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About The gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 25, 1919)
THE GAZETTE-TIMES HEI'PNTR, )l:l ., TIHT.IV. WC. 2.-,, I9!. pn.i: sui ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM BUREAU NEWS Financial Independence Won By Club Boys and Girls The days of penury for the boy or girl who lives in the country la thing of thfl past. No more is Johnnie Jones a penniless young man, uepenaent on bis father's gen erosity for spending money and with seldom a cent In his pocket. Wide awake Johnnie belongs today to a club organized by the department of Agriculture and the State College and is a young man of financial standing who owns property and has money In the bank. The amount of money which a boy or girl yet in school can make through club work Is surprising to tnose unacquainted with the results At the Eastern States Exposition at bprmgfield, Mass., in September, was a club camp to which came 222 boys and girls. These youngBters were the champions in the 10 East ern States and the trip to Spring field was one of the awards they had won by superior work In their local clubs. At the camp were 56 who had been In the club for a year, 67 for 2 years, 44 for 3 years, 39 for 5 years, 5 for 6 years, 1 for 7 years, and 1 for 9 years. Eighty-nine of the group owned J9.3B0 worth of Liberty bonds. War savings stamps to the amount of $6,266 were in the poss ession of 172 of the boys and girls. In savings banks 137 have accounts which have a total valuation of $13, 736. G4. The average amount of money invested and deposited by the club members was $132.21. Seven of these young business men owned 10 colts, 64 owned 97 pigs, 95 calves, 9 owned 64 sheep, and 41 owned cows or baby beevoa. Poul try is a favorite project, 63 members owning 3,400 birds. One young lad owned a town lot and 6 others own ed far mland valued at $7,111. Ten owned $567 worth of furniture or kitchen equipment and four owned automobiles valued at $1,810. That club work makes for more and better school work Is testified by the educational record of the 222 at Camp Vail. FIfty.two are in gram mar school, 144 In high school, 6 are In college, and only 20 are not In any school. Figures bear out the fact that clhb work develops the earning power and encourages business ability, thrift, and a love of farm life. hope that you will take the init iative and see that the majority of your farmers want this done. The time of the year to begin is somewhat I of a qui-titiun, it will probably not b l u iM-gin hi j-eoruary or March at the very latent when the squirrels are just coming out of the ground. The poison will be assem bled according to plans prepared by Die rodent control committees and will be handled absolutely at cost It is anticipated that a eallon of poison grain can be furnished for probably 75 cents. Think this over and see what you wish clone in your locality and let the County Agent Know. PEDIGREE AND FEED RATION THE NEW WORLD Lulu was bred by J. M. Dickson & Son of Shedd, Ore., and purchased by Mr. Van Kleek when still a calf. Her sire is St. Mawers of Ashburn, a bull of Ed Cary breeding, carrying the blood of both St. Mawor and Ro saire'a Olga Lad. Her dam, Wilda 2d, Is a daughter of G. U. Chief, thus uniting the two greatest pro ducing Btralns of Jerseys In the west, if not In the word, and proving the possibilities of that combination. During her test Lulu was retested every month by a different person. One month the assistant professor of dairy husbandry of the Washington State College at Pullman, and a notlier, a professor from the Cali fornia Agricultural college at Davis; the next one from the University of Idaho, did the retesting. Wayne A. Van Kleek, son of the owner of the cow, who had personal supervision and care of Lulu, deserv es much of the credit for the wonder, ful record. He allowed nothing to interfere with the foedlng and milk ing at regular times; but he and his father and all mombors of the family at all times took the deepest interest In the little cow and her record, and Mr. VunKleek always advised us to her feeding ns well as care. Her method of feeding and rations, as reported by the younger VnnKleck, are as follows: !. Jan. Fell. Mar. April May June July Auk. Kept. Oct. Nov. The silage fed was mostly corn, with a mixture of vetch from July to October. The hay was alfalfa, clov er and vetch. Tho green foed was green clover and vetch, The Spring Squirrel Campaign It Is not too early for the grain far mer to begin to consider what to do about the sage-rat or ground-squlr. rels In the spring. This is another of those posts which Is not generally scattered all over the County. Some neighborhoods are more infested than others, there is as it Is well known a rodent law which Is possible for the County Court to compel every far mer to poison the squirrels on his own land or pay for the same being dono. We are loath to ask the County Court to do this as a general policy bocatiBe there might be cases where this would work an unnecess ary hardship and it possible we shall follow the policy of allowing this to be left to the local Farm Bureau or ganization to determine Its advis ability. We wish therefore to call Bpeclal attention to nil local commit, tee-men to the fact that we are ready to co-operate with you In seeing that all the land in your territory Is wW poisoned and well taken care of, but Profit in Poultry F. II. Chapman of Parma, Idaho, makes answer to the question, as to whether or not there is profit In the poultry flock, properly cared for Here is Mr. Chapmans' statement, which is furnished The Idaho Farmer by Prcn Moore, the poultry exoert connected with the University of Idaho extension department. From October 1, 1918, to October 1919. Number of hens, 160. Eggs laid. 29,708: average hen, 185 2-3. Cost to feed, $528.25. Income, $958.55. Total profit, $430.30. Cost of feed ner hen. t3.30. come per hen, $5.99. Profit per hen Average price of eggs sold, 38 3-10 cents. Cost to produce, 21 1.3 cents. per In- 'mt his wire and children did like u is-e. In every patriotic drive his record was a hundred per cent or better. When he wag called upon to tight en his belt and save the wheat and meat that he himself had produced that humanity could be fed he did his bit without stinting. Vhen he was called upon to give up his sons to stop the Hun he did not say they were necessary to his business; his wife and daughters volunteered to put on overalls li heir place. When peace came he had done all that man could individually to pro mote reconstruction. He has made an honest effort to fumifh his quota of employment to returned service men. And It Is not ton much to say that no industry has absorbed more returned soldiers than fgriculture. Fanners' Americanism During these days of strikes and lockouts, short hour controversies and wage wrangles, when anarchists are rampant In industrial circles; when the production of necessities, the In crease of which is necessary to the decrease of living costs, is being pos itively curtailed, hile labor and bo- called capital iire flying at each other tlirouts. The farmers have made an enviable record. Not only did he work sixteen hours a day during war time when other industrials were content with eight; APPLE CANKER INVADES European apple canker, called the wotst fruit tree disease in Europe, has been found on Oegon apple trees, reports Dr. S. M. Zeller, assistant plant pathologist at the O.A.C. ex periment station. The new disease appeared on red cheek pippin trees in the Willamette valley, and on Bismarck, bellflower and delicious trees in the coast district. It is alio appearing on the native oak, and every effort should be made to pre vent its spread, Dr. Zeller says: ' Kewtons, Spitzenburgs and other leading valley varieties are evidently cot busceptible. Some Winter It seems that this is one of the winters that the snow has been deep er but probably it has been a long while since the thermometer has been as low. We will stand a great deal at the game because of the great a mount of snow in the mountains and will probably not have any hot wind another season. Whether or not the snow will be permitted to go In to the ground will remain a matter of future development and deter mination. If the ground will only thaw out? Yes, if it will only thaw out. L. MONTERESTELLI Marble and Granite Works PENDLETON, OREGON Fine Monument and Cemetery Work All parties interested in getting work in my li n should get my prices and estimates before placing their orders All Work Guaranteed SHEEPMEN! ATTENTION! We have stocks of COTTONSEED CAKE SOYA BEAN CAKE Both NUT SIZE and MEAL for immediate and future de livery. We purchased early. GET OUR PRICES BEFORE BUYING Write or Wire Swift & Company Animal Food Dept. NORTH PORTLAND, OREGON aiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniinwiij White Star Flour Its a Home Made Product and leads all other brands lllllllllilllllllllllllllllll IIIMIUIHIItllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllltllll WHITE STAB is the standrd flour in this section. Your Grocer Has It. Complete Elevator and Warehouse Facilities. Both bulk and sack grain handled. WE BUY WHEAT iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiniiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiDiiiiiiiiiiiiii HEPPNER FARMERS ELEVATOR CO. The Price of Pork Chops and Bacon Here are reasons why the fine, fresh pork tenderloins and pork chops, or savory ham, or crinkly bacon, which you enjoy for break fast, cost much more per pound than the market quotation on live hogs which you read in the newspaper: An average hog weighs 220 pounds. Of this, only 70 per cent (154 pounds) is meat and lard. So, when we pay 15 a pound for live hogs, we are really paying more than 21 a pound for the meat which we will get from these animals, even after taking into account the value of the by-products. But people show a preference for only one-third of the whole the pork chops, fancy bacon, and choice cuts from juicy hams. This means that when we are sell ing Premium bacon at 43'2per pound wholesale and Premium hams at 30, there are other parts for which we get as low as 6 or 8 per pound. The net result is an average profit to us of less than 1 a pound. The choice cuts are higher because of a demand for them. Another thing: Only 35 pounds of the entire hog or about 1 6 th is usually marketed at once. The rest must be pickled, cured, or smoked. This takes months, and adds to the costs which must be met Swift & Company, U.S. A. niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiliiiiiiiiiii? SA V THt VERG! OOLLM III S? V DECEIVED BY III I ?xmin3Wj SWIFT & COMPANY? I I n K4 7 . j Oil I 1110 8Y PBOOUCTI 1 11 Alt IS I u cuiti it pud fo rai iHMBil fef!.. . 01 i 1 UVI ANIMAL f ToStocktmsv 8 ' w euro rop labor mM',m,i, im mum m III welcome as the morning toast and as JrienaJy A good oil heater filled with Pearl Oil gives agreeable com fort. 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