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AG1 4 TH 8MUNGFWLD NKWR THURSDAY, OCT. 17, 118 Farmer Stockman and Dairyman THE TAl. T TILER t-9-n frtitte Lime Plant Cemplated Tho State llmoatono fertlllicr plant at Gold Hlll.which was proposed by the, limo b6ard )ato last tall to be In J -operation In early spring, Is now com ' ploted. No effort will bo mado to oporato tho plant to its full capacity on tho start, but as other required equipment Is addod, It will gradually reach an output of a largo dally ton- aago. It Is estimated that, on a 24 hotir dally run, Its output should bo 200 tons, but for the present It will probably operate only pno shift of eight hours' per day, requiring tho sor- vlco of 35 men. , Tho plant Is operated by electric power. Nearly $25,000 has been expended on the plant so far, and It Is estimated that, to- glvo It a 200-lon-por-day ca paclty It will bo necessary to add a compressor and drill machinery at tho quarry, erect the second rock-break er and pulverator, and storage, , It will cost to add this equipment about $10,000, and It is confidently believed by those m st interested In tho enter prise, that the next session of the leg islature will provide this sum to 'corn- complete the plant Willamette valley farmers and oth ers Interested In this State plant and its proposed output of soil stimulant and fertilizer have written to Super intendent C. W. Courtney, asking questions about the management of the enterprise and the conditions gen erally under which the .business will be conducted, whilo many have placed order, accompanied by their checks, for immediate shipments after opera tion, which will be filled st once in the order of their filing. The plant, which is one mile below Gold Hill on the Southern Pacific com pany's right of way. Is supplied from' quarry by an automatic loading and unloading aerial tramway, 6,400 feet In length, and is operated by the gravity 'system. The quarry lies on the hills at an elevation of S00 feet above tho plant on the opposite side of Rogue river, which it spans. The quarry, an inexhaustible deposit of limestone, is 96 to 99 per cent pure limestone, lo ving but a small per cent of foreign matter, and tha is not deleterious, which means that it Is practically pure lime. The State has leased the quarry on an S-cent per ton royalty, basis for a term of five years, with privilege of five years' renewal. Gold Hill te 312 miles from Portland, and I am Informed, that the railroad rate to this point la $2.70 per ton. The probable cost of producing the ferti lizer and maintaining a sinking fund by the. State will be in the neighbor hood of $l"per tonthuB making the maximum cost of the, fertilizer to the Willamette valley rarmers J3.70 per ton. The whole structure, as far as the same nas been provided lor, is re garded as a model of perfection and erected at an extraordinarily low cost. The plans .of construction and the buy ing of the equipment haye.been under the Immediate charge of Captain Mur phey of Salem, and Benton Bowers of Ashland, members-of-the board. The bulk of the' work has been, done by a force of honor men from the State pen itentiary. These men have made good and their work well done, thereby con serving the, cost .of construction to the minimum. Agricultural Lime Essential List At the request of tho Secretary of Agriculture, the War Priorities Board has placed agricultural lime in pre ferred classification in tho matter of fuel supply, aa well as in the matter of transportation. Secretary Houston acted upon the recommendation of the Agricultural Advisory Committee. The commit' tee declared that production and dis tribution of pulverized limestone and burned lime for agricultural purposes should be declared essential, in the production of food and other war necessities, both Indirectly to tho clovers and directly to many staple crops such as wheat, corn and cotton. How to Get Lime Many Inquiries are' being received by the office of the County Agricul tural Agent at Eugeno regarding tho purchase of limo. One of he most -important ques tions is, how are tho farmers to get lime In lees than carload lots, as tho lime from tho Slate limo pl&nt is sold only directly to fanrfcrs in carload lots. This matter can bo handled if farm ers desiring lots of one ton or more will notify tho oillce of the county agent so tho orders can be pooled and a car load ordered for various parties desiring to purchase collectively. A plan like this will give parties a chance to try out tho agrlcultral lime on a small scale beforo making an .extensive purchase. "A good many parties Interested in lime lo not have a clear understand ing. of the value and use of lime," says N. S. Robb, .County Agricultural Agent It is a direct benefit, to clo vers, vetChesand Alfalfa and causes a ranker growth and larger ylold by swcotenlng tho sou. If manure or green manure crops aro used on land and llmo applied, tho plant food In those substances will becomo more readily availablo for tho growing rcrops. Tho results of llmo on clovers and manures Is tho indirect way that llmo benefits tho grain crops. If pcoplo expect to buy llmo and ap ply it directly to a grain field and ex poet results they wilt get little in crease in tho way of ylold, if any, Tho results will come in an Indirect way through tho benefits from its uso on legumes with manures or green manures. Adding Fertility to Orchards Now is the tlmo'to think" about add' Ing fertility to the orchards, says Pro fessor C. I. Lewis of the Hortlcultu rnl Department of tha Oregon AgrI cultural College This can bo best accomplished through the uso of cover or green manure crops, accord ing to Mr. Lewi:, who ste'oa further that the more mature orchards in the valley are in need of such fertility beln gadded to tho cell. A twenty- year old" orchard uses nnrc fertility from the coll than a field In wheat for twenty years. Besldos tho land in many of tho orchards fcavo been cultivated somo years bafore being set out to trees. Consequently the fertility sometimes is low and needs to be built up. Tho best way to do this, according to Profossor Lowis Is to plant a crop between the rowaot trees In the fall and turn the following spring. Tho following crops and rates of seeding are satisfactory to use for this pur pose: Rye, C to S pecks; rye, 5 to C pecks and vetch 10-20 pounds. Ryo 10-23 pounds and vetch 40 pounds makes an excellent cover crop, but the cost of vetch makes thjs crop less desirable to uso although vetch is one of the best cover crops there is, end will add more fertility than many other crops. Ryo has an advantage over other crops In that it is a very hardy crop and will make a better growth than other crops planted this late. Ten Dozen Egos a Year- Ten dozen eggs a year is a hen's duty to the country in war time, ac cording to J. G. Halpin, of the Wis consin Agricultural Experiment Sta tion. "A hen that is housed and fed, as poultry must be in town, should have a yearly output of 120 eggs," says Mr; Halpin. "That output won't enable her owner to make any money on her, but she won't owe tho country anything. The farm hen that picks up her feed from sources that would o-herwise not be utilized and which Is housed less carefully, can be slacker enough to lay only eighty eggs and still not be a liability to her owner. "Not 60 per cent of the town hens reach the record they should have. It Isn't always thp fault of the hen, for It may be due to poor huoslng, lack of green feed, or too little animal feed. "It is especially necessary this win ter, in view of the high prices of grain, that the owner of tho ilock determine whether his hens are paying their way. Unless he is sure that his flock has averaged better than ten dozen eggs last year, he should cull out the poor ones now to save winter feeding. "Choose the hens that are first off the roost in the morning and the last on, the roost at night; that are good feeders with full crops at night; that are active and looking for feed and al ways busy; that have bright eyes, full- Sizpd, rather slippery red combs, and smooth, pliable, oily skins; that have large abdomens, wide pelvic arches, and good depth from keel to pelvis." Start Slowly With Strange Foods- All animals are very likely to refuse strange foods and must be taught to eat them. When starting with a new rood, let the nnimols get rather j elty. In fact the government has re hungry and, if possible, mix the cently requested that the public pur- strange substance with something the animal likes, thus working up an ap-' petite gradually. j Horses can usually bo Induced to'an,ma 8 in". W7,T oat a new food by sprinkling it plen tifully with salt. In getting tho gait thoy will get a tasto of tho now sub- stance arid in a few days will form an ' appetite for it . , Horses often refuse to eat carrots, I have fed carrots to three horses and ' they at first refused to eat them. 1 1 cut un the narrots and n..t unit nn ' them, but it took one horse three days to mako up hts mind that carrots were good to eat Last winter I had a similar experi ence feeding molassos, I mixed (he molasses with oats, but at first to no avail, as tho odor brought nothing put sr.orW of disgust. By reducing tho mixture to n weak solution, they finally took a few experimental tastes, Thoy formed an appetite for it anjl I gradually increased tho proportion of molasses. In a month thoy would Jap It up by the quart I also found cows and sheep' slow to try molasses. There is much difference in tho ap petites of animals. Thoy know what thoy like and they aro not Indifferent to flavor. Hogs will choose dent corn In rreforeuco to flint, and will leave pumpkins for squash. Many claim that cattle will not cat sweet clover. Last year was my first expqrlonco with tho plant and I began to think so, too; but nftor the cattle had run on it all summer, and nlong In tho fall after all other grasses wore dead, I took n bunch while tho dow was on, sprinkled suit over It and gave somo to tho cows. Titer nto It After that they ate all thoy could get A. W. A. II. Dcriry Problems Are Complex "Unless means aro quickly found to remedy conditions existing In tho dairy industry as well as In othur classes of . UveMock, sorlnus tycmtco to both Industriei wnlch are allied may bo forecast" This Is 'tho statement of Assistant Federal Kood Administrator, W. K. Newell. "With the dairymen selling their businesses as fast us they are ublo to find purchasers," said Mr. Newell, "with an Increasing volurao of sales of heavy calves, bath male and female. and with already a world's shortago cf hucf, tho outlook for futuru supplies is not as rosy an una might wish. "It has beon charged In some quarters that tho prtco of milk and other products of tho dairy have been elevated to such an extent at all laclfic northwest points Hint tho dairy tntercsts should be making a profit and well satisfied with their lot. "Taking only tho retail price as a basts that which most vitally affects the consumer the price of milk today In Portland 13 15c per quart Evan with normal prices milk la generally sold retail at 10 conta quart here, therefore tho advance Is not nearly as marked as in many other lines of foodstuffs. "Thu dairyman today Is paying moro thati doublo the wnges of normal years for his hired help. Ho Is paying more than dqublo for his requirements of hay and a very considerable advanco over the normal for his bran and shorts. "Tho cost of milk cans and other dairy utcntils Is practically doublo the normal. Tho cost of bottles has snared to such heights as to make one dizzy to think of It Tho cost of producing milk today Is therefore more than doublo that of normal periods even without considering tho fact that this has been a very abnormal season and the production of milk and cream per cow' Is far below the normal. "Laws enacted during the last few years force the dairyman to add to his costs as a -matter of cleanliness. The public Is no longer willing to tolerate the quality of milk generally marketed a few years ago. All of this costs money and the dairyman has been paying it while the full charges have not been passed back to the consumer. "It has oftimes been said that a man very seldom quits a business whore liberal profits are available. The fact that so many dairymen aro quitting that they aro not making adequate that thoy are not making adaquate profits if any at all. "The killing of dairy calves during (he present season has brokan all records simply because the country producer could not afford to feed them to maturity. Suggestion has been made In some quartors that the kill ing of femalo calves be prohibited by aw. This would indeod solvo tho prob lem providing some means wore found to feed and keep tho animals. "Dairy experts have for years preached the gospel of 'getting rid of the star boarder' tho cow that does not pay her expense. That is the situation just now, Few are paying their board and thcro is no improve ment of the situation In prospect. "Similar conditions may be spoken of In regard to the futuro of tho beef supply. Owing to the shortage and ex treme price of feed more light-weight and unfinished cattle have been marketed in the stockyards of the country during the last two seasons than ever before known. Tho country cannot afford to feed its cattle evon at the present price of beef and tho journey, to market is thereforo a ncces- chase beef from light weight animals because the stock must bo marketed, This means that many thousands of ""Z".' cf at ,ea3t a thlrd moro aowed t0 fatten nrouerlv. This means an enormous loss in the meat supply for tho futuro a loss that the .country can ill afford to contemplate." ; "Wny nt l'av milkmaids now a days?" someone asks. There is a cry that tho labor conditions are in a bad wjiiy as far as the dairies are concern ed. The men have gono to war or' into othor work and the cows aro being killed off because there Is no ono to mfflc them. "What. Is going to become pf the children of this country If that goes on?'' in tho question asked. Soma of thoHglrls who aro not . oxactfyi fascinated by the thought of washlntr windows, running elevators and carry! !ng mall aro looking toward tho dairies They wont wear the costumes seen in light opera but they'll be quite sen, slble iu heavy boots and coveralls and they'll save the day. Here's 'to tho milkmaid of modern, days. The 1918 food rczerve is the only safe insurance for 1919 food supplies. "THE ORIGIN OF THK TATTLE ft" Tho "Tattler" was tho name ot a ronny papor that waa published in London by Sir Richard Steele from April 12. 1709, to January 3, 1711. It was Issued three Union a week or 271 copies In nil. The paper contained not only tho po litical news, but also tho gossip of tho cluba nnd coffeehouses, with somo light essays on tho mannora of tho stngo. Stoolo published an ossny In tho first edition, saying that tho gon- oral purposo of tho "Tnttlor"' was to oxposo tho falso arts of llfo, to pull off tho disguises of cunning, vanity, and affectation, and to rocommond a gonoral simplicity in tho droBs. tho dlscourco, and tho behavior. Tho success of this unhoard of com bination of nows, gossip, and ossay was Instantaneous. Not a club or coffeehouse in London could afford to bo without It. Steele nt first wrote tho entire paper, but later Addison bo came a regular contributor, and occa sionally other writers added essays on tho new social llfo of England. It was a porploxlng but interesting matter to decide upon a namo for tho high school section of tho Sprtngflold Now8, but after considering many suggested names tho "Tattler" was found to bo favored by tho majority, for, as ono student said, "Thoro will bo considerable tattling." It Is tho do- Biro and effort ot tho high school to mako tho Tattler or 191S as Interest ing as tho Tattler of 1709. Alumni. Doar to the heart ot all tho 1918 class In old S. II. S. Wo are grateful for tho corner given, us In your papo. Thank you. Not a one nf us nro snrrv u-n (In. (. . Ing those bohlnd us. Wo miss tho rousing nign school song and our ralth-, Travis; Junior, Doris Holland; sopho ful frionds so true, but most of all tho moro, Holon Roberta; freshraon, Sadlo shelter of tho "WW to nnd Bluo." AH tho members havo successfully planted themselves in futuro educa tional Institutions, or are aiding In somo way. Most ot the girls worked this sum mon Industrious) Well, I guess yes. Thoso attending tho University of Oregon are Edna Duryeo, Dutco Fisch er, Wanna McKlnnoy, Avis Thompson, Bee Ho'.brook, Ann Gorrlo and Nollle Coponhavor. Miss McKlnnoy resides at Hen dricks' hall. Miss Duryeo has also moved to Eugeno. Mrs. Norton Pcngra, nee Iva Hill, In instructing the younger generation at Lowell. Mary Harding is a "schule marm" at upper Camp Creek. Lucllo Smith of 17 is teaching at Llnslaw. Fay Smith, also cf '17, is "solo princi pal of Mount Vernon," Bernice Cagley Is a successful sten ographer at San Francisco. Irvn Bar- bre assists in a millinery store at Port land. In the land of Marshtlold, foot by foot, Lena Brewer counts tho govern ment lumber. Ellen Lambort recently resigned her position at Egglmann's and la preparing to go to Portland to Jhrtahleeconomical Perfection Oil Heater is easily carried up stairs or down, from this room to that anywhere heat is needed. Lights at the touch of a match gives instant heat No smoke or odor. PERFECTION OIL HEATER Gives steady, comfortable warmth for many hours on one filling with Pearl Oil, the ever obtainable fuel. Cuts fuel bills, too, for less fur nace heat and fewer grate and coal-stove fires are required. Oil consunied only when heat is ' neeclcd no waste. .Biiy Perfection Oil Hoater . ! today. Dealers everywhere, STANDARD OIL COMPANY (CALIFORNIA) HEAT WITH PEARL .OIL, mm tim. c f ; 1 attend 'business college. Flora L-lnd-by Is teaching near tho coast Dorrki Bikes, who resigned hor position an bookkeeper at Cox's, is now enrolled at tha Wlllnmatto University. Thoy aro Rny Daily, Glon Woolloy, Loator Hill, and Albort Ilonro, now" in Franco. ' , 1)111 Hill, for' two1 years our student body president, liiHiiow'at Cawp Tay lor, Kentucky. 1 Floyd Kestor, Lynn (1 randy and Lewis Qrandy nro members ot tho 0. A. T, C. nt Oregon Agricultural Col logq. Ernest Moo's address is Astoria. Oregon. Lulu Hampton of tho clasn of '13 wan married in early Soptombor to Mr. William Molaer ot Connoll, Wash., where sho now resides. Ella Iloeson left October 10th for Portland to commouco the nurses' training course. Four of our malo members have solved Undo Sam for ovor a your, Recent Student Body Meeting. At n student body mooting last Mon day morning tho Issue was brought up by tho president, Rny Alexander, "If wo. as a high school, woro in fpvor of taking tho responsibility upon our - solves to gnthor school notos nnd have . Collogo. them put In our homo paper." Uy a Mlsn Hazel Hoyden, a sophomore in unnnlmous vote of tho student body!ilKh itcliool. In qulto III nt hor homo wo decldod to put n llttlo "pop" Into ! with pneumonia. tho BChool by nn activity ot thin kind. Wo woro nil oxpoctod to begin secur ing news, so Mr. Aloxnndor appointed David Dldwoll odltor, and Vornitn Mooru assistant editor. !atcr that evening thoy appointed tho subedit ors, who nro: Personal editor, Albor tn Pnrvin: Jofto odltor. Candnco Dll- :lard; alumni odltor. Hnzol Dean; mill- .1,1.4, .....,,t UJIlUll I.UAU. 1. tnry editor. Ray Aloxander. Class reporters nro: Son lor, Font Berg. Student Activities. At tho beginning of tho term' tho treasury was In dobt to tho extent of i 1.60. To mako up thin deficit, a plan was made to begin a drlvo for funds. Everything is a drivo now, but that ' didn't stop tho plan. Tho Idea was ti coorco every studont into "coughing" , up sevcnty-flvo cents. Tho faculty would havo won tho raco but for an unfortunate Inability to distinguish botwoon payments an.il fivo prospects. Consequently the sonlors went beforo them, Tho mem bers of this distinguished class num ber twonty-ono, all paid by noon of tho third day. Tho faculty rotrloved its arithmetic and followed soon after, leaving tho Juniors to como In third and last with all of their nlno mem bers In lino, Nolthar of tho othor two classes swung into plnco entirely tho fresh men only signing up 30 out of 38, which, on thQ wholo, wasn't such a bad showing, and tho sophomores 1(1 out ot 17. Tho total amount taken in was $05.00. Can our oldora mako a bo'.tor showing in any of tholr drives 7 Vs bressler & Springfield, Oregon Dlllard IN 4007. Old John Smith wan n fighter, ' Hut ho tried to bo a wrltor -' And ho surely wroto somo Intoroit Ing things, fcJt' , Of how American 'wan hotter i And you woro ii6bddy'n debtor, ft And all about tha "Indiana and tholr king. J Incroano Mattel: wan a preacher, X most horrlbto old croaturo , Who preached nnd prayed for jliatf ,. a day or moro, ' i'l Ho froxo (ha people's noses Worso than his predecessor Moses; O, ho wan (run religion (o tho coro. Annie Uradntrcot was n poot, . And sho lot tho pcoplo know II, t , Hut hor poems woro so bnd"fwo rnllnit ttinm ''mini Other writers wo nru listing, But If they're not moro .Interesting, 1 wondor, could, ypii blamp us,; If wo'd "flunkl'i ' - ' , i ' Personals. Wannn McKlnnoy visited fl. H. 8. last week. John Dlnun In nttondolng tho S A. T. a nt Corvallls, Joan Flschor, n member of our claim , of '19, Is attending Oregon Agricultural Hen Dnv'dson, who attended Spring field high school last year, is now go ing to Kugeno high, " Frank DaPuo la now attending tho University of Oregon. Mary Fountain, whoso homo Is In Wultorvlllo, Is staying with Mrs. Stew- nit while uttomllng S. H. S. Gladys Edwards has boon absent for sovornl days from school owing to tho Illness of her nlstor, Doll and Clarence Powoll, also mom bars ot tho class of '19, aro now ot tondlng tho Corvallls S. A. T. C. Mary Harding, Anna Dldwoll, No! Ho Coponhavor, all who aro last year graduates, visited school last week. Audrey Perkins Is greatly missed from our midst this year. Sho is now attondlng tho Washington high school In Portland. Miss Margaret Tora'solli is working nn bookkeeper In tho Cox & Cox do- partmont store. Miss Tomsoth at tended high school last year. Graco Bldwell registered at tho be ginning of tho year, but was unablo to socuro tho studies Bho desired, so sho has discontinued school for tho prosent. Ernest Korn was absent from school a fow days last week, having gono to Corvallls to investigate his entranco In tho 8. A. T. C. Ho found n Jolly bunch of studonts, nearly 6,000 in all. Ernest has decldod to stay in school and wait for tho draft call. LaVolIo Burger and Etholyn Nichol son como from Donna each morning to attond our high school. Wo aro pleased' to havo thorn with us, and hpoo thoy will novor havo occasion to regret their decision in coming horo. . son ! i Literary Attempt Cnndace