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About Eagle Valley news. (Richland, Or.) 191?-1919 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 7, 1918)
PRODUCTION OF DAIRY Output of Flvo Breeds Given In Farmers' Bullotln. Comparison Made of Ayrshire, Brown Swiss, Quernsey, Holsteln and Jersey Holsteln It Qlven Largest Average. Tho nvrraso production of five dairy breeds inoiit Ki'iicrnlly known In tho United Htntes In shown In Fnrmora' llullt'tln No. 803 of tho department of iicrlculturo. For Ayrshire tho nverngo of tho 2,008 cowa Hint hnvo completed yenrly records for ndvnnccd reulstry la H.flM pounda of milk (patltiK U.t3 per cent of buttvrfa, amounting to 377.51 pounds of fnt. Tho tun highest milk producers of thin breed rungo from to 1H.745 tmunda of milk nnd tho nverngo of these ten hlghcitt pro- Champion Jersey. duccra la 21,5.18.8 pounds of milk. Tho ten blithest hutterfnt produccra nmoiiR Aymlilres rnnco from 0M.M to 744.73 pound, with nn n virago, for theao ten, of 85A.4 potindu of hutter fnt. Drown Swiss Records. In tho 1! row n HwIhn hreed tho nrrr ago of 100 cowa that have completed yenrly record for tho rej!lHtry pro dutlon la 10,848.7 pounds of milk, tent I lit; .'I.WW per cent, nmountlng to 4.13.45 pouuda of hutterfnt. The ten highest milk produce of tliu lireed range from 10.400.0 to 10,4t0.7 pound of milk with nn average, for these ten, of 17,372.2 pounds. Tho ten hlKhcat hut terfnt prodticera of tho Ilrown Swlaa rnngo frotn 7P8.10 to 047.80 pounda, with nn nverngo for thcao ten of 083.72 pound of hutterfnt. Quernsey Records. In the Guernsey tho average of 0,200 cowa thnt hnvo completed n yenr'a rec ord for ndvnnccd registry la 8,034.113 IKiunda of milk, tenting 4.P0 per cent, amounting to 440.01 pounda of hutter fnt. Tho ten highest produccra of thla breed range from 2,003 to 17,207.51 pounda of milk with nn average, for theao ten, of 10,337.0 pound of milk. Tho ten highest Guernsey hutterfnt producer rungo from 1,008.18 to 010.07 pounda, nn nveniKo for these ten of 070.75 pound of hutterfnt. Holsteln Records. Anions Holateln. 3.220 cowa thnt hnd completeil n yenrly record for nd vnnccd reentry nverngod 14,022.7 High Producing Guernsey. pound of milk, testing 3.424 per cent hutterfnt, nmountlng to 500.7 pounda of fnt. Tho ten highest produccra of thla lireed nvcriiKcd from 31,240.0 to 28,820.4 pound of milk, nn nverngo for theao ten of 20,603.34 pounda of milk. Tho ten highest Holsteln hutterfnt producers nvernged from 1,205.00 to 1,017.28 pounda, nn nverngo for thoso ten of 1,000.80 pounda of hutterfnt. Jersey Records. In tho Jcraey breed, tho nverngo of ,1,244 cowa that hnd. completed yearly PUT FARM IMPLEMENTS IN REPAIR IN WINTER When housing tho farm Imple ments for winter mnko n lUt of repairs needed to put them In aluipo for ofllclent servlco next yenr. Order theao repairs at ouco nnd hnvo them on hand when needed. .Such precaution may easily suvo clays of delay next spring. Materials nro so short that manufacturers will not carry moro pnrts than seems absolutely necessary, An order placed now menns thnt you will not ho disappointed next spring. Causo of Many Colds. Many colds nro brought on by tho birds sleeping In drafts. Closo up lightly tho hack, sides and roof so thnt io air can get through tho cracks. Unvo tho front partly open. Farm Machinery Care, l'ut tho farm machinery In II rat-class trdcr during odd times this winter. aa.r?AjBBBtfajBjajBjajaflaBaa record for tho registry of merit wni 7,702 pound or milk, testing 5.35 pet cent, mnklng 417 pound of hutterfnt Tho ten hlghet milk prodticera rnugc from 10,001.8 10 1(1,033.2 pound, ni average, for theao ten, of 17,703.1 pound of milk. Tho ten hlghcat hut terfnt producers rnngo from 000.1 t 875.2 pounda, nn nverngo for thesi ten, of 013,1 pounda of hutterfnt FREEZES HELPFUL TO SOILS Aid Pulverize Droken around, Caun Partlclea ' Crumble and Vege table Matter to Break, Thero la conaldcrnblo ndvnntngo Ic no vent freeze during winter. Whlli cold wenther mnkea oxpenacs somo whnt heavier union tho fnrtnatcad li well arranged for comfort, both foi iiiaii nnd nnlmnla, tho soil la nlwnyi benellted by freezcH. Fanners readily recognise thnt oftci hard freezes tho noil la In better con dlllon. Vn. sea help pulverlzo broker ground; they cnuao tho partlclea tc crumble, vegetable matter to dlstnto grnto nnd brenk down. Thero la ula coualderuhto check to tho Increase ol limed. Many Inaects In the pupi stage nro killed by very cold weathei and thla menna leaa Increase tho fol lowing aprlug nnd summer. However thero nro Rome thnt stand very low temperuturea without Injury. Tho beat wny to get tho full beneOti of winter snows und winter freezes li to have tho laud broken. LEGHORN IS POPULAR BREED est Example of Nonslttlng Class ant Most Widely Bred of Any Eu ropean Fowl. Tho Leghorn la probably tho bcal example of tho nonslttlng class. It li certainly tho moat popular nnd tin most widely bred of nny Europenr fowl. Other egg breeds Include tlx Minorca, Aucouiia, Andaluslnna, Cnm pines nnd Spanish, all Medlterruuenr White Leghorn Cockerel. breed. To these should ho ndded the Hamburg, llmnlan, tho Itedcnp, and poKNlbly Homo others. Tho most common varieties of Leg horns nru white, brown, buff, black and silver, nnd some of theso coloi varieties nru again subdivided Into sin glo and rose-comb species. Tho White nnd Ilrown Leghorns, uro tho most widely bred, and they wero tho Oral varieties known. MANY WASTE SPOTS ON FARM Some of These May Be on Fields That Wash, Are Poorly Drained or Over flowed Other Items. Look for tho wnsto plnccs on the farm. Somo of theso may be on fields that wnsh; somo mny bo on tho over llowed fields; somo the poorly drained places. Tho barnyard mnnuro mny be wasting, the Implements being left out In tho weather to deteriorate. Tho wnsto may bo In trying to do with the hands what should bo done with Im piemcnts and mnchincs. Look for wasted energy nnd wasted opportunity, USEFUL FOR WINTER MULCH Leavea Are Not Only Serviceable wnen Placed About Plants, But Also Qood for Litter. Snvo tho lenves. They nro useful for winter mulch nbout iranlen nlnnta. for poultry to scratch In nud, when piled ana rotted down, mnko n good fertilizer for tho garden. It Is worth while to snvo them If possible PROTEIN REQUIRED BY PIGS Feed Necessary for Bone, Musclo, rraiiic, material, fc.10. 3Klm Milk Is Recommended. After tho pigs uro wenncd thoy may limn tlnsli nr nt Immt im.lm . ,uu h,m,3 vury slowly unless fed n feed rich In pro- 4.. I.. in ....!... !,.. . ii-.n, iu .mi,,.v num., iiiusciu, irunio ma- Inrlnl. nilnornl tnnHni. .. tm skim milk and grain thoy will not d!s- Shin 8tock to Market. Tho most oconomlcal way of ship ping stock to market Is In carload lorn. Familios In England That Have Long Records in tho Service of Their Country The town clerk of Henley-on-Thames has hnd tho nnmo of Cooper since 1777. Whether It has always been a caao of son following father Is not clenr, but tho Inw Ann of Cooper haa always during thnt period supplied tho town clerk, London Ttt-nita remarks. Everybody knows that tho nnmo of liullcr Is ono to conjure with In Devon, but not everybody know thnt a Ilutlor hna been a "governor"-whatever thnt tnny be of Creditor! cathedral church for upward of 20 years without a break. Everybody at Ilttchlns knows tho Hobbs family. They nro tho perennial postmen of tho place. Their great grandfather carried the letters long be fore penny postnga was dreamed of nnd tho letter-carrying business has been done by n Hobbs ever since. I'nrllnmcnt can supply n few such records. When tho son of Iord Derby put up for n division of Liverpool It wo said thnt It seemed to bo tuken for granted thnt when the heir of Knows ley heenmo of ngo Liverpool should send him to parliament and it did. It was said that the Ncwdlgates, with but slight hrenks, huve sat for a division of Warwickshire since 13C0. Quito recently F. A. Newdlgatc re signed his seat to become governor of Tasmania. He Is the eighteenth New dlguto of one family and thero lire others! who has been an M. I'. I Mother's Cook Book. One thing that made the bread that mother used to make so good, was the appetite tiie boys had. Good Things for the Boys. It takes n good deal of food to All an ordinary growing hoy, and ho needs It for ho Is building n framework, at the same time using food to supply hunt and onorev for his dallv activ ities. An active boy will digest hearty food for ho burns up u large amount in play and work. Spiced Beef. Take Ave pounds or more, depending upon the situ of tho family, of beef from the rump. Trim nway the meat and cut silts several Inches from the edge In which to pack tho stulUng, made by using suet, crumbs and vari ous herbs which are enjoyed, pepper, snlt nnd n grating of nutmeg or n pinch of mace. After stuffing, rub tho meat all over with salt, pepper, cloves, allspice, then wet with vinegar. Let stand over night. In tho morning put Into a kettle with a cupful of water nnd cook slowly (very) for sevcrnl hours, nllowlng n half hour for every pound of meat, turn It often while cooking so thnt the grnvy will season nit pnrts of the ment. Serve hot or sliced cold. Thicken tho grnvy nnd servo with the ment. Apple Pancakes. Huh to n crcnin n tnhlespoonful ench of aweet fat nnd sugar, add two beaten eggs, ono nnd n half cupfuls of flour sifted with n teuspoonful of baking powder and n cupful of chopped np- plca. Flavor with nutmeg or cinnamon nnd add milk to mnko a medium tint tcr. Fry ns ordinary griddle cakes nnd servo In an overlapping row around the platter of roast pork or sausage. Apple Dowdy. Rub an earthenware dish well with shortening and lino with slices of bread, nlso spread with n butter sub stltute, thou All tho dish with sliced npplcs, sprinkle with brown sugar and n llttlo nutmeg, turn In half a cupful each of hot water and molasses, then cover with slices of buttered brend buttered aide up. Cover tho dish for tho first hour of baking then uncover nnd bake for another hour. Serve from the baking dish, with powdered sugar and cream for a sauce. I IRISH PEASANT SONG : I knead and I spin, but my Ufa Is low the while. Oh, I long; to be nlono, and walk abroad a mile. Yet It I walk nlono, and think of nought at all. Why, from me that's young should ths wild tears ruin The shower-stricken earth, the earth-col orod streams. They breathe on me awake, and moan to ' mo In dreams. And yonder tvy fondling the broken castle wall, It pulls upon my heart till the wild tears fall. The cabin door looks down e. furze lighted hill, And far as Lelghlln Cross the fields are grsn and still: But onoe I hear the blackbird In Lalgtv 1 n's hedges call. The foolishness Is on me, and ths wild tears fall. Louis Imogen Qutnay, orfiArirp TV I L'KTg No less than three Arms and individ uals arc now securing options on land supposed to be oli-boaring in Coos county. Tho Springfield Mill & Elevator com pany resumed business Wednesday and began grinding flour and feed after a shut-down of aix months. Upper 'Hood River valley residents express tho fear that a water shortage will prevail this summer unless heavy anowa occur in the mountains before the winter Is over. Governor Wlthycombo stated Wed nesday that ho had ordered about CO more guards from the Portland militia to be used for patrol duty on public and private property in Portland dur ing tho coming week. Reports from three architects on the estimated cost of completing the new courthouse at Klamath Falls were made public at a meeting of the County court recently. The estimates range from $120,000 to $280,000. Cattle thieves have been oocratine In l.nnn rnnntv on a wholesale scale. according to an announcement by Sher iff J. C. Parker, who will oner a re ward of $500 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the rustlers. Thn dwelling occunied bv Dr. L. L. Hoy, of Tillamook, together with its contents, was destroyed by fire Wed nesday afternoon. The fire ignited from a stove in the sitting room and spread rapidly. The contents were insured in the sum of $3000. Twin brothers, who look so much alike that the members of the board could not tell them apart, appeared be fore the Albany exemption board of Linn county in the physical examina tion of draft registrants Wednesday. The twins aro Wilfred Cochran and Willard Cochran, of Hollcy. The boys and girls of Grants Pass will strive to make the city tho first city in tho state to become wholly or ganized as Junior Red Cross auxiliar ies. The East School was the first school in the state to be organized and now tho Fourth Ward and the Junior High scholars have ail signed the pledge. According to a communication re ceived by the State Highway commis sion from Chester L. Chambers, of the Eaglo Creek grange, in Clackamas county, the Farmers' Union intends to attack further sale of road bonds through an initiative vote at the clec tion in the fall and to annul the vote of last spring, by which the highway bonds were provided. About 100 fathers of Yamhill county boys in the service of their country met at the court house in McMinnville Saturday and formed an organization under the namo of Fathers of Soldiers and Sailors of Yamhill County. Frank Holmes was elected president and George Shirely, secretary. Vice pres idents are to be appointed for each of tho other towns of tho county. According to the statement- of En gincer Clark A. La Barge, of Warren Bros., contractors, of Boston. Mass. with headquarters at Portland, who was at Toledo Thursday, there is a probability that his firm will build a standard-guage railroad from South Beach, across tho bay from Newport, to Waldport, on Alsea bay, a distance of about 12a miles, to the 1000-acre tract' of spruce belonging to the Blod gett Timber company. Tiim.R-T.um Lumber comDanv mana gers and their wives from different points in Central Oregon are attending tho annual meet or tne company, at Walla waua. Tho Hood River city council has ap pointed Mrs. Edna C. Henderson, city treasurer, to succeed her husband, Cap tain L. A. Henderson, Engineers' Re serve corps, now at Camp Lewis. Car shortage on the lines of the Knnthnrn Pacific comnanv in Orecon Thursday totaled 579, a shortage of 289 closed and zlJU open cars, ine t. P. & S. reported a shortage of 190 cars. Advertisements for bids on $500,000 worth of tho $6,000,000 State road bond issuo wero Bent to Eastern bond naners Tuesday bv G. Ed Ross, auditor of tho commission. The commission may sell $2,000,000 worth of bonds this year under the act, but whether tho balanco of tho bonds will bo sold or not remains to bo seen. Henry Bacher, a painter who has lived nt Grants Pass for many years, was arrested this week by Sheriff Lewis, accused or seditious utterances, Tho town of Halfway ia lighted with now electric street lights, the first having been turned on Saturday oven ing. Tho power is supplied by tho Payette Power company from its Ox Bow power plant on the Snake river. A power lino runs on from Halfway to Cornucopia to furnish power to the mines. War Recipes Cut out th following redfxss and pasta them In your cook book to help you Hoorerize. They have been thoroughly tested by instructors aod special lecturers ia the department of economies at the University of Washington. Hooverlzed Redpes for Shellfish. Cream of Clam Soup 1 e minced clams, 1 e strained clam broth, 3 c milk, 8 tb oil or chicken fat, 4 tb flour, pepper, paprika. If fresh clams are used, no salt is required. If canned clams are used, add J ts salt. Melt fat, Btirring in flour, and blend thor oughly. Add milk, slowly, stirring constantly until mixture thickens. Add the clams, reheat. Serve at once. Escalloped Clams. 1 can minced clams or 1 c chopped fresh clams, i c clam liquor, c milk, 2 tb cooking oil or chicken fat, 2 tb flour, 1 tb minced onions, i ts celery salt, 1-3 ta salt (omit if fresh clams are used), pepper, paprika, i c bread or cracker crumbs. t c buttered crumbs. Cook the onion in tho fat for two minutes. Add flour and blend. Stir in tho clam liquor and milk. When sauce thickens, add the clams and seasonings. Fill ramekins with alternate layers of fish and crack er crumbs. Cover with buttered crumbs and let brown in the oven. May be covered with crust, and baked aa a pie. Deviled Crab 1 c crab meat, 2 tb Wesson oil, 3 tb flour, 2-3 c milk, 1 egg yolk, i ta salt, i ts celery salt, 2 tb tomato catsup, 1 tb grated onion, paprika, cayenne, I c buttered crumbs. Make white sauce of fat, Hour and milk. Add crab meat and seasonings. When cool add slightly beaten yolk. Place mixture in ramekins or in bak ing shells. Cover with crumbs and brown in oven. Escalloped Crab 1 c crab meat, 2 tb oil or chicken fat, 3 tb cornstarch, 2-3 c milk, i ta salt, pepper, 1 tb minced onion, paprika. Place alter nate layers of crab meat and white sauce in baking dish. Cover with but tered crumbs and brown in oven. Crab Salad 1 c crab meat, 1 e cel ery finely cut, 1 pimiento finely chop ped, 1-3 c mayonnaise, lettuce leaves. Mix flaked crab meat and celery to gether, and moisten with mayonnaise. Serve on crisp lettuce leaves. The crab may be molded in small cupa be fore turning out on plates. NORTHWEST MARKET REPORT Wheat Bulk basis for No. 1 grade: Hard White Bluestem, Early Bart, Allen, Galgalus, Martin Amber, $2.05. Soft White Palouse bluestem, forty fold, white valley. Gold Coin, White Russian, $2.03. White club Little club, Jenkins club, white hybrids, So nora, $2,01. Red Walla Red Russian, red hybrids, Jones fife, Cop pel, $1.98. No. 2 grade, 3c less. No. 3 grade 6c less. Other grades hanledd by sample. Flour Patents, $10. Millfeed Net mill prices, car lots: Bran, $30 per ton; shorts, $32 per ton; middlings, $39; mixed cars and less than carloads, 50c more; rolled barley, $6365 rolled oats, $66. Butter Cubes, extras, 50c; prime firsts, 491c. Jobbing prices: Prints, extras, 62B3c; cartons, lc extra; butterfat, No. 1, 5657c delivered. Eggs Ranch, current receipts, 51c; candled, 63c; selects, 55c per dozen. Poultry Hens, 2323ic; springs, 26; broilers, 2930c; geese, 1618c; turkeys, live, 2025c; dressed, choice, 33c. Veal Fancy, 1818Jc per pound. Pork Fancy, 1919gc per pound. Sack vegetables Carrots, $1.25 per sack; beets, $1.50 1.75; turnips, $1.50; parsnips, $1.601.75. Potatoes Oregon Burbanks, $1 1.25 per hundred; Yakimas, $1.60; sweet potatoes, 65ic per pound. Onions Oregon, buying price, $1.75 per hundred. Green Fruits Apples, $12.25; pears, $2.25; cranberries, Eastern, $17.50 per barrel. January 31, 1918. Cattle Med. to choice Bteers...,$10.3511.00 Good to med. steers 9.3510.35 Com. to good steers 7.75(711 9.25 Choice cows and heifers. 7.75 9.00 Com. to good cows and hf 6.60 7.75 Canncrs 3.00 6.00 Bulls 6.00 7.60 Calves 7.6011.00 Stockers and feeders.... 6.00 9.00 Hogs Prime light hogs $16.1016.25 Prime heavy hogs 16.2016.35 Pigs 13.7616.00 Bulk 16.0016.25 Sheep Western lambs $15.0015.60 Valley lambs 14.60016.00 Yearlings 13.0013.60 Wethers 12.6013.00 frrsi , 9.60811.00