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THREE VERN3NIA EAGLE Thursday, November 3, 1927 RESOLUTION NEW UNIVERSITY EUTTER MAKING DURING WINTER A number uf important vhuu^es tn the production of dairy products dur ing the period trurn 1917 to 1925 have been noted by T. R. Pirtle, dairy war kwt SpeciaLUt of the United States Dvpmrbiueu-t of Agriculture Unp ©f thate changes of Importance tu milk producer la the Increase creamery-butter pioductiun of 79.2 cent during the period. Only 17.8 eeirf of the total milk production at the United States was used in the lutuiufar ture of creamery butter in 1917, whereas, the amount was in creased to 25.54 per cent in 1925. In this connection it Is interesting tu note that the seasmial trend ot creamery butter production has varied during the period. If the year is di vided into two parts, namely the feed lug season (November tu April, in elusive), and the grass season (May to October, inclusive), it appears that, the trend has been toward an in creased production of butter during the winter feedjug season. In 1917 the proportion of creamery butter made in the feeding season was 36.1 per cent and Ln the grass season 63.9 per cent. Jn 1925 the production tu the feeding season had increased to 39 9 per cent of Hie total output, leav- ln*! 60.1 per cent fur the grass season. These figures Indicate that winter dairying for butter production Is tn creasing, There was a sound reason (or this change, says Mr. Pirtle. In Minnesota, for example, the average price of a balanced ration sufficient to produce a pound of butter io 1917, was 24.96 cents, and In 1925, 21.6 rents. The average price uf 92 score I butter in New York iu 1917 was 42.7 I cents per pound. In 1925 it was 45.3 rents The feed cost hud decreased 13.5 per cent while the price of butter increased 6.1 per cent for these two years. Yeung EnJ'iis Need Feed iw ©vvelepment Yasug seed to be liberally fed kA Mi matured if ttiry are b ghv* ibe reftlCS. Bills ti&t «baa»*d act reach proper vcl«p«)Mii mi 4 tie refute will n«t be a »d> atHMmssear ter people to Ibok M nbea breeding Iu adAisifet baJ wdd sot give good rsawlls W be hi Luc&sg I b vig«r tfiat thro,a^h proper development. For th« &i st six months the ration which is piwe ts buHs need not differ fc'wiu the rat lea fed heifers. From that tern hulU will usually need a larger grata ration than females as they «paud more time looking around und Uss time eating. Ufiless bulls get a fairly llbwai grain ration Ln connec tion with good roughages they will probably become stunted. The time to save feed used for bulls U when they are matured. Lt mature bulls aia fed a heavy grain ration they will become heavy, sluggish and Inac tive. Mature bull’s should never be al lowed t© become fat. Some bulls will require more grain than others, but tu a rule the grain feed will need to b» limited to gat best results. Dehorning Young Calves by Using Caustic Potash A xafs way to handle caustic potash calve» by fiiil wrUiod U t© i-ssert Uie pencil lu t> small rubber tahe. 'The nriod method 1« te rub the very tip of the hern buttons with a stick ©1 moistened caustic, continually wetting and rubbing until the spots are raw. This Is done best when the calf Is from three to ten days old. A dime’s worth of caustic potash U enough to dehorn ten or fifteen calves It should not be so wet that the liquid runs as this will burn the skin of the calf. With the rubber tubing fur the protection of the person’3 fingers there will be no burns. XO-*O'O-^O’"OMO* 0*0 OOo | Dairy Squibs j. Continue to feed grain to milking cows when turned out to pasture. Since water is the cheapest milk producing feed we can dnd. can we uot afford to give the cow plenty of it? I Burt Brown University of Oregon, Eugene— A vice-president in churge of pub lic l^lutitUis bus been named for the University of Oregon. He is Burt Brunn Barker, lawyer und educator uf Chicago and New York. The ¿election of Mr. Burker was coufimed by the board of regents Friday. It wai made because it was felt that the rapid growth of the university has brought about more executive duties than one executive can r«?a suitably perform. Announce ment followed the regular meeting of the regents. As vice-president in charge of pub lic relations, Mr. Burker will re lieve President Hull of much of the Lwn»bautJy increasing work of public contact« for the university. He will shure with Dr. Hall the duties of presenting to the alumni, civic or ganisations. the legislators and the people of Oregon the work of the University and its problems. lu particular. Mr. Barker will take direct charge of the gift campaign, although complete plans for this work have not been announced of- ficially. This step, regarded as the most important t<f the university since the election of Dr. Arnold Bennett Hall as president, has been taken after a consideration of the present needs of the university, and after the aims and desires of Mr. Barker were made clear and understood by of ficials of the university, and prom inent alumni throughout the state. Mr. Barker, a leader in many edu cational movements, and student of the youth of today, is a native Ore gonian. and resided here during his Barker boyhood and early manhood, parents were pioneers, who made the trip across the plains. They died some years ago and are buried in Salem. He has made a success of his work in the east, and now desires to devote the remaining years of bis life to helping budd the state of Oregon. A great future for Oregon, with a marvelous opportunity for progress, is visioned by tLe new viee- president, who has aiready accepted the place by wire. "Oregon should prepare for a great era,” he said in his telegram of acceptance. ’’The surest prepara tion lies in an educated and trained citizenship, and tu have a hand in this preparation is a groat privilege.” Mr. Barker, who is one of the best known lawyers in New Y ork and Chicago, is giving up a large practice to accept the position at Oregon. At this time he is associat ed with Charles Evans Hughes and other prominent members of the bar in several large casts. and he plans to dispose of all of his business be fore coming to Oregon. During this time, however, lie will make a trip to this state, select a site for a home, and will make all preparations for his permanent stay. “The election of Mr. Burt Brown Barker as vice-president in charge of public relations, is in my judg ment a most significant event, and I venture to prophecy that in times to come, this will be looked upon as one of the major events in the uni versity’s growth.” declared Dr. Arn old Bennett Hall, president of the university, on making the announce ment. Baked Ham Silk Hats Are Cooler Than Those of Straw Springfield, III.—The brow of a man wearing a hard straw bat gets two and three-tenths degrees hotter on a sultry summer day than the brow of a man wearing a tail silk hat. the gov ernment meteorologist here has found after exhaustive tests. Under the supervision of C. J. Root, the local weather bureau head who devised the experiment, a group of men were equipped with hats or caps of different styles which they wore in the hot sun for several hours. The temperature under the headgear was then taken and it was found that the heads under hard straw hats reg istered 92.3 degrees, while heads un der tall silk ones showed only 89.C de grees. Other types of hats and caps and the “underneath” temperature, as recorded by Rout, follow: Soldier cap, 89.6; cloth rap, 91.1; soft felt hat, 79.7; soft white straw or Panama, 77.9. 7 he derby was not tested. Britons Ask When Is Fresh Egg Fresh OF CONDOLENCE periment station men have found. them as promptly as possible. The Beautiful life is that whose span Is spent in duty to God and man, Beautiful calm when the course is run; Beautiful twilight at set of sun; Beautiful death with a life well done. Whereas it has pk sed God in His all wise provide: co to remove from this earthly spaere, Mrs. Priscilla Stratton, th- mother of our dear sister, Addie Cameron, Resolved: That the removal of such a life leaves a vacancy and shadow that will b» deeply realiz ed by family and friends, and Resolved: That Mountain Heart Rebekah lodge 243 of which Mrs. Addie Cameron is a member, de sires to extend to her, sympathy in her great bereavement, and Resolved: That a copy of these resolutions be spread upon the records of this lodge; a copy print ed in the local paper and a copy tendered to our sister. Pearl McCabe, Lillian R. Hansen, Ruth Reese. Committee Mountain Heart bekah Lodge 243. The bureau of home economics, U. S. department of agriculture, suggests the following as a good method of preparing and baking ham, weather it is to be served hot or cold: Select 9 to 10 pound ham and scrub it thoroughly. If it is very salty, soak it overnight. Allow at least one quart of boiling water to each pound of ham, or enough to completely cover it. Place it in the hot water and, for this sized ham, add one carrot sliced, two stalks of celery, one teaspoon of celery salt, three sprigs parsley, one onion sliced, two or three bay leaves, and one-half cup strong vinegar. Cover, and then simmer for four or five hours, counting the time from the beginning of the simmering period. Twenty-five min utes to the pound will be approxi mately right. Test by using a skewer, or a fork, with long tines. Turn the ham so it will cook even ly on both sides. Add hot water as the liquor evaporates. The ham should be covered with water dur ing the entire cooking period. After it is tender, let it stand overnight in the liquor, or if you wish to serve it hot, remove the skin at once, wait until the surface the ham is cool, then cover the following mixture: 3 brown sugar, 3 cups fine, bread crumbs, 1-2 teaspoon niu«- tard, cider or vinegar moisten, Mix these ingredients, and spread over the top of the ham until entirely covered. Press long-stemmed, whole cloves into the coated fat, at In tervals. These help to hold on the paste, and also to season tne fat. Place the ham in a hot oven to form a crust quickly, then reduce the temperature and baste frequent ly with a mixture of ham liquor and cider or vinegar, ham is evenly browned. London.—When is a fresh egg fresh? That is what a committee appointed All dairy herd improvement du» to by the ministry of agriculture Is try better breeding tends to Increase prof ing to ascertain. The committee lias its to the producer and to decrease had Sittings with the National Farm costs to the consumer. ers- union and the National Poultry council on the application for an order When you are feeding 20 pounds of making the marking of imported eggs alfalfa hay per day to a dairy cow compulsory. she Is getting as much digestible pro Many poultry dealers said they teln as If she were getting 18 pound agreed that the age limit for a fresh of bran egg was fourteen days. A Leith im • • • porter. however, said that he had matter what pain* are taken la No frequently eaten Russian eggs, cooked milk production, there will »1 «lean in various ways, which were six weeks ways be some bacterial coctatatna old. but were quite fresh. tion. Theo said the chairman of the com mittee : Salt!« essential to ©11 farm animals "I don t suppose you’d say you eat See that salt Ucks are proviced in the pasturus where the atilmvla «¿3 have them from preference, but rather by way of experience.” access to It e\ery day ♦ • • Enforcing personal responsibility To maintain a gv-d milk fl-w dur for . preventable fires would stop ing the f«ll montba extra feeding ot much frtt waste. Large crops of most agricultural green fe^ or gralu or both aLoofO Oswego votes $53,000 bonds for products are being harvested, and begin now er as scon as ; uitures be modern school building. total farm income should exceed gin to get — - Unless there is a forced draft It does not dry satisfactorily when more than two or three ears deep, Oregon potatoes have been at- tacked with blight in some sections affecting the tubers seriously. Serious rot often develops in the bins and it is best if the potatoes are stored on slatted floors with good ventilation up through the bins to dry them off and cool blight affected tubers are sorted out as soon as the rot is detected. Fall harrowing of winter grain in Oregon is generally not advisable except where the grain is well established and young weeds are starting in considerable abundance, according to experiment scation specialists. Newport and Toledo telephone lines to be rebuilt and modernized. State Laundry Company FOR GOOD LAUNDRY WORK We call and deliver TUESDAYS and FRIDAYS—Leave orders with S. Wells Tailor, Phone MAin 891 Have you a rest corner in your kitchen? Near a window with a pleasant view put a small table where you can write up accounts or menus, sort housekeeping pa- pers, or prepare your grocery or- der. Have a comfortable chair here, and some sort of a rack or shelf for cookbooks household magazines glanced at while something is cook ing. If space permits the darning bag or any other pick-up sewing may be kept handy here, too. The table should have a small drawer if possible, where the housekeep ing purse may be accessible but out of sight. Farm Reminders Oregon hop kilns or prune dry ers are convenient this time of year in drying seed corn. Where reasonably well matured, corn will stand a temperature of 150 de grees F. Nothing is gained by ex treme drying as it will reabsorb moisture to some extent. Drying In thin layers is most effective, as when attempts are made to dry it when spread more than a foot thick moisture gets away slowly and corn sometimes sprouts, Miller Mercantile Company STORES AT STORES AT CORVALLIS HILLSBORO NEWBERG SALEM SHERIDAN VERNONIA M c M innville MONMOUTH Now just at the beginning < f the winter season Wonderful values are being offered in Blankets Comforters, Rubber Footwear, Rain Coats, Cotton and Wool Underwear, Hosiery, Wool Shirts, Blaz ers, Leather Coats. Il Will pay you to buy Your winter Needs at Miller’s MORE SEMINOLE BLANKETS Part Wool Size 66x84 $1.98 ALL WOOL BLANKET 66x80 $2.95 More Lindy Coats, Black and Col- ors $7.95. Ladies Silk and Wool Hose 50c HEAVY ALL-WOOL BLAZERS $5.00 and $6.00 Men’s Cotton and Wool Unionsuits $1.50, $1.75, $3.00, and $3.50 Men’s All Wool UNIONSUITS $5.00 and $6.00 MEN’S LEATHER COATS $7.50 to $14.50 14-oz. Red Wrist Canvas GLOVES . 2 pair 25c The Latest in Silk Dresses, $13.50. Cumfy Slippers for the Whole family, lower in price MEN’£ SNAPPY OVERCOATS $15.00 and $18.75 IT PAYS to TRADE at MILLER’S West Coast Loggers $16.50 Heavy weight Waist or Bib Overalls $1.15 MEN’S WOOL SOCKS 25c, 35c, 50c and 75c ALLIGATOR RAIN COATS ARE BEST Vernonia’s Leading Stor e Gordon Hats $5.00