VERNONIA EAGLE
FARM MARKET REVIEW
Brief Report of Agricultural Com
modity Trends April 4.
(J*r«t>ar«<l by L. R. Brcithaupt ol th<
O A. C Exteosiun Service Division ol
Agricultural Economics on information
:rom U. 3. D. A. and other official sour
ces)
Wheat. Increased European de
mand and a large movement of
-outhern hemisphere wheat are the
outstanding features of recent re
ports. Pacific coast markets have
oeen relatively firmer than other
domestic markets. Trade estimates
ndicate that the' European con-
-uming countries will require about
sixteen million bushels a week dur
ing the remainder of the crop year.
Seed«. Cold, wet weather in the
central states has tended to slow
down the demand for seeds, but
prices have been well maintained
m generaL Red clover seed at re
tail is bringing about $7 per cwt.
more than it did a year ago. For
alsike the increase is a little great
er, or about $8.70.
Livestock. The demand for hea
vy, led cattle remains strong, es
pecially in eastern markets, and
new high levels feature price re-
ports. Light weight killers, feed
ers and Stockers are not so strong
■ilthough there is considerable trad
ing ia all classes of cattle through
out the country. It is estimated
that from $5 to $15 a head has
been put on the value of range cat
tle ia all stages of maturity. Hog
receipts are running heavier with
prices not so strong. Sheep and
iamb receipts have favored firn
prices California markets are ri
ported strong owing to livestock
being withheld io utilize excelled'
pasturage.
Wool.
The disparity betwee
domestic and foreign markets Im-
resulted in reshipinciit to forei,
¡ports of Australian, Cape a
; South American wools held r
Ibond in the United States. Tl.ci
¡are some slight symptoms of b-
iter domestic demand but trading
.-.low. Mohair contracting is li
»cd and price levels uncertain
Butter. Woak western but »tiu-
reastern markets feature recent in::
laet reviews. At San Francisco '•
.•score dropped 2 cents to 42 cem
i-ast week and other grades in pt
liiortion.
Eastern markets on *•
.•score were firm and as high as 5
■cents. The disparity has result!
un western butter going east. Tra>
ling is limited Storage supplies a,
¡about nine million pounds under
wear ago and production is repot
ted still running behind last yea
jboreign buttet continues to bt
¡■.actor in United States markets.
Prunes. Italian type prunes wei
ini most favor in Hamburg durn
[February. but the market was du
acud lea orders tor tu’ure dehve>
•were placed Stocks ol Ualiforn
¡ao«l < Iregon prunes increased iron
¡lannarv 15 to l-ebruary 15 in Ham
Iburg. but lugoslavian prune stocks
■decieaned in that market.
ci -nt growth to add considerable or farrow strong, husky pigs.
For
ganic matter to the soil.
the best results feed somethin) rich
in protein and minerals, in ad ition
A bird house on .a pole or in to the corn and pasture. A llrnal
a tree may be made inaccessible to tankage makes a good additii r. to
cats by use of a sheet metal guard. the corn. "(n parts tankage to
This may be either a cylinder about 90 purts corn is a fine combina
18 inches long tacked closely to the tion to fesd when the pigs are on
trunk, or a cone high enough to pasture.
prevent cats iron springing from
Sows should not be put In pens
the ground and obtaining a hold
earlier than three days before far
above it.
rowing time. Then, when farrow
Milk powder uud condensed milk ing is completed, they should have
are replacing whole milk and evap dry, warm bedding.
During the
orated milk in the manufacture of 10-day period just after farrowing,
confectionery, ice cream and bak the sows should be made to take
ery products, according to the "r.it- exercise in b> igiit sunlight, when
ed States department of agriculture. it’s possible, After 10 days. «.-• the
Tlte reason for the shift is that pen put the sows end their pigs on
the concentrated products are eas- pasture.
icr to transport and store.
Horses on heavy work sweat a let
Many hogs get their water sup- in warm weather, Clipping keeps
ply by the herdsman’s pouring a the body cooler and makes it easier
quantity of water into a foul, dirty to groom the animals.
trough twice a day. This system
“Inside” Information.
of watering is highly unsatisfactory.
Cauliflower should be cooked in
Every lot or field in which hogs an uncovered vessel and only un
aic kept should be supplied all the til it is tender. This keeps it white
year with running water, or some and attractive.
system installed whereby the sup
ply is automatic and the hogs have
Peanuts make good sandwich fill
clean water whenever they want it. ing if you put the roast shelled
nuts through a coarse meat grinder
Don’t wean pigs before they are and then stir in enough cream to
10 weeks old unless there is some make the mixture easy to spread.
special reason for earlier weaning. Be sure to add salt. This filling
Some breeders wean at an earlier will not be pasty.
age to get two litters a year, Or
Ro'is can be rewarmed satisfac-
dinarily a better practice is to
raise three litters in two years, A torily if they are brushed over with
pig that is stunted by early wean- milk and put in a covered pan to
After the rolls
ing or from any other cause will steam through.
never make so profitable a hog are heated through, take ths cover
as it would if this setback had not off the pan so the outside will get
occurred. When the pigs are to be crisp again.
weaned, reduce the richness and
If you are planning and equip
quantity of the sow’s feed four or ping a kitchen, think first, last,
live days before weaning.
This and all the time of the worn to be
W’h tape a tendency to reduce the done in it. Don't make the room
flow of milk.
too big. Make a kitchen oblong so
that work centers can be grouped
Keep Potatoes Off Tomato Land.
to better advantage.
Avoid
planting
potatoes
on
ground that was in tomatoes last
There are valuable mineral salts
year, if any other crop arrangement dissolved in the liquid that sur
can be conveniently made, unless rounds canned vegetables, and it
the tomato ground was sown to a should not be thrown away. Use it
fall clover crop which will be turn in a sauce served with the vege
ed under in advance of planting the table, or in soup or gravy. Boil
potatoes.
canned vegetables for at least five
minutes before using.
Restrain the Kicker.
Sew up the buttonholes before
you wash a sweater, so they won’t
stretch. Measure it before wash
ing, and afterwards, lay It out,
back down, on several thicknesses
of soft clean material, and shape
it to the original dimensions. Pin
it in place if it seems inclined to
shrink. Of course you would only
wash a sweater in lukewarm water
and neutral soap, rinsing it in sev
Wood Rot.
eral waters of the same tempera
I Wood rot is caused by low forms ture and squeezing the dirt out,
! of plants, of which the punks or rather than rubbing it.
V. 5. DEPARTMENT OF AGRI-
CULTURE PRESS SERVICE | bracelets sometimes seen on trees,
EVANGELICAL CHURCH
or timbers are the fruit),
They
Eighty-five per cent of the corn
produce millions of spores or seed
"A home-like church”
raised in the United States is us-
so small they may be carried far
Sunday school at 9:45 a.m. The
.ually fed to some kind of livestock.
by winds. When a spore drops into morning hour of worship at 11
A crop of soybeans is too valu a crack in wood and finds favor o’clock. The theme for the Easter
able as feed to plow under for able conditions it develops. Tiny, message will be, “The Resurrected
¡green manure except under certain hair-like growths spread from the Christ the Hope of Our Resurrec
conditions. The soybean may fol rot plant in all directions. They tion.”
low wheat or oats and make suffi- feed on substances in the wood,
The evening Evangelistic service
thus breaking down its structure.
at 7:30. The theme for the ev
ening message will be, “The Joys
Radioed from USDA
of a Christian.” The evening mes
There’s a long list of animal sage will be preceded by a So-
PHOTOS
germ diseases for which there are minute gospel aong service.
so-called remedies which can be
Wm. F. Rademacher, Pastor.
put in the water or feed or other
Lat the Picture
wise administered internally. There
CATHOLIC CHURCH
Tell The
are patent medicines for foot-and-
Easter services as follows at St.
Story.
mouth disease, tuberculosis, distem Mary's church: Father Clancy will
per, influenza, pneumonia, anthrax, be here Saturday evening to admin
and a number of other important ister the Sacrament of Penance at
HERB M. SALT
diseases. But when they are test- 7:30 p.m. Saturday.
out it’s always found that they
Holy Mass, Easter Sunday at 6
Next Door to Postof ed
don’t and cant do any good.
a.m. A class of 16 children will
fice
receive their Holy Communion at
A lot of folks think corn and this Mass. Sermon on “The Resur
pasture are all their sows need to rection of Christ.” Non-Catholics
always welcome.
Jos. P. Clancy, Pastor.
Never strike a cow for kicking,
as it will only make matters worse.
Some cows have to be restrained
while being milked. This is best
accomplished by placing a heavy
strap or rope around the rear legs
usl above the hocks. Pass this
strap around one leg, crosi between
the legs, and then around ths oth
er, drawing them close together.
Headquarters for all
kinds of
SEEDS
Also Fertilizer for Gar
den or Field
Vernonia Trading Co.
I
Thursday, April 14, 1927
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The Majestic
NATAL
Zane Grey’s genius for story tell
ing and Paramount’s superlative
skill in picturizing his colorful tales
of the old west in all their grip
ping realism find celluloid expres
sion in a new melodramatic thrilier
with the unusual title of “Forlorn
River,’’ which comes to the Majes
tic Saturday, starring Jack Holt.
Emil Jennings, famous continent
al cinema artist, who like our own
Wallace Beery usually hides 'neath
a drab wig and hairy face, has at
last come out “into the open.’’
Those who see “Variety,” the
Ufa film which Paramount will pre
seat at the Majestic theatre Sun
day, will have an opportunity of
se ling what Emil Jannings, judged
by many to be the world’s finest
actor, really looks like.
“Variety” features Jannings along
with Lya de Putti, a young woman
who has taken a meteoric path to
fame. It was directed by E. A.
Dupont.
1
With a fast-moving story of a
lost mine, a dying prospector, a
crooked saloon-keeper, the prospect
or's daughter and a border kmgiit-
errant, Bob Custer’s latest release
for FBO, “The Dead Line,” is un
questionably the most interesting
and exciting picture he has turned
out yet. Ths film, which is com
ing to the Majestic theatre next
Monday, has a strong note of real
ism and vivid reproduction of the
life of the desert, and the charac
terization, ordinarily a minor part
in westerns, is unusually convincing
and colorfuL
Lon Chaney has found his thou-
sand-and-first face I
The famous
delineator of weird characters dons
a makeup that makes him as hand
some as a matinee idol for some of
his scenes in "The Road to Manda-
lay,” his new Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
starring vehicle coming Tuesday and
Wednesday to the Majestic theatre. |
But in the main he appears in ■
weird and fearsome disguise as the j
sinister ruler of the Singapore un-1
derworld. The story is a dramatic!
tale of the orient, with a notatfle i
cast, including Lois Moran, Owen1
Moore, Henry B. Walthall, Kami- i
yama Sojin and others. Tod Brown- (
ing directed it.
—
home at Independence.
Mr. and Mrs. Grover Devine and
children spent Sunday with his
brother John Devine and family in
Clatskanie.
Circumstantial evidence is the ‘
rock on which the happiness of the'
three orphans is wrecked—in War- i
ner Bros.’ thrilling heart-story, ■
“What Every Girl Should Know,”!
which comes to the Majestic theatre
next Thursday and Friday.
The
story was written by John Wagner, i
especially for Patsy Ruth Miller, ’
who starred.
i
Mr. and Mrs. G. 1 Devine and
sons and Billie Devine i were V«r-
nonia callers Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Osburn were Ver-
nonia shapers Monday.
It looks like spring has begun
when campers are filling the
groves and enjoying picnic din-
ners.
Mr. and Mrs. Estus and sons
and Mr. and Mrs. Iler and Miss
Schooley called at the McMullen
home Sunday.
A car went over the bluff n< sar
the rock crusher Sunday, and might
hive gone in the river, but for a
tree near the bank which me car
leaned agajnst.
Luckily, no one
was hurt.
A few of the Natal young peo-
pie went on a hiking trip and pic-
nic Sunday,
They returned to
their homes tired, but reported a
good time.
Mrs. Schooley visited with her
daughter Jennie Saturday evening
and part of Sunday. She returned
to Scappoose Sunday on the noon
stage to spend a few days with
her son, before returning to her
Mrs. Almon called on Mrs. Lola
McMullen one evening lust week.
Mrs. Duke called on Mrs. Hold
ing Saturday evening.
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ment, Circulation, etc., Required
by the Act of Congress of Aug
ust 24, 1912.
Of Vernonia Eagle published week
ly at Vernonia, Oregon for April
1, 1927.
State of Oregon, county of Co
lumbia. as.
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and for the state and county afore
said, personally appeared Mark E.
Moe, who, having duly sworn ac
cording to law, deposes and says
that he ia the owner of the Ver
nonia Eagle and that the follow
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ownership and management of the
aforesaid publication.
The publisher is Mark E. Moe
of Vernonia, Oregon; the editor,
managing editor, business manager,
and owner ia the aame.
The known bondliolders, mort
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more of total amo* nt of bonds,
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Sworn to and subscribed before
me this 12th day of April, 1927.
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My commission expires Dec. 18,
1929.
Miss Schooley and Miss Milli«
McMullen attended the show Sat*
urday night in Vernonia.
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