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II01IE AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION
The Agricultural College Is a Friend to the Farmer
Page of News Notes and Interesting Articles Wntten by College Experts.
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VlfcW W UUUUO.M AUIUCIILTUUAL CULLHUH AT CO It V ALUS, OH. ITS SOLii AIM IS TO AID Al.HR I LTl It IVI 8.
Cheap Apple Packages Co-ordinating Courses in Young Poultryman Makes Beef Production Calls
for Low-Grade Fruit Agricultural Lines Profit From Thrifty Hens for Use of Cheap Feeds
THAT a good deal of low 'grade BOURSES in various lines ol farm- "TWENTY-SIX dollars and twenty- It BEEF steer requires as much
fruit ordinarily permitted to go V. fng have been so arranged for 1 six cents clear profit from the f food as a dairy cow, and to
to waste in Oregon might profitably the 0. A. C. short course that farm- egg production of 30 Barred Ply- stable and feed him in the same way
be sent in larger and cheaper pack- ers can get the main kernels of them mouth Rock hens covering a period Is an economic impossibility, al
ages through the canal to Eastern much more conveniently than here- of 198 days, is the report of Paul though the finest possible beef might
markets, suggests itself to Professor tofore. Aside from the fact that in jaeKer, a Clackapias County boy, who be produced In this manner. The
C. I. Lewis as a possibility worth in- a. number of the courses certain prin- tQOk part ,n tlle InduBtl.lai Club Poul- problem of producing better cattle is
vesiigating. He is not ready, to say IfL." try Contest last year. That he was secondary to that of producing cheap-
that the success of the plan Is as- J' moVe close lv co-ordi thoroughly interested in his work Is er beef so as to leave a profit for
Xllv 5 itHnf P HemedDoaP Ife tve TthTLiS mo shown both by the success he achieved man that feeds the cattle. With dairy
however that it offers a DossiMllty hia chosen specialty a student will in it and by the splendid report that cattle and hogs the best feeding Is
that in 'this way third and fourth have amPIe opportunity to take de- he wrote describing the details of his nearly always the cheapest, and the
grade apples mav be made to bear a sired supplementary work in. other project. The following details are fe0(ier tnat getg the best gains usu
portion of the production cost of the u.n- v. , . . , . condensed from bis report to the state flnds tnat ls als0 serve(J-
crop, leaving the best grades a better This may be uhders ood by consid- agent: -.,. But with beef cattle, which require
chance to return a profit after pay- fnriDff re,,t"f "lHne th 1 VnZZ t 17- so much more feed fo what they pro-
ing the remainder of the cost. weef JiJS4 to 9 emShSta wll '- 21 ' expenditurea- $'-37' prfit' duce-than any other kind of farm
"The greatest care should be 'f','""1 6Kinn pfinta tmm a,.i 1 , vv 1 livestock, the case is entirely differ-
taken," said he, "to guard against P aced mIJZk 9 57 exuenZres S2 61 profit' ent" Thls Is tbe f Profe8Sr
the inferior fruit competing with the ?L,ngVn 7,?'" J? . wCek o? th! till' expendlture!!' 2-61, "roflt' K. L. Potter, head of the O. A. C.
box products. Since ordinarily the n e; ho? '!BVmW! Receints from Mav 1 to June 1 a,,lnml h'andry diriment, to the
low-grade fruit trade would appeal to Xdnal itontlm wh leo and Si 0 2 V Snw tl 29- mofit 8RStlon of theorists who think
an entirely different trade, it should P"e Pa "en. 'X, fcf ' MPendltur. P'oflt- that farmers should raise beef cattle
not be difficult to avert this compe- Sle J V" ?"eeks resoeet- Recelnts from Tim 1 to Julv 1 on heavy rat,onB of r,n. slla8.
tition. The cheaper fruit would find tnd Rece ,pJure ne A soiling crops and hay in the .same
its market among the thousands of veI "f"1 ior 1 ti ll W ' ' P manner that they do dairy cattle. He
the poorer classes found in every r lines of work In this wal Relnts from Jnlv 1 to Aueust 1 fllrtner 8a'8 that ,f ,,tef ,attle m
who eat fruit as a luxury would hard- er attendance. ....... tember l $3.21; expenditures, 1.74,
, k. ,.nl.j tn v,lv jf,.rj nfl But more than this, students who profit, 11.50. . , . . . ,, . . .
fLrth take the animal husbandry work may Total'riceipu ist.bs J often sated that a dairy
pK?n wp who fm-mPrlv take supplementary work in the pro- ? cow will produce in one day products
Eastern growers who foimei y , v. . f studv of Roils ,,t . 7-7; worth two or three times as much as
Eavt LX XTSl "feed consisted of 'wp. by steer on the same
t?eSrV "a'rmers who want two weeks of Xtl.
oxirM to-coS zrrx. x:
TilLii uuio, nunc no " " v. , Jl fQ to.. waclra In1 ,.!, nu n n,..ntlnn nt i
ii.i. Biuiiny. 1110 uhhib ui pruniauie oeei
f I InThi eomneO Hon our grea "he latter 'during the last two ek. aps or oer toTt materials thai V" m h P Pass "d when
" L u hpriertZM-taHon of the course. .Milk testing, about were evidently used In the rations. " ,rcB" that three-fonrths of the
which would be almost en" hich so much Is being said, will be The average monthly egg production i a 0 trS'" l' flng land and
charges, which would be almost en im,)ortant fPature of production nf th flook was ViR 1- pcirs The tl,nt linlf nf tllQ 8,ate u Vfit Oovorn-
tirely wiped out by all-water-route an Important P0"10" ?Ll JlSJii A?7?&nm mcnt land we see that Oregon can
1. 4 C3;nn mi l,o iinnbQ TT Wl IV, tVJtU UUUCI inc. ins " ' "1 rUtO TID UiUI IVfLCU ttl t MOUH UIIV,
iru..a. "I1.W u. unr.rl , ,7rl?w mam.ft.na Qt,. n..'
here would cost considerably less m uu..j """'"" "y "'u
Sue greyer, it would seem that we '"g and stock diseases, Including two
might enter the market with our lectures by Dr. Lytle, State Veterl-
cheaper fruit practically on even naiian.
terms with theirs." cw vav of Ijearnina.
produce and does produce thousands
of beef cattle on crass at a mere frac-
Feeding Skim Milk Calves. tion of what it would cost to shut
Most troubles from feeding skim h,em, '!p lna b,arn and feed ib.eva
Frozen Kale Should lie Tluiwed.
"Frozen
bloating
Resident study and study by cor-
milk to calves comes from overfeed
ing, according to the 0. A. C. dairy
department, and this can hardly be
avoided unless the calves are fed sep
arately and each one's portion
Carbohydrate in Dairy Ration.
That more grain feeds supplying
carbohydrates should enter Into the
The calves rallnns ot the Willamette Valley
uuny cow, is ine ouiit'i 01 JTOIeSSOr
R. R. Graves, head of the O. A. C.
vhole milk for
Then one pint
ln",,n""umuc 7 m respondenee courses are two gener- " measured
in kale causes considerable av a(.CPntp(i methods of learnine v ,J . "lcu?",,;u-
nf livBatnoU " cairt P.nfpRsor ! y accePle meLUUUS " leaming should first be, fed W
Of llvesiOCK, saiQ rioiessor Rtpnnsranhr hut th combined mpth- .. . '
G. R. Hyslop, of the O. A. C. agron- od now be'ln offered by the 0rcgon wree or in un " department.
omy department, ana should ne Agrlcultural College school of com- i nint of skim milk added The next "A complete Winter ration contains
thawed out before being fed. Kale m , 80mething new. It also day two pints are thus : exchWd roughage such as hay, succulent feeds
has suffered considerably this Win- promlses to be ag practical as it is f8? 0. lm L "i",' ' has and a S" mixture," says Professor
ter from cold weather with practic- n glnce lt mabe8 a gpecIal a ea, ? J 80 ? reDiacod by the skim vfis-
ally no covering of snow and any of t0 th men Mi wotnen who been emireiy repiacou ny e "Rongbage Is most satisfactorily
it that is harvested while frozen i18ve left school and are not able to "",lat 15 Vfl Towto .0? milk to the 8Pl"l,d bV feeding either oat and
should be hauled into a warm barn take u co e course8 but who can J,f jn0 DJunds of ' ?Ive weight with vetdi hV or clover hay in the largest
,? ,nPraefPwdnourWs aTd beTeady fr ? the1tlme and m,eanS t0 B"end 2 SwnLFm aM?oto first ot. that the cows will clean up
?pp L C?Uege Sb?rt C0'lrSP fof l!im0?thn and additional 100 pounds of live weight we- A , 4 . .
feeding. . then continue their study at home. .nd noUnds for thp next additional A ?ood succulent feed is com-
Fortunate indeed is the farmer or lR thIg enolgh regldent work can and 3 PO-nm lor Dx 1 5aag posed or corn silage and kale, fed at
stockman who, at this season of the be done b the gtudent to unienstand LT. nound" f skim milk the rate of 10 "to 15 pounds ot silage
year, has a good supply of the purpose and grope of the wprk, to
stored succulent crop, audi as man- t ,t th , ,t of lt and t0 learn one welg htag 0 pounds should ne The gran mlxture 1-
gels, rutabagas, other roots or silage th detalg o procedure. He can if. pounds should be tTd lS ponndl ro"led oat rolled barley, equal
The feeds are palatable, warm, easily Uien return home with the8e many lJStna Parta Wfieht- The 8ra" should
secured and prepared for feeding and advantageg and enter upon the work thla la likely to brine serious trouble b fc1 at the rate of one pound of the
at this season of the year may be used by correspoI)denCe wIth a splendid this Is likely to bring serious troupie. mxtn.e tQ every 3 a haf
somewhat more advantageously than chance of SUccess. The courses thus Nutional Leaders to Spoak. pounds of milk per day produced by
kale. taught are of the most practical na- Tbe highest authorities In the Jerseys, and one pound of the mix-
the'ie0dlLrth1Titogct 'SJSS th6m J$Zf$ XI K TJZ P?oduUcredanbdyaA
toXXn TaSuTSL "olna or Short Horns."'
? . ,v " i n,;ijohi ina nf Demonstration of the very latest culture to be present at the O. A. C,
leaves cut when they are so crisp and and best methods of rendering first Farmers' and Conference Week and
brittle."
marketing of vegetables also the com
ing season.
Albania Farming.
aid to the injured on farms and in make addresses for the benefit or the Leaving out of consideration the
sections remote from professional at- special students in attendance. If mountain pastures, whose area is
a anpiftt rommlttee of the Florida tendance, will be another attractive these lectures by Federal exports difficult to estimate, the area of the
ritVnq Fiphanee is considering the and valuable feature of the 0. A. C. were the only valuable features of the land available for agriculture in Al-
will Include treatment of various cient to justify a long journey to hear, acres. The greatest landowner ls
wounds likely to be received In rural Taken in connection with the other the state, and the large estates of
employments, methods of stanching strong features of the week no farmer which it disposes are partly absolute
the flow of blood, relieving vertigo who can afford to attend can afford state property and party "mewkuf"
and nervous prostration, and handling to miss hearing them. The speakers and "vacuf" I. e ecclesiastical
easily constructed litters for remov- and their subjects are as follows: property. The large private estates
ing the injured persons to more com- Charles E. Bassott, "Co-operative Or- are in the hands of about five great
fortable quarters. These emergency ganizations"; C. B. Smith, "Farm families, each of which possesses
measures will not only be demon- Management"; Dr. J. W. T. Duval, from 100,000 to 150,000 acres of
strated as applied to the more com- "Grain Standardization"; O. H. Ben- land. Medium-sized estates of about
mon torms of Injury, but others of a son, "Demonstration Club Work"; 500 to 1000 acres In extent are fairly
more general type will be shown by V. G. Houck, "Veterinary Inspector," common all over the country, while
lantern slides loaned by the Federal and. D. W. Working, "Farm Demon- peasants' farm of about 25 acres
department, if they can be brought stration." The date is February 1 are rare in the plains, but prevalent
here in time. to 7. in the mountains.
Batoning thla week paK of In
teresting Items from the Oregon Aff
rliultnral College at CnrvaUln will
alternate with pace of new noted
front the Washington Mate College
at Pullman. Thla will afford an In
terchange of viewa from the two big
agricultural college of the North
west that should prove of benefit to
tbe reader, for the Institutions deal
with similar problems.