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HOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION________________________
Oregon Agricultural College is the Friend of the Farmer
Page of News Notes and Interesting Articles Specially W ritten by College Experts for This Newspaper.
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View of Oregon Agricultural College. Corvallis, Oregon, the Sole Aim o f Which Is to Aid Agriculturists.
ARM ERS and o th er pou ltry raisers ous phases of association w ork. This S ta te s th a t have produced above 900 provide specific an d detailed in stru c ­
o f Oregon who have su ffered loss plan places th e association in direct pounds of b u tte r in one year, fo u r of tion fo r conducting these contests, b u t
them , or 25 per cent are in Oregon. O f will show the teacher how to use th e
in young ehicks are asked to co­ co n tact with the e n tire stu d en t body.
• ‘O f the m em bers 225 a re members 30 th a t have produced to exceed 800 sta te adopted te x t in elem entary a g ri­
operate w ith th e d ep artm en t of b ac­
T w en ty six pounds, six cows, 20 per cent, a re O re­ culture and supplem ent it w ith sim ple
teriology, O regon A gricultural College, o f evangelical churches.
and in te re stin g experim ents both in­
in ascertain in g th e cause and methods religious m eetings were held d u rin g the gon cows. O f 105 th a t produced to
doors and outdoors. In the same w ay,
exceed
700
pounds
of
b
u
tte
r
w
ith
in
a
of control of th e disease. T hey ean as y ear w ith an av erag e a tten d an ce o f 75
y ear, 14, alm ost 14 per cent, a re O re­ the d irect and p ractical in stru ctio n in
sist them selves as well as confer a students.
‘ ‘ A n employm ent bureau of th e a s­ gon cows. W hile the five cows th a t oooking and sew ing will fu rn ish th e
fav o r on th e d epartm ent by ta k in g the
sociation
secured em ploym ent fo r 240 have produced 1000 jxrnnds or more of essentials fo r assistin g the girl pupils.
ehick as soon ns possible a fte r death,
A ny teacher who has th e ad v an tag e of
enclosing it in a w ater tig h t can, pack stu d en ts during the y ear, and the b u tte r during a y e a r 's test are outside
six w e e k s’ contact w ith expert in s tru c t­
ing it in ice and saw dust in a sm all box, am ount of money earn ed in th is em of Oregon, th is s ta te has one cow th a t
ors and p ractical dem onstrations in the
and sending it parcels post to the de- ployinent is estim ated a t $2500. S ev ­ fell b u t 7.1 ounces short of th a t num ­
w ork in w hich he is to d irect his pupils,
p u rtm en t of bacteriology, O. A. C., Cor eral men listed are m aking as much as ber.
A lthough th ere are more th a n 60 will v a stly m ultiply bis efficiency and
vallis, Oregon. Oregon is the second $6 per week a t odd jo b s o n ly .”
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breeders of pure b red Jerseys in the usefulness in his com m unity.
s ta te in th e U nion to carry on this
‘ ‘ The courses are organized to m eet
s ta te not m any of them have ever c a r­
CHEMICAL
INVESTIGATION
OF
work and G. I). H orton, who is con­
the needs of both general and special
ried
on
testing.
T
here
are
b
u
t
14
now
LIME SULPHUR SPRAY.
d u ctin g the experim ents, has had the
students. Young men and women who
H E exact chemical com position of doing advanced reg istry work, tw o h a v ­
b en efit of th ree y ears experim ental
have had no system atic in stru ctio n in
lime sulphur spray as p rep ared by ing dropped out tem porarily. This is a
work in the firs t s ta te to u n d ertak e it,
the branches ta n g h t a t th is in stitu tio n
v
ery
poor
show
ing,
and
y
et
i
t
has
labo rato ry and by com m ercial m eth ­
C onnecticut, a t S to rrs S tatio n . In in ­
will fin d elem entary courses adapted
ods is the su b ject of a report by P ro ­ proved th a t Oregon dairy conditions
v itin g co operation Mr. H orton says:
to th e ir needs. S tu d en ts and g rad u ­
“ The question o f th e loss o f young fessor H. V. T a rta r, ag ricu ltu ral chem are unequaled elsewhere.
ates of high schools w here no in d u strial
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chicks a t th is season of th e y ear is ist a t the Oregon S tatio n , in research
tra in in g is given, and others who have
A
PPLE
TREES.
one of v ita l im portance to poultry B ulletin No. 3, ju s t issued. The edi
U RING th e decade 1900-1910 th e com pleted their schooling, may spend a
men. I t has bceu estim ated th a t at tio n is lim ited to 3000 copies, beeanse
num ber of b earin g apple trees in delightful six w eeks in C orvallis a t mod­
least 10 per cent o f all th e rh iek s th a t its technical purpose and n a tu re ren
th e U nited S ta te s decreased by a era te expense, o b tain in g useful, p rac­
are lost die as a resu lt o f w hite der it o f special value only to research
to
ta
l
o f 50,471,000 o r 33.4 per cent. A t tical inform ation and a t the same tim e
d iarrhoea, a condition bro u g h t about w orkers, ag ricu ltu ral scien tists and
th e form er d a te th e re w ere reported in perhaps discover unexpected capacities,
by a specific germ or organism called science w riters.
heretofore dorm ant. O thers, who have
The purpose of th e b u lletin is to set the U nited S ta te s census 201.794,000
‘ 11 pullorum . ’ T he action of th is or­
a tra d e or profession, w an t a side line
as
ag
ain
151,323,000
in
1910.
In
1910
ganism is as follows. The m atu re hen fo rth fully th e work o f th e S tatio n on
in fr u it raising, vegetable gardening,
h av in g acquired th e germ s tran sm its th e chem istry of th e lim e-sulphur solu­ th ere were few er th an one h a lf the poultry and the like. S till others are
them through h er eggs to th e young tion. Most of the av ailab le lite ra tu re farm s in th e U nited S ta te s th a t reported interested in b e a u tify in g th e ir law ns
rh iek s. T hat is, .th e germ s a fte r gain on th e composition, p ro p erties and e f ­ th e grow ing o f apple trees. N otw ith w ith flow ers and shrubbery and p la n t­
ing entran ce into the h e n 's body lodge fects o f th is spray is founded on field sta n d in g th is show ing there has been ing and arran g in g them in th e most
them selves w ithin some o f th e ova or experim ents and general use, and com ­ considerable advancem ent in th e b u si­
a rtistic w ay. M any public school and
undeveloped eggs and la ter, when these p a ra tiv e ly little inform ation of th e e x ­ ness of comm ercial apple grow ing. A c­ college teachers a re providing old age
cording
to
P
rofessor
C.
I.
Lew
is,
head
germ laden eggs are h atched th e young act n atu re o f th e chem icals resulting
pensions by acquiring la n d .-
clucks em erging from them are infected from the m ixture has been published. of th e Oregon A gricultural College d i­
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before leaving th e shell. These chicks In th is bu leltin experim ents have been vision of h orticulture, a prim e fa c to r in
NEW
COLLEGE
BUILDINGS.
m ay live for a period o f w eeks during made w ith v ary in g ratio s of ingredients, developing the com m ercial phases of the
H
E
Home
Economies
building and
apple
industry
has
been
the
grow
th
of
w hich tim e they are a source o f danger d iffe re n t m ethods o f com bining them
th e M e n ’s G ym nasium a t th e O re­
to th e h ealth ier chicks because th eir in solution, an d th e effect o f adding A m erican cities and th e tendency to
gon A gricultural College are now
droppings co n tain th e dead ly germs substances o th er th an lime, sulphur and change from apples in th - form of cider,
w hich the h ealth ier chicks m ay pick up. w ater. The solutions w ere th en tested apple b u tter, etc., to a larger use of en tirely enclosed and well along in the
The th e fresh fru it, e a tin g it in th e form in terio r work. The form er is th e m ost
C om plete isolation o f th e infected for th e ir chemical eomi>onent>.
chicks and th e free use o f sour milk actu al com position o f several eominer o f pies, sauces, etc. B e tte r tra n sp o rts com plete and commodious stru c tu re of
w ill lessen, in a largo m easure, the r i a l p rep aratio n s o f lime sulphur are tion facilities an d re frig e ra to r cars the kind on the Coast, and w ill m ake a
given in ta b u la r form , to g eth er w ith have had an im p o rta n t influence net splendid home fo r teach in g th e young
m o rtality .
'• I n order to determ ine accurately calculated ra tio s of lime to sulphur in only on the apple b u t on all our fru its. women o f O regon bow to m ake and keep
T here have been w aves or epochs in th e ir own homes. The gym nasium is
w h eth er or not th e loss o f th e ehicks prep aratio n .
The ad v an tag es o f securing the in ­ th e apple industry such as th e in tro likew ise a n imposing stru ctu re, well de­
Is due to th e presence of th e w hite
d iarrh o ea germ s and
th ereb y
gain form ation developed by th e experi duction of tillage as an orchard prac signed to a ffo rd the b est m odern facili­
inrae idea as to th e condition of the m eats and te s ts are evident. In field tiee, spraying fo r th e control of iaseets ties for th e physical in stru ctio n of men.
h e a lth o f th e p aren t stock, th e b acte r­ work lime, sulphur and w ater, and oe uud disease pests, th e use o f cover The fine appearance o f both buildings
iological dep artm en t will m ake an ex rasio n ally o th er ingredients, were pour crops, orchard h eatin g to p ro tect the excites the adm iration of visitors to th e
am ination, free, of th e dead chicks ed to g eth er and sprayed o v er v e g eta­ fru it from la te fronts and im proved campus.
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provided tbo chicks are sent d irect to tio n , o ften in th e b elief th a t merely methods of selling a n d d istrib u tin g . In
AD
CLUB
MAKES
PRESENT.
view
o
f
all
these
advancem
ents
the
ap
lim
e,
salp
h
u
r
w
ater
and
th
e
o
th
er
sub
th e d epartm ent o f bacteriology .just as
soon as they die. O ur aim is to con­ stances, w ere th e only th in g s applied pie in d u stry is becom ing g re a te r and |N T O K E N of th e ir appreciation of
tro l and ev en tu ally w ipe out th is u n ­ to it. Some persons knew th a t there th e U nited S tates and Canada are the | th eir e n tertain m en t by the dom estie
seienee girls of th e Oregon A gricul­
necessary evil in th is state. Co opera were new compounds form ed, b u t few. p rin cip al comm ercial apple district».
The g reat needs of the industry are tu ral College, m em bers o f th e P o rt­
tio n upon th e p a rt of th e pou ltry train­ if any, knew precisely w hat th e y were.
er» is not only desired b u t necessary E ffe c ts were studied, but when unsutis th e stan d ard iz atio n o f erates and pack land Ad Club gave them a present of
fo r the success of th is u n d ertak in g facto ry th e reasons were not clear. At ages, b e tte r org an isatio n and the eetab cash to be used in the purchase of a
The associated
F u rth e r in form ation may be obtained least some of the unknow n fa c ts have bailm ent of a b ureau o f s ta tistic s by suitable testim onial.
by addressing th e dep artm en t of b acter been bro u g h t out in th is rep o rt, and m eans of which we can keep inform ed women stu d en ts m et and decided to
iology, Oregon A gricultural College, th ey will be of g re a t value to those o f th e approxim ate size and q u a lity of buy a handsome coffee urn and a cop­
tra in e d to u n d erstan d them , especially th e crop. I t is only by producing high per te a pot. The artic le s will be en­
C orvallis, O regon.”
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to those engaged in th e
ommercial class fr u it for fresh use and by devel­ graved anil placed in th e model dining
oping factories to convert the in ferio r room of the new
Home
Eeonomica
STUDENT Y. M. C. A. HAS RECORD m an u factu re o f lime sulphur sprays.
g rad es into valuable by products th a t building, where th ey w ill be put into
B
ecause
o
f
th
e
tech
n
ical
n
a
tu
re
of
OF ACHIEVEMENT.
th e bu lletin it» circulation will bp eon the industry can be placed upon a general use.
H E A gricultural College Y. M. C. A.
fined to those specially in terested , to perm anently safe and prosperous foun
now num bers 343 stu d en ts and ia
Only One H e K new .
the public press and to lib raries. Those dation.
rap id ly becoming one of the prin
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Can you give me an exam ple of a
en title d to one or more copies m ay sc
eipal featu res o f stu d en t life a t the
m am m alian
eure them by w ritin g to th e Experi O. A. C. TO GIVE AID TO OREGON toothless anim al of th e
College. “ The old sp irit o f antagon
TEACHERS
g ro u p l asked a teac h er of a small boy
m ent S tatio n , C orvallis, Oregon.
ism has boon largely elim in a te d ,” says
O ATP Oregon teac h er* * in equipping in th e class e f zoology.
th e p resident, J . W. Beuddcr, ‘ ‘ and OREGON DAIRY RECORDS PROPOR
‘ ‘ Yes, s ir ,” said th e boy. prom ptly.
them selves to respond adequately to
frien d sh ip has been established between
TION ALLY H14»H.
“ My gTandmal ”
th e dem and fo r more effic ie n t
th e stu d en t body and .he association.
H E suprem acy o f O regon as a dairy teach ing in in d u strial subjeets w ill be
••E v e ry th in g possible has been done
sta te has freq u en tly been asserted th e principal fe atu re o f the sum m er ses
to aid th e stu d en ts, especially new stu
b y th e d airy d ep artm en t o f the sion of the O regon A gricultural Col
d eu ts coming as stran g ers to th e Col
lege. S ta te wide in te re st in garden and
lege. T en ts w ere erected a t th e rail A grieultural College and is rap id ly be
New and second h and Sacks of all
w ay statio n s and th e stu d en ts were met ing v erified by te sts end records made household contests o f public school
kinds. B op Cloth. B urlap and Twine.
pupils
as
shown
by
the
fa
c
t
th
a
t
more
in
ecTtain
p
a
rts
of
th
e
state.
The
num
­
on th e ir a rriv a l by rep resen tativ es of
Backs c f all kinds m anufactured. We
the association who fu rnished them in ber o f cows of any breed in Oregon ia th an 19,000 are registered in th e in
«hip anyw here and buy everywhere^
form atio n as to homes, prices, and other relativ ely sm all in com parison w ith the d u strial courses shows the absolute ne­
cessity for teacher» to equip them selves ¡Country orders so ln .te d .
num
ber
in
th
e
U
n
ited
S
tates,
y
et
the
p o in ts o f in terest. An e arn est e ffo rt
in this
w as made to m ake th e stra n g e r feel at ! num ber o f cows in th e Je rse y breed w ith additional inform ation
homo and induce a fet ing of good fel th a t have made notew orthy reeords is work. The sum m er school B ulletin No.
Oldest, la r g e s t Second Hand Bag
a very large percentage of th e number 146. make» the follow ing announcem ent
lowship.
Dealers in Northwest.
covering
the
c
h
a
ra
c
te
r
o
f
the
w
ork.
in
th
e
whole
country.
• ‘T here are 110 d iffe re n t men serv
1173 Froat St.
Portland, C m
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•The
summer
eourets
will
not
only
Of 16 Jersey cows in the United
lug as m em bers of eom m ittecs on v a n
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S A C K S
WINKLEMAN BAG CO.
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