The Hermiston herald., January 20, 1927, Image 1

The Herald Keep« Close to the Heart and Mind of the Umatilla Project.
Urrmttìtnn WntlS
W S R E D 1,000,000
LATITO H E » TO WOKE
EOE U l OE FARMS OF
THE UMATILLA PROJECT
WILL HINKLE SOON
BE BIG SHOP POINT?
EMPEROR HIROHITO
SUCCESS REQUIRES
MASTERING DETAIL
EIGHT INCHES OF SNOW
COVERS HERMISTON LANDS
ARE DISCUSSED
For Months Are
Topic of Talk By Dodd At
Commercial Club.
La H in k le destined to be a big r a i l ­
ro a d shop an d division p o in t on th e
U nion P acific system ?
, R um ors to th is effect w hich have
existed for m any m onth s w ere d is­
c u s s ^ in fo rm ally T uesday a t
th e
luncheon of th e H erm isto n C om m er­
c ia l club by E. P. Dodd. H e ad-
l.tilted th a t he had only ru m o rs for
the fo u n d a tio n of hie rem ark s, b u t
the ru m o rs in a m a jo rity of cases
hav e come from em ployes of th e r a il­
road.
The lease on th e A lbina y a rd s is
to expire w ith in th e n e x t tw o years,
Mr. Dodd sta te d , and
th e U nion
P acific is said to w a n t a new loca­
tio n w here taxes w ill be a t a m in i­
m um .
H in k le Is p ra c tic a lly eq u ally dis­
ta n t from P o rtla n d . Spokane and
H u n tin g to n , th e sp eak er said, 200
miles.
Of th e line« o p erated by th e sy s­
tem |n O regon and W ash in g to n , 1300
m iles are to be found east of th e Cas­
cades and 300 w est of th e Cascades.
At present, if a m ajo r b reak in e q u ip ­
m ent occurs th a t n ecessitates e x te n ­
sive shop w ork the en g in e or c ar m ust
be d ragged to th e A lb in a shops.
A p a rt of th e rum ored develop­
m ent by th e ra ilro a d system c alls for
c o n stru ctio n of a cu to ff lin e from
Cold S p rin g s across th e H erm isto n
•untry by an easy g rad e to H in k le,
th u s e lim in a tin g th e p resen t 150 foot
lif t on th e g rade from U m atilla.
F ive ra ilro a d s in W ash in g to n now
a re ro u tin g m uch of th e ir fre ig h t
tra ffic in to W allu la, th e sp eak er said,
an d th a t p a rt w hich goes e a st m ust
go out of W allu la by w ay of U m atilla
and up th e steep grade. C o n stru c t­
ion of th e cu to ff w ould sh o rten th e
« s ta n c e as w ell as provide th e easier
grade, he said.
T he b u ild in g of th e cu to ff w as a
d e fin ite p a rt of th e ro a d ’s develop-
I 10 y ears ago w hen th e w a r in ­
terv en ed an d p revented th e develop­
m ent, th e club w as inform ed.
M em bers of the city a d m in istra tio n
expressed in te re st in th e re p o rt, due
to th e fa c t th a t som e lo ts a re now
cheaply av ailab le on acco u n t of de­
lin q u e n t w a te r charges.
WALLA WALLA EGG GROWERS
HIRE SELLING OF OUTPUT
T he o u tp u t of th e W a lla W alla Co­
op erativ e E g g a n d P o u ltry asso cia­
tio n a t W a lla W alla, W ash., re c e n t­
ly found o u tle t th ro u g h a n a g re e ­
m e n t w ith th « W a lla W alla D airy ­
m en’s association w hich sig n ed an
ag re e m e n t to g rad e an d m a rk e t th e
e n tire o u tp u t.
T h i w ork w ill be
u n d e rta k e n as soon as th e d airy m en
com plete th e ir new p la n t, w hich h as
been financed an d is w a itin g for
sp rin g to s ta rt.
T he p o u ltry associatio n , acco rd in g
* to its p resid en t, w ill have no M han-
clal In te re st in th e new p la n t, h u t
will" tu r n over its e n tire p ro d u ctio n
to th e dairy m en to be h an d led a t a
1
stip u la te d charge.
T he D airym en’s associatio n
w as
S tarted tw o y ears ago th ro u g h th e
purch ase of a local cream ery. T he
k j.g o rg a n izatio n w as form ed a b o u t a
y ear ago, b u t no a tte m p t h ad been
lijadt previously to m a rk e t th e p ro ­
m ets.
Woodmen Flan Show
V rhow w hich w ill be free to every
n on th e p ro ject is to be p resen ted
in H erm iston on th e ev en in g of Feb-
,, y u ary 5, acco rd in g to p lan s th a t have
h re n com pleted. T he W. O. W. d rill
from th e P en d leto n lodge w ill
and give a n ex h ib itio n of
k on th e s tre e ts e arly in th e
A sleig h t-o f-h a n d perfo rm -
eputed to be one of th e best on
...e v au d ev ille stag e, w ill p u t on h is
act, and in su ran ce fe a tu re s of th e
- ’»e w ill be explained.
NEW COMMITTEES
NAMED FOR CLUB
FRANK OLIVER
A m an tle of snow w hich m easured
e ig h t inches tn d epth on th e letiel in
th e open w as on th e g round) th is
m o rn in g as a re s u lt of th e sn o w th a t
HATCHERYMAN WRITES OF INS p rev ailed all day W ednesday. The PRESIDENT McKENZIE APPOINTS
W ednesday fa ll w as w as fo u r inches,
GROUPS FOR YEAR
AND OUTS IN POULTRY
a n d a n eq u al am o u n t of old snow was
on th e ground.
fc
Several Changes In Personnel Are
T h e th erm o m eter dropped to about
Right Breeding With Right Cane
Made to Get 1927 Program
14 above zero W ednesday n ig h t.
Should Bring Eggs Now,
T h e su n w as back on th e Job for a
Under Way.
p a rt of th e tim e today.
White States,
RUMORS OF RAILROAD CHANGE
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NO. 20
HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1927
VOL. XXI
Reports Current
HAVE YOU APPOINTED
YOURSELF A MEMBER
OF THE PROJECT LAND
SETTLEMENT COMMITTEE I
A recent portralt of the new ein-
porer of Japan.
CANADIAN SWIMMER
WINS $25,000 PRIZE
W ilm ington, Cal. — George Young.
17, T o ro n to sw im m er, won >25,000 and
first place in the S an ta C atalina is­
land-m ainland swim when he landed
here a t 3:06 Sunday m orning. P eter
Meyer of C incinnati w as w ithin a mile
of shore when Young finished, and
Norman Ross, Chicago Bwimmer. was
two and a half m iles out. C larabelle
B arrett quit a t 1:30 A. M., eight m iles
out.
M artha S tag er of P o rtlan d , Or., was
taken from th e w ater a t 7:20 in the
m orning along with M argaret H auser
of Long Bench, Cal. T hey w ere the
rem aining women e n tra n ts of the Qat
aliña swim . Miss S ta g e r was s ii
m iles and Mrs. H au ser th ree miles
from, the finish when tak en from the
w ater in a w eakened condition.
Young’s tim e w as 15 hours 47
m inutes. He was th e only fin ish er in
a field of »6.
BALL PLAYERS CLEARED
Blanket Absolution Alven Twenty-odd
Players in Baseball Court.
Chicago, III.—C om m issioner Landis
Joined th e chorus of 35 baseball play­
ers in branding as “an absolute lie”
the ch arg es toade by Swede R isberg
and Chick Gandil th a t th e D etroit
T igers sloughed a four-game series to
the W hite Sox in 1917 so th a t the
W hite Sox could beat Boston out In
th e tig h t race for th e A m erican league
pennant.
The com m issioner, in a 2000 word
decision, com pletely ex onerated all th e
accused play ers and decided th a t th e-
gift fu n d ” of >850 raised by the
W hite Sox to rew ard th e T iger pitch­
ers w as not corrupt. He declared it
was an a c t of im propriety, rep reh en ­
sible and censurable, b u t n o t an act
of crim inality.
H e said R isberg an d G andil had
only incrim inated them selves, but be­
ing alread y on the ineligible list, th eir
sto ry could no t affect them , also th a t
th eir sto ry does not blacken th e "lily
w hites.”
Idaho G overnor M akes A ppointm ents.
Boise, Idaho.—G overnor B aldridge
filled tw o cabinet vacancies caused by
resignations, when he appointed Joe
D. Wood, who has been d istric t engi­
neer w ith th e highw ay d ep artm en t
for four years, state com m issioner of
public w orks and John S. W elch of
Jerom e sta te com m issioner of agricul­
ture.
Samples Are Taken
T he second lo t of sam p les of m ilk
since th e o rg a n iz a tio n w as s ta rte d In
Decembe, w as secured from th e h erd s
of m em bers of th e B u tte r creek road
te s tin g asso ciatio n a few days ago.
T he sam ples a re ta k e n from h e rd s o f
m em bers once a m onh, an d th e te s t
for b u tte r f a t c o n te n t is m ade by th e
H erm isto n C ream ery. E d. Jack so n
collected th e sam ples th is m o n th .He
said th a t m eetings w ill be h eld oc­
casio n ally to fig u re to ta l p ro d u ctio n
and costs for m em bers.
GERALD A. W H IT E
A n u m b er of people h av e asked
w h a t I th o u g h t of lo w erin g egg
prices. Is n ’t it almot» th e tim e of
y ear fo r eggs to low er? E ven
th o u g h it is snow ing sp rin g is ju s t
aro u n d th e co rn er. My records a t
L ex in g to n , u n d e r h ig h e r feed prices,
show my p u llets produced eg g s for
a y early av erag e of e ig h t c e n ts p er
dozen. A nd my y e a rlin g h en s a t
ab o u t 12 c en ts p er dozen, n o t c o u n t­
in g la b o r in e ith e r case. T w en ty
cen t eggs yields a good p ro fit. D on’t
cuss egg p rices: g et q u a lity fow ls
th a t a re bred to lay.
C are of F ow ls—
I w onder how m any of us a re
sc rap in g o u r dropping b eard s clean
every m o rn in g , an d k eep in g our
fow ls su p p lied w ith p le n ty of w arm
w a te r w ith
p erh ap s ju s t a sm all
am o u n t of p o tassium p erm a n g a n a te
so lu tio n In each fo u n ta in to allay
colds an d ro u p ? I am ju s t lik e you,
b ro th er, I ’d h ate to say o r even try
to guess. How ab o u t th e m ash hopp­
ers, are th e y sta n d in g em pty? And
a re yo u r fow ls g e ttin g p le n ty of
g re e n feed th ese w in try days? I be­
lieve it w ould be a good idea to go
th ro u g h y o u r houses a b o u t fo u r or
five tim es a day an d s c a tte r a sm all
am o u n t of sc ra tc h feed in th e litte r
as th is calls y o u r h en s h u d d led back
in t h e c o in e rs o u t to ex eicise. Yes,
it is not very cold b u t th ey w ill do it,
w o n ’t th ey ?
Now is T h e T im e—
J a n u a r y an d F e b ru a ry a re th e te s t­
in g m o n th s of every p o u ltry m an and
w om an. If we c a n ’t tu r n th e tric k
of g e ttin g eggs an d lo ts of th em in
w in te r, we a re n o t in it, a re we?
T he p u lle ts should be la y in g fu ll
b last 50-60 p er cent. A nd th e hens
should be m a k in g a few tr ip s to th e
n ests them selves, p erh ap s n o t q u ite
so o ften b u t aro u n d 30, 40 o r 45 per
cent. If you can keep y o u r fow ls up
to a h ig h p ro d u ctio n th ro u g h these
tw o m onths, n eig h b o r, you a re a real
p o u ltry rtl&n, b u t If y o u a r e n o t th e r e
is so m eth in g w rong. Six w eeks aw ay
w eeks aw ay is easy stre e t. S p rin g
whfen th e h en s a re g lad to lay fo r
you. B u t w h a t a re y o u r fow ls do
in g to d ay ? A re you in th e red or
b lack in k on y o u r ledger1? Ju st
keep y o u r fow ls co m fo rtab le, busy,
w ell fed, w ell w atered , w ell roosted
an d w ell n ested an d w h e th e r it is b e­
low zero or a h u n d re d in th e chade,
th e y w ill be sin g in g an d cack lin g
th e d o llar so n g th e y e a r aro u n d .
Success—
Success w ith p o u ltry is n o th in g
m ore or less th a n a tte n tio n to th t
sm all d e ta ils of th e business.
T he h ig h e st p riced p a in tin g s are
h ig h sim ply because som e m an iab
ored d ilig e n tly an d m ade each sm all
d e ta il exact. M aybe it w as only the
color of a b u tto n on a co at o r a rib ­
bon or some o th e r seem ingly foolish
th in g , y et t h a t m an is a m astei
p a in te r. If you w ould be a m aster
p o u ltry m an p ay a tte n tio n to th e very
slig h te st th in g and rem edy it upon
sig h t.
R em em ber it is p ersisten cy , m ore
p ersisten cy an d still y et m ore p er­
sisten cy th a t m ade o u r g re a t p a in t­
e rs fam ous. A nd you ca n b et th a t
o u r forem ost p o u ltry m en an d p o u ltry
breed ers trav eled th e sam e ro u te.
GUNSHOT WOUNDS CAUSE
DEATH OF PENDLETON MAN
Chauncey Bishop
Dies Sunday as
Result of Accident W hile I
Hunting Saturday.
C hauncey Bishop, p ro m in en t (resi­
d e n t of P en d leto n , died S unday
m o rn in g a t St. A n th o n y ’s h o sp ital as
a re s u lt of g u n sh o t w ounds Binpain-
ed S a tu rd a y n e a r McKay dam >hi-n
he fell and received in th e ab d im en
th e c h arg e from the sh o tg u n he was
c a rry in g . T he g u n w as a new one
to w hioh th e ow ner w as u n accu sto m ­
ed.
H is h u n tin g com panions w ere Sol
B aum and G lenn S ta te r. Mr. Bishop
w as re tu rn in g to th e c a r a n d w as
alo n e w hen th e accident occurred.
H is com panions h e ard th e shot), in ­
v estig ated and ru sh ed him to th e
h o sp ita l w h ere h e w as o p erated on
im m ediately.
H is
p a re n ts
and
b ro th e rs cam e from Salem on a spec­
ia l tr a in and w ere w ith him a t the
tim e of hlB d eath .
Mr. B ishop w as a d ire c to r of th e
P en d leto n R ound-up in c h a rg e of the
In d ia n s an d w as p ro m in e n t i n com ­
m u n ity a ctiv ities. H e w as a noted
fo o tb all s ta r, h a v in g played a t U n i­
v e rsity of O regon and a t C olum bia.
W. J. W arn er played a g a in s t Mr.
B ishop d u rin g h is fo o tb all career.
F u n e ra l services w ere held in P e n ­
d leto n on M onday and in Salem on
T uesday.
COURT OPPOSED TO COLD
SPRINGS ROAD, IS REPORT
T h a t a t le a st tw o m em bers of the
co u n ty co u rt a re u n a lte ra b ly opposed
to th e extension of th e Cold S p rin g s
ro ad and th a t th e chances fo r secu r­
in g th e extension a t p resen t a re r e ­
m ote w ere o pinions expressed by
T h om as C am pbell, m em ber of th e
ro a d com m ittee th n t r e c e n t ly Inver-
view ed th e c o u n ty co u rt, in a rep o rt
made to th e com m ercial club T ues­
day.
C o n cen tra tio n on o th e r feeder roifds
th a t w ill be of b e n e fit b o th to fa rm ­
ers and H erm isto n w as recom m ended
by Mr. C am pbell.
S tan d in g com m ittees to serve the
H erm iston C om m ercial club d u rin g
1927 w ere nam ed W ednesday by
P resid en t F. C. M cKenzie. T he p er­
sonnel of the d iffe re n t com m ittees
w as changed in sev eral cases so th a t
new m em bers m ight have th e chance
of co n trib u tin g w ork and ideas in
lines of endeavor new to them .
P resid en t M cKenzie also said th a t
the w ork of in v e s tig a tin g about a
club benefit d u rin g th e n ext few
weeks w ill be done by th e sta n d in g
com m ittee on e n te rta in m e n t.
Re­
cently a motion w as adopted calling
for the appointm ent of a special com ­
m ittee to co-operate w ith th e F arm
B ureau to in v estig ate a ll phases of a
w arehouse and pre-cooling p la n t to
handle eggs and o th e r products, and
th e p resident has tu rn e d th is m a tte r
over to th e re g u la r com m ittee th n t
co-operates w ith th e F arm B ureau.
The personnel of th e com m ittees Is
as follow s:
R oads: H. M. S traw , W. J. W a r­
ner, O. C. Pierce. E. P. Dodd and J.
P ierson.
F in an ce: W. W. F elthouse, S. M.
C am pbell, A. II. N orton and M. W.
Sims.
E n te rta in m e n t: II. E. H itt, C. S.
M cN aught, R. E. M itchell, W illiam
S h aar, Dr. F. V. P rim e and Dr. J. L.
Sears.
M em bership: J. M. Biggs. R. A.
B row nson an d E. P. Dodd.
F arm co-operation: H. T. F raser,
T hom as Cam pbell, H. K. Dean, J. H.
Reid an d F. B. Swayze.
H ard boiled: T hom as C am pbell,
II. E. H itt and O. C. Pierce.
New en terp rises: J. F. M cN aught,
C. W. K ellogg and F. B. Swayze.
C olonization and p u b licity : Joe
H arvey, E. L. C herry, E. P. Dodd,
Dr. F. V. P rim e and H. T. F raser.
C alendars: H. E. H itt, A. H. N or­
ton an d F. C. M cKenzie.
MANY RABBITS KILLED IN
DRIVE SUNDAY IN COLUMBIA
T h e rabbit
d rive
held
In
th e
C olum bia d is tric t la s t S unday w as
very successful
an d
resu lted
in
about as m any ra b b its being killed
a s on th e firs t d riv e of the season,
acco rd in g to re p o rts from p a rtic i­
pants.
P re s e n t p lan s a re to hold a drive
on every a lte rn a te S unday. It w as
RABBIT POISONING SHOULD
o rig in a lly p lan n ed to hold a drive
BE DONE NOW, PEARSON SAYS every S unday, b u t those In terested In
re d u c in g th e n u m b er of ra b b its de­
Campaign Advocated to be Carried cided t h a t few er drives would be
m ore successful.
DIVERSIFICATION
IS
WORKED
BY ROY SULLIVAN
Grain Raised On Farm To Reduos
Cost Of Carrying Cows
And Chickens
Congressman Frank Oliver, demo­
crat of New York, who It it expected
will lead the wet group in the house.
SCOPES DECISION IS
REVERSED BY COURT
Nashville, Tenn. — T he sta te su
prem e court upheld th e constitution
allty of T ennessee’s fam ous anti-evo­
lution law, b at a t the sam e time
roversod the judgm ent against John
T. Scopes, Dayton teac h er who was
convicted of violating the law.
Recom m ending th a t the Scopes casi
be nolle prossed, which the attorney
general said he would do ra th e r that
retry him. the court. In the opinlor
of counsel for Scopes, barred the w aj
to an appeal to the suprem e court o.
the United S tates.
The decision as to constitutionalitj
of the law was by a three-to-one vote
hut all agreed th a t as the jury tha
convicted Scopes did not fix a tint
the trial Judge, John T. R aulston, hac
overstepped the bounds of the law lr
assessing a >100 fine ag ain st Scopes
U nder T ennessee law, It was pointed
out. a fine in excess of >50 may bt
assessed only by a Jury.
The decision, announced by Cliiel
Justice G reen, stated th a t the only
way to co rrect this would be by s
new trial, but added, “all of us agree
th a t nothing is ho be gained by pro.
longing th e life of th is bizarre case,’
and suggested to th ^ atto rn o y -g en eral
th a t the Scopes case be nolle prossed.
SHORT NEWS NUGGETS
David R. F rancis, 76, ex-am bassador
to Russia, ex-secretary of the interior
and ex-governor of M issouri, died in
St. Louis, a fte r a long illness.
The house haval com m ittee rep o rt­
ed a bill to authorize an appropriation
of >13 150,000 for m odernization of the
battleships O klahoma and Nevada, in
Out all Over District to Get
eluding elevation of firing range angle
HERMISTON
BOYS
TO
BE
Long Eared Pests.
of the guns on the vessels.
S uperior Judge W alton J. Wood of
ON LEXINGTON PROGRAM
Los A ngeles appointed tw o receivers
A ra b b it p o iso n in g cam paign to
A n u m b er of local boxers have been to handle th e properties of C harles
cover th e w hole H erm iton d istrict,
both n o rth e a s t in to th e Colum bia signed to a p p ear on a fig h t card Spencer Chaplin pending the outcome
d is tric t and so u th in to the B u tte r w hich h a s been a rra n g e d by L ex in g ­ of the divorce suit brought by his
creek d is tric t, h a s been advocated by ton fig h t fans for F rid ay evening, estranged wife, L ita Grey Chaplin.
S trong hosillity tow ard foreigners
L. H. P earso n , in c h a rg e of ra b b it J a n u a r y 21.
“W h ite y ” Cox of H erm iston w ill by C hinese in cen tral and w estern
drives.
“W e should have ab o u t th ree cen­ fig h t L aw rence C openhaver In th e China was related by m issionary refu
te r s from w hich th e cam paign shoud sem i-fin al ev en t of fo u r tw o m in u te gees, who w ere roughly handled and
be co n d u cte d ,” he said. “Two of rounds. In th e special ev en t E a rl suffered much hardship during their
them Bhould be in th e C olum bia d is­ G rlgg of H erm iston w ill oppose C liff journey from the Interior to Yangtse
tric t, p robably a t Tom S te w a rt’s and M iller in fo u r tw o m in u te rounds. river ports.
Mexico’s in tern al disturbances and
Lee M oore’s. T hen B u tte r creek T he card w ill also have 15 m in u tes
sh ould w ork from a c e n tra l point. of w restlin g . P a rtic ip a n ts have been h er re latio n s with the U nited S tales
T he poison, purch ased a t cost th ro u g h billed from B o ardm an, L exington give rise to much apprehension
H erm isto n , Ione, Hood throughout Mexico and to no little
th e co u n ty a g e n t’s office should be H ep p aer,
alarm in certain q u arters, although
ap p lied to chopped hay, and th is R iv er a n d E ig h t Mile.
those in high positions apparently dc
sh ould bo p u t on w hile this snow is
not wish to make predictions at pres
Athena Buys Chicks
on th e g ro u n d ."
ent.
P la n s have been m ade for a r a b ­
Mrs. D avid S to n e of A th en a has
b it d riv e on S unday, Ja n u a ry 30, Mr. placed an o rd er for 3,000 W hite Leg-
Graders Kept Busy
P earso n said.
h o rn day old chicks w ith th e W hite
One re s u lt of th e snow th n t fell
“ The th in g th a t spoils m ore m ilk,
cream an d b u tte r th a n a n y th jn g else
in th e w orld is ju s t p la in d ir t,” says
a re c e n t new s le tte r from O. A. C.
cream ery to its custom ers. “ B itte r
ta s tin g b u tte r re su lts from th e d irt
P o u ltry F arm .
th a t g ets in to th e m ilk In an y of a
Louis Dyer 111
h u n d re d d iffe re n t w ays. T h e re is
L ouis D yer, h ig h school stu d en t,
o n ly one w ay to keep th e m ilk clean
Lambing Under Way
and th a t is, keep a ll th e d ir t o u t of Is serio u sly ill w ith bronchial p neu­
T he 1927 crop of lam bs has s t a r t ­
m onia.
It."
ed to a rriv e a t th e L. H. Pearson
S idney B arn ard , m a n a g e r of th e
Mr. and Mrs. A. H. N orton, Mrs. ra n c h in th e C olum bia d istrict. Mr.
F arm B u reau C o-operative, h as been M abel R alph, Mrs. F. C. M cKenzie P earson h as a flock of about 50 ewes,
confined to h is hom e on acco u n t of an d Mrs. C. S. M cN aught w ere P e n ­ an d alread y 15 lam bs have been
dropped.
b ro n ch ial tro u b le.
d leto n v isito rs F rid ay
¡VARIETY OF CROPS
IS FARMER’S PLAN
T uesday and W ednesday w as th a t
road g ra d e rs w ere p u t in to use by
the sta te h ig h w ay m ain te n a n c e d e­
p a rtm e n t. B ehind a tru ck a g rad er
wns w hiskedyalong a t a rap id ra te to
tu rn th e snow to th e side of th e h ig h ­
w ay an d keep it c le a r fo r traffic.
J. C. D ow ning w as a business v isi­
to r In P en d leto n T uesday.
Cows an d chickens to consum e th e
feed crops grow n on a ran ch , and
cash crops on a few acres m ake the
com bination« th a t Roy S u lliv an who
faring so u th w est of H erm iston ex­
pects to c o n tin u e to be successful
fo r him . He h as depended on a lfa l­
fa In th e p ast, w as in th e hog bu si­
ness for a w hile w hen p rices.w ere in
a slum p an d now h as evolved th e
com bination th a t prom ises to be
w h a t he w an ts— a w ay to m ake a
liv in g and a p ro fit on the farm .
D u rin g th e p ast year h is feed crops
wero alfa lfa , barley, corn, w heat, S u ­
dan grass an d pasture. H is cash crops
w ore early potatoes an d asp arag u s.
H is 1927 crops w ill be about th e sam e
w ith an a c re of squash added for both
cows and chickens.
“ We have to get aw ay from a lfa l­
fa fa rm in g h e re ,” he said. “I th in k
we m ust also raise as m uch as poss­
ible of o u r feeds for cows and chick-
ess to m ake th e m ost money o u t of
them . T h a t is th e w ay I figure, and
th a t is w h a t I am doing as well as I
can. W hen I g et a cream check o r an
egg check, it is not necessary to tak e
a big p a rt of th e money to buy feeds.
Mr. S u lliv an m ilks e ig h t cows and
declared th a t he w an ts no m ore th a n
ig h t. H e is c a rin g for his firs t W h ite
L eghorns in a flock of com m ercial
size th is w in te r, and the yesultB have
been such th a t he has In m ind in ­
creasin g th e size of th e flock g ra d ­
ually.
‘It eem s to me th a t chickens a re
m ore p ro fita b le to ru n w ith cows
th a n hogs,” he said.
Mr. S u lliv an does n o t seed a lfa lfa
alone b u t uses w h eat as n u rse crop.
L ast sp rin g he seeded 60 pounds of
w heat T hen he crossed the field w ith
a lfa lfa a t th e ra te of 10 pounds. H is
w h eat yielded a t the ra te of 37 b u sh ­
els as an average, and h e said h i»
young a lfa lfa w as a 95 per cent
stan d . He said th e w h eat w ould have
yielded a t a h eav ier ra te if he could
have seeded more.
F or 1927 he w ill plow up five acres
if a lfa lfa for potatoes, h a lf early,
/h e o th e r h a lf late. A top dressing
of m affflre w lil be tu rn ed Tinder. Tfts
e arly crop should be p lan ted by Mar.
10, Mr. S u lliv an said. He w ill n o t
plow th e gro u n d for th e la te tu b e rs
u n til th e a lfa lfa is knee high.
A gross re tu rn of >165 from th re e -
fo u rth s of an acre of early p o tato es
w as secured th is y ear by him . He fig ­
ured cost of labor, seed, spray, I r r i­
g a tin g an d c u ltiv a tin g ran about >40,
leaving him a b o u t >125 for the use
of th e land. T his re tu rn w as secured
on an average price of >28 p er ton,
not considered very good for early
tu b ers. He did n o t ir rig a te th e spuds
u n til the p la n ts sta rte d bloom ing and
th e n applied w ater th re e tim es.
Mr. S u lliv an is m ak in g h is land
produce tw o crops a season w hen pos­
sible. L a st sum m er his e arly spuds
w ere o u t of th e w ay Ju n e 26. He
leveled th e ground, irrig a te d , an d
seeded S uda,, g rass early in July. He
broadcasted th e seed and harrow ed It
in. b u t said it probably w ould have
done b e tte r if d rilled in th e ground.
H is yield w as fo u r tom per acre.
“S tock like S udan hay
hut I
th in k it is not Bo K-o.i foi i i j a .-
cov.-s as alfn ifa, th o u g h t
leave a lfa lfa for S udan ha> II .
good feed for horses an d youu .
tie, It seem s to me. :-u ■. . r s r .
seed should not be seeded v..L
o th e r crop. A lot of good t e .
lost Just th a t w ay la st sprln'?.”
L ast season he raled 300 suck:
g ra in , p ra c ticatly all of th
needed by h is c h ic k e n :. L; - 1 .
he put h is p u llets out In 1
stu b b le field. T hey h ad p •
w h eat and young a lfa lfa fo r t.i
s tu ff, and th e ir feed bill fo r elx -
w as n o th in g .
“ I guess they should h '
veloplng m a sh ,” he s.i
did fine w ith o u t it.
expect to follow th e - -
use w h eat stu b b la a n d >••
clover for th e ir feeding