop.
w inter the crop altuatlon I . f , r better
ra «"^edlng stock will almost always
Cash e ip .n a .
b“
rV ‘ •
MO. A great deal
Equlpni.nt . . .
J the early lambs mere profitable
Interest ........
.h 2 * ? ” ' • ° * ° ’ raln WM
but
on account of greater six..
In pr7
the land wee replanted thle spring and «'Oh O ffleiai. of
during market lambs there are some,
Tetal ..........
• IS 4 .1 5
Credit, manure
advantage« In the early lamb. On th»
b« -PrtM wheat I . doing exceeding
Participate.
..
IS O
ther hand, there are some thing« la
ly well In every aectlon.
• hSL 7 Ul' M 'nn ~ Gathering ef 3(
Net coat ........
when
,hf ,,aT‘n i th*m
.913-16
bygdelaga," or neunion of group,
when the ewes are on pasture.
Bench land farms la Um atilla coun­ from th . . . m . A c tio n . o “ n o 2 . v
ty have rechlved ao much rain re- A.ner?1
"h*“ 111« ber® <* ’ «>• Norse
•••1er than a rust coat’ /
deal
The crop season
cently that spring planting work has Am’ r ic n centennial celebration at the
usually demanda
more time than is
been delayed.
M lnnerot. . t a t . fair ground.
available. Farm
««tím ate, oi the wheat crop in ••b y id *.l« :, ’ ” ‘a*- • P° n,Or’,d by ‘ h®
at G . •
V ° f * ° ° aeb«rrie . 1. over
Um atilla county aro that more milling
ed « .J “
,h° U,h ,he prtce r®ca‘ v.
oyga.l««,,
» a , arranged to cel.
wheat w ill be produced than ever be
a « J ì
CanMrle’ WM ° n,y ’ « « •
be done on rainy day»
-
W U
Imm7.
C," ‘ ®"ar5r of N «r.e group
fo r * due to the fact that so much of £ 2 2 £ ,0 An,' rt,a ,n « * « 3
or during wet
L 7 “ J . „ con,pared to 7 ‘ ®B,a ia*« weather.
the sen club wheat was froten out last
8 u C ,
’ rh,ch
winter and was roseeded with federa
,
L ? ° , rw a r Jaly * »«»•
«Ion and hard federation. It has h e n (h i
W ANTED
o ' ° f ,0Ur ao" r » m e n t . -
Sudtell • A uction Exchange,
•»tingle«! .th a t- hard federation win * he I Qited State* CahaA. *»
«bo purchase of 2» h. . d
B#“ by
rteld clase to 1,000.000 buahels and and Iceland—participated
orwa7
A lbany, Or».,
*
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•bat with present favorable conditions da<v1 w '.^ » ? a i r ' aClPal ’ P‘ a“®r4 «<” >
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