BLEACHED OATS
ARE POOR SEED
Sulphur Procoss Brightens
Grains, but It Rcduoos Ger
minating Qualities.
PAY ATTENTION TO QUALITY
Game Amount of Time, Labor and
Monty Required to Oow Field,
Whether Viability High or Low
Buy Under Contract
(Prepared by (ha United Hlntes Depart
meat or Agriculture.)
In tlio purchnsu nnd selection of
ontn for seed formers nro warned to
bo enroful of grain (lint linn been
blenched by tlio sulphur process. This
procos In now used extensively by
commercial grain dealers to glvo oats
of Inferior (jimllly n bright, clean ap
pearance. In experiments conducted
by tho specialists of tlio United
Htntcs department of agriculture, It
wua found Hint In nearly every sum
Iilo of sulphur blcnclied ontn thcro
wu n great reduction In tliu gcrmluat
Ing power. Tlio Indent reduction wan
In n sample which germinated 07.0
I or cent beforo treating and 0.0 per
cent nftcr treating, or u totnl reduc
tion In termination of 88 per cent
caused by sulphuring.
Too much attention cannot bo paid
to tho quality of aecd for tho enmu
aimount of time, Inbor and money la
required to sow n Held of outs, wheth
er the viability of tho need bo high or
low, nml tho product will bo Influ
enced directly by tho percentngo of
germination of tho Heed. A casual
observer Is probably moro likely to
bo iiiIhIci! an to tho truo quality of oats
Hint) of any other grain for Heeding
purpose, becuuso on in that havo been
Niilphured present nu nttructlvu ap
pearance; therefore upvclnl enro must
SIRUP WILL REPLACE SUGAR
Novel Scheme Oelna Carried Out In
Nebraska Community Demand
Digger Than Supply.
(Prepared by Mm Untied HtMes Depart
ment ot Agriculture.)
A scheme to utilize n port of tho
sorghum crop for making a Hiigar sub
Htltuto for human -food In being car
ried out ln-I)oughiH county, NebrnNka.
In one community, through tho effort
of tho local county agent, six farmers
co-operated In purchasing u small
bo taken to ascertain whether (hi
nppearancu In duo to blenching by mil
phur or whether It lo natural.
Feed Oats Not Qood for Seed.
It Ih not mi uncommon practice
throughout tho stnrillcr oat-growing
urea for farmers to tiso for need
mils that hnvo been purchnsed for
feeding purposes, especially when
these ontH appear to bo of good qua!
Hy. Frequently very poor yields aro
obtained from feed ontn, because theso
mils may havo been sulphur blenched
Heeilmen Kenerally buy their ontn
under contractu, stipulating that nuch
ontn film II germlunto not lens than n
specific porccntngo, and further that
they Khali not ho milphur blenched
Thin provision, of course, safeguards
tho farmer when ho buys ontn from n
HccdMinnn who slates that such ontn
nro Hiiltahlu for need. However, an
there In no general regulation govern
Ing ontn handling In lutrantnto trans
nctloiiH which requires that sulphured
ontn are to bo labeled us nuch, tho
farmer generally In without protec
tion and often bowk oatn that havo
been sulphured.
Two processed nro In uro In blench
Ing ontn; known nn tho cold process
and (ho warm process, tho only dlf
ferenco being that In ono caso steam
In used to moisten tho grain and In
tho other cold water In used. An tho
moistened ontn fnll from tho top of n
tower they pass through sulphur
fumes which como In contact with
every kernel. After tho ontn havo
panned through tho blenching tower
they nro usually run In n bin and nl
lowed to stand over night when they
nro cooled or dried as necessity may
require.
INCREASING DEMAND
FOR TIMBER OF ELM
Total Stand Placed at Approxi
mately Vz Billion Feet
At Work In a Sirup-Making Mill.
sorghum mill, ami secured tho services
of an experienced sorghum-slrup milk
er. Although tho sirup made at thin
mill Is being sold at $1.25 to $1.00 a
gallon, present IndlcutloiiH nro that
tho demand cannot bo met. I'lvo
sorghum mills uro now In operation In
tho county.
Wood Is Desirable Where Strenath
Bending Quality and Ability to
Withstand Shock Are Con
cerned Takes Good Polish.
(Prepared by tho United States Depart
merit of Agriculture.)
Kim timber growing In tho farm
wood lot Is a valuable asset.
Tho demand for elm Is Increasing,
whllo the supply Is rapidly diminish
Ing. It In estlmnted that the total
stand of elm In the United .States Is
approximately billion feet. This
amount would furnish n supply for
approximately 80 years at tho present
rate of cutting, as tho nnnunl output
of elm lumber is about 24,000,000
board feet, placing elm twelfth In rnnk
among nil woods and tenth among
hnrdwoods In point of lumber produo
tlon.
Kim wood Is dcslrnblo where
strength, bending quality and ability
to withstand shocks nro required. II
Is, in general, heavy, hard and strong.
Tho most Important use to which It Is
put, according to tho bulletin, Is In
tlio cooperage Industry, the amount
credited to this use being moro than
twice that of the next In Importance,
which In In tho manufacture of has
kets and crates. It Is estimated that
117,000,000 board feet aro used nnnu-
ally In making cooperage stock or bur
rels.
Kim is used extensively In mnklng
agricultural Implements ntid vehicles
also. It Is useful In tho manufacture
of wheels and bodies for nutomobllcs,
nml tho rapid growth of this Industry
tins brought about n considerable In
crease In the demand fur elm. Its abil
ity to take a good polish makes It do-
slrnblo In tho manufacture of certain
pieces of furniture, cabinet work nnd
Interior trimmings. It Is n fairly dura
bio wood, tho average untreated lum
ber In situations exposed to weather
lasting six to eight years. When prop
erly treated with creosoto this period
may ho lengthened to 20 or moro years.
RAISE MORE HOGS FOR MEAT t "n1 "-"' tho greatest prof-
1 lit Is obtained from selling hogs nt
No Farm Is Complete Without Swine
to Assist In Modern Methods
of Farming.
(Prepared by tlio United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
Meat for tho nation and profits for
tho farmer can ho Increased by nils
Jug hogs. No furm Is complete unless
Homo nro kept to old In tho modern
method of farming. Swlno multiply
moro rapidly than other furm animals
nnd mnko greater gains per hundred
pounds of concentrated feed con
sumed. lings might bo kept profitably upon
a number of farms where the) nro not
found today. An n general propor
tion, It Is safer for tho uverngo farm
er to bundle a small number of hogs
In connection with his other farm busi
ness. Ah much feed as posslblo for hogs
should ho raised on thu furm; no moro
feed Ihnu I nloliituly necessary
should ho purehiised,
I limn weighing from 200 to JI00
pounds a ro In grtutent demand on tho
I' i I is M"T1
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OREGON
LEG!
SLATURE
Btato Capitol. Tho most gigantic
scheme of Industrial development over
attempted In Oregon Is wrapped up In
a joint resolution Introduced in tho
house of tho legislature Saturday by
Itoprcsontatlvos Gordon, Coffey, Ilcan,
Jon'cN.of Lincoln and Polk and Sidlcr,
Under tho amendment tho constltu
tloual limitation for indebtedness of
2 por cent In lifted and unincorporated
sections ot tho Btato or Incorporated
cities and towns may Issuo bonds In
nn amount not exceeding C per cent of
tho assessed valuation for tlio purpose
of developing hydro electric energy In
turn to dovelop tho vast latent re
sources of tho Btato.
Ilccltals aro mado In tho resolutions
of tho practically unlimited possiblll
tins offered In Oregon for manufac
ture of highest grado woolen fabrics;
tho manufacture ot Iron and steel, tho
wonderful futuro for milling and tho
production ot Its by-products; tho lr
rlgatlon of great areas of fertile lands
through tho Installation of pumping
stations, and tho opportunities which
would bo opened up for tho use of
electric current In tho operation of
machinery on farms and in the homes,
so that Isolated nnd less nttractlvo sec
tions of tho stato would bo mado tho
mocca for wondorful futuro rural do
volopment.
Proposed consolidation ot tho city
of Portland and county ot Multnomah
mado Its appearance In the senate
Monday when a proposed amendment
to thu constitution was brought to
Salem by Prank S. a rant and Intro
duced by thu Multnomah delegation
"by request," with Senator Hanks In
troducing tho measure.
In Its provisions tho proposed con
solidation Is most sweeping. It con
solidates most everything In the city
nnd county governments and gives tho
consolidated body control of tho Wil
lamette and Columbia rivers. Under
tho directions contained In tho draft
ed bill, the school board Is wiped out
In Portland nnd all tho school .boards
In tho various districts ot the county
nro displaced. The samo holds of
road districts. Tho municipalities ot
Grusham, Troutdnlo and Falrvlcw aro
merged Into ono general corporation
with Portland and in the combine Is
absorbed tho port ot Portland.
Tho dock commission Is not reached
by tho bill, but It tho pcoplo adopt
tho constitutional amendment calling
for tho merger, tho dock commission
being a municipal entity, can bo taken
n later.
The calling of a special election In
Juno to voto bonds for tho construe
tlon of public buildings as a means of
helping to solve tho employment prob
lem ot tho roturncd soldiers and sail
ors, is being considered by tho houso
nnd senate joint commltteo on recon
structiou.
Sentiment favoring this bond Issue
wns pronounced at a meeting ot the
commltteo Monday afternoon, at
which tho reconstruction commltteo of
tho Wnifhlngton legislature met with
tho Oregon lawmakers far a frank dis
cusslon ot Industrial conditions.
Am supplemental to his land, settle
ment bill, Introduced earlier In tho
session, Representative Richardson in
troducod another mensuro providing
for tho samo land settlement commls
Ion plan, but adding a provision call
ing for a bond issuo of $5,000,000 to
bo issued during tho noxt five- years.
Tho bonds aro to bo solf-rotlrlng by
ropuymont of loans, similar to tho
rural credits plan.
bow and Litter ol L'levcn.
tliesu weights, TIo price ifullxed de
pends upon thu kind of cur cuss thu
hog will yield,
Senator Dlmick's bill prohibiting tho
teaching ot German in all public and
stntoald schools ot Oregon passod tho
sonato on third reading Friday, after
its opponents had attackod it In a
series of dobntcs extending through
out tho morning session and part of
tho afternoon.
Opposition, howover, was but slight
ly stronger than Saturday, 11 votes
being recorded against tho measure.
Senators who opposed tho bill woro
Sonntnrs Gill, Howell, Huston, Jones,
I.nfollotto, Mosor, Nlckorson, Norblnd,
Portor, Smith of Josophlno and Stray
or. Tho bill now will go to tho houso,
whero tho opposition is expected to
gnthor its forcos In an offort to kill It.
Ropresontatlvo Homo has proposed
n mcusuro In tho houso providing for
n supertax of 2G por cent on Idlu nnd
uncultivated lands which aro tillable,
exempting timber lands, This bill linn
tho support of tho Federation or
Labor,
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Jump from Bed
in Morning and
Drink Hot Water
Tells why everyone should drink
hot water each morning
before breakfast.
Why Is man nnd woman, halt tho
time, feeling nervous, despondent,
worried; some days headachy, dull and
unstrung; somo days really incapaci
tated by Illness.
If wo nil would, practlco lnsidc-bath-Ing,
what a gratifying change would
tako place. Instead of thousands ot
half-sick, anaemic-looking souls with
pasty, muddy complexions we should
bco crowds of happy, healthy, rosy
checked peoplo everywhere. Tho rea
eon Is that tho human system docs not
rid itself each day of all tho waste
which It accumulates under our pres
ent modo of living. For every ounce
of food nnd drink taken into the system
nearly nn ounco ot waste material
must bo carried out. elso It ferments
and forms ptomaln-llko poisons which
nro absorbed Into tho blood.
Men and women, whether sick or
well, nro advised to drink each morn
ing beforo breakfast, n glass of real
hot water with n teasnoonful of
limestone phosphnto In It, as n harm
less means ot washing out of tho
stomnch, liver, kidneys nnd bowels tho
Indlgestlblo nmtcrlnl, waste, sour uiio
and toxins.
Millions ot pcoplo who had their turn
nt constlpntion, billlous attacks, acid
stomach, nervous days and sleepless
nights hnvo becomo real cranks about
tho morning Insldo-bnth. A quarter
pound of Umcstono phosphate will not
cost much nt tho drug store, but Is
sufficient to demonstrate to nnyone,
its cleansing, sweetening nnd freshen
ing effect upon tho system. Adv.
Governmental Science.
Tho Bclonco of government Is only
a science of combinations, of applica
tions and of exceptions, according to
times, places and clrouuutuuces,
Rousseau.
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meaning pudding, but it seems orig
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meaning a short body or inflated skin.
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