THURBDAV, JANUARY 8. 1924
CAMAS »W ALE
CROWING CONDITIONS FOR
CAULIFLOWER
/ T h a r* war« quite a number at the
DISCUSSED
rucular meeting of the Farm er* Union
Cauliflower la one of the moat aen-
In.i.i *t the arhool home Wednesday
»Rive
vegetables
to
unfavorable
nlaht. Frank Jones wee elerted to the
growing conditions and the better It
o fllra of rnndurtor
Frs.nk t'op lef
la understood the better the re iu lti
r « ro ily alerted, baring rerlgned Har
will be.
er» I iiiatlere of business were attend
The soil la the moat Important
ed to anil a rote was rest unanlntoue
factor In raining the plant. When the
ly Io barn supper on the fourth W«d anil la In a rich loamy condition, full
nesday In enrh month. which la nr of humus or organic matter. It will
ery other m edlng It wee derided to naturally produce a flue large plant
wait until neat meeting to Install
which is usually leiptm alble for a
the officers for the new year
gooil head. CaulIC.ower require» en
John Napi>er spent the holiday* unusual amount of sol! moisture and
rio tin g at hla htttne here lie I* at responds boat whore It la possible
l 'tiding school In t’ortlaml at present to Irrigate during the dry summer
Mr and Mr*. John Wullachleger period
The beat »reds are Im port'd from
entertained a number of their rela
II»'-« at th«tr home on t ’hrlattna* Kurupe The chea t seed la worthless,
day
Those present were Mr. and and a good unlfo’ X Held of first
Mrs It V Ftnllh and son Itertle of grade head» can com« only from «
de seed strain. The good
Fug-ns. M r and Mr« W illard H e r high
man and daughter Roberta of Coburg. |
> product* a large, »olid,
Mr and Mrs Alfred Bush and rhll white bead on a ah tri stem, on which
dree of Ix>well. Frt»« Wttlbchleger of the leaves of ths head fold cloaely
Malone. Wash . Jake Wullsrhleger of about, thus prolecGng It from weath
t'r -iweil. Mr. *nd Mrs ti M Perry. er conditions b e f« e marketing,
Cultivation la Mdesaar* to keep
Miss M attle Oat »a. John (latea and
his children. Halil«.
Francl#
and the ground from losing mot dure dur
ing the growing season
At Inter
llaiet. all of Howe Lane.
Mia* Hallie dates has been »left vals of 10 «lay» from ,h " ,,m # th*
Ing the past week with her cousin, plant 1» planted I'. •» carefully cul
Mrs
atty, says the United Btales Depart
ment of Agriculture. Proper cooling
and cold storage I* • • l,l to he the
greatest single factor Influencing the
hect-'rial content of m ilk from the
time It leave« the cow until It reaches
the consumer.
The department aaya that faipners
should. If possible, put up at least 1H
Ions of Ice In the North and 2 tona
In the Houth. for every cow In the
milking herd. Thia w ill provide foi
cooling the milk, «Row for melting,
and provide a little surpis: for hou»e
hold us* In late fall and early winter
when work la not pressing on the
farm, a little lim e »p m t In anticipa
tion of the Ice harvest will pay goon
returns. During thia season old Ice
house« may be repaired and all the
necessary equipment for harv'stlng
Ice provided.
rivaled until the tf.'Awing Season W
over. Where Irrlg.nlon la practiced
water Is applied ottoq enough to keep
a uniform arnonni of moisture In the
■oil, ihu* Insuring a steady growth of
the plant
The beat way to do thia la to run
the water between the rows rather
than to use the overhead sprinkling
Rachel Herman, at Coburg.
F rit*
Wullachleger
of
Malone.
Washington, apent hla Christmas »a-
istlott with relatives here
•
Mr. and M rs J M Hutton and
family apent Chrlslmaa at the home
of their daughter. Mrs Robert Huff
tusn. In Plwtsant HUI.
COMMISSION COMMENTS ON
FINE RAILROAD SERVICE
Attention la called by the Inter
state Commerce Commission. In It*
annual report Juet made public, to
the .« d e n t service rendered by the
railroads during tbs current year and
to the factor* making thia perform
ance poaatbla The report aaya la
part:
Three aotaworihy facte have char-
arterlaed the transportation history
or the current year—
«1. Tbs unprecedented volume of
traffic bandied
“I The concurrent transformation
cf a ear short age condition Into one
i t rar-aurplusage
“I An eaoepltonally equitable dis
trlbuttoo of available equipment over
territory la which the large traffic
movements originate.
«Puring the drat forty four weeks of
thia »ear- January I to Npvsmbor 1, In-
<luslve, tl»55»41 car* were reported
|.sided with revenue freight, an In
crease over the corresponding period
In l»23 of M.465.MM car*. In I M I of
I 0I7.P4M. and In 1M0 of 4.02*.lit* No«
only was thl* unprecedented tonnage
handled well, but the carrier* re
ported a surplusage a* of the wash
ended July 14 of »4.210 railroad own
ed freight cam In good repair and
11.035 care of private ownership,
PLENTY BACON AVAILABLE
USE IN MANY GOOD WAYS
Start Stock Ranch Near C°4>urg
A. C. Byers, recently here frejn
Montana, has rented a 737 acre farm
n .Mir Coburg from John Flick nnd
will »tart a pure bred Polled-Hereford
herd. A herd of 110 animals from
Montana w ill be brought here for the
new stock farm by Mr. Byers, It 1»
Stated. The herd contain» » world'«
( hmiiplon bull and several other high !
ratara. It la M r Byers Intention to
supply purebred br'edlng »lock to ]
Un. northwest from the Lane county
farm.
Farm Reminder»
Seed for Ilonny Beat tomatoes--the
variety of tomato usually grown for
maturing a crop In May In green
hou«e hot h Mia— la sown about Jan
nary 1. Five ^months are require»
from seeding to harvesting
Most
growers use flv . Inch pots for grow
ing the plant In their Anal stages pre
vloui, to transplanting to the beds.
T h i market la strong for fancy hoi
house tomatoes through Mav, J««
and July. March 15 l i the best ll'
to set the plants permanently In «he
OF BUREAU OF CHEMISTRY
Kittenish
"Those firemen must be a frivolous
set." comment >d Mr». Dumpling.
"W hy ” asked her overworked hair.
ICE SUPPLY NECESSARY
“ I read In the paper after the blaxe
FOR GOOD MILK was under control. Bremen played all
night on tha rulna. Why didn't they
In the production and marketing of
go to bed like sonalhle folks Instead
high-quality milk and cream a supply
of r a p i n g around like cataf”— Amer
of Ice on the farm la almost a n * »
lean Legion W eekly
tontrlbutlng Farters
“Home of the oustandlng factor*
which have mad* possible this hitherto
un.qualed transportation
perform-
anca are:
"1. The condition of power and
car».
“I. New locomotive* and cara
placed la aervle*.
" I lacreasen la the mileage per
car per day and loading of equipment
“For the month of September. IMS.
ihs sv.rag« mileage P«r freight tsar
»•r day waa 3S.I, which la higher
than the average for any month alace
these statistics were Inaugurated a ll
veer» ego The average for August
waa 3 (1 mile*
"The axteat to which eblppers bava
utilised «he capacity of cara la re
flectad ln the average load per car.
tn Beplember this waa 37.4 tona, and
,n July and August waa 33.5 tona.
W ith the »»caption of the average
loading for August. 1»1«. 30.1 tona,
and August. IMO. 2».B. tha averaga for
August thia year la the greatest
•down for any similar month since
tha records war* Inaugurated tn
1317."
BETTER INSECTICIDES AIM
Due of the most Important fields
Bacon can be used In many ways
of
activity of. the Bureau of Chem
besides versing It on the breakfast
table, we are reminded by the United istry of the United Btates Department
Htates Department of Agriculture of Agriculture la ths work the bureau
There la Just now an abundance of Is doing to develop effective and cheap
excellent bacon to be bad at a mod Insecticides and fungicide« for «he
»rate price, and the housekeeper who control of Insect pesta. Aa crop pro
wisbea to feed her fam ily well at duction becom*» fore tntenslffsd new
small cost should look Into the pos biological problems ariae In the at
tempt to maintain an equilibrium
sibility of utilising bacon In (more
waya than heretofore. For example. which w ill be of benefit and profit to
In many farolllaa the school children man. Borne of our Jnoat acute agri
and often older members of the house cultural problem» o rig 'n ati from In
sect depredations or from plant die-
hold, carry xandwlcbee. Bacon can
be put In these sandwiches, either by saves transmitted or stimulated by
The work the bureau of
Itself or In combination with other Insects.
chemistry la doing In chemical re
meat, lettu ci and salad drevalng. such
search of Insecticide» and fungicides
as one flnda In a club aandwlch. Elth
therefore, has a tremendous econom
er bread or toast may be used Cot
lc significance Thia Is being rec
tage or cream cheese with bacon
ognlxed and ,» being developed and
Farm Surplus Larg«*y Fruita
makes a good sandwich. Bacon can
expanded ax rapidly as possible.
be cooked and »erred with grmns
Wheat, dairy products, beef, pork,
and bean*, and used to garnish and
A study 1« being made of foliage in
sugar and com furnish MO per c*ut of
give flavor to many vegetable, poul jury by arsenical* and other Insecti
the calories, and a like amount of the
try. and meet dish»« A »mail piece cides and fungicide» tn o rd *r to de
fat. carbohydrates and protein that
makes any soup tastier. Club »ana velop »pray material» which, while
enter Into the nation's food supply
wlches containing bacon and various acting In an efficient manner, may be
That fact ha* a relation to the future
without
combination» of othsr Ingredient» applied to tender folllage
of Oregon'» agriculture because the
Injuring It. Owing to the importance
large »urpl»»*v ot Oregon'» agrlcul make the Ideal Bunday night supper,
because they are easy to prepare and which calcium a n ’nale has assumed
tural product» are found In f f jit » and
serve. They are equally good for the In the dusting of cotton for the con
berries
lata after-theatre p a rt/ or for evening trol of the cotton boll weevil, an ex
Thia and sim ilar factors that Id-
gueets when one la entertaining Ba tensive Investigation of the physical
fluence the growing and marketing
and chemical properties upon which
of faip i products In thia state will con with eggs, scrambled or fried, h
Its effectiveness depend» la being
hearty
enough
for
a
dinner
dish
oc
be considered at
the
agricultural
¡economic conference to be held at casionally The point tv that by using
11 he Oregon Agricultural college Jan bacon frequently the housewife add»
greatly to tbs flavor and Interest of
nary 23 to 25
the food she serves
i eyal^M-
beds.
PAO» T H R U
THE BPRINBFIELD NEWS
E IG H T H
G RADE
E X A M IN A T IO N S
The mid year eighth grade examina
tions w ill be given in districts where
there are pupils who have complied
with the legal conditions necessary
and for whom application for ques
tions has been sent, on Thursday and
Friday. January 10 sod 11.
E. J. MUORE.
County School Superintendent
P-27, J 3
made. The field work conducted a t
Tallulak. La., during the year has re-
salted In two achievement« of Impor
tance— the development of a quick
test for detecting high water soluble
arsenic In commercial calcium arsen
ate. and the discovery that the dew
oh cotton Pise*» contains relatively
large quantities of plant
exudate,
which com pounds. In the presence of
moisture, decompose calcium arsen
ate, thus affording a possible 'Explana
tion of many <»’ "» of unanticipated
plant Injury which have been ob
served In the dusting of cotton.
The demand for calcium arsenate
for boll wsevll control has had the
effect of greatly increasing the price
of arsenic and arsenicale. This I»
now a serious m atter for fru it grow
ers and others using arsenic In sortie
form for the control of Insect pests,
and It Is likely to develop Into a more
serious one. W ork ia being actively
prosecuted In the chemical technol
ogy of arsenical production for the
purpose of discovering methods for
lowering the cost of production. Some
very suggestive resuRs have already
been obtained.
And No Rabat«
Macpherson: “Was Sandy frighten
ed when the plane he wag riding In
began to fall T'
- «- -y.
Kilduff: “That he was! Only five
of the fifteen mtoutsa he’d paid for
had elapsed.” — American Legion
Weekly.
Sanitary Meat Market
The best meat at a price that will bring you back and make
you a regular customer.
FREE DELIVERY 9:30 a. m. DAILY
Holverson Bros, Props.
GUARANTEED
R U BBE R
GOODS
The manufacturer* from whom
ws buy our ruhhvr goods guar
antee tha inly the beat grade
of rubber gum goes Into every
place
They
also guarantee
that all product» made by tbei
ar * of the finest workmanship
and will give two years of -er-
vice under hard usage.
We
back
up the manufacturer’s
place frpe any def M-tlve rub
her article* aold at thia store.
HOT WATER BOTTLES
FOUNTAIN SYRINOB8
BULB SYRINGES
K’.E BAGS
FACE BAGS
RUBBER GLOVES
RUBBER NIBBLES. ETC.
Our stock of rubber goods Is
the finest In this part of the
state. Prices are reasonable.
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A
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tober 1st.
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Business and The B ur
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Special coures by arran g e
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Only qualified, experienced
teachers employed.
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mid you «r« assured of a
thoro, practical training.
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Eugene, Oregon
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