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HOWE AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION Oregon Agricultural College Is the Farmer's Friend . Page of News Notes and Interesting Articles Written by College Experts. VIEW OK OKEUON AtiKK'LLTl UAL COLLIXifci AT COltVALLlS, OK. ITS SOLE AIM IS TO AID yiuimlLTl KIslS. the Willamette Valley "From one 1UBS- as we" 88 Plal- ceiery anu time the increase has been aDoui ou uia masieri to two dollars per bushel is cleared niI)nretnS; tt?0"!" per CenL e ClasS f 197, t,he,la,St each year on onions that are proper- TJZXiZt fJL Storing Winter Onions Using of Crop Remnants Number of Graduates Care of Potted Plants Found of Great Value as Organic Soil Matter Show College Growth During Winter Season I EXT in importance to good soil IXHILB such crop remnants as N increase In the number of grad- 7 COMPOST that suits the require- and growing conditions in stubble, corn stover and spoiled r uateg from 171 in 1914 to ap- inents or house plants wnen re- onion growing is a suitable place for hay should be returned to the soil proximately 231 in 1915, indicates potted for the Winter is made of ona storage," says Professor A. G. Bou- when not otherwise used on the farm, measurably well the growth of the measure of loam soil, one-half meas- quet, of the Oregon Agricultural Col- there are other forms of these rem- Agricultural College during the last ore of sand, and one measure each ot lege vegetable gardening department nanta that should never be put to 10 years. The graduating class of well-rotted manure and leaf mold. Jn speaking of the onion industry in this use. Screenings from seed-clean- 1905 numbered just 50, since which This formula' Is recommended by the Willamette Valley. "From one lngs- as wel1 88 Ptatn. celery and time the increase has been about 450 David Masterton, superintendent of Agricultural College who supplies additional ly stored. An onion crop of from authorities of the Oregon Agricultural tration, was 68 strong, We incrcasa miorniaiioa on ine winter care oi BOO to 600 rrpt 1 stored averaee Collfse 811106 Deln8 aDOUl au per cenu f ta.ua ua iuhows: yearsy CrVaUef 6rowenrsaTeTfe. Thfproblem of ntflfx.ng to best ad- s growth has affected every de- "A verj . prevalent mistake in car price of onions ranges from $1.10 in Vantage the unused portions of crops partment. There are 11 candidates Ing for house plants In Winter is to September. $2.50 to $3 or $4 in In maintaining soil fertility without Post-graduate degr ees tb Is-jear give them owm upply of water. March. The cost of storage is from at the same time scattering weeds. f against three last. 210 for the As water should be used spar- 5 to 8 cents per bushel. It is thus insects and plant diseases, was pr bachelor's.degree as against 159 .tat ngly so ,, to admit p enty of air to seen that profits are more than dou- sented to Professor W. U Powers, as- y, seven for pharmacy c tificates he soil or Jhe Pl"t will be 'retarded bled by successful Winter storage. sistant agronomist, who proposes ro- " against three last year and three Ui Us n growth instead of benefited. "Most of the onion crop of this sec- tatioa u a solution. Clover, vetch for music diplomas as against six last toMM wuimta of each, tion is stored in Washington County or peas may be grown on. a plot one year- , . . , Pt tw! ,.1- ! ? y . in the vicinities of Beaverton, Hills- year, followed by a grain crop , This increase has been seenred In In this region where the air Is boro and Sherwood. Storage houses the next. Then com. potatoes or e of BtandardB moisture during he are seen on nearly every onion farm, other cultivated crops cai be grown, amounting with n that time o three Winter months evaporation i from the These houses have special construe- and at the last cultivation clover or fu ?eara, ' hlg "iL? lt Where tL?i ? v a 8'CWl,y tion. They are constructed with dou- vetch sowed. This may be turned addition to this the degree i requ re- Where there i it, dry atmosphere to ble hollow walls, and are ventilated under the next year, adding soil fer- ments call for an LB'? fn a helt rnnn UMni ?1 "V by open ventilators at the ground tility to the value of $8.40 for each of technical training and practical ex- In a heated room n W nter, it is ad line with openings at the roof from ton of clover and $9 for each ton of Perience. .. J'ot spray which warm air escapes thus pro- vetch. All unused portions of the on inc the humldUy ota viding a splendid circulation of air. erops with the exception of potatoes, ii,f air ht k, Vi, X., The temperature is kept somewhere can be turned under with no danger ne h1ome on,he 'T,,! In nores of thlPlaT wMrh u" between 33 and 40 degrees Fahren- of spreading disease, since no disease tree or bush or flower is like a man pores of the p ant ,Mch is neces- heit. will live in so many kinds of crops. without a soul. The house is there, m. "It is very necessary that the "So far as spreading disease is con- but much of the enjoyment of eoun- "A temperature above 60 degrees in tltn lirt.iuA la nAt .A it. 1 X onions go into storage well cured and eerned," said Professor Bailey, of tne try life is lacking. Every farmer in dovelonmpnt at mt ninnti. i i. thoroughly dry. They are piled on plant pathology department, "straw tne Sfa(e f 0 should be ,nter. o ?' menJ trhB fu " " rarba in stnrnPfi hnnspa narmllv tn n nnrt mrn stover ar harm ess. hut 1)0- .j . ,j " ji Tk, , lu yIU . "e,n n a T10m wOICa height of ten to twelve inches on each tato tops, clery tops and onion tops lg nothing that lndlcates prosperity the .College greenhouses i the Winter rack. Should the onions become froz- should be removed from the field and ibetter 0ur farmera nllght well af. ten1peratures are kZ ?t an areran en in the storage they still may pos- burned when long period rotation is tori t0 give thIg subjpCt more atten- of fin l0 60 decrees: and even lnwtr oiu.j uu.uj.u ..v. ui.mivm i"""1""' """'" : nun, auu me special Buries 01 mciuiea jor guch plants as clneranai allowed to thaw out slowly. Alter- and leaf spot may be spread in the on vltal gubiect t0 be glven dur. ,If beconl nw.essar .. fin ,r,; hMo. furtniiu valno Is ..r,. J . n ii uuunies necessary to use an 'r";,"6!.. k. V. """" '"r kV, "s. rlnrTJl I?'1 uo",,.e "Awr.BU" insecticide, a good one can be made Keport Ilog Cholera. Failure to report hog ch6lera has caused"one Oregon owner the loss of a hundred head of hogs by this dis- not great enough to warrant weir Agricultural College will use as fertilizers with all tne danger brlng it t0 tnelr notce. involved. connected with the laying out therefore .(h Ivnrv snnn. llsKnlvi Problems 0f SOap in five to seven gallons of grounds, arrangement of buildings, stronger solution will be required and uuubuucuuu 01 wuma uuu ruaun, uo lne pianta Si0uld be rinsed after Better Dairy Stock Songht, "Of all things accomplished in this plantlng of treea and shrubbery, etc., ease. Other hog growers have hauled county this year I believe the cam- will taken up. Special lists of the carcasses of hogs that died of paign for better breeding ot dairy trees and shrubbery will be suggested cholera to the woodlot, where they stock will have the most beneficial for eacn Bection 0f the state. are picked Dy crows, magpies and effects, says Koy v. jones, couuij ward In clear water.' other scavengers, and bits of the in- aericulturist of TlllamooK County. fected flesh carried to other farms. "Although the county has not been Required Farm Tools. Farmers, being more or less iso- Printing Is Educational. lated and dependent on their own re- PHntin ... 1 if nno nf the sources, should find a skilful use of Dozs have also acted as carriers of turned uDside-down. It is certain that .t.i n - i-,,rioi the ordinary wood-working tools of the disease, and doubtless drainage much good has been done. Several offered in our gr?at s,erXlc say the 0rcSn ABri waters have assisted in scattering the men who have heretofore used scrub S I!i . h qhen cu,turaI College industrial arts au- germs. All these cases should have bulls, are now planning to buy reg- cnol W0TK' M" rantt Da,p thorities. "Ordinary carpentry work, been reported to the county agricul- istered bulls for next season's work, ""j. who nas cnarge or mausmai gucb as making gates, woodsheds and tural agent, says II. T. French, state and several other men who have been J".011 "eJ? .f0 a,:.tne ,Ae, chicken coops, does not call for a ' leader of county agent work, and he using pnrebred sires, are discarding Agricultural Co lege. I should try arge klt of tools," says Professor would have had the infected carcasses their old ones and looking for better to Install small printing plants in Thayer. "But those secured should burned, thus preventing the spread, ones. The most enthusiastic breeders fh school in which manual training be ot the best kinds available. A All swine ailments should be re- of the county have joined in organis- js taught. The art of printing comes cross.cnt and a rip saw, a large and ported, since posBibly they max ave ing county breeders' associations of into closer touch with an other sub- a sman plane, a square, marking been caused by cholera germs. Noth- both Holstelns and Jerseys. The Jects of the course- of study than any gauge, hammer, screw-driver, braee Ing is gained by the individual farm- Holstein men have already raised the other subject of industrial education and bltsv wUh two or more chisels er bv keeping the facts secret, and money to buy a carload ot first-class Seventh and eighth grade boys and and a araWknife, should answer very at harm is done both to himself registered bulls and heifers to bring " " "' ' .cu"'"': wen." to this county, as foundation stock for al"' auu "i"c"? uf nri.l,r,l horda " uelu UI ge"ai euucmiuu iu cu 4 " great and to his neighbors. broad correla tion with their work in grammar, Teachers Insport College.' Teachers of Linn and Benton Conn. BJghest Award for College. spelling, imposition and all other ties, about 600 of thonvmade a par Because It excelled In its display of urantnea. tlal tour of the Agricultural College 0innfiilii nnA KiitlHIntva lno W.,nr.A AddlUonal features of interest and departments. It was the desire of additional interest ot features go the visiting teachers to secure a more Want By-Products Data. A study of the by-products situa tion in the Xorthwest is being made by an expert horticultural commis- educational exhibits the Oregon Ag Bion from Utah, and the two mem- ricultnral College has been granted bers, Mi1. Smith and Professor Leon the highest award certificate by the Batrhelor. makine the investiaations recent Manufacturers' and Land Prod- in Idaho, Washington, Oregon and ucts Show. The certificate is signed hand-In-hand in making up the pro- detailed knowledge of the work of California, spent three days at the by the president, David M. Dunne, gramme of exercises for rural con- the school, since the Industrial Orpenn Agricultural Colleee. getting and the secretarv-manaeer. Louis W. ference week at the Agricultural Col- courses of the public schools are Oregon data on that subject. A great Buckley, and will be kept along with lege. As the idea develops It be- founded largely on the work of the deal of investigational work in utills- other trophies won hy the College, comes increasingly plain that the Agricultural College. ing by-products has been done by the The exhibits foT which it was granted magnitude of work laid ont is ' College horticultural department and were prepared by R. D. Hetzel and matched only by the strength of the Ode to bvcbIiik. a good deal of valuable data has been his extension staff from material fur- forces by which it is to be performed. Sunsst tints the clouds with gold; . gathered. nished by various departments of the Exhibits are being prepared, sched- Purple hdown, fold on fold, ; College. Some of the strong features ules arranged and committees ere- up the valley creep and ciin Students Get Vacation. were illustrated lectures, a model ated to carry out every detail neces- whlle the N" ,weet spor sln. Hundreds of Oregon Agricultural farmstead, model dairy buildings, Bary to make the vast fund of good ThoDBnU ot flay Bre far from me. ; College students are now spending equipment for the marketing of poul- things serve for doing the most good Tne Bi0rtes only now I gee; ' j their Christmas vacation with their try products, and juvenile industrial to the greatest number of those in at- cares and toils and pain all ceasa home folk. Large bodies returning ciub work, tn distant Darts of the state traveled home on special trains provided tor Interest in pure and vigorous seed closing the work on Sunday. their accommodation. While most ot Is rapidly growing in Oregon, ana tne tendance. The date Is February 1 to 7, inclusive, a social conference la this sweet and holy peace. Bathed in purple, veiled tn light, Rise the mountains In their might. uiortoua in tne afterglow . , j..k i. .1, .i..k ..tiMt n tha. i ariniiftnra i r'niWo nt Si HI another edition of the Oreeon Uieill nave uu uwuui icn inn yii.m i e- rr . . .. ' mlTL 1 C. ' ' r ." Rl.q.Uir. nvr all thv thrnw. money stringency and are at the same the State Fair attracted a great oeai esiaiiou irap ei, uy rroiesaor jauies time keenly alive to the call for relief of attention. Seed was tested free of Dryden, has been issued in response gee the Tltm fadfl awtty by sufferers from the war, they also charge for farmers and many of them to the steady demand. Those who Fade the amethygt to gray, recognize their filial duties and are took advantage of It to find out the desire copies please write to O. A. C, Blende the gold with deepest rose going to express them In a good, old- fitness of their seed to produce a Corvallls, Or., asking for them by go the solemn twilight grows. Xashioned home-coming. god clean crop ot heavy yield. name. i Evelyn C. Kinder,