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NEWS ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST FROM THE STATE OF OREGON O E N A T U R tO A L C O H O L . Idaho Experiment Station Tails About M im ita r liir a and L I*« . Conditions Affecting the Production PROCEEDINGS OF THE SIXTIETH SESSION OF NATIONAL LAWMAKERS of Industrial Alcohol in the Northwest, GRAFT O LD TREES. D ALLAS A F T E R A C A N N E R Y . Diseased Orchards in Valley Are to Fruitmsn Believe th e y Will Have a M arket fo r C ro p . Be Laid Low. r Corvallis— A movement Is being launched here (or a great campaign for the renovation of old orchards in the Willamette valley and other parts of Oregon. Preaident Newell, of the state board of horticulture, Mr. Lownsdale, Mr. Reid, and a large number of the fruit inspectors of the various counties are on the ground and are identified with the plan. The tiret gun in the campaign was tired by M. O. Lownsdale in an address before the visiting horti culturists and other winter short course students in college chapel. The ad dress met with a hearty Indorsement, and aroused much enthusiasm. 1 he Agricultural college authorities will join in the plan, and in an educational way and otherwise co-operate to the ut most extent in furthering the move m ent It is said that within three to five veart a complete new orchard can be made out of the old one. and a profit of $5 to |1 0 per tree be realised. This was the assertion of Mr. Lownsdale in his address. He says he has accom plished this result with old trees on his farm, and that it can be done by any farmer who can do grafting or have it done. The thing to do, say-« Mr. Lownsdale, is to cot down the old trt»ee. The best plan is to cut them close to the ground, leaving the roots intac'i. This should be done by the 1st of March. The next season, from the 10th to the 15th of May, such varieties as are best for the climate and for commercial purposes should be grafted on the three or four beet sprouts. This is the easiest and most certain plan. Two feet of the old trunk may be left and the graft applitd to it the first year, and a year of time in reproducing the orchard is gained, but this requires an expert at grafting in order to be successful. By either plan the trees will be in good bearing in from three to five years, and a reve nue of $5 to $10 each be realised. M A K E W ARFARE O N S C A L E . M arion County Fruitmsn Learning to Fight Dread Past. Salem—The most practical, interest ing and instructive discaselon of4bn Jose scale ever given in Marion county waa heard ¡here last week when Coun ty Fruit Inspector E. C. Armstrong ad dressed the meeting of the Marion County Horticultural society. About 200 growers of Marion and Polk coun ties were present, and it was the unan imous opinion that if similar talks and demonstrations were given in every part of the Willamette valley this win ter, it wov.’d be but a sbert time until the great enemy of the fruit industry would be under control. That a very large number of growers do not know scale when they s«e it, and therefore are in a very poor position to fight it, was evident. Mr. Armstrong made hie address so plain and illustrated it so fully that no one who was present will ever have trouble in distinguishing this pest. Dallas—A committee appointd at the meeting of the Horticultural society Inst week for the purpose of securing the co operation of the fruit raisers of this vicinity in the establishing of a cannery at Dallas, is hard at work. With the exception of the berry crop, sutlicient fruit is raised within a radius of five miles around Dallas to easily support a cannery, and it is lielieved that the establishment of that industry in this city will result in the planting of enough of the small fruits to keep the cannery in operation during the en tire season each year. A company will he formed and the farmers, fruitgrowers and business men will be solicited to take stock in it. Heretoforre the fruit crops of this vicin ity weie shipped to the canneries In Salem and Newberg. Many Countiaa Represented. University of Oregon, Eugene— The following table, taken from t t a records cf the register’s office,, shows that the students of the University of Oregon come trom every county in the stme. There are now in attendance in the de partments at Eugene, exclusive of mu sic, 400 students, which is the largwet body of students of coIIeve rank enrolled in any institution in Oregon. That they are not from the heme« of the rich is shown by the fact that nearly 70 per cent of them are either wholly or par tially earning their own way. Most of them are registered from the smaller cities of the state that support good high schools. The following counties are represented: Baker, Clackamas, Clatsop. Columbia, Coos, Curry, Doug las, Gilliam, Grant, Jacksoo, Joseph ine. Klamath, lane, Linn, Marion, Multnomah, Polk, Sheruan, Tillatnock, Umatilla, Union, Wasco, Washington, Wbashington, Wheeler, Yamhill. Cow Earns H er Feed. Oregon Agricultural College, Corval lis— A five-year-old Holstein at the college dairy made a milk yield of 13,- 744 pounds for the year ending Decem ber 31. The product carried a butter fat record of 448.55 pounds, and yield ed 520.97 pounds of butter, that at prices current during the year brought $170. She was not pushed in the feed ing, but given the ordinary rations in cident to any well-kept dairy. Her food for the year cost $40, leaving a net profit of $130. Big M ilto n R anc'i S o ld . Milton—For the price of $28 562.50 Henry L. F ra x ie i, of Milton, lias sold h is ranch near thia place to William H. Harder, and the deal represents one of the biggest individual transactions made in this section of the country for many months. The Fraxier ranch is located just southwest of Milton, and contains 246 acres of wheat land. This sale also inclnded the Franzier resi dence in Milton. PORTLAND M ARKETS. Batter— Fancry creamery, 32^@ 35c per pound. Veal—75 to 125 pounds, 9c; 125 to Correspondence Courses Arranged 150 pounds, 7c; 150 to 200 pounds, 5 0 The December number of the Univer sity of Oregon Bulletin, a copy of which 6H c. Poultry—Average old bene, 14016c lias just been received, gives a full de scription of the correspondence courses per pound; mixed chickens, 14c; spring that are now being offered bv the uni chickens, 14c; roosters, 8@10c; dress versity. The courses are arranged es ed chickens, 14c; turkeys, live, 1 6 0 1 7 c; pecially for teachers, students preparing dressed, choice, 18020c; geeee, live, 9 for college or university, women’s 0 1 0 c ; ducks, 16c; pigeons, $101.50; clubs, teachers’ grodpe, granges, home squabs, $ 2 0 3 . Eggs— Fresh ranch, candled, 3 0 0 makers. The university intends to add additional courses in Economics, Politi 3 2 4 c per dozen. Pork—Block, 75@150 pounds, 6 4 0 cal Science, History, English Litera ture, Mechanical Drawing, Civil Eng 7 4 c ; packers, 6 4 @ 7 4 c . Wheat—Club, 84c; bluestem, 86c; ineering, Education and others as its resources permit. The correspondence valley, 84c; red, 82c. Gats—No. 1 white, $27.50028; gray, work has met with a hearty reception in all parte of the state. More than $27 50028-. two hundred students enrolled for the I Barley—Feed, $27 per ton; brewing, various courses during the past month. $32; rolled, $30. Corn— Whole, $32; cracked, $33. Hay—Valiev timothy, No. 1. $18 per Beets Do Well In Klamath. ton; E»stern Oregon timothy, $21 @22; Klamath Falls—That Klamath basin clover, $15; cheat, $16; grain hay, $16 is to become one of the leading sugar @16; alfalfa, $15; vetch, $14. beet districts of the country is evidenc Fruits— Apples, 75c0$2 per box; ed by the results of analysis of sugar peaches, 75c@$2per crate; pears, $1.26 beets just received from C. O. Town @1.76 per box; cranberries, $9.50012 send, pathologist in charge of sugar per tarrel. beet investigations of the Department Vegetables—Turnips, 75c per sack; of Agriculture at Washington. The carrots, 65c per sack; beets, $1 per sample sent was of three beets grown rack; beans, 15c per pound; cabbage, on a test patch of a quarter acre of land lc per pound; cauliflower, 75c@$l per a mile from Klamath Falls, on which dozen; celery, $3.250 3 60 per crate; was produced 8 385 pounds of beets, or onions, 16020c per dozen; parsley, nearly 17 tons per acre. 20c per dozen; peas, 10c per pound; peppers, 8 017c per pound; pumpkins, Laying Out Reclamation W o rk. 1@14<5 per pound; radishes, 20c per Klamath Falls—The reclamation ser dozen; spinach, 6c per pound; sprouts, vice has several surveying parties lay 8010c per pound; squash, 1 @1 %c per ing out next year’s work on the Kla pound; tomatoes, $2 per box. math project. One party is now en Onions—$1.6001.76 per hundred. gaged on the second unit in the Olene Potatoee—40060c per hundred, de district, while Engineer Sargent has a livered Portland; sweet potatoee, $2.75 force on the extension of the Keno 0 3 per hundred. «anael, paralleling the Klamath river, Hops— 1907, prime and choice, 6 0 south. ■ ,” 4 C per pound; olds, 10 2 c per pound, r Wool— £ astern Oregon, average best, Fulton Files -'is Petition. 13020c per pound, according to shrink Salem—C. W. Fulton has filed a age; valley, 18020c, according to fine copy of his petition for Republican ness; mohair, ohoice, 29030c per nomination for United States senator. pound. is the title of a bulletin recently issued by the department of chemistry of the Idaho state experiment station. The purpose of the bulletin is, as the author states, to bring to the attention of farmers and others interested in the subject, the general principles underly ing the processes used in the manufac ture and denaturing of alcohol. The opinion is expressed that people in this jiart of the country will receive but little benefit from the passage cf the “ Denatured Alcohol Act’’ unlesa they see to it that this alco >ol is made at home from home grown products. Sev eral crops aie mentioned us being the ones to which people in the Northwest will have to look as the m>«t promis ing in alcohol manufacture, the most prominent being potatoes and sugar l>eet*. It ia not protable that individ ual farm distilleries will ever lx* put Into operation. The idea is advanced of a community still, or a still owned and o|»erated by a «took company, in which the chief owners of the stock shall be the producers of the raw ma terial. Figures are given illustrating the relative efficiency of alcohol when compare«! to kerosene as a source of light. It will require some time to get peo ple acquainted with the usee to which denature«! akhohol may bo put, but it is confidently lielieved that there is a great future for this product right here in the Northwest. “ D R Y IN G O F F ” T H E M IL K E R . Useful Hints On Handling of Cows Bsfora Calving. In answer to a question how to “ dry off" the milkirgeow, Prof. J. H. Fraud- son, of Idaho experimeat station, gave the following suggestions: The trouble with many dairymen Is that in drying up cows they are afraid to stop milking as long as the cow shows any tendency of giving milk. In many they do not real ze that tocon* tinue milking through the entire year is an exceedingly bad policy. In ordi nary cases it is desirable that the cows should be dry from a month to six weeks. The object being to increase the supply of nourishment for the growing foetus as well au enabling the cow to improve her physical condition before the time of calving. When it is thought l*st to hasten “ laying off,” start by not milking the cow clean. This will generally decrease the amount to a point where it is safe to skip every other milking. In about a week the milk will generally lie reduced to such proportions as to justify milking only every other day. Generally soon after this It will lie safe to discontinue m ilk ing altogether. Tbs “ drying off’’ is rmst easily ac complished when cows are fed on dry feeds as much as possible. There are a few persistent milkers which can be done more harm by a forced “ drying off“ than to let them milk up to calving, but such oows are decidedly few in numbers. Publicationa fo r Farm ers. The following publications of interest to farmers and others have been issue«I by the Agricultural department of the Federal government and will lie fur nished free, so long as they are avail able, except where otherwise noted, upon application to the Superintendent of Document*, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C.: Farmer’ Bullein No. 158.— How to Build Small Irrigation Ditches. By C. T. Johnston and J. D. Htannard, assist ants in Irrigiation investigations, office of ex|>erirntnt stations. Pp. 28. figs. 9. This is a reprint of an article in the Yearbook o, the department of agricul ture for I960, entitled “ Practical Irri- gaticn.” giving methods for laying out and building small irrigating ditches, using only such implements as are found on most farms or can easily be mads by the farmer. Farmers’ Bulletin No. 187.— Drain age of Farm I.ands. By C. G. Elliott, drainage expert, irrigation investiga tions, office of experiment stations. Pp. 40, figs. 19. Explains the effects and advantages of drainage and de scribes implement* and methods suited to a variety of conditions in humid and irrigated regions. Farmers’ Bulletin No. 263.— Practi cal Information lot Beginners in Irri gut ion. By 8. Fortier. Pp. 40, figs. 25. This gives suggestions as to the se lection of an irrigated farm, the ac quirement of a water right, the prepar ation of land for irrigation, the con struction of farm ditches, and the ap plication of water to crops. Farmers’ Bulletin No. 270.— Modern Convenienes for the Farm Home. By Fimina T. Wilson. Pp. 48, figs. 27. This discusses heating, water supply, and sewage disposal for farm homes, and the arrangement of houses and grounds. Farmers’ Bulletin No. 277.—The Use of Alcohol and Gasoline in Farm En gines. By C. E. Lucke and 8. M. Woodwad. Pp. 40, figs. 12. This gives the general resutls of experiments In the use of alcohol in the ordinary in ternal combustion engines on the Amer ican market, with some discussion of foreign experiments. \ M orday, January 13. Washington, Jan. 13.—The reoei t iasue of bonds by the secretary of the tictooiry for the purpose of relieving the financial stringency was the subject of an anuniito<l debate in the senate to day. The discuss« n wss precipitated by an inquiry by Outberson and a ns participated In by Aldrich, Tillman and Bailey. It resulted in an agree ment to postpone further controversy until a statement can lie received from Secretary Cortelyou, which Aldrich romised to present « n Thunnisy. While the subject was under discus lion, Tillman’s ree«>lutlnn dltecting the finance committee to inquire Into the o|ieiati<»n* of the Treasury department was referretl, with Ids consent, to that committee. The senato passed Tillman's resolu tion calling on the Interstate Com merce commission for information con cerning purchases by railroad compan ies of stocks of competing roads. The unfinlshe«! business in the form of the bill to codify the criminal lh»» of the United States was pla«*e«l before the aenate and the reading of the bill was begun. Washington, Jan. 13.— Vigorous de fense of state's rights in d««aling with violations of civil rights or with sjmh I s I state elections, where tr«»op* have been called into service, serve<l to enliven the debate In the bouse of representa tives today in connection with the qpn- sideration of the hill to codify the |>*ital laws of the Unite«! States. A number of Itetuocrats, mostly from the Southern states, strenuously sought, by amend ment, to reserve to the states them selves discretion as to the quail Act ion a of v< ters or of |*ereons to serve on juries, anti to limit the powers of Federal judges in certain cases, but every at tempt failed. Republicans prevented a solid front, and the votes were all on party lines. the measure, together with Ids reason for its adoption. Senator Clay Unlay introduced a bill authorising the acvruiary of the treas ury to Issue $309,000,1X10 of non* inter- ••at bearing United States notes in cir culation, In such form as he may deem expedient. Henator Bulkley to lay Introduced a hill prnvldlny for emergency currency Issued by tanka In amounts equal to the | mu value of Irnr.ds to he deposited with the treasurer of the United States. It provides that United Slstcs Ixitlda, I'anaina canal bonds, I win da of any state , county or municipality of riot less than 60,000 population, may he accepted for such purposes. Senator lodge today Introduced a joint resolution reducing China's In demnity bond, Incurred as a reault of the Boxer trouble of 1900, from $245, 440,778 to $11,665,492, with interest at 4 per oent, payment of the amount I wing remitted as sn act of friendship to ( ’hIna 8enator Gore, of Oklahoma, Uxlay introduced a joint resolution providing that no |M«raon shall be elig hie to ta elected president of the Unllcil States lor more than two terms in sucteasmn. Senator Piles today secured the |>«a- sage through the senate of hia hill ap propriating $30.(MW f<»r ttie erection of a lighthouse at the entrance of Belllng- Iiaiu Bay. Waalnr gton, Jan. 9. — I»eclded dif- err net»« of opinion as t<* the way of in- jerting elasticity Into the national cur rency and of int rmaing the safety of hank dr|*wita have arisen among the me io hers cf the committee on tanking and currency, of which Fowler, of New Jersey is chairman. Home of th* Re publican members as well as Demo- cists, are not in entire syrn|wtliy with the plan of Fowler as e:ril*«lln«l In the bill introduced by him yesterday con templating the immediate and com plete retirement of all national tank Saturday, January II bond-secured currency ami it* replace Washington, Jan. 11.— A vigorous merit by a guaranteed credit currency fight was wage«l in the house of repre tweed upon general assets of the banka. sentatives today over the bill to codify and revise the penal laws of the United Wednesday, January 8. states with particular reference to sec tion 19, affecting conspiracies against Washington, Jan. 8.— In the pres the civil rights of citizens. Smith, o ence of the entire house, W illiams, of Missouri, and Hughes, of New Jersey, M'Miaaippi, and l>e Armond, of Mis offered amendments having for their souri, wh<ae physical encounter oil the object the exemption of labor unions floor just tafore the Christmas adjourn from the operation of the section when ment attracted genera! attention, today ever such unions declare strike« or boy- engaged In an eschange of amenities cotta A motion to strike out the which wss generally accepted as a pub whole section was made by Bartlett, of lie announcement of their re*|»eclive Georgia. The brunt of the debate was intention« not to permit their ¡»«•rsonal borne by Sher ley, of Kentucky, a mem difference« to interfere with the cour- ber of the committee on revision, but teou« discharge of their public dutlaa. he was supported by a number of Re The Incident occurred in oonneclloo publicans. with an effort by Dalzell, of the com The amendments were all lost, a« mittee on rule«, to get the house Io was one by I»e Armond 1« strike nut agree to a rule giving right of«way to Section 20, iiecause it conferred on Fe«l- the bill authorllng the codi(¡ration ami eral court* in punishing felonies and amendment of the penal law« of the misdemeanors committed under section United htatea and limiting general de 19 the authority given to the courts of bate to four hours. Several Democratic the state in which the acta are commit rnemtrer« ezpreaae«! the opinion that the rule was a scheme to sidetrack ted. other legislation. Dalu ll, however, Friday, January 10. refuted this. Washington, Jan. 10.— The house of The rule was [asat»«I by an over representatives today resumed its a«tiv- whelming majority, deapit« effort« of itv, and for over five hours transacted I>eArtnon<l ami seven aiherenta to se business of a public nature. Material cure the yeas anti nays, ami (he house progress was made with the hill to at once pr»xee«le«l to tiie consideration codify, revise and amend the criminal ami remling of the hill. At tin-con laws of the United Slates, which was clusion of the nailing, w hich consumed taken up ufu-r some routine Dili* had two hours, the h ill wan laid w ide and been disposed of. the house again took up the resolution The feature of the session wts a brief distributing the president's message to address by Burleson, of Texas, who the several committees, in order to credited Senator Foraker and other Re permit (»sines, of Tennessee, to address publicans with having charged the the house in favor of mi ap prop riation president with the responsibility for lor the Hermitnge, the home of Gene the recent financial (>anic. ral Andrew Jackson, near Na-hville. The house adjourned at 6:12 p. m. Ter.n. until tomorrow, after an effort had been made by the Democrats for con Tuesday, January 7. sideration of the code hill. Washington, Jan. 7.—Henator Aid- The house of representatives took on its old-time form when Jones, of Wash rich today introduced hia currency hill, ington, called up the hill authorizing which baa Imen a subject for some the Benton Water company to constnnt days. Ho had the bill read to the atn- a dam across Snake river at Five-mile ate arid announced that the committee rapids, Wash. The hill elicited a would lie glad to ronsid« r with it all sharp detate and members crowded hills that senators m ght desire to in into the center aisle anxious to be troduce. He assure«» Culberson th«t hia resolution would receive attention. heard. The hill was finally passed. At 1 :40 the senate adjourned until Washington, Jan. 10.—The senate next Thuraday to permit more work by committee on territories today passed commitlees. The president today sent in the nom favorably upon the nopiination of George Curry to l>* governor of New ination of Christian Hchueliel to Ixi dis Mexico; Nathan Jaffa to be secretary of trict attorney for Oregon. Ilia sole en New Mexico, and John H. Page to he dorser was Henator Bourne, the other three members of the Oregon delegation secreary of Arizona. The committee on Pacific islands and supporting George G. Biriglmm, of Porto Rico voted to recommend the con Halem. There may he a fight over firmation of Regis H. Post, of New Hchuebel'a confirmation. York, to be governor of Porto Rico; W illiam F. Willoughby, of the Dis Washington, Jan. 7.—The resolution trict of Columbia, to lie secretary of referring the president’s message to the Porto Rico, and Fid ward Dextecr, of several committees furnished the occa Illinois, to Ire commissioner of educa sion in the house of representatives to tion of Porto Rico. day far a number of addreasea, mostly bv mombers on the Democratic side. Thursday, January 0 . These covered a variety of subjects, hut Washington, Jan. 9.—The introduc thoae that attracted special attention tion by Senator Hale, chairman of the were by 8heppard, of Texas, and Wil- committee on naval affairs, today of let of New York. The former not only made a plea for his naval personnel bill proved the oc casion for a general discussion of naval the restoration of the legend “ In God affairs and recent occurences in connec We Trust’’ on American oolns, but dis tion with that branch of the public ser cussed the cyrise of the American bat vice. The Maine senator entered upon tleship fleet and referred to a possible a full explanation of the provisions of conflict with Japan.
