Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-09-22
Farm Notes.

Farm Notes. 2.
If weeds do not gain the attention
Of the active farmer bugs will.
Not one potato grower in ten fully
understands the possibilities of this
plant.
To see how little one can do and
how much he can get for it is not re-
ducing the cost of production.
A nice bulletin board may be put on
the same post above the rural mail
box. The name of the farm can be at
the top and ene-half of the board Civ
en- '.for sale'' and the other for
wanted
The census reports show great loss
to the live stock industry of the coun-
try. On the range the loss is largely
attributed to exposure and disease. On
the farms the loss is trifing. The
greatest loss is among focks of sheep,
next is that of hogs, and then cat
tie.
There is one thing that prevents the
farmer from adopting regular hours
for beginning and ending his days
work. He has no roof over bis fields
and frequently rains interfere with the
progress of his work. Since he cannot
has to have more or less irregular
hours.
Every grower of small grain has
been subjected to all the vexations
that go with threshing. He will stack
or thresh from the shock as his ex-
perience teaches him. 1t very often
occurs that q man will wish that he
had done the opposite to what he has
done. There is always feeling that
he might have done better.
There are many chances to ruin the
corn crop ere corn husking time. I'm
proper cultivation, adverse weather
and number of things will have their
influences on the yield even after a
good stand has been obtained. One of
the greatest dangers comes from ruin
by the speculator. These men often
ruin crop at will, but for some rea-
son not known to them they do not
always stay ruined.
Farmers would have been much bet
ter off If such a thing as a sweat pad
had never been invented. There is q
tendency to depend too much on the
pad and not enough on fitting the col
lar to the shoulders of the horse. Many
old pads should be burned They are
hard, filed with gum and dirt and
occupy space on the collar that is
only cumbersome. Better have q can
vas collar that will fit a particular
horse than all the sweat pads that
could be offered.
How many .Indian gifts are there
on your place? A little boy asked his
father what an "Injun gift'' was. His
father told him it was something that
was given away and taken back
again" Johnny then said: "Oh, like
the runty calves you give me if I'll
feed 'em and then you sell 'em when
they get big and pocket the money"
It is Johnny's calf and papa's steer.
Treating son in this manner will
make him tired of farm life and he
will leave the farm quick, and he
ought to-.
Hay stacks should never be used if
the hay can be put under shelter. Hay
sheds, which are simply roofs on poles,
cost but little, and will save much
valuable food in year. Glover hay
does not retain it's quality when close
~ packed, being liable to heat, which
is also an objection to baling it. The
best prices for hay are obtained only
when the hay is bright and clean, and
when exposed to the weather it is
liable to injury unless stacks are made
by experts. The best hay is that which
has received careful attention in both
curing and storing.
Tarring is still a favorite means Of
protecting seed corn from crows. Soak
seed in warm water 36 hours, roll in
coal tar or tree ink and then in land
plaster. Crows and blackbirds will let
it alone, and the plan is easier and bet
ter than lines or scarecrows Sweet
corn is perhaps the most popular of
garden vegetables and should be en-
joyed as long as possible By protect
ing the first paintings with straw and
cutting the late crop and storing before
frost, green corn may be had from the
middle Of July until fortnight after
the first killing frost. Crosby and
Evergreen are two standard early and
late kinds. Excelsior Is one of the
sweetest. All three are good general
purpose sorts.