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THE GAZFTTE-T1MT9, HETTXTR, ORK., THTKSDAY, JU.Y 29, 1920.
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(From the Morrow County Firm Bureau News.)
Meeting of Executive Commit-iinter when they ir high in price?
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tee of Morrow County Farm
Bureau June 26, 1920
This wag one of the most fully at
tended meetings held this year and
the committee had a good deal of
work to lake care of. The labor com
mittee met with the executive com
mittee to consider the fixing of twages
for the summer season and it was
the unanimous opinion that $5.00 a
day should be suihient pay for all
help during the harvest, and that
common labor should include the
box drivers, loaders, stackers, sack
jig, and the header tenders on com
bines. That other labor should be
adjusted from this basis. The exe
cutive committee of the Morrow
County Sheep Association met with
the Farm Bureau and the consider
ation which had been handed up
from the local Farm Bureaus at
Boardnian, Irrigon, Alpine and Wells
Spring, that the county vote a tax to
take care of the rabbit situation was
approved and coupled with the re
commendation of the Sheep Commit'
tee that this be doubled and that the
balance be used In assisting paying
for a government trapper and assist
in destroying ground squirrels. This
was approved and a committee ap
pointed to take the matter up with
the county court and the district at
torney to see whether or not the mat
ter woud be entirely legal. At this
meeting plans were made for fold
ing a grain grading school and a
grain tour and both were given con
siderable consideration. The report
of the County Agent on the progress
made and preparation to 'receive dis
tillate was submitted and approved
and the bills submitted were ordered
paid by the local treasurer. Another
matter that came up for considera
tion and considerabe discussion was
the fact that some of the road dis
tricts are out of funds but In sore
need of (work being done because of
rocks, etc, in the road. This was
given considerable discussion and it
was ordered as the sentiment of the
meeting that the Farm Bureau favor
the use within each district of all
the money provided by the law,
which is TO per cent of that raised,
for its own use and that if this was
not sufficient special tax levy should
be made to provide for anything fur
ther along this line. The twire-pool
appearing nearly completed was dis
cussed at some length, several noti
fying us of their intention to join in
this shipment. No other business com
ing before the meeting and the hour
grown quite late the meeting ad
journed until the 4th Saturday of the
coming month.
Care of Summer Clucks
The rooster has no effect on the
egg yield of the flock. He merely
fertilizes the germ of the egg and
this fertile germ in hot weather re
sults In partial development of the'
chick.' Warm weather has the same
effect on fertile eggs as an incubator. ;
The fertile egg may leave your farm
In an edible condition, but be unfit
for food by the time it reaches the
consumer. Every bad egg hurts the
consumption, lack of demand cuts the 1
price and every poultryman is at-'
fected. I
Did you ever sit dawn to breakfast '
In full anticipation of two fresh, soft
boiled eggs? You perhaps remem-1
ber your disappointment when open-'
ing the egg to find that well any
way your Interest in soft boiled eggs ,
immediately fell below par.
Have you observed the good house-,
wife losing confidence in the quality
of eggs produced on her farm by first
breaking them in a saucer to seel
(whether they were fit to eat? Why:
should she get angry then, when the;
egg buyer refuses to pay for the bad ,
eggs as seen under the candle? j
Avoid this loss by killing, selling,'
or confining the male birds. Over
fifteen million dollars was lost last;
year in the United States through the j
sale of fertile eggs that had partly
developed chicks In them before
reaching the consumer.
Have you preserved a few eggs in'
water glass solution while they are
cheap, for cooking purposes next
Poultry Specialist at the Agricultural
College for printed instructions.
Egg production is rapidly tailing
off. This is due in part to the pre
sence of a large number ot slacker
hens in the flock that only lay during
the ideal conditions of early spring.
Culling schools and public demon
strations will be given this fall In all
counties organized for poultry work
and every one who keeps poultry
should learn how to select the loafer
hen. This is a dollar and cent bus
iness proposition for the fanner.
Another reason why egg produc
tion is dropping rapidly is the fact
that people feed too sparingly of the
high priced feed. Because feed Is
high, people are inclined to be "stin
gy" with it, resulting tn giving the
hens only enough for body mainten
ance, with no surplus to be nsed in
manufacturing eggs.
Poultry keeping is a business, not
a haphazard side line as It used to
be. The commercial poultryman or
the farm flock owner succeeds in pro
portion to the amount ot business
principles followed.
Those Wire Worms
Many farmers not only in Morrow
county but over the entire Northwest
are very much Interested in wire
worms. We are surprised at so lit
tle information available as to how
to destroy these. Its just as much
up to us as any body else. So far the
only matter that has been given ser
ious consideration is that it is best
that continuous cultivation of summer-fallow
iwill eventually assist in
reducing them. This Is not, however,
a very satisfactory solution although
it might be effective if continued long
enough, but it would mean a num
ber of years and during the mean
time the ravages of the worms would
continue. Last year the County
Agent published In the Morrdw Coum
ty Farm Bureau News a statement.
that he felt that sulphur might give
some relief in destroying this pest.
Plots were accordingly prepared but
it was unfortunate that the worms
did not work anylwhere in the field
where these plots were found. It is,
however, apparent at this time that
where sulphur iwas put on the plots
there has been quite an increase in
the wheat yields. The definite
amounts have not yet been determin
ed but it will be determined before
harvest. Another point that is of
great importance is that four gardens
which were treated (with sulphur
where the worms had been particular
ly troublesome in years past, not
withstanding the fact that (worms
were bad in other gardens this year,
were entirely free from worms. To
corroberate this we have a statement
from Med ford (where one of the exper
imenters there has tried sulphur on
fruit trees trying to eradicate wooly
aphis from the roots of the tree and
In checking on the results of the
aphis on the fruit discovered that
there were absolutely no worms or
beetles of the variety producing wire
worms around the trees (where the
sulphur had been placed. While on
corresponding trees where no treat
ment was nsed as many as tnree nuB
dred to three hundred and fifty ot
these beetles and worms were found.
This is encouraging. Added to this
twe have a very clear statement from
John Wightman, our orchard commit
teeman near Heppner, who on exam
ination on one piece of ground whicu
had for years given him a great deal
of trouble with wire Iworms, so much
so that he was never able to receive
a stand. When he went to the field
this spring to seed it to barley and
on examination found that the hand
full of dirt produced three or four
twire worms and the ground seemed
to be more greatly infected with wire
worms than ever before. He there
fore applied sulphur at the rate of
150 pounds per acre; tne result is
that there is practically no worms at
all at the present time and for the
first time In years he has received a
good stand of barley and the (worms
did him no damage. These things
are encouraging. We do not claim
that this is the final solution but we
commend this not only to the con
sideration of farmers but to any oth
er investigator who sees this. Vt
believe that we have here more avail
able data that is fairly conclusive in
tts results than any similar amount
that has been produced. We shall
watch very carefully for further in
formation along this line. One ques
tion which we are unable to answer
is the probable amount ot sulphur
destroy these worms. At the present
time we would say 150 pounds to the
acre, however this might be too lit
tle, we do not know. It is believed
that the sulphur will add to the glu
ten In the wheat and to cut down
the percentage of yelldw berries In
the turkey wheat and add to the mar
ket value ot the grain. This, how
ever, is a matter for further deter
mination. We advise every farmer
to experiment a little along this line
himself and we also will do so. But
we do not advise any man to go too
strong on the rather meager experi
ments Iwhich we have so far carried
out
west, returned to Heppner Sunday. O. M. Blakely, well known eastern
He says the cattle and sheep, which j Oregon stockman, spent several days
lie accompanied to Omaha, arrived In Heppner last week while he was
at their destination in good condl-! loading out 2700 head of lambs to the
lion. I Chicago market.
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Prices Are Seasonable
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Heppner, Oregon
Perrydale Cow Wonder
Perrydale, Ore., July 17. Fran
E. Lynn, who owns and operates a
large Jersey breeding establishment
just north of Perrydale, has been no
tified by the American Jersey Cattle
club that his cdw. Poppy's Dortha,
has broken the world's record for
junior 3-year-olds of the Jersey breed
by producing J94. 4 pounds of butter
fat on a. yearly test.
The former record of 892 pounds
was held by Vive La France, owned
by Pickard Bros, of Marlon, Ore. Vive
La France, however, still retains her
world's record of 1031 pounds as a
senior 4-year-old.
The new champion was bred by Mr.
Lynn. She was sired by St. Mames
Golden Poppy, a bull from the famous
Ed Carey herd at Lafayette, and her
dam is the imported cow Ladyslipper
of Stilton, bred on the Island of Jer
sey. The new record not only gives
Poppy's Dortha first place among
Jersey junior 3-year-olds, but also the JJ
fifth highest record for cows of all EB
ages of that breed. She is looked
upon as a future champion butterfat
producer. Irrespective of age.
Poppy's Dortha is a beautiful cow s5
with splendid conformation and re- ss
markable udder development. Dur- s
ing her test she produced 17,800
pounds of milk.
HOW TO GET THAT WHEAT
TO MARKET?
A question that has been on the mind of more than one
fanner the past few weeks. Scarcity of transportation
facilities makes the problem a difficult one except that
f armor can buy a good truck and save enough on the sea
son's hauling to pay for that truck,
When we say "a good truck" we mean the U. S., one of
the five standard trucks on the market today.
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Our Bible school, with its excellent
corps of teachers, and graded system
of Instruction will open at ten o'clock
a. m. There is here a suitable class
for everyone, of any age. The preach
ing service will be held at eleven
o'clock and the theme of the sermon
will be "Visions of God." Commun
ion service Iwill be observed as usual.
The evening services will begin at
seven o'clock with the Christian En
deavor session, and song service and
preaching will follow at seven o'clock.
The evening theme will be, "The
Scarcity of Religion." Everyone will
be given a cordial welcome at all the
public services. "I Iwas glad when
they said unto me let us go up unto
the house of the Lord."
W. O. LIVINGSTONE, Minister.
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