EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE BEAVERTON TIMES
LIVE STOCK
FACTS
CAMPAIGN FOR BETTER SIRES
Department of Agriculture I Aiding
Movement by Issuing Number
Of Publication.
(Prepared bv the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture.)
In respouse to muny requests for In
formation to be used in starting better
sires movements in various localities,
the bureau of unliiml industry, United
Stales Department of Agriculture, 1ms
prepared n list of available publica
tions and oilier material in the depart
ment. It has also furnished data use
ful to persons interested In legisla
tion for restricting the use of mongrel
sires.
Except when the open range is in
Tolved, however, or there Is need to
control inferior sires from running at
lHrjre, specialists of the bureau prefer
a continuance of educational work to
legislation. Tliey place emphasis on
the fact that the work, although in-
TEN RULES OFFERED
TO SAVE BATTERIES
Greater Care Is Necessary Dur
ing Winter Weather.
Few Simple Instructions, If Faithfully
Followed, Will Add Materially to
Life of Important Eltctrical
Device
Now that cold weather Is here, you
should look your battery over every
two weeks. These few simple instruc
tions, faithfully followed, will lengthen
the life of n battery:
1. lton't lay tools or anything else
on top of your battery.
2. Don't spin your engine several
minutes at a lime.
3. If your engine does not start
promptly, see that the ignition switch
Is on an'i the carburetor mixture suf
ficiently rich before using sturter
again.
4. See Hint engine Is sufficiently
primed In cold weather. Throw your
switch off; push starter to turn en
gine once or twice; throw switch on;
then start again and your cylinder la
primed.
6. If your car stands Idle for a
month or more, take the battery out
and leave It at the service station.
0. Use nothing but distilled water.
7. Let an expert add the acid for
the electrolyte.
8. When the solution sprays or
spills, wipe clean with a mnlsl sponge.
Some batteries mako no provision to
keep the solution from splashing, so
this rule is given.
0. Keep metal parts of connection,
which are not lead-coated, covered
wltii a thin coating of vaseline.
ID. Dim lights are sometimes warn
ing signals of short circuits or im
proper charging. Let the service sta
tion (unite an Inspection when you ure
con fused.
BEST DEVELOPMENT OF CALF
A Purebred Sire.
voivlng certain records and blanks, is
strictly educational. To nitl in con
ducting educational campaigns, the
department has issued a number of
circulars, posters aud newspaper arti
cles, as well as much mimeographed
material. A booklet entitled "Better
Sires Better Stock," explaining the
movement, can be ohtnined by address
ing the United States Department of
Agriculture, Washington, h, V, ULher
material on this subject is:
Yearhook Separate 810. Harnessing
Bert'dhy to Improve the Nation's Live
Stock.
iJcpartment Bulletin !HI5, 1'rinciples
of Live Stock Breeding (semlsclen
titic). Price, 15 cents.
Fanners' Bulletin 11UV, Essential!
Of Animal Breeding.
Enrollment Blank for Belter Sires;
Belter Stock Crusade (on which live
stock owners agree to use good pure
bred sires).
Specific Facts and Figures on Bene
fits Following 1,'se of Better Sires.
County Live Stock Survey Blank.
Poster, Which Way Is Your Live
Stock (ioing?
Poster. Purebred Sires and Herd
Iinin'ovt'inenl. j
Several sets of 72 Iniitertt slides t
ench have al.o been propaivd by the I
department and ft mothm picture '
now In the maUing. I
REMOVAL OF STEERING POST
Hardwood Blocks Are Best as They
Furnish Good Brace for Jack
to Exert Pressure.
To remove a steering post without
damping it with u StiUson wrench,
clamp two pieces of wood, a surface
of en el i of wliich has been hollowed
out to tit armitid the post. Hardwood
blocks would be best. Tills furnishes
a guod brace for a jack to exert pres
sure in loosening the piece. Work
may he aided by blows on the blocks
by a hammer.
RADIATOR MADE NONFREEZING
Common Winter Ailment Can Be
Eliminated by Keeping Constant
Flow of Water.
Freezing up of radiators on auto
mobiles Is a common ailment in the
winter. Have your car fixed up with
one of these devices In the summer
unci next winter you'll he gamboling
along while ymir neighbor Is using up
lots of time and labor trying to thaw
out Ids car so lie can go t town. The
l.inrWviiiir tuirt 1 dbtjinieii bv Iwvinir
GIVING YOUNG CALVES MILK
Care Should Be Taken That Tempera
ture Is Uniform When Poor in
Quality, Give Lesc.
C::v iin'nld lie mlicn to .-e thai
Hliv mill; fed to the ynutiu i-iilves b
of in:!f'::,!i temperature "I' silent ''''
degrees Fahrenheit. Many I' Icrs ut
tempi tn overi'Miiif poor ipiallly in Un
fed) by increasing the quantity. Thio
ls radically wrong. When on arnauit
of uge. souring, dirt, etc., the miallty
Of the mill; is poor, the (piantity
should be reduced rather than in
Creased.
pood Supply of Milk or Skim Milk
Most ImportantQuantity De
pends on Siie and Age.
(Prepared by th United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
No part of dairy farming Is more es
untlul than the proper feeding of
young calves. Likewise notftlng Is
more Important for the best develop
ment of calves than a good supply of
milk and skim milk in the ration. Ill
the past few years the surplus of those
products has been utilized as human
food In the form of condensed and
powdered milk and skim milk. Re
ports recently received by the United
States Department of Agriculture, how
ever, point to a temporary surplus of
these products during the flush season,
due to decreased export outlet. Un
til this situation is adjusted, It would
seem advisable to utilize the surplus
milk and skim milk as feed for live
stock.
In raising dairy calves most dairy
men prefer that the calf remain with
the cow for the first 48 hours. If It
Is taken nwny then the cow will be
less nervous when she begins ,to bo
milked again for commercial purposes
than If hey are allowed to run to
gether for a long period.
It Is desirable that the calf he In a
thrifty, vigorous condition when it Is
taught to drink. It may be left with
out food for 12 hours, at the end of
which time it will be hungry, nud with
a little teaching will usually drink
milk from the pall. Warm, fresh milk
front the mother should he put in a
clean pall and held near the floor In
front of the calf, which will generally
begin to nose about the pall. Once It
gets a taste of milk, it will usually
drink without further trouble. Some
times, however, more vigorous meas
ures must he taken.
The quantity of milk fed to n calf
depends upon its size and age. and to
some extent on the kind and condition
of the feed, but experiments by rhc
Department of Agriculture indicate
that about one pound a day should
be fed for every ten pounds weight of
the en If at birth. Many beginner!
make the mistake, of letting the calf
have ns much milk as It wants. This
would he all right If the calf were fed
every two or three hours, as when It
runs with tbe cow, but as It is Im
practicable ordinarily to feed more
lhan two or three times a day, It Is
best to keep the ipiaullty well below
the capacity of the calf and uot risk
overfeeding.
For the first four days milk from the
dniu should he fed. After this the
milk may be from any cow or cows lu
La''ifl
V"fe -t.:-;
ipT"I lei
Comparisons Are Sometimes Odious.
Johnny was attending bis first
grade school, after graduating from
kindergarten, where he greatly adored
his teacher, a pretty youug woman In
her leens. His mother noticed his
lHck of enthusiasm In his new studies,
and that be never mentioned his
teacher.
Finally, one night when she was
putting bim to bed, she asked :
"Johnny, don't you like your new
teacher?"
"Oh, I like her well enough," he re
plied, "but, mother, she looks Just like
a potato chip."
Two Varieties of Hirti Luck.
There's two kinds of pes always
In hard luck: them th'l did It. bat
never thought; nud them jrt ilmnlit,
but never did it. Josh Wise,
T!IK 11EAVERTOX TIMES
It. H. JONAS, Publisher
Entered at the Heaverton, Orecni
Post Office as Second-Class Mall
Matter.
Que dollar per year; 10c per month.
Nonfrcezing Radiator.
a water jacket nmneeted tn the upper
part or the r:nll:ilcr, n reservoir which
coimiiuniciiteH with both jacket mid
lower pan nf the radiator, ;imi pine:
which keep a constant fluw of water
running between them. The water Is
drained from the radiator by gravity
when he engine is not ninniiiy.
The Fourth Estate.
The expression "the fourth staie
referring to newspaper workers,
credited to Kdmuud llurke, wlm
'pmted in Thomas (,'urlyle's fifth le
:ure on "Heroes and Hero Worship" i
iiyni. "There are three estates I
(rarMiinietif, hm in the reporter.-' :.:a
iei .nailer there sits a fourth est;::
:.i"iv ;iiip,.rlaiii far Hum tl.ey :il'
Tin-. in !'.',:. In Ibis cmiaii
I I. "it- c.a.-.s di.-iiiicliuuij ure ma n.a
i. litlle ever la heard ol l!
! e - 1 -the nihility, the eler
l'.-i.p;c--b!lt the term u;!i'i
is i-iaapaiiilively common.
Lucky or Unlucky Nmv.bcr?
iien-.aie Imim1 who ii;.si u.al lie
i1' m (in- number '' is ui' mmleiii
.!., i;n:;iiowu to I be iimlt'ins. LVr
ll is (hat many years ago ihere
tliei-e who regarded the number
irimtate. Amoag them rtus I'upe
;iij toe tJieut, who every morning
' h aieu I to twelve poor person;),
looming Jesus appeared an a
ici nth member of tbe company,
hereafter 1;i was held io be a
v mill blessed number. New York
When Two or More Calves Are Raised
Together They Should Be Tied Sap.
arately or Fastened to Stanchions
When Fed Milk.
the herd, hut preferably not from any
that are nearly dry. Whole mlb; Is
preferable 'of the first two weeks,
after wlik-h skim milk may he suhtl
luted. cniiiiiieiieing with one pound n
i!av : mi! ItKToasing to two or four
iH.unus, d.'peisdhi;; on the vigor of the
calf. No more skim milk should be
fed than Ihe calf will drink readily.
In ni"sl cases at the end of the third
week the ration should be approxi
mately one-half whole and one-h.llf
separate mill;.
At the beginning of the fourth week
from one-hall' to three-fourths of the
ration should be separated milk. Dur
ing the week Ihe change should be con
tinued until by the beginning of the
fii'lli week only separated milk Is fel.
In specially vigorous calves the cliai;;;e
may be made a week earlier. Al'ttir
this lime separated milk may be frrl
entirely, unless the calf is very deli
cate. The ipiantity fed can be gradu
ally Increased until !) to 'M pottle's
a day are given. If mill; is very plen
tiful, more may be fed, but oUtenvJse
ii will no! be found economical.
The lime that milk should be dU
cnntimied depends upon its cost in re
Inlu.u lo the valiw of Hie calf, 1:,3.
breed, size, vigor, etc. The season In
which it ren.'Iie:-; he age of six mouth 4,
i:;h tin- utlier fnvls available at that
lime, rnnt also be taken into consid
eration, Six month Is probably n gocd
average age at which lo wean calves
from milk. Where there Is plenty or
skim milk available Ibis time may be
lengthened. When Ihe best of hay and
silage and a good variety of grains are
available, the calf may be weaned ear
lier than when such feeds are lacking.
The season of good, succulent pastur
age presents the befit possible condi
tion for weunlnj; the calf.
' No Such Luck.
Hbrtory may repeat Itself, but aa
every siaaj boy knows arithmetic does
not sum itself up. Boston Transcript.
RODENTH
Many farmers who used poison
last year and the year before report
that they have practically no gray
diggers tilts year, therefore, no ne
cessity for buying poison. It Is a
good plan, however, to keep a little
poison about the place and put out
a bait wherever you see a single dig
ger.
More poison Is being used this
year than last, which means, of
courae, that many farmers who
never used . "'-.on before are using
It at this t .:
The gn. ger can still be ef
fev lively j: " d at leaBt until the
grain begi.. . ripen. Many farm
ers put out a good supply of poison
in the early part of June.
Poison barley may be obtained at
the County Agent's office, or at the
usual places of supply in the county.
In using Barium Carbonate for
poisoning rats, good results have
been obtained with hamburger
steak, chopped meats, or fish of any
kind. The Barium Carbonate is
mixed with the bait in the ratio of
one part of the poison to four of the
bait.
A successful practice, is to put the
bait out for a couple of nights with
out the poison. The rats will be
come accustomed to finding It and
will get over being suspicious of it.
On the third night the poison Is ad
ded. A large quantity will be eaten
and a good kill will be obtained.
Because flf the, rapid advance of
the senson since the arrival of warm
weather, the 30-day spray for cad-
ling moth will be due in the Willam
ette valley about June 6 to 12, In
many instances It will be possible to
combine the usual 15-day spray
with the 30-day application and save
one spraying.
MutfKota at Work.
New tender shoots of raspberry
and loganberry are frequently found
with their tops blighted and curled
clown In characteristic "llmberneck
fashion." A closer examination of
the Injured cane will reveal a bluish
girdle just under the bark at the
base of the blighted tip. Cutting
Into the Interior will often show the
culprit a small whitish maggot
within the pitch. Infected canes
should be cut out way below the
girdle and destroyed as no spray or
treatment known at present is ef
fective agalnse this insect.
Moremilea
the result at
complete vaporization
8
It isn't gasoline that explodes in
the cylinder ot your car ana
makes power.
It's gas air, mixed in the car
buretor with gasoline to form
vapor. ,.)...
Red Crown gasoline vaporise
compefey. It forms Hhomoge- .
neous mixture with 12 tolotimea
its volume of air. That mixture .
explodes cleanly and powerfully, . i
leaving comparatively little car
bon residue on valves, spark
plugs and cylinder walls.
That's why you get better mileage out
of "Red Crown" and a cleaner, sweeter-running
engine
FillattheRed Crown sign atStandard
Oil Service Stations, at garages and
at other dealers.
STANDARD OIL COMPANY '
I California)
i Gasoline
of Qualify Mw
Floor Bleach.
If an unfilled or undressed hard
wood floor becomes grimy apply a so
lution of two ounces of oxalic acid
dissolved in Just enough water to wet
it all over. Let stand ID or 20 min
utes; then rinse in cold water and
wash without suds.
Tamed Without Being Tanned.
Australian I'nper "The play pre
ented was Shakespeare's 'Tanning of
he Shrew " We seem to recall that
?etruchlo flourished a whin in ..
icene, but we don't think he actually
rouneed the obstreperous lady. Bos
un ATanscrtpi.
YE
LLOWSTONE
NATIONAL PARK
Nature's Most Wonderful Laboratory
and Out-of-Doors Paradise
The wildest geysers in the world, dancing amid
thousands of boiling springs, their basins arrayed in
gorgeous colors like gigantic flowers.
Here, too. are hills of sparkling crystals, hills of sul
phur, hills of glass, mountains 'of every style of archi
tecture, Icy or frosted, mountains boiled soft like pota
toes and colored like u sunset sky. John Muir, the
great naturalist.
THROUGH SLEEPING CAR
DAILY
Portland to West Yellowstone
Operated by the
Union Pacific System
FIRST CAR LEAVES PORTLAND 5:00 P. M., JUNE 18th
Hound trip rail faro from Portland to West
Yellowstone $38.25. Sleeping car fare one way
510. 0. This does not include the hotel or camp
expense while in the Park, which will depend cm
the length of stay.
J. H O'NEILL, Traveling Passenger Agent,
with headquarters at 710 Wells Fargo Building,
Portland, will be glad to call personally on any
one wishing to vlBit Yellowstone, and arrange
all details. Drop bim a card, or address