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THE GAZETTE-TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1923. PAGE THREE Farm Activities FROM THE "MOKKOW COUNTY FAKM BUREAU NEWS" CLUB WORK FOR BOYS AND GIRLS Mors than 500,000 farm boyi and girla are organized into clubs thru out the United States. They are un der the supervision of the Depart ment of Agriculture, and In moit states the agricultural college coop erates. Are your boys and girls get ting the advantage of this education, which is free to them for the ask ing? If not, why not? Club work has been going on for about 20 years. Every membership about 20 years. Every year finds a large increase in club membership. A large majority of club members re enroll in the club work from year to year. The club movemnt has spread until almost every agricultural com munity has at leant one or more clubs. Why is Morrow county so slow about dropping into line? I will suggest answers to the ques tions I have asked and in a later issue I will discuss these answers. My first answer would be that the majority of people do not understand and appreciate what club work is and the vast amount of good it can do for the boys and girls and grown peo ple also. My second answer would be that the things taken up in club work can be handled quite successfully at home without the club work bother. Another answer I have heard sug gested is that many parents weary and disheartened from the drudgery and lonesomeness of farm life, do not wish their children to live on a farm, hence why fit the children for the farm? Another answer is that agricultural conditions here are not such that club work can be handled, that is club work is more adapted to small, diver sified fanning sections. Club work is not necessarily han dled thru the schools. Whenever 6 or more boys and girls form a club they elect a grown person in the com munity to be their local leader. If a teacher is chosen it makes it easier to keep the work moving along. But as teachers usually leave at the end of the term, the teacher as the local leader fs not entirely satisfactory. In Oregon last year 296 teachers were local leaders and 658 others carried on the work. A local leader should understand the work the club is going to do and be willing to use considerable time coaching the club members. The scarcity of good local leaders Is one of the greatest handi caps the work has. The vast field covered by club work calls for ex perience and an education that is greater than the most of us have. The idea that club work is just a "kid's" job would surprise you if you tried a little of it. Here are the projects club work in eludes; most of these have two or more sub-divisions; Corn, potatoes, garden, pig, calf, sheep, hot school lunch, sewing, cook ing, home making, rabbits, goats, bees, home beautification and dairy herd record keeping. Plowing. Years sgo we had the idea that anybody could plow that could drive a team. A good teamster can still manage the team, but it is not always so that a satisfactory job of plowing will be done. To obtain a good job of plowing for eummerfallow there is a certain method of procedure to follow very much the same as making anything else. Not only must the power be ap plied and the plow adjusted proper ly, but a number of other things also add to the results. The use of jointers aid greatly in obtaining a clean field of summ erf al low, This is especially desirable since all implements work a good deal bet ter in clean ground than in foul. Then some form of packer or pul verizer drawn directly behind the plow completes the job. There seems to be a good deal of question con cerning this point or at least laxness in applying it. On our visit through Sherman county last year we noticed that al most every farmer followed his plows with a small packer or pulveriser. This was done to work out the air spaces in the loose soil and prevent the loss of moisture that would other wise result before the field could be harrowed. In our county every farmer has no ticed the very drying effect a strong wind has on a newly plowed field, and he has also noticed that the wind is usually blowing during most of the plowing season. We may plow our ground when the weather and mois ture conditions are just right and the soil turn over in the best friable and mealy manner possible and there will be clods that although they may be soft will not crumble down. Just then almoHt the slightest touch of the linger will pulverize that clod, but leave it there 30 days in a stiff dry ing wind and when the harrow comes along it will rattle and bounce as if going over rocks. And that is not allif this clod had crumbled down into place when the plowing was first done it would have filled a space that may reach to the bottom of the fur row. The wind having free swing at the bottom of the furrow may steal all the moisture there is in the ground. A few clods left standing and a great amount of moisture may be lost. A light packer will not only pul verize all surface clods, but will also pack the soil about the straw and Htubble that has just been thrown in to the furrow. Seed Potatoes at' Irrigon. By K. E. PRICE, Count Agent. The Farm Bureau at Irrigon has about 16 sacks of seed potatoes left out of the car which htey shipped from Idaho in February. This lot is made up of 700 pounds of Early Ohio, certified stuff, and about 950 pounds of Karly Triumph, which do not car- OWmr Ctnt THE ''special dis count" is tempt ing, but not when you understand who pays for it. The tire dealer doesn't pay for it. The manu facturer cannot af ford to. Chances are it comes out of the quality of the tire, so, after all, you pay for it None of the quality of Goodyear Tires ever Is sacri ficed to "special dis counts" or anything else. As Cmv SwWw Slmttm 1mW wm II mud Nwm. mmnd GmJmw TUs n c thmm ummrilh ttaxndmrd HEPPNER GARAGE GOODIE All "Weu.ra Mad For Wettera Trad" F. R. BROWN and R. W. L0WRY HAVE BOUGHT AND ARE NOW MANAGING THE WAREHOUSE UNTIL RECENTLY RUN BY THILL COHN. THE NEW FIRM OF Brown & Lowry IS READY TO SUPPLY ALL KINDS OF Feed, Grain and Wool Bags Good Service, High Quality, Reasonable Prices WHEN YOU THINK OF INSURANCE, REMEMBER WE HAVE A POLICY FOR EVERY PURPOSE AND IT COSTS YOU LESS Office in Gihnan Building, Heppner, Ore. . OFFICE PHONE 612. WAREHOUSE 643 Cash & Carry Store SPECIAL Saturday and Monday Only Swift's Back Bacon 261 -2c Swfts Bulk Lard." 1 8 1 -2c Shredded Cocoanut 25c Crackers, 2 pounds for 35c Farina, 9 9-10 pound sack 60c I will deliver on Tuesday and Friday morn ings for 1 Oc extra an order. L. G. DRAKE, Prop. ODD FELLOWS BUILDING ry certified Inspection tags but hive pasted two field inspection! by the state inspectors of Idaho. Undoubt edly there are many fsrmtrs in Mor row county who would be very glad to get such seed for the Early Ohio po tatoes are especially well adapted to our conditions here In the county and the Early Bliss Triumphs have been doing; very well also. This fs an es pecially good opportunity for the far mers about Boardman. On a recent visit to the Boardman district I learn ed that Mr. Chas. Hango wanted some Early Ohio seed and on the following day I brought some of the Irrigon need back with me and delivered to Mr. Hango. He stated that he was exceptionally well pleased with the quality and appearance of this seed. Any one desiring further information in regard to this potato seed should get in touch with Mr. N. Seaman who is the O.-W. R. t N. operator at Irri gon. Mr. Seaman states that this seed cost their farm bureau $1.75 per hundred plus the freight and other costs making a total of about $2.25 per hundred now This is a very rea sonable price for good seed potatoes. In addition to this lot I am informed that Mr. W. E. Suddarth of Irrigon has four sacks of Earliest of All which he received in this carload lot which he is not planting and wishes to dispose of. Anyone wanting these potatoes should get in touch with Irrigon promptly as this seed will be disposed of in other districts if not needed here in Morrow county. Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Hibbard of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, were guests for a week recently at the homes of Mr. and Mrs. John Olden, Mr. and Mrs. Herb Olden, Mr. and Mrs. Grant Ol den and Mr. and Mrs. Lon McCabe of this county, Mr Hibbard being an un cle of the Olden boys and Mrs. Mc Cabe. He and his wife were on their return home from Los Angeles, Cal., where they spent the winter and stopped over for this short visit with their Morrow county relatives. They also visited other relatives at Pendleton, Mr. and Mrs. McCabe and Mrs. John Olden driving over with them. Chas. Weech has traded his 40 acre dairy farm located about two miles from Boardman to Wm. Gorger for 100 acres of fruit land at Scio, Legal Guarantee Giveru nW Knilm no pain coitions work. Ask to see Gle-o-nla Pile Treatment. PATTERSON SON Main Street Heppner, Oregon Ore. Mr. Corner ii the father of the Gorger brothera who ranch north of lone, and made the trade principally for a change of climate. In the trade for the Morrow county property, which ii all under irrigation, aeven head of high grade Jersey cows, horses, and a full line of dairy equip ment goes with the place. Possession hag been taken and Mr. Gorger and hie aoni will together operate the place at least for a time. lone Inde pendent. Delegates to the I O. O. F. grand lodge were chosen at the meeting on Wednesday evening of last week, Os car Edwards and Adam Knoblock be ing elected to represent Willow Lodge No. 66. The grand lodge meets at North Bend, over on Coos Bay, in May, and the good people there are preparing to make it a grand occasion for the delegates. The Kcbekahs meet in grand assembly at the same time, and San Souci lodge of Heppner will be represented by Mrs. Rosa Phelps, Miss Anna Brown and Mrs. Lola Tay lor. Harry McDonald, one of the old timers, has been spending the winter at Heppner and taking an enforced rest, suffering from rheumatism.. He thought he could get out to work again, so took a job of herding some sheep on the hills near Heppner. It was a little too much of a task, how ever, as It required more agility than Harry seemed to possess, so he passed the job up until a future date, when he hopes to be feeling better. George Burnside, who was in the city on Monday from his Eight Mile farm, is well pleased with conditions of crops out his way this spring. Grain is growing well and there is no lack of moisture. He says a good crop is needed this season to help out the farmers in his locality, as they were pretty short last year. Dillard French is not gathering his eggs all in one basket this season, W WllttAMTOwVXOCa "'ii'fli"iif"im'ffliiiiiiiii"""""ili"L"""".-" Special Sale of Sheet Music While it lasts I will sell all popular music Four Sheets for $1 Also one used Kohler and Campbell Player piano, including 70 rolls $475.00 Harwoods Jewelry Store Odd Fellows Building, Heppner, Ore. so he has branched out into the sheep game, along with that of cattle. Just now he is busy with lambing and get- tu.g a tine percentage of increase. Mr. French spent a few hours in Heppner Saturday. Jason Biddle, who is agent for the Jewett car in Morrow county, dis posed of a five-passenger touring to Earl Warner of Lexington the past week. Frank Turner moved his shearing plnnt down to Butter erfek on Mon- 1-iJS (Mah the Approach to your home Inviting WHERE the eyes of visiting friends rest first, there signs of wear should be covered and brightened up. Porches and steps can be brightened with Fuller's Porch and Step Paint. This psint will withstand grinding heels, scraping feet and scrubbing. Then, for the house itself, the pergola, porch balus trades, the window frames, etc., there are Fuller'i Pure Prepared and Phoenix Pure Paint. These paints are made of Pioneer White Lead, pure zinc, pure linseed oil and pure colors, perfectly combined in correct proportions. Whatever your painting need, W. P. Fuller St Co. makes a paint for the purpose. There is a local agent or dealer who sells Fuller paints. Our Service De partment will gladly mail a little "Home Service" booklet. Why not buy your paint, or write, Itdnyt W P FULLER & CO. 301 Mission Street, Sin Francisco 11 Branrhfi in Pic Ilk Cotit Citln Pictoriett San FranctKO ind Lot Angelei FULLER PAINTS W VARNISHES day and will wt up t the H S. Cor rirall corral 1, where he begin oper ations this week with a full crew of men. Frank has two shearing out fits and will likely have them both running an business opens up. He looks forward to a good season. John H. Hayes of Portland has been spending a few days at Hfppner, and at the big ranch of J. H. Hayes k Son on Butter creek. 350 acres seeded summer-fallow to be lea!. - D. E. GILMAM. more gasoline mileage W1UI leiVliW Few motorists would willingly pay fancy prices for o3 if they knew what we know about Zerolene, which sells for about half the pric of many other oils. 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