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About The Springfield news. (Springfield, Lane County, Or.) 1916-2006 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 12, 1918)
AQ1 4 TII 8PRINQFIELD NBWa j THURSDAY, SEPT. 12, 1918 Farmer, Stockman and Dairyman Tfme for Freak Grain Tho open season for freak wheats and other grains is again approaching. Highly advertised grain spoclaltlaa thrust on tho public by unscrupulous promoters, enthusiastic but Imprncti cal plant breeders, and by plain graft' ere, accomplish two serious results it this critical time, M First, they often bring abnormal and outrageous prices for common vario ties. Second, many of theso freaks arc 1 ' low ylcldcrs and actually reduce tho , , nation's bread supply. The Oregon Experiment Station la Interested in securing the best varie ties of wheat for tho different sections of the State. These are tried out care fully, under uniform conditions to de termine exactly the superior types. The Agricultural College is ready to assist any breeder or improver of wheat and to offer the benefits of t years of experience in selecting and testing wheat varieties, ana to rur thcr the dissemination of varieties that are. deflnito improvements. The college is equally active in pro tecting farmers of Oregon from in vesting In untried wheat at unreason able prices, or in varieties of proved Inferiority. Therefore, the experiment $2.40 per bushel, which is n consider ably better Investment than untried varieties peddled out in ten-pound lots at tho rate of J10S to $270 per bushol, Tho oxporlmont station Is keeping In tinned on promising varieties of sned uvnllnblo in sufficient quantity for seeding purposes and will biako ro commendation of such varieties as rapidly ns their worth is demon stratcd. In tho meantime, patriotic necessity demands that farmers grov tvory possiblo acre of varieties known to bo productive. 3. R. ljyslop, Pro." Parm Crops, Oregon Agricultural OjI lego. r Select Seed Corn This Fall- Seed corn should bo selected from stalks standing where they grew be cause only then, with certainty, can seed be obtained from stalks that hao a tendency to yield well as shown by I their superiority over surrounding stalks that grew under tho same condi tions. (Such seed inherits high pro duction power), Stalks without suckers. (Such seed produces fewer suckers than seeds from sucker-bearing stalks). Storm-proof stalks with cars at a desirable height. Seed corn should be selected as soon as it matures because: Desirable stalks, especially early Freezing weather injures tho seed before It becomes dry. Warm, wet weather may cause kor- statlon has recommended against thei T3tii.tu.nlr Ctlnnkvhofit tntmi1l1.A(t In I , . . , . ,. maturing stalks with hnnging ears, 1917 at abnormal prices, because the .... . ----urtrt.l,, ovnttllt wttH 4 lift iucu uiuov twuui. wtAcav vuiivofviiua nttu common variety Jones Winter Fife. Trials of this wheat in wheat nurser ies at t wn nf thn finprlmmit stations nrlMtfid that th BunGr.whe9t.nels sprout before drying. and Jones Winter Fife arc Identical. I n tho selection Is delayed in the .. . . . 'south the ears may becomo infected Jones Fire Is a moderately good Jth ,Q motha and ao, wheat, not the best yielder or of the 1 best quality, but not a poor wheat, i ', ... . . , I It is as easy, more satisfactory and However, quantities of the seed may I . ,. .. , be purchased in the Northwest at less imuCh T". profltabl? than aelocUng lhan $2.30 a bushel, which is consider-1 from cr,bs ,n 8pring" ably cheaper than tho $3.00 per pound or $10 per ten pounds of the promoter Feeding Suckling Pigs of super-wheat. Another freak wheat When tho pigs are about three which" is present with us in Oregon .s weeks old, sometimes less, they will the branched poufard, known variously . begin to nose around for something stances, though often they may be very extravagant, blindly at that, for it has long ago boon demonstrated that no economy is practiced by him who holds to old Ideas In proforonco tb tnntiv now nnoH thai, nrn annnrlnr. A many not rcallilng tho valuo of this , ocminmlut nf thn fni-m m tmvn crop for pasture and nlso tho scarcity noth!ng but tho best. It a cow Is to Ol BCCU. Il. 1,, 1 i.i. r . iitv uii tun tuuu niiu mo pneo oi grain nnu nay snoum h.( PiVn .m.ntn.t i,, i , bo an Inducement for a largo number 8nortoat tmo, nn1 nt tho lont ox. m un.rymcn 10 try a small patch ror pcng0 nnt, lho 8(Uno rulo ftpp0B to a pasture this coming year to substitute Uoop, a i,og 0r n horso, Can fannors r . No this oxeoDt by oxorclslnir their Thb crop makes pasturo adaptablo kiihwlntt nt i.mmis n.i . .i.i... ..i. , . . ... ...... ........- iu uniij vuiiiu, aiiuuu unu iiukm, ana in n.-n n. n a climate llko this, affords a long fall 8took fully up t0 or nbovo th(J !. i i ,,f ., unn,T l snfo to claim that thoy ,...., tu,..1M.u,o cnnnot n8 fnrmor8( ,ko nU othor com 4UVU. I 1 1 .... . 1 . . i , , , , , , . ijuiinu uuiuriirinuB, muni uo couuuci- w uu iuiiBiviy lor n gnjen ,i nproriinnpn ...,(h tmnrttvnA ,,i, "... , ... " " I...? A " I" order to succeed ho must . . y l ru " ou' 80,13 " "0 kocnly allvo to everything that add iurncu unuor in mo enny spring. l)n,,np , , im ,,. . ,,,,. A mlcl.b. 1.1 l . " "-- " ..o ....IV. . . u..a.unu BU.IIU UIU II1UIVII1K IS IU ..inn. thn .n,n nn.l nl... 1.1. seed too thin. Ityo for pasture should K. , ;.;., , ..... . 1 UUO..IUBD. IVUHIIftlllK HUB inCl. IIIO bo seeded at tho rate of seventy t, . .... ", ninety pounds to ho acre for the best vo 8tock ,mprovnK results for pasturing. This is thicker . , . . ii. k .-...j . ""B Pay8. but tho farmers who are most successful are thoso who do not than where seodod for grain. Tho crop should bo seeded right away as seven-headed, Alaska, miracle. ' to eat If they are coin e to do as ther mummey, Egyptian and Russian kykot ' should this something must bo sup macaroni. One enthusiastic promoter ' plied. One of tho best feeds at this of this variety has made the state-1 particular time is Bhelled corn. It ment that it neither rusts nor smuts, should be in a self-feeder in a pen although dozens of plants in his field where tho pigs can go to it and will were rusted at tho. time the statement' not be bothered by any of the rest of was made. tj,e j,0g8 Tj,l3 CSLn be arrange,j j,y a A trial of the Oregon Experiment creep just largo enough to admit tho Station this year has shown so of this dIcs handllv. Don't foreet that thoRO same variety of wheat to have more uttle feows grow qult0 rapIdly nndtn ,,,e fl than 60 per cent of the heads smutted. from tlmn tn MmB ,h nrnnli mat Clover It Is, therefore, the advice of the ex- made ,arger Mt6r the pfg8 are touriJWer this spring, and nr, iZ!? Vh . ., I 1 . jlor flvo weeks old- especially if they cultural College to stick to the stand- i . x. , . , .... f. . . . , do not have good grass pasture, the ard varieties that have been definitely ,,, , . t . . . , , . .. ... , ... ' addition of some shorts, tankage, or proved to be the high yielding types , . . , .. ' ', fn,. n,or, rpu .,. .., meal advisable. Nothing would rommm.nrt0 a be better. however, than skimmed nrmnltnr'tn lh M,.IV Ii I "P""" money lor pUTOUroa aUL Z""::,:"::': s and every year they secure ... ,..i.i ..i m... larger prollts, w. Iiuatuiu ik DVUUVU unit. IUQ has already received Inquiries to. lo cato over two hundred bushels of ?-t I Scrap Iron which shows that tho valuo of ryo for I Somowhoro on almost every farm ran pasturo Is becoming more gene.-- there Is a collection of discarded ma ally understood hero In the county, tchlnory and odd pieces of scrap iron. This scrap can contrlbuto to tho win- Buy Clover Seed Now nin$ oi uio war by being convortod Thn fnrmom nf T.nnn nm.ntv 1 1 I Into war material or now farm ma avail themselves of tho opportunity ch,no""y. All til's discarded machinery to buy red clover seed this fall in B,10Uu moueu ana incorporated in plcco of waiting until spring, accord. now cnanngs. Tho nggrcgato scrap lng to tho Lano County Agricultural on American farms Is onormouB, Tho Apent. gnmering up of It will help supply Thoro was some clover seed pro- noodou material. Improve tho apear- duced here this year, and It should nnco 01 to farms, and ylold proiltnblo be purchased now before It is shinned roturns out, as there Is a scarcity and tho do- Aftor harvest thoro Is usually a lull mand in the Northwest will bo keen m the rush of tho farm work. This la fr clover Bood by spring. the timo for gathering up tho scrap, Tho clover situation seems to be a wo or out-of-dato machinery la con little discouraging to Bomo on ac- stantly boing replaced with now labor count of the two successive dry years, saving equipment. Theso old tools but It Is essential that clover be merely clutter tho premises. Thoy grown If for no other reason than navo "ono their work. Now is tho that of helping to keep up the fertility time to cash In on tho salvage, whllo of the soil. prices are high. Tho best clover this year has been In the past, prlcoa offered for scrap on tho better types of land, or elno I Iron havo boon so low as to scarcely on ground that was "well taken care tempt abusy fanner. But today tho of. One of tho best fields In tho demand for it is so far greater than county has been made profitable the available supply that prices havo through the usb of manure. Clover advanced sharply. Besides, there is EtieJcd qn the poorer types of land, or (the satisfaction of having found one :nnd that has been fumed for a num-more channel through which to help ber of years will be greatly benefitted win the war. By all menns clean up If it were possible tr. apply manure the scrap, fields. seed will undoubtedly bo I Feed Price if farmers Eugene Theatre Fri., Sat, Sun., Sept 13-14-1&. 2 p. m.-TWICE DAILY-8 p. m. Dnirvmnn mnnf tin nrnhnprnl f buy now they will effect a saving of of two thIng8i . elther thoy mU8t pro. v . v.,,, ... ub "itco- pare to buy in largor quantities, direct, and buy earlier, or thoy must tako Vegetable Seed Warning their 1 chances later when buying ACCOMPANIED BY COMPANY'S OWN Symphony Orchestra DDirTC MATINEE: 25c, 50c, 75c and TAX JT IXlVHiO EVE.: 25c. 50c, 75c, $1.00 and TAX MAIL ORDERS NOW, BUT MUST BE ACCOM PANIED BY M. O. AND A SELF-ADDRESSED STAMPED ENVELOPE ADD 10 PER CENT5 TO COST OF EACH TICKET ADDRESS EUGENE THEATRE ' I T T Kftldurln nf Vnrlhflnlrl nnA .f I f Ml-ntip-l. lnnnl Atinfnfo A ..III .m..J. IP..1... J a . . 11UIYCICI, UliUI BKIiniUCU -.. ... w. ..w. u w. . n. .wbu. uvu.u.a. t. oilll uuiivr and little club for Jackson Josenhine m,lt The seIWeeder in which is kept ', Minnesota's leading vegetable grow- Plan would bo to make an estimate df and Douglas counties and for the. Wil Corn and othcr feeds shouId be main- ,lers' strongly urges that more people the feed needed for tho ensuing winter, t.m( v,w t. - tained right along up until weaning Bavo elr own seeds. According to. to pick out a live feed dealor and havo red chaff rink and fnrtv.fn'irf Thn Ume. and after that If the pigs is in- .government reports, cabbage seed will Wm got it for them as thoy need it. Ho white winter rink and fortv-fold a 'enuea ior marKei purposes, rigs to especially good, on well drained land De U8ed for breeding purposes may be be very scarce next year, anil, of must, however, work Just as far ahead course, it is too late now to produce as ho possibly con. Feed must bo and the folse on the rather heavy keDt on a self-feeder all the time with any more seed until 1919. Lettuce moved east boforo tho winter weather tvnea. I.HMa ri..h i n!an mn,i ,i0. splendid results, but in some cases tand rad,sh Bed are also thought to bo els ,n far there will bo anothor calam- -western Oregon conditions. (they get too fat and logy and do not For eastern Oregon dry land condi-1 tako the proper exorcise. The most tlons in the drier counties, Turkey red Profitable pig is the one that never Is the best winter wheat In sections 1ults growing from farrowing time un of heavier rainfall and where the soil til he is driven over the scales. has not been in leguminous crop, as! alfalfa or clover, forty-fold is recom- Rye Seed Available mended. For irrigated land Torty-fold j Bye seed is now 'available in tho is one of the best varieties. Where county for fail Dlantinc. according tn b. Robb, County Agricultural wheat grows very heavy and has a tendency to lodge, white hybrid No. 128 and Jenkin club are good Theso varieties may be had in many sections of Oregon and are-varieties of proved merit and adaptability varieties that can be banked on year in and year out. They may be had at from $2.00 to Agent, and farmers who are short on feed should not overlook the planting of a small patch of rye for fall and winter pasture. Rye has not received tho attention here in the county In the past that it should. This has been due in part to from unrestricted prices on feeds available but their supply has been de er ascd by a curtailed movement of foods that should now bo available Feed dealers are up In tho air for fear ,hat thoy will be accused of hoarding flien they tiro .merely taking proper precautions to supply tholr local trmlo before winter sots In. Bran and mid dlings nro not moving east, but for tunately feed manufacturers aro in position to supply concentrates on an economical basis. Thoro Is overy rea son why dairymen should buy ahead as far ns possible. You can feed cows on vcgotatlon but not agitation. best under the cfrcum- ... scarce. Nearly every gardener can M1'- save a few ripe peas and beans for ino spread in dairy feed prices ro seed, and also seed of tomatoes, pep- Ported from different sections on tho pers, radishes, lettuce, squashes, S,mo Kinu and grado of goods demon- pumpkins, spinach, corn, cucumbers Urates tho failure of government con- and melons. Everyone who can do trol up to the present timo. Tho com- his bit in saving seed is not only help- ploto nbsenco of staple foods from ing to defeat tho Hun but is putting raanv 01 tho markets reflects oven a money in his own pocket. moro serious condition. wo Know that thoro Is a sorious College Less din Is rcnulrod at this shortage in supply of some feeds such timo bocauso thoro is loss wool on tho as bran and Ifrtftnurl mnnf hmwnva' .. f mt,. i ...... . t. - I A I w ...ww., m.w.iu.o BJ1UUJ'. 1 IIU U1JJ llUIIUlIillUU JIIIU WIU "1U Inn,! illallltn. ...I.. ...... ...i.i-l ... . .. . .. . production of live stock are regulated k" n " ' """a "euer wnen uiere is no wool, bv tho GxnfinS,fl- ,Z w havo been cmomnly used, but tho Ticks nro on tho Iambs by this timo farmem mav nnoiiv n-nrivn foi I,.oo ack or 8omo of (nem ,B duo as much ' and nro giving tho lainbB a great deal of 3om7ZnB. J f 10 uncortalnty o' regulation as to of trouble. The lambs should bo dipped oi economy, suDDOsinc that thov aro .... , '. - HLUrL'lLV. Dip the Sheep Dip the sheep pach year ns soon ns possiblo nfter'shoarlng, advises A, Patorson, of tho Kansas Agricultural Farm Management Grain and fruit growing and doing the Dairymen have not only i at this timo. Dy shearing time tho suffore l wcathor is warm enough so that there will bo no danger of tho cheep's chill ing, There aro throo advantages in dip ping sheep. It ridB tho animals of ex ternal parasites, puts thorn in n health' for condition, and causes a moro luxu riant growtli of WQol.t Tho best kind o? dip to ubo Is a to bacco dip called "black loaf forty." Llnio sulphur and coal tar dips aro also erfeclvo. It Is best to dip slioop in a regular sheep-dipping tank. Tho en tire sheep should bo I nunc rood In tho dip for about a mlnuto. Tho dip should bo hcatod slightly to tako olT tho chill. How's This? Wo offer Ono Hundred Dollars Reward for nny enso of Catarrh that cannot bo cured by Hall's Catarrh Curo. V. J. CHENEY St CO., Tolodo, O. we, tho unclerrlKiieri, have known P. J. Cheney for Uio lint 13 year, and bollevo lilm perfectly honorable in all buslncia tramactlons and llnunclnlly ubln tn carry out nny obllpntlon mado by bin firm. NATIONAL. HANK OF COMMRltCIC, Toledo, O. Hall's Catarrh Cure la taken Internally, nctlnff directly upon tbo blood and mu cous aurfnera of I he system, Testimonials pent free. lrlcu 7S cent per bottle. Bold by all DruRRlsts, Tak Hall's I'umlly rills for constipation. Lane County Fair Eugene, Oregon WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 PATRIOTIC DAV THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 EUGENE DAY v FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 LANE COUNTY DAY SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER. 21 GRANGERS DAY Better Exhibits -Better Premiums -Better Amusements than ever before. TRACTOR AND MACHINERY DEMONSTRATIONS DAILY DISCUSSIONS ON LIVE TOPICS OF INTEREST TO THE PRODUCERS GOOD RACES " , , COME AND MEET YOUR FRIENDS ADMISSION 50c. CHILDREN 25o REDUCED RATES ON AU ROfeS Y Fifty-seventh Annual Oregon State Fair Salem, Ore., Sept. 23-28 Daily lectures and demonstrations on food production and conservation; more and better exhibits; high-class amusement, attractions and entertainments; an excel lent racing program; ideal camping grounds, and the best of accomodations for both exhibitors and visitors. A. H. Lea, Secretary, alem. i