Oregon Agricultural College is the Friend of the Farmer
Page of News N ote, and Interesting A rticle. Specially W ritten by College E n p e rt. f o r This Newspaper.
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View of Oregon Agricultural Colieye
CorvaUis. Oregon, the Bole Aún of Which 1» to Aid Agriculturist«.
N. K ennedy, specialist in horses a t the
Courso in Home Making Open to House of how bad the w eather is or how busy Oregon A gricultural College. The first
men
and
team
s
are
at
field
work.
keepers.
o f these is to breed all m ares to sound,
purebred stallions of desirable type. The
1VEKV Oregon woman who wishes to
Manual Training Work for Women
second is to select sires fo r more size
i know how to keep her home most
Teachers.
su itab ly and economically may h a \e
MANUAL TRAINING course, the in th e cults.
the opportu n ity of learning to do so by
availing lu rse lf of the new O. A. C. vo
cational course in home m aking to be
opened S eptem ber 22. In struction and
train in g in th is course : re designed to
aid the practical houskeeper in buying
most econom ically the fam ily supplies
and in using them most p ro fitab ly .
They also teach her how to care for lit
th* children aixl to look a fte r her own
health.
Indeed, the purpose o f the
courso is to teach her how to accom
plish the most possible w ith a given
ex p en d itu re of time and labor. It was
designed to meet the needs of women
who wish to become expert home mak
•r<
This home m aking course is th c r
oughlv practical. It includes plain and
elab o rate cooking, dressm aking, m ar
keting, household furnishing and deco
ratio n , hygiene, care o f th e sicck, and
all those various subjects in which
every m anager o f a home feels her
nee<l of special knowledge.
The work o f the course is completed
in one y ear. It is open to all women
who have su fficien t age and common
school education to p ro fit by it. In
general women of 18 y ears of age or
over who have an eighth grade d.
plomu will be adm itted to the course
upon application. Those of m aturer
y ears who have not the diplom a may
be admitt«sl upon recom m endation of
th e Dean of the School, to whom ere
d en tials should be presented.
The w ives and housekeepers who ex
pect to e n te r this course should w rite
th»» College reg istrar concerning home
accom m odations for the school year. It
is also advisable for them to w rite to
Dean H e n rie tta W. C alvin so th a t am
pie prep aratio n may be made fo r the
work.
Twelve Good Reasons for Feeding
Ensilage.
ODERN dairy farm s are not com
I pletely equipped unless they have
silos, according to P rofessor R. H.
Graves, head of the 0 . A. C. D airy de
p artm eut. Tw elve reasons why this is
so are as follows;
1. E very ratio n needs some succu
len t feed.
2, Corn silage is probably the cheap
ext succulent feed th at can be had.
3. An acre of com can be placed
in the silo a t less cost th an th a t of
h arv estin g an acre of roots or kale.
4. A ton of corn silag e c o n ta in s m ore
food n u trie n t than a ton of roots or
M
kale.
a '; Jiret
,' y ear of which is adapt-ed to
women as well as men stu d en ts, is
advocated by P rofessor Frank H.
Shepherd, who has been recen tly added
to th e Industrial A rts facu lty a t the
Oregon A grieultnral College.
This
course should be arranged w ith a view
to f it teachers for in d u strial work in
rural schools. Mr. ¡Shepherd claim s th a t
there is a heavy dem and for women
teachers of domestic science who can at
the same tim e conduct th e work in
maniinl train in g , anil th a t th e course
should be arranged to m eet these re
quirem ents.
M anv ru ral schools also desire men
teachers who ean teach m anual tr a in
ing and at the sam e tu n e care fo r the
work in agriculture, a th le tic s or art.
T his dem and should likew ise be re
sponded to in an in dustrial a rts course.
Tn th is course the s tu d e n t’s n atu ral
a d a p ta b ility should be ascertain ed d u r
ing th e firs t year, and all work succeed
ing th a t adapted to his s|>eoial inclin
ntion and talen t. The e n tire course
shoubl be so arranged th a t a stu d en t
may drop out a t th e end of any semes
te r a fte r th e f i r « year and be prepared
to teach.
The work of th is course in physics
should p repare stu d en ts to u n derstand
the rig h t use and care of equipm ent iu
homes and o th er in stitu tio n s, w ith
special reg ard to san itary effects. I t
should teach th e hows and whys of
common ev ery d ay m aterial and its uses,
including th e w ater supply, plum bing,
sewers, heating, v en tilatio n , refrig era
tion, gas supply, stoves and lamps.
In every section of this sta te one can
fin d m any cheap horses; b u t they are
all one or the other of tw o type»—
fa u lty conform ation and unsound, or
small.
*‘ I have been unable to find a single
horse in th e sta te com bining size and
d esirable conform ation th a t could be
bought a t a price th a t does not pay
the producer a good p ro tit to produce,
say a Mr. K ennedy. “ On the other
hand. I find many sm all undesirable
horses of poor breeding than can be
b ought a t a price so cheap th a t there
is no p ro fit in producing them , even u n
der range conditions.
“ W hat we need among our horses is
th a t horsemen use the best sires. A
$5.00 increase in the service fee gen
erally pays an additional p ro fit of from
$25.00 to $50.00 in the value of the
c o lt.’’
Corvallis Keeps Pace With College
Growth.
H E R E need be no fear th a t the rapid
grow th o f the A gricultural College,
plus th e uewly authorized vocational
courses, will create a stu d en t body too
large to be provided for w ith suitable
housing accom m odations. The situation
has been tak en ad v an tag e of by a nunt
her of keen investors and C orvallis
business men, and more houses th an
ever b efo re a t an y other tim e are in
process of b uilding in Corvallis. There
are ab o u t 73 bouses in course o f eon
stru etio n ro w , and more th an 100 will
have been built during th e summer.
Most of these are built a pri- a te resi
dences b u t ere fu rnished w ith one to
several e x tra rooms th a t will be opened
to th e use o f students. In some in
stances th e en tire second floor is to be
tu rn e r over to stu d en t use.
In addition to the m any new resi
dences intended p artly for student use
all the form er rlu b and fra te rn ity
houses w ill be run t<> th eir capacity
and sev eral new buildings are being
erected wholly fo r club use. Among
the larger are th e Ahneek * lub home,
and th e iSanimx V psiloa. Each of these
will accom m odate a d u b of about 30
members. S everal other new buildings
have been erected fo r stu d en t homes
w ith room s in d iv id u a l or en suite.
W ith all th e earlier housing accom
m odations an d th e new room ing quar
tern to r several hundred stu d en ts to
rely upon. P resident K err is convinced
th a t am ple provision w ill have been
made for all stu d en ts, degree and voca
tio aal. who may desire adui.ss on to the
College.
T
Protection From Rabies.
VOID strange dogs, b u t if ap
proached by a dog dripping
saliv a from his jaw s stand
p erfectly still, since rabid dogs do not
notice still o b je c ts,’’ says Dr. B. T.
Simms, v eterin arian a t the Oregon
A gricultural College. “ A nim als b itten
by rabid dogs should eith e r be killed
or given the p asten r tre a tm e n t. If dogs
are b itten by other dogs suspected of
b ein g rabid, they should be closely con
fined and w atched for six ty days. Sick
cats, especially those having fits, should
be avoided. E very person b itte n by
rab id dogs should ta k e the pasteur
treatm en t, which can be had in nearly
every hospital. I f the dog is suspect
ed of being rabid, shut it up and w atch
it closely for sym ptom s, w hich will de
velop in six to ten days. The wound
made by a suspected dog should be can
terized a t once w ith n itric acid or ear
bolie acid. T he suspected dog should
not be killed u n til its infection is
proved or disproved. I f rab id its head
should be packed in ice and sent to the
S ta te Hoard of H ealth a t P o rtla n d .’’
5. S ilage can be made in w eather
th a t is u n fit for m aking liny, since the
crop ts never too w et to p u t into a silo.
fi. Many crops wil’ bo saved and
utilized for feed th a t woulu otherw ise
nave been a to tal loss because of un
favorable w eather for handling the
crop as hay.
7. More feed can be stored in a
given space in the form of silage than
ia th a t o f hay or fodtler.
$. A well fille d silo is a g u arantee
against shrinkage of milk when pas
tn res drv up.
». Bi 1 a r e can be used for supple
m enting p astu res more economically
th an soiling crops, because less labor
ia required and th e fet'd is more pah
•tab le.
10. More stock can be k ep t on a
given a re a of land, when silage i* the Size and Soundness Sought in Stallions.
basis of th e ration.
H ER E are tw o things th a t farm ers
11. Silage has a ben eficial rffeck on
of Oregon may do to increase m ate
th»' «bgcMive organs.
rtally t h 'i r p ro fits derived from
12. W ith he silo full a good, p a la
tab le feed ia alw ays on hand reg ard ! -s» from horns, aceord.ug to Professor Carl
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fifi
Yeast in Bread Making.
f « 4 Jsu M E made y east is much b etter
ta u g h t these subjects for several year»
in Bchools and colleges. He is a t p re *
e n t a mem ber of the O klahom a experts
m ent statio n s ta f f and was form erly
chem ist for th e Thomson Chemical C o ,
of B altim ore. He has conducted ex ten
sive experim ents in n itrific a tio n and
am m onification of soils, and has dona
considerable pathogenic w ork in tha
analysis of body liquids w ith reference
to tuberculosis. H is service will be o t
g reat b en efit to the people of O regon
as well as to stu d en ts of the College.
Mistakes in Summer Pruning.
HAT a good m any Oregon fru itm en
m ake the m istake of over p runing
bearing trees is the conclusion
reached by P rofessor C. I. Lewis, h o rti
cu ltu rist a t the A gricultural Collcgo.
Trees are som etim es fairly slau g h tered
during the summer, branches six inches
in diam eter being c u t off. A fte r hav
ing w atched these trees carefully IT®-
fessor Lewis is convinced th a t the p ra c
tice is generally injurious to the tree,
exposing p a rts of it to sunburn and
o ften unbalancing the tre e by forcing
out w aterspout grow th. A nother mis
ta k e n orchard practice th a t is too o ften
employed is shearing o ff the upper
lim bs so th a t the en tire top of th e trees
is p ractically level, giving it the a p
pearance of having undergone a Dutcfx
h a ir cut. All branches should not be
cut back uniform ly, b u t each according
to th e vigor of its term inal branch.
T
Fireblight Control.
TREB LIG H T is recognized by th e
darkened, scorched appearance of
leaves, blossoms and sm all tw igs.
I t a ffe c ts both apple and p ear trees,
tu rn in g the apple leaves brow n and
the pear leaves alm ost black. B ark in
the canker stage is dark, shrunken and
surrounded by' d istin ct fissures. 1 he
tre a tu e n t recommended by th e d e p a rt
m ent of P athology a t th e A g ricu ltu ra l
College is cu ttin g aw ay all a ffe c te d
parts, burning them , and w ashing th e
wounds and the c u ttin g tools w ith a
to 1000 solution of corrosive subli
m ate in w ater. C ut well back, even
below the visibly affected portion o f
th e wood, in order to get it all. Ifi
every farm er and fr u it grow er in O re
gon will do th is for one or tw o sea
sons. fireb lig h t will become a th in g
of the p ast in th is state.
F
Special T rain in g for Women.
than dry y east in m aking
"I OM EN today are specially tra in e d
b re a d ." says Dean H e n rie tta
for th e ir life work. The speciali
W. Calvin of the Home Economics de
zation th a t is dem anded in all
(lartm ent, O. A. C. “ It may be likened fields of endeavor m akes no excep
to the seed saved by a good gardener tion in the work of women. T h at th e y
from his own healthy and vigorous should bo expert home m akers is quit*
plants. When thus prepared it contains as necessary as th a t men should be ex
m any millions of live grow ing p lan ts of pert farm ers or engineers. F acilities fo r
microscopic size. The liquid y east can providing this train in g are affo rd ed a t
be kept in a cool, dark place about two the Oregon A gricultural College by
weeks. Sugar is a good y east food. new buildings, new and m odern in
A little added to the bread does not every respect and thoroughly ad ap te d
a ffe c t the flav o r of the bread, b u t it to th eir intended use. Tho seientifi«
does quicken the action of the yeast. instruction is broad and thorough, fo r
S alt is used for flavor. The small the efficien t woman m ust know w hy
q u an tities in which it is used in bread as well aa how. The home economic«
does not reta rd the grow th o f the yeast stu d en ts a rc likew ise lib erally in stru c t
plants, b u t it adds to th e w hiteness of ed in language, literatu re, economic«
the bread. Tho b a c te ria th a t cause and sociology, in preparation fo r th e ir
sourness are developed when tho bread Igreat com m unity responsibilities.
is kept too warm. B read th a t feels
C onfer on Co-operation.
warm to the hand is too warm to make
R E SID E N T W. J. K ER R and P ro
sweet, light and well flavored bread. ’
fessor» H itz e l and F rench, repre
New B acteriologist.
senting tho Oregon A g ricu ltu ra l
LOSE relation betw een b acte ria and College, are in D enver conferring w .th
soil fe rtility has r r e a tid an increas Dr. A. C. T rue, of the U nited S tates De
ing demand for in stru ctio n and for partm en t of A griculture, on subject«
extension work in bacteriology, which connected w ith co operation betw een
dem and ha* been m et by the ap p o in t s ta te and nation in carry in g on w ork ia
ment of a new in stru cto r in th is sub Oregon. I t is thought th a t th is confer
ject a t the Oregon A gricultural College. ence will result in p u ttin g into activ«
m e appointee,
appointee. R
Ralph
nrney, has operation stv eral new lines of w ork of
The
alph M eB urney,
had a gTeat deal of p ractical «aperient» ig re a t b e n e fit to the farm ers and oth«*
.a bacter.ology and chem istry, and has j c itu e n s of .he slat*.
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