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OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
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BIG SHIPMENT OF LAMBS.
Polk County Stock Brings Top-notch
Prices for Breeding '
Independence Ihere were loaded
and shipped from Independence one
day last week 700 buck lambs and 20
bead of thoroughbred Angora goats.
The buyer of this blooded stock was
Alexander Donaldson, of Sheridan, Wy
oming. The seller was W. W. Perci
val, of this place
The lambs were principally from
Tolk county, although there were a few
in the shipment from Yamhill, Benton,
and Marion. The goats were raised by
Mr. Percival. It required seven single
decked cars to carry the shipment. The
lamos are Lincolnshire and Ootswold
breeds, for which Polk county is be
coming famous. A few carloads were
shipped to Wyoming by Mr. Percival
last yi ar, and this year he received an
order for double the amount.
For breeding purposes the Polk coun
ty Iambi bring funcjr prices, which the
butchers cannot pay, and owners of
eheep are naturally turning their at
tention more to the raising of thorough
bred stock. The shipment included
lambs from tne J. B. Stump.and Wil
liam Riddell farms, already known
amung Eastern stockmen as producers
of high grade eheep and goats.
One lamb from the Riddell farm, one
year old, sheared 23 pounds, and
weisthod 270 pounds. The fleece at 28
cents brought $6.44. At the market
price of lamb, It would have brouaht
ilO.80. which, tot-ether with the
fleece amounts to $17.24. For breed
ino DurDOses the lamb sold for more.
There were a number of lambs in
the ghloment which shear 21 to 23
ipounds. ,
GOOD FRUIT NOT COSTLY.
Small Outlay Will Eradicate Codlin
Moth and Other Pests.
Milwaukie J. H. Reld, of this
place, who has made a close study of
sprays for codlin moth and fruit pests,
believes that wormy apples are not
necessary, and that it is possible for
all who raise fruit to keep it free from
codlin moth or other pets. Contrary
to the supposition that the cost of
spraying is excessive, Mr. Reld gives
some figures to show that spraying is
not expensive.
Mr. Reid cites the apple orchard of
Mark Levy, at Milwaukie, who had a
total of 300 boxes of appleB and pears.
Each time he sprayed it took 18 hours.
There were two men employed at a
cost of $9, one team at $6, and cost of
material was $10, making the total
cost $26. This was less than 6 cents
per box. A great many of Mr. Levy's
trees are young and not in full bearing,
and for that reason thb cost for spray
ing was larger than it would have been
had the trees been in full bearing.
"In a large orchard like that of Mil
lard O. Lownsdale, in Yamhill coun
ty," said Mr. Reid, "the cost would
not be more than 4 to 6 cents per box
for spraying. ' When the spraying is
properly done the grower does not have
more than eight or ten per cent loss
from worms."
Salem Has New Industry.
Salem The only sienna paint fac
tor on the Pacific coast and one of
the few in the United States, is now in
operation in Salem. A complete out
fit of erinding, sifting and mixing ma
chinery has been installed, but the
demand for the product already indi
cates that the plant will have to be
dunlicated. The factory is being oper
ated on material Bhipped from the si
enna deposits discovered a year or two
aeo south of Eugene, in Lane county.
As the deposits cover an area of 62
acres to a depth of 50 feet, there is
plenty of material to supply the factory
for a number of years.
Ttfl have Droved that the Lane
county deposits are of as high grade as
the Italian sienna and it has been
demonstrated that the Oregon material
can be placed upon the market in com
petition with the imported article.
.Record-breaking Prune Crop.
Oreeon City William X. Davis,
who owns a 20-acre prune orchard near
Cams, reports that he will have a record-breaking
crop of exceptional qual
ity this year. He says his trees are
loaded to their capacity. Mr. DaviB
trees are all of the -Italian variety, he
havina Dlowed up his acreage of pe
tites, supplanting them with the Ital
ians which be finds more prontaDie
Large Crop of Cabbages.
LaGrande Harvey Clark, from a
20-acre tract of mountain land, located
four miles south of town, will harvest
500 sacks of potatoes and 16,000 heads
of cabhaee. weighing from two to five
pounds. His potatoes will bring $400,
and the cabbages $800, or a total re
turn of $1,200 from 20 acres.
Vandals Cut Hop Vines.
Salem Unknown marauders entered
the hop yard of Hing Quong, near this
city, and cut all the bop vines on about
an acre of ground, 'The hops will be
of little value. ..... ,.. , . .
FORTUNES IN DAIRYING.
Prominent Willamette Valley Dairyman
Says "Buy Cows."
Independence That the cow is the
best of money makers for the farmer,
is the assertion of K. C. Eldridge, of
this place, owner of creameries at Inde
pendence, Dayton, Jefferson, Eugene
and Junction City, and one of the larg
est buyers of cream in the Willamette
valley
"A large part of the prosperity of
the Willamette valley has come from
the milch cow," he said. "Darying
beats wheatraising out of sight. And
three or four years of dairying on
wneai land win aouDie tne wneai grow
ing capacity of the soil. A number of
farmers in Pulk are raising more than
30 bushels of wheat to the acre on such
land, which several years ago would
not produce more than 12 to 15 bush
els. A farmer with say 50 cows, al
though that's a rather big herd, and
with hogs and chickens as accessories,
can make more money thn do many
of the country banks that is, if he
uses brains as well as bands. It s a
bonanza for him, sure enough. Farm
ers are fast coming into realization of
this; in fact, many of them realize it
already. Dairy products always can
find a market without hunting for it,
at high prices! But dairying requires
constant attention every day in the
year, and ior tnis reason some iarmers
are nnwilling to take up with it.
'One man of my acquittance wno , -
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six years ago, owned .ju acres oi ianu
and was in debt, by going into the
dairying business paid his debt, bought
70 acres more for $3,850, and has paid
$2,500 of this price already. The other
day he sold 14 six-months old hogs for
$217."
Seaside Bath House Burned.
Seaside The large bath house owned
by E. N. Zeller, located on the beach
near tne uutterneia collages, was to
tally destroyed by fire a few days ago.
There was no wind, or the surrourding
cottages would have been destroyed.
Adjoining cottages were protected by
the bucket brigade. The loss is par
tially covered by insurance.
Dry Rust in Valley Hop Yards.
Woodburn Dry rust haB appeared
in hopyards in the vicinity of Mount
Angel, where there is considerable com
plaint, and an immense amount of
damage is liable to be done. This is
the firsii appearance of dry rust in this
section. It has a musty smell and ab
solutely destroys the flavor of the hop.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Club, 65o; bluestem, 69c;
valley, 6970c; red, 63c.
Oats No. 1 white, fZ22Z.DU; gray,
$2021.
Barley Feed, $2021 per ton;
brewing, $21 6022.50; rolled, $23.
Rye $1-30 per cwt.
Corn Whole, $26; cracked, $27 per
ton.
Hay Valley timothy, No. 1, $10
11 per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy,
$1214; clover, $77 50; cheat, $7
7.50; grain hay, $7; alfalfa, $10;
vetch hay, $77.50.
Fruits Apples, common, 5U7oc per
box; fancy, $1.252; grapes, 75c
$1.50 per crate; peaches, 70c$1.00;
pears, $125; plums, fancy, 5U7oc
per box; common, 5075c; blackber
ries, fi6o per pound; crab apples, $1
1 50 per box.
Melons Cantaloupes, 10c$1.23 per
crate; watermelons, llcper pound;
casabas, $3.253.60.
Veetables Beans, 57c; cabbage,
l2c; celery, 85c$l per doz9n;
corn, 1520c per dozen; cucumbers,
25c per dozen; egg plant, 10n per
pound; lettuce, head, 25c per dozen;
onions, 1012c per dozen; pea?, 4
5c; bell peppers. 12615c; radishB,
10O15c per dozen; spinach, 23c per
pound; tomatoes, 2550a per box;
parsley, 25c; squash, $11.25 per
crate; turnips, 90c$l per sack; car
rots, $11.25 per sack; beets, $1.25
1.50 per sack.
Onions Naw, per pounl.
Potatoer Oregon Burbanks, 70
80c; sweet potatoes, 44Jc per pound.
Butter Fancy creamery, 23 27c
per pound ;
Eggs -Oregon ranch, 24c25per doz
en.
Poultry Average old hens, 13
14c per pound; mixed chickens, 18
1 3 Vc: 'spring, 1415c; old roosters,
910c; dressed chickens, 14 15c;
turkeys, live, 1720c; turkeys, dress
ed, choice, 21221c; geese, live, 9
10j: ducks, 1316c.
Hops 1906 contracts, 17V20c per
pound; 1905, nominal; 1904, nominal.
Wool Eastern Oregon average best,
15i9o epr pound, according to shrink
page; valley, 2022, according to fine'
ness; ; mohair, choice, 2830c per
pound.
Veal Dressed, 58c per pound
Beef Dressed bulls, 3c per pound;
cows, 45c; country steers, 536c.
Mutton Dressed, fancy, 78c per
pound; ordinary, 56c; lambs, fancy,
Pork Dressed, 78o per pound
REVOLT GROWING RAPIDLY.
Santigo In Rebellion Insurgents Con
trol Santa Clara Province.
Havana, Sept. 4. The situation here
is far darker than at any previous time
since the insurrection broke out. News
of an uprising In Santiago province,
while not yet published here, is spread
ing about the city and causing the
gravest concern. When Mr. Sleeper,
the American charge d'affaires here,
was told the contents of an Associated
Press Santiago dispatch, he endeavored
to verify it through the State depart
ment, but was told it was absolutely
untrue. Subsequently it was verified
from private newspaper sources. The
extent of the rising in Santiago is not
known, but it is the opinion fiere that
the worst calamity of all to the Palma
government would be an insurrection
in Eastern Cuba.
The Associated Press was informed
tonight by two reliable eyewitnesses
that Cardenas, which hitherto has been
considered a perfectly peaceful city,
was the scene yesterday of desultory
fighting between police and rural
guards on one side and roving insur
gents on the other.
The only province remaining per
fectly peaceful is Puerto Principe.
The Associated Press cjrrespondent
at Cienfuegos telegraphed tonight that
there are 8,000 armed insurgents in
that vicinity and that all the small
towns In Santa Clara province are con
trolled by insurgents, who attack and
loot trains and seize the property of
foreigners as well as that of Cubans.
Trinidad is surrounded by insurgents,
and the government appears powerless
to protect the property of Americans
and other foreigners. Railway trains
are held up at will, and passengers
NHHrr ii hi l i 1 1 m ii i iu Lnuviai laiiiuau
searched. The Cuban Central railroad
hftg declined to aBBUme reaponeibility
for the safety of paisengers or freight
Recruiting for government torces is
making good progress here. The gov
eminent continues to make fine head
way wherever there is open lighting.
The troops in the western part 01
Pinar del Rio have not yet come up
with Pino Guerrera, and, according to
the Associated Press correspondent
with the troops, there is no present
likelihood of their doing so, as the
troops might march for ten years and
all the while Guerrera would be just
ahead of them in the hills. There
are thousands of mount ain trails with
which the insurgents are familiar and
which lead in all directions. If Guer
rera" cared to harass the government, its
troops could te killed off by sharp
shooters. The government has no cav
alry in Pinar del Rio, and the only
real soldiers are the artillerymen, but,
as they are on foot, they cannot cope
with the well mounted veterans on the
insurgent side. , . ., i -..
FREEZE OUT FOREIGNERS.
American and British Merchants Fear
Enmity of China.
Victoria, B. C, Sept. 4. Advices re
ceived from Pekin by the steamer Tar
tar tell of increasing anti-foreign mach
inations. The corrspondent of the lo
kio Mainichi reports that Tung Saoyi.
vice minister of foreign affairs, is tak
ing advantage of his growing influence
in the government to strengthen the
powers of Chinese who have been ap
pointed directors of customs, having
the support of the an i-foreign element
among the Chinese.
The correspondent says Amei ican and
British communities are much in
censed at the Chinese attitude, Ameri
cans in particular feeling great anxiety
as to the future course of events in
China. The Pekin police have in
structed Chinese that no premises of
any kind must be rented to foreigners.
The same correspondent says that toe
Chinese comissioners who have re
turned from travels abroad have had a
conference with the emperor and em
press dowager and the decision was
ranched to formulate a constitution for
Ch na.
The Asahi's correspondent says dras
tic changes in the central and provin
cial administrations are contemplated.
At Pekin there will be a premier and
two general secretaries to control the
eight state departments and in each
vice royalty the administration will be
divided into seven sections. Chitung
Chou Fuh is quoted to the effect that
the constitutional government in
China will be established in the course
of from 10 to 15 years.
Swam the English Channel.
London, Sept. 4. It is reported at 1
o'clock this morning from Dover that
T. W. Burgess, the swimmer, who at
tempted yesterday to swim the cBan
nel, has landed near Calais after 17
hours in tie water. Another report
is that he is within but three miles of
the French cost. On account of the
heavy fog which .covers the channel
Dover people fear for the swimmer's
safety. Burgess has tried three times
to swim the channel, failing each time.
He says he can do it, and is determined
that he will.
Warning of More Bombs.
St. Petersburg, Sept. 4. The woman
who assassinated General Min still re
fuses to disclose her identity, but she
admits that her passport is false and
bas warned her Jailers that St. Peters
burg is on the -eve of a series of acta oi
terrorism.
The Moth Peat.
Westward the gypsy moth takes Its
way. It lias caused millions or dollars
worth of damage In Massachusetts, has
escaped to New Hampshire and Con
necticut, and now the Invasion Is turn
ing toward New York State. This in
teresting Information Is conveyed In a
letter of warning just issued by E. P.
Felt, State Entomologist.
The brown tall moth Is a more recent
Introduction, and, unlike the gypsy
moth, flies readily. It is not only a
very destructive leaf feeder, but the
barbed hairs of the caterpillars cause
a very severe Irritation upon the un
protected skin.
Two rows of warts down the back of
the gypsy moth caterpillar make It
easily distinguishable. It Is about two
Inches long and the ten anterior warts
are blue, the twelve posterior red. The
gynsv moth will eat anytmng in me
tree or shrub line, and on the slightest
disturbance leap on passersby and cling
to clothing.
Brown tall moths have white spots
on each side and a single pair of red
Rpots near the tail. They prefer wild
cherry, near, apple, maple, elm and
white oak leaves, and have barbed
horns, which, breaking off or blowing
from the cocoon, produce an Intolerable
irritation, the "brown tall itch."
Caterpillars of both species, gayg Mr.
Felt, may be destroyed by spraying
with an arsenical poisoning, preferably
five pounds of arsenate of lead to fifty
gallons of water, though the gypsy moth
caterpillars, especially when nearly
full grown, are quite 'resistant to pols
on. EgK" of the gypRy moth may be de
stroyed by treating the egg masses with
NESTS OF THE MOTHS.
a preparation composed of 50 per cent
creosote oil, 20 per cent carbolic acid,
20 per cent spirits of turpentine and 10
per cent of coal tar.
To Make Good Corn Drag
Any fanner handy with the ordinary
tools on a farm can make a corn drag
attachment for his cultivator that will
pay for Itself many times in one sea
son, If properly used, says an experi
enced agriculturist The common farm
harrow is too heavy jind unwieldy for
harrowing corn after It Is. up, except
under the most favorable conditions of
oil and weather. To make, get oak
one and one-half Inches by three. Make
In two sections of th.ee bars each. Let
each section be long enough to cover
all of snare between two rows. Brace
same as other harrows. No. 00 wlr
spikes make very good teeth. Set teeth
a little slanting and as close as will
work In your soil without clogging. At
tach to beams of corn plow. Arrange
so that the drag will cover all the
ground when yon wish by connecting
the two parts. You can, with this nr
rangement, adjust the drag to suit.
Agricultural Atonia.
Try feeding the work horses light at
noon and heavier at night.
It Is most exasperating to attempt
to fix a pump when the stock is stand
ing around waiting and making things
unpleasant.
An early piece of ground sown to tar
ley makes the pigs smile.
The brood sow cannot successfully
suckle her litter on a corn ration.
One farmer with a small bunch of
sheep reports that from nineteen sheep
last year he realized $129.30 In lambs
and wool $0.84 a head which Is a
good record.
The cut worm, like the "x" of al
gebra, Is always the unknown quantity,
end It Is as hard to find him sometimes
as It Is to find, what "x"f. In . algebra
eauals. Let the scientists fell us how
to get rid of this pest, ,
1 The man who breeds a breed of hog
because he likes them is sure to suc
ceed. t More depends on the man than
on the breed. V '. . ' '
All fence rows should be set to grass
so as to keep down a dense growth of
w;eeds. If weeds are allowed to grow ,
It means that they will have to be
mowed. - -
If your family has not had all the
strawberries and garden truck their
hides will hold, what has been the rea
son? These things are so easily ob
tained that one ought to be ashamed if
they are not supplied.
One of the best Scotch shepherds
says that when a sheep reached the age
of six years,- It Is well to get her oft
one's hands. Then ne begins to go
down, and a sheep on the shady side
of 11 fo Is poor property.
Mole la Strong Demand.
As indicating the steady growth In
public favor which the mule Is enjoy- .
Ing, we are glad to note that the pro
prietor of a , Mis
souri Jack farm has
Just sold some fine
animals at high,
prices $3,000, $2,
000, $1,500, $1,250,
five for $1,000 each,
$000, $800, $700,
three Jacks and one
jennet, $3,000. A
letter from Austin,
Tot. snva there Is
WELL BRED JACK ' . -
a great shortage of
mules In that State. They are in strong
demand by farmers and ranchers, and
the supply Is inadequate. As a result.
the prices of good mules have gone up
to the highest figures ever known In
the State. It will be but a few years
until this mule shortage, which is said
to exist throughout the country, will
be relieved, as much attention is now
being given to breeding the animals.
Country Gentleman.
Spraying to Deatror Bnga.
The recognized formula for bordeaux
mixture for use on potatoes Is six
pounds of copper sulphate, blue vitriol,
four pounds unslacked quicklime and
fifty gallons of water. The copper sul
phate is dissolved In one barrel and the
lime in another. Add to each twenty
five gallons of water and then mix
thoroughly. When to be used strain
through a wire strainer, preferably
one of brass.
Spraying should be started when the
potato plants are six Inches high and
be' repeated every ten days or two
weeks, according to the weather, '
throughout the growing season. If bugs
are to be destroyed, add one pound of
parts green to each fifty gallons of
bordeaux mixture, but the bordeaux
mixture should be used alone, until the
bugs are noticed.
When It is figured that the cost of
spraying does not exceed $7 an acre,
and it Is often less, while experiments
have proved that the value of the crop
was lucreased three or four times the
cost for spraying, It certainly pays and
pays well.
FHea and the Milk Yield.
The effect on milk production by the
use of fly repellents has been tested at
the Missouri Station. Various mixtures
were found which would keep oft the
flies all day if put on In the morning;
but a measurement of the milk and test
of the butter fat for a period of two
weeks Indicated that keeping off the
flies did not affect the milk yield. As
somewhat similar results were obtained
by experiments at the Connecticut Sta
tion, It seems fair to concede that the
Injurious effects of the fly pest have
been exaggerated. During the fly time
the feed In most pastures Is growing
poorer every day and the cows natu
rally shrink then, but it is probably a
mistake to blame the flies for much of
the shrinkage. For all that, It Is
worth while to use the mixtures to
keep off the flies for the peace ana
quiet obtained In the stable for both
the cows and for the milkmen.
Good Cropa for Old Grana Land.
The question of what to do with grass
land after haying, where the land Is
run out and poor, Is a rather puzzling
one, but If we should get rain enougli
to soften the surface and permit easy
plowing, It may be broken up, enriched
with manure or fertilizer and Immedi
ately seeded with Hungarian. In ease
the weather should prove too dry for
this, barley may be sown either alone
or with rye In August for fall feeding.
Off good, strong laud, well enriched, a
crop of late cabbage plants niay he set
as late as July 15; the turnip seed
may he sown eveii as late as Aug. 1,
though July 20 Is a better time.
Guinea Fonln Keep Away Hawka.
A Massachusetts poultryman declares
that he has lost no chicks by hawks
and crows since he kept a small flock of
guineas, though losing many before.
Their strident voices seem to discon
cert ;the feathered marauders. The
guineas are also good watchdogs, and
no prying thief or sneaking "varmint"
can escape their nocturnal vigilance
and shrill alarm. The young make fine
eating, too, and there Is a growing de
mand .for them.. In the ' markets. It
would pay on many a farm to adtfa few
guineas to the feathered stock. '
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