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About Klamath republican. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1896-1914 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 5, 1914)
1313, W. >. T.y«t HORACE GREELEY KEESLING, Editor. HHPAKTMKNT KtHTORil Mamurl ie. Kalaoa. Htata Inapeitor er Haiti«-» Hatty nil<i j . i » o Hto.-k linilaerlae lltialai» I »lh«r Children'« A FORESTRY BOARD. FARM ADVISORS NOT NEW. Domestic Science Traveling Schools Are Also Doing Good Work in Belgium. A Profitable and Dosirabl« Addition to County Government. OIt 30 years Belgium has sent agricultural experts out through Its rural districts to ietu-h farm ers how to retain the fertility of th«- soil, as well as cultural methods that will enublo th«-m to raise the largest and best crops. CONTHiaVTOHUi ■AH California I forticuliural Commi«- In Belgium this plan became Im ■loners. perative ns tho population had grown Fdwar<| lirrwl.'lc I’arlflc «Irova. In numbers eequal to the acres of Jloiiry J. Marehall ” A Craft». Oak lutiti farming land. John Y. lirai/. Hanta llrnu. In addition to this advisor system Howaril C Kegley. Hnw Iella, they also had traveling «« bools to In l'aro/ I. Edward* struct th«- farm girls In domestic Philip Hand«-reon. Allea Bancroft. science, evidently recogntxlng the fart that It Would bo quite as Important The Editor of the Farmer invitee rorieepon<1«>nee from any trailer upon that th«- crops bo used with economy any subject that may intereat coun and offl« lency tn the farm homes us try propio, or have a bearing up Im that th«- «tuantlty be increased. provement of «ondinone In rural life While we Americans hope to «•••<! th«- All department« of itila paper are open for the approval or dleapprovai ut day when our l«oy« may be gruduate«! Ita render» and a free eipr«<»«lon of from our public s< hools amply qual- opinion le Invited. in«-d to begin to farm, and our girls as « til« lent houaeke« yers, until that time arrives wo must use su« h m-ans THE RICE INDUSTRY SPREADING. as may tie obtainable and practical, to help them Io an Intelligent discharge It« Culture May Eventually Do Possible of their duties. in Many Parte of California. There art- half a million farm women In Belgium. Th«-y have organised "clr- PPARENTLY 5000 acre« of rice <-l«-s" for self education and Improve will Im sown In Fresno, Kluge, ment and have proven to bo great stu Tulare and K«-rn countl«w the dents. looking eagerly for anything coming aeaaon. Home very rich land that may h-ip them In their work. The scejects for discussion are la being found around the lake« Juat nulled to ri<r culture. It la safe to numerous. some of them being, "Gsn- pedlct that a tryout of land« thought eral Agri« jlturc,” "Quallths of Farms to l>«> suitable for rice culture will un an«i P'arm Work," "A Day's Work on cover conditions favorable and un the Farm," "Poultry liaising." "Dairy favorable to Its growth. In some lo ing." "Hygiene," "Duties of Mothers," cations tho presence of a hardpan a ami "Farm Women's I tress." it Is safe to assume that any nation few feat below the aurface will facil itate the holding of tvater at the neces whl--h Interests Itself largely In such sary depth. Thia may work out well topics will never degenerate agricul during th<> growing season, but Just turally. what tho rffc« t will be when th«- Held» must tie drained tn permit of harvest SCHOOL DISTRICT EXHIBITIONS. ing will only be pros<-n by trial. Th» finding of aultable soils for rice Should Be of Grost Benefit to Pupil« in an Industrial and Business Way. In a nurnb«-r of districts In California la Interesting when c«»tnpar«M with the history of other products, orange RATIFYING success lias been at grow ing common tally was considered tained by schools In exhibiting for many years as practicable only in their product* In gardening or southern «'allfornla. Potato growing was attempt«-«! only along th«- rivers or mechanb al work at county fair« which moist coast lands. Prunes wore thought has given school Industrial training a of only In connection with Hants Clara well deserve«! "boost." and has en valley, etc., but ns the yearn passed by couraged those who believe In and arc other locations In this great state were working for Industrial credits In found where all those crops would schools, to Increased efforts. That the school credit for homo work grow and produce abundantly. No section of t’allfornln may be said to svetem has worked wonders In many enjoy a monopoly of uny product of schools am! hits been the menns of In gr«ut Importance. h <> with rice grow teresting thi children in Industrial oc ing. Tl.... nlon<- will till whin- the cupations has been amply proven. To those then, who bell«-ve that In- great rice fields of t'allfornla will ho found, an«l It Is even probable that Is terest In practical things will Improve distribution over the stain may be the purll'a ability to grasp his school come more general than la now con studies and will eventually graduate him w ith a more efficient equipment for sidered possible. For the good of those interested In his life's work ns well as an armor to raising rice It Is hoped that there will protect him from the follies and vices bo no great rush Into the Industry, which nssnll youth, this matter of but that It will have a st«««idyI hearty school exhibitions has great interest. To exhibit at fairs only would seem growth nn«l as free ns possible from all setbacks. Also that no large acre to lx- Insufficient us they occur usually age will «-ver be planted on land more but once eac h year, it would seem to suitable and profitable fur other crops. be a much better plan to have exhibit We are printing In this issue con ions often In order to k«*«-p the Interest siderable rice Information which we warm. This would tie particularly true If trust will be Interesting to farmers generally nn«l valuable to those now arrangements are made for sale of engaged In growing rice ns well ns products as well as simply exhibiting for prlxcs. others who contemplate doing so. In gardening for Instance, the pro I « ♦ . ■ —■ Making Birdhouse«—< me of the re ducts will be maturing nt various sults of the movement to create In times «luring the year so that morn terest among schoolchildren In th«* chances to exhibit and more chances everyday things about the home la the to sell would se«-m very Imiwirtant. Ths Business Sid« As the parents making of birdhouses, placing them in are quite as Interested In this as the trees or on poh-a, and wo arranged that they may Jie examined. Aside from the tea*-hcra they should do all In their benefit to the boy or girl from an In l ower to assist th«- teachers In making dustrial standpoint, an Insight Into tho whole system attractive to tho pupils nml profitable as well. bird life may be obtained, nml II is It would seem Imrosslble for a child possible that from this beginning some to pass through the eight' grad«-» of a practical way may be evolved to rid the farm of birds which injure farm district school anti graduate without a crops and protect those that are bene very good understanding of tho prac tical aid«' of his school education, as ficial. well as a business experience obtained by tho snle of hta products, which will Spraying Sometimes Injurious The fact that fruit trees arc sometimes In be of great value to him particularly jured by spraying or fumigating Is ns he will not bo compelled to obtain more often «lue to neglect In following It by friction with the world in th«' directions than from any other cause. Ignorant condition that most of our are In when graduated, While our commissioner« are good men « schoolchildren ------ ■ --,♦« and well versed In the control of fruit Tree Planting in Contra Cost« More peats It does not follow that they are infallible for they are not, but no blame fruit trees nro being planted this sea can attach to them when a grower In son in the Walnut creek and Coneord jures his trees by not following direc districts th in ever before. Altogether tions or usi s poor judgment In his tho outlook for coming years of pros perity was never bi tter In that section. work. VERY county In «'allfornla should have a forestry board with duties as broad and various as the con ditions of tree and plant growth In the different counties will demand, or tho intelllgen«'«- and efficiency of the mem bers wll discourse to tie necessary; for the protection of natural and cultlvat- < <1 tr«s « and the planting w here deem ed advisable of trees, shrubs an«! How ers, as local conditions may deter mine. The law permitting the appointment of a forestry Isiard In a county, was drawn by Mr Nicholas Bowden of San Jos« ut the request of the Outdoor Art league, it is simple ami explicit in Its provisions and has been observed with sucrose by several counties. Th«! law provide that the county lioard of supervisors may appoint five persons, one from each supcrvlsoral district t«> constitute a county board of forestry which shall serve without psy. This board inay In turn appoint a countv forester who will be the working offl-la I and may be paid a salary not to exceed 1160 per month: not a large sum for one who is qual- Wed to do th«- work properly. • in the liaals of economy some boards of supervisore have refused to appoint a forestry t»oard, the different mem bers taking It upon themselves to Irxik after the planting and protection of trees upon the highways; n very un satisfactory method from the stand point of those Interested In planting of trees and other growing things for the comfort of travelers and Ix-autinca- tlon of the county in which they live. In the meantime those counties which are wide awake to their Interests are prosecuting th«- .matter of tree planting and general beautification with vigor and are quite as vigorous ly defending the natural growth of trees upon the public highways and county property, through the medium of their forestry lioards and county foresters, w-hllo those counties without organized protection are losing stead ily many fine trees am! are not en couraging new plantings. It would seem wise for every county to have a forestry lioard from an ad vertising standpoint If for no other reason. f « mo laaada M. Miller lloina Dr«»«m*k- Ing *•«•««<«■ How ntaa llralaard Flower ar><1 \'e<et;ib|n Gattleti l.eroy V. Nraudl I'oultry and I’et ■ teck M. <1. Kaaic Kerti-tnry Htale Com- rt>l»»|on r,f Horticulture- «'ontrol of i mt P m » II. Monetar, At torna/■ at ■ la* w — *a>gal Quarto« . F A G E CLEAN CULTURE AND CROPS. COVER Let ths Weeds Grow and Also Sow Cover Crops to Improvs ths Soil. N object lesson In orchard prac tice may be had In a drive about any fruitgrowing district at this time of tho year. Forty years ago before the prune planting craze swept over California clean culture in deciduous orchards was universal. Weeds of all kinds were considered an aliominatlon and a vig orous warfare was waged against them in season and out. The fruitgrower Whose lan«l was covered with green growth even during the rainy season was considered ‘ a i>a« k number and lacking In the vigor and enterprise that should cliaracterize a successful fruit grower. When shortly after the first rains in October or November the sprouting seeds Indicate a healthy wt-c-d crop, the cultivator and s«imetlmes the plow was used to destroy them. Th«- orchard with a cover crop in those days was the exception and looked upon as either a case of neglect on the part of the owner or very bad orchard practice. A rid«- through any California fruit district in February now will reveal a very different condition in the orchar«is Clean culture In winter is now quite a- exceptional as cover crops were in th« early days of fruitgrowing. This con dltion has been brought about mor« from the observation and practical ex pcriences of the growers than from any acquired information from book or agricultural colleges as to th proper management of soils or crops. When after a series of years of care ful clean culture winter and summer, the fruitgrower found that his land was becoming dead cloddy, hard to work and sometimes sour, he began to look for a remedy. I-lmlng helped some to soften the clods, but the land did not l«xik right, was lifeless and refused to produce a crop of anything but nettles and other worthless weeds. While some were experiencing th- above troubles others were learning that a good heavy crop of weeds when for nny reason they could not get thei turned under until April always left WHERE TO REPLANT. the soil in a mellow and lively condi tion. Plant Where the Old Tree Stood and An instance in point is of a ten-act Not Elswhere. on-hard which for good reasons was left each year until March and pro DVICE as to methods of replant duced a heavy crop of clover, wild oats, ing In old orchards where from altlleria and other growth. The land nny cause a tree had been remov was rather heavy but each year be ed was in the earlier days of fruit came more friable and easy to work until the contrast between it and land growing Invariably to avubl planting adjoining which had clean culture be where the old tree stood but somewhere came so marked as to create an in between. quiry. The reason was easily arrived The givers of this advice it is need at and resulted In a change of practice less to say had not had much experi with others who were having trouble ence with fruit-growIng or tree plant with stubborn or sour soil. ing. Tho facts are that the exact spot A Com and Apple Show—Charlotte from which an old tree has been re Grange, Mich., held a successful show moved Is the most favorable place to in December In which corn and apples start a young tree; fir»t, because only vied for honors. The sisters served a the large main roots of the tree have supper and netted 350. occupied that spnee for many years, and they not not absorbing fertility Using the Schoolhouse—The farmers from the soil, it has had an opportuni ty to recuperate. Second, the feeding of Southside school district, in San roots of the trees occupy practically Benito county, have availed themselvo« all of tho space between the rows ex of the law permitting the holding of cept Immediately about the tree und public meetings in schoolhousx-s. and have drawn heavily from its fertility. have enjoyed und no doubt profit«'«! by By planting where th«' old tree stood listening to lectures by professors from an opportunity may be had to fertilize agricultural schools, as well as taking part In the discus-ion of questions of the soil between the rows by the time interest to country people. the roots of the young tree will need It. Plant Grspe Cuttings Late- -Experi Other Points in Planting Without doubt thousands of dead or badly In enced grapegrowers have found better jured fruit trees Will be pulled or dug success with grap? cuttings when out of California's orchards this sea planted rather late. If planted early son, the cause being principally luck while the rains and cool weather are of moistur«' th«> past two dry seasons. still on the ends of the cuttings do not Where only an occasslonal tree is seem to callous Weil anil they do not dead replanting will probably be «lone start readily. Cuttings may be kept in at once, and tho advice given In a form perfect condition In eh an moist sand or er issue "to plant only good tret's” sawdust. should be het'ded religiously in re planting with the very best trees to borers. One borer will kill a youag start with, It is still Imperative that trec in a season. special caro be given these-young trees If a whol«' block of trees must I ti for several years. They must not lack moved n good plan is to plow utepl.v for moisture and mulching helps as and raise annual crops for s<-.«-r.il th«' moisture Is retained ami the «rtirtli years before replanting. kept cooler during tho hot summer If a leguminous crop may be ral-ed in winter and turned under in time to days. Also shading the trunk must be done plant, corn, squashes, tomatoes or other to prevent sunburn and the InruuiU uf crops, so much the batter. A A