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PAGE FOUR THE HEPPNER HERALD, HEPPNER, OREGON Tuesday, August 21, 1923 A PROFESSIONAL CARDS DR. F. E. FARRIOR DENTIST Office Up3tair3 Over Postoffica Heppner, Oregon or; S. E. NOTSON ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Office In Court House HEPPNER, OREGON WOODSON & SWEEK ATTORN K YS-AT-LAW Masonic Building HEPPNE-R, OREGON DR. A. D. McMURDO PHYSICIAN and SCKGEOJT Telephone 122 Office Patterson's Drug Store HEPPNER, OREGON DeLUXE ROOMS Summer Rates 75c & $i.oo Over Case Furniture Co. Same K. Van Vac'or R. R. Butler Van VACTOR & BUTLER ATTORNKVS-AT-IiAW Suite S04 Flral National Bank Bldg. THE DAI-MM. ORKOON. WATERS & ANDERSON FIRE INSURANCIS ; Successors to 0. C. Pattersoa HEPPNER, OREOON ruone 3831. We have money to loan FRED J. BAUER Agent for Pacific Illdg. & Loan Ahs'ii .General Itoii! Nutate and Insurance.. 100 1-2 KaHt Second Street 'HIE DAI I iCH, Oltl.GON 01.' inti.kist to 1111: LADIES For 1 1 1 latent anil bout In Mll,l,INKi;V, COIISKTS and WOMION'S V II Alt See Avs. LG. Hcrren I'liOno 5(CJ BIBlBiiiallHl1 estaurant n n H n H B B Q n B U Come in and ook over uur now local inn in the CKlil Follows luuUliii, where yon will lnul one of the host equipped dinintr rooms in eastern Oregon. And when yon have in spected the front, come hack and taUe a look at our sanitary kitchen. You will he ahle to get quick service at o u i" lunch counter. GOOD MEALS AND SERVICE ati POPULAR RATES I'D CU1NN, Propr. B B a a B B B B B B B a B B hub IELKH0RN1 n H El a i b 8 H a WHKAT STOUAGH BINS Uuy rhoap whilu they lait. SOO luisli. i.i rapacity bushels c.ip.uity 30. Tuiu-nLum Lumuor Co. Paved Yards Save Feed and Labor Floor Is Sanitary and Does A. way With Unsightly Mud Holes in Barnyards. No farm is complete without a con crete feeding floor as part of its equip ment. It Is hard to estimate the amount of feed that has been lost and wasted through being fed In the mud. A paved feeding floor is sanitary and does away with the unsightly mudholes so common to barnyards. Easy to Build. Concrete barnyard pavements, as shown In the Illustration, are easy to build, and the man who has never had experience with concrete can acquire what is necessary In a short time by it: 41 r4" 9 Concrete Barnyard Pavement. carefully following a few Instructions, Not all of the pavement need be built at one time. A strip '20 feet wide is enough for a beginning. Additional strips can be added as desired. Plan for Paving. In paving a feeding yard with con crete, first grade the site so that It is practically level. If the drainage Is not good, drain tile should be laid. A sub-base of several Inches of gravel or cinders is sometimes advantageous. The concrete should be mixed In the proportion of 1 part of cement, 2 parts of sand and 3 of pebbles or broken stone. A thickness of four Inches Is the allowable minimum and five or six Inches Is safer, especially where heavy loads are likely to be put on the floor. The surface should be made to slope toward one corner, with a pitch of not more than one-fourth-lnch per foot, and It should he finished with a wood-Moat, which leaves a grit ty surface that can be easily cleaned, yet affords a linn fooling for the stock. After the concrete lias been laid It should not be used for at least two or three weeks. The? following table shows the amount of materials required to build pavements of various areas, using one-two-three mix and a thickness of four Inches : Silimri- Ft. .Sucks of Cuh. Yds. Cut,. Yls. of i 'a v'lll't. Ccno'iit. of Sand, i'ebblta. Him) nil 2 3 lim (il 4 6 '.MIO 77 Ti 8 V, l.'JiHI IM 7-4 11 '.; l.iilM) IJS H'-i Sweet Corn la Superior for Feeding in Summer In making plans for summer feed ing, the value of sugar corn should not be overlooked. In certain dairy sec tions where Its worth Is recognized, It Is not unusual to find almost every dairyman planting a moderate-sized patch with which to meet the mid summer period when pasturage Is short and green f coil nt a premium. In the choice of the variety to plant It Is well to choose the later maturing sorts such as Country (ietitlemnn and I'.vercreon. The earlier varieties will mature as a rule before there Is real need for them In dairy feeding. The earlier varieties of sweet corn are lacking In stalk and leaf as compared with the larger and later sorts. Fowls in Orchard Kill Many Injurious Insects Any fruit which grows high enough to he nut of reach of the hens Is honetlted by their presence. Hotter irops are produced and greater l-row th Is In evidence. Some years ago Cornell university mnrte a test which showed very conclusively that the presence of chickens in an orchard did more irood tow ards killing Injurious In sects than nil the liquid sprays that could be applied. Little Improvement in Quality of Seed Helps It bus been estimated that more than H.OOO.i) pounds of seeds, ex clusive of seed potatoes, seed sunar canes, nnd other vegetative planting stocks, are sown or planted annually In this country. Even a small Im provement In the quality of seed planting would result In larger crops at little or no additional expense or In the same production on t smaller acreage. Consider Farmer First in Establishing Routes When establishing routes for good mails, the Interest of the fanners Is the tlrst thing that should be taken Into account. As It Is over them that all that goes to clothe and feed the hungry ungrateful world must he transported, let Uvi slogan of roads be, "Farmers First." 1 4 1 ITS' New York Life Insurance Co. affords the holder PROTECTION in more ways than one. It protects your family in the event of your death. It protects your business, of which you are, perhaps, the most valuable asset, while you are living. It protects your credit in times of financial stringency by the loan privilege it offers. It protects you by substantial payments if to tally disabled by accident or disease. It pays double in case of accidental death. The New York Life offers many different plans of insurance each of highest merit in its place. Can you afford to take chances against fate when you can secure absolutely reliable and trustworthy protection at a moderate cost? Think it over. Phone Main 13 or write us and we will be glad to call and show yourself and your wife just what these policies are. New York Life Insurace Co. S. A. PATTISON, Resident Agent HEPPNER, OREGON Cucumber Beetle Will Injure Garden Crop9 Pests Make Their Appear ance Suddenly. Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) The striped cucumber beetle attacks and injures seedling cucumbers, melons and related crops, but especially the cucumber, as soon as they appear. They even burrow down to meet them before they come above the ground. They devour . the tender stems and leallels before the plant is fairly started, gnaw the older stems and ripe fruits and act as carriers of cucurbit discuses. They make their appearance suddenly and in great numbers, nnd as they work rapidly an entire crop may he destroyed In a few days. The slender white worm-like larvae injure the plains later in the season by tun neling the roots and underground parts of the stems. The control measures which have given the greatest promise of success are preventives, repellents, farm prac tice, and the use of Insecticides, par ticularly nicotine dust and arsenate 0 iead. In suggesting control measures, the department commends that young and choice plants in stiuiH gardens be protected with tight coverings. If an excess of seed is planted, the attack will be distributed, and some of the plants will escape the beetles. Nico tine dust should he applied directly, aud arsenate of lead used as a spray, either alone or In combination with '.tordeaux mixture. Care should he taken to cover every portion of In fested plants, both surfaces of leaves, vines and stems. Clean culture with trap plants is an aid. Active co-operation of neighboring growers of cucur bits in these methods Is desirable. Community effort In observing these methods will undoubtedly lessen the danger of losses from this pest in the course of time. "Yellowing" Cuts Deeply Into Alfalfa Production "Yellowing" is one of the most serl- 1 ous troubles of the alfalfa grower. In the East, says the Tutted States Pe- 1 pnrtuient of Agriculture, It Is rospon- slide for a greater redaction in yield every year thuu any of the diseases or ' Insects. In the past few years It has I been observed In the West, but in the rest of the country it lias been known I almost as long as the crop has been grown on a commercial scale. Although the cause of "yellowing" I has never been definitely determined, j If has been attributed to a number of ( unfavorable conditions. In some cases j It lias been thought that soil condition j were responsible, as the same symp- : turns occur in the absence of sufficient j lime, plant food, or drainage. Put it j also oectirs where all these conditions j are favorable, ns is shown by the qulcK recovery of the plants after the old j growth has been cut. When the cause Is lack of lime. food, or drainage the ' plants die soon after cutting. j The treatment recommended fir ; "yellowing" Is cutting of the fields re- ; gardless of the stage of development j of the plants. The new growth gen- I erally comes along noruillv Ear Tag System Is Practical for Flocks Especially Used for Identi fying Each Individual. (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) An Ingenious and simple method of murklng farm breeding animals has been used successfully with sheep for eight years by Cooper Curtice of the United States Department of Agricul ture at the farm of the bureau of ani mal Industry near Vienna, Va. The system is especially adapted for identi fying quickly the extent of pure blood of Individuals in herds and Hocks being improved with purebred sires. ICuch animal Is labeled with an aluminum tag bearing a number. Females are labeled on the right ear; males on the left. The young are given the dam's number preceded by I (or by 10 if the dam's number Is a digital number) if it is the first young born; preceded by 2 If the second bora, and so on. This system is quite practical for farm flocks of sheep of less than 1U0 bead, and for cattle. If a purebred sire Is being used to grade up a herd or flock of nondescript females, the system affords a very good ever-present record of the grade of animals obtained. For example: The first born young of female No. 25 will be marked 125. Animal No. 125 Is one half grade. The young of 125 will be come 1125, and will be a three-quarters grade. No. 1U25 will be seven-eighths, and No. 111125, fifteen-sixteenths. To illustrate further: No. 3125 Is the third young of the first young of 25 and a three-quarters grade. When there Is no longer spnee for additional figures on the label, the sixth or seventh generation may be marked with letters following the num ber of the original dam. Applied to female No. 25, the young of the sixth generation may be marked 25A ; next generation, 2511, and so on. If desired, the sire number may he placed on the reverse side of the label. Tills method of Identifying animals may be used In conjunction with an ear-notching system, which further Identifies them. A good ear-notching plan enables the owner to replace, with assurance as to correct Identity, tiny ear tags that may be lost. Eradicate Weed Plants by Preventing Growth There Is only one way to eradicate noxious perennial plants such as wild morning glories or fK?a vine crowths. or whatever kind they may be; and that Is to prevent them from making any leaf growth during the last half of summer, or after about July 1. Whatever method you find most con venient for doing this will be the most practical method for you to apply. Some such plants can be eradicated by pasturing the last half of summer; other methods are to keep the land cultivated the last half of summer, or to keep them cut down with a hoe when In some cultivated crop, such as corn; another method Is to smother with straw or by growing some rank growing crop: another Is to keep the land mowed close to the ground fre-auently. Certified Seed Increases Yield Favorable Results Obtained by Potato Growers Should Encourage General Use. (Prepared by the United States Department ot Agriculture.) AVhlle there has been an increasing tendency on the part of potato produc ers to use certified seed during the last few years, the favorable results that have been obtained from the use of such seeds should encourage a much more general use of certified seed, says the United States Department of Agriculture. A number of states are now producing certified seed and have records showing the comparative yield from certified fields with the average yield of the state. In New York state yields for ordinary fields averaged 103 bushels an acre, while the certified fields yielded 223 bushels an acre. In Minnesota the yield In favor of the certified seed, over that of the ordinary fields, was 60 bushels an acre, and In Pennsylvania certified fields yielded 308 bushels while the ordinary fields produced only 100 bushels an acre. Reports from other states show similar Increase in yield from the certified fields In comparison to the average of the state. Decided Improvement. Certified seed sent from Michigan to several corn belt states for experi mental and demonstrational tests in 1921 showed a decided Improvement in yield over the local seed. In Iowa the Increase in yield secured from this Michigan certified seed was C1.2 bush els, In Indiana 21 fields showed an in crease of 03 bushels, in Illinois 61 fields yielded 44 bushels increase, while In Ohio, where the great part of the acreage of the state Is planted with certified seed, the Increase due to the Michigan seed was only 2.6 bush els. In two tests conducted in Dela ware the Micliignn certified seed aver aged 68 bushels more an acre than home-grown seed. Good Season for Both. Last season was a good one for both producers and buyers of certified seed. The large production of certified seed has brought the price so low that al though reports show that a premium of 50 to 150 per cent Is being paid for certified stock the grower is at least getting a little profit out of his work, while the buyer Is able to buy this seed at a reasonable cost. Little to Be Gained by Cultivation of Alfalfa So long as the stand Is satisfactory and the plants are making good growth there is little to be gained by cultivating alfalfa, says the United States Department of Agriculture. A slight increase In yield Is sometimes obtained by such treatment, but ex periments have shown that it is not ordinarily enough to pay the addition al cost, and the life of the stand is prolonged but littie, if any. Under certain conditions, however, cultivation of this crop may be worth while. Where irrigation waters leave a crust of silt on the fields the use of the barrow to break it up seems advisable. Also where Irrigated al falfa is pastured it is sometimes a good practice to use a harrow to loosen up the soil, especially if it ;s heavy-textured. When weeds and grass threaten to choke out the al falfa the life of the stand may be profitably prolonged for a year or two by harrowing. The best implement for this purpose Is the alfalfa harrow, which is a modi fication of the spring-tooth harrow. The spike-tooth harrow may be used on the lighter soils, but Is of little use on the heavy soils. The disk harrow Is very liable to prove injurious. Orchard Intercropping Secondard Proposition From the year that an orchard is first set out, intercropping is a sec ondary proposition and should be treated as such the trees come first. It has usually been considered desir able to make use of the land between the trees for the first few years from the standpoint of increased profit. Fur thermore, a cultivated crop insures cultivation of the trees. Legume Is Satisfactory Crop for Poultry Flock One of the most satisfactory crops to grow on the ground where poultry ranges Is the legume. Clover or al falfa are Ideal crops for this purpose. A half acre of ground seeded to either one of these legumes will furnish enough creen feed for a hundred or more chickens. Deep Corn Cultivation Will Cut Many of Roots When the stalks of corn are 18 Inches high, the roots have met across a three and-one-half-foot row. Deep cultivation at this time will cut many of the roots and check the growth of the plants. A good rule to follow is to cultivate deep early In the season and shallow later when the plants are larger. Broadcast Condition of Highways on Saturday The condition of highways In Massa chusetts and bordering states Is broad cast by radio every Saturday evening at 6:30 o'clock by the Automobile Le eal association. This service gives motorists up-to-the-minute informa tion on the condition of trunk line highways. MAKE O. A. C. 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MyuM. $100.00 REWARD $100.00 I will pay the above reward of $1 00 to any person furnishing me information that will lead to the ar rest and conviction of any person or persons having in their possession and holding any sheep bearing my brand. My brand is a Circle Bar, (a circle with bar across.) Dated at Boardman, Oregon, this "th day of July, 19 23. M. C. MARSHALL, lltf Boardman, Ore. MATERNITY HOME I am prepared to take a limited number of maternity cases at my home on South Main street, Hepp ner. Patients are privileged to choose their own physician at this home and the best of care is assured. MRS. HALLIE KIRK, 15t Heppner, Ore. HIGH QUALITY WHEAT A lot of Turkey Red wheat test ing 64 H pounds to the bushel is be ing delivered at the Brown& Lowry warehouse from the Martin Lovgren ranch in the Eightmilo district. Mr. Lovgren is also delivering Forty Fold that made around 30 bushels per acre. This variety had not been tested but it is a fine article. 1 mm iftut uyufM. if 1