MISTOH HERALD, HERMISTON, OREGON.
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the gams?* remarked the Beeterner hie hives closely enough and supply milk end IMP pounds or butter fst a
aa he settled down for a sociable extra feed. I f a sirup made of two year. The world's records ere 37,881.4
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Oregon’s great Irrigated alfalfa lieUs, by the Herald PubHeMng Cotepcny.______
BERNARD MAINWARING, EDITOR
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THINK BEFORE YOU SIGN AN OIL United State, and that there la no
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As we get it, the terms are as Tol-
lows: The owner of the land gets the
nominal consideration of »1 for sign-
ing and I . to get a one-eighth royal-
ty from any oH which may be se-
(chanec for a man unices he has pow,
erful hacking. There Is Homething
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might take for instance, the state-
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Ford which Roger Babson has chront-
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Bnd 1 ‘ ramped the street.
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, ,o «•< ‘ ch,' ken for, ° " r
Thanksgiving dinner and none of the
stores would trust us "
"Seventeen years ago.— And I paid
Uncle Sam 178,000,060 In taxes last
year."
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L ittle reminders of this sort are
wholesome, especially at a time when
the country le recovering from a caee
of the commercial blues.
"W e're ell of th at.” replied the the bees there need be no loss of the
Weetern dealer genially." When any stands.— 0. A. C. Experiment station.
stranger gets too far ahead we al
ways shoot him on the spot."
Lambing Sheds Pay
Stockmen who provide lambing
beds for the ewes and fenced pas
Antomatifl
"Our dining room la being decorat. tures for the sows are finding It a
•d In spatter work."
profitable Investment Oliver Broth
"Spatter work?"
ers of John Day made a lambing per
"Yes. We have grapefruit for centage of 121 last year with 3000
breakfast every morning."
ewes, and succeded In getting a 90
per cent calf crop. The ewea were
a ll lambed in he sheds, and he cows
Cautious
"Do you believe In love at flrsj were bred in fenced pasuree before
sight, Mr. Fuseer?” asked a rather urnlng on he range.— O. A C. Exper-
old young g irl to whom the bash- iment station.
fu l bachelor had just been Introduc
ed
Beat the Cheat
Established fields of alfalfa are
"Theoretically I do.” he replied,
edging away, "but In practice I find benefitted by thorough spring cu lti
vation.
An alfalfa cultivator, a
It better to take a second look *’
spring tooth harrow, or a boo d rill
There Are Waterloos
may * * used for ‘ he work- or eTen •
"Whenever we have a run-in with | dlM harrow If none of the others are
a tra ffic cop. I let my wife do the available. A four- Inch cultivator
talking."
¡should be given In order to tear out
"Does that do any good?"
¡a'< KraBH and weeds
Chest grass.
"Not a bit, except to convince her al"° «a*»«d needle grass or devil grass
she can’t win every argument she’ nnd ,ox «*» m in in g the sale of much
Inland Empire alfalfa. Cultivation
gets Into.”
w ill destroy this grass and induce
bigger yields of alfalfa of a better
Painful Extraction
Woods: "I'm glad to hear what you quality.
cured from his land. The lease runs
one or three years, depending upon
the performance of certain conditions
by tho lessee.
I t seems to us that these terms are
somewhat disadvantageous to the
owner of the property. The lessee
does not agree to d rill at all. Wells
are at present being sunk at A ttalla
and others w ill no doubt go down in
different parts of the upper Colum
BURSTS AND DUDS
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bia district this year. Of course the *
chances are that no oil w ill be found
The American Legion Weekly
but should the unexpected happen,
The Suspense is Awful
and It often does happen, there is
The hangman was having difficu l
every prospect that oil w ill be found
all through thia country. This has ty in adjusting the nooee on account say about my uncle's loyalty during
been the case in Texas, Oklahoma, bf the condemned man's nervous con the war. It's true, then, that he al
ways gave u n til It hurt?”
Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvanln and in tortions.
"Come, now, my lad,” jocosely
Brooks: "You bet I t ’s true. Every
fact everywhere else that oil has been
found. In short, oil, when found at spoke up the painless exterminator. time he dug down Into hla pocket
all is found in large quantities and "This w ill never do. You'll have io after a nlckle it h u rt.”
get more Into the swing of the thing.
over quite 3 wide area of country.
I AUDACIOUS JULIUS
It is to the interest of this part of
And Prohibition, of Course
Oregon Voter
tho country that a well should be
Things we hear a lot about but
Conservative business men in Port
sunk In the most favorable place to
never meet:
land are positively grasping at the
see If there is oil here. In order to
Income Tax Deductions.
reports of M r. Julius L. Meier’s u t
get this done the owners of land
A Slide-Splitting Comedy.
terances on his tour, that " I have
to be drilled upon w ill have to give
Good Morning, Judge.
been entrusted with a message to
a favorable Ieaso to the driller, who
A ll Men Are Created Free and
Invite foreign nations to participate
has to stand the expense and the risk.
Equal.
In a world's exposition to be held in
In the case of leasing to unknown
Oregon during 1925 ” Such an ut
parties who make no agreements to
Hazardous Risk
terance sounds like the ravings of
d rill at all, the benefit is one sided.
Lazy Luke: " It tells here In de pa an insane man in the light of any
The lessee :an hold the lease and If
per about a guy what was murdered actual prospect that such a fa ir w ill
oil is discovered at A ttalla or else
In hto wardrobe."
be held. No one has put up a dollar
where the leases w ill become very
Nervous Ned: "Oh, dat e turrlble. for holding it, and there certainly
valuable.
Ti'ie one who buys the
An’ to t ’ink dat I ’m slttln ’ right In is no prospect that the people of
lease of the farmer under this ar
de middle of mine at dis moment!" Oregon w ill vote public funds to
rangement stands to profit heavily
finance it. But Mr. Meier is not in
and his only risk is the (1 he pays
Never Start Anything
sane. He simply is audacious, and
for the lease In the first place, since
The Dear Old Lady: "M y poor man believes that by committing Oregon
he does not agree to d rill himself and
how did you ever come to be in dur- to the exposition he can force the
probably won't.
1 ance vile?”
state to finance It. Therefore he
Some time soon it may be possible
Second Story Sid: "W ell, I guess, usurps the rig ht to speak In the
for Ihe farmers to lease their lands
ma'am. It was because de cop what state's name. Unfortunately for his
to someone who will agree to d rill.
was chasin’ me had endurance viler,” prospects, the people of Oregon dis
That Is a much better proposition.
like being delivered In advance.
It seems to us. Then the lessee does
Hooray!
homething and If he finds oil he Is
"Does this train make any stops
BOSSY INVADES KITCHEN
entitled to his share, for It w ill be
between
here
and
Philadelphia?"
Wo
read In the Cottage Grove Sent
due to his courage and initiative that
asked a rather ragged passenger who inel that "Mrs. Fannie W itte was
thn oil in found.
had come abroad at New York.
surprised, to put it mildly, when Bhe
So Isn’t It a good plan to sit tight
"None whatever,” replied the con returned a few days ago from a visit
u ntil someone comes along who
ductor w ith pride." This Is a through w ith a neighbor to find that her bos
means business and who w ill Ieaso
express— wouldn’t stop for anything" sy cow had walked Into the kitchen
on condition that he puts down a
"T h a t’s all right, then." returned and was making herself quite one of
hole?
the passenger, settling back In his the fam ily. She had ascended a
seat with a relieved air. "You can flig h t of steps to reach the back door
SOUNDS LIKE A FAIRY STORY put me off when we get to Phllly. I T h s kitchen being rather small, and
The Nation's Business
haven't any ticket "
the cow not being equipped w ith a
Our attention is occasionally di
reverse gear, Mrs W hite led her live
rected toward the Industrial pessi
stock through the house and out the
Justifiable
mist who declares that the day of In
" I presume you are very particular front door, without damage to the
dividual opportunity Is gone In the about observing the conventions of house or peace of mind of the gentle
bovine."
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Dustlng for orchard dlseases and
peet control has not glven as good
resulta as spraying, and u ntil lm-
provèments are made in both m ateri
ato and machinery Oregon orchardlsts
ars advtsed to stick to ths old llquld
spray outflts
The right liquid
spray«, If well appiled, cannot be beat
aa ypt.— O. A. C. Experiment station.
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W e A re Prepared
to serve you with J L Taylor Co. made to your measure Suita.
The spring book Is now on display and prices are very reasonable
and a fit is guaranleed
The quality Is pure wool and the very
best patterns. We feel we have been fortunate In getting this
lino of tailoring.
Sum m er D ress Fabrics
We are showing a nice line of summer dress fabrics Just In
season for Ihe spring sewing, these goods are priced on tho low
est model wo arc likely to aee In 1923.
Land plaster may be applied on
legumes now after a few days of
bright weather, where there is fair
drainage. There to no danger of
heavy run-off if the land Is at all
level. Land plaster can be applied
w ith a spreader or by hand at the
rate of 50 to 80 pounds per acre. A
spreader should not be UBed, however.
I f the ground to soft enough to pud
dle. Any other fertllixera needed
should be obtained at once In order to
get them on the land early to insure
the best results with ths crop.— O A.
C. Experiment station.
Plant the Smooth Spuds
Many of the potatoes with pointed
ends, nobby growths, "bottle necks"
pinched middles, or that sre other
wise mis-shapen or are very small
are affected with w ilt. Inspection
of fields for certification have shown
these to be highly undesirable for
seed purpose«. The experiment sta
tion recommends that only smooth
potatoes of marketable sit« be used
, for seed. The planting of diseased
seed not only reduces the crop but it
leaves the disease In the soil to re
duce future crops.— O. A. C Experi
ment station.
Small Potatoes Diseased
In the W ash G oods
Ginghams, Percale«, Devonshire, th e N e w C h iffo n
Voile« in p retty patteen« in S u m m er
Fabrica
H e r m is to n Produce &
Supply Co.
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Rome persons are successful ii
growing potatoes from small
but usually such seed Is diseased
with mosaic and w ilt, which always
cause reduced yields. It Is usually
beet to plant the kind of potatoes (he
market demands.— O. A. C. Experi
ment station.
Bee« Are Hungry
The protracted w inter has exhaust
ed the supply ot honey In many of the
hives as the store« were not plentiful
In many eaapa last fall
A lore of
3« per east Is reported by one eastern
.Oregon beekeeper wfco failed to watch
TO RESTOCK BRITISH FORESTS
Importation, of Fir and Spruce From
Canada Are to Be Made for
tho Purpose.
hotter fat. The everage dairy cow has
plenty of room for climbing, and such
commendable live stock improvement
campaigns as the "Better Hires—Bet
ter Stock" drive will be effective In In
creasing the efficiency and production
of American dairy stock.
The Rrltlah Isles are to be refor
ested with Douglas Or and Sltks
spruce from British Columbia. To ob
tain the necessary seed, a seed ex
tracting plant will be established at
Wedge Shaped Cow.
The good dairy cow is wedge-shaped Westminster by the dominion forestry
In two directions. She Is wide In the service.
Shipment of green cones has been
rear and narrow in front. She Is nar
row on the top of the shouhlers and found Impracticable. The new plant
wide between ihe forelegs. This shape j w“ l handle a tou and a half of cones
gives room for a big heart, denoting «very six hours. The cones will be
dried under hut air blast and as they
a strong arterial circulation.
open, the seed will fall from the dry
Ing cylinder of fine mesh Into a hop
Way to «poll Good Cow.
I f you want to spoil a good cow per. Present requirements call for
quickly, neglect to milk her at regular 3.000 pounds each of fir and spruce
hours and stripping her clean at each seed annunlly for which It will be
milking. The cow wants you to like necessary to gather 120 tons of coues.
Sitka spruce cones will be collected
milk well enough to take all she has.
on the Queen Charlotte Islands where
the tree flourishes in abundance. The
Mummy's Wisdom.
“Mummy, may I have that choco cones of the Douglas fir will be gath
ered on tlie western slopes of the
late you promised me now?"
“Bless the child! Didn't I tell you Rocky mountains tributary to the
you shouldn't Imre any at all If you Fraser river.
This 1s fur country of the Hudson’s
didn’t keep quiet F
"Yes, mummy.”
"Well, the longer you keep quiet the
aeoner you’ll get It.”—Brooklyn Eagle.
Proud «outh American Cities.
If Caracas etalme the title of “The
Paris ef the New Werld”—end so they
called the Venesuelan capital In the
century past—we ought to remember
that Bogota, Colombia’s capital, was
early In the Sixteenth century famed
as "The Athens of South America.”
This city, founded In 1538, was a cen
ter of culture, before Harvard uni
versity had been thought of. Carta
gena Colombia, Is fondly known as
"The Heroic City,” or “The Cradle of
Booth American Liberty.”—New York
Evening Poet.
nay company, now closing out Its
lauds In the prairie provinces to l
settlers. The company's posts a n i
dotted through this region of |
wilderness.
Investigations of tho British
mission working out the vest
ustulloo scheme have shown
fir and Sitka spruco boat adapted tor
the purpose.
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Centuries of tree cutting have toft
the islands of the British group «•-
nulled of forests and reforestation 1«
necessary to replenish tho tin
Tho Rapidly Growing Rambo* True.
The bamboo noiiiellmre grow* tore
feet I d 24 bourn Thera ara 80 va
rieties of this tran Thu smalto« to
only six Inches In height, and the tort
esi, 160 feet Bamboo Is a «rapi« urne
terlal of manufacturing utility to the
Orient.
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Turkey Bara Dlctlenartaa. .
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Dictionaries are forbidden enti
to Turkey because (he sultan to I
mentioned In such books, and that to
contrary to Turkish tow.
Much In LHtla.
The brief style la that which o *
oresses much In little.—Ben Jonnoa.
TH ERE’S A PROFIT IN
RENTING
BEST TIME TO DROP CALVES
Question Best Decided by Farm Con
dition«, Considering Feed Sup
ply, Pasturage, Etc,
But You Don't Get It
T e n y e a r ’s r e n t w o n ’t g e t you a n y w h e r e —y ou
She W anted A nother.
Edith vto'ted the new arrival at my
The best time to have calves dropped borne, and was told that an airplane
Is debatable. Some farmers prefer to dropped It on the roof of a hospital
have them dropped In late February, In and that the doctor brought it up. Be
March, or early In April, while others fore Edith reached home, she saw no
airplane and cried out. to the amaze-
prefer 8epteml»er or October. Thia
roetit of passershy: “Please, mister,
question Is decided by the farm condi drop one, drop one.”— Exchange.
lions, taking Into consideration feed
supply, pasturage, equipment and labor.
The Pneumonia Month
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When calves are dropped In the spring
March is a typical pneumonia
they require less dose attention and month and usually gives a high rate
labor during the flrst winter and less of m ortality for the disease
After
pasture during the flrst summer, since a long and hard w inter, tho system
cows and calves run together, while loses much of Its resistance and peo-
the cows may he wintered more cheap
ple grow careless. When every cold,
ly by using a greater quantity of coarse
no matter how slight, is given prompt
roughage.
However, if calves are born In the and intelligent attention, there Is
fall, the cows are In better condition much less danger of pneumonia. I t
at calving tim e; they give more milk should be borne in mind that pneu
for a longer period; the calves make monia is a germ disease and breeds in
better use of the grsss during their the throat. Chamberlain’s Cough
first summer; they escape Eleb and Remedy to an expectorant and cleans
heat while small, and may he weaned out the germ ladened mucus and not
Just before calving time. Fall calves only cures a cold but prevents its re
should not be weaned until they are sulting in pneumonia. I t is pleasant
put on grass In the spring. No mat to take. Children take it w illingly.
ter what system Is used, all the calves
should be dropped within a period of
60 days to give as much uniformity
as possible to the calf crop.
COW TESTING BENEFITS HERD
Profitable Nasults Obtained by Mem
bers of Organisation In Wis
consin Community.
<Vr«par«d By th e U nited S tate« D epartm ent
e t A f r ic a n e r « )
“As members of the Cedar Grove
cow-testing association for the past
three and one-half years we have ob
tained some profitable results." writes
the owner of a Wisconsin farm to a
field agent of the Dairy Division of
the United States Department of Agri-
culture. "When we started, our herd
averaged 11,829 pound« of milk and
410.2 pounds of butter f a t while last
year our average was 18,787 pounds of
milk and 502.2 pounds of batter fat.
We were encouraged by our tester to
mix our rations before feeding and to
milk some of our cows three times a
day, which In one Instance brought an
Increase In production of over 3,000
pounds of milk In the year.
"Another problem our tester helped
us solve was our calf feeding. He
encouraged ns to mix a good calf ra
tion, and onr calves have grown as
much as two and one-half pounds a
DON’T FORGET
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j u s t p a y r e n t, th e n you p a y «om e m o re r e n t
O f co u rse, you h a v e a p lace to liv e b e tw e e n
tim e s b u t th e h o u se isn ’t y o u rs, it n e v e r w ill h e a n d
i t ’s n o t e x a c tly a s you w ould like to h a v e i t a n y w a y .
S a d b u t tru e , so th e r e ’s no u se a rg u in g .
A L ittle Extra W ork is
R equired to G et a H om e
individ
“ T h e re ’s N o P la c e Like
B u t if ho m e o w n in g d id n ’t re q u ire so m e
u a l e ffo rt th e sa y in g ,
H o m e ,” w o u ld be a ll b u n k .”
L et’s get busy and select your new
home from our collection o f over
5 0 0 modern designs
Inland Empire Lumber Company
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thing in the line of
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Printing.
“ The Yard of Best QaaKty ”
H . M. STRAW . MGR.
Exclusive Representatives of National Builders
Testing Association Helps Farmer te
Incrsaw the Milk Flew Ry
Ratter Feeding.
day. Cow testing alee showed the dif
ference In the profits of the different
cows Some of the cows made two
sod one-half times as much as other
Individuals do.
" It was through the teeter's sug
gestion that we started In with pure
bred cattle In earnest, and some day j
we are going to have a good pore-bred
herd.
Another thing the ti
showed us Is that we bad sold a
tered bull to be slaughtered which hod
five daughters that averaged over 18,-
800 pounds of milk and 52S pounds ef
butter fat. A lesson like this cue will
be remembered a long time.
“Putting It In few words, our asso
ciation work helped us to feed, core
for, and Improve our cattle and study
the results obtained.
TESTED COW ABOVE AVERAGE
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Effective In Increasing Dairy
Tbe average dairy cow In this esun
try produces annually about 4.000
pounds of milk snd 100 pounds of but
ter fat. According to 40,000 yearly In
dividual cow records just tubulated by
tbe United State« Di pe rtes set of Ag-
rkrnlture, the average row te«tog ac-
gqctatlon cgw producen M N l» » n * «(
U nion P acific S ystem
win gladly furnish instructive and beautifully illustrated booklets giving mmnt-te
btiormatxin sboutthn glonomplayground of the West Let them tel « «tout
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Call on or address F. C. Woughter, Agent, Hermiston, Oregon
Wm. McMurray, General Passenger Agent, Portland, Oregon