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T u r k e s ta n A l f a l f a S e e d P o o r
much larger scale than at present prac
ticed,
BOYS AND GIRLS
W A R N IN G to a lfa lfa grow ers to however, a m istak en b elief In Its su
A t the Opera.
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avoid th e use of comm ercial perior q u alities has resu lted in raisin g
A ce rta in rep re se n ta tiv e bn Con
T u rk estan seed is contained in De its re ta il price to a p o in t freq u en tly gress from th e W est is very fond of
p a rtm e n t B ulletin No. 13S, of th e U. above th a t o f dom estic seed. No sueh music, and it annoys him to a degree
C heaper and More In terestin g
B. D epartm en t of A griculture, w hich is p reference is shown in th e a lfa lfa
a t the opera to perceive th e in a tte n
T han Collecting Postage »Hautpa»
sh o rtly to be issued under th e title grow ing regions of Europe»
There tio n of th e audience.
“ Comm ercial T urkestan A lfa lfa S eed.” French seed is commonly considered the
One n ig h t when he had slipped over
S pecialists of th e d ep artm en t have best, w ith Ita lia n ra n k in g n ex t and
to Now York to v isit the M etropolitan
been in v e stig atin g th e com parative T u rk estan last. U nder these circum
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a frien d found him sopping a t a
m erits of d iffe re n t kinds of a lfalfa stance, v ery little F rench and Ita lia n B roadw ay establishm ent.
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seeds and have reached the conclusion seed fin d s its w ay to th e U nited
I have been to the opera,” said
Box
145,
Cathlamet, Wash.
th a t th ere is n othing to recommend S tates, th e b u lk of tho im portations he, in response to the o th e r’s inquiry
th e T u rk estan v ariety for general use being, as alread y sta te d , the cheap I “ W hat did you h e a r» ”
in th is country. I t is, th ey say, p a r com m ercial T u rk estan .
« I h e a rd ,” said th e re p resen tativ e,
tic u la rly unsuited to the humid clim ate
IlMAIilf Hi u u v .»b t . t v
E asily Id en tified .
* * th a t th e Tw illera are going to g et a
U. S. tiw» Nats - 8 0 . 7 8 a»
o f tho E a st which, as a m a tte r of fact,
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«ft
I H Ai -n. Tont« II_
F o rtu n ately , grow ers who wish to div’orce, th a t young Van G ilder has
F lo e Kerolewvt • « 1 Wft op <’ H.Arsny Ir e « P«4a V 8 8
uses m ost o f the T u rk estan seed im
M a g as i» « B if iM - • « S i i p B ew M au ser K tfla < 8 . M
avoid this v a rie ty can read ily id en tify marTied an English barm aid, and th a t
J»h»e W oo l t »vere « a ls I » I
A rtu r W ool I L a t r
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p o rted into th is country. This seed is
W ó u lA m v R lk a k M s S .ftO e p « k s m a u Kasovs
K b » t l Fasti« B C osta
7ft op •3 0 0 A rm v H r t d l « I «6
it by th e presence of R ussian k nap Mrs. J. C. Spreckelm eyor is g ra d u a l
also n o t su fficien tly h ard y to w arran t
n ir s s M »M l L l« a n s <
ly paw ning her jew el«.”
W o « re ib a l a r i aal
lu U 8 A r m j s s i B ary
I » »ba w a /U i, m s m I«
its general use in th e upper M ississippi ' ' eea8ceaB - Jn e
I« la Mw
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256 £
.Valley, w here hardiness is an impor- “
a " ^ h«re e’ ? P ‘ “ com m erc.al
• » w Om. si H».
ta n t facto r. In v estig ato rs, however, ‘ T u rk estan secd» and here th e y are Praa'
THE HEART OF THE TREE.
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tically alw ay s present. R ussian k nap
are careful to distinguish betw een com- i
weed is in some w ays sim ilar to quack W hat does he p lan t who plant« a tree»
m orcial T u rk estan a lfa lfa and special ,
grass and C anada H e p lan ts th e frien d of th e sun and
stra in s of h ard y a lfa lfa s th a t have grass, Johnson
th istle, sp read in g both b y seeds and
sky;
been developed from certain in tro d u c
H e p lan ts th e fla g of th e breezes
tio n s o f seed from T urkestan. V aluable underground rootstocks. The soeds are
free;
v a rieties o f a lfa lfa s unquestionably ex slig h tly la rg e r th a n those of a lfa lfa and
cannot all be rem oved by any p ra c The sh a ft of b eau ty tow ering high;
is t in C entral Asia, b u t these are a t
ticab le m ethod of m achine cleaning. He p lan ts a home to heaven anigh
present only fitte d fo r use in ex p eri
T heir chalk y w h ite color m akes them F o r song and motheT-croon of bird
m ental w ork in breeding.
especially conspicuous, an d th e ir syra- i In hushed and happy tw ilig h t heard-
Imported Seed Inferior.
m etrical form —slig h tly wedge shaped— I The treble o f h e a v e n ’s harm ony—
A t tho present tim e, approxim ately d istinguishes them from th e notched These things he p lan ta who plan ts
one fifth o f the a lfa lfa seed used in the seed of o th er species o ften found in
tree.
U n ited S ta te s is im ported. O f this v arieties o f a lf a lf a from o th er sections.
W h at does ho p la n t who p la n ts a tree»
q u a n tity , p ractically all— 95 per cent in The knapw eed seods, how ever, are not
H e p lan ts cool shade and ten d er rain
th e last tw elve m onths—comes from usually found In large q u a n titie s and
A nd seed and bud of days to be,
R ussian T urkestan. In th e European any lot of a lfa lfa should, th erefo re, be
A nd years th a t flush and fad e ag ain ; J
m ark et, commercial T u rk estan is the : exam ined in bulk. The exam ination of H e p lan ts th e glory o f the p lain ;
cheapest seed available, in th is country ' sm all sam ples is uot su ffic ie n t to show
H e p lan ts th e f o r e s t’s h eritag e;
its w holesale p rice is less th a n th a t of ; w hether th e a lfa lfa comes from Turke- The h arv est of a coming age;
Mado From
dom estic seed. In spite of th is fa ct, | stan or not.
T he jo y th a t unborn eyes shall see— ;
These th in g s he p la n ts who p lan ts a
tree.
p o rtn n ity th e opening o f th e narket
AT SM A LL COST
will give.
W hat does he p la n t who p lan ts a tree»
Mail Orders Solicited
Hood R iver rep o rts estim ated crop He plants, in sap and le a f aud wood. [
o f 1,200 cars, conditions v ery favor- In love o f home and loyalty
NORTHWEST RUG CO.
A PHA ZA RD m ethods of filling silos able- w eatht'r v «r7
w ith a teni1 A nd fa r cast th ought of civic good—
Portland, Ore.
has spoiled m any thousand to n s ; en°y to re ta rd coIor> w h,eh 18 made H is blessing on th e neighborhood.
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o f good corn and often given safe
A ttitu d e of grow Who in th e hollow o f his hand
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silage a “ black e y e .” C areful tram p- I ers not to say much an d aw ait d<> H olds all th e grow th of all our la n d - i
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in g and leveling, to g eth er w ith other vel<'Pnicnts. G eneral m a tte r o f discus- A n a tio n ’s gro w th from sea to sea,
essential featu res in fillin g the silo arc iio n m ark etin & “ C ” grade of apples, S tirs in his h e a rt who plan ts a tree.
im p o rtan t.
Some shipping, m ostly G rav en stein s and
r,
i
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pears. E veryone asks: “ W hen will the
to r n m akes the best silage when the w ar
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m ajo rity of the ears are dented, or ju s t
Yakilll. , _ Six , h„nsand cars, q u ality
b a n n i n g to glase. I* corn is p u t into o f „ op goo<J w.»a«h. r d ry ¿ it h cool
th e s il^ before this stag e of m a tu rity I
n ig h ts; hardly enough dam pness to
is reached, th e silage becomes very sour
color as fast as desired. H ow ever, gen
or acid, and is ap t to have a low feed
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eral conditions satisfa c to ry . Growers
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PA CIFIC LADDER WO1
ing value.
in th is d istric t also seem to have the
85 and 87 E ast Eighth Street, Portland. Oregon.
W hen corn becomes dry from being “ W atching and W a itin g ” sp irit, and
fro sted or allowed to g et ripe, it will seem to believe th a t th is y e a r will be
m ake good silage if w ater is added at a crucial test from m any angles. S itu a
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fillin g time. No d efin ite rule can be tion for coming picking s e a s o n is splen
T H E N E W M A D IS O N H O T E L
given as to the rig h t am ount o f w ater did. G rowers m aking p rep aratio n to
Cor. F irst sad Madison. Spokane. Wash.
to add, b u t th e aim should bo to make h arv est whole crop, although genera]
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tho m oisture content equal to th a t of ‘ tren d o f conversation is tow ard ap p ar
COURTESY. SERVICE AND HOMELIKE SURROUNDINtM
green corn.
c u t need of proposed em ergency ra te by
Management Artbnr Q. Jurg.
R
ates
50c
and
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p.
Special W eekly R atal.
I t is v e-v essential th a t th e cut corn railroads. W in ter patches, pears and
bo thoroughly mixed a fte r it is elevated few apples m oving now, divided in
o r blown in to th e silo. I f th is is not usual proportion am ong handlers.
done, the heavier portions will fall in
l ’eshastin— U pper W enatchee Valley
one place and cause th e silage to settle rep o rts excellent conditions and splen-
unevenly, resu ltin g in much loss, due d .d quality of crop, apples m aturing
to spoiling.
one week early and few' peaches, pears
D uring th e process of filling, the cut and summer apples are m oving; most
m a terial should be k ep t slig h tly higher ly operations w ith S e a ttle commission
a t th e edges th an in the center, and m en; not m any sales reported. Very
well tram jied close to th e sides where little talk and much guessing.
fric tio n prev en ts it from settling. It
is not necessary to tram p in th e center
of the silo, for the w eight o f th e silage
th ere is su fficien t to insure thorough
Cheap prices and special inducem ents should not Influence the
packiag. Silos th a t are deep and of
P iano buyer.
U RING recen t years th e hog in
large d iam eter require less tram p in g
d u stry in th e P acific N o rth w est
We carry all grades of Pianos from «250.00 to «2,300.00, but
th a n those of sm aller dimensions.
only m akes in which we have confidence and which we can recom
has been in ad eq u ate to supply the
mend.
I local dem ands fo r pork an d pork pro
O ur P ianos from «250.00 to «375.00 include several makes
; ducts. This has caused tho average
which are p ositively th e best Pianos m anufactured to sell a t these
1 prie® of pork to be relativ ely high and
p rices—th e low est prices a t which good dependable Pianos can
i bis made it necessary to ship a large
be sold.
percentage o f th e bogs slaughtered and
We c a rry only one line of P layer P ianos; th a t o f the Aeolian
H E N orthw estern F ru it Exchange, bacon consumed from e a st of th e
Company, m akers of the world fam ous Pianolaa. The P ianola Is
through th eir rep resen tativ es in th e Rocky M ountains.
furnished in six d iffe re n t m akes of Pianos.
various districts, report as follows:
I t is possible to provide p astu re for
W enatchee will ship about 4,700 hogs in most o f th is region th roughout
W rite Us fo r C atalogues and Price«.
ears; w eath er conditions good and qnal- much of the y ear. In m ost localities
ity of crop e x c ellen t The dry w eath er it is also possible to provide crops th a t
seems to be causing apples to m ature m ay be hogged o ff d arin g several
s little too fast. G rowers generally m onths o f th e busy season. The crops
optim istie and seem to feel th a t even g enerally used fo r th is purpose are
a black elood, as caused by big gen- w h e a t field peas, corn and barley. By
era! crop and w ar conditions, may have supplem enting well m anaged
pastu re
a silver lining. W enatchee is m oving w ith th e proper grain ratio n s and util
Stein way. Weber and Other Plano«. Pianolas, Vlrtrolss,
some Jo n ath an s, W inter B ananas and icing th e ab ility o f the hog to harvest
and all the Rscords,
E arly F all apples. Sales give some evi- g rain crops for him self, th e average
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de nee of cash buyers. Some inclination 1 cost of producing pork m ay be ma-
on th e p a rt o f shippers from th is dis- ' te rially reduced. These conditions o ffer J
tn c t to stove. However, m ajo rity do- an o p p o rtu n ity fo r p ro fitab le pork pro-
s u f to tak e ad v an tag e of w hatever o p -, duetion ia the P acifie N o rth w est on a
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