TTOME AND FARM MACIAZINU RUCTION
Oregon Agricultural College is the Friend of the Farmer
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ASSISTANT STATE LEADER OF
FIELD DEMONSTRATION.
AN ASSISTANT state lender of
county ficM work how been up
Iolntcd to help Professor II. T.
French earn for tho growing interests
of farm demonstration. The now assis
tant Ik M. O. Kvans, Jr., supervisor of
school nnd homo pardon work fur the
I'ortlaml Public Schools, who has nl
. ready had considerable experience iu
rural work In Oregon.
Mr. Kvnn, a native of Vermont, Ik
a graduate of Cornell University, and
hnx taken two year graduate work nt
the Oregon Agricultural College. In
1912 he was engaged in making agri
cultural investigations for ttie state
survey of the Oregon Stnto Immigra
tion Commission. The nest year he
win business manager for tho General
Welfare School conducted by the Agri
cultural College.
In March of lout year Mr. Kxans
was called to Portland to take charge
of the choo! gnrden work for tho Har
den Content league. Tho success of
tho gnrden movement was so pro
nounced that the I'ortlund school gar
den plnnit noon camo Into national
recognition. Mr. Kvnns was then np
pointed supervisor of garden work by
the Hoard of Kducntion, During Inn
less than two years of sorvlce the
school garden movement has grown
irom lurec gnruens 10 -.i, ami wie nura
ber of children doing garden work has
increased from n few hundred to more
than 8,000.
The work of the new assistant will
bo partly direct nnd partly through the
county demonstration agent. It will
deal with nil forms of plant and ani
mal production that nro practiced on
the farms of Oregon, and will include
in a general way tho advancement of
progressive agriculture through the Y.x
tension division of tho Agricultural
College.
VALLEY NEWSPATEE MEN TO
MEET AT COLLEGE.
IN CONNECTION with n number of
stnto nnd district conventions the
next meeting of the Willnmctte
Valley Editorial Association will be
held at the Agricultural College. The
date for this meeting has been placed
on Saturday, Doeembcr 5, by tho execu
tive committee. Mr. Hornlbrook, edi
tor of the Albany Democrat, Is presi
dent of the association and Mr. Hcdo,
editor of tho Cottago Qrovo Sentinel,
is secretary. Tho Agricultural College
will join with tho officers of tho asso
ciation In tho work of bringing a lurgo
delegation of newspaper men to this
convention nnd in providing for a
profitable meeting.
It is tho wish of tho nssoelntion of
ficers that tho tlmo of tho delegates
should be divided between tho business
session nnd tho work of Insjicetlng the
college buildings and equipment and
learning mora of tho character" and ex
tent of college operations. The occa
sion will form an excellent opportun
ity for the livo newspaper men of tho
Wlllamotto Valley to soo In operation
the institution maintained by tho state
to givo help and direction to its farm
ing activities wliilo nt tho sarno time
trailing its future citizen for useful
and honorable careers.
Among tho other important conven
tions to bo held during this week arc
those representing the agricultural, the
domestic nnd tho educational interests
of tho state. Tho presenco of these con
ventions hero will give tho editors a
chance to meet many lending men of
ibe state In various lines of ondeuvor.
Special railway rates will be secured
for the delegates who will bo tho
guest of tho collego during their stuy,
STALLION BUYERS WARNED Or
UNLICENSED ANIMALS.
THAT STALLIONS coming from out
side tlw stnto will bo exhibited nt
the- Stnto Fair this fall is the in
formation received by tho State Stal
lion Itegist ration Hoard, says Carl X.
Kennedy, the Agricultural College
horse socialist nho is secretary of the
board. Those contemplating buying
nny of these stallions nro warned that
they should ascertain whether they nro
registered by associations that nro
recognised by tho United States gov
ernment. If there is any doubt as to
their soundness and breeding they
should be purchased only with tho un
derstanding that they are not to be ac
cepted nnd paid for until licens-d by
tho Oregon Hoard.
No unsound stallion is allowed by
law to stand for srrvlro in this slate.
Hence no person should purchase for
public service a stallion that is not
recorded in n rccognired nssoclaliou,
inco such nnimnls are licensed ns mon
grels nnd do not meet with favor
among tho horsemen. It is greatly
ngainst your interests to permit a horse
dealer or peddler to sell you an un
sound stallion or one of unsound
breeding.
The Stnllion Hegistratinn Hoard, lo
cnted nt Corvnllis, is glnd nt nil times
to glvo any information within it
power.
PRECEPTRESS NAMED.
FW. KKIIKLT, who was graduated
from the course in dairying at
tho Agricultural College lust
June, has been appointed farm dairy ad
visor of the Hermiston district, to fill
the vacancy caused by tho resignation
of S. J. Damon. Mr. Kehrli's ripjxiint
ment was to tuko effect September 1,
and he has already entered upon his
duties.
This is the third O. A. C. dalrymnn
to receive the appointment as dairy
field man nt Hermiston, tho first being
now deceased and the second, Mr. Da
mon, having resigned to go into tho
creamery business for himself. Like his
predecessors, the present encumbent
wus selected by the head of tho dairy
department for his splendid qualifica
tions. "He was," soys lrofesor
Graves, "ono of the specially strong
men of tho class, and will undoubtedly
bo highly useful to tho dairymen of
his district. Ho is in the cooperative
service of tho Agricultural College nnd
tho U. 8. Department of Agriculture,
nnd is in a position to render practical
aid to the dairy industry in various
wuys. ' '
It is tho province of the field dairy
men to keep in touch with the dairy
men of their district and give such as
sistance as may be needed in solving
the local dairy problems. Questions of
selecting and Improving, tho herd, of
feeding and management, of dairy pro.
duetion and dairy manufacture, ns well
as marketing dairy produces, receive
the attention of the dairy agent. The
agents likewiso visit the, dairy farms
on Invitation or in emorgciny, nnd
either muko necessary recommendations
or take tho matter beforo tho college
specialists who may be better prepared
to render tho special service required.
COLLEOE SHORT COURSE IN
rRAOTZOAL PHARMACY.
ACOUItSK in pharmacy designed es
pecially for Dioko students who
wish to tako the junior and tho
senior stnto board examinations is
maintained by tho Agricultural Col
lege, Tho course is strong und prac
tical, covering u period of two years,
ami upon completion provides Its stu
dents with it sultublu certificate, Tho
subjects nre entirely scientific nnd pro
fesslounl, and nro made up of general
chemistry, general pharmacy, tinmen
clnture, therapeutics nnd doses, phnr
luncognoxy, orgauic chemistry, materia
inedicn, toxicology, itinlitntivo analysis
and prescription practice.
llnrh year tho college has registered
not only fouryrnr high school grndu
ntes, but men of more ndvnneed nge,
some of whom have had five years or
mora of practical cxpcrlcneo in tho
drug business, but who lack ndequato
scientific training nud have found this
courso peculiarly fitted to their needs.
In this courts ns in nil uthors, tho
eollego Is carrying out its H)liey of
serving tho best interests of tho stnto.
With nine ipecinlly equipped laborn
torie for chemical and pharmaceutlenl
work, thi course, under the super
vistou of Professor Adolph Zlefle, is
well suited to meet the mods of nil
classes of studei.t.
Students mny register for this work
on the regular registration dates. Sep
tembor lh nnd I'ebrunry 9. Any In
quiries concerning tho courso should bo
directed to II. M. Tenant, Kegistrnr O.
A. C, Conallis, Oregoi.
TALL CROP SEED TESTED.
FA KM KltS and gardeners may have
their seed for the fall crop test-
ed by experts iu charge or tlio
Agricultural Collego co-operative- seed
testing laboratory at tho State Pair In
Snloui. Thot th.s mny nsult In very
I great gain tn many cases hn been con-
1 elusivrly shown. The work will bo done
I with nbsoluto thoroughness nud nrcu
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of tho state.
"Growers who plant untested seed
nre often taking big ehnnccs of spread
ing weed pests ns well ns getting a
poor stand," said Professor Hcuddcr in
discussing this feature, of the collego
exhibit at the fair. "Tho laboratory
has just finished a test of alfalfa seed
in which thero were 47,070 weed seeds
ot various kinds in each pound of seed.
In sowing this crop tho fanner would
distribute -',817 seeds of dodder nud
many seeds of other kinds on each
square rod of his land."
Of 295 samples of alfalfa seed test
ed during tho Inst year, 93 sample
were more or less adulterated with
dodder. Tbl is 311 per cent of the
samples tested, and show that ono man
In every threo that purchased alfalfa
seed Iwiught dodder for his farm. Pro
fessor Scudder called attention to ono
easo In which n farmer bought ir.O
worth of nl falfn seed, sowed about half
of it and becoming convinced that tho
....l wk nut nure. sent a sumplo to
tho Agricultural Collego lo bo tested.
An enormous amount of dodder seed
was fonnd In the sample, Tho farmer
had done untold unmngo m m ncm..
i.. tut il.n nmd of havlnir seed tested
is so pressing that much will bo mndo
of this feature or mo Agricuiiurm vim
logo exhibit at the State Fair.
WOMAN OROWS TEACHES.
ONll of Wlllamotto Valley's most
successful peach growers Is Miss
Helen Crawford, formerly u mem
ber of tho Agricultural Collego faculty.
Her orchard this year hns produced n
remarkably flno crop of caches that
rival In npponrnnco nnd flavor those
of the distinctly peach scctluns of tho
country. Miss Crawford has followed
tho collego methods of orchard prnc
tice nnd her success points tho wny to
a far larger production of tho queen
of fruits in Western Oregon.
A, II. Cordley, dean of, ngrlculturo
und director of tho Oregon Kxperl
incut Station, spent lust week at tho
Sherman County branch F.xperlmerst
Station near Muru. It Is tho liitnnUua
of Dean Cordley not only to observe,
tho operation In progress nt risen
branch e.xorlinent station In tho sUU,
but also to relate more closely the work,
of tho various collego and excrlmeni
stntiou departments with tho work ot
tho branch stations, and bring all the
forces into closer eooperatlou with lha
farmers of Oregon.
COLLEGE CALENDAR 1UU-I5.
nut.
September IB, 19, SI, Prldny, Saturday,
Monday Iteglstrntluii und examina
tion for admission.
September 22, Tuesday Itecltnllons be
gin. October U, Friday Quarterly meeting
Hour. I of lU'gvnts.
November 2 ForeMry short courso be
gins. November 25, 20, 27, 5W, Wednesday,
(noon), Thursday, Priday, Saturday.
Thanksgiving recess.
November 30 to December 5 (noon)-
runners' Week.
December 19, Saturday (noon) Christ
mas reccs begin.
1U15.
January I, Monday Itcgulnr exercised
resumed. Winter snort course begins.
January 0, Wednesday Quarterly meet
Imt Hoard of U.'L'rnU.
Jnnuary 30, Saturday Winter short
courso ends.
February 1, 2, 3, 4, Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday Pirst semester
examinations.
February 4, Thursday First semester
ends.
February P, Tuesday Second semester
begins.
April 7, Wednrsdny Qunrterly meeting
Hoard of ltecvnts.
April 1ft Forestry short course end.
May 7, Friday Military Inspection.
May 22 Intcrscholastlc Field and
Track Meet.
Mny 30, Friday Decoration Day, lege
Imlldnr.
May 31, Juno 1, 2 3, 4, Monday, Tuw
duy, Wednesday, Tliurs.iuy, i rniay
K-riinl MPineater examinations.
Juno 0, Sunday Haccataureutu oxen
Juno 7, Monday Quarterly meeting oi
Hoard of Kegents.
Juno H, Tuesday Commencement exes
elsos.
Juno H, Monday Summer school be
gins.
Subject to change.
A. H. BURTON
Education-
t gradnutel
from Southern
lllinoli Stat
Normal, 1901;
University of
Illinois, 1007 J
University of
Oregon haw.
3ehool, 1919. .
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try schools, coiisolltUllun whero practical,
belter tcaclitrs, teachers promoted (or merit
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