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THE DAIRY COW CAM
FIND NO BETTER HOME
THAN ON A N IRRIGATED
FARM ON THIS PROJECT.
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HERMISTON. ONE OF
THE BEST POULTRY
DISTRICTS ANYWHERE
IN THE NORTHWEST
HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 1927
REV. C. H. HEUSTIS
GOLD WAVE GIVES
HERMISTON WINTER
WINTER W EATHER M ATTES
OUTDOOR SPORTS POPULAR
RABBIT DRIVE NEXT
SUNDAY POSTPONED
S ub zero e m p eratu res w ith snow
on th e gro u n d have created t h e / i g h t
co n d itio n s fo r w in te r sp o rts, and
local people have availed themseYves
MERCURY SCOOTS DOWN TO 27
LEGISLATION INTRODUCED TO
CAMPAIGN
BEING
of th e o p p o rtu n ity to enjoy th e m POISONING
selves d u rin g th e past week.
BELOW ZERO
CARRIED ON
’
PERPETUATE WORK
A few bob sleds of hom e m ad e v in
Little Damage Reported as Result of tag e have been dragged o u t of h id in g Snow and Cold Weather Aid Local
$30,000 Annually Asked to be Used
places and p u t in to use, p ro v id in g a
Fall in Tempe attire
Farmers in Battle Against
a m eans for sled d in g p a rtie s. S k iin g
In Attracting More People
has been done to a ce rta in e x te n t by
Following Si ow.
Rabbit Pests.
To Oregon
som e of th e young people, an d ice
s
k
a
tin
g
a
n
d
co
astin
g
p
a
rtie
s
have
The w eath er m an paid H erm iston
T he ra b b it drive in th e C olum bia
P ro m o tio n of th e se ttle m e n t an d
an unexpected v isit la s t T h u rsd ay been common.
d is tric t w hich w as scheduled to be
d evelopm ent of O regon’s a g ric u ltu r
an d doled o u t a cold w ave th a t sen t
held n ext Sunday, J a n u a r y 30, has
a l lan d s is th e aim of a b ill w hich
th e m ercu ry sc u rry in g dow n to th e TOO GOOD A COW IS CAUSE OF been postponed, according to a s ta te
h a s been in tro d u ced In th e leg isla
low est level th a t h as p rev ailed fo r a
m ent by L. H. P earson. Several
tu re.
T he proposed leg islatio n ,
num ber of years. The frig id w eath HARRY WATSON DECIDING TO inches of snow on the ground and the
❖ - ♦ - ♦ - <•
know n as H ouse B ill No. 34, h as
e r follow ed a snow an d a so u th w est ♦
cold w eath er w hich m ade it im possi
RAZZ-A-DOODLE
CLUB ble to s e t posts an d erect a fence for
a!!-d fo rth th e endorsem en t of th e
w ind. U sually, acco rd in g to local JOIN
lead in g cham bers of com m erce
In
w e a th e r observers, cob I w aves th a t
a pen caused th e action.
H a rry W atson, p rom inent M inne
every sectio n of th e s ta te , w ho see In
s trik e th is d is tric t come o u t of th e
Polson b ait has been sp read over
h a h a d is tric t farm er, has Joined the the C olum bia d is tric t d u rin g th e past
It an effective m eans of p e rp e tu a t
n o rth east.
in g th e w ork of th e O regon S tate
T h e m inim um tem p n a tu r e reco r Razz-A-Doodle club. I t a ll cam e few days since th e snow fell, an d re
C ham ber of Commerce in b rin g in g se
ded by th e g o v ern m en t th erm o m eter ab o u t because H a rry h as a good cow, su lts have been
very
g ra tify in g .
lected s e ttle rs to th e lan d s of th e
a t th e irrig a tio n d is tric t office w as too a ll-fired good a cow, som e of his Polson can be secured a t cost from
; tate.
H enry O tt. A larg e g ro u p of Coluni-
Rev. C. H. H eustia of Toronto, who 27 below zero on F rid ay , J a n u a ry frie n d s Bay.
R ecently Mr. W ato n m ilked
the d ia d is tric t farm ers h as been busy
/ “rovislon Is m ade in th e b ill for a has been appointed general secretary 21. T he m axim um on th a t d ate w as
•r'isM on o f fiv e m em bers, th ree of of th e Lord’s Day alliance, succeed five above. T he n ex t day, S atu rd ay , cow. S he had been fi’esh a short p u ttin g out b ait alo n g ra b b it runs.
¡■■nr ,-l.ail consist of th e board of ing Rev. W. M. Rochester.
show ed some re le n tin g on th e p a rt of tim e, and h is fa th e r had been ca rin g
C ounty A gent H o lt and Roy F u g
n iro l and tw o selected by th e board
the w eath er m an, m axim um being for h er. T he firs t tim e H a rry m ilked ate of th e b u reau of biological s u r
■ d ire c to rs of th e Oregon S tate
five above w ith th e m inim um re a d h er he got a fo u r gallon p all foam vey w ere here F rid a y and S a tu rd ay .
in g full.
c h a m b e r of com m erce. It is specific
in g for th e day 24 below.
Mr. F u g a te aided in m ix in g and
“ W hew ! T h is cow is a dandy sp read in g th e poison. Mr. H olt,
a lly provided th a t one of th ese m em
S unday saw fu r th e r m o d eratio n of
b ers of th e S ta te C ham ber sh all be a
te m p e ra tu re w ith 16 above fo r high G uess I ’ll w eigh th is m ilk ,” H a rry C larence V oliva, Tom H addox and
re s id e n t of th e section east of the
an d six below for m inim um . The exclaim ed.
Mr. S tockard checked on a k ill m ade
So h e did, u sin g to r ’th e purpose behind th e G raham place S a tu rd a y
v'nscades.
m ercu ry has no t slid below th e zero
1 e t i l l c a rrie s an ap p ro p riatio n
m ark since, an d m axim um read in g s some m ilk scales th a t had n o t been and found scores of dead rab b its.
New York, N. Y.—M erger plans of
t te funds a m o u n tin g to $30,000
for M onday and T uesday w ere 20 ad ju ste d recently. T he m ilk and
In one space, 20 feet sq u a re , 30
th e G reat N orthern and N orthern Pa
pall w eighed 60 pounds, so th e scales ra b b its w ere counted afteT one kill.
an d 26 above, respectively.
» ''y for th e y ears 1928, 1929
cific railroads have advanced another
30, to be used by the sta te
The excessive cold did com paraaive- reg istered , w ith fo u r an d a h alf T he stry c h n in e is mixed w ith chopped
step w ith ag reem en t for an exchange
i her in in d u cin g th e location
ly little dam age, acco rd in g to reports. pounds as w eig h t of the pail, or a net a lfalfa, and th e b a it Is th e n s c a tte r
of stsick on an equal Bhare for Bhare
it bin O ieon of new s e ttle rs an d new
Some resid en ts rep o rted frozen w ater m ilk w eig h t of 55 1-2 pounds.
ed along re g u la r ru n s. Most of the
basis.
Such a good production on th e p a rt dead ra b b its a re found close to the
p ita l, th e m ethod of d is b u rsin g of
pipes an d tro u b le w ith p lu m b in g sy s
The ag reem en t was made a t a con
these fu n d s being su b je c t to th e ap
tem s, b u t th e d am age from th is of h is cow w as too good to hide u n d e r runs, one of th e w o rk irs explained,
ference atten d ed by d irecto rs, offi
provai of th e com m ission.
source w as no t v ery extensive. M ot a bushel, so H a rry proceeded to do a th o u g h som etim es s tra y s w ill be
cials and counsel of the two railroads.
T b r ugh th e a ffilia te d e ffo rts of
o rists had tro u b le in some cases little ad v ertisin g . H e approached found q u ite a d istan ce from a run.
In a statem en t announcing th a t en
th , O regon S ta te C ham ber an d th e
w here p ro p er p re c au tio n s w ere not his neighbor, C. A. F la n ig a n , som e
C olum bia d is tric t is fa irly w ell cov
couraging progress had been made in
tim es re fe rre d to as “Off A g’in, On ered, Mr. P earson said. He sta te d
. o rtla n d C ham ber of Comm erce d u r
tak en .
the negotiations, Ralph Budd, p resi
in g th e la s t tw o years, 2,300 new s e t
M ail d eliveries w ere held up on Ag’in .”
th a t som e w ork should be done now
d ent of the G reat N orthern, and Chas.
“ Say, w h a t do you know ab o u t th a t a t th e low er end of the p ro ject n e a r
tle rs have been placed on Oregon
th e r u r a l free delivery ro u tes fo r a
Donnelly, p resid en t of th e N orthern
farm s. T hey have in vested m ore
couple of days, due to th e w eath er new ly fresh cow of m ine, F la n ig a n ,” U m atilla. The B u tte r creek d is tric t
Pacific, said the ex act m ethod to be
e n th u sia stic a lly . also h a s q u ite a heavy ra b b it popu
th a n te n m illion d o llars of new cap i
an d sickness, b u t d eliv eries w ere re H a rry rem ark ed
adopted for puttin g th e plans into ex
ta l in th e s ta te a t a cost of less th an
sum ed M onday an d have been u n in “She gave 55 1-2 pounds a t one m ilk latio n w hich could be m a te ria lly de
ecution could not be revealed a t this
ing. I got a fo u r gallon p a ll plum b creased th ro u g h th e use of poison.
$40 p er fam ily to b rin g th em here.
te rru p te d since.
time. U nification of th e two lines
T h ere a re now th ree th o u san d pros
T h e cold w as u n u su al, such te m fu ll.”
T he w e a th e r th a t has p revailed
first m ust have th e sanction of the
Mr. F la n ig a n becam e pensive a t re d u rin g th e p ast w eek is ideal for
p ectiv e s e ttle rs w ho have sig n ed th e
p e ra tu re s b ein g recorded on an a v e r
in te rsta te com m erce commission.
q u e stio n s ires used by th e L and S e t
age ab o u t once In th re e o r fo u r y ears, ceipt of th is in fo rm atio n , m aybe even poisoning w ork T he te m p e ra tu re
The statem en t of th e two execu
tle m e n t D ep artm en t, s ta tin g th a t d e
b u t fa rm ers have sta te d th a t th e d ig h tly jealous. He did some fast has been low a b ig p a r t of th e tim e,
tives said the boards of d irecto rs of
fin ite ly th a t th ey a re com ing to O re
fin a l re s u lt w ill u n d o u b ted ly be good fig u rin g , m a in ta in in g m ean w h ile a the gro u n d is covered to a d e p th of
the two n o rth ern com panies w ere in
gon.
fo r th e d is tric t. S ev eral inches of solemn cast of countenance.
-several inches of snow , an d feed Is
agreem ent on th e equal exchange of
“ W ell.” said he, finally. "S uch a scarce. T he poisoned b a it finds
S u p p o rters of th e bill ex p lain th a t
snow th a t covers th e g ro u n d
has
stocks for sh ares in the new o perat
th e fu n d s w hich it provides w ill be ing company.
p ro tected a lfa lfa an d o th e r field cow as th a t is no slouch, b u t you’re m any eager ta k ers, and th e cost of
used In se c u rin g s e ttle rs an d giv in g
crops. Bee m en alw ay s w elcome a th e w onder yourself. If you h a d n ’t k illin g by poison Is less th a n by any
♦ham service, salarie s an d o th e r over-
period of cold w e a th e r in w lnteh as spilled a h a lf pound of m ilk on the o th e r m ethod, acco rd in g to those w ho
DIRECT LOANS FAVORED
head expenses b eing o th e rw ise se-
a su re g u a ra n te e J f a good honey way to th e houee you w ould have had have studied th e m a tte 1-.
seven g allons of m ilk In a fo u r g al
flow in th e fo llo w in g sum m er.
cured.
May A rrange for ex-Service Men to
G raders have been a t w ork on th e lon pail. A g allo n of m ilk w eighs MARKET FOR ALFALFA HAY
Borrow from V eteran»’ Bureau.
h ighw ay, and only a th in iay er of eig h t pounds, an d seven tim es eig h t
LAND ADVERTISING TO BE
W ashington, D. C.—D irect loans to h a rd packed snow h as rem ained on is 56. Y ou’re a w onder for tu ck in g
REMAINS ABOUT $10 TON
aw ay m ilk In a p ail, th a t’s w hat.
DISCUSSED NEXT TUESDAY ex service m en on th eir bonus certi th e Old Oregon T rail.
ficates by th e v e te ra n s’ bureau was
If you can te ll m ilk sh ip p ers how to No Increase in Either Demand Or
E ffoits to be Made to Put Over agreed upon a t a W hite H ouse con SNOW
AND
COLD
MAKE Increase the c a rry in g capacity of can?
Price Has Resulted Yet From
ference and early congressional con
and ta n k cars by 75 per cen t your
Campaign to Int rest New
sideration of th e proposal w as prom
fo
rtu
n
e
is
m
ade.”
Cold, Dealer Says.
BIRDS HUNGRY AND EAGER TO
ised. D irector H ines of th e bureau
Mr. W atso n belongs to the Razz-
Settlers In District.
said a fte r a conference w ith P resi
A lfa lfa hay c o n tin u es th e even
SECURE FOOD FROM FRIENDS A-Doodle club, and he Is looking for
m ore m em bers.
C o n sid eratio n of an ad v e rtisin g dent Coolidge th a t th ere w as an obli
ten o r of Its w ay, n o tw ith sta n d in g
n algn to p u t before prospective gation on th e p a rt of th e governm ent
the colder w e a th e r th a t has been the
Cold w e a th e r an d snow th a t cov
the fa c ts o o n cern in g lan d to m ake th e loans and he would ask ers m any o rd in a ry sources of food PEPPERMENT OIL LOSES ITS
dot of th is d is tric t d u rin g th e pant
w eek, acco rd in g to hay, dealers. No
liable in th e H erm isto n d is tric t congress to authorize It.
fo r b ird s have m ade m em bers of th e
HIGH PLACE IN MARKET ap p reciab le in crease In dem and for
G eneral H ines would have th e vet
..v elo p m en t w ill be a sp ecial or-
fe a th e re d trib e tam e an d frien d ly to
h ay h as been noted, and th e price
of business fo r th e m e etin g of eran s’ bureau act as a supplem entary w ard m an k in d lately . Several ro b
U n g e re r’s B u lle tin , New Y ork,
holds stead y a t about $10 per ton in
com m ercial club n e x t w eek, ac- service to th e banks, th u s perm ittin g in s have adopted M ain s tre e t as home
s ta te s th a t, a fte r m onopolizing the
the stack .
ng to a m otion adopted by the v eteran s to obtain loans eith e r from d u rin g re c e n t days an d have show n
lim elig h t fo r a year and a h alf, pep
th e banks or th e governm ent a t the
“I looked fo r th is w e a th e r to
Iub a t Its m e etin g T uesday.
ir rita tio n w hen com pelled by a pass p e rm in t stem s to have subsided som e
W ith a b o u t 10,000 acree of ad d l- sam e In terest r a t e - 6 per cent.
in g p ed estria n to move aw ay from an w hat, and, a lth o u g h Its flu c tu a tio n s sh a rp e n dem and and m aybe give us
a h ig h e r p ric e ,” one local deuler
! a a l land now assured of a p len tl-
apple or b read cru m b feast.
s till a tt r a c t a good deal of a tte n tio n said, “ b u t to d a te no such th in g lias
Judge Lindsey ia O rdered Ousted.
uppiy of w a te r fo r Irrig a tio n
Some local people have shew n th e ir It Is becom ing m uch less sp ectacu lar.
happened. W e m ay g et such re s u lts
D enver.—The, suprem e court o rd er frie n d sh ip for b ird s by feed in g them .
•ses, no delay sh o u ld be per-
W ith
m irror
In te rru p tio n s,
th e
a little la te r because we know th a t
’ In se c u rin g settlem em t, ac- ed Ju v en ile Judge Ben B. Lindsey, W . H. A lbee, d ep u ty gam e w arden,
price tendency h a s been dow nw ard
lots of h a y is now b eing consum ed,
- to E. P. Dodd of th e c lu b ’s nationally known ju rist, ousted from recen tly Issued an ap p eal from P e n
since la st sp rin g , and p a rtic u la rly b u t th e su p p ly Is a p p a re n tly g e n e r
office
pending
a
reh
earin
g
of
a
suit
i
-tty com m ittee. A p lan for
d leto n to farm ers and sp o rtsm en to since new crop oil cam e on the m a r
ous, an d th e re Is not m uch livestock
rui.-.ing fu n d s fo r th e w ork is to be contesting his re-election In 1925. The p u t o u t feed for gam e b ird s d u rin g
k et. T he f ir s t of th is oil com m anded locally in big flocks of sheep o r h erd s
■ en ted a t th e sam e tim e th e sug- o rd er cam e from th e co u rt’s decision th e cold w eath er.
a b o u t. $11 per pound, but as m ore of c a ttle to tak e local hay o ff th e
ested cam paign is o u tlin e d , Mr. rev ersin g the ruling of a low er court
and m ore oil w as produced q u o ta m a rk e t.”
upholding L indsey's election.
The
Dodd said.
TWO BODIES TO HOLD THEIR
tions slid off rap id ly . P roduction Is
o u ster o rd er tak es effect im m ediately.
H ay b a lin g w as disco n tin u ed for
h u n d red th o u san d pounds, more th a n several days on acco u n t of th e cold,
T h e b est w ay to sto re honey in
ANNUAL MEETINGS FEB.
su ffic ie n t for n o rm al dem ands, and b u t a couple of crew s are now back
T h e k itc h e n is, above all else, a
O regon is in a w arm an d d ry place.
place
to
p
rep
are
Rnd
serve
food.
T he a n n u a l m eetin g of b o th the It is to b e a n tic ip a te d th a t prices will in actio n , and th e re Is some m ove
T h u s sto red It w ill keep fo r m any
g ra d u a lly k ettle back to the cu sto m m ent.
m o n th s, even years, say s II. A. Scul- L im it It to th is use if possible and a r Jerse y B reeders asso ciatio n and th e
ra n g e fo r la u n d er, an d such w ork to H erm isto n D airy & H og Show asso ary level w hich prevailed before th e
T he sam e d eale r estim ated th a t in
len, bee sp e c ia list a t th e s ta te col
be done in a n o th e r place.
c iatio n , scheduled to have been held wild price m ovem ents of th e p ast tw o the B oardm an, Irrig o n . U m atilla,
lege. It does not keep w ell In a cold,
S a tu rd a y aftern o o n a t 2 o’clock, w as years.
H erm isto n and B u tte r creek d is tric ts
dam p cellar. C ans c o n ta in in g s t r a in
A m ah o g an y desk w hich N apoleon postponed on acco u n t of th e cold w ea
ab o u t 40 p er cen t of the hay crop Is
ed honey ru s t. If th e honey is In
M. C. B a rra g e r, w ell know n fa rm e r still in th e g ro w ers’ hands. In the
th e com b it Is likely to d raw mois is said to have used o n m an y occa th e r w hich p rev en ted a tte n d a n c e of
sions
w
as
fo
r
som
e
y
ears
in
service
and
f r u it gro w er of east of S tan field H erm iston d is tric t, only about 25 per
a q u o ru m of e ith e r body. C ounty
tu r e and g ra n u la te m uch m ore q u ick
ly th a n w hen k ep t In th e p a n try or as a telep h o n e sw itch b o ard a t th e A gent W a lte r H o lt w as h ere from w as a H erm isto n v isito r yesterday. cer.t of hay Is s till being held, he
F ren ch M in istry of W ar. I t h as now P en d leto n for th e m eetings.
o th e r w arm places.
He re c e n tly pulled out his o rch ard of estim ated .
been placed w ith o th e r N apoleon rel
T h e m eetin g s w hich w ill be held
peach tre e s an d Is now p u llin g h is
Jo in tly , w ill be con d u cted S atu rd ay
F. C. M cK enzie h as been c a rry in g les a t L a M alm aison.
If b u ild in g o r rem odeling a k itch en
ap
p le o rc h a rd . “ I ’m tired of w o rk mgke it oblong r a th e r th a n square,
a ftern o o n , F e b ru a ry 5. E lectio n of
h is left h a n d in b andag es d u rin g th e
Miss Inez H am rick , d a u g h te r of officers an d th e fo rm u la tin g of p lan s in g h a rd to produce so m eth in g I to save step« In doing the w ork and
p a st few days on acco u n t of an In
Rev.
an d Mrs. S. H am rick , is in for th e com ing y ear w ill be tho chief c a n ’t sell,” he declared, "so I'm g e tt to d is trib u te th e eq u ip m en t a d v a n
fection. A sc ra tc h from a sp lin te r
business o f both bodies.
wn - the source of th e tro u b le.
T illam ook v is itin g frien d s.
in g rid of my o rc h a rd s.”
tageously.
MERGER PLANS OF
HILL LINESADVANGE
NO. 21
CYRUS E. WOODS
BIG FUTURE SEEN
IN EGG BUSINESS
BEAT PETALUMA” IS IDEA OF
LOCAL MAN
Natural Conditions Here Right to
Have 5,000,000 Laying H' ns
Working, White Says.
Cyrus E. Woods, form er am bassa
dor to Spain and Japan, whose nomin
ation as a m em ber of the in terstate
comm erce com m ission w as rejected by
the senate.
SENATE REFUSES TO
SEAT FRANK SMITH
W ashington, D. C.—Dented a seat
In tho sen ate to w hich he holds a
certificate of appointm ent, F ran k L
Sm ith of Illinois m ust aw ait anothei
investigation into the financing o!
his prim ary cam paign last year anf
a vote on th e funding before leam inv
w hether ho will sit in the present
congress.
The vote 'by w hich the senator-des
ignate w as refused the oath of offic
pending th e inquiry by the election;
com m ittee w as 48 to 33.
The vote denying the form er chair
man of the Illinois comm erce commls
sion a seat a t th is tim e found sorai
of the republican old guard, who ha<
previously been counted upon to sup
port him, joining th e opposition, whlc!
com prised 15 republicans, m ost insur
gents, 32 dem ocrats and the one farm
er-labor m em ber, S enator S hipstead o:
M innesota.
F our dem ocrats, Sm ith and Bleast
of South C arolina; Overm an, Nortl
Carolina, and Steck, Iowa, Joined thi
29 republicans in voting to seat th;
¡¿cnotor-deaignate pending fu rth e r in
qulry into his fitness.
T he s ta te of Illinois and attorneys
for Colonel Frank L. Sm ith jointly
challenged the rig h t of the sen ate to
b ar the Illinois senator-designate be
cause of the slush fund charges raised
ag ain st him la his prim ary cam paign.
A ppearing before the sen ate elec
tions com m ittee, counsel for th e state
and Sm ith filed a dem urrer to the sen
a te 's action in closing its doors in
S m ith ’s face.
SHORT NEWS NUGGETS
T he dem ocratic vacancy on the fed
eral trad e comm ission w as given by
P resid en t Ccolldge to E dgar A. Mc
Culloch of A rkansas.
The Benate defeated ratification of
the L ausanne treaty . T he vote was
50 for ratification and 34 against. A
tw o th ird s vote Is required to ratify
treaties.
In the g re a te st m obilization since
the World war, all the available a ir
craft of th e w ar dep artm en t will
sw arm the skies at Kelly Field, Texas
in w ar m aneuvers during April.
Sale of the Chicago, Milwaukee &
St. Paul rallrond to Kuhn, Loeb, finan
ciers of New York city was approved
by Federal Judge Jam es H. W ilkerson
of Chicago. The sale price was $140,-
000,000.
N otice th a t opponents of the adm in
istra tio n 's foreign policy will demand
an ex tra session of congress unless
th e N icaraguan and M exican situ a
tions nre cleared up by March 4, was
served in the house by R epresentative
H uddleston, dem ocrat of Alabama.
Too much w ter in a w ash in g m ac
hine’ causes excessive sp lash in g and
often reduces the efficiency of the
m achine. Observe w here th e w ater
line Is, and also be c arefu l not to
overload th e m achine w ith clo th es
(G ERA LD A. W H IT E )
G reen feed is th e life in su ran ce of
th e fowl on th e farm o r in larg e com
m ercial flocks. Dr. W a lte r F. H o ist,
p o u ltry n u tr itio n a l ex p ert of th e u n i
v ersity of C alifornia, sp eak in g a t th e
close of th e egg la y in g c o n test in
P etalu m a, says he hopes to see th e
p o ultrym en of th a t s ta te change from
the g reen stu ffs raised In th e ir sm all
garden plots to a lfa lfa hay. H e f u r
th e r sta te s th a t a lfa lfa h ay co n ta in s
nore vitam in es th a n an y o th e r g reen
■rop. If P etalu m a, w ith over a 5,-
900,000 hen p o p u latio n w ith in a ra d -
us of five m iles, can a ffo rd to In
tensify In such a large w ay, th a t
hey m ust concrete th e ir p o u ltry
vards to p rev en t soil co n tam in atio n ,
ind yet buy a lfa lfa hay for g reen
,’eed, w hy c a n ’t we w ith a lfa lfa
-an g es equal or even b e tte r P e ta
lum a’s hen population.
If I am not m istaken In m y fig -
ires a ra d iu s of five m iles w ould
jiv e 78.54 sq u are m iles or 50,265
ic r ts , th u s m ak in g a p o p u latio n ot
ib o u t 100 hens p e r acre. W e hav e,
o I have been told. 22,000 acres
v ith ab o u t 22,000 hen p o p u latio n .
Yet we have the a lfa lfa ra n g e an d
P etalu m a has concrete yard s an d im
ported hay. Come on. frien d s, we
are ju s t n in e ty -n in e head p er a cre
behind. L e t’s m uke o u r p o p u latio n
grow.
P e ta lu m a began In m uch th e sam e
vay as we a re b eg in n in g w ith a co-
'p erativ e feed b u y in g s ta tio n and co-
ip eratlv e egg sellin g . T h is Is com
ing for us In th e very n e a r fu tu re .
P e ta lu m a sh ip s a tra in lo a d of eggs
o th e New Y ork m a rk e t daily. Y et
h at tra in lo a d w ould n o t give New
York City its eggs for b re a k fa st.
T he ta r iff on o utside eggs h as
jc-en raised 50 per c e n t In th e p a st
’ew years and C hinese eggs w ill be
’orced from th e m a rk e ts if n ecessary
.a save th e A m erican p o u ltry m a n or
vom an.
The colleges agree th a t 100 h en s
rer acre Is not over cro w d in g an d
h a t all th e d e p a rtm e n ts of th e
arm ; th e d w ellin g house an d law n,
th e in cu b ato r house, th e hom e an d
p o u ltry g ard en , the b rooding gro u n d ,
p u lle t range, and lay in g ra n g e , m ay
all be accom m odated w ith necessary
ra n g e to p rev en t soil co n ta m in a tio n
a t th e ra te of 100 hens per acre.
So don’t d isco u rag e y o u r n eig h b o r
in his p o u ltry v e n tu re . E n co u rag e
him . If you hav e learn ed by a cold
cash ex p erim en t th a t some of your
p lan s w ere no good, tell him so, d en t
say "H e re Jim , by gee, you know I'v e
tried so and so and It ju s t w orked to
p erfectio n .” L et th e new m an p ro fit
by your experience paid for in cold
cash. If any m an o r w om an on th is
U m atilla p ro ject w a n ts my advice ■
any tro u b le th ey a re h a v in g o r v a '
me to see th e ir flocks p ersonally, 1
w ould be glad to help them in an y
way. W h a t I sa y m ay not ag ree
w ith your Ideas, b u t you cap i” “ "
It dow n on y o u r c a le n d a r bo you
w on’t forget it, and u., j
and I’ll het you pay cold
before a year. I did and I k o
w ill too.
B ecause o n r cold sn ap e a u g h 1
of us u n aw ares, le t’s d o n 't say.
B ill, th e re ’« n o th in g in th l pou
gam e, le t’s q u it.” Is*t s tr y a ll th e
h a rd e r and see th a t we a re prep ared
from now on.
Mrs. W hite and I stood on the r a i l
road tra c k a t L ex in g to n au d w atch ed
our w hole p la n t, la y in g house and all.
get up and s t a r t dow n the pike v i ’ii
our p o u ltry d u rin g th e cloud!.m t
th n t s tru c k Ju st a m ile an d o n e-h eli
above u s in th e su m m er of 1925, an d
yet, w hen th e flood w a te rs receded,
we moved th em back o n to th e ir fo u n
d atio n s an d re p a ire d th e dam age f
best we could, re b u ilt o u r fences r-r
added an In cu b ato r house to the
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