STATE NEWS I
Alii ,A1A'
Winter whont nnd ontn stood tlio
mount froozliiK wouthor In llio Forest
drove locality flno, nml tliu pronpects
nro good fur an excellent yield. Much
of the (train watt howii early nml wan
well rootoil when tho froozlng weather
sot 111.
Tho first woman police officer to
Horvo In Bond took her plnco n u
inoinbor of tho forco lata week when
Mm. Anna Curry, wan deputized by
Chlot of Pollcu h. A. W. Nixon. Mr.
Curry linn hoou employed nn truant
officer for tho llonil hcIiooIh.
Conilon protnlnon to ho tho inont Im
portant wool shipping point In Oregon
thlH spring, Thoro Ih enough wool
promised now to bring tho total to
1.2CO.O0O pound. Several largo clip
from tho Interior nro coming to Con
don thU your, duo to tho efforts of
local bulno men nml to tho Improv
ed condition of tho rond.
Aftor a particularly ntormy career
In tho acitnto, tho Boldlor relief bill,
providing for nu appropriation of
1100,000 for emergency rollof to re
turned soldier, nnllom ami marine,
finally wan panned lit both house ami
senate last week ami became n law
upon Its npproval shortly nfter by
(lovomor Wllhycoinbo.
Hndlng a bitter light, which hati
boon waned In Hend tho past month
by candidates to succeed II. II, Dear
inond a district attorney of Doschutoa
county, word won rucolved from Hnlom
of tho appointment of A. J. Moore. Mr.
Donrmond resigned Into in December,
and Mr. Mooro was named nn his Hue
censor within n fow dnyB.
AbolUlimont of tho offlco of county
aurveyor Is sought In a resolution ask
I UK for a coiiBtltutlonal amendment In
troduced by Senator Hurley, of Mal
heur. Ho also Is author of a twin
measure, In tho form of u nonnto bill,
providing for tho offlco of county on
Klneer, to bo appointed by tho county
court or county commllouor.
Contending that restrictions on tho
frco Bale of fruit Juices will kill tho
fruit Julco Industry, now becoming
fairly woll catnbllshod In tho north'
west stntOH, tho Eugene chamber of
commerce has protested to tho con
Krolonol coinmlttco framing tho 1918
tax bill ngalnst tho proposed 10 por
cent tax on tho sale prlco of all fruit
Julcos.
During tho heavy wind on Monday
evening mora than four iuIIoh of tho
Shorldnn Lumber compnny'H ftumv ox
tendlng to tho upper mill was blown
down and other dnmago done. Tho
Bhorldan mill will suspend operations
aftor cutting a small amount of logs.
Tho upper mill will contlmio to run
this winter and tho lumber will bo
trucked out in tho summar.
Prospects that tho stunted Junlpor
troo, growing In Immanso numbers on
tho unwatored lands of central Oro
gou, may assumo real importanco as a
Huhstltuto for cedar In tho manufac
ture of ponclls, woro extended rccontly
In a letter- rocolvod by tho Bond com
mercial club from tho Dolkona Lum
ber company. Practically unlimited
quantities of tho wood can bo usod
for this purpose, It was stated.
L. r. Fulkonstoln, manager of Day
Park mill, and Goorgo Bhorldan, man
ager of tho Sunriso Milk condonsary,
of North Dond, who lonsod tho Marsh
field Cold Storago plant rccontly, for
tho purposo of engaging In tho ship
ment of fish from Coos Bay, to tho
towns In tho Wlllamotto valley, and
other Interior points, hnvo inltlatod n
local campaign to havo tho ban on tho
shipment of crabs nml shell fish from
that county raised.
In splto of tho certainty of prohibi
tion In tho United States, tho prlco of
hops has cllmcd to a high point and
is llkoly to go higher. A donl has
Just boon closed In Portlnnd which old
tlino hopinon doclaro Is tho largest
transaction In hop futuros and tho
prlco tho hlghost that ovor occurred
in (ho history of (ho American hop
market. Tho donl, which Involved
1000 bales of hops, mostly Oregon,
represented n total valtto of $500,000,
Tho hops woro bought by (ho Loudon
firm of Ooorgo Hlrd & Co., nml tho
Hullur was Hnlph 10, Williams, of Portland,
EASTERN FARMERS PRACTICE EFFICIENT
HUSBANDRY IN CONSERVING PLANT FOOD
Manure Spreader Causes Uniform Distribution of Fertilizer.
(Procured by tho United Blntn Depart
mnt or Agriculture.)
Partner who nro confronted with
tho problem of maintaining soil fertil
ity Important In carrying out In
creased food production will find it
profitable, tho United (State depart
ment of agriculture suggest, to study
the method of handling barnyard ma
nuro practiced in part of eastern
Pennsylvania, where excellent result
In lidding to crop yield hnvo been so
cured. These method nro described In
Formers' Ilulletln 078, recently pub
lished by tho department. For over n
century It lias been the custom In this
region to store stable manure In n
wnlled manure ynrd, partly or wholly
covered, In which tho stabled animals
lire allowed to cxerclso during tho day.
Manure thrown Into such n ynrd and
thoroughly tramped by stock, accord
ing to tho department's bulletin, loses
much less through heating nod leach
ing than does manure plied In tho
open.
Accumulates In Yard.
Nearly nil manure produced on the
farms In tho region to which tho bul
letin refers accumulates In the manure
yards. All cornstalks, straw and other
roughago not used as bedding nro lidd
ed ns needed to take up excess liquids.
In till wny tho covered portion of tho
barnyard not only affords n dry nml
comfortable shelter for tho live stock
during tho winter months, but It pro
tects tho manure so that no leaching
occurs. In some Instances tho corn
fodder Is run through n cutter, which
Increases Its power of absorption and
makes tho manure ensler to handle.
The tramping of tho stock packs tho
manure, so that an oven tempernturo
Is obtained, which seems to favor
proper fermentntlon, ns Is evidenced
partly by tho strong odor of ammo
nla In tho vicinity when tho innnuro
Is being removed, nnd partly by nb
fionco of do combustion, or "firefnng,"
so common In manure piles exposed
to tho weather.
Occasionally n former Is found who
sprinkles land plaster on tho innnuro
at Intervnls, tho nmount ranging from
ono to two tons n year, npplled nt tho
rule of n bushel n week. Dlslnte
grnted feldspar rod., common In tho
vicinity, has been used with good ef
fect, but ns n general thing tho ma
nure 1 not treated with chemical fer
tilizers. When Manure Is Applied.
Tho innnuro is hauled to tho fields
twlco n yenr on tho mnjorlty of
farms. Many fanners apply It dur
ing tho winter when tho ground Is
frozen nnd hauling W ensler nnd when
thero is moro tltno for this work, but
this should not bo douo on hlllsldo
lnnd or whero thoro Is danger of tho
innnuro being washed nwny when tho
Know melts and before tho ground Is
miftlclently thnwed to nllow tho sol
uble material to sink In. In general
prnctlco the sod Is usually manured
In tho enrly spring nt tho mto of
eight to ten tons nu acre, nnd Is Im
mediately plowed nnd rolled. In tho
fall innnuro Is npplled to oats nnd
corn ntubblo land. Tho bnrnynrd Is
so arranged that tho team- nnd
POINTS ON HANDLING SWINE
Pork Produotlon Should Do Main
tained by Special Utilization
of Labor 8upply.
(Preparod by tlic United State Depart
ment of Agriculture)
At present, although tho labor situ
ation Is serious In many Instances, It
need not materially affect pork pro
duction on many farms. Tho hog end
of tho business properly managed re
quires n comparatively small amount
of Inbor except during certain sen
son of tho year. In addition to this,
tho labor which In required can in
mnny liiHlnnces bo performed by per
sons who nro not nblo to do tho henv
lest kind of fnnn work, Labor-saving
dovlcos should ho used so fur ns pos
sible. Autoninllc wnlororn properly
constructed will keep u continuous
supply of fresh water before tho hogs
lit nil times, with n minimum of labor
nnd it maximum amount of food for
(ho ttwlne. Hog tioiiniilly nro not
given a milllclcnt nimiuiit of water,
Helf'foodeiN fur grain where proper
spreader can bo driven Into tiny part
of It, Including tho covered portion,
whero loading can bo dono directly.
Tho bulletin describes In detail the
crop rotation plan nnd method of
handling mnnuru on ten Chester coun
ty fnnns, on ench of which tho yield
of corn Is maintained nt 75 bushel
or moro nn acre, nml where high
yield nro being inado nt no sacrifice
of profit. Theo fnnn offer good ex
maples of tho wny In which mnnuro
should bo hnndled nnd utilized to so
curo the greatest posslblo returns.
HOGS FAVOR SOY-BEAN MEAL
Found to Do 10 Per Cent Superior
Than Wheat Middlings for Fat
tening Pig.
(Prepared by Hi United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
As n supplement to cornmenl for
growing nnd fattening pigs, tho Wis
consln station found that ground soy
beans, proved about 10 per cent supe
rior to wheat middlings, figuring the
cost of tho feeds ns tho same. Tho
Indiana station compared ration of
two pnrts of cornmenl nnd ono part
of soy-benn men! with cornmenl nnd
wheat middlings In equal proportions
nnd with Hvo pnrts of conimenl nnd
ono pnrt of tankngo for pork produc
tion. Tho soy-benn ration produced
tho largest dally gains, nnd this with
tho smallest quantity of feed consum
ed for each pound of grnln.
Tho Missouri station In n compara
tive feeding trial of soy-benn mcnl with
Unseed meal nnd tankage showed that
theso feeds were equally effectivo In
promoting Uio growth of young hogs.
WAR CROPS HAVE INCREASED
County Agents Boost Hog Production
and Sugar Beet Yields In State
of Minnesota.
(Prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
A 7 per ceut Increaso In hog produc
tion nml n J!o per cent Increnso In
sugnr-beet production over tho pre
ceding yenr Is tho result of campaigns
cnrrled on this year by county ngents
In Minnesota. When tho call enmo for
moro pork and moro sugnr ns n wnr
emergency, surveys were mndo In
thoso sections of the state where hogs
nro raised nnd whero sugar beets nro
grown profitably. Tho county ngents
ndvlscd farmers to ralso ono litter
moro of pigs nnd to houso nnd feed
them properly. In splto of the fact
that thoro has been n shortage of corn
for feeding nnd that n largo number
of brood sows nnd hogs wero sold nnd
shipped to neighboring states whero
corn was moro plentiful, tho Increaso
in production wns mnde. A Inrger
ncreago In sugar beets wns nlso se
cured through tho efforts of tho ngents.
Feeding Turkey.
Turkeys should bo fed lightly nt
morning, noon nml night, but ns they
get older they will not como homo for
their noodny meal.
gnlns economlcnlly nnd fully ns rap
idly as can bo secured by hnnd feed
ing. They ellmlnuto n largo nmount
of labor nhd Insure n continuous sup
ply of food according to (ho nppctlto
of tho swine. Tho feeding of feeds
In tho dry form Instead of mixing
them In tho form of a slop Is also sav
ing in labor nnd s fully ns economlcnl
In tho uso of feed as whero tho ma
terials are fed wet. Tho farms, so far
ns posslblo, should bo entirely fenced
hog tight In order to permit tho hog to
hnvo access to nil fields from which
they inny harvest the crops, such us
corn, root crops nnd tubers, ns well
ns securing portions of tho regular
crops which would otherwlso bo tin
utilized snvo for tho addition of fer
tilizer to tho soil for future crop.
Thero Is no one thing which will
Insure economlcnl pork production:
(hero nro mail- factor. Failure to
properly muster any ono of theso fnc
tor may bo the cntixo for uneconomical
production,
Thn dairy heifer should not ho bred
for her lint calf until fche ha attained
n fair development.
R1JLTRY
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KEEP ONLY PROFITABLE HENS
Emergency Agent Waging Successful
Campaign Against Unprofitable
Fowl In Flock.
(Prepared by the United Btate Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
Practically all tho southern Missis
sippi valley nnd mlddlo Western states
hnvo effected satisfactory Incrcuse In
their production of poultry products.
Tho emergency agent are now waging
a successful campaign against tho un
profitable hens by getting owners to
cull such fowls from their flocks. liens
which produce less than 75 eggs a year
nro better dead than nllvc, while fowls
which yield from 75 to 100 eggs annual
ly nro only fair producer. Good lay-
,crs produce 125 eggs and upwnrd every
12 months. In some flocks of 200 liens,
75 of the low-producing fowl have
Most Profitable Flock of White Leg
horns.
been eliminated and still the normal
.production has been maintained. This
results from more favorable condl-
'tlons nnd surroundings for tho hens
left in tho flock which are not so
crowded and which consequently pro
duce better.
POULTRY AND EGGS SUPPLY
Badly Needed to Help Feed the World
Nothing Else Costs So Little to
Raise on Farm.
(By P. O. IIOLDEN.)
The high prlco of feed and tho high
prlco of poultry havo combined in
cnuslug farmers to greatly reduce
their flocks, nnd us n result we are
facing n serious shortage In poultry
nnd eggs nt a tlmo when they are bad
ly needed to help feed the world.
Wo must not forget that while feed
Is htgh .and while poultry brings good
prices, nothing elso costs so llttlo to
rnlso on n fnrm ns chickens, nnd thnt
eggs uro bringing such high prices we
cannot nfford to shut off tho source of
their supply.
Largo flocks of poultry nro needed
on every farm, nnd every farmer
should keop his young pullets, which
will soon bo his best lnycrs. Get rid
of tho roosters. Avoid wasteful meth
ods in handling poultry and In mar
keting eggs.
HINTS ON SELECTING LAYERS
Pullet With Alert Eye and Comb,
Faco and Wattle of Fine
Texturo Aro Best.
Judging poultry Is said to be a finer
art than tho selection of other farm
animals, but tho man or woman who
picks pullots with a line head, alert
eyes nnd comb, faco and wattles of
lino texture, has taken the first step
toward increased egg production. Good
pullots should stand square on their
feet, with legs wldo apart, with tho
front end of the body slightly higher
than tho posterior end, and with a long
puck and tall carried rather high. Tho
body Bhould bo wedge-shape, yielding
amplo room for tho reproduction and
tllgostlvo organs.
RANGE FOR BREEDING FOWLS
Higher Fertility, Better Hatches and
Stronger Chicks Can Reasonably
Be Expected.
If posslblo, tho breeding stock should
hnvo froo range, It Is better If this bo
provided during tho entire fall and
winter before tho breeding sensou, but
If till be not posslblo, frco rongo Just
preceding and during the breeding en
sou will be of great value, Dlrds on
free range will give u higher fertility,
holler liuj)s njul xUvujftr chlvk. 1
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SCOUTS
(Conducted by National Council of the
Boy Scouts of America.)
SCOUTS DISPATCH BEARERS
George Creel, chairman of the com
mlttco on public information, has ad
dressed tho following letter to tho Boy
Scouts of America In appreciation of
their services ns dispatch bearers for
tho government:
"Dear Mr. West I wish to tako this
opportunity to express to you my ap
preciation for the assistance the Boy
Scouts of America havo been to tho
committee in Its work.
"Public opinion stands recognized as
a vltnl part of national defense, a
mighty forco In national attack. The
strength of our firing line Is not in
trench barricade alone, but has' Its
eourco In the morale of the civilian
population from which tho fighting
force is drawn.
"As dispatch bearers tho boy scouts
havo carried tho message of our pres
ident to moro than five million homes,
and as a result of the postcards en
closed, tho commltteo has filled near;
ly two million requests for pamphlets
on tho vital questions of the war.
"Tho battle for public opinion has
been won. Thero Is no organized dis
loyalty. Individual disloyalty has been
Isolated and marked down. We havo
unity In the land today unexampled In
tho history of this or any other nation.
"The boy scouts have had their part
In winning tills battlo and they can do
much to help maintain the unity so
essential to victory."
SCOUT WALL-SCALING CONTEST.
Ono of the Many Athletic Pastimes
the Youngsters Enjoy.
SCOUTS IN TRANSPORT WORK.
That scouts can bo relied upon for
any patriotic duty is shown by this let
ter from the general superintendent
of tho United States army transport
service. If there is any place whero
the order to "allow only Americans on
guard tonight" should be repeated, It
Is on the docks from which our boys
board tho ships for France. Here Is
tho letter to national headquarters
from Lieut Col. F. P. Jackson:
"In referenco to telephono conver
sation regarding boy scouts, I havo
two employed In tho supplies division,
army transport service, as messen
gers. Their duties ns messengers re
qulro them very often, to carry offi
cial documents of a confidential na
ture from tho various government of
fices, "piers, etc. I believe boy scouts
give moro satisfactory services, duo to
their training, and can bo relied upon
to carry out strictly any Instructions
given them."
MADE A TOWNFUL OF SCOUTS.
Tho far-reaching effect of a com
monplaco act of kindness has often as
tonished a scout, who as a matter of
coursa does n good turn whenever ho
finds nn opportunity.
Tho scout cxccutlvo of Scranton,
Pa., becamo interested In a boy In n
neighboring town who wns at a hos
pital for it serious bono operation.
Ho spent much tlmo with tho boy,
and when ho passed his twelfth birth
day In tho hospital, tho scout executlvo
gave him tho tenderfoot test.
Returning to hi homo town, u scout,
this boy organized u troop and now lui
tho wholo town enthiulntitlc about
scouting. "Ho ihlni's u good deed In
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