Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-03-31

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with hay, will transform thin horse
into fat, sleek, high-lifed one, quick
or than anything he ever saw.
The Land Is Always There.
The farm land sales in Mclean
county, Illinois, on Wednesday num-
bered 165, the average price was $135
an acre, and the amount of money in
volved was $4,000, as against $497,-
600 year before and $346,00O two
years before.
The rising prices Of land in the ILL.,
| nois corn belt thus shown are typical
| Of change Of attitude toward in
yestments that is going on all over the
United States.
| The time was when the great ma
jority Of the American people regarded
land as the most desirable of invest
ments. OF course, this belief was
largely due to the fact that forms of
/ investment now familiar did not then
exist. But it was partly due to q
sound instinct whose workings have
been obscured by the more brilliant at
fractions of corporation securities and
which is now reasserting itself.
OF course, most Of these purchases
of land in this Illinois county were
made by men who intend personally
to work the farms. But undoubtedly
some of them were made by men who
are not now farmers and may never
be-men who are active in business
and the professions. Such men are
buying productive farms because they
feel that ne other investment is so
stable.
A man may be crowded out of his
profession, his mercantile ventures
may fail from causes wholly beyond
his control, the corporations In which
he has invested money may pass divi-
dends and default on their bonds. But
the returns from good land are as GER
tain as the return of seed time and
harvest.
Through business depressions and
financial panics and political revolu-
tions the land is always there and al
ways yielding its fruits to labor. 1t Is
the surest form of Investment because
it is the foundation of all wealth.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Take Care of the Farm Team.
The farm team during the busy
season should be taken care of prop.
} erly. When taking drive to town
J don't rush the farm horses. II the
: farmer is without driving team OF
horse, he should not forget that fast
driving on the road means loss OF
flesh and Is hard strain on the work
horses. 1t pays to keep the harness
adjusted, oiled and made pliable at all
times to prevent sore shoulders and
gals. Keep it SO adjusted as to fit
the horse it is intended for. Not only
should the harness be adjusted prop
erly, but the farm implements as well.
See to it that the clevis and whiff1e.
trees are doing their work at proper
angle and that all implements are be.
ing run smoothly SO as to reduce the
, draft as much as possible.
When a hot days work is over, II
is good plan to wash the parts GOV
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: shoulders and back, with cold sal
: water. Look well to the feet and sex
. that they are kept clean; If there /:
!, dirt lodged in the hoofs remove it, and
J keep the feet looking clean.
, The above suggestions, IL carried
out. will have much to do in keeping
the work team comfortable and IL
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Farm Notes.
You cannot keep the place too clean
A little kerosene will brighten
. rusty plow.
al 1t is the solids In cows milk tha
determines her value.
t A good time to prune trees Is JUS
: after they have leaved out. 81
In breeding be careful not to drol
/ utility points to get standard.
Does the insurance policy permi
you to run the incubator In the house
: Cookie is said to be poisonous. To
much of it is apt to kill the fowls.
> The value Of the manure depend
more upon the feed than upon the ami
y NAL.
Il Plant early garden truck only i
ground in first-class condition an
well fertilized.
Spring cleaning should apply to th
barn and cellar as well as to th
rooms of the house.
Give house plants as much light a
possible during the day and darkness
with lower temperature at night.
Scatter wood ashes in the orchard
they contain the properties most nee6
ed to make healthy trees and goo
fruit. 1
Q Any attempt to grow somethin
o that is not well adapted to the so
Il | incraa aaa. the cost of nroducfion O N