Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1896-06-05
FARM NEWS.

lie Hfbt MI. IdDOF DcTTles Ol lut
season came into the Portland market
May 81.
The poultry bit," It Is cllimcd,
will stop feather eating.
California is preparing TO give a
Urge fruit exhibit IN New YorSsCity,
ora grand scale.
Spokane Is to hol q grand fruit
fir some time ~ OcOJf. Liberal
cash premiums aIe being offered.
The March impons OF foreign
wOls was ls,OJO,OJO pounds compared
with 22, lsI, ,0JO pounds year ago.
The amount Of corn exported the
pIst ten months Is. 1903 bush, Is
lainst ls,27O,OOO bushels a year age.
The inpor ~ halter from Dem
mark lnio The United kinR'on for
ie year isjJ amounted to m,2]O,2l0
pDlnds.
A condensed milk factory wuIld te
a business on tins Pacific coast, ih,Ie
being none west of che Rockies, We
are told.
The brutal aud senseless method Of
stutiing cigar down chicken throat
as remedy for rupe should he scorned
b. every sensible poultry man.
The average hen ought, by good
care, lay about $50 eggs aud hen
that does moi come In that range does
not properly do her duty.
The fruit trees IN this section are
absolutely void Of fruit. There will
not be- nm overproductlon In Yamhlll
this year. Telephone Register.
Foreign naxseed finds small lodg-
ment In this country at present, only
1900 bu. being imported In March
compared with $4,000 year ago.
For diarrhoea Ia chicks first keep
them warm at night then change
their diet and feed boiled rice aud
scaldcd milk for a few days tlll cured.
II II a deplorable fact that Oregon
dairy cows are not up TO the eastern
standard. The Oregon dairyman must
grade up or there will be mo profit In
the business.
Most farmers wives are superior 10
the their husbands In the poultry
business. Many mortgage has been
raised 10y their especial efforts In the
poultry business.
There Is no business that requires
intelligent advertising as the poultry
breeder, and success cannot be OBJ
talned unless perslstently followed
up the year through.
What should constitute a good egg
Is made up OF ten parts shell, sixty
parts white, and thirty parts yolk.
The white OF an egg contains 50 per
cent water, the yolk 62 per cent. The
average weight OF an egg is two
ounces.
Experiments In eyaporatlng eggs
have been entirely successful. The
dried product being reduced 20 powder
aud boxed keeps indefinitely. When
opened Il Is soaked In water and then
cooked as fresh eggs are, and has the
same taste.
4. 5. Consul General Maratta re-
ports decline Ia the wool clip OF
Australasia. The decline commenced
IN 1891, at which time New South
Wales had Gl,52l ,4l6 sheep, while In
ls85, the number had fallen 10
81, ,a32.
There are now "a experiment
stations In the United States, In which
6TG trained specialists are employed
dealing out wisdom CLEANED by ex-
perlmontlng IN the fields for which
they are especially trained, for the
benefit OF the farmer
The average yearly sunshine In
England, according 10 u recent work
by DR.. Van Bebbler on meteorology
aud hygiene, Is liOO hoursdn Germany,
100; Ia Italy, 300, and In spain, 5000,
London averages % houss OF sunshine
out OF n possible 100, aud Madrid 90.
The imports OF rice for nine months
ended March were scant $500, 900 lbs,
against l0l 900, 900 lbs. a year earlier,
and the amount remaining Ia bond at
the close OF March but lT,O0O,0O0 lbs.
compared with nearly $4,000, 600 a year
ago.
Unchecked Improvements In our
foreign trade In horses cotlnues.
During March S,O2i were shipped
abroad worth almost si,Oo0,0Oo. oonl'
pared with only l,als a year ago. The
II 900 exported during nine months
pere much more than double the
business a year ago.
The April shipments Of cotton we've