Semi-Weekly Bandon Recorder, July 2, 1913
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THE LITTLE
PAY
Great Econiiniôs Effected
Through Improved Roaos.
By C. C. BOWSHELD
States Could Afford to Spend
$1,000.000 a
Year on
Highways, Ac­
cording to Government Bulletin—Poor
Roads Cost Them Twice That.
Good roads me an important factor
in tin- reduction of the cost of living
Al least that is the theme of tin* latest
farmers’ bullet hi of the department of
agriculture, which shows that the
benefit from improved highways does
not accrue only to automobillsts. but
also to the farmer and the shipper of
produce of all kinds
For instance,
there are parts of (he south, according
to the bulletin, in which the time re­
quired for hauling goods to market
Ims been redo cd from twelve to two
da.vs by the Improvement of the high­
ways and a saving of $3 a day in driv­
er’s pay alone thus has been effected
Itealh good roads would save the cot
ton states of the smith approximately
$2.( nmumn ) annually in hauling charges,
according to the department. which
gives these figures to prove Its conten­
tion
“In th** cotton states of the south
the average haul of cotton from the
farm to the shipping point is 11.8
miles The average load is about 1.700
pounds—a little more than three bales
— ami the average cost is 80 cents per
bale The cost of marketing the 1911
crop of 10.250.270 hales was $13.000.
220 if computed on the above basis
To each bah* of cotton there Is about
half a ton of cottonseed, which was
hauled from the farm to the gin. and
then a large percentage of It hauled
again to the shipping point. The aver­
age cost of hauling cottonseed In the
United States Is $3 a ton
The 1911
seed crop therefore cost. $21.375.414 to
haul
“The total cost of hauling the cotton
crop in 1911. Including the seed, was
therefore $37.375,034. Any system of
road improvement throughout this zone
which wotjhl reduce the annual haul­
ing charge 5 per cent would effect a
saving of $1,808,781 a year
From
these tigbres it would appear that it
would be good business to Incur an ex
3y obtaining all the voting
coupons you can and giving
them to your favorite
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BIG SAV'NG IN HAULAGE.
Cotton
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HEN a man or woman I iuh de­ need not pay down more than one-
cided to own a little farm ]uarter of tlie purchase price. It a dent
there are a few valient Is ever Justifiable it is in a ruse where
points that need careful eon
i mall of moderate menus is trying to
sidération. These are cost, improve
Jo tile ­ liest thing for Ills boys and girls
ments. nearness to town, transporta­ and is determined to bring them up cu
tion facilities and neighborhood. The a farm.
investment may not be of tirst impor­
It is always possible to rent a farm,
tance. With many persons the tone of and that Is the easiest way to get u
i I m * neighborhood would be considered start. By renting one is soon alite to
first, and rightly so.
tell whether lie is adapted to farm life
The mat ter of location has to he care
or not. Nobody sliould begin Ulis voca­
fully considered by any one who pro­ tion witii tlie idea Unit it is free from
poses to continue city employment. In cure and bard work. It does uot call
su<-h « ase file land will coat about $200 for drudgery, tint the great essentials
in acre. This would be the average are industry, patience and intelligent
price for u twenty acre tract thirty to management.
forty miles from a large city.
To city people who know wfiat farm
If farming is to be the sole vocation life is and who are determined to go to
4 person can afford to go to the more the country I wish to say that condi­
inland sections, where land is obtain
tions are tlie most favorable that they
ible at from $50 to $100 an acre. In have ever been for making money from
no case is it wise to go more than three the soil. This is because cities have
>r four miles from a good railway
grown and good markets developed at
town. A fair estimate of the necessary
a faster rate than agriculture has ad­
investment is as follows:
vanced.
Twenty acres of land ............................. $2,000
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tn these days a farmer who raises a
Buildings ......................................................... 1,000
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*0 diversity of articles sueii as town fam­
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Team of mures ...........................................
2iMi
ilies have to buy for their tables has
Pigs and poultry ........
100
no trouble to sell all he can produce.
Vehicles and implements ......................
200
Brices are high enough to afford satis­
Seed, feed and incidental« ....................
100
factory profits. It is only necessary tu
I3.90C raise a variety of good products and to
There are nice little improved farms bundle them with taste and skill, The
of forty, fifty or eighty acres to lie cash is always ready. This is in real-
pli-ked up at $2.000 to $5.000, including Ity a day of opportunity fur the pro-
goiai dwellings and other buildings, ducer.
'flic location would not be suitable for
With such an equipment as 1 have
a city tnnn who had to go back and outlined the earning capacity of a
forth every day. but otherwise they twenty acre farm well situated and
would till tile bill.
skillfully managed is from $l,50t) to
In tiuyiug such a place as this one $2.500 n year.
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obtain free votes good in the piano voting con­
test on the basis of one vote for every cent
paid at
City Meat Market
The Agate
D. M. Averill’s goods
O. A. Trowbridge
Boyle Jewelry
Bandon Bakery
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Every well used day on tile
farm right now means many dol-
lais in flic fall. When the weath-
• r will not permit outdoor work
tlie planters, cultivators, etc.,
ought t<> have attention, putting
I Item in condition for later work.
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mental purposes this year. Then
you can try out your new ideas
and tlie likely suggestions you
get from the papers and thus
prove their fitness or unfitness
for yourself.—Farm Journal.
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TO GET AT THE HEIGHT.
DO YOU KNOW THIS BEAN?
Simple Homemade Device That Is
Used Ftir the Calculation.
Having tills simple device, you can
ascertain the height to it limb or burl,
often <>f advantage In taking out tint
her, or can find tlie height to a desired
thickness of the trunk, which is often
the Broad or English Variety-
May Be Worth a Trial Here.
The broad bean, known sometimes in
this country as the English broad
beau, is the common bean of Europe.
Some authorities say it cannot succeed
in the United States or continental
Europe, being not well adapted to hot.
dry summers, but it may be Wurth a
trial, it grows well in England.
Tlie broad benn requires a heavy,
rich and weil drained soil. The plant
is erect, two to four feet high, has
thick angular stems, leaves with two
to five oval leaflets, flowers in clusters,
generally white with black eyed wing.
required in < lifting telephone or tele
graph poles of equal length and thick­
ness of top. says (lie Orange Judd
AN iKlI’IiOVKU KOAP IN ONI. OF I’ll I * OTlt»N
Farmer. Hum which picture amt de
STATES
script ion are taken. Take two straight
prnse for road improvement, even if pieces of wood. A A. fifteen inches
such Investment entailed an annual num; fasten together at exact right
interest and imiinteuauce charge of uncles amt connect ends with tile piece
$l.(.HM>.oou iu th«- community of cotton It. having a perfectly straight outer
edge; fasten tile horizontal slick with
Utah’s ‘
“There are certain direct economic 1 a bolt and thumb screw to a stake, 0.
or money advantages which follow the three I'eet long.
Select a point at approximately same
improvemem of public roads in every
distance from tree that the lliub or :
community.” miivm Acting IHrectur Sar
gent of the department in the bulletin. other point is from Hie ground, set tlie
“Tbes«* advantages are probably most stake upright ill ground and fasten tlie ’
triangle witii one arm perpendicular
apparent in (he reduced cost of haul
anil ihe oilier horizontal and 'minted
ing
“Certain dependent or reflex econom­ to ilie tree. Sight across tlie diagonal
sti k at tlie height It is desired to
ic advantage* also arise in a comui u
measure
If tlie line of vision comes
nity where toads have been unproved
ilmve move nearer the tree; if it falls I
The increase ui the value ot farm
lands is an example of (he Indirect below move back until the line of vi­
economic advantages of improved road , sion strikes the desired |H>inU Then,
conditions
It should not be consul I milking dm* allowance for Irregular!
ereti. however, that m presenting th** ties ot the ground, the distance from I
advantages of improved roads the di
the stake to tlie tree will equal the1
rect decrease in the cost of hauling height to the tsiiut sighted.
and file Im rvase in farm values are i
entirely separate and independent The
Good Garden Advice.
farm increase* m value partly because
In tunny instances tlie yield of gar
the cost of hauling is decreased
dens -an be increased by simply get
“Whatever methods ata used to Im
ling down a few inches deeper with
prove h load th»' improvement for fork or spade The Frem h gardeners
hauling purposes is dur to three causes can she Americans main lessons in
•the tH’ttei nirnf ot the road surface, tills respist
rhe soli should lie pul
the reduction of the grade and the vi rl. isl. hut work should not lie com
■burtentng of the length
On such an menctsl too early. Flowing the ground
Improted road the time required to I while It Is tisi wet will cause the soil
haul h given quantity ot material u to pack in solid lumps Good land ts
given distance is redm ed The reduc j often ruined In tins man tier Farm
tJon may he largely dur to Increased I’fogress
•peed of tuiuliug. to Inrrrtmrd load or
to both
it Is im|M»rtaiit Co recogniie
Keep the Monsy Home.
that for transportation |1brpost*s reduc­
If It pays Belgian truck gardeners to
tion of time is equivalent to • decreane semi witloof or chicory salad serosa
ot the distant r from tn«* market cen­ the o can amt after paving freight and
ters, It is <»as> to see. then, why the i duty of 2.-> per cent ad valorem to
lncn*rtse ot farm values must follow
■11 n for 9 cents it pound why w ouldn’t
Improved roads, for their effect I* to It pay some of our growers here?--ltu
hung (hr farms In a sense nearer the | -al New Yorker
towns
Tile fact that on roads with
Improved surface* hauling become«
Don't Forget the Wrsnch.
large It Independent of t hr sraaon of
A w 'em ti is a good thing to have
th** vrar »»r weather conditions mean* along with the plow in the spring Be­
another very considerable reduction I d fore you forget fasten It to the leant
hauling rusts It also means that iuan> with a short strap and buckle. A wire
ot file Muiiffitiou* of the tmml*er and will answer the purpose. loo. but Is
kind ot farm «»iteration« are immediate apt to rub the paiut off the Iron aud
ly re mu' rd "
Units rush
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Phuiogi-uph hy l.ong Island agricultural
experiment station.
SCHAEFER
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THK EXGI.1SH /IltoAP BEAK.
The pods are large and thick, and the
beans are thick, flattened and gener
ally angular.
Tlie varieties and subvarieties in cut
thution are numerous and variable
The beans are grown tiotli in the gar
den and field fur furage and aa human
food. The broad bean is an ancient
plant, having been cultivated In Eurupe
from remote times.
Equipped with Wireless
tells one
ON NICK ALTROCK.
S. S. BREAKWATER
A I. WAYS ON TIME
Many funny stories lire told of
Nick Aitrock. but one ot tile
most amusing has been turned
off by Htrmnn Si-miefer. Nick's
stage partner Iasi winter
Nick, according to Selmer, had
the hardest time of tils life try
Ing to break himself of rhe habit
of chewing toliacco w hile on the
stage
"I liad to threaten Nick with
considerable pnnisiiuietit betor,
he would drop the habit’’ «aid
S< hiiefer ro Hugh Jennings one
day last winter, ’’and on several
occasions Ni> k stin ted tils net
with a big chew stock hi one cor
ner of Ins month
"Amt there were times, iminy
of them, tliat Nfeli kicked be
cause tile orchestra got out ot
time to bis music Nick always
insisted that the band, ns tie
called it. was running ahead or
him. and one night I had to pre
vent him from waylaying the or
chestrn lender as he came from
the theater ”
Sails from Coos Bay as follows:
Thursday, June 1; Friday, June 6th; Wednesday,
June, 11th; Monday, June 16th; Saturday, June 21st;
Thursday, June 26th.
Confirm Sailings Through M FSHOEMAKER, Agent Bandon
Phone 142
HEADQUARTERS FOR
G oods
■i-I-i-l-l-t-i-l-l-l-l-l-t-i-l-l-l-t-t-l-l-t-t-l-t-f
DAY MAY PILOT BOAT
Makes a Dandy Knife.
Do your folks need a go>sl butcher
knife? Hunt up an old tint die and
take It to a bln< ksmith who under
stands tempering steel and have him
make you one.
It will outlast any
knife you ever had if made right.
American Likely to Sall Lipton Yacht
In Frisco Races
COCK-A-DOODLE-DOO!
Shade must be provided tor the fowls
and the little chicks during the hot
weather.
As soon ns it can be bad give the
hens some good fresh loam
If the
sods are with the earth so much the
better
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,
Captain Thomas Fleming Day. who
piloted the motorboat Hetrult across
the Atlantic last summer, probably
will t>e selected as the navigating ofti
cer of tlie yacht which Sir Thomas
Lipton will send to San Francisco to
compete in the races there during the
rauama-i'acttic International ex|a>vl
tiou. The yacht will be <-nll,*,i the
Shamrock and will be the fifth of that
Ilk If the New York Yacht club gives
Sir Thomas the privilege of salting
Rhnntrock IV for the America’s cup
The yacht will cross the Atlantic Un
der its owu sail, be towed through the
Tanaina canal and go thence up the
Fa-'ttic coast to San Fram tsco. again
under its own canvas The racer will
be convoyed by Sir Thomas' steam
yacht Eriu.
One of tlie remedies for the pip used
by Bnrtuguese poultry raisers is raw
onions cut up tine and forced down the
throat followed by a little water.
The Maine exi»'rimeut station tonic
for fowls; i*ulrelixed gentian, one
pound; pulverize,! ginger, one-quarter
pound; pulverized saltpeter, one-qunr
Meyer Ought to Make Good.
ter pound; iron sulphate, onebalf
Commenting on the good work betnc
IHiund. Mix thoroughly and use two or
done by Beituy Meyer with Brrs.klyii
three tablespoonfuls lu ten quarts of
an eastern writer suggests that he
dry mash.
ought tu bs a finished ball player, ns
Small docks of chickens both tn town he ha» player) under John M'-Grnw Ji»-
nud country have given greater profit« McGInnity and Joe Kelley three past
per fowl than large fiis ks In tests made masters at developing players
by the Dlilo experiment station. Flocks
with unlimited niuge have shown bet
Frisco to Hold Harness Meet In 1915
ter profits than fiocks that were partly
San Framineu Horsemen titilli two
or wholly confined
Farm docks ha\e
light harness horse nwets In 191ft with
been more profitable thau village ur
purse» aggregating »— û . iaju
city lot tlovK».
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Wright & ’Ditson Ten­
nis goodsj and Fishing
Fackle, Pocket Flasks,
fhermos Bottles and
i Cups, If we have not got what you want we will gladly
get it for vou.
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BANDON DRUG CO.
Bandon Druggist
Praise.
Deserve*
C. V. Lowe J»serves praise from
Bandon people for introducing here
the simple buckthorn bark and
glycerine mixture, known as Adler-
i-ka. This simple German remedy
first became famous by curing ap­
pendicitis and it has now been dis­
covered that a single dose relieves
i sour stomach, gas on the stomach
and constipation instantly.
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For Carpet and Rug weaving, ad­
dress Mrs J. L. Foster. Bandon.
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Piano
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