The Great Outdoors
\\ here Bread, Meat, Clothing, Health and V igorous Humanity are Produced
Government Helps
Washington-Oregon
Farms Pay §
Electric Fan Cures
W heat Gamblers
Linen Mill Starts
of Linn’s Taxes
Fresh-cut Grain
to see what has made the blessed
thing balk.
Tbe day may he near when all
the farmer needs in the way of
harvest weather will he dry days
io which to cut bis grain aad stack
it in sheds and be w ill cure it
there, rain or 9hine, all at Jess
cost than by present methods. And
tbereassill be no more weather-
stained grain.
Choice of Tractor
Shearers of Lambs Buy I he Birth ol a New Coast Halsey Next to Lowest
It
Is
Done
at
Less
Cost
Depends on Needs I
and Sell More Crops
Industry That May
City in Ih© County
Than
Under
the
Old
Than Exist
Mean Millions
per Capita
Method
Several Suggestions Made
(U . 3. Senator Sbjpatead of Min
nesota in Dearborn Indepedont)
(Aumsville S tar)
Tax atatistits compiled by the Oregon
to Use as a Guide.
The 48th annual convention oj
Tuesday Mr. and Mrs. Nipple Voter for every county in tbe state re'
Talleyrand is said to have boiled
the National Electric Light asso
Before buying a tractor most fann
and son and wife and Mr. and veal tbe (act that in Linn county 30.72
down bia philosophy, in substance,
per cent ol the total tax it paid by prop ciation is in session in San Fran ers want to know what kind will meet
Mrs- A. E. Bradley went to Van erty within cities while 69.2 perS cent
to the following; “ Society
cisco thia week. Is it possible that the need of their farms. Because of
. ,
"
, .
I frequent requests from farmers for
couver, Wash., where they a t ia paid by property outside ol citie«. In , , . , ,
divided into
taro classes—the
fo rty-eig h t years have passed since help in this matter the engineering
the state 52.64 per cent of the taxej are there was first a field fo r such an staff at tbe New Jersey State College
tended
the
opening
of
the
new
shearers and the shorn. Wise men
paid on poperrty in cities and 47.36 on organization?
F o r ty .fo u r
years of Agriculture, New Brunswick, has
join the former and avoid being Washington-Oregon linen mill. litat outside.
ago
tlie
editor
of
the
E
n
terp
ris e drawn up a group of suggestions which
Mrs.
P.
E.
Thomason
closed
the
caught with the latter.”
Farm property pays 40 28 per cent ot
niaJ he- used as a guide to prospective
After the bulk of the wheat switch th at set the machinery l.sne county Uxes snd 25.97 per ennt of first saw au electric lig h t o ther buyers
than the aurora borealis. I t was
leaves the farm, during the autnmn in motion.
those of the state.
Here are the used to light the boring of the
4. Choose from tbe ranks of those
mouths the price begins to soar.
Supt. Crawford and wife and sources of Linu connty taxes:
tunuel for the coast raiiroad which have been tried by years of use,
The " b u ll " movement reaches its
James Hawthorn, assistant sup Outside of Cities Amount Per Cent through the mountains between from tbe manufacturer who has a local
peak somewhere between the end
Farm property»......$ 4 5 1 ,4 7 3
40.28
San Francisco and Santa Cruz. representative with a stock of repair
of January and the first of March. erintendent of the state prison Lumber and tim b e r.. .206.557
parts near at hand.
1» 31
Hax
plant,
B.
C.
Miles,
wife
and
Two soccessive crews of Chinese
Then the " wise men ” of high
-
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m u Railroads
r o a n i a n and
a u utilities
t u n i » 98,822
98,822
2. A reasonable amount ot service
8.76
c . G. Boyer, county clerk, ah o th e r..................... 21,%9
workers had beeu killed by the should go w ith a machine of tide type.
1.94
finance take their profile, the ¿on,
o y 1 rv George
v-m. A Ayer of CJ
1 - - - ■ were Tn
* > * ■
In f" Cities
explosion
of
natural
gas
in
that
and
Salem,
See i f your agent Is In the habit of
market collapses, the public shoul
Railroads and utilities 35,845
3.18
tunnel while coal-oil lanterns were following up bis sales to see that he
ders the wreck and we have the among the visitors.
A ll o th e r..................3160,67
27.53
used, and in desperation the con has satisfied customers.
The first piece of linen that
"fleecing of tbe Iam b i.”
3. A belt pulley controlled by a fric
tractors resorted to the uew light.
During tbe paet four years the came from the mill was given Total----- ; ................ »1,128,333
10(. 00
desired. sti
Study
The next year the same editor re-i tion
— clutch is
m usually
u*uauy aesirea.
couu ry has gone through that to Mrs. Thomason and the sec
The average rate in Linn county un ceived by telegraph for hit paper I tlle Blze ®nd ‘“nation of this pulley,
shearing process three sessoos, as ond went to Mrs. Bradley, who
territory ia 32.35 mills, the account of the in itia l turning j
* mechanlcal governor is very
v
follows:
has been exhibiting the pro- incorporated
slightly above tbe average of 31.93 for on of the current in the streets of
ea ra le ior belt work.
Year Peak Price
Shearing time price Juct to growers and others here all incorporated territory in the state.
San Jose, tbe fitst city on the coast „ L
Pi T T Price of gasoline
this week.
Within Linn county citie» the rate ia to so use electricity.
1I2J January 28, »2.06 April 3, $1.3«
“ ill
™
“ tra?tor tia t
58.8
mills,
against
47
38
for
all
the
cities
J. F. Galbreth, in charge of in Oregon.
» * rch
172 J“ ‘ r
i os
▲
/ j
a a •
« . I WU1 operate successfully on kerosene
A survey reported at thia week’s at any lead
kerosene
1« 1 February
2.02>iApril
1.23%
the new mill, said th at inside of Following are the rates and per capita
8. An air cleaner Is essential to
intrinsically, or acoording to ten days he would have a crew taxes for Linn connty citiea and towns San Francisco meeting shows that
44 per cent of the homes in the long
‘
.............
life of the engine I f used In dusty
the law of supply and demand, of men at West Stayton putting
C l‘ y
Rate Per Capita
United States, and 68 per cent of fields.
wheat wee more valuable in the up the llax retting and scutch A lb a n y ......................... 58.2
»44 25
T. A magneto with an Impulse
those within reach of electric
38.57
spring, when the price was at the ing plant and it would be ready Lebanon.......................... 64.1
Krownsville.....................62.5
29.77
service, are lighted by electricity. starter provides as nearly as possible
lowest ebb, than in the peak-price
to take care of this year’s crop. n *l«»v............................ 41 8
29.75
A good many farmers where it sure Ignition and ease and safety in
winter montha. Both the carrying
H a rris b u rg .................. ...5 3 .6
33 57
a
oosta and the diminished supply
seould have added to their value
But what has the question of cost
or vslue to do with the gambling
of th ) bulls and bears?
In three years out of four the
market price on the grain ex-
change drone an average of 70
cents a bushel In 60 or 90 days
I f the lots were confined to
the actual wheat handled the
shrinkage on the American wheat
crop would »mount to hundreds ol
millions of dollars a year. But
March 18 last C'hiasgo aloua sold
149,000,000 bushels of whsat ’’ fu
Fruit Outlook
aa
....................... 30 62
Sweet H o w e ................... 56.4
Raspberries are better than k t t
rear.
13.37
is available are using the wire-
brought power. I t it taking the
drudgery out of washing, ironing, I
churning and many tasks on the
Halsey is next to the lowest per capita
Linn county w ill pay 370.620 lot high l ‘v X a“. !
snd grade schools and »79,674 toward
t he prune crop will piobably be higher institurionj of learning. Roads every a » ).
DJ-
« r ,r
and road bonds will t«ke (345,835.
one-fourth of neriual.
f° “ nd ,0F U
cranking.
8. It Is very Important to see that
the tractor hitch and lmplenlent
Implement bitch
hitch
«re
l“a7erri‘ S r a t m ^ t
Bnd
, 8- M0St Work,n*
»“«»hl be In-
I dosed, and run in oil. »
M »»d > »•*>■
, l a A tr ,c t° r pulling a two-bottom
¡
HE use of poor twine
is likely to cause ex
pensive delay in the rush
of the harvest season.
W hy take a chance?
Tying troubles are min
imized w hen Plym outh
brand is used. Made of
high-quality fiber and spun
to the Plymouth standard,'
which means smooth-run
ning twine o f uniform size,
length and strength. Plym
outh Twine is scientifically
treated against insect dam
age, and can be fuftiished
in either the regular or
Plymouth Compact Ball.
T
H ILL& ©
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HALSEY
.. ,r
Value of Crops .
and Live Stock
Weighted Prices Have Been
Used in Estimating Worth
of Product.
(P rep a red b / th e U n ited S ta te s D e p a rtm en t
o f A g r ic u ltu r e .)
The combined value of crop and live
stock production In the United States
Ripon. W n ., cured the crop from I plow would sult mogt N#w. Jerg
Evergreen
blackberries
were
a field of barley by using an fa" “»on which a tractor can be proflt- last year was $12,404.000.000, which
T
H
E
m
a
r
k
e
t
s
lawaged more by the freeze than
electric fan. As fast s's the grain ably used. Some wight need a three- was »58,000,000 more than In 1923
my other fruit.
was cut it was stacked around a bottom outfit. Only a few would re when the total value was »12,348,000,-
Portland
000, according to estimates by the
quire a larger one.
W- M. AA atk ¡n<|g of Sweet Home
Wheat — Hard white, soft white framework in the shape of an
United States Department of Agricul
“is a White Leghorn pullet three northern spring, »1.69; western red Indian wigwam, under which was
ture.
Recommended
n >uths old that is ls/io g .;
western white, »1.68; hard winter and tbe eutlet of a pipe receiving air “Flushing”
figures ror
for last
last year
year are
are
c
„
TV
_
I
. The “ higher
,‘ u' r insures
from tbe fan.
|
Oregon shipped 003 oars of $1.67.
ior tne Breeding Ewes due to lhe ‘“creased value of crops
A
stack
of
barley
16
feet
in
Hay - Alfalfa. »19@20 too; valley
for breeding
breeding Is tho be- “J ” the precedln* F««r, Inasmuch aa
, Preparation
,
-----
lnnlniF of
i»f ♦
Ka». direct work
. for the I tue
liv« av.v
zvfe production
tbe vuiue
value at
of live
stock
timothy, »gofcgi; ««.tern Oregon diameter and 17 feet high was ginning
the
built over the frame. It contained harvest of lambs hoped for the next shows a decline.
timothy, »23*24.
0DO bushels of wheat futures, or
1450 bundles
built that
production
bad a form value
--------— w and
m ii was
iuoi so
I »Pring.
The period of gestation In I . .
.
.
" Crop ■■»u
a iunn vaiue
Butterfat—42c delivered Portland.
Loganberries are a total failure
double the world visible supply.
all parts of it afforded practically I she«P 1« 147 to 150 days. The mating of
° f »11,404,000,000
•*34,000,000 compared with »10,-
K<gs- Ranch, 27®31c.
Early last season tbe depart ii m ini localities, hut there will
should begin practically 401’W0,000 In 1923, but of this value
Cheese— Prices f. o. b. Tillamook: th» itnn resistano« to the air flow.
Te»t« of this were made by intro-J ave montlie before the first lambs are ,Ome / 4’83L000AM)O worth of crops
ment of agriculture aided the bull urokably he more io the state than Triplets, 28c; loaf, 27c per lb.
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7
4
The ewes should be gaining W*
“ fed “ to ----------
' whereas
'
were
live stock
In
ducing smoks into tbs in take. In
propaganda by estimating the '«at year.
Cattle— Steers, good, »7 75*9.00.
1923 the value of crops fed to live
In condition at the time of mating
American orop as below normal
all
case»
the
»moke
came
out
all
1“ the Rogue River countrv
Medium to choice, »11.60*
stock was »4.288,000.000.
70° - 0()0’000- whereas L e u . will g ^ o u l y T . V tt^ 'lig h
over the etaok uniformly. The Such a condition will cause more of
Live stock and live stock products
the ewes to come In heat quickly and
cr°P of »72,000,- J rop predicted six week. «g,. , □
fan
ran
off
and
on
for
twelve
days
Sheep— Lambs, medium to choice
to settle at the first mating, as well are given a farm value of »5,951.000,-
000 bushels.
and consumed about 36 kilowatts as a larger number of tw in lambs. 000 compared with $0.233.000,000 tha
Hood River promises a 50-per’ ceui $6.50*11.00,
Then the "w o rld soaroity ” the. ncreaee over last year.
of power, or about as much as was | Changing the ewes to especially good preceding year, nearly all animal pro-
ory wss heralded far and wide
required for light iu the l:ov« pasture or giving a little extra feed ducts having decreased In value.
Seattle
I here were shipped front Oregon
Now it appears that the world
Weighted prices have been used In
Wh»h beginning ten days before tbe (weeding
Wheat— Soft white, hard winter and sod barn iu a month.
erop of around
8,100,000,000 iy iail, boat and truck, aside rfoai northern aprlng. »1.60; western white thrashed the grain was declared season, will serve to bring about this estimating the value of nearly every
bushels is above tbe normal world ot* less than carloada, apples »1 69; western red. »168; Big Bend perfect.
desired condltltpi. This extra feeding crop and animal product so that tha
requirement for consumption. Out «mounting to 5518 carloada of the bluestem, »1.63.
Shocking and loading are whether from extra pasture or addi figures are more nearly repreaentatlva
of the prices that farmer« received
dspartosaot of agriculture, charged Top of 1924. Of these 365 oar-
done away with, the bun tional feed given, Is railed “flushing."
H a y -A lfa lfa . »24; D. C., »21; tim
w«nt from the Willamette othy, »26; D. C„ »28; mixed hay, »24. dles dropping from the hinder on It has been recommended and'followed than In previous years when the fig-
by federal statute with adminie-
by successful shepherds for genera “ r” wer9 based mostly on December
tration of tbe grain futures ‘ ae"t |
* y’ 850 *roni R » « « River and
a conveyor runing to a bseket rack tions and carefully controlled experi 1 prices. The department points out
Butterfat— 43c.
ia ia the position of aiding the I ' ' " lKi u» v»l »ys, 4188 front Hood
and hauled to the
stack. No
Eggs— Ranch, S2*37e.
ments have proved that good results also that the gross value of either
falsa
m
o v s m .n i in grain
‘T'*r * ,ld Waeo®
BOO
false bull
movement
asco counties.
counties, 600
grain is lost by shattering before it do follow the practice. Trim off tbe crops or animal products last year
Hogs- Prime. »13.26*13 60.
futures which is the cause of tbe front Um atilla county and 460
reaches the stack or eaten from the excess wool around dock of all ewes
Cattle—Choice steers, »8 5 0 * 9 00
only
1917
financial collapse with all its from U m a till,, Union, Baker and
Cheese—Ore««» fancy to retailers. shock bv rats, mice, squirrels or Neglecting to do this Is often the cause to 1920 Inclusive.
Vlalheur
countijs.
There
will
not
•tteneant evil», Including
the
No grain is damaged by of many ewes falling to get with lamb. it» ? * Va' U.e Ot th#
cr°P» ‘a
27c per lb.; do standards, 28c; Wash birds.
00 th» ptice of bread to be hall a crop this year in this ingtou fancy triplets, 26c.
1924 was »5.220,000,000 or 45.8 p«r
weather. The field Is ready for
»Hey, but Hood River expects a
cent of the total of all crop., . a f0^
25,000,000 families.
plowing er pasture as soon as the
Rape on Sour Soils
Pared with »4,138.000.000 In 1923 or
Lhe wheat skyrocket started -6 per-cent yield. .Cool weathor
grain is out.
Spokane.
When land la too sour to grow M.8 per cent of the value of all crops
spring
discouraged
thecodling
from its Chicago foundation
We are much less affected bv I clover or alfalfa, one of the best for
Hogw—Good
to
choice.
112.60*12.7»
In tha year. Every cereal crop In-
noth and the quality will be lm
the weather than people were in
... age crops for bogs that can be grown
P0 ,^»lc»>»P»ign
CaUle— Prime steers. »8.50*900.
creased In value last year
at > .03. soared to »2.06 at the end ->ro\ ed.
former times or th»n people are to rape. While rape will grow on poor
.The value of the corn erop last year
of January, kept ite high f|,g|„
M ilk Is owning Into Its own. Per in parts of the country wher sour aolla, It will not grow as much h . Pu, f T 1 at *2.890,000,000 at compared
for about thirty days to $2 02
forage
as
It
will
on
good
sweet
rich
capita omauroptlon Increased seven occasionally a " tw is te r” comes
w t $143,000.000 and oats $799.000 000
. ^ * r<' L 2 1ao d fi" a,,J ,el1 ,0 *«Hb
_______
most likely pay to
tosses ______
them _____
into tree- *,n d ; bu> 11
quarts during the paet year, figures along and
compared with »554.000,000
below »1.40 by April 3
° f M for h°8’
n wou,<1 sJ<Le |.^0^ ,,^ ^0P• lnclutnn< '•“ « snd
fr««» »be United States Department of tops and distributes piece» uf their I ,r<T
J b»
» * •« ••« «
fern. prie. W111
houses atid bsrtis over ad join in g I ? ? ,ab,y. * * * * ™or* «rowH> « >ou seed. Is valued at »1.701,000,000 last
Agricurture Indicate.
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-
I “ “ “ 8 | , would a ptW
the land first, '‘ and
(hen
• • •
naturally net about 15 p«r cent
-
“ n turn
townships.
work It down well with a disk before
Washington, D. C.— Only t*
below the cbioagn " fu tu re ." eo
It will cost less for a farmer to help
On a rainy- day a family cau go
hrI grower» o, the largely increased of Prospective settler, ou rert.m atlon a neighbor rid hla fields of chinch bugs forty or fifty mile* in a closed car, sowing the rape.
prap-cts
have
tM
h
c
y
lt
a
l
of
more
than
to
combat
them
himself
when
1925 acreage may look forward t<
make a day’a yiait and go home in
they crooa hla property line, say, the
Clover Improves Soil
• farm price Iwtween $1 and »1 25 than »2500.
the »vaoiog, over a smooth psvs-
I nlted States Department of Agricul
S r it u r , o»
projects I . estlx.t
Sweet clover Is a very good crop to
As this is not a political
ment,
non»
the
worse
for
the
ture. Wheat fields developing Infeata-
Hay and forage crops are riven .
Improve th« land. That Is, where
oaropaigh year, they mutt not cd In Oregon. Washington. Utah. Neva-
tlon should be sprayed In June, aad weather, unlesa the chauffeur of sweet clover grows well. It will not do
«inn".
"
‘«
•M
have
from
expect " rainbow ’’ prosperity.
the party finda it necessary to
i»-operation helps
$4000 to »7000 to succeed.
well on acid or aour soil unless the
crawl Under the car occasionally soil Is limed. Better crops of grain ^ 8 .0 0 0 ,Otxi compared with
This Is the summary of ecdnomlc.
A wheat yield of approximately 600 •
or corn can be expected after a good 000, vegetables »1.018.000,0^ - 000--
a,P* r" ,a •■»«•»ced
CM bushel, w ill be harves.ed ,n the hvP°pi*
Reclamation Settlers
Need More Money
!S ” t T,7
Tale lake country this year, accord
leg to an estimate made by C A
« • “»•"•oe- Klamath county agent
H eath er condition, this year have
ksss better for K l . » „ h farm er, than
■■ man? rears.
•
•
•
FertOlsers are plant food, not mere
Mtmniaats. and should be given In
»rsperly balanced rations.
ly
I
*
* ’
I Well made wvy bean hay has about
xne taxue feeding v«lue aa alfalfa hay
a U one or tbe other should be used
whenever poealble.
•
•
•
* * * d br* dln< «»d »•!«>•
Uen the rrtum s of the farmer’s Invest-
Z *’ ,?d
f*“ b* ‘“«-"«sed
Much
mere than n> any other way.
Kes alrradv been a.-<-omoiish«d
hy Elwood Mead, commissioner of
reclamation.
The statement results horn a , twi ,
h "
T ’ mad* by M W « * » ‘ M lv e .
n.
T “°n
« ’»«bora,
and h .
fommltteea of banker, *
and business men. The conclusb.n of
those participating came to the
.’ h a V i? ’,“'? “ •" * M,d’ P0,n""< «»•
L ir a " a
• " ,CUBd ,0
< UL * “ h
«“’• Id * Investigators
l. mh* . f ,robl* ,n Presented, In h l. view,
U making up t„ cr.d lt the difference
N-tween the capital the would be set
Her ha. a v .ll.b l. , B(1 th, , UB h -
needs to see him through Mnn »tih
era.
n“ mb* r’
*«r»- •»<« «he fed
crsl or the state goverament must
««ep forward with the advance, which
settlers must have
J
crop of sweet clover. It la not difficult pared with »1,109,000.000
Nearly all animal ¿re'L
to get rid of sweet clover. Buckwheat
to a goo» crop to plow under to lm in value as compare-' d“cta declined
prove the soil, but net nearly go good '•lo e of dairy pre<, J w th ‘ »28; the
b*1“ « »2.58«,-
as sweet clover because It Is not n OOonoo against '
cedlngyear;»
♦2-’w2-000.000 the pre-
Isgnma.
WHEAT,
OATS and
BARLEY
i.
W hole or Ground
FISHER’S EGG PRODUCER
Give» better results
Pears Gaining in Favor
Plred > ,t h « l A ^ O O ^ 000*000 com-
»re now a year around fruit
to th« market and growing »lowly in
favor as a fresh fru it while their poi
utorlty as a canned fruit for us«
varloua demerit Is Increasing stesdiiv"
Blum* »“ d some nth. »
The pear has an Interesting blstnn • • •»< * * * * f,,rnlshJng ennn»h
*"
It Invaded the United S ta £ , from ra
the h e^Tta
* C,ar
northeaftt and seuthwea, " e n X
« .n d ^ J b ^ .
the country In th« day. of , £ ™
' W° " ’ hree rn m ^ . ? ° ul?
good r. ,hr*’ Crimea • f brood. If a
settlers
«lueen
p ^ .^ ,
deal of bon‘, 7 7 o" rod t h .?
? *" '
takes
'
*
*
‘
bat
the
heei
h.
*
brooa-'
Î roper spraying of the early irt.h
2 * 7 win d w t a S V . 7 « ’ « A or
potato crop ha. Increased the
74 bushels per aero, according to '.
making a big m em Z.' .
’ * cret
mada by Dr. R. W. LalH
v * * 1» having vour co|o?e , ° f hOney “ « •
’’f bem ^before ? h . ' . T ? ‘ * d
Carolina experiment station.
JTU>
• fa r u
8 n’ * ll‘ boaey flow
v is