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Silos are being b u ilt and v ery j m ent are in b e tte r condition fo r the I was done in the past. C attle raisin g is
M ADE MONEY IN PO ULTRY large yields of ensilage are reported, beginning of th e school y ear than ever ■ the principal livestock in d u stry , and
P R O FIT of $32.33 on an invest- C ounty A g ricu ltu rist W, R. Shinn and before. Also th irty -n in e new members although hogs would undoubtedly do
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m ent of $110.98 for eight m onths my > If w eighed th e yield from a have been added to the faculty, cither well there, farm ers are re lu c ta n t to
was made by E. Vernon R ains, measured square rod on th e farm of to fill new ly created positions or va- u n d ertak e hog raising because of the
a mem ber of tho b o y s’ in d u strial club, E. B. Conkin and secured 286 pounds, Castries caused by resignation. The out- d istan ce from m a rk e t.”
who engaged in the pou ltry contest which is a rate o f 45,760 pounds per look fo r a good and prosperous year is
WIPE OUT HOG CHOLERA.
conducted by tho A gricultural College acre, 22 J tons— a yield seldom exceed- ‘ exceptionally bright.
OG CHOLERA w ill be banished
ând tho S ta te School S uperintendent, od even in tho corn grow ing sections
from Oregon and k e p t out p er­
FLIES DESTROY CUTWORMS.
This is a 30 per cent gain, and since | o f tho E ast.
p etu ally if th e co-operative p lan s
‘ D airying is in its in fan cy as y et
ANY CUTW ORM S havo been p a ra ­
th e period of actual in vestm ent hard
sitized by th e species of blow fly of the A gricultural College and B ureau
ly averaged six m onths, th e actual j b u t I find a desire fo r in fo rm atio n on
th a t deposits its eggs on the cut of A nim al In d u stry succeed. A v e te r­
ra te o f p ro fit was about 60 per cent, d airy subjects w herever I go. A cheese
A nd in addition to tho
gain facto ry is in successful operation a t w o rm 's neck, whence the larva enters in arian specially tra in e d in m ethods
tho flock has been tran sfo rm ed from N yssa and provides a good m arket f o r : tho worm and causes its death. In an of co m batting hog eholcra w ill be em-
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insect breeding cage at the A gricultural ployed to conduct an educational cam-
mongrol to pure breds, and the eon- 1 th e milk th a t is produced,
“ I feel safe in m aking th e pre- College P rofessor L o v ett found th a t j paign th roughout the state. The w ork
te s ta n t has a valu ab le stock o f in ­
d u strial and business experience th a t diction th a t d airy in g will soon Deconu- : 80 per cent of the worms collected in w ill be in charge of the^ director ox
will stan d him in good stead fo r the one of the leading in d u stries of the the W illam ette V alley are fa tally in E xtension. Dr. V irgil W . K now les, wh»
irrig ated sections o f M alheur County, I fested . Ho hopes th a t th is means a re-1 has been appointed to carry on th is
rem ainder of his n atu ral life.
D u rin g tho eig h t m onths of contest, and prove a large fac to r in developing duction of the pest th a t has w rought work, will co operate closely w ith tho
from Ja n u a ry 1 to Septem ber 1, the it he county and adding to its w e a lth .’ such havoc in clover fields and garden sta te livestock sa n ita ry board and th#
erops to a point of little im portance for sta te v eterin arian . T his w ork will bn
av erag e size of V ern o n ’s flock of la y ­
ers w as 40 hens. From th is flock he SELECTING SEED SAMPLES FOR n ex t year. H e is very anxious for farm - , begun im m ediately.
ers to co-operate w ith th is naturual
secured 4021 eggs, an average of 100
TESTING AT THE FAIR.
COURSES OF STUDY'.
eggs fo r each hen. This was an aver
1 A RM ERS who wish to ta k e a d v a n t­ enem y o f the cutw orm by cleaning up
. REGON A gricultural College offer»
ago of b u t 12.6 eggs per hen fo r each
age o f th e o ffer o f free seed te s t­ and burning or plow ing under all crop
th e follow ing courses of study,
m onth o f the contest.
ing by th e A gricultural College a t 1 rem nants, weeds and o th er trash of
each of w hich ex ten d s over fo u r
The eggs were sold mostly to the th e Oregon S ta te F air, are o iie re d the ' fields and roadw ays, w hich may offer
neighbors and to his own fam ily, a ‘ follow ing d irections for securing satis breeding homes fo r th e cutworm . Ail ' years and leads to the degree of Bache-
cutw orm s th a t have been p arasitized by lor of Fcienee:
few going to the local m arket. O nly a , fa cto ry tests:
In tho School o f A griculture, m aja»
In order to secure sam ples th a t are th e T rachid fly m ay re tre a t to th eir
few woro sold as high as 40 cents a
dozen, and some were sold a t 15 cents stric tly rep resen tativ e of the en tire lot, w in ter home, spin th e ir cocoon, and go courses in
(a ) G eneral A griculture.
per dozen. Feed was all bought except all small seeds, such as grasses, clovers into the pupa stage. B ut when the
(b ) Agronomy.
the green feed, and the prev ailin g ro- and a lfalfa, should be spread on a warm sunshine of next spring calls
(e) A nim al H usbandry.
ta.il m ark et price was paid. Vernon cloth or clean floor and thoroughly them to come fo rth as m oths th ey will
(d ) D airy H usbandry.
say« th a t hens m ust have green feed mixed. T his is necessary in order to have been consumed, and in th e ir stead
(e) H orticulture.
to keep them in health and vigor, and m ake tho te s t a reliable guide to the th ere issues from the chrysalis not a
( f ) P o u ltry H usbandry.
th a t th ey must have m eat if they are ch aracter and q u ality of the en tire lot. cutw’orm, b u t a T rachid fly. I f ta n n ­
(g ) A gricultural C hem istry.
expected to lay.
I f sam ples are tak en from th e top o f: ers w ill do th eir p art, it seems th a t
(h ) A gricultural B acteriology.
C hickens were hatched by in cu b a­ th e sack more th an the normal am ount th e cutw orm pest will be cut o ff from
(i) B otany and P la n t P athology.
to r and by hens, the la tte r proving of c h a ff and lig h t seed will be secured : serious dam age, possibly fo r several
(j) Economic Zoology.
th e most satisfacto ry . From 305 incu and less th a n th e norm al am ount of | years.
(k ) Economic Entom ology.
b ato r eggs 213 chickens were hatched, some of th e sm all, heavy weed seeds,
In th e School of F o restry , m ajor
BUILD UP HORSE HERD GRADING
and from 288 eggs set under hens 221 such as dodder and m ustard.
ON ONE LINE.
A fte r h av in g thoroughly mixed the
courses in—
chickens w ere hatched. V ernon set
(a ) G eneral F orestry.
E N WHO have m ade a success of
two hens a t th e same tim e when pos lo t of seed, sam ples of each lot of th e
(b ) Logging E ngineering.
Bible, and gave all the chicks to one, small grains a re ta k e n by dipping up a
horse breeding are those who
re settin g the other.
heaping tablespoonful and p u ttin g it
have picked out one type and [ In the School of Home Economics,
T h a t ho made m istakes, he adm its, into a b o ttle or sack which is to be one breed and k ept up im provem ent m ajor courses in—
(a ) Domestic Science.
along the one line, is th e view point
in his report. The w orst m istake was properly closed and correctly labeled.
(b ) Domestic A rt.
Sam ples of cereals and o th er large o f P rofessor Carl W. K ennedy, the new
feeding young chicks w et mash to the
(e) TTome A dm inistration.
e x te n t th a t they would not eat grains. ! grains should include six heaping table- horse m an a t O. A. C. ‘ ‘ The stallions
(d ) In stitu tio n a l M an ag em en t
Tboy grew so slowly th a t a t four J spoonfuls o f each kind. These sam ples j th a t th ey used w ere of the sam e breed
In the School of E ngineering, m a jo t
m onths o f age they weighed b u t a are to bo pu t into receptacles and prop . and alw ays pure bred and sound,
‘ ‘ Few men are able to sell all of ' courses in—■
pound each.
j crly labeled.
On his report V ernon w as graded
(a ) “Civil E ngineering.
T ests fo r p u rity will be made a t th e I th e ir poor horses and replace them
100 per cent. He has y et to make an I fa ir as larg ely as possible, by Miss all a t once w ith good ones, b u t there | (b ) E lectrical E ngineering.
(c) M echanical E ngineering.
•v h ib it of tw o pullets and one cock Jacobs, ex p ert seed te s te r for th e Col a re few localities in the sta te w here j,
•rel a t a fair, w here it will be scored lege and U. F. D epartm ent of A gricul there are not sound, pure bred, licensed
(d ) H ighw ay E ngineering.
(e) Irrig a tio n E ngineering.
by local judges. This scoro will
I ture. Miss Ja co b s w ill have seed germ i- i stallio n s th a t will g reatly im prove this
added to his 100 report score and n ato rs in o peration in th is ex h ib it, but work stock. A continual use of these
(f ) In d u strial A rts.
average madi for his fin al grade, farm ers who wish rep o rts
In th e School of Mines, m ajor course»
on th e ger i good stallions is alw ays m aking f o r '
V aluable prizes go to the w inner, so m in atin g q u ality of tb eir seed will ■ im provem ent. A use o f poor stallions in
th a t his pro fits may be still fu rth e r in necessarily have to w ait u n til a fte r the , or stallions of d iffe re n t breeds is not 1
( a ’> M ining E ngineering.
«reased. B ut ho is en tirely satisfied fa ir to receive them . I t requires a t 1 g rad in g s tu ff up, b u t is generally hold
(b ) Ceramics.
With his experience, and says th a t for least six day s to m ake a reliable te s t in g it at a stan d still or grad in g it
(c) Chemical E ngineering.
a small am ount o f trouble he received of g erm ination.
I down. Tho economic, or money v ie w ' In the School of Commerce, a m ajor
g re a t pleasure and fa ir com pensation,
point of livestock raising, dem ands th a t course in—
COLLEGE YEAR OPENS.
th e horses be im proved. The Oregon
and th a t the contest b rought him iuto
(a ) Commerce.
co n tact w ith the real world.
EG1STRATIO N a t the Oregon Agri- A g ricu ltural College is advocating th a t
In th e departm ent of P harm acy, a
cultural College began F riday, I th e farm ers and ranchm en choose the course in—
THIUKS MALHEUR WILL BE A
S eptem ber 18, and in stru ctio n al ' b reed of horses th a t th ey p refer and
(a ) P harm acy.
GREAT DAIRY COUNTRY.
work began on th o Tut ¿Jay follow ing th en breed to a sound, licensed, pure-
In addition to the abovo bacealaurds
AY THA T NOW S E L I.S a t $5 a The num ber o f upper classmen and b red stallion th a t will im prove th eir ate courses, provision has been m ade fa t
ton in th e stack in M alheur g rad u ates who retu rn ed to continue stock consistently. ’ "
the follow ing vocational courses:
C ounty
should,
if
m arketed college work is som ewhat larg er th an
(a ) A griculture (one y e a r),
GRAIN FOB RANGE CATTLE.
through th e dairy cow, b rin g $15 to $20 last y ear. O wing to the higher sta n d ­
(b ) Dairy (one year).
E V E R A L c a ttle feeders of the
a ton, th in k s E. B. F itts , O. A. C. ards of adm ission and to disturbed
(c) Home Makers' Course (one year).
the
irrig a te d d istric ts of the P rin e­
E xtension dairym au.
He has ju st business conditions th roughout
(d ) M echanic A rts (th re e y ears).
ville country tried th e ex p eri­
(e) F orestry (Nov. 2 to A pril 16).
■peat tw o weeks in th e irrig ated d is­ whole w orld, th e num ber of freshm en
tric ts of that county and Is im pressed en terin g show a slight decrease over m ent of feeding grain to th eir f a tte n ­
(f ) Business Short Courso (2 y e a rs ).
w ith the opp irtn n ities offered there th e num ber la st year. E n tran ce s ta ­ ing ca ttle last w inter, according to
“No work below sophomore grad»
ust re will be given in Civil E ngineering d u r­
fo r successful dairying. The clim ate tistic s have n o t been compiled b u t it R. E. Reynolds, who has
is verv favorable to th e production of is probable th a t th e considerable num tu rn ed from an extended observation ing the y ear 1914-15.
ill b rin g ■ tr ip through th a t p a rt of Oregon,
a lfa lfa h ay and corn silage, and en o r­ ber of v o cational students
mous yields of both crops are se­ th e to ta l reg istra tio n slig h tly in ad 1 w here fa n n e rs in stitu te s were held by
L. R. B reith au p t, in charge of th»
cured. A com bination of these feeds vance f th a t of last year. This is the th e ag ricu ltu ral advisor and m em bers H arney C ounty B ranch E xperim ent
w ith a littl. g rain is w hat he calls au first y ear in which vocational work, o f th e O. A. C. sta ff. ‘ ‘ V ery satis- S tatio n , was a t the college la s t week
ideal ratio n for a dairy cow.
open to eig h th grade stu d en ts of re facto ry results were se c u re d ,'' says in the in terests of his
work. Mr,
‘ ‘ Corn grows in g reat lu x u rian ce,” quired age and to more m atu re men Mr. Reynolds, “ and fu rth e r ex jx ri B reith au p t has conducted
some very
»ay* P rofessor F itts, ‘ ‘ and it is e sti­ and women, ha been arried by th e ‘ m ents w ill be carried on th is com useful experim ents in dry farm in g
m ated th a t th ere are 2,000 acres de A gricultural Colb e, and th ere are in- j mg w inter. Owing to a scarcity of methods, and is g e ttin g hold of fact»
voted to this crop th is year. S.
of dications th a t th work o f the course range, cattlem en are considering the th a t will be of g reat value to farm s
th is corn will yi< Id about 100 bushels
ill a ttra c t a g re a t
students, adv ^ability of feedii:^ the one y *ar- ers of the pleateau portions of Gro­
zo buildings, gro
to tho aero.
und equip- j olds in stead of the tw o y ear olds, as gon.
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