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VOLUME IX,
ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 31, 1896.
NUMBER 5.
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NEW FEED STAPLE
About Promise and Perform-
of "Kaffir Corn.
TRIED FOR SIX YEARS.
In Eastern States it is Con
stantly Gainiug.
Investigations made by the
Chicago Tribune prove that the
Kaffir, corn is gaining ground in
Kansas and Nebraska. A letter
from Topeka says: -
Several years of cultivation of
Kaflir corn have demonstrated that
it is one of the most remunerative
crops that can be grown under con
ditions existing in this state. That
the farmers realize this fact is
proven by the remarkable increase
in the acreage shown by the reports
of the secretary of the state board
of agriculture, for 1895. In 1893
the Kaffir corn acreage was 46,911;
in 1894, 95,237; and in 1895, 184,-
198.--' tj-
The Blate agricultural college at
Manhattan has been experiment
ing with Kaffir corn since 1889.
Two varieties of seed were issued
which from the color are respective
ly denominated white and red Kaf
fir com. They are alike in their
habits of growth. Both attain a
height of five or six feet, or more
on very rich soil. They both have
short stiff etalks, thickly covered
with foliage, -which somewhat re
sembles leaves of sorghum, and
both produces a long, slender up
right head densely covered with
small rounded seed, but also in the
yield per acre and in the time of
ripening. The red variety has, in
variably, been the best yielder on
the state farm, and it also matures
a couple of wteks earlier than the
wbite-geeded variety. While the
red Kaffir corn has never been in
jured by frosts, the white variety
has failed to rqature aeeq more
than once. Besides, an unduly
large precentage of the stalks of
this kind fail to push the head
completely through the sheath of
the upper leaf, and from this cause
a portion of the heads thus affected
are moldy below, "or at best bear
but poorly developed seed pn he
portion, covered py the - sqeath.
This is rarely (he case with the red
variety.' For this reason the red
variety ia cousidered much the bet-
ter of the two. Both the varieties
are classed as non-saccharine sor
ghum, and in common .with all
varieties -of sorghum will stand
drought much better than Indian
orn, - . . .
Kaffir corn seed has been found
-qual to corn in feeding value, and
the red variety yields rather better
than corn in air seasons, and in
all seasons will produce a moderate
crop of 6eed when corn only pro
duced fodder.
Kaffir, corn will do as well in.
iood corn countries as Indian corn,
and it will thrive in many places
where corn cannot be grown at all.
Several methods have been adopted
in Kansas of cultivating Kaflir
corn. Some farmers sow it as they
do wheat and cut it for the fodder,
only feeding the seed on the stalks.
On this subject Prof. C. C. George
son, of the state agricultural col
lege, says: ''Kaffir corn is best
grown in rows 30 inches to three
feet apart, and can be sown either
with a sorghum drill or with a
common wheat drill, on which all
except the first and fifth hose are
closed up. We then seed two rows
at a time, 32 i inches apart. A little
practice will soon show how the
drill must be set in order to sow
the right quantity of seed. If it
comes up too thick it rausT be
thinned. Cjqa.d, he4s will be
formed ivhen the stalks are about
four or five inches apart in the row.
In all other respects it shouid be
cultivated like corn."
A letter from Lincoln, Neb., says:
i A. S. Godfrey, of this city, raised!
60 acres of it last season in this
county (Lancaster.) The vicinity
suffered the most from drought of
any portion of the stite. The
common corn crop was considered
atonal failure, the average yield
being only about five bushels to
the acre. Mr. Godfrey planted the
three varieties of Kaffir corn, the
red, white and black. The red
yielded 75 bushels an acre, the
white 50 and the black 40. He
believes it to be the coming crop
for the stock raisers of this stale.
He points to its success last year
as undoubtable proof of its fertility
in a season almost destitute of pre
cipitation. The seed he procured
fromKaneas, planting four pounds
to the acre, listing it with a drill.
He expects to plant a much larger
acreage in the spring. He has
threshed n quantity of it, an.l has
had some ground. He is of the
opinion tlutt the meal is as good, if
not superior, to Indian corn meal.
C. P. Avery, of the Gaiswold Seed
Company, raised 12 acres of Kaffir
corn last season. He planted the
three kind which yielded from 45
to 70 bushels to the ; ncfo. He
said: , .' , ,
"We purchased the seed in Mex
ico Beveral years ago, and first ex
perimented with it in Texas, near
Austin. It is necessary for the
seed to become gradually acclimat
ed, and in fact, this is true of all
tropical 6eeds. Two years alter the
harvesting of the Texas crop we
brought seed- to Nebraska and
planted it. I believe it to be 25
per cent better for fodder than any
other cereal raised for that purpose.
It will grow well and mature when
all other crops fail. It differs from
Indian corn in this respect, drought
does not stunt or dwarf its growth.
For instance, . Indian corn, when
struck by drought, will go right on
and head out into a stunted, pre
cocious maturity that renders it
worthleFS. Not so with Kaffir corn.
When the dry weather scorches up
everything else Kaffir corn simply
stops growing. , , At the first rain
fall it starts up again where it left
off, and though later in arriving at
maturity, it is fully as rank and
ripe. as though it hd been favored
with regular showers. At present
there is no market price "of Kaffir
corn. We shall put the seed on
the market next spring at $1 35 a
bushel. In an ordirary Nebraska
season it will mature in the time
between the middle of June and
the 20th of September." ;
From what could be learned in
regard to Kaffir corn the following
conclusions were reached: Pro
tracted droughts have but little ef
fect upon, it acerage - product, save
in lengthening the time to matur
ity. It will average, as a certainty;
from 40 to 75 bushels an acre. It
has now no market. value, being on
the experimental Btage., It I will
certainly grow well and yield when
all other cereals fail. It matures
within less than ; four months. It
belongs to the cane, or broom-corn
family, but does not grow to a
height; Of over four or five feet. The
stalks contains a very laige pre
centage of saccharine. If sowed
broadcast a field of Kaffir corn re
sembles a, field of exceedingly rank
millet The seed plume, or ear, is
about-12 inches in length, The
berry, or kernel, is about the size
of plurnp barley, and nearly .round.
It is well adopted to " soils of the '
poorer quality. -.-- ,.;.; j
A letter from Wichita, Kansas,
says:
J. B. Beadles, of Noble county,
Okla., is the Kaffir King of Amer
ica at present, but it is doubtful
whether we can keep that distlnc
tion much longer, aa some farmers
will outrank him in acreage during
the soming season. Mr. Beadles is
an excommissioner of his county,
and is a very close observer of the
development of crops and their ad
aptability to soil and seasons. He
went to the Cherokee Strip wbeVit
was opened to settlement and se
cured 1200 acres of upland. He
turned the virgin sod of 140 acres
of it and put in Kaffir corn. From
the crop he fattened 100 head of
hogs and 130 head of cattle, that
brought top prices as corn-fed cat
tle at the Kansas City stockyards
last winter. Last year Mr. Beadier
put in 600 acres of Kaffir and this
year will have the entire 1200 acres
under that cereal. The first crop
Mi. Beadles had was gathered in
time to bow wheat in the same
ground.
The acreage of Kaffir in the
Cherokee Strip last year exceeded
that of corn a trifle anct exceeded
corn 150 per cent in the number of
bushel? produced.
In Kansas the acreage of corn ex
ceeded, that of Kaflir, ' hut it; is
thought they will he nearly equal
this year, with Kaffir far ahead in
the western half of the Btate, where
the July"rainfall is quite short. In
the market at Wichita today, corn
is offered at 15 cents per bushel,
while Kathr brings 16 cents per
bushel of 60 pounds. One fact,
however, should he considered with
these prices, and that is the de
mand for Kaffir for planting is bo
great that ihe price is far above
what it will be in another year,
The fact is that Kaffir and corn are
expected in a year or two to be
about equal in value per bushel.
That must necessarily be the case,
as thev are considered equal in
their fattening properties.
Haviland Hansford, a miller of
Wichita, and an extensive land
owner near Enid, in the Chtrokea
Strip, thinks that corn has a shade
the best of Kamr aa a fattener
that is, the 56 pound bushel of corn
is equal to the 60-pound bushel of
Kathr, or thereabouts. Ihe ad
vantage, then, that Kaffir was over
corn ia that the production is much
greater in upland and the crop
certain. Au acre of upland will
produca 40 bushels of Kaffir, audi
under the same condition will not
produce .more than 18 bushels of
corn. In fertile b tttomland, with
sufficient moisture, the yield of
corn will be equal if not greater
than Kaffir. There is some differ
ence also in favor of corn in saving
the crop and the loes from birds,
but it is not material; Kullir with
these drawbacks and waste being
still very far head of corn in pro
duction.. ,The great point, however,
that the Kansas and Oklahoma
farmers look at is the certainity of
the crop. . ; .
, Kaffir reaches its maturity in
from 90 to 110 days, hut there ia a
peculiarity about it that increases
the expense of gathering it. It
does not mature uniformly. This
extra expense, however, is com
paratively very light. It is not
well to put Kaffir corn in early.
The ground must be warm to re
ceive it and shallow drilling is in
its favor. The last week in May
is the rule, but the best Kaflir,
grown in this country this year
was put in in fields from which a
crop of wheat has been ' harvested
in June. ; 1
In this state 6eed put in on May
20, followed by a cold tain, was
almost a' complete failure, . while
seed put in from the same bin in
the same soil June 15 made an ex
cellent crop. The ground must
also bo free from weeds at the time
of planting, as the early growth is
very slow and the plants exceed
ingly tender. - It can be either
sowed or planted according aa the
farmer needs "hay" or grains.
To return to feeding: Mr. Hans
ford says that for vork horses
Kaffir is not as good as corn, but
for light driving horses and young
animals it is much better. It fat
tens and enhances the appearance
of the animals. Pigs two weeks
old will live on Kaffir, and this
alone is one of its great ad van t-
a froo '
ivouniy commissioner u. a. vii
son arid Colonel M M. Murdock,
editor of the Wichita Daily Eagle,
are fond of Kaffir hoe cakes, and
they assert that they are preferable
to buckwheat. They think, how
ever, that a mixture of a little
buckwheat with Kaffir flour will
help the cakes somewhat. Jerry
Howard, who makes the Kaffir
flour,' with more candor than Bolf
ishness thinks that while the Kaflir
hoe cake is delicious, it is not as
palatable as the buckwheat cake.
"I think the. Kaffir cake is a fad,"
he said, "and has not a permanent
place on the breakfast table of the
rich and aesthetic, but it will be to
the poor and middle class what the
potato is to the Irishman." ; 'p
A letter from Chadron, Nebraska,
says: -;- -
-I . 1 T-v ' i tir'i 'I.
Those who have raised this new
corn say it is about as valuable a
crop as the common corn, and com
pares favorably with barley or
oats. It is especially valuable for
seed fodder, but it is also used to a
large extent for family purpose?.
It has been thoroughly .tested for
stock, and has been found to be
healthful, and there is no case on
record where an overfeed of it has
injured stock. They seek it greed
ily and fatten on it. It is also an
excellent grain to feed to chickens,
as they like it and fatten on it
rapidly. It is a good deal like the
Egyptian corn raised to some ex
tent in California, and ia also simi
lar to what is known as Jerusalem
corn. It seems to be a different
species of the same general family.
In value it is about the same as
common corn, ' in the judgment of
local feed dealers and those who
are posted in such matters.
The flour made from the Kaffir
corn is not as good as the meal
made from it. . It is better when
mixed with other wheat flour. A
eood many people use the meal for
priming light yeast bread, mixing
in some of the meal, and claim it
is good. The bolted red Kaflir
flour ia not very highly recom
mended, however.
From information obtained di
rect from those who have tested
this corn during the laBt year, it
can be said it will grow when all
other crops fail. In sections where
there is a total crop iauure tne
last vear, this corn flourished and
did well.producingall the way from
30 to 45 bushels to the acre.- Farm
ers who put in a little of it as an
experiment, and who expected to
realize on their other crops, found
that the drought destroyed all
other crops and did not seem to
affect the red Kaffir corn to any
perceptible extent. The people of
the West are conunuany on mw
lookout for something of this kind,
a crop that they can rely upon ab
solutely, and up to ute present wru
ing the only two that have with
Btood the severe test have been alf
alfa and Kaffir corn. The latter is
bv no means as widely known as
the former, as it is comparatively
new here, but it has sprung into
rapid favor, and many predict that
the two will eventually become the
JANUARY 2, 1 896 CONTINUING
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LADIES SHOES
E P Reed Co Wait ken plrnst Nar-(ttO AC
row Square Welt, regular price $5 nowJ)0.0 J
T G Plants cloth and kid nice top Q in
bhoes, regular price $4.00, now . O IU
Ladies' cork soled Bhoos, regular Ci AC
price JSJjO, now , j , L 40
readies cork soled Bhoes rearuiar rtrlce l ftp
BA75, now 30
All onr f2.50 cloth and kin toD heel or or
bprlng heel Shoes go at iJU
pur J2.2S Dongola kip needle or square I Oft
iw win w soiu at
Good emin calf Shoes reerular nrleo
0 115
Good oil grain Shoe regular prlco ftc
$1.50, now ; QO
UU Pair consisting 6 styles In ladles
reiion kiu ttnofs regular price 5.U0
will be aold to close at
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great products of the states that
are located in what is known as the
semi-arid region.
CHIEF SELTICE SAD..
His
Indians Dying From Exposure
While Drunk. -
Andrew Seltice, in company with
Peter Wildshoe, paid a visit to the
Tekoa Times the other day to call
attention to the amount of liquor
that ia being consumed by his
people. During the past year three
Coeur d'Alene Indians have died
from exposure while undsr the in
fluence of liquor. One Indian boy
16 years old died from the effects
of whiskey on the reservation on
the 4th .day of January of this
year.
Chief Seltice s ay 8 that he has
grown old and that in his declining
years he wants to do good, and
help his people to do good, and it
grieves him to see his race becom
ing the victims of whiskey and
strong drink. He fears that if
some stringent efforts are not made
to keep his people from getting hold
intoxicating liquors, the Coeur
d'Alenea will soon have succumbed
to the inevitable.
He has pent the following notice
to city marshals of Eastern Wash
ington: ; :
1, Andrew Seltice, first chief, and
Peter Wildshoe, Becond chief, of the
Coeur d'Alene tribe of Indians, ask
a favor of all city marshals of East
ern Washington, commencing with
Tekoa. to arrest and imprison,' for
time sufficient for punishment, any
Coeur d'Alenes found intoxicated
in your diatricta. Chief Seltice and
Chief Wildhoe do sincerely ask
the said marshal and any peace of
ficers of Eastern Washington to co
operate with them in their effort to
slop the Indians from getting whis
key. They further request ealoon-
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Ever Brought to Eastern Oregon,
before quoted in Pendleton. We are compelled to make a change in our
arrives, and in order to reduce our
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ioie ionowing prices: .
50c 80c 65c $1.25 $1.75
' Regular Prices 75c 1.00 l.SK 1.75 121
100 nairsof Misses and Children kid IM
und grained sizes 5 to '2 at , I 01
Less than Wholcsalo Price.
Everything in Children's
Shois Reduced in Price.
Good oil grain regular price 1.50 now
$1.20
Satin calf loco and congress regular lit
price i.uu, now i iu
Better satin cairiaec and congrcxs 1.75 1 OK
now
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195
Our 2.25 Shoes
Our 2.50 Hhoes
Our 4.00 Goodyear welt
Our 6.00 Goodyear welt
325
425
We have alrout 48 Dair In different
styles Kdwln Clapps 8.00 shoe we ; A Kfi
will c ose oumt i wu
Cork soled Shoes our il.00 will bo sold g g j.
BOYS SHOES
a $2.50 Shoe at $1.95
a 2.25 Shoe at 1.75
a 2.00 Shoo at 1.65
a 1.85 Shoe at ' 1.40
a 1.45 Shoo 'nt 1.10!
HOLD GOOD ONLY DURING
2 '96-:ENDING JAN, 31 '96.
Men,
keepers and bartendors to carefully
guard against selling whiskey to
white men who are liable in any
wav to give tho same to Indians.
Signed
An'dkew Seltick.
: First Chief.
Pktkii Wildshoe,
Second Chief.
By Philip Wildahoe, Interpretor.
A Sultry Obituary.
It wasn't a Missouri editor, but a
Missouri printer's devil who was
going through his first experience
making up forms. The paper was
late and the boy got his galleys
mixed. The first part of an obitu
ary of an impecunious citizon had
been dumped in the forms and the
next handful of type came from a
galley describing a recent fire. It
read like this: ''The pall bearers
lowered the body to the grave, and
as it was consigned to the flames
there were few, if any, regrets, for
tho old wreck had been an eyesore
to the town for year?. Of course
there were individual loss, but that
was fully ccered by insurance."
The widow thinks the editor
wrote the obituary that way be
cause the late lamented partner of
her joys and sorrows owed him five
years subscription. Vermillion
Freeman. !
Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder
AwvdnJ Gold Medal Midwinter Pair, San FranclKO.
Highest of all in Leavening
FOR 30 LlYS
stock wo will make prices that will
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Men's Boots.
Our $2.0Q Boot at
$1.50
Heavy kip Boot $2.75 for gg
Havy Grain Boot $3.50 for g
Buckingham oWIecht
'Farmer's" Boot regular O (r
price $4.50 will close at : wu
Genuine full stock calf boot p Kf)
Regular price $3.50, at UKJ
Grain Calf Regular mice p yA
$4.00, now at . " .
THIS SALE, COMMENCING
Pendleton, Oregon.
Mistook His Father for a Deer.
At Brownsville Friday afternoon
Sanford Cochran and his seventeen
year old son, Bert, were out trap
ping near Horse Rock Point, in the
vicinity of John Morgan's mill,
when Bert shot his father, mistak-
inir li!m fnr a rlpfir TTn livetl t.Vn
J hours. lie leaves a wifo and four
: children. .
"Alas, Poor Yorick."
J. W. Howton called upon us to
day carrying over his shoulder a
gunny-sack, in which were the
skull and complete et of bones of
an Indian in a perf -ct state of pre
servation, says the Walla Walla
Statesman. Mr. Howton unearth
ed this skeleton and another larger
one on the farm of his bro.tb.er Joel,
who lives four miles this side of
Milton on tho lower road. The
skeletons were found 7 feet below
the surface in a sitting position,
facing tho east.
Gai Explosion.
When S. II filing, a cousin of
Mrs. Julius Lovy, struck a match
ta light the gas "in a Jewish syna
gogue in San Francisco, a few days
ago, an explosion occured that bad
ly injured him and seriously dura
aged the building. The cause of
the explosion h thought to have
been tho accumulation of gna in
tho church.
Power Latest U.S. Gov't Kef or .