HOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION'
7
Better Drainage
IT is more or less a deplorable fact
that many barnyards at certain
seasons of the year are practically
Impassable. The condition of many
barnyards and feed lots during the
muddy weather of early spring Is
such that It used to be said a man
should not feed cattle unless he could
wade in mud "knee deep."
In many cases the condition of the
yards could be greatly Improved b,y
a little provision for better drainage,
especially In localities where the sur
face of the land is such that the
barnyard and feed lots cannot be lo
cated on a hillside with ample sur
face drainage.
The successful drainage of a barn
yard must receive consideration other
than that involved In the practice of
land drainage. This is due primar
ily to the fact that the continued
tramping of the slock over the sur
face has a puddling action and tends
to make the surface waterproof..
Problems Met.
This action is more noticeable
with some soils than with others; in
this connection It should be stated
that a gravelly soil makes by far the
best location for a barnyard, but, of
course, this cannot be obtained often.
However, the selection of the bain
yard should always be given atten
tion by the stockman.
He should be careful (o plao the
yards and lots where the best sur
face drainage may be obtained. Often
much can be accomplished by a little
grading and stockmen and farmers
should make use of the proper
changes In the surface and grade to
produce the best results. I have ob
served many yards whlrh could be
Separating Profitable
From Unprofitable Cows
Undoubtedly half of the cows upon
farms other than those composing
the large modern ly operated dairies,
are kept at a loss. This Includes
the ordinary dairyman's animals, as
well as the farmer's herd and the
home dairy animal or animals. There
are few cow owners who know the
exact producing power of their stock.
They know that some of the animals
give more and better milk than the
others, but they have no Idea wheth
er the best cows they possess are
fielding them a profit or loss.
The keeping of even a single ani
mal that does not yield a sufficient
return to pay for the food consumed
is an unnecessary expenditure. It
costs no more to keep a cow that
gives C000 pounds of mill: annually
thau one yielding but 4000 pounds.
It Is the cow that gives the greatest
return for the food consumed that
the dairyman should consider. Dairy
ing at its beBt Is run on a narrow
margin of profit.
What makes one cow better than
another is the inborn tendency to
produce and the care she receives.
No matter how well an animal Is
cared for, if heavy production is not
a part of her composition she will
never be profitable. On the other
hand, there are thousands of excel
lent animals that are not given an
opportunity to do their best. Im
proper feeding and sloven rare are
keeping them In the class of small
producers. The care the ordinary
herd receives Is not conducive to
great results. The best cattle will
not become profitable if ill treated,
poorly fed and improperly attended.
It Is Impossible to tell from an ani
mal's outward appearance what she
is capable of doing. A cow may have
every sign that smacks of heavy
yielding and still fall far Bhort of
being a profitable individual. Then
again the worst looking old scrub
of an animal may be the greatest
producer of the herd. Outward a
pearances count for little. It is the
actual production that counts for
something. Dairy cattle are very ae
ceptive in their conformation and the
best Judge of stock cannot tell what
a cow is capable of doing when it
conies to yielding milk.
In separating the poorer animals
from the good ones the dairyman
should first bring the entire herd up
to its greatest producing power
through careful and proper feeding
and the best of care. When every
cow la given the opportunity to pro
duce at her best, then the real test
of producing power can be given
through the use of tho scales to as
certain the quantity and the use of
the Babcock test to find the fat yield.
Al tat Is the most valuable part of
of Barnyards
greatly improved with little work and
at little cost. ,
The surface should not only shed
the water to the proper places, where
it may be taken into tile catch basins
or onto the soil, which will permit
the water to filter through to the tile
underneath, but should also prevent
any flow of surface water onto the
barnyard. Often the latter poiut Is
one which is neglected, yet is so
easily provided against. There is
no need, whatever, in any case, of
allowing surface water to flow Into
the yards from the outside.
Adjoining Land.
The thorough drainage of the ad
joining land has a marked effect upon
the condition of the barnyard. If the
barnyard is not too big it cannot get
into a very bad condition if the sur
rounding land is thoroughly drained.
Although the surface of the soil
may become puddled it is hardly pos
sible that it will become perfectly
waterproof and there will be some
filtration through. . If the soil is in
clined to be open, one need not hes
itate to put In tile lines through the
lot proper for such lines will give
good results.
The water from the barns and
other buildings should not be al
lowed to flow onto the surface of
the yards, but it should be led di
rectly into the tile lines. The build
ings, therefore, must be provided
with cave spouts.
There are those who maintain that
thorough drainage of a barnyard per
mits a loss of fertility in the manure
washed away. The objection is not
well founded, however. It is rea
sonable that with a good, firm and
dry barnyard, less manure will be
lost than where the mud is knee
deep.
the milk, the value of an animal is
best indicated by the number of
pounds of fat she produces. To find
the amount of fat a cow produces one
must know the pounds of milk she
yielded and the percentage of fat the
milk contains.
The Ituzinrd Speak, to the War Aero
plane. Circle and circle and circle and swing,
Great white brother with great white
wing!
Circle for circle my own wings black
rollowing your spiralling, airy track:
Over the city I watch your toop.
Where shivering man things huddle and
cling
Like frightened chicks at the gray
hawk's swoop.
Quick, From your steely talons
fling
The scattering death in the crowd
ed coop.
For my craw is empty and hungering.
Circle and circle and circle and sw ing.
Great white brother with great white
wing!
Circle and circle and circle and awing,
Great white brother with great white
wing!
Prom what weird nest, from what
strange egg broke.
Do you mount through the shimmer
ing drifts of smoke?
And what is the flaming seed you
sow.
As over the man-packed field yon
soar,
That blooms in death on the earlh
below;
That strews the soil that you hover
Off
With richer feast than my beak
might know
In many a weary year before?
Circle and circle and circle and swinff,
Great white brother with great white
wing!
Circle and circle and circle and swing,
Man-hatched brother with tireless
wing! f
Circle for circle with wings out
spread,
I follow, hovering overhead.
You are the pilot bird for me
Guiding to richer gorging still;
I circle and wait here hungrily
And whet my beak as I wait your
kill;
I wait till the red feast lies for
me
To settle and perch and gulp my fill.
Circle and circle and circle and swing,
Giver of food nnd guide to the feast,
You are a god, and I your priest.
Man-hatched brother with tireles-s
wing.
Dean Collins, In Portland Oregonian
Conia tinea t.
When I could boast of thirty waist
And forty chest, I wore
The bottom button buttoned. In
The way young men adore,
But now. with sixty waist, that scheme
Alas, I'm forced to stop,
I hold my coat together with
The button at the top.
Don't pity me for huge waist line
(The reason Is a cinch,)
For when 1 think of "eats' I've had,
I love each blissful Inch,
H. S. Husklns, la New York Sun,
$ Get Your Farm Home
From the CanadianPacific
04!? where you have hlebly pro
ductive soil goodciimate ready
markets unexcelled transporta
tion fioe churches and schools
where yoa can enjoy all comforts
- 1 of civilization. This land Is sold
only to settlers who will actually occupy
and Improve It
YouHave 20 Years
to Pay
Kcfi Ueiirl for from $11 to $30 per aera-irrleitad
tatvta from $86. Oav-twentietrt down, balance
wittaft twenty peart, vvitb intereet et 6. Long
before fttiet payment comet doe, year turn via
bare paid for itaeU.
92,000 Loan for Farm
Improvements
We wiW yea; up to $2,0M on eertatn eorxtt
ttom, with no other nwscurity then the land itself.
PmrtinitereonrefQeet. You have i& years to pay
btreet only 6. If yoa want a place already
eeUMUSed ready 'to step into get one ot oar
ready-nitd farms. Planned by experts. Oof
ervice arid advice is yours ree.
Jfcie Orel Offer Is Bastd on Good Land.
rinetf lend M earth for mixed farming aad
gxnia trowing- -Irrigated and other lands.
Dairying, Hon and Livestock
Make Big Income Metre
Btoek bringa food price and can be railed
ffceapcr than anywhere elee. Cattle diieaaee
practical unknown no duty on livestock from
Cnnnrla. Ideal country for dairying. Lait
yoar'e average milk price paid by Carlyle Dairy
Com party. Calgary, was 1.82 per 100 Iba. On
thia low prieedlanrl with it eore grain crops,
you can make big profits rataing gram.
Owing to present conditions in Europ tbfe
continent most supply Europe w!tb gran and
food products, which insures highest prim ever
known The best laad will be taken first, to ttma
b precious to yoa. Gail or writ tt-ttiy.
L. O. THORNTON,
Dist. Representative,
271 Pine St., Portland, Or.
If.
Make ALL Tew Ui
Ears Money For Yoa
HAND-POWER
STUMP PULLER
Makes stump pulling a ont-nian job.
This powerful machine ivtiguomf
VI 'lbs., but it pulls V6,MW IDS,
Two iprrds, klrt el for lUbt woHt. atwef
lajrrdfot.ewr work. N. claim. Pull Dime
, tone mscnises. uorapinc equipment, iu-
dinr 200 feet Weatherproof KiHIisb stcei
CaMt. Une4 by U.S. Gov't in Alaska,
and by nuny Riles and counties.
V.lmU. Book ltd Clirl
IR8B My new cataloc tellscosts
of different methods of land dear.
Inf. Write for it today, and l et
special difecMo-yoo prices.
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Box H 19.16 2nd are.
Seattle, Wash.
Our Baby Chick
Hatchery
wlil lart January 1. Place your cder
now for chicks from high-bred WHITE
LEGHORN egg-producers. Some of
our blrdo have a record of 283 eggs
Catalogue and prices on application
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u,w. , Sttt limp, te.wd tlnrmonttMi. b.
fUCt B-?RiAL Win""", ! ttrff wilt, () j.r wrtfc utvttos
Guejrrtea Wti .ICS II. So .l, thii imW, cm
jmak bis bufcM. tKaur vaubfut ud lw delivered pru,
Slfl tr at.Tf up
t N.I.M InOHtxtor Co., Toledo, Washintlon
AVE AUE CASH BUYERS FOR
YOUR POULTRY, EGGS. VEAL
AND HOGS. NO COMMISSION.
Highest Prices Always Try ls
PATTERSON & CO.,
r.4 Front Mreet, Portland, Or.
Inference: Northwest National Bank.
BLACK
LEG
LOSSES SURELY PREVENTEb
by Cutter" BUeklaf Pill. Low
prtml, rrtwli, reliaijiw; pirffrred y
V'teni nor ton en beour Utcy pr
trt wkvrt thr vur.,Mt falli
Vritt tor hoor:5rt noil tunnnitt'i,
10-dott 9j. BIhcMb, Pilli $1.10
60-U9M pi.f. BlKckltfl PUIS 4.90
I'm ftf lnjertor. but i'atttr's best,
of Cutler r-nLiurt- is i1ut to o?er 1.'
T!t miwrlorlti
lorlty
Mat):;
I Mitt M Cuttftl-'aV. If linnMalomitU nUr At-
THE CUTTER LABORATORY, Dokely. CaMtanlk
n
HiAVaTni r I'rom Keds, per 109 1S0
SJ. X KJLjAJ liocks, per 100 1K.00
-fj I IT O "raif White Leghorns, per 100 lif4M
VVT ILlVd Layer, White Wyandoltcs. per 100 18.00
Pacific Poultry Co.
10S Seneca Street, Seattle, Vnliliielon.
Farm Exchanges
and Bargains
8 acres at Middleton, Or., on main coun
ty rocK road, lias good house, fine
barn and all outbuildings, orchard and
all kinds of berries; 4 acres now in
crop; 64 acres in cultivation. All build
ings are new and nicely painted; fine
fireplace. A very attractive place.
Price $3500; 11000 cash will handle.
10 acres, one mile from nigh school,
at Hill3boro, Or., on main rock road;
woven wire fence; small 1-room shack,
two large chicken houses; all kinds of
fruit trees, small fruit and berries. This
place is worth $3000, but can he pur
chased for $2250; $1000 cah will han
dle. A FINE BUY
13 acres at Middleton. Or., on main
rock road; 11 acres in cultivation,
1 hi acres In timber; young orchard and
all kinds of berries; good 4-room house
and large, fine barn; buildings all
painted. Price $3000; $2000 cash will
handle.
This Man Wants a Larger Farm
in Willamette Valley
25 acres just outside of Middleton.
Or., 22 acres in cultivation, balance in
pasture; an seeoen lor spring; good 6
room house, lare barn and all out
buildings; 1-4 mile to school. With
place goes 4 cows, 3 heifers, 1 team,
300 Leghorn chickens, wagon, buggy,
mower, rake, plow, harrow, disc, fan
mill, cream separator and household
goods. Cordwood for 3 years. Also has
S acres rented, seeded nnd rent paid.
Price $7500. Will trade for larger place
up to $9000, or will sell on easy terms.
80 acres 5 miles from Molalla, 13
acres in cultivation, 15 acres more
slashed and goated, balance In timber;
fine creek and 8 springs: small house
and outbuildings; fenced and cross
fenced. Price $2400: $500 cash will han
dle, balance long time at 6 per cent in
terest. 400 acres 7 miles southwest of Dufur,
Or., 3 miles to I!. K. station; partially
fenced; 320 acres tillable, balance fine
pnature; rich black soil, will grow any
thing; finn creek flows through th8
land. Price Is $15 per acre; can be pur
chased on easy terms.
A SNAP
270 acres Willamette river bottom
land, steamboat landing on the place;
all under woven-wire fence and cross
fence: extra large barn and good house.
This place Is worth $20,000, but can be
purchased if taken at once for $13,000;
$o00 cash, balance easy terms. Full
particulars on application.
John E, Howard
300 Chamber of Commerce,
Portlnnri, OrrKon.
50,000 CHICKS
S C WHITE LEGHORNS
Why wasle feed on scrubs and In
bred stock when you can get
chicks from nedigrced Oregon free
range. Trapnested, 175 eggs and
over for $12 par 100.
Agent far the
JUBILEE
INCUBATOR
rld'ft Rest.
moi nnooKS jimi-
l.l.K HATCHERY.
i- nr. Jesup mH
Portland, Oreicoa.
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pultiiis ihoin out. Writ to-d? and (fet I
Bp
BK-Vim and vliror I
KWjyJ'1 arenecrasaryiltLo
iWljt chicks are to thrivo and 1
Jfr nature quickly.
CONKEY'S grts than
I I i . started rtRht and keeps thm I
S I JL growinj. I'ackaxe or Jiafl,
I $piitf f 6o and
j? :oNKrrs wwrri dmikhea
S lUK&UY should be frh-et. in Uw 1
1 di inkinjj water f.-ora toe start. It 1
i will faeip to Lrin. I
I I V" ct'cks tWigS jSn JB
El SnelT a and 50c Al J JS
V Srnrf4cf..rConkey. , KVf 1
g "J Poulti-yRouk worth Kjl Jr 9
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