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2 HOME AND FAKM MAGAZINE SECTION Oregon Agricultural College is the Friend of the Farmer Page of News Notes and Interesting Articles Written by College Experts. mSi Oregon Agricultural College, Corvajus, Oregon, tne Sole Aim of Which Is to Aid Agriculturists. GIRLS' ORGANIZATIONS. ... NOT ALL 0 the advantages of col lege life at 0. A. C. are derived from the class room exercises. A considerable proportion of the real value of a college education comes from the associations maintained with other students. Working with others, advising and receiving advice, adjusting opinions and subordinating self, are some of the advantages re ceived by those active in student or ganizations. The Young Women's Christian As sociation is a live and efficient force in character development among the college women. The weekly meetings are well attended and many chan nels for usefulness are thus opened to those who participate in this work. The Madrigal Club is a girls musi cal organization, and in its activities many pleasant hours are spent by those gifted with good voices. Music receives much attention in the col lege, and all students may take such musical training as they are capable and desirous of receiving. The Home Economics Club is or ganized with the idea of bringing to the college community speakers who are capable of presenting subjects in Home Economics which might other wise be unobtainable. Many happy occasions are afford ed by excursions to the nearby moun tains or to the ocean beaches of the Pacific, while small picnics, informal social functions, and visits to the homes of the Instructors and towns people are of frequent occurrence. A systematic effort is being made by the women of the faculty to create a "home" feeling among the students and to offer an opportunity for bet ter acquaintanceship between the faculty women and women students. All the women of the college are eligible, of course, to offices in the student body organizations and the various classes. They are members of such prominent college societies as the Mask and Dagger and the literary societies, and of such pro fessional or technical clubs as the Commercial Club and the Pharma ceutical Association. They have their own system of athletic sports, under the direction of a professor of physi cal education for women, and with an exclusive gymnasium, equipped in a thoroughly modern fashion for up building the health and encouraging the happiness of the women students of the college. ferior fruit at home and work It into by-products, evaporated, vinegar, canned, than to try to market it in boxes. In some sections there is con siderable fruit that has been more or less damaged by scab, insect stings and fruit pests. A rumor har. reached me recently to the effect that some of our fruit growers' associa tions are planning to use some of this fruit in their second grade class this year. "To use this fruit would be a fatal mistake for the fruit growers of the Northwest. On the contrary, we should follow very strictly our grad ing rules. These rules may be se cured from any of the various sell ing agencies, such as the North Pa cific Fruit Distributors of Spokane and Portland, and the Northwest Fruit Exchange of Portland. These associations have adopted fixed grades and if fruit is sold through them it must come up to grade. If inferior fruit having worm stings, scab, etc., is loaded on the market It is going to hurt the sale of the bet ter fruit. We will actually make more money by dumping such fruit into the river than to attempt to sell it. I would urge upon all fruit grow ers, and all individual growers that are working independently, to grade stricter this year than they ever did before. The future of the fruit in dustry demands it. Our market is undoubtedly going to be restricted, and we must look up new markets to take the place of much of the fruit that has heretofore gone to Europe. It will be only by careful grading that we can hope to secure results this year." GRADK APPLES STRICTLY. SPECIAL pains with their grading should be taken this year by all our fruit men, if we are to re tain our present markets and secure the new ones necessary to take the place of those lost by the European wars. The crop Is fairly large, says Professor C. I. Lewis, the Agricul tural College horticulturist, whose ef forts to secure high standards for fruit and faithful adherence to those standards has done so much to place Oregon fruit in the front rank. His views of present conditions and how best to meet them follow. "While our fruit crop is not so large as the 1912 crop it is larger than that of 1913. The apple crop In the entire United States bids fair to be large. The Canadian crop is good. And our European market is somewhat limited, so that it be hooves us to be very careful of the grade of fruit we put on the market. "The dry summer 'has caused a great deal of very dry fruit. Much of this fruit is probably too small to be profitably marketed. It would be much better to keep this small, in- SPECIMEN W1REWORM WANTED. OREGON gardeners and farmers whose crops have been troubled by wirewornis are urgently re quested to send in specimens to the entomologists of the Agricultural College. The Department of En tomology is making an extensive study of wireworms (Elateridae), and false wireworms (Eleodes sp.), with a view to learn more intimately their life habits, time of maturing, etc., in different parts of the state. If growers who are interested will bear this request in mind, they may very often with but little trouble col lect a great deal of material which will be of value in better protection of the crops. Wireworms may be found collected in the soil about the base of plants, especially root crops such as onions, potatoes and field beets. They likewise often gather in large numbers in roots of mature corn. In harvesting their fall crops farmers may often find them in these and other similar places and can readily take them up, put them in boxes or cans and mail them to the department of Entomology, Oregon Agricultural College, Corvallis. A re port of the date and place of cap ture should accompany the collection The co-operation of growers in this matter will be thoroughly appreci ated by officers of the department. LIVESTOCK IN CROOK COUNTY ALTHOUGH there is some very good dry farming country in the Madras section of Crook County, but very few livestock are raised on the dry farms, according to R. E. Reynolds, who traveled through that district last month In connection with the 0. A. C. farm ers' institutes. Very few cattle and only enough horses to do the farm work are generally kept on the un Irrigated farms. But with water for irrigation, of which there is an ex cellent prospect, this district will, thinks Mr. Reynolds, become one of the best stock countries of the West. With water alfalfa can be grown in abundance and many valuable field crops besides. Already some corn, field peas, turnips and artichokes have been successfully grown upon some of the dry land farms, but their great need is water for irrigation with which the country will surely undergo rapid development, many prosperous homes being built where it is many miles between farmsteads. LARGE PROMTS IN VSING THE PI RE-RRED STALLION. FIVE "HUNDRED PER CENT on an investment in five years is a conservative estimate of the additional returns from breeding the best mares to the best sound, pure bred stallions, as compared to breed ing them to grade or mongrel stal lions, as shown by figures compiled by the State Registration Board. Re ports from Btallion owners of the state show a difference In service fees of but (3 between the cost of breeding to the average pure-bred as compared to the grade or mongrel stallion. Data compiled In Wiscon sin shows that the difference in value of the offspring of these two classes of stallions runs from $50 to 9100 with an average of 66. This would make returns of 2,200 per cent on the Investment and would not be far wrong for this state. "But let us be more conservative," said Professor Kennedy, the 0. A. C. member of the Stallion Registration Board, "and say that the value of the horses will be Increased only $30, less than half the increase found in Wisconsin. And let us pay $6 additional for our service fees and get the very best horses, while our figures show a cost of but $3 additional. Then we still have a 500 per cent Increase on our Investment when the colt is matured, four or five years after paying the additional fee. The board believes that it is a good Investment to commence grad ing up the farm horse stock by mat ing carefully selected, sound mares with sound, prepotent, pure-bred stallions." PROFITABLE DAIRY SIRES BOUGHT BY CLUB METHOD FIVE DAIRYMEN of Lane County recently purchased co-operatively a bull calf for the sum of $250. These men own about 50 cows an average of ten each. The production records of the bull's an cestors practically insure that his daughters will show an increase of 30 pounds of butler-fat over that of the yearly production of their dams. With usual percentage of increase of females allowing 10 per cent for death losses there will be at the end of two years 45 heifers whose excess production will amount to $405 an nually. This will more than pay for the bull and his keep leaving the owners the bull Just entering his prime and the young cows just en tering their profitable stage. The foregoing facts and conclu sions were pointed out by Professor W. A. Barr Federal and O. A. C. Ex tension Dairyman who is working to bring about more co-operative buy ing of dairy sires! He Is especially desirous that at least one other group of dairymen buy an Ayreshire bull in the Lane County district so that the owners of this one may ro tate ownership with the new group, whereby each member of both asso ciations will have the use of good sires for at least four years. Five considerations which justify this form of purchase are given by Pro fessor Barr as follows: 1. Each man must recognize the possibility of higher success in com bination than as individuals. 2. Each man must lay aside all prejudices and let dollars and cenU rather than sentiment determine the breed that in view of natural pro duction conditions and available mar kets should be selected. 3. All must agree as to breed of bull, ancestral requirements, and price to be paid. 4. Each man must subscribe hi3 share of ihe stock to make the pur chase, based on the proportional number of his cows. 5. Adopt constitution and by-laws governing the handling, care and use of the association bull. Copies of constitutions and by laws may be had of the Extension Division of the Agricultural College, which will also be glad to furnish further information concerning these associations. Judges of products at the Linn County Fair September 23-25, from Oregon Agricultural College, were R. E. Reynolds, livestock; D. C. Howard, dairy; E. M. D. Bracker, farm ma chinery; W. S. Brown, fruit and vegetables, and one judge of domestic science exhibits. A. H. BURTON Progressive Nominee Education f graduated from Southern Illinoi State Normal, 1901; University 0 f Illinois, ii7; University 0 f Oregon Law scnool, nn'd. Experience Taught 6 yoars In country schools, 6 years i principal und a superintend snt, 7 years in targe high schools 1 now State Superintendent w 1 1 ?. ' in g h of Schools IT01- Principles I favor longer terms for coun try schools, consolidation whero practical, better touchers, teachers promoted for merit only, practical courses, State's money more economically expended. Plenty of Good, Bright LIGHT MAKES THE HOME PLEASANT "THE MODEL" Acetylene Generator Fills the bill. Also very useful for cook ing. No matches required. Have day. light in your barn at night it will save you time and worry. Send for circular and prices. R. A. TWISS Fourth and Jefferson Streets PORTLAND, OREGON. WATER SYSTEMS PNEUMATIC AND GRAVITY LIGHTING SYSTEMS Aeetylone and Eioctric. Plumbing Supplies at Wholesale. Got My Priees. R. A. TWISS Fourth and Jefferson Sts Portland, Ore,
