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View o t Oregon Agricultural College. Corvallis, Oregon, the Bole Ala» of Which la to Aid Agriculturists.
ers and horsemen to come under th e
provision of th e law , and th e a d v a n
tag es of doing so w ill be made as plain
as possible to them . F arm ers w ill be
encouraged to breed th e ir v ery best
mares to th e best sires av ailab le, p re f
erence being generally given to the
pure bred.
“ Most farm ers have tw o or more
m ares as a general rule th a t a re pecu
liarly adapted to breeding purposes th a t
if bred to acceptable sires w ill produce
colts for tho ow ners th a t will m aterially
raise th e stan d ard o f farm h o rses,”
says P rofessor K enedy, “ and we shall
do w hat wo can to show them th e a d
v an tag es o f th is p ra c tic e .”
FAKE CHOLERA REMEDIES.
Professor Carl N. Kenedy. Newly
Appointed Specialist in Horses,
at Oregon Agricultural College
and Secretary Oregon State
Stallion Registration
Board.
ROFESSOR CARL N. K EN E D Y ,
o f the A nim al H usbandry d ep art
m ent of
th e T exas A gricultural
Onl’ege, has received th e ap pointm ent
as special in stru cto r in th e branch of
Animal H usbandry work th a t relates to
horses, in th e Oregon A g ricu ltu ral Col
lege. He was g rad u ated from th e Iowa
S ta te College a t Ames in 1912, having
m ajored in anim al husbandry and spe
cialized in the branch of breeding, care
and m anagem ent of horses. He was an
a ssistan t instru cto r for p a rt o f th e col
lege course and did p ractical work in
feed in g and fittin g horses fo r th e show.
A t the Texas school he was in charge
of fhe work connected w ith horses, cat
tie and sheep. In th is cap acity tie was
assista n t coach of th e stock ju d g in g
college team s, and had th e very g reat
satisfactio n of seeing his team w in the
firs t honors in stock ju d g in g a t th e in
te rn a tio n a l Stock Show .11 Chicago.
T his was the first tim e th a t firs t place
had gone to a S outhern team , winch
g enerally has lim ited equipm ent and
m aterial in comparison w ith th e larger
in stitu tio n s o f the g re a t corn belt.
One of the duties to be perform ed by
P rofessor K enedy in th e O regon in s ti
tu tio n is actin g as secretary to the
S ta te
Stallion
R eg istratio n
Board.
These duties, which will bring him into
d o se touch w ith th e leading horse
raisers of th s state, will be perform ed
on lines sim ilar to those followed by
P rofessor E. L. P o tter, head o f the de
p art men t of Animal H usbandry, the
p resen t secretary.
Ilia duties include inspection and
reg istratio n of all stallions o ffered for
p ublic service.
In addition to these
fe a tu re s he will lay speeial em phasis
on th e enforcem ent of the law in all
o f its [«h.'ises. The law was designed to
b e n e fit stockmen by im proving the
breed o f horse in Oregon, and will do
so if universally followed. No one has
a rig h t to o ffer th e services of a stal
lion to the public fo r hire w ithout h av
ing him inspected and registered. There
are th ree divisions of stallions and the
reg istratio n taw includes them all in its
provisions. Pure breds, eligible to spe
rial reg istry , grades, vbose sire or dam
w ere pure bn-d, and m ongrels, are alike
Subject to th e provisions of the law.
The educational value of reg istratio n
will likewise receive special atten tio n
d u rin g the ceming year. An earnest a t
tem p t will be made to encourage farm
P
easily w ith in th eir reach and may be
had by sim ply w riting for a copy of
the B iennial Crop P e st R eport, issued
by th e O regon S tation. A condensed
edition of th is report nas also been is
sued by th e Extension division o f the
A g ricultural College and may be ob
tain ed by w riting fo r “ Insect P ests of
T ruck and G arden C rops,” to E x te n
sion D ivision, O. A. C., Corvallis.
“ In my work as school ag ricultur
ist, ” says a mem ber of the Extension
force, “ I w as able by m eans of the
B iennial R eport to id e n tify and con
trol every insect and disease pest th a t
atta c k e d our school gardens and the
homo gardens. D escriptions are p la in
ly w ritte n and the various stages of the
insects accurately shown b y photo
graphs. M any of these view s are
p rin ted in the n atu ral colors of the
pests, and by reading the descriptions
and stu d y in g the pictures any farm er in
Oregon can soon learn ju s t w hat pest is
a tta c k in g his crops.
“ B oth disease and insect rem edies
are g iyen *n connection w ith the story
of th e pests, so th a t control becomes
merely a m a tte r of m aking application
according to directions. I found it best
to ta k e up th e study of »one pest a t a
tim e, unless too hard pressed. By de
vo tin g a few m inutes each day fo r a
few days to reading about it and com
paring it w ith the illustrations, 1 never
failed to learn its id e n tity and life
history. Control m easures followed as
a m a tte r o f course.
“ Id e n tific a tio n o f one or more pests
is an excellent exercise fo r parent-
teachers m eetings, school rallies and
sim ilar g atherings in w hich live teach
ers m eet tne school p a tro n s .”
struetion in detail, m ethods of fillin g ,
kinds of feed fo r silage an d purpose
and methods of feeding are some of tho
more im p o rtan t featu res fu lly tre a te d
in th is bulletin. A p a rtic u la rly in te r
estin g fe a tu re is the ch ap te r on chem i
cal changes in silage. F o rty -fo u r pages
o f d escriptive and illu s tra tiv e m a tte r
make up the bulletin. I t will be an in
valuable guide to dairym en and farm
ers who w ish to construct and use silos.
Those w ishing copies may secure them
upon ap p licatio n to the E xtension Dis
vision, O. A. C., C orvallis, Oregon.
CONTROLLING CHICKENWEED.
L E A N cu ltiv atio n on cu ltiv a te d
areas is recom m ended by th e
A gronom y D epartm ent of th e
A gricultural College as b eing one o f
the best m eans of g e ttin g rid of th e
troublesom e little ehickw eed. T his wood
p est loves gard en s and dooryards and
has the h a b it of flow ering a t all sea
sons of th e y ear except in fro sty w ea
ther. The seed coat is heavy enough to
carry th e seed safely from one season
to another, so th a t one hardly know»
when he has erad icated the weed.
I f th e la s t cu ltiv atio n of th e season
is ra th e r shallow , so th a t ungerm inated
seeds are not brought n ear enough th e
surface to germ inate, the p la n t can b®
gradually exterm inated.
In sowed crops the ehickw eed w ill
probably be p re tty well starv ed and i f
the stubble is disked a fte r h arv est thn
num ber of weeds will be g re a tly re
duced. On laud thickly sown to clover
and grasses the chiekw eed is o ften
starv ed out. Since it is a lover o f
w ater, drainage w ill help eheck it»
grow th.
On lawns, w here c u ltiv atio n cannot b»
practiced, th e best m eans o f eradica
tion is spraying w ith a solution of iron
sulphate spray, mixed in th e ratio o f
one pound o f iron sulphate to slig h tly
over a half gallon o f w ater. I t is ad
visable to apply th e firs t spray as soon
as the ehickw eed appears and mak«
from one to four succeeding a p p lica
tions.
C
CO raisers o f O regon need to be
on th e a le rt to p rev en t th e in tro
duction and spread o f the hog chol
era into th eir p arts of th e state. Since
th e disease is due to a germ of m icro
scopic size it n atu rally follows th a t it
can be com m unicated to well hogs only
by p erm ittin g tho germ to be carried to
them . A know ledge of the d iffe re n t
methods of carry in g th e germ from in
fected to well hogs is essential to p re
vention.
Some o f th ese m ethods of
Bpread are given by Dr. B. T. Simms,
v ete rn a ria n a t the A g ricu ltu ral College,
as follows:
1. — By d irect co n tac t w ith hogs suf
ferin g from cholera.
2. — By carriers, th a t is, hogs th a t
have recovered from cholera b u t still
pass germ s w ith th e ir droppings.
3. — By hum ans th a t have come in to
co n tac t w ith infected hogs or p rem
ises.
4. —B y dogs, coyotes, buzzards and
oth er carrion eatin g anim als th a t have
EMBLEMS FOR STUDENTS.
fed on th e carcasses of infected hogs.
M BLEM S fo r girls and boys who
5. — B y stock cars, stock yards, etc.,
are m em bers o f in d u strial clubs in
in w hich have been placed infeeted
Oregon Lave been selected in con
hogs.
form ity w ith P resid en t W ilson’s saying
6. —B y infected w ater.
7. — By slops, swill and garbage th a t th a t achievem ent is th e only p a te n t of
have been in fected w ith bacon rinds n obility in m odern tim es. “ A chieve
or ham bones from hogs th a t had been ment in S ta te , H om e an d S chool” is
stam ped on each o f th e fiv e designs of
afflic te d w ith cholera a t slaughter.
th e series, and conveys the leading sen
Germs w ill o rd in arily die ont in fonr
tim
en t of the emblem. A elover leaf
m onths in lo t conditions, b n t a re so
w ith the le tte r H in tho centeT, sug
re sista n t th a t th ey survive th e usual
gests grow th and developm ent, while a
curing and packing process as carried
Education— I
stu d en t lam p nnd an open book point
on in th e b ig packing houses. A fter
(T sdoati-d from
th
e
way.
These
are
all
featu
res
of
the
th ey have once found lodgm ent in the
8-iuthorn U lia *
hog th ere is no rem edy known b u t bog sim plest design, w hich is intended
e is B u te Nor
m
erely
as
a
badge
of
m
em
bership
and
a
cholera serum. G rowers should th e re
mal. 1901; Uni
fore ta k e every precaution to see th a t rem inder o f duty.
versity of IHi«-
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ext
th
ree
designs
in
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series
germ a do n o t e n te r th eir herds by any
sis. 1907; Uni
are sim ilar to the first, w ith the a d d i
o t th e foregoing means.
versity of Ore.
tion of an o th er clover le a r and another
S c h o o l,
H on each higher emblem. These d e
OREGON WRITERS PROLIFIC.
1912.
signs are used to m ark advancem ent in
> ^ R E O O N has produced more lit- any project, and correspond to fourth,
Experience —-
Taught 6 years
e ra t tiro in h er f if ty y ears as a th ird and second prizes, respectively.
u n lr j
s ta te th a n th e T h irteen O rig
In th e la s t design of th e series a ris
6 year»
inal Colonies have produced during ing sun displaces the stu d en t lamp, a
principal and
as
■nprrinfend-
th e ir one hundred and fifty years of large s ta r fills np th e center, and the
ent, 7 years in
ex iste n c e ,” says P rofessor J . B. n o r four leaved elover lies enclosed. This
Progressive
la r g e
h ig h
ner. professor of H isto ry a t th e Agricul design m arks the highest degree of
Nominee
schools; n o -s
tu ral College, in his illu strated lecture achievem ent in any one project, and
State Superintendent
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on th e lite ra tu re of Oregon and the corresponds to the firs t prize.
of
School»
S c h o o l . For*
men who produced it. P rofessor Hor
Each emblem in th e scrips is designed
ner speaks from firs t hand knowledge, to show a t a glance th e mem bership of
Principle»— I ft t o t lo a fer tunni for conn-
since he had an in tim ate personal a c th e w earer in some in d u strial club and try srhiinlfi, consolidation w here practical»
better
teachers, tear hern promoted for m erit
q u ain tan ce w ith m any o f tho s t a t e ’s th e degree of his advancem ent in one
only, practical coareea. S ta te 's m oney m ors
g reat authors. In p ro o f of his claim he or more projects. The en tire effect sig econom ically expended.
d elin eates th e w ritin g s o f Joaquin Mil nifies the correlation of school, borne,
lei, Edwin M arkham , Colonel Baker. farm , shop and business, and by its j
Ella M H iggins’” '. 8 “ ® D. Simpson and silent suggestion festers the same.
o th er authors of note, whose prolific
The selection, w hich was made by F.
New and second hand S acks o f all
w r it i n g s run into many volumes.
L. G riffin state ag en t of in d u strial
kinds.
Hop Cloth, B urlap and Twineu
clubs, has been ratifie d by superinten
Hacks of all kinds m anufactured. We
INSECT ENEMIES.
denta and o th er co operating officers.
ship anyw here and buy everywhere^
REGON farm ers must learn to know
C ountry order« solicited.
th e ir insect enem ies b efo re they
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can com bat them so successfully as
ONSTRUCTION o f silos and silage
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to stop th e enormous leak due to th eir _ 1 feeding are the subjects of a new
ravages. The inform ation and m aterial
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E xtension bulletin issued by the
th a t will enable them to id e n tify the Oregon A gricultural College. The kinds
D alers io Northwest.
most common and destru ctiv e pests are and capacities of silos, methods of con-1 173 Front St.
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