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HOM E AN!) FA RM M AGAZINE SECTIO N
Oregon Agricultural College is the Friend of the Farmer
A Page of Bulletins and News Notes Concerning the Staff at Corvallis.
A S T IN ST R U C TIO N S E E K S B ET T E R FA RM ER S ASK AND GET H E L P facto ries in th e localities fo r success fessor II. F. Wilson, entom ologist of the
Oregon A gricultural College. ‘ ‘ If you
FROM T H E COLLEGE.
ful m anufacturing.
COMMON THING S.
‘ ‘ I t is fittin g th a t this movem ent to can id en tify the insect, and it is harm ­
> i i F T H E A1JT te a c h e r’s ideal is no
¡ARMEKS ure fa s t coming to a c t on
J higher th an to teach children to
th e fact th a t the A g ricu ltu ral Col prom ote th e in terests of Oregon man ful, then apply the stan d ard spray ac­
draw and p ain t, he would do
lege is a source of help in th eir u factu re should have its origin a t th is cording to directions. If you cannot
kindness by step p in g asid e ,” is tho everyday problems of the farm . The College,” said Dean J . A. Bexell, of id en tify it, then note the effect it has
com m ent of E dna M. P larid a, a r t in flood o f inquiries th a t reach the heads th e Hehool of Commerce under whose on the plant. I f the p lant skew s signs
stru e to r, who will conduct th e teach o f th e departm ents m ake it d iffic u lt auspices the convention w as held. of insect feeding, the visitors th a t cause
c is '
public school a rt classes in the to handle them w ith th e usual fa c ilite s ‘ ‘ E very im portant industry in the sta te them are e atin g ipseets and can be con­
O regon A g ricu ltu ral College sumn.
The dep artm en t of Agronom y receives is represented here and we are not pro­ trolled by arsenical sprays. If th e p lan t
session. ‘ ‘ Wu are not try in g to make from th irty to fo rty le tte rs daily, each m oting the interests of Corvallis, of shows curled leaves, w ilted surface,
¿draughtsm en or a rtis ts o f our buys requiring a special answ er. O ther in B enton county, or of the W illam ette creasing, uneven and discolored tissues
and g irls; we are edu catin g them for quiries are of u more general n atu re, Valley, in particular, but the in terests but no nibbled areas, th e visitors are
sucking insects and can be controlled
b ig g er lives and h igher ideals, m aking and the answ ers a re p rin ted in th e of th e whole state.
N eith er is th is a booster m eeting. by contact Insecticides. B ut if the
a b etter A m erica fo r tom orrow th a n it bulletins to reach hundreds of farm ers
is today. Children m ust bo ta u g h t how­ through the local new spapers to which O ur purpose is to secure real facts re ­ p lan t shows no signs of dam age the
gard in g the various industries o f the visitors are probably e ith e r n eu tral, or
to m eet the needs o f tho people in the they are sent.
fie n st way.
E xtension work in A gronomy is also sta te and the fe a sib ility of locating predacious insects in search of harm ­
• ‘ Tho Chinese and Jap an ese have very heavy a t th is season. On S a tu r facto ries near the cent rs of produc ful insects th a t they feed upou. The
p lant often shelters th< h u n ter as well
eomo a littiu n earer th an any other days n early th e en tire d ep artm en t is tion of raw m aterials.
The success of this m ovem ent to as the g am e.”
people to realizing tho b eau ty in ordi abroad on field service in d iffe re n t
n ary things. A com parison of our jugs p arts o f the state. H ero is a typical establish new factories depends upon
our ab ility to show- th a t they may be
P R O F IT A B L E B E E F CATTLE.
Bud tt a ja rs w ith th eirs will show how busy d ay :
.made p rofitable. We cannot a rb itra r
»U C l'ESH FU L livestock grow ers as
crude and unpleasing ours arc. Good
P rofessor Scudder, head of th e d e­
) well as dealers in livestock and
p roportion and pleasing lines are two p artm en t, went to Cow Creek Valley, ily locate industries in any p articu lar
m eats, m ust know the m arket de­
q u alities th a t lead them selves to ai Southern Oregon, to exam ine a large lo cality— they m ust bo caused to grow
moat any m aterial, how ever coarse, but ranch fo r which a com plete m anage in to it. I t may tak e a long tim e to mands and then grow anim als th a t will
th ey are not found in household u te n ­ m ent plan is to be laid out. P ro fes accom plish much and th is is a small be­ meet them . This is the cardinal princi­
ginning. H ut if this beginning results ple of the in d u stry as announced by Mr.
sils of domestic m an u factu re.
sor H yslop addressed a fa rm e rs ’ meet
‘ ‘L e t us v isit a shop and ask to be ng a t Ju n ctio n C ity on corn grow ing n g re a te r efficiency in handiiug our Forestel, expert buyer fo r the Union
show n a b eau tifu l pitcher, ad equate and silage making. P rofessor Pow ers surplus products and in creatin g new M eat Company, in his livestock dem on­
fo r ordinary use and a t m oderate price. w ent t oH ubbard to address a m io t pav rolls, it is well w orth the e f f o r t.” stratio n before the Oregon A g ricu ltu ral
The in vestigations of tho congress College S hort Course S tudents. F arm ers
A fte r showing us tho u n satisfacto ry ng on d istrict d rain ag e and tile lav-
w h ite stoue ware th e shopkeeper tak es ng. P rofessor L arson w as a t M olalla revealed th e fa c t th a t while Oregon th a t raise livestock for beef and pork,
us to a counter whero roses and n a r­ to speak to the farm ers on corn grow- was . th , e . first of the N orth P acific often aim a t the production o f anim als
on the map, it is the as big and as fa t as they can be made.
cissus in gaudy splashes mingle w ith ng and diversified farm in g , and l>rT,_ .
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cow s' heads and fa n ta stic serotls. lie Met'ool addressed two m eetings in th e xst in developing its resources. This When those farm ers tak e the stock to
Buys these th in g s meet th e public de ■ieinity o f -Medford on corn grow ing condition is due, say the findings of tlie m arkets th ey are disappointed agd
th e resolution com m ittee, to th e early often angry because it brings less per
m aud. So our people q uietly go abroad ind soil fertility .
x p lo itatio n of th e state by agents for pound than the sm aller anim als. Beef
fo r treasu res no mure b eau tifu l than
m achinery and of w atered stock. In anim als are sold w ith th e highest m ar­
B ig h t be made a t home w ith proper
A G RICULTURA L AGENTS.
consequence, many factories have been gin of p ro fit a t front one to tw o years
support. The ehild in the public school
O UN TY A GR IC U LTU R A L ag en ts lie fo r y ears and much m achinery has of age. A grow er recently sold a y e a r­
should ho tau g h t the real needs of tb
have been p rovided fo r by a p ­ gone to d e c a i. P roduction has suffered ling steer in the city m arket fo r $95 a t
people. ’ *
pro p riatio n s in ten counties of the fo r lack of proper utilization.
the same tim e th a t an o th er grow er sold
The firs t step in the prom otion of a tw o-year old for $117. T here is no
AGRONOMY G RA UD ATE TO TEACH sta te anil steps fo r m ain tain in g th is
service have been tak en by other pro factories fo r Oregon is a thorough re ­ profit a t all in carry in g beef anim als
HE K LA M A TH F A L L S high school gressive counties. T hus practically one- search in each part of the sta te , to de­ a fte r they are tw o or three y ears old.
lias secured the services of C. E. third of the Oregon counties have com term ine which raw m aterials are pro­
It was fu rth e r pointed out th a t types
Chandler, O. A. C. g rad u ate in m itted them selves to th e county dem on­ duced. a t w hat cost. and w hat m arket should be developed th a t carry high
ag ricu ltu re, fur teaetier o f agriculture. stratio n policy, which is a rem arkable and fa cto ry conditions are already pro percentages iu the choice p a rts of the
Mr. C handler specialized in agronom y showing fo r the sh o rt tim e since the vided. A nd finally, the m inor p ro b ­ carcass. E verybody w ants porterhouse
w ith specific tra in in g in drv farm ing, policy was inaugurated.
lems th a t e n te r into these larg er ones steak and prim e ribs, and these cuts
irrig a tio n farm in g , cereal and forage
The C ounties o f H arn ey , W allowa. m ust be determ ined and solved.
m ust bear th e loss o f the chuck, w hich
crops, crop production, soil fe rtility and Union, G ran t, K lam ath , lo o s, T illa ­
is about 42 per cent of the dressed beef.
fa rm m anagem ent, and has prepared mook, L ane and M arion, have made POULTRY K E E P E R S ' D O N 'T « AS And then people w onder wkv b eef is so
him self p articu larly for th e work in ap p ro p riatio n s for m ain tain in g county
S E E N AT O. A. C. SHOW.
high. B ut grow ers wil p ro fit bv k now ­
K lam ath County, lie was a stu d en t of ig n c u ltu ra l e x p e rts,” said P rofessor H. f f l g ^ O N 'T use mongrel s t o c k '' is one ing the facts, if they choose th e ir beef
high scholarship in his college work, T. F rench, sta te lead er o f county farm
IZ of th e firs t signs encountered types accordingly.
D uring tile sum mer he will act as field and field dem onstration work. ‘ ‘ The
on en terin g th e U tility Poultry
a ssista n t to the co unty farm advisor sum provided by each county will be Show held by the P oultry D epartm ent CROP P E S T R EPO R T U SED AS TEX T
of K lam ath County.
BOOK.
duplicated by the sta te . The U nited o f the Oregon. A gricultural College
• • •
."States ep arfm en t o f A griculture will Professor Jam es D ryden th u s expressed
> H AT insect and disease pests a t­
B E E F CA TTLE NOT W ORTH FE ED Iso co-operate w ith th e counties and his estim ate of th e value of mongrel
tack th e ir crops and how to con­
the extension division o f the A gricui fowls. He has resorted to a lim ited
ON SM A LL FARM.
trol them , are learned by th e
school children of K ennew ick, W ash.,
H A T B E E F c a ttle on th e sm all tu ral College in carry in g on the demon and scientific use of cross breeding
his work oi developing a new variety, from the Oregon A gricultural College
farm will make b u t a small p rofit, stratio n w o rk .”
A num ber o f th ese counties have hut only m ongrels are d iffe re n t consid­ B iennial Crop P est R eport, w hich is
if any at all. ia the b elief of P ro ­
used as a te x t book. R equests for
fessor E. B. F itts, extension livestock celt supplied with field agents, and erations.
‘ ‘ D o n 't use im m ature sto c k ,” is the copies of the R eport were made by stn-
m an at O. A. C. It is advisable to tu rn and th e o th ers will be supplied as rap
o ff the beef earlv, since beef is pro idly as P rofessor F rench can exam ine next sign displayed a t th e show. Both len ts and teachers o f th e K ennew ick
duced more cheaply during th e first the cred en tials of ap lican ts and make size and v ariety are a ffected u n fa v o r­ school, who s ta te th a t it contains the
tw o y ears of th e a n im a l's life th an at the appointm ents. The farm ers of W al­ ably by m atin g over young chickens. most com plete, reliable and p ra ctical in­
lowa C ounty were saved from serious V itality ia an im p o rtan t fa c to r in form ation of any publication th a t they
any tim e afterw ard s.
dam age by sm ut through the work of heavy egg laying.
have found.
‘ ‘ T here is no p ro fit in feeding beef th e ir field agent, Floyd Rader. They
‘ ‘ D o n 't s ta rt too b ig ,” comes next.
The rep o rt w as w ritten by th e de­
r a ttle for the additio n al flesh th a t they
were also enabled to effe c t a large sav­ No am ount o f know ledge aud enthu p artm en ts of P lan t P a th o lo g y 'a n d E n­
p u t on. The hay th a t a beef en ts in a in g by using modern p ig houses, con
siasm can m ake up fo r lack of exper­ tomology, from inform ation collected by
day is w orth more th a n th e b eef it
stm eto d a f te r the moiled designed by ience, and
m istakes are sure to be observation and experim ents ex ten d in g
m akes. The only ad v an ta g e in feeding
Mr. R ader. D airym en iu Coos County m ade in tb e beginning. I f the begin over several years. I t contains a de­
is to give a high fin ish th a t will cum
are o r g a n i z i n g th e d airy in dustry ning is on a large scale, some o f these scription of approxim ately all p la n t
m and top prices.
under th e supervision o f C ounty A gent m istakes w ill prove very serious. T here­ diseases o f economic im portance in the
‘ ‘ The b eef anim al is not so p ro fit Sm ith, eow testin g ass R a tio n s being fore, they should be made w ith only a N orthw est, to g eth er w ith the most re­
able as the dairy cow or as pigs and generally formed. These incidents il­ few fowls.
W hen the business has liable and economical m ethods of con­
Sheep. When beef is produced, th e pro lu s tra te sum«- o f the b en efits of th e grow n th e m istakes can be avoided.
trol. I t also contains a record of the
ducers should breed nb ng beef lines. dem onstration policy.
‘ ‘ D o n t’s ” will not conduct a p ro fit­ most im portant insect pests o f th is re­
The D urham and H ereford generally
T his* policy is rap id ly grow ing in able poultry business b u t the in te lli­ gion and the most approved m easures
Stand a t th e head o f the beef breeds, fav o r and use. T here a re more th an
g en t o bservation of these th ree will of control. The pests are identified b y
b u t th e Galloway and Angus are also 2nd co u n ty ag en ts now employed in
steer th e beginner clear of some of descriptions and illu stratio n , and th e ir
good beef nmuials. ”
d iffe re n t states, some s ta te s supporting th e most disasterous, though alluring, h abits and th e n a tu re of th e in ju ry they
2d agents. The kind o f work done by m istakes.
do are clearly indicated. W ith th is re­
these ag en ts ten d s to increase th e net
port as a guide an y in tellig en t grow er
DRY FA R M IN G METHODS.
income o f th e farm and ex alt the ideals
of field, fru it or garden crops can iden­
ID E N T IF Y T H E IN SECT. T H E N
ING corn
G ¿OW
hogged
o ff. and field peas, t m of country h ie.
tify the w orst pests and apply e ffe c tiv e
A P P L Y SPRAY.
an<l grow
growing
ing a lf a lf a
control measures.
in row s fo r eed will be practiced
PRAYS should not be applied to
As th e season for sp ray in g approaches
FA CTO RIES CONGRESS TO
at th e M oro Dry F arm ing tit at ton th is
I p lan ts to rid them of insects until
E S T A B L IS H M A N U FA C TO R IES
y ear. The forme
is a new practice
it is d efin itely know n th a t th e in­ the rep o rt becomes of very g re a t in»«
follow ing the pi a adopted by l ’rofes-
sects are harm ful. The m ere fa c t th a t portance to grow ers th roughout tha
Sur iteudder, agro omist of th e Oregon
CONGRESS of M an u factu res w as th ey are present in considerable num ­ N orthw est. I ts in tellig en t use w ill re«
A g ricu ltu ral L ull ge. All th ese crops
_i held a t Oregon C ity fo r the p u r­ bers is not su fficien t w arran t fo r sp ray ­ su it in a g re a t saving of tim e, labor,
m aterial and produce. Copies m ay be
b a^ e been grow« successfully s t the
pose o f considering the question of ing. They m ay be Harmful, b u t again
M oro statio n , an th e highest yielding seatin g many new facto ries in various thev may be eitheT n eu tral or bene had free by sending requests for them
,rts o f th e' sta te . P ro m in en t m enu ficiaL I f th e y a re injurious, th ey should to
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v a rieties o f se, . developed has bee?
etu rerd an d num erous d elegates from lie com batted, b u t if they are beneficial, l t,o n ’ '
’ or' a 1S, O regon,
d istrib u te d to
o-operative farm ers
th ro u g h o u t the st
comm ercial clubs a tten d ed and discuss th ey should be encouraged, sinee it is
T urning the knob ever so little ring*
d er the diretcioii of D. E. Stephens, cd th e problem* o f production, m arket d efin itely know n th a t the re s tric tio n
su | e riu ten d en t of the statio n , who eon ing, facto ries and tra n sp o rtatio n in of the n a tu ra l enemies of harm ful in a hidden bell in a new lock for residenc*
doors.
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•n its w ith 1‘rofei lor Scudder reg ard in g Oregon.
The firs t aim o f th e con sects has done much to increase the
sta tio n work. Hi is en th u siastic over gross is to ascertain tho actual con num bers of harm ful pestsv
Southern Ttaly will have a tlS.OOO.oofl
Ms w ork aud a g reat believer io the d ibons, a fte r which it w ill u tilise the
‘ ‘ Begin the work o f control by c are­ h y d ro electric p lan t g en eratin g 150,00«
L tic s of O regon ag t.cu ltu re,
know ledge thus gained in establishing fully studying the in se c t,” says Pro- horsepower.
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