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Newspaper Page TextnOUE AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION 3 Court Manners in the Cow Barn "K1 Speak kindly to the gentle cow, and never, never tease her; Take off your hat; politely bow; do all you can to please her. Ba sure your hands have been washed clean; be sure your nails are curried; More milk is drawn from cow serene than from the cow that's worried. Mother Qooee'fl Modern Maxims for Milkers. -ICKING the cow has not been good form for some time in even moderately advanced dairy circles," says the Chicago Her ald, "though the ban upon it prob ably originated more in practical than humane considerations. Painful ex perience warranted the conclusion that the cow thus approached was far more likely to kick the milker through the side of the barn. ' "Of late years the cow-barn code of manners and morals has developed rapidly from the negative to the posi tive style from 'thou shalt nots' to 'thou shalts.' It has been discovered that the cow, long the poet's live stock emblem of placidity, has nerves, and should be soothed and not cen sured when she is disinclined to 'give down' her lacteal bounty. "Not only pitchforks, milking Btools, singletrees and fence stakes have fallen into disrepute as cow per Buaders, bad language Is also under ban. The cow physiologists and psy chologists of the agricultural colleges seem to have conclusively demon strated that the cow addressed in pro fane, abusive or even harsh language gives less milk for the same amount of feed. "Even the tone of voice is said to make a difference. The ears of the cow, though less mobile than the mule's are still sensitive. They are irritated by strident squeals and rough gutturals. The milker who is gifted by Nature or has acquired by art the low, Bweet, soothing, 'drawing-room' tone of cultured society is averred to find bis reward in an in creased yield of milk. "Thus It has come to pass that the up-to-date code of cow-barn manners Includes many things not dreamed In the cow philosophy of our grandfath ers. Not only must the milker's hands be clean, but the nails should be manicured, that they may not scratch or tickle. From the most up-to-date dairies the curry-comb has been banished as the Instrument of the cow's matutinal massage. Its place has been taken by the vacuum cleaner. "These statements are not humor ous exaggerations. They are derived from most serious monographs issued from scientific experiment stations and from the rules laid down for em ployes by enterprising dairymen. A current news item records that a New Jersey dairyman has now pro vided a professional manicure to see that the milkers' nails are in order before they begin to milk. "In logical developments of these advanced ideas we shall doubtless hear next that It is no longer in order to recite on entering the cow barn the old nursery rhyme: " 'Come, pretty cow, let down your milk, and I will give you a gown of silk.' "These are realistic as well as sci entific days in the dairy, and the cow should accordingly be promised some thing she could both use and enjoy. Perhaps this might be substituted. " 'Come, pretty cow, I need the cash; for milk I'll give you a warm bran mash.' "Then, while milking, the milker might recite soothing selections from the poets in praise of the cow. The Vedlc Hymns contain a large num ber of such poems. They are com mended to the attention of the mod ern bucolic muse as sources of inspir ation. Then when the operation is concluded the milker might recite Ann Taylor's lines: " 'Thank you, pretty cow, that made pleasant milk to soak my bread,' etc. "However, anyone who has ever tried it must remain skeptical of the possibility of teaching a calf to drink without using language that would not be admitted to a family news paper. That's a task like driving mules." Why Discard the Grade Stallion THE horse breeders of Europe have had good reasons for discarding grade stallions from their breeding operations and they should be gener ally understood. The chief reason is that until a special type of horse has long been bred pure In one direction, neither stallions nor mares representing that type possess the power of stamping thejr character upon their offspring. That power is termed "prepotency," and it -Is the power lacking in a ma jority of low-grade stallions and in sufficiently present in many high grade horses. Grade horses possess pure blood, but not enough of it to endow them with marked breed or individual pre potency, while many home-bred stal lions, graded up from native or mixed-bred stock and possessed of five or even more top-crosses of pure blood, but not eligible to registry In Stud books recognized by the Govern ment, are not so certain of transmit ting the characteristics of the breed Of their pure-bred sires as are even Comparatively short-bred, imported, registered stallions. The reason for this Is that the im ported horses, and those bred In America from Imported sires and dams, spring from stock produced in Countries where all of the horses have, for many generations, been practically purebred, though possibly non-registered. Breed prepotency Is well Illustrated by the fact that a bull of any one of the old-established hornless- breeds, such as the Aberdeen-Angus, Gallo way or Red Poll, has the power to be get hornless offspring from some 90 per cent of his horned mates. These hornless grade Polls, how ever, do not possess like power, it retained for breeding purposes, and so well is this understood that, wher ever hornless cattle are wanted, pure bred polled bulls, rather than grade polled bulls, are employed. So, too, the purebred bull of special breed Is (or should be) Invariably used to produce cows for dairying, for each purebred Ayrshire, Guernsey, Hol Steln, or Jersey bull possesses strong ly the breed prepotency to endow his Offspring with the special capabilities tor dairy purposes characterizing his fcreed. Id Scotland practically no unregis tered stallions are known for 15 years. The reasons for non-use are that it does not pay to breed from such horses, their Btock being ineligi ble to record and as a rule Inferior to horses of approved breeding. The uniform experience of breed ers and owners of Clydesdales In Scot land is that during the period of sys tematic breeding with the guidance of a pedigree record that is since 1878 the average quality of the stock has increased in respect to uni formity of type, soundness of feet and limbs, and general wearing capacity. mm, PORTLAND'S POPULAR HOTEL. Ideally located at Tenth and Alder streets, opposite Olds, Wortman & Kinrs big depart ment store. New, modern and homelike. Courteous treatment. Rates 11.00 and up. Bus meets all trains. TV. M, SEWARD, Proprietor. It II-;. 'j-,. n TRADES TRADE Your Farm ALL KINDS OF HOUSES TO TRADE FOR FARMS. T. J. LONG 520 Henry Building, Portland, Oregon. Every time you buy from advertisements in this paper yon help to make a better paper. T7i Horn Uaktr Get Your Canadian Home firm-d Canadian Pacific m Manc ON'T waste your time and money onvora-out land that is high-priced simply because it was once worth its present price! The richest virgin soil is waiting for you In Manitoba and the Alberta-Saskatchewan district. You can buy It for practically the same price per acre that the mere manuring per acre of soil in many parts of tbs U. S. costs! Fertile Canadian West offers you not only sol cl wondrous productivity, but It also offers you a splendid climate, churches of all creeds, splendid public schools, exceptionally good markets, fine hotels and transportation facilities thatareunexcellfiri- We have a truly splendid oroDosltlon to make to anv earnest farmer or to men who wish to farm and who are sincere in their desire to utile in this country. We actually are In a position to enable you to own 10 acres for every acre that yon now own or farm and every acre here will produce double what a worn-out acre produces anywhere. On top of that, we give you 91) Yare tn Paw (nr It You ealn the land for from III to f per acri. In 6V ICdTS 10 ray lor U irrigation districts the price is from 135 to I S. Von pay merely one twentieth down. The balance Is split up into 19 equal pay ments. The farm will more than meet the payments and your family's living ex penses. Canadian Pacific farms pay for Uiemselves over and over again before the time the last payment falls due. We can refer you to scores of farmers who paid for their farms with the proceeds of just one crop! Yon Are Loaned $2000.00 to Pay for Farm Improvements! Here Is land adapted to grain growing, to poultry raising, dairying, mixed farming and to catUe, hog and sheep raising. You decide for yourself what kind of farming you wish to follow. The Canadian Pacific helps you select the land best adapted to your purposes. And then, if you so desire it, we arrange to bava Your Farm Made Ready by Experts" '&SS an expert on the case and select the farm that wfll exactly suit you the one that you can farm to most advantage to yourself Let us tell you about the 400.000,000 bushel crop In Canada this year I Writs for Handsomely Illustrated Book. AdrtfTss L. O.THORNTON DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE 171 Mae Street (Multnomah Hotel Bid.), PORTLAND, OR, w.iii!iiimiwiunnii-iHii,iiiiiaaiii,iiaiiuliiii.iiii, IMPORTANT EVENTS 1914-15 AT OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE WINTER SHORT COURSE JAN. 4-30 Agriculture, Including; Agrro n o m y, Animal Husbandry, Dairying, Hor ticulture, Poultry Husbandry, In serts, Plant and Animal Diseases, Creamery Management, Marketing, eto. Home Economics, incl u d i n g Cooking, Home Nursing, Sanitation, Sewing, Dressmaking and Millin ery. Commerce, including Business Management, Rural Economics, Business Law, Office Training, Farm Accounting, etc. Engineering, Including Shopwork and iloadbulld lng. FARMERS' WEEK FEBRUARY 1-9 A general clearing-house session of s I x days for the exchange of dynamic ideas on the most press ing problems of the times. Lectures by leading authorities. State con ferences. EXTENSION SERVICE Offers lectures, movable schools, institutes and numerous corre spondence courses on request. MUSICi Piano, String, Band, Voice. No tuition. Reduced rates on all rail roads. For further Information address, TUB OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, (tw-12-l-to-l-l) Corvallis, Oregon. Nursery Salesmen Wanted (IN EVERY COUNTY) To sell our reliable, hardy, non Irrigated, whole - rooted - budded trees. The largest and most complete stock of Fruit and Shade Trees, Ornamental Shrub bery, Roses, etc., In the North west to sell from. Experience unnecessary. We teach you the business and help you to Increase your earning ability. Many a man has doubled his Income sell ing "Orenco Trees," who did not know he could sell until he tried. You may be like him. Affords you steady, pleasant out door employment the year round; and you are your own boss. Write to us for full particulars and get started at once taking orders for Spring planting. Address Oregon Nursery Company Orenco, Oregon. The Largest and Best Known Nnrsery In the Whole Northwest. IL-A 'JJUiirVJU Jl". 4 JUL T Begin the New Year with a course at this school in this new building. You may have contemplated such a course for a long time, but sim ply thinking about it will not get re sult. When Promotion, preferment and raises in salary are considered by an employer, you are not Judged by the things you do as well as anybody else, but by the things you do better than anybody else. To Give This Excess of ability that means the maximum of efficiency Is the aim (and the reputa tion) of this school. Our "Booklet F" will tell you how we can help you. Capital Business College SALEM, OREGON. $12 PER ACRE 240 acres, adjoining the best farming section of Lewis Co., Wash. Rich clay loam soli, no rock or gravel: 1G0 acres tillable land, bal. fine pasture; well watered by creeks and springs; close to stores, postofflce, high school, two railroads, etc. Will make a first-class stock ranch. Only $12 per acre. This Is one of the best buys we huvo ever had In Lewis Co. ACME REALTY COMPANY, 401 Equitable Itulldlng, Tacomu, Wash. Walnuts Are Dollars They are now selling for the highest price ever known and have trebled In value in sixteen years, We sold our first crop of 1200 pounds of grafted Vrooman Franquettes, from our ten - acre, six - year - old orchard, at an average of 25c per pound. This grade was 98 per cent of the crop, and we sold the 2 per cent of culls at 15c. Do you know that these nuts sold for more apiece than average ap ples and weighed only one-fifteenth as much? We have trees for sale grown from the scions cut from this orchard that have first-class roots as well as top. Do you know that we have a seventeen-year-old orchard here in the Northwest that netted $500 per acre last year? Write for prices and booklet on walnut culture. FerdGroner & McCIure HUlsboro, Oregon. iERTILE FIELDS made doubly productive by study. Injc our complete course In agricul ture and Fruit Raining. It contains facts of unusual value and explains In concise, clean-cut Ian. ! Euane what to do and how to da It A big help to alt wishing- to aecure the best results from land, Endorsed by Home Industry League, Char tered 1903. Booklet describes this and 60 other money - making courses sent FREE. Dept. ft. Modern School of Correspondence, Underwood Bids., San KrancUco.