HOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION
Oregon Agricultural College is the Friend of the Farmer
m FLYING trip was made into the 1 25 per cent;
II John Dav country early in April I cent.1
by members of the Agricultural College
Extension staff. The party was com
posed of E. B. Fitts, livestock and
dairyman, John E. Larson, agronomist,
and Mrs. Lulie Bobbins, domestic
science worker. Meetings were held
day and evening at Prairie City and
Mt. Vernon, many farmers and house
wives attending. Interest in the work
is said to have been good and will
doubtless lead to more extended work
in the future,.
'It was my first trip into Grant
County." said Professor Fitts, "and
I was well pleased with its many fine
attractions. It is a beautiful valley
with fertile well-watered soil and a
climate well suited to livestock and
frnit growing, dairying and general
farming. With the abundant supply
of dairy cattle feed and the good de
mand for dairy products, dairying may
well be made a great industry."
The members of the party enjoyed
the visit and believe that some good
was accomplished. They would all be
oleased to receive assignments for
further work in the John Day.
WEED PEST IN OREGON.
OBEGON'S most pestiferous weeds
will be named, described, and
illustrated, and the methods of
eradication pointed out, in a series of
stories to be run in a leading state
daily and a farm paper of Oregon.
These articles are prepared by the
department of Botany and Plant Pa
thology of the Agricultural College,
and will contain a great deal of in
teresting and useful information,
Those published in the daily will deal
with weeds forbidden by laws on farms
and roadsides; those in the farm jour
nal with the most common and ob
jectionable weed pests at the different
seasons of the year. The articles will
serve to acquaint the farmers witn
weed enemies and methods of their eon'
trol, and also place definite and use
ful knowledge of weeds and their
treatment at the disposal of the public
schools. By clipping and filing in scrap
books this information may be kept
from year to year.
and vegetables, 15 per
WOEK IN FORESTRY NURSERY.
USING the last two months 1?
students of Forestry at the Ore
gon Agricultural College, in
charge of H. 8. Newins, have spent
some time working in the Federal For
est Nurseries at Wind Biver, Washing
ton, where the Federal Department is
engaged in growing seedling forest
stock in its native haunts of moun
tain forests. The college students as
sisted in preparing the seed beds, plant
ing the seeds, protecting young Btocn,
transplanting, and in taking up and
packing the young forest trees for ship
ment. The Government has 11 acres
within the forest nursery enclosure with
a capacity of 1,900,000 seedlings, which
should furnish about 1,600,000 trees for
distribution. If these opportunities for
industry failed to afford plenty of work
for the college men they have failed to
mention it. On the contrary the boys
are highly pleased with the facilities
for practical work afforded them,
which according to their instructor,
they took full advantage of.
M'MSnmLLE SLAPS FLY.
UNDER the auspices of the uvic
Improvement Club McMinville is
carrying on a campaign against the fly
Professor H. F. Wilson Bpent Monday
in that city in the intorests of their
anti-fly camaign. In the afternoon he
addressed the Club and outlined plans
for making the campaign successful.
Members of the Club intend to do their
part toward exterminating the pest and
having a flyless city.
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INVESTIGATE SUN SCALD.
J P. BAK8S ana U. a. uoairey, re-
fl search pathologists of the Ore
eon Agricultural College, nave re
turned from inspecting a Marion coun
ty prune orchard that is suffering some
damage from sun scald, 'inis inspec-
tion trip was a part of the experimen
tal work being carried on at the Lone
Maple prune ranch to determine more
precisely the nature and. extent or tne
damage.
PRUNING METHODS.
1 BUNING demonstrations were re
lr cit1v givn st Sntherlin under
the aipiees of the fruit growers
aseitio?, -by Prnfetwr '.7. K Brown
Extension Horticulturist of the Agri
cultural College. About 50 orchard-
mon and fanners attended these outdoar
school lessons and engaged in the prac
tice of pruning under the instructions
of the expert in charge. These men
are among the state's most successful
orchardists, giving much care to the
growing of fruit. In some instances
over pruning and over cultivation have
been given their orchards, leading to a
delayed bearing period. A demonstra
tion in summer pruning has been ar
ranged for at their request.
EXTENSIVE OUT-FLOWER
INDU8TEIE8 OF OREGON.
ALTOGETHER there are about
1,200,000 square feet under
glass in Oregon devoted to
growing plants for the flower trade,"
says A. M. Woodman in the Oregon
Countryman. "One Portland firm
specializing in roses and carnations has
23 greenhouses representing 150,000
square feet of glass. Another in the
same city specializing in the same
plants has 100,000. Another, grow
ing ferns, palms and flowers, has 60,
000 and is putting up 100,000 more.
"The enormous demand for products
of this industry are due to several
causes. A good many flowers cannot
be grown in fields so successfully as
in green houses. A class of moneyed
people has lately 'sprung up on the
Coast, immigrants, tourists and pros
perous business men, creating a de
mand for these luxuries. They spend
thousands of dollars decorating their
mansions for brilliant functions, and
this means trade and money for the
florist.
"The different plants and flowers
are divided as follows: Carnations
50 per centj roses, 20 per cent; mums
and other plants, as palms and ferns,
WOLL NOT THE HANDLE FOR
LIFTING SHEEP.
O MOST farm hfRids the wool
seems to be a natural handle
for lifting the sheep," suys O.
M. Nelsou, specialist in sheep raising
at the 'Ag'rii'ulUral Coll!g. "By it
'lieep are caught, dragged and lifted
from nlaee to place, fhts leaves a
hmiiMi1 ami inflamed arc, as runv bp
seen by examining the flesh of a sheep
treated in this way previous to slaugh
ter. A sheep is a gentle and timid ani
mal and the inhuman treatment often
given them on the farm is awful. It
decreases the profits and sometimes
causes an actual loss.
The sheep is first driven with
others into the corral where it may be
caught without frightening the flock.
It may then be caught by the necK,
flank or hind leg above the hock, and
moved by standing to the left of it,
placing the left hand under the jaw,
the right hand on the dock and gently
pressing.
"To lift the sheep, stand at tne Tear
and a little to the right. Grasp the
right fore leg close to the brisket and
gently raise the fore part from the
ground. Then seize the left hind leg
at the hock and lift the sheep up. This
method prevents struggling and injury
to the sheep.
"It is easy to make light sheep sit
up. Heavy sheep may be made to sit
by placing the left arm around the
front of the animal, reaching under its
body and grasping the right leg at the
hock and gently drawing the leg toward
you while pushing with (the breast
against the sheep's body. To get it on
its feet again, merely push it lorwara
and let it go."
to one of oil meal is another suitable
feed. Boots, eabbage, or pumpkins are
also recommended. Dry coarse rough
age, such as straw and corn stalks, are
not good, and together with eold water,
cold draughts and lying on the frozen
ground, eause baked udder or garget.
No more feed of any kind should be
given than she will eat up clean. The
first feed after freshening should be
half a pail of whole or ground oats
which has been allowed to stand covered
for a half uour after pouring hot water
on the grain.
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WATER FOR DAIRY COWS.
I ATEB requirements of the dairy
ai cow are not always given the at
tention thev oueht to receive. Aside
from the large amount of water used in
milk production cows will drink about
60 to 80 gallons a day if they are given
that amount of fresh, clean water. Some
of the world's record cows have drunk
as much as 270 gallons a day. Since
milk has a large percentage of water in
it large quantities of water are re
quired to produce the milk. Not only
that, but high milk production demands
the digestion and asismiiation oi a
great deal of nourishment, and water
is needed in large quantities lor tnese
purposes. The boat water is from
springs or deep wells, says W. A. Barr,
O. A. C. and Federal dairy agent.
Ponds receiving drainage are especial
ly bad, because they contain disease
germs and because the water is not
relished so that the cow really drinks
all she needs.
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INSPECTION OF COLLEGE BY AD
CLUB.
JNE of the gladdest days of the col
j lege year was May first, when
the Portland Ad Club moro than 200
strong visited and inspected the Agri
cultural College. This is a live bunch
borrowing one of their own rugged
phrases, and their coming was hailed
with delight by students and faculties
alike.
On arrival the visitors were divided
into sections of convenient numbers and
conducted through the campus by rep
resentatives of the cadet company.. At
noon they were served - with a go-as-you-please
luncheon by the College Folk
Club and the city Commercial Club.
The passed the remainder of the day in
an informal tour of grounds and build
ings and in soeing Corvallis. In the
eveuinir tdov wera entertained wi- a
banquet in Waldo Kail, leaviug for
Portland later.
The friendship asd support of tU
uuuy oi ioi..cd buaiucoS luuu are
thoroughly appreciated by the college
people here and throughout the state.
Every effort was made to provide so
pleasant a time for them on the occa
sion of their visit that they will be
induced to make annual pilgrimages to
the college.
For Governor
Wf
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Gus. C. Moser
Republican Primaries May 15
He voted against the new tax law,
and stands for reduction of taxes, pay
able semi-annually, without penalty.
Economy, efficiency dignified law
enforcement.
(Paid Advancement.)
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VOTE FOR
CARE OF DRY COWS.
1URING the eight or ten weeks when
J the cows are dry their feed should
be chiefly roughage, according to the
Oregon Agricultural College Dairy De
partment. As she nears freshening
she may be fed two pounds of bran or
two of oats daily. Two parts of each
STUDENT MANAGER OF STATE
POULTRY FARM.
HESTEB WILCOX, a senior in the
i Agricultural College Poultry De
partment, has been appointed manager
of the poultry plant at the State Hos
pital for the Insane at Salem. His
work in school and at the poultry plant
among the fowls has qualified him well
for his ne wduties. He was one of the
leading members of his class and re
ceived honorable mention for his work
this year.
There are heavy responsibilities con
nected with the position, and in a meas
ure the efficiency of the poultry de
partment will be considered in eonnec
tion with the degree of success the
young student attains, It has been the
practice of the State Hospital to place
scientifically trained men from the
Agricultural College in charge of de
partment work, especially as managers
of the horticultural branch. These men
have invariably made good, and so
paved the way to similar employment
for future graduates. Mr. Wilcox left
upon notification of his appointment
and immediately assumed charge of his
new duties.
There is approximately 4,000,000
acres of timber land in New Hamp
shire of which about one-half is in
farmers' woodlots.
A. H. BURTON
Progressive Candidate for
STATE SUPERINTENDENT
OF SCHOOLS
Long Successful Experiences as Teach
er, Principal and Superintendent.
Graduate
Southern Illinois State Normal 1801
University of niinois 1907
University of Oregon Law 1912
(Paid Advertisement.)
5,500,000 Animals
Slautered
IVE hundred eighty-five thousand
one hundred sixty-four cattle;
122, 486 calves; 1,296,625 sheep; 3,118
goats and 3,489,384 hogs were slaugh
tered under Federal inspection during
January last.
There were slaughtered in Chicago
houses 134,141 cattle; 21,470 calves;
392,686 sheep; 211 goats and 610,550
in Kansas City houses, 71,819
cattle; 8,397 calves; 144,002 sheep;
1,944 goats and 215,549 swine; in Na
tional Stock yards (east St. Louis), 27,
107 cattle; 10,249 calves; 48,016 sheep;
86 goats and 130,079 swine; in South
Omaha, 48,982 cattle; 1,938 calves;
171,386 sheep; 5 goats and 219,942
swine; in South St. Joseph, 18,926 cat
tie; 1,930 calves; 68,097 sheep; 12 goats
and 169,597 swine, and at all other
establishments, 285,089 cattle; 78,502
calves; 472,438 sheep; 800 goats and
2,134,667 swine.
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