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THE GAZETTE-TIM KS, HEPPNER. ORE., THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1916 r.C,E FOUR v t f Y v V Y v f ? t t r t t t t t f f f f t f t V w E4L ESTAI r AD&G We are offering a house and lot in Lents, Oregon, for sale or trade. This lot is 50 by 150 and has a number of young fruit trees on ii. Will trade for a small place near the mountains or for Heppuer property. A'ould trade for work horses, broke or unbroke. Price for this property is $1200.00. A Good Eight-Room Dwelling, Barn and other outbuildings, fruit trees and 3'i acres of land in Heppner at a bargain. This can be bought on time and if you want it and can give a irood note vou don't need any money. 127 Acres of Land Fair house, good barn. 0 acres in of good alfalfa land, some good farmland , on the hills. Running water all the ' season. A dandy little poultry and dairy ranch for sale cheap. We have other good properties for sale. Come and see us if you want to get bargains. Smead & Crawford Real Estate and Fire Insurance Office in the Fair Building t y ? t ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? T ! t Y t ? t f Y Y ? V t t t T Y t ? Y SILO If. OF Fill EQ MTDICP MrMT LicensedEmbalmer Lady Assistant I. L, YEAGER FUNERAL D.KECTGZ Phone Residence Heppner, Oregon PAINTING & PAPER .HANGING D. C. ROGERS WALL PAPER FIRST DOOR NORTH OF P03TOFFICE The INDEPENDEif GARAGE CHALMERS AGENCY and Service SiatiGii A complete line of Automobile Accessories and Supplies kept constantly on hand Painstaking Service Satisfactory Work - - - - Expert Mechanics Tires and Tubes Vulcanized. Batteries Recharged Electrical Equipment. LIVERY SERVICE AT ALL HOURS. PHONES: SHOP 572; RESIDENCE 552 i ' I- a:ssis i l-ii i Located on North Main Street HEPPNER, OREGON Drink "Grape Smash' The pure flavor of the Concord Grape 5 c a glass Fresh Ice Cream Every Day-WE MAKEIT" THE PALM The Home of Good "Sweet Meats" Fy IU KTOX H. I'ECK. One very important piece o farm equipment is the silo. The silo is considered by many farmers as a money-maker and therefor indispen salbe. It has well been called "The Balance Wheel of a cropping system" since through the summer months, when there is abundant forage aiid to spare, the silo is a means of con serving this over-production, when it will yield the maximum amount of food value, and preserve it for w iu ter use when succulent food is so pa latable to live stock. There have been men who have tried the silo and pronounced it a failure. But as a rule, it has been found that the fault lay in that either the silo had not been properly tilled or that the crop had not beeu cut in the right stage of maturity. Crops for insilage should not be cut too green. The silo may be constructed of con crete, brick or stone. The founda tion must be concrete or stone and the ground floor thoroughly tamped. The type most satisfactory, is a circu lar in form, deep, with perpendicular walls, smooth on the inside surface and the walls air tight. It should be constructed with continuous doors from top to bottom, properly housed with a chute, and roofea. Wooden silos can be constructed at little cost and as a rule give good satisfaction. The sides- should be made of good material-fir lining preferable-free from cracks orlcnots. The staves should be tongued and grooved to fit closely together and bound together with substantial iron bands. If the wooden silo is protect ed by paint occasionally and if the iron . bands are tightened whenever the wood shrinks it will be very dura- able and give good satisfaction for many years. The silo must be" free from cracks and crevices, that is air tight below the top of the insilage. If air is admitted along the sided putrefactive bacteria, produce a rott ing which causes the silage to become mouldy and worthless. If the silo is smaller at the bottom han at the top the mass will not paek properly and there is danger o burst ing the bottom bands by the great jressure against the sides. If larger at the bottom than at the top, the nass will settle down and away from .he sides and the whole contents will be in danger of spoiling. It is possible to make silage with out running the materials through an insilage cutter, but it is not prac tical to do so, as it is very difficult to get the mass sufficiently packed to Insure good keeping. An insilage miter should be used fitted with a blower and pipe for delivering the en'; materials through the roof opening Into the .silo pit. When a telescopic distributor is used, one man can ke- ; the silage spread and tamped tiirlr.Vy about the edges until the silo is two thirds full. For. the upper one third, two men are required for the work. The silo preserves green foddi-r such as corn (both ear and stock), al falfa, clover, soy beans, field peas, etch and oats, in fact any vegetation lor stock feeding. Corn however, is tilized as insilage more than all flier crops. The entire crop plan' as a feeding value, but at least one Mrd of its value is lost unless ii i: reserved in a silo. Sixty per cent of its food value is 'n the ear and forty per cent in the -.tock. It' the ears are husked in the field and the stalks and husks le!'t standing, approximately eighty per :eut of the weight and fifty per cent f the feeding value are lost, whiie ii .he corn crop is properly preserved in a well construced silo the loss is very mail and the product is very nourMs j!t and greatly relished by all ;: tV r-f live stock. Corn should be put in the silo when he kernels are beginning to dent or laze. If the crop is too ripe or has jecome dry by frosting, fermeiilaUon vfll not take place unless water is ad- C A to the mass. Nitrogenous plank :uch as clover, alfalfa of field peas, vvhen mixed with corn in the pi- inor ion of one ton to the former, to buvmi r eight tons of corn, makes a v. el! balanced ration for dairy cows . Peat and soy-bean vines, clover and alfalfa should be cut and allowed to wilt before being placed in the silo with corn, unless the corn is well matured. In which event they should be stor ed as soon as cut, for they furnish the moisture needed to start the fer mentation. Kale has also been found an ex cellent plant for ensilage. Unlike other crops it is too succulent anil straw or hay to the amount of one sixth to one-fourth the weight of tin: kale should be cut in with It. The most successful way is to have the kale and the straw going through the nsilage cutter at the same time. The straw acts as an ahsorbant of the ex tra juices, the bulk is increased and the whole mass is rendered a pala table and nutritious ration. It should be observed that for all crops to be siloed there should be just enough moisture present to make the mass pack solid. The corn crop may be cut with a corn binder, or by hand and droned upon the ground In piles. It can than be easily loaded on a low rack and hauled to the cutter. Here it Is cut Into pieces from three- fourths to one and one-ball inches in leulli and dropped into the silo, where it is spread out evenly and the edges v. ill be packed by tramping. When fil 1 d the silage should be tramped each day until its stops settling. Silage must be fed fresh. When the crop is cut, the plants are at their big best stage of developemeut and the juices are active. This ac tivity continues after the crop is silo ed and heat is generated. Soon the temperature of the whole mass rises to as much as 146 degrees, Fahr. This heat is sufficient to kill all the bacteria in the silage and as the mass is solid, all air is excluded and no spoilage occurs except a few inches on the top. If air is admitted to the ensilage it begins to spoil very rapidly and is rendered unfit for food. In con structing a silo, the diameter of the structure should be carefully con sidered. The silo should be of such a size that from two to three inches of the silage be removed andf fed daily after it is capped. Some put a cover ing of straw or litter on top, while others sow oats or barley, the roots of which will form a thick mass and ex clude air. Corn silage is rich in carbohy drates, or the bone and muscle build ing elements of food. It is estimated that a 50 Vushel crop of corn will jield ten tons ensilage. Vetch and oats, or similar crops are more spongy than corn silage, they should be cut when the grain is in the dough or the pods, half grown. They should be cut into one-half to one inch pieces and should be fresh, not permitting more than two or three loads cut a head of the ensilage cutter. Too, they should have some water added unless the crop is wet with dew or rain. Iu all cases where water need be applied it -should be sprayed upon the mate rials as they are fed into the cutter. I!y observing the materials as they drop into the silo, one may readily determine if there is sufficient mois ture present. Whenever the silage will pack down tight in the silo, con ditions are about right. With a corn crop that will yield from ten to fifteen tons of silage, the cost will be greater, to cut, shock and husk the crop,-than to make it into silage. The farmers of the Columbia Basin District, both upon valley farms and hill farms need the silo. It alone will furnish the succulent feed for stock through the cold winter season, and the hot dry summer. They are not ::;. ensive, compared with the service they perform. We can raie the crops suitable for making good insilage and until the dairy cows of our section are put upon silage ration for at least a por tion of the year, the dairy industry sill not prosper as it might. Is A. R. REID for your Rough and Dressed Lumber, Wood and Posts At the Mill or delivered Dr. Turner, the well known eye socialist of Portland, will he in :!epnrr again Friday and Saturday ;uly 7 and S at Palace Uot.d. lone Thursday July 6. Pon't fail to con- ult him about'yuur evs and glasses. Dr. Turner is a specialist of exper ience and standing, lie gives your yes a most thorough and scientific ."xamination with the latest approved electrical instruments and when he '-escribes glasses it is with positive :'nd absolute assurance that they are lie best and only kind suited to your :ye3. If you do not need glasses, Dr. Turner positively will not reeom "iiend them. Headaches relieved, road eyes stra.Thtened . Consulfa ,:on and examination free. Catisfac- ion guaranteed. Consult him. Dr. M. A. Leach and family of Cor allis were visiting with Morrow mnty relatives this week. They nade the trip by auto. FOR SALE Improved Champion nower, never been used. Two cycles. Jasy terms. E. D. Brown. M. K. Cohvell, surveyor of under writers' eqiHtable rating bureau, was in the city Wednesday looking after hp, adjustment of fire insurance rates. 6 lots 40x90; 1 lot 50x110; 1 8 oom dwelling, woodshed and other .utbuildings; 1 5-room dwelling, vondshed and other outbuildings; 1 am, used for livery stable, 64x64. i'liis property Is in a small eastern :regon town and Is for sale at $1600 ash or will trade for Heppner prop erty, Morrow county wheat laDd, or vould trade for an auto. Owner's business calls him away and he is desirous of closing a deal on this property before leaving. Further particulars will be given by calling on us. SMEAD & CRAWFORD. Miss Elverda Wlnnard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Winnard, who recently underwent an operation for appendicitis, was removed from the Heppner Sanatorium last Saturday. She has almost completely recovered from the effects of the operation. . V. S. Wharton, formerly cashier of the Bank of Heppner, was in the city during the week end on business. Mr. Wharton now lives at North Yak ima. His son, Will, is now doing duty in Mexico with the Washington state militia. 1 all the world other h lose i Holeproof Y BuyThemHereToday Years of study have made Holeproof Hose silky, soft and light in weight. And you may enjoy all these features with economy. Six pairs of cotton Hole proof are guaranteed to wear six months without guaranteed three months. If any full within that time we replace them free. Yet in our years of experi ence over 90 have outlasted this famous holes, three pairs of silk are guarantee. Jfolepraofffoslerg Holeproof, with all their advantages, cost the same as com mon kinds. Whatever you pay you can't buy better tiiua Holeproof. Try a box today. We have a complete lin. SAM HUGHES CO. Get some new tabe Cutlery DON'T YOU NEED SOME NEW CUTLERY AND SPOONS FOR YOUR TABLES? COMPANY IS SURE TO COME AND YOU DON'T WANT TO BE APOLO GIZING FOR THAT OLD STUFF. COME SEE OUR NEW CUTLERY AND SPOONS SCISSORS, TOO. WE'VE GOT THE VERY THINGS YOU NEED. WE CUT OUR PRICES DOWN LOW WHEN WE FIRST PUT PRICES ON OUR GOODS. COME IN; YOU'L GO OUT PLEASED WITH WHAT YOU BUY. VAUGHN & SONS Glasses fitted satisfactorily by Dr. Winnard, or money refunded. His prices are reasonable, and he is where ou can always find him. No chrge tor testing eyes. The HORN PASTIME VICTOR GROSHEN, Prop. SOUTHEAST CORNER MAIN A MAY STREETS Complete Line of Candies and Cigars and all the Leading Soft Drinks. Card Tables in Connection. First Class Service Give Us a Call