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THURSDAY, . .TAN. 2, - 1&1D Farmer, Stockman and Dairyman S.KS "THE TATTLER' r-ft Pure Waterier Milk Cows Typhoid fever has often liocn as cribed (o a contaminated milk supply. As during tho summer and Tall when this dfscaso prcvntlB cows arc fro- quontly forced to get their drinking water from sloughs and stagnant ponds, which may be contaminated with tho germs of typhoid fever, it Is important to know whether such germs find their way Into tho milk Bupply through the cow or by contnml - nation of the milk after It Is drawn from tho cow. This mntter has been the subojet of very careful investlgn - tton by B. P. Pernot, of tho Oregon Experiment Station, who administered Various germs, inctudlng that which for both laying hens and growing causes typhoid fever, to a cow and , stock. This can be done very profit - examined tho milk and excreta ob-(nlly when tho chickens do not have tatned for tho presonco of the germs. ( free range, but Is not necessary with It was found (1) that a pure culture j tho farm flock during that part of tho of typhoid bacilli mixed with water year when there is plenty of natural and given to the cow to drink did not green feed, Tho real advantage in pass into the milk; (2) that they did. feeding sprouted oats is that it pro - sot pass from the cow alive with tho jVldes succulent green feed when nono excreta, and (3) that they did not part from tho cow alive wita tho form none of tho sxaln Is lost or . w rat in one year, urine. Although tho results in this i wasted. Tho hens eat all tho tender , Organised effort under tho leader experiment havo been negative In ( greon spronts, roots and soft hulls. , ship of a county agent Is said by tho transmitting the germs from polluted "Every poultry raiser should add an county farm bureau to bo credited -water to, the mtlk supply through the.oats sprouter to his equipment It is with this-progress In dairying, cow. it does not follow that tho danger , just another one of those things that fm mvi iislnc- mi-h tratnr dnfla not t n n,Vo r.,.1. Profitable Milk Production--- As ows frequently stand in tho water to escape fllea or to cool them-' selves, and their udders may thus be xome contaminated with the polluted water. Investigation were made to de- termlne to what extent germs in this a . way enter the teats aad. contaminate i Z mT The cTw used in this work was a Jersey about four years old, with fair-shaped udder, good teats of medium size, reasonably easy to milk. Tho teats were dipped in water con taining the germs and allowed to dry naturally. After the lapse of several hours milk was drawn and examined for tho germs, but nono were found. I Bhowter that they were not taken Into i Bhowter that they were not taken Into i tho udder by capillary attraction through tho teat orifice. Thero is no doubt that there is a great variation In the tests of differ- ent milk cows. A teat possessing weak sphincter muscles Is Imperfectly' closed at Pa extremity and must nec- essarily be moro accessible for bac - teria to enter through the duct and in-. vade the contents ot the udder, while , another teat having good muscular i rnntmrtinp nnwAr would hn less likelr to admit germs. Yet it seems almost ... . . . Imposslhle- that any moist muscular orifice could so contract as to shut out . an organism of such minute dlmen-l inn ompMniiv thnsn liko tvnhold. , i - - 1 which aro actively motile. j It is generally believed that micro-1 organisms gain access to the milk in the cow's udder through the teat but In this case they do not, although the result might not be the same with all cows. . Even If it should be proven that milk is not contaminated in this way, the danger is not removed, because the body of a cow which has been wading in Impure water ls itself a source of contamination, since it is impossible to milk such a cow without particles of material falling into the milk and carrying with it Innumerable germs. This we know occurs to such an ex tent that It is customary to strain the milk to remove the particles of for eign matter. When a bacteriological study ls made of this sediment the number and kinds ot these germs found are truly surprising. If all the germs entering the milk would remain in the sediment It would be all right, but unfortunately, dropping Into the' milk with this foreign matter, the germs are liberated throuch constant agltat'on incident to milking. Tho warm mllk ls a very suitable material' for germs to grow In, esDodally ty-1 phoi'l fever germs. The number which would multiply In twelve hours from the few Introduced at the tlmo o milking would be enormous and dancerous. On this poln. It. II. Forbes, of the Arizona Stotlon, says: "When a cow wades belly deon into d fllthv pool festering in tho heat and , foulofl with excretions, her milk will IneHnbly suffor. Not only will the foul odors pf tho water sho drinks be Impor'ed In some mensure to. .u milk. but'- mOHojis of bacteria, ndhorincr to ho' v.r mHor. will, when she is drl"' .iff nnd millred. find tho'r wtv ns dust Into the mllk pa'!. Quick souring nf mill: In warm weather nnd und"lrnMo chnnpns in butter nnd clip"'", roused hv bacteria, rosult." I . ij'ii' I seem hnt these nro snfli je" reasons why mllk -cows should be ""pvented from having ncrosq to fou' v-n'er. but there Is the additional roan" of danger to tho heilfh of fh" nnlml trijm disease germs which mav bo nrpFoit. 'Sproujed pnts'fof Poiiltry-r The poultry 'raiser who has not yet adonted stirouted pats as a part of thn hen'p bill of fare, especially during tho winter, mpnths, is not only doprlr lag his hens of fend that would be relished and which Is most valuable In feeding for cjrtr production, hut Is also overlooking one of hl host oppor- (unities to save on the cost of foodlnr ! Town folks who keep only small Hocks have been quicker to reatlzo the ad , vantages of feeding sprouted oats than , have farmers, yet the latter are tho ones who should bo first to under stand tho food valuo nnd tho results that might reasonably bo expected , from sprouted oats, becnuso the oats sprouter Is to tho poultryman what ho silo Is to the dairyman. A few poul- , try raisers operate thetr oats sprout- t ers tho year around, they having found sprouted oats to bo nn excellent feed t ohor Is available. In the sprouted . try equipment complete. It means only a small investment, but large re-. turns. Golden Lay cf the H WitS .rrtrr oAlllnl. K i-onta nntaph fc "l" " 7hou: u 18 not 10 Do wonaereu tnat tnou- . . .. , j this neglected line of industry. That i success awaits the man who will go at it right and stay with it right, is un questioned. Like any other business, i Intelligent application Is the surest guarantee of satisfactory results. II LB- eg nt ZZltsiatmlta. T,a A V, Zl Zfl T 1 ain te pr,cea' U ,s dfouul ,f eV"af"'" Bt y f eason ,of J ,w e8 ' . f ? f; poultry raising If the proper se- lections and matings are made for the eding yards the flock next year ( " ' "n Proper selections are maue, ine hock Hl not be as good as this year, and f eggs for Incubation are taken from a mixed flock in a haphazard manner. Iionho'ri rf 1 rr nnrnrtnln rocitllfn will - sure 10 follow, "e mistake often made Is to sot the first hen to become broody In the spring. The best hen there Is on any farm is the hen which lays during the winter season, and she is usually the first hen to go broody In the spring. About the time the winter layer goes broody, the non-winter layer begins to lay, uy setting me nrsc ncn 10 co broody In the spring on eggs from the flock, usually means that the good winter layer ls set on the non-winter laver's eggs, and. as a result, the good wnter layer soends three weeks Incu bat Ine the egcrs nnd perhaps six weeks brooding tho cnlcks. The final results nro the, me eond hen has snent nbout meal or .not, and the coat of freight and nine weeks raising a brood of chickens 0f hauling both wayB must also be con from me r.oor hn: therefore, none of ( sldered. In our western states the hor eggS have been used for Incubat- j carbohydrates aro produced in excess, "IP. and consequently the mlstako of feed- The better plan Is to snlect tho rood ; ing too much of them is often mnde, winter layers and place them In a 'as when corn Is given In excess. Tho breeding yard with a good male, and rations should bo balanced up by ad- by using their eggs for Incubation wo can raise chicks from the good hens, which will Improve the egg production Of the flock. Where Incubntors and brooders are used. It is easier to go chicks from hn w'nter Ipvo-s. for Incubation can be done earlier in the season, and be fore the poor layers begin to lay. In orrlnr to secure a good hatch of strong chicks, 'are should bo used ) piprt ppp vhlch lmvo eood ehell tv. rp, .and are uniform In s're and shape. Ono renson a hen which steals ho- pp?f I'su-Mv hatches j,enn(i per font s thpt tho egpR n-e oil up'form. To on enn ent a good botrli frnm n Inci'hitnr If the etres aro iarjp i'l small, ion? and round, and have thlrk and thin shells. Tho results of many tests it M" cfflHrtn tnrllnnfn tlm fonni tin . '" I " f 'Z,7 uu . I CJr, ' h,n' ,7" , number the larger breeds, ten: tho mo'lliim, fifteen; and smaller onei. twenty fomnlefl with each male. A sterile hen will produce fertile cgtrs in about threo days after a male ls placed In the pen. and the eggs will remain fertile nftnn for twenty days after tho mn'e has been removed from tho pen. Cockerels mated with hens, and cocks wlh pullets, usually give best rea.ults. Dairy Herds Increased Ten-Fold An Increase of ten-fold, in the num ber of registered dairy , cattle and breedors of registered dnlry. stock In b !nt fly years, is reported from ft" nook rnnntv by tho county agri Aiiiroril agent. It, O. Jones. ,r, en T'lpoa bociroe srent at that time," recounts Paul V. Mnrls. stnto couuty ngont lender, "only fitly hreedhiK nnlmnls wero distinguished liv nosseaslnc nodlcreas. Thovu wero . owned hy eight breeders, now In- creased to otghty-thrbo breedors,, who .own more than COO head of registered dairy cnttlo. These breedors havo or- gnnlzed Ouernsoy, Jersoy nnd llolsteln associations, nnd aro making n closo rnco for breed supremacy." Each association has Imp red high c'ss cnttlo and conducted auction sales. Ten Jersey men formed n club last summer and bought tho Jersey bull, Poppy's Golden St. Mowos, whoso dam made a record of 1,120 pounds of butter In one year, for $1,700. , Threo Holsteln breedors poolod their Interests and patd $1,000 for a bull under one year, whoso six sisters havo yearly butter fat averages of more than, 1,000 pounds, ! A Guernsey breeder, John H. WU- Hams, paid $300 for tho bull May Rose Starlight, whose seven nearest dams havo nn average of 632 pounds of hut- One of the most, important ques- uonnB ,or 1,10 uairy iarraer l cn-, swer in njs business is hpw ho can i feed the cows so, that the raw. matrclal, jthe mtlk, Is produced as choaply as i nnRalhln. Tim ntinntlnn nhnnlit nnt hn . . -how ""V" Ctm fceU Ud Btm keP u , lf b . h . , , , up annual mo, out wnnt ami he 8ha11 feed t0 cl bcst returns and at the same time keep tho nni- "steady as a rock." "Oroat," I nns raals In perfect health. Wo may getj wored as 1 hurriedly examined tho health without profit, but we cannot ' machlno boforo climbing to my scat, get profit without health. The uso of My observer camo running up and tho Babcock test has taught us that ; 1 . , the profitable dairy cow Is found not i oniv nv RRinriinir n nnrriniinr nrppii. . ii .. ... . 'bUthy Pay,ng 8trlCt !,ttCnUn l each ,ndlT,dual an'a- The average eaCh ,ndlv,dual an,mal- The avero .regular h :w s the curse of dairying. It re-! t quires no great Intelligence to see that j Sft , '8 er to m.lk six cows giving' 5? a Koa P"ni man to miiK ten,, four of which reduco. if tljey do not annl- hate. the. profit of tho other six. It ls Well to remember though, that it n dairyman to care for n dairy nu me oesi cow aiivo may do unprofitable In the hands of an un- skillful, careless man. AU foods conB8t 0f various elements that are gpe,, maInly a8 proteld8 . t t x ' ur ihusu.b jjruuucmg eiemeniB ana cor- 1Uu,uie or .at anu neai prouuc-, ing elements. Various experiments have shown that the best results is obtained hen these ure present In the food In a certain proportion, and that gr3 . waste occur, when either Is given In too grqat excess. What , t.L J . a i a a .... B.4wu,u iid IO ( IIIUU1CU I ID lUlUUUUU IU IllCUl U1U UUUDUUI UB' question nnd some hve proposed tolmand for tractor operators duo to re vary It according to tho quantity of milk given, but It seems to mo that the economical ratio or proportion will de- pend somewhat upon circumstances, iuai is, ujiun me locai prico or mo va rious :e(ds. Judgment must be used to decide whether for Instance, to sell oats and corn and buy bran and oil ding bran,, peas, linseed or cottonseed . meals, the lattor containing ovor three I i times as much protein as corn and 'oniv half the amount nf rnrhnhvlrnna I Every dairyman should inform himself as to the cost of various commercial feeds and then calculate the most eco nomical ration for his sows under his own conditions. It Is a simple matter I to write to your experiment station or your firm Journal stating what feed stuf you have and the selling value as well as the local prices of bran, pll meal, etc,, and to ask for suggestions, bt always boar In mind that chemical analysis of feeds aro averages nnd may not fit in your case exactly. Pno thing is certain, where, corn will grow no cheaper food basis exists than well preserved sllago. In summer tho most common mlstako which tends to . - . i incrso me cost or prouuction, is mat ( f n"Wln th C0WH t0 8hrlnk ,n yle,d' I whbji imuiurun aro i;oiung ppor in.. stead of supplementing thorn at onco with somo sort of soiling crop. Many farmors, as well as. scientists, labored for years under the delusion that an Increaso In the feed and especially In that rich In fnt would Increase tho percentage of fat In tho mllk,. Feeding to excess or feeding very rich food may for a short tlmo in 'creaso tho richness,, but Jt spon drops into tho percentago normal for each cow and the ambitious breeder who tests his cowb that way has a fair chanco of ruining them for life. In creasing thq feed of a cow not fed up to hor full capacity will Increase tho mllk yield, the total nmount of butter fat produced, but not tho percentago nt 'nt. In th ml'l- Tho env hm?M , "A TALE OF A DIUDMAN." liy Mnudo Oorrlo. "Times up sir; you'vo only half un hom" . 1 lastly rubbed my oyos and awoke t to the fact that I was about to start on a perilous Journey from which 1 might novur return. I had boon ' snatching n conplo of hours of sloop and hnd boon peacefully drcnm'.iiR of 1 homo when 'tho orderly called. Wo hnd received our orders n few j hours onrltor. My squadron was to start nt 2 o'clock In Uio morning' to raid a Ucrman town. It was Just half pust 1 nnd 1 had to hurry. i Luckily thoro was no tlmo for j thinking; uttering n word I hnd not learned In Sunday school, I Jumped out of bod. 1 donned my flying outfit of fur nnd leather, gloves and goggles. After having hastily drank a steaming cup of coffeo I sallied forth In tho darkness. Wo had thought thoro would bo a half moon sailing sorenly In a cloud less 8Ky, out tho forecast was Incor rect, as her ladyship was hovorlng bo hind a group of fleocy white clouds. Off to tho right star shells worn bursting madly. Ab I mado my way across tho aorodomo, I saw tho faint ghostly glimmer of a line of aero planes drawn up In front of their hangers. In my cars broko tho roar of tho onglnes. rising and swelling nt0 a doafcnlng chorus, which is tho sweetest music an airman knows. They wero being tested by tho me chanics to see If thoy ran smoothly and well. "Tho. old blrd'B going great, sir," shoutod my mechanic as I came ud. b5 fcd a 8no wlI, pay tori no nJoro t i. i - - - aecurcd nnd tno r,Bht fccd B,ven al reguInr houra tuo advnutago gained bo lost if tho animals aro shivering In tho lea of a straw- or suffocating In a dark, closo Biab0, u ieit to shiver In fall rains nnu- Bnow the cow wlu. not oniy uU,Uq a ,a nmount ot her fe0(, ns fucI t0 k hor wnrH1( eXp0n8Ivo fire- wood ,naecd but UB n hovo ahown sno wu chang6 the composl-, t,on of tho bultcr fat , hor mllk B0 much hcr buttor , llabi0 t0 bo ' , , . " get thnt nouiing is cheaper and moro bencflcIai tban puns ar, sunlight and , a reasonabIo nmount of 0XCrclse. I 'special Farm Tractor Courses i A twelve weeks' course In selection, J repair, and operation of farm tractow will begin January 6th at O. A. C. It cont heavy purchftses by farmers 'mainly to offset inbor shortage and j high cost of feed for horses. On J j month short course i will bo given Jan- Portable-economical Perfection Oil Heater is easily carried up stairs or down, from this room to that anywhere heat is. ndeded. 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 ' consumed only when heat is needed no waste. Buy Perfection Oil Heater today. Dealers everywhere. STANDARD OIL COMPANY (CALIFORNIA) HEAT VXTH PEARL OIL H 3PHACUK, . lu.'rti Hdw. rio, 'Qunektfahuea ' ' i ' climbed Into Uio (teat In front of "6. Uy this tlmo all tho other mnchlnoM wero manned and wo wore ready to start on our orrnnd of destruction. (llanclng at my watch I inw It was Just 3 o'clock. Ah the signal fiosliod tho first of thu "bunsos" sailed on Into tho distance, then the socond. third, and fourtti mnchlnos dashed madly nwny. At the slgiml my machine gavo tho. propeller a swing, tho engliio roared nnd I wnved my hand and tho blocks wore romovod from under tho cnrrlngo whoolB. Then 1, too, darted away, swifter and swifter, my flylmr wheels sclmmlng tho ground; then I roared Into tho night and" wns off at last Into tho vast unknown. Trunk heaven! thoro wns .plonty to think about tho direction, nlr spood, holght petrol, oil pressure, nnd tho running or tne ongino nil ciaimod my atton- tion. I hardly sottlod to my work before wo passed ovor "No Man's Land" and tho trenches. Tho enemy was awake, but not enough to pay much attention to us, and no "Archie" barked his pro tost against our trespassing, I passed tho first danger and sped away east' ward. A strange sensation pressed upon mo tho realization of my fears. Tho feeling soon vanished and 1. set tled down to my work. This fur I had Bono onttroly by tho compass, but now tho moon shed her mantel of clouds and I could plainly sco tho hill, valley nnd wood of tho Gorman people Wo wero within ton miles of our objectlvo nnd had gono forty mllos In Just half an hour. Seven or eight minutes moro and we would be ovor our target. Then I saw a sorles of rod flashes, which showed my prodoccs sors wero already at work. Suddenly, two long fingers of light began to sweep tho sky, and oltho' uary 6th to February 1st, February 3d to March 1st, i.nd March 3d to March 29th. Tractors for practlco purposes will bo .supplied by largo firms. Dairy Short Course Draw Many exporloncod buttor nnd chceso makers havo reported tholr Intention to attend tho nnnual short course for buttor and choose makers nt tho O, A. C. January 6th to 3st. Tho old oporn tors wont to return and brush up 4n now methods. Many now men are planning to got tholr training at the snort courso to nt them for work nr hclpors In various factories. Tho courso la opon to both men and women. Dairymen to Meet at Hlllsboro lh0 Inst fow weeks. Young men will Hlllsboro has boon soloctod ns tho ro"lBtor Jnnunry 3d and 4th, while wo noxt mooting place of tho Orogon mon wl" K'ster January Oth. IJatrvmon'n Association. Jnniinrv I4.1K I at the request of many farmors. County Aflen' Work Popular At least twcnty-Pvn of tho twenty six Oregon counties that took up county ngont work prior to or within the war period will retain tholr agents noxt year. So cffcctlvo did theso i Spocjal Agt, Standard Oil (5o Eugnt Orfon KALERS )F3uieae;'Orv Moarao Hardware OvmmXj, & Bow, 9sm, ' sn,Orgftn, '. .. Ax JBOly Dtiiias'iniwit If hnd liccn expected, my Jioart camo up In my mouth. They Incronsqd tin til I counted a dozen which iay bo tweon mo nnd-tny goal. Dnttofy nftor buttery of nntl nlrcruft mum canio Into action, which formed u harnWnrouml (ho town. Sotting my tooth I mado HtrnlKlft for tho 'Tlroy Furnace." in less -tlinn a tnlnuto I wa In tho midst. Shells wore bursting nll'ttnund mo. I was Intoxicated with thq thrill of It. l felt n hundred times the ex. cltomc.nl of any football "scrum" ' I had ever soon. 8o exciting was It that I forgot all about my goal nnd my mission. When glancing down I saw wo wero already ovor tho town. "Hero wo nro," my obsorvor bawled, tho first words ho had spoken slnco wo had stnrtod. "flight, hoi" I shouted back, "Down wo go." 1 dived down toward tho town lying beneath us, Swifter and swifter In tho intoxicat ing' drlvo until at tho height of r thousand feet I, flattened out over our target It was a railway terminus which was a conspicuous place In the town. . It was my observer's turn to act. Ho got his target spotted and pushed the bomtt-dropplng lever. I could plainly sco tho shells bursting' below. Ono burst on top of a train In tho station. Wo turned tall and by fly ing low passed safely through tho gnuntlot of death again with but a few shrapnel holes In tho wings of tho machine, "Hug," I said to my obser ver, "That was sonio warm; guess you sot them thinking, old man." "Guess I did," camo tho answer with a broad srln. "Not Borry It's over, aro you?" 'What about some of that chocolate?" Then happily munching tho choco ate wo sped away without further ad venture until tho aorodomo's flairs of 'Ight gave us wolcomo homo. Ingoncles prove In organizing tho agri cultural forces for Increased produc tion and strict conservation, that tholr services are to bo retained. Somo now counties aro also considering tho advisability of establishing county ngont work. In Linn county tho farmers nnd business men nro raising tho maintenance fund by subscription. May Enter O. A. C. In January High school students In Orogon ox poctlug to bo graduated In Fobruary may enter tho Oregon Agricultural Collego in January, provided they bring with thorn a certificate from tholr high school principal stating that thoy will rocolvq tholr diplomas even though not attending high school j Ton thousand pounds of other wero shipped to Franco by tho Hod Cross, so our soldlora might havo roliof from pain. . Thirty thousand lotters a weok nro written by tho lied Cross to tho farol- llos of soldiers, answering questions. 9-1