H O M E ANT) FARM M AGAZINE SECTTOM
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.
▼
View of Or«gon A gricultural College
C orvallis, Oregon, th e Sole Aim o f W hich I« to Aid A griculturists.
’DAY the young man seeking a and the Coast country, is the conclu
higher education «an pick out Sion reached by P rofessor H. D. Scud-
hig life career and th e college der, agronom ist a t the Oregon Agri
tra in in g to f i t him fur i t , ” says P ro cultural College. The reason for th is
fessor Edwin T. Reed in th e b eau tifu l is th a t t h e p la n t th riv es best only in
w ith
a lfa lfa
bacteria,
Oregon A g ricu ltu ral College booklet a s s o c ia tio n
“ The Life C a re e r,” which is ju s t o ff which are especially sensitive to acid
conditions aud do not ex ist in s u f fi
th e pres».
The volume describes in d etail the cient num bers in soils th a t are acid.
value of piir|siseful vocational train in g W ith an occasional applicatio n of lime
and tells how it is provided in large stone to properly d rained soils a lfa lfa
m easure a t th e c o lle g e .
The booklet m akes a very satisfa c to ry grow th on
contains 96 prtgi s, profusely illu strated soils where it uow e ith er fa ils en tirely
and is chock full ol illum inating fuels o r d o e s not thriv e.
“ Clover and even vetch do not suc
,» n the relation of Well directed college
work to well d irected life work. Any ceed well on soils ia these divisions
oue who is in terested mid will tak e til" of the sta te when sown on virgin
tim e tu read th e book through cure h i n d , '' says Professor Seudder. “ While
fully nut! exam ine the illu stratio n s will \ rli li. iil-tli e ;ii:il r e d clover, field peas
ha-, e ail excellent idea of the q uality and beans grow fa irly well on the
and ex ten t >.f work done in ag ricu ltu ral older soils o f regions th a t have be
schools. C oncerning the career of the come self inoculated, th e ir yield would
young mau P rofessor Heed proceeds as be g reatly increased by m aking the
follows:
soils less acid.
“ The heavy rain falls o f these sec
“ li e can choose, fo r instance, to
work in the national forest, building tions and th e lack o f freezing w eath
trails and m arking boundaries, provid cr in w inter are n atu ral causes of th is
ing fireb reak s, p lan tin g seeds for pro lime deficiency. Lime is readily solu-
p a g .tin g new or d iffe re n t species of able iu w ater and easily leached out
trees and g rassis, and pro jectin g plans d f the soil. S u fficien t tria ls have been
for the most [lerm anently p ro fitab le made to show th e v aluable e ffects of
method o f handling th e tim b er; and retu rn in g a supply of lim e for th a t
he can find th e le r vices iu a School of which w as leached out an d lost by
n atu ral causes. T his lim ing o f th e soils
Forestry.
“'l i e may aim to en ter business, or will not only increase production of
follow the ex actin g but polished duties the legumes, but it will be of the
of a p riv ate secretary , and lie will find g re a te st im portance in general crop
th e specific tra in in g for th e technical production, since th ere can be no p er
duties o f these vocations, as well as m anent soil fe rtility w ith o u t some of
much helpful in stru ctio n in the larg th e legum es.”
• • •
est problems o f the work, ia the v a ri
Boys F o r Camp school.
ous eoursi s of a school of commerce.
ULTNOM AH COUNTY has ar
“ Ilo map aspire to tie an «Xpert ma
ranged to send tw o boys, who
ehinist, handling in tricate ami precise
m ay win firs t p riv es in indus
task s of a w orker in iron and steel, a
m aker of m assive in stru m en ts as deli tria l projects, to th e sehool and camp
«ate in ojw ratiun as the poised mag conducted by the S ta te D epartm ent
m lie needle, and he will find in me and th e S ta te A gricultural College a t
th an al engineering exactly th e tra in the S ta te F a ir in Salem n ex t fail. By
th e term s o f m em bership th e school
ing he desire*.
“ lie may w ant to be « h orticultural will be m ade up of tw o boys from
•x p rt, to aid in the developm ent of each county, and these M ultnom ah
Bonn* potential Eden; to p rotect the boys are th e first reported fo r m em
by
S u p erin ten d en t J .
A.
fru it w ealth of an ab u n d an t common b ership
weulrli from the r roads (if disease and ( hurchill.
• • •
th e ravages o f insect p ests; or to en-
Cane or B eet Sagar.
gage iu the m ysteries of p ropagating
E E T SUGAR is ju s t as v aluable in
new and wondrous fru its, and he will
p u ttin g up jells, jam s sn d other
find in the school of ag ried ltu re the
fr u it products as cane sugar,
extended h o rticu ltu ral tra in in g th a t he
according to th e a g ricu ltu ral chem ists
need •.
• ’ lie may choose to rear Tine horses, a t th e O regon S tation. “ T heir com
sheep, or d airy c a ttle or learn th e var position and action a re id e n tic a l,' ' says
•ed and responsible duties of farm 1'rofessor H . -V. T a rta r, “ an d we have
m anagem ent, and he will find in the found th a t th e tw o sugars may be
course« anim al husbandry, dairy bus used in terc h a n g e a b ly .” I f th is in fer
b andrv, and agronom y Such train in g ■nation reaches fa n n e rs and fruitm en
as will g n e him both confidence and q u ite gen erally it will enable them to
go ahead w ith th e ir canning and p re
enthusiasm for such a life career.
“ He may wish 10 be a v eterin arian , serving in those d istric ts in which
p racticin g th e a rts o f m edicine and e ith e r tho one or the o th er kind of
surgery th a t save th e lives of thou sugar is not av ailab le or is quoted at
sands of the dum b friends o f huinam tv, a h igher price. • • •
and he will find in th e rourses in
G irls Take A griculture.
v eterin ary s< irnce both the theory and
N th is y e a r ’s g rad u atin g class at
th e practice to fit him fo r th is humane
th e Oregon A g ricu ltu ral College
service.
tw o women received degrees in
• ’ He may have had an in sig h t into ag ricu ltu re. These, th e firs t women to
th e clay in d u stries, and desire such
be g ra d u a te d in ag ricu ltu re ia th e
aeietitifie in stru ctio n as w ill enable
h isto ry of th e college, are Miss K ate
him to eagage in {lottery m aking or to F a d in g , of P o rtlan d , and Miss Clara
eenduct a tile facto ry , and ia th e cer Nixon, o f T rum ansburg, N. Y. Miss
amie» courses o f Uiu school of mines F ad in g received her degree ia general
he will be g iven the in stru ctio n he ag ricu ltu re, and Miss Nixon, who came
require*.
her« from Cornell U n iv ersity , com
“ A nd th u s through a score or m ere pleted her course in p o u ltry husbandry,
• f useful vocations, as th ey are pre (h irin g her college work Miss Nixon
• ra te d in a progressive laud g ran t w rote a p o u ltry bu lletin on “ Feeding
C ollege,”
Young C h ick en s.”
• • •
a a •
A lfa lfa B elt E xtended By Lulling
¡C ontrol M easures for B lack Spot of
Sour Soils.
Roses.
'N S ID F .R \B I.E concent is felt
H A T th e field of grow ing a lfa lfa
am ong r se fan ciers regarding
on an ex ten siv e seals we uld be
some o f th e fungous p ests th a t
extended by applying lime to the
M id soils of the W iU aiu ell« Valley a tta c h ihvtr fa v o n to ornam ental, ac
||
M
B
I
T
I
cording to inquiries received by the num ber, addressed 6014 m eetings and
P lan t Pathology d epartm ent of the organized 757 co operative bodies. T hey
Oregon A gricultural College.
Chief jirejiared and published 376 em ergency
am ong th e disease« is th a t commonly circulars, 1174 tim ely articles for th o
called “ black spot, ’ a trouble a ff e c t press, aud w rote 67,033 personal let
in g th e foliage and well characterized ters to fa n n e rs ou local problem s.
More th an 300,000 acres of field crops
b y th e name.
Rcconim eudationa fo r control are were grow n under their direction.
“ The agents supervised the p lan tin g
(1 ), to g a th e r and burn all leaves
th a t have the spot, w hether dead or and cu ltu re of thousands of acres of
still on the bush. T his should be done orchards, and gave spraying directions
som etim e betw een late fall and the for m any kinds of trees. They organi
tim e new grow th sta rts in th e spring. zed alm ost 3,000 farm s, and m ade
T his alone is not su fficien t so it will w orking plans aud crop rotation sys
be necessary (2 ), to use some good tem s fo r alm ost as many more. T hey
fungicide as a spray, applications to were directly responsible fo r th e build
be made a t in terv als of about ten days ing of 1,804 silos and the im prove
or so th a t new foliage is kep t covered, m ent of many homes. They assisted in
eom m eucing as soon as the disease th e purchase of 719 registered sires
can be detected on the older leaves. and tested 16,027 cows fo r production.
W here only a few p lan ts are to be They were instrum ental in the vacci
tre a te d potassium perm anganate made nation of 105,806 hogs fo r cholera, in
b y dissolving cry stals in cold w ater m any eases m aking the vaccination
and d ilu tin g u n til a pale rose red solu them selves.
tion is secured, may be used. Since
“ The system is new in Oregon lint
th is is ra th e r expensive to use on a already w ork of the g reatest value
comm ercial scale a eopper spray may to farm ers has been accomplished b y
be su b stitu ted . Bordeaux m ixture has the agents now in the fie ld .”
th e d isadvantage of leaving a deposit;
• • •
th e follow ing amm onieal solution of
IN
SECTA
RY
A T HOOD R IV ER .
.copper carbonate is recom m ended:
N
IN
SECTA
RY fo r the study o f
W ater, 15 gallons; carbonate o f cop
local insect pests will be estab
per, 2 ounces; stro n g amm onia, 1 pint.
lished a t Hood R iver by V. I .
M ake a th in paste o f th e copper
carb o n ate in a little w ater, th en slow S afro, assistan t professor o f entom
ly add am m onia u n til a deep blue solu ology a t the Oregon A gricultural Col«
tio n is obtained. This should not be lege, who is stationed a t Hood R iv er
come clouded when d ilu ted w ith the for the Bummer. The purpose of th a
in sectary is to secure ex act in fo n u a-
w ater.
. . .
tion on the life history of insects th a t
Sections Represented in Graduating arc pests in th a t d istrict so th a t orch-
ard ists m ay see and study them in
Class.
R A D U A TES of th is y e a r ’s class th e ir various stages, and to learn as
a t th e A gricultural College rep nearly as possible th e tim e a t w hich
resented 21 d iffe re n t counties in the d iffe re n t stages in th e ir develop
O regon w ith a to ta l of 127 students. m ent is reached so th a t control m eas
N ext to B enton County, w hich f u r ures can be applied m ost efficien tly .
nished the larg est num ber, comes M ult I t is expected th a t the inform ation de
nomah w ith 20 representatives. M arion veloped in th is research work will be
C ounty is n ex t w ith 11. Then come of g re a t use in id en tify in g and con
C lackam as, L inn and U m atilla w ith 6 trolling the local insect enemies.
• • •
each ; llood R iver, U nion and Y am
hill w ith four each ; Douglas, Jackson
SUMMER SCHOOL FOR YOU.
and W ashington w ith 3 each ; Lake,
H E summer school session a t the O re
Lane, I ’olk, W allowa and W asco w ith
gon A gricultural College is designed
2 each, and C latsop, H arney and L in
to help the people of Oregon in pre
coln w ith 1 each.
T here were also represented 11 states paring them selves to do b e tte r and m ore
o th er th a n O regon w ith a to ta l of 38 satisfa c to ry work and to do it m ore
students. C alifo rn ia led w ith 20, fol economically. For this reason all stu
lowed by W ashington w ith 7. New dents who believe th a t they can p ro fit
York and Idaho w ere each represent by tho instruction offered will be ad«
ed by tw o students, and D elaw are, I n m itted w ithout exam ination or request
dian a, Iow a,
K entucky,
M assaehu fo r credentials. “ I t is presum ed t h a t
setts, M ississippi aud Texas had oue all who apply for admission have a
serious purpose and aro of good m oral
rep resen tativ e each.
T here were 'b u t tw o graduates who c h a ra c te r” , says P rofessor E. D. Ress-
arc residents o f foreign countries, and ler, director of th e Sum m er SehooL .
these both came from our neighboring “ College credits w ill be g ran ted w hen
requested, to the ex ten t to w hith the
sta te , Canada.
*
work accomplished is equivalent to th «
• • •
W ork of C ounty A gents B rings Good ( indards demanded in the regular school
year. The regular college reg istratio n
Results.
C t
OOD results o f the w ork of fee of $5 is tho only tu itio n charged.
county dem onstration agents Those atten d in g f e - e r th an six w ick»
are beginning to a p p e a r,” said Will be charged <! per week. This on®
Professor H. T, French, sta te leader fee adm its students to as m any eonr««®
of farm dem onstration a t tho Oregon as they can p ro fitab ly a tte n d d u rin g
A gricultural College. “ W hile it is the en tire session. ”
impossible to m easure the value of
th e ir most valuable accom plishm ents
Fd inhnrxh. R rd is n il la s t re a r sant llM
in dollars a n d cents, reports of 156 U n ited S tate* * 19,4 18 worth of gin*.
ag en ts in tho sta te s of tho northern
ar.d w estern p a rts of the U nited S tates
show the value to farm ers to be more
th an one and one ten th m illions of
New and second hand Sack» of all
dollars. The w ork th ey did in organ
¡ratio n, ce operation. m ain tain in g soil kind* H op Cloth, B urlap and Twin«.
fe rtility , im proving livestock herds and Sacks of all kinds m anufactured. W«
educational work is an in vestm ent for •: p anyw here and buy everywhere^
fu tu re benefit« the value o f which C ountry orders solicited.
tim e only will show.
“ D uring th e p a rt of th e y ear 1913
in which th ey carried on th e ir work
Oldest, L argest Second-H and B .g
these ag en ts visited 40,683 farm ers on
D ealers in N orthw est.
th e ir own farm s, co-operated in a g ri
cu ltu ral betterm ent w ith one h alf th a t 171 Front St.
Portland, Cr»t
*
A
G
T
S A C K S
W1NKLEMAN BAG CO.
A