Ohm Buhemj News
i From lie
M.irro' Countv Farm Burtwu News.)
Thoughts for the Busy Sheep
man H'on'auued from last mnalj.)
The sheepmen of ihe United
f . i, ;. ,,,,,Us all the feed they will eat from
lor many yeara. It is toured t-iat; , ,
the loth of September to May loth
silo campaign under its dal'y proj
:. Twenty aires of good irrigated
i...id .a LvUiUi county will produce
.' ion of alfalfa hay and from 6 to
lo acres iil produle lOtf tons of
Mir.iiower silase. This will give 20
deal yet in the real problem facing ; maneut
them they have made little progress. ! cows, with
With 3'J to 40 acres of
pasture 20 good dairy
?t hnttprf;t nmrket Rver-
They have not been ignorant of the 'aging 50 cents will produce an aver-
facts of the case and tea years agoi-1 01 -a "ouuus ul
,. . , . , 1 10 mouths in the year, or 2a0 pounds
the .National Association orgauueji ., ... .,.,,,
10 tue CO, or fli.ii lor cavu tv.
The land under this system "will be
A New World Record Cow
The Paolrlc Homestead contains
.quite an article this last week re
tarding a utw world record cow, and
this time the title is not in Oregon.
; Prior to this time the highest produc
ing butler fat co in tne world was a
Jersev owned by Ftckard Bros, near
Marion Station in the Willamette Val- i
lev. Now clear across the Atlantic
seaboard in the town of Bangor, Me., ;
there is another Jersey, registered
Jersey of course, called just plain
Marv" that lias finally completed a
tost after careful supervision by as
as manv as twenty-two experts glv-
nc a total yearly yield of 1,040 1
pounds of butterfat. This supercedes
the record made by the wonderful
Viva La France bv only S 1-3 Dounds. I
This next season Viva La France goes I
on a new record test ana many peo-
pie hope that she wtn produce as nign
as 1200 pounds of butter-fat. Where j
is the limit in butter-fat production?
the Chicago Wool Warehouse, to nan
uie the scliiug md of the sheepmen's
business. It has done ail that could
he expected, but there is need of a
more w ice-spread and united combin
ation of growers In this line. When
the half of the wool is sold to spec
ulators at any available price the
more productive at the end of five
vears than when starting.
More toed dairy cows, more alfal
fa, more silos and modern dairy bains
will put Lemhi county to the front.
V Lard Tall-Surouter.
Poultry raisers who feed sprouted
oats to their flocks have ainicuity in
market is weakened to a very serious; keeping the feed in proper condition,
extent, and yet cooperate wool sell-j without going to a great deal of ex-
lug has been a great success.
peuse. By using wooaen lara or out
!. ...infHinra. which mav be obtain
Uniivd Suites A Heavy Importing Na.jed at any grocery store, the trouble
ljon can ue easuj uuiuci. a
ed in the side of the pail near tne not
If we were forced to invade the
foreign markets with our wool we
ouid of course be governed locally
by the foreign prices. Such however,
is not the case. We import about
1-3 of our wool and all we have to do
is to determine w hat is a reasonable
price and ask it and iwell wait till1
we gel it. Organization will make
this possible.
Will You Coutinhe To (iainble On
lour Wool?
If you mean to do so at least play
safe instead of playing the other fel
lows game, every man bidding against
his neighbors for the privilege of
selling your wool as you have in the
past. Be honest now, that is what
it amounts to. Go in with him and
each one get a square deal. The
other fellow buying your wool Is en
titled to buy it as cheap as possible
and means to bid w hen you have to
hell. Beat him to it. Be prepared to
sell to him w hen he must buy.
Wool Pools Do Succeed.
Illinois last year cleared $300,000
by pooling their wool. One 1,000,
000 pound pool from Iowa sent to
the Growers Warehouse last year net
ted IS cents per pound more than was
i
torn and a (w ooden plug provided for
j it.
I In use, the oat sprouter is filled
i with oats, the hole is plugged and
I. J V .nil. Th
j water poureu uor mo gimu.
; pails must be kept In a dark, rather
warm place, to encourage the sprout
ing. After the grain is thoroughly
n;iked. w hich usually reauires sever
al hours, the plug is removed from
the hole in the pail and the water al
lowed to flow out. At least one pail
should be kept empty all the time;
this makes it possible to change the
oats from time to time, thus prevent
in? them from SDOlling.
This system is highly recommend
ed, as being both cheap and effective.
ROBERT S. CLAY.
What About Weed Control?
Farmers in Sherman county are
making a special project of control
ling the weeds in the fields and along
the road. There is no question but
this is a very important proposition.
These men in Sherman county have
been working the matter for a year
or two with more or less success. It
is a very grevious proposition to have
., nt nf fooaria hlnw along a lot Of
ted Is cents per pound more man was i wv " , , ,
paid to the farmers selling the same otherwise perfectly clean summerfal-
graae 01 wool 10 iucai uujers. m- ,v - , , ,
other pool from Utah had the tame1 row county think about control ng
experience. That IS cents per pound I tir weeds this year? Write to the
would go pretty well in the ordinary ! County Agent your opinion and see
sheepman's bank account. We doubt i"'" au "" "
if it would cause any complaint. e
cannot of course guarantee what a
wool-pool will really get for the peo
ple of Morrow county, but we sincere
ly believe that it will net you every
cent there is in the deal.
How About A Balanced Ration I
Manv farmers in feeding their cat
tle do not use balanced ration, they
simply feed hay and grain and what
ever happens to come handy and
never bother about ration. However. 1
passing this joke it is barely possible
that it is worth while to consider
;w nf the thtnes that really enter
into the constituents of balanced ra
tion No farmer would start out to
feed his cows nothing but wheat and
corn and barley, neither would he
start out to feed his children nothing
but Dotatoes. he would not even call
potatoes and beans a balanced ration
for his children. What does make a
balanced ration for cattle depends
somewhat on the climate In which
thev are living, somewhat upon the
requirements expected from the 'cow, I
but at the Boardman Institute, Pro
fessor Fitts gave some points that di
vorced from their technical terms are
of considerable Importance. He made
very clear that alfalfa was not a com
plete ration tor cattle, neither tor
beef nor for milk production, neither
is it a balanced ration for sheep.
Some kind of grain Is absolutely nec-
pasnrv We were very agreably sur
prised to find that he classed corn as
in the first rank and exceeded only
hv molasses as a balance of ration
tn eo with the alfalfa hay. It has
three Doints which are of consider
able importance. In the first place
its scientific combinations are cor-
TBct: second. It is more readily rel
ished bv cattle and sheen than either
barly or wheat; third, It is cheaper
than either. Therefore, all farmers
interested In feedine sheeb or cattle
would do well to Investigate the corn
situation for next year.
Selling Lambs.
Another item that cannot be ignor
ed is the marketing of sheep and
lamb. This is a problem that should
How Deep to Plow
This is the time ot year when every
farmer is steading his plow, usually
makine a verv thorough personal in
spection thereof. Some people this
snrinz are not plowing over .4 inches
iIppd. we hotie not very many. There
is a difference of opinion among far
mers as to hoiw deep people should
iiae cditiui dluu.. iiiiuuio auu plow, especially iiere iu juuuun
n r. v..-. in nnnnnFOtil'O Cf.llin0 . T. J O I. ....... n n JiAimtidl
of lambs than any other States and : tne successful farmers of the north
we can gain much from them. Let of wheat there seems to be very lit-
us get our heads together and work tie argument. All the farmers there
out a plan to fit the occasion. You, mak.e a practice ot setting their plows
each have your own ideas, they are j nrPttv deeD in the ground, some big
aU more or less practical and all to-. farmers go to the length of saying
gether if we are so minded tney win tf,at it a; depends on plowing deep.
get results.
What About the Water Short
age The State Engineer has issued a
statement that from all appearances
the coming season appears to be the
shortest for irrigation for many years
And we have had some pretty short
ones. We sincerely hope that they
will send us a lot of rain if twe can
have no (water. We must get busy on
these storage reservoirs and get some
thing definite done.
Makes Good
"Sunflower Silage Is Satisfactory,'
Says Lemhi Co., Ida., Agent,
L. . TUloUon.
The cattle on the C. A. Norton
ranch are in better condition, and are
making better gains this year than
ever before. Mr. Norton attributes
this all to the feeding of sunflower
silage, which is the chief ration of his
stock this winter.
Mr. Norton haB the honor of having
the first silo constructed in Lemhi
county. This silo is of 200 tons cv
pacity, and contains about 120 tons
of first class sunflower silage. The
sunflowers were grown on six acres,
part of which was old and part new
land. The old alfalfa land produced
30 tons to the acre, while the new
land only produced 25 tons to the
acre. Mr. Norton states than "sun
flowers should be grown only on "well
worked, rich soil. The sunflowere
make a rank growth and need plenty
of plant food to make the beBt silage
crop."
The cost of producing a ton of
milage is low In comparison with other
crops. Mr. Norton states that his
cost of growing the crop was from
fin cents to 70 cents per ton, and the
expense of putting this in the silo
was about 2 per ton. In comparison
with 30 hay, sunflower silage Is
worth about $20 per ton.
Cuttle turn away from good alfalfa
hay on the Norton ranch and eat
only silage until it Is all cleaned up.
About 30 Dounds per day is being fed
to mature stock, and about 20 pounds
per day to the young animals. ThiB
feed Is supplemented by a small ra
tion of ground corn. The cows show
a marked Increase In the milk flew
A number of siloB will be con
-trnrted In Lemhi county this year,
uud the Farm Bureau Is planning a
We. doubt if this is true. However
iwe do believe that the greater part of
the succssful farmers ot tne norm
west Iwill agree that we should plow
S to 10 inches. We think that It
different depths each year and we
should sometimes go down as deep as
8 and 10 inches. We think thlt it
is probably true that Iwe shouldn't
make all this change at one time, but
if in the habit of plowing 6 inches
plow 7 at one time, then 8 another.
then 9, then 10, then set back up to
that vou would be better on than
to make all the change at one time.
We are however, willing to hand you
this statement that one of the reasons
that Morrow county wheat land don't
produce as high on an average as tne
neizhhorine counties Is largely be
cause of poor plotwing. Another prac
tice which is largely being overcome
is late nlowlne. many farmers in the
northern part of the county being
nearly through plowing already, a
verv laree Dercent of the plowing for
the Bummerfallow will be done this
vear hv the first of April, which In
vieiw of the SDrine Is very gratifying
From Lexington towards the south
nnH siimmerfallow may be gotten
by plowing as late as the fifteenth of
AnrM where the mo sture is con
siderably heavier. There is no doubt
that early summerfallow like the ear
ly bird is what catches the worm.
Poison Some More Rabbits
The soring Is nearly here, your
wheat is coming up and the rabbits
are still around on the edge of the
fields, at least there are a few in the
grain section that were not caught.
They will show up and they will take
plenty of toll unless they are taken
care of. Remember tnat last year
we had very great success in a mix
ture of salt and strychnine for rat
hits durine the growing season, this
will be a good bait any time from now
on. Use one ounce of strychnine, to
15 ounces of salt, and one ounce of
brdwn sugar, using bulk measures
rather than weight. This can be put
in hollowed sticks or in blocks of
wood in which holes are bored and
left around so that the rabbits can
get them and still be pretty safe from
stock. If you have to scatter this
out on the range, and are rather wor
ried, use poisoned stakes; this has
eiven exceptional results in very
many places, and in Deschutes county
is considered the major rabbit poi
son. To do this take one ounce of
strychnine and dissolve In six quarts
of water, then put In as mucn salt as
the (water will dissolve, then stand
your stakes on end, using stakes of
soft pine about one inch square, and
hnil four or five inches of the top of
the stake in this strong solution of
strychnine and salt for an hour and
one-half. Let your stakes fairly dry
then drive in the ground in the vicin-
itv of rabbit harbors. The rabbit will
chew these stakes as far down as the
salt penetrated the wood. You will
find that this will give satisfactory re
sults and Is a very satisfactory me
thod of protecting the grain fields.
Sacks and Sacks!!
This is the last call for sacks for
this season. A great many farmers
have already given in tentative or
rters iwe will at the Executive meet
ing on the 27th, have definite figures
on the price of sacks. We know that
it i mine to range somewnere irom
18 to 21 or 22 cents. The price is
high, there Is no real reason to aouDt
that It will be higher. We think that
every farmer should buy at least a
narf r.f ii sack, he will get the very
best possible bid. We have four
firms who have asreed to submit by
wire at the time specified, we ,wni
expect every farmer to place 15 per
cent ot the purchase price ot in
snMt Tf vou have not already taken
the matter up with the County Agent
don't delay any longer, we must
close this order on the fifth of April.
Anyone having sent In their state
ment In writing or in person win ne
tnlipn rare of. a very large number of
farmers have already signified their
intention of doing this.
Squirrel Poison
The first lot is already gone and
another lot is ready mixed. Come
one, come all, come great and small,
will mix enough to suit you all. We
have examined quotations from other
Farm Bureaus and find that we are
apparently several cents cheaper than
other counties, but see who compose
the Morrow County Farm Bureau.
County Fair
Everybody Boost, Everybody Buy
Stock, Everybody Bring Exhibits.
Through the activities of the Farm
nnreau a nlan has been evolved to
scatter the stock for the Fair all over
the county. If everybody helps it
.-ni not cost anyone much. We are
entitled to a good fair, not a make
shift; good fairs pay yes, and pay
dividends too. This can pay every
thing back in four or five years.
Let's all do our part. Start now.
Farm Record Book
Are you going to keep records this
voar? nn vou mean to know what
it costs vou to raise a bushel of
Iwheat, to plow an acre of ground)
What will you do when tne income
tnv collector calls on you next year?
Better make a new resolution ana cut
out the guess work. Get one of the
Farm Bureau Books. We believe
that we have the best Farm Record
Book ever published. Call and see
it.
til
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The Poor Man's Nest Egg
There is no one who deserves relatively greater
benefit from a savings account than the poor man,
whose savings are necessarily small, but who may grad
ually get a little money ahead by the smallest savings,
and will find the nest egg of great value to him if he
should suddenly be deprived of work and income.
ITT A savings account means thrift, independence, self respect and
Jj freedom from the worries of today and the uncertainties of to
morrow. The man with a bank account can look the world square in
the eye for he is his own master. If sickness, accident or loss of posi
tion comes his way, he is safe. His bank account will tide him over.
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STEERING: Multiple disc drive clutches
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FUEL TANK: 30 gallons capacity. Sys
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We do a transfer and general hauling business
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Let ns figure with you on that next job.
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Sheep Wanted
A band of young ewes after shear
ing. Write H. J. Colman, Omak, Wn.
GOOD SEED WHEAT for sale.
Early Baart and Bluestem In a limit
ed amount. F. R. Brown, Heppner.
A Helpful
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I LM Yakima Portland
720-Acre Creek Ranch
50 acres under ditch, 35 acres of number one alfalfa, 50
more can be put under ditch. All kinds of good barns
and out-buildings. Good orchard. One mile from school.
An ideal home and a first-cUss stock ranch.
SEE ME TODAY.
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Heppner, Ore.
HAVE YOU ANYTHINNG TO SELL? LIST IT WITH ME.
HIGHEST CASH PRICE
Paid for all kinds of Orate and Feed.
I will sell you Corn, Hay and Barley In car load lota at
prices that are reasonable.
I will be In the market for wool this Spring. It you want
to consign your wool, why not send It to the real wool market of the
United States BOSTON.
I am ready to advance you as much If not more than you
can get elsewhere.
I Represent an Old Reliable Firm.
COME AND BED MB
W. W. S M E A D