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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-11-16
NOrcrosS to Play.

In Wednesdays Oregonian
there appeared the following ar
ticle in regard to Norcross, OAC's
popular. football coach:
'Norcross, the famous Michi-
gan quarterback and present
coach of the Oregon Agricultural
College, will play with the Seat
tie Athletic Club in the Christ
mas and New Years games
against Multnomah," says E. c..
Abbott, the x nd; n captain of
the University of Wisconsin team
when seen at the Portland Hotel
last night. The statement Of
Mr.. Abbott comes as a surprise
t local football enthusiasts, for
it was not known that the crack
quarterback would don the mole
skin while on the Pacific Coast
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-11-16

This basket of red onions was exhibited
at the 1866 Illinois state fair They were
large, smooth, uniform, crisp and won
u first priZe.l
to reach the saturation point, and,
ions are quite microscopic. Whenever
we have to take out onions we do this
as quickly as possible, even avoiding
the use OF Il lamp. If any sorting or
screening has to be done we do this
outside, as our breath and the combus-
We keep the room absolutely dark.
During a long continued cold spell
the temperature will occasionally drop
far below the freezing point. In that
case we do not touch the onions, but
wait until the temperature has risen
again above freezing. The tempera-
ture in the building, of course, lags
considerably behind the outside tenn
perature, and we may have to wait a
day or two, but the onions then al
ways come out uninjured. We always
keep a small quantity Of onions stored
in a cellar for immediate demand to
tide over a cold snap. This winter
intend to place dishes with chloride of
potash in the room to keep the air as
dry as possible and to use a hydrome-
ter to test the humidity. 1 have kept
onions perfectly this way until the
middle Of May, says contributor to
American Agriculturist.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-11-16
Crop Conditions.

The crop reporting board of the bu-
reau of statistics of the department Of
agriculture finds Sept. 1:
The average condition of rye when
harvested was 90.5 against 9O.S report
ed Sept. 1, 1905, 500 reported Sept. 1,
1904, and Il ten year average Of S6.5.
The average condition of buckwheat
on Sept. was 91.2 against 93.2 one
month ago, 91.S on Sept. 1, 1905, 91.5
at the corresponding date in 1904 and
a ten year average of SS.4.
The aversge condition Of tobacco on
Sept 1 was S6,2 against So one
month ago, S5.1 on Sept. l, 1905, S3.G
Mt the corresponding date in 1904 and
q five year average of SIS.
The average condition of potatoes on
Sept. was S5.3 against 50 one month
ago, 500 on Sept. 1, 1905, 91.6 at the
corresponding date in 1904 and a ten
year average of 1872.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-11-16
Not All Cows Alike.

1t is true that a very large per cent
of our dairy cows are absolutely un.
productive, never paying their own ex.
pense. Is it not far better to keep f1f,
teen cows all Of which are liberal pro
ducers than to add to this number
another fifteen that are not self sup
porting? The second fifteen are kept
up by the profit Of the first fifteen,
but how is the owner to be kept up:
This very difficulty with which we are
so heavily burdened must be removed
before dairy can be made profitable.
But how are we gong to judge which
animals are profitable and which are
Improbable? By the milk sheet, a
pair OF milk scales and the Babcock
test. At the end of each month we
can tell exactly how much milk and
butter fat each cow in the herd has
produced and hence how much money
she has made. From this amount the
expense of keeping her could be de-
Quoted and the remainder credited to
her account as profit for the month
Professor B. 81. Rawl.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-11-16
Feeding Milk Cattle

Root crops cost more to produce than
corn ensilage, but are more convenien,
for a small herd. The cows like car,
rots best and do not tire of rations OF
roots if mixed with Carrots, says o
Pennsylvania farmer in American Cul-
tivator.
Foods That Taint Milk.
The feed should be good and free
from aromatic substances. If these
aromatic foods are used they should
be employed according to those meth
ods which will not cause odors or fla
vors in the milk.
Look to the Pasture.
The all round food for milk cows is
grass Therefore look well to the pas
lures and see that their quality is i'm
proved.
Study the Cows Needs.
Each individual in the herd should
be studied and given the care that she
requires for best production, says
Farm Journal.
Two sisters stood side by side in g
herd. One required bulky, light foo3
to cause her to do her best. The other.
required more concentrated food with
less bulk
No herd of cows can ever be real'-
profitable unless they receive just this
careful attention.
Grind the Hay and Slower.
Alfalfa meal is a standard commod-
ity on the feed market, yet I see but
little in print as to the results of feed
ing it, but the few dairymen, says L.
W. Lightly in National Stockman, l
heard speaking about the experience
they had with it seemed very favor
able. A prominent Pennsylvania dairy
man few days ago told me she is
about putting in grinding machinery
that will handle the timothy and mixed
hay and reduce them to a fine ground.
crushed condition. Who ever tried this
practically? Is there any available in,
forma ton in the experiment station re-
ports? I would not like to commit my
self, but it seems to me theoretically
that we could do the rougher part of
the chewing cheaper with gasoline OR
alcohol power than with COW power. It
has been amply demonstrated that
feeding the COW easily digested fsas
saves feed.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-11-16

poses alike in form they would receive
some light on this topic.
Our plan Of corn selection is this:
Let each farmer select a dozen or
twenty ears this fall, selecting them
before harvest, and take them from
stalks that suit Put these ears away
where they will dry thoroughly before
freezing and keep them warm and dry
through the winter. Next spring go to
the windward side of the cornfeld
after it is thoroughly prepared and
marked. Shell one ear and plant the
first row as far as the ear will plant
it, saving perhaps $50 kernels not
planted. Take ear No. 2 and plant 1t
number of ears for seed have been
planted. Cultivate the field as usual.
Next fall harvest each row separately
and save the seed corn from the row
giving the largest yield. This seed
corn will be partly cross bred. In case
the farmer is willing to do it let him
remove the ta1el from each alternate
row and save the seed from the detas-
seled row, thus insuring harvest free
from inbred ears.
Where he finds two rows alike in
most respects and conforming to his
ideal, let him note the ears which fur
nish the seed for those two rows. Then
the next spring let him plant the small
amount of seed he has saved from
those two ears side by side in field
AWAY from his cornfield if possible, de-
tasseling each alternate hill or de-
tasseling all the stalks growing from
one of the ears, thus insuring cross fer
tilization and strong seed. These de-
tasseled hills so selected should fur
nish him his best seed, but until this
shall have increased enough to furnish
him the desired quantity let him save
his seed from the best row of his first
selection. Naturally at the colleges
we go further and keep selecting a
dozen of the best ears from each row
and plant them separately, an ear to
the row, saving the best ears from the
best rows. In this way we insure i'm
provement because we know the pedi-
gree.
In conclusion, it is the duty of the
agricultural press and the stations to
warn farmers against selecting corn
by the sole standard of the pretty ear
which wins the prize at the fair. Such
selection is a delusion and snare.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-11-16
What. Joaquin Said.

It is related that when Joaquin
Miller was asked to go to the races
he POLITICALLY replied: 'ePiano! Pi-
anow AS no diagram accompanies
the puzzle, we are forced to put our
own construction on the poets enig-
matical remark. It may be that
Joaquin meant to convey the idea
that it was all right to play the
races. On the other hand, he may
have wished to have it inferred that
races were not his forte-the Tyre
being more in his line of business.
Of course the meaning is there, all
right, only we haven't the optical
aflatus to spot it. In the dagoese
of the Florentine, piano means
soft, and it is barely possible that
Joaquin merely meant to have the
person who extended the invitation
speak softly, lest the female mem
bers of his household take cogni-
zance Of his proposed whereabouts.
Perhaps we'd better let it go at
that.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-11-16
Additional Local.

DR.. B. A. Cathey arrived
home Wednesday from Pouland,,
where Monday morning his SON,
George Cathey, was operated on
for catarrhal appendicitis, at
Good Samaritan hospital. Tie
young man rallied from the oper-
alton and there is every promise
OF speedy recovery and a res
toratlon to perfect health.
Economy Fruit Jars at Zierolfs.
74tf
One OF the encores given by the noted
reader, Mrs. Lulu Tyler Gates at the op-
era house Wednesday evening, was a
sketch which represented Sunday
school ,eacher instruc,ing her juvenile
Class on the subject of Moses. NOW
children" said the teacher, "when tt e
superintendent asks you about Nose S
you must remember three things to say
Moses was good man, an austere man,
and he made atonemant for the sins of
his people," Later the class stood be-
fore the superintendent. "Johnny, can
you tell me anything about Moses, the
subject of our lesson today?" Working
his fingers nervously, AID with eyes fair
ly bulging, Johnny blurted, Moses was
a-a good oyster man and made ointment
for the shins of his peoplel"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-11-16
(22lla.IN T[flH
Best stock Is Cheapest.


All favor the practice of economy; 1t
is part of the business of life. True
economy comes in practice here. Sup
pose two cows are in the market, cost
ing 500 and $50 respectively, and the
question is which to buy, we should
consider what each COW will do. If
the twenty dollar cow makes $50
worth Of butter and the fifty dollar
cow makes SIS in given time, why
isn't the latter by far the more eco
nomical? The cheap cow will consume
as much as the higher priced. In
Maine the farmers are losing more in
this matter than elsewhere. The quail
ity of a farm animal determines in a
measure the profit of the farm. 1t is
not necessary to breed pure thorough
bred animals, but those which will
yield their product at profit. Anoth-
er point: Is it economy to use cheap
bred or scrub sire or the pure bred for
double the cost? 1 think the latter
cheaper in the end. Our stock inter
ests grow poorer every year. I can
see decrease in the quality and value
OF our farm animals. When stock is
high buyers take the best to send to
Brighton, and we do business with the
rest. We must retrograde, for it Is
impossible to advance in quality under
such conditions. - George Plummer
Penobscot County, Me-, in American
Cultivator.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-11-16
much for her nngeflng uuakeriy

much TOR her nngeflng Quakeriy
prejudices.
As soon as their hulking ring
leader entered upon a preliminary
course of antics the new School
ma'am," in sweet and even tones,
summoned him to her desk. He
came, and in a manner equally
pleasant and unrufled she requested
him to remove his jacket.
In sheer astonishment he COM
piled, and before he quite knew
what had happened he found him
self receiving from timber birch
rcd skillfully applied the neatest
and completest whipping Of his life.
He went back to his seat chasten-
ed and crestfallen youth, with the
swagger quite taken out of him, and
Miss Anthony for the rest of the
term received admirably prompt
obedience from her pupils.
It was the only school rebellion
which she quelled in that way, but
by no means the only one which she
oyercame, for she taught in some
very rough and neglected districts.
But she met every emergency with
spirit, tact apd readiness and al
ways conquered.
"One of the reasons for her sue
cess" said an old school friend,
"was that nobody could ever tell un-
til it happened just what Susan
would do or how she would do it.
We only knew there was one thing
she would not do-give in. She had
more courage and persistence than
any woman I ever knew" Youths
Companion.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-11-16
SHE ALWAYS CONQUERED.
Susan 3. Anthony's Experience With
School RebeIIions.

Susan B. Anthony's Experience With
School RebeIIions.
Susan B. Anthony, the eminent
advocate of woman suffrage, was for
fifteen years teacher before begin
ming her more public career.
Brought up in a household of
Friends, she united gentleness and
frmness and was an admirable dis
ciplinarian.
Her rule was mild, and she alb
horred the rod. But she learned on
taking the district school at Center
Falls about seventy-fve years ago
that her predecessors, all men, had
successfully, under active compul-
sion, left the schoolhouse in mid
session by way of the window, and
that she herself-although in con-
sideration of her peace principles
and her sex she was to be permitted
an exit by the door-was already
openly doomed by the young rebels
to forcible election. That was too
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-11-16
you snouId nave IT. here was /.
chance to help her by helping Lord
Rinolpfnn

yOu 6QOulu nave II. n0EC WGH- q
chance to help her by helping Lord
Bingleton.
"How much do you needT' asked
81 could get on with $4,000"
Nonsense! You need $30,OOO."
took a check book from a trunk and
wrote him a check for $4,000 "You
will average up $4,000 a month as
Miss Beyard's fiance. No gush, please.
There's no obligation. know you viii
be good for the amount"
In a few days l received note from
Miss Beyard asking me to call.
dropped in an hour before dinner.
saw at once there was something on
her mind. She looked at me with the
same expression as before her Bingle-
ton affair.
when you told me the other day. =
she said, that if I needed your as
sistance in my AFFAIR with Lord Bin
gleton you would give it 1 didn't think
l should have to thank you for it sc
soon.'' -
"What do you mean?" l asked ir
alarm.
''You have supplied his temporary
wants"
HAS he gone daft, to tell you abou!
itr"
my aunt knows his people in Eng
land and knows that very soon he will
come into f100,C00. She also knows
that meanwhile he would not be able
to live as we do during our engage
ment. She offered him temporary as
sistance. He told her that he had just
made loan from the best fellow in
America and in the exuberance Of his
enthusiasm gave her your name."
never was more astonished in my
life. Miss Beyard could have knock
ed me down with feather.
The next afternoon Bingleton came
up to me at the casino, his smiling face
big with intelligence.
''She's told me all. What deucediy
funny affair, to be- sure! 1 congratu-
late you, old chappie. But, L say, do
you need that thirty thousand? There
Is a second best, you know, and eX-
pect to land her tonight. Ten million
sure and perhaps more. Butt bis
face falling-"she's not Miss Beyard." !"
I begged him to keep the thirty thou
sand as long as he needed it. 1 was
happy a few days later when he told
me that he had secured the S10,OO0,O0o
d. FISK BRADY.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-11-16
AN INTERESTING
e LOAN e
fOriginal.1

fOriginaL1
Miss Beyard was staying at her
aunt's cottage at Newport. Miss Bey-
ard was rich; her aunt was rich. l
was rich myself or 1 would not have
wasted time courting Miss Beyard.
Poor (young people think that when
there is plenty of money in family
the sons and daughters can afford to
marry for love. It's done exactly the
other way. The poor must marry the
poor, for we rich people have no matri-
monial use for them.
I received q note from Miss Beyard
saying that she had something to tell
me which she couldn't very well write.
considering that there was courtship
on between us, this was quite enough,
and there was no use in my going. 1t
meant that might look elsewhere for
a wife. wrote her to that effect, then
tore up my letter. After all, would
prefer to receive my formal dismissal
from her lipSN I was curious to know
If her heart was going with her hand.
I took the evening boat for Newport
and called the next afternoon.
"Who is he?" I asked.
"Who has told you? No one but
Aunt Adeline and and he knows any
thing about it. 1t has been somewhat
sudden"
II guessed it from your note"
"How bright of you! He is Lord
Bingleton."
was astonished. Bingleton had been
over some months. He had brought
letters to me, and had put him under
obligations. He knew nothing of my
wishes with regard to Miss Beyard.
He was one of the British aristocracy
who had come over to America for q
rich marriage.
The reason for my astonishment was
that Miss Beyard is a superior girl
and I had supposed quite above such
sale. I considered the price alto
gether insufficient, especially as Miss
Beyard was worth $5,0OO,OOO. How
ever, title is good thing for wom-
an Of means to have in the family.
''Well," I said, 'it only remains for
me to wish you a pleasaA life among
British peers and peeresses.''
you don't seem very regretful," she
pouted.
"You want a title; therefore I want
you to have title. If you needed my
assistance to get one you should have
it."
'That's very kind of you" I arose.
"Are you going so soonY'
Eyes. There's nothing mutually inter
esting for us to chat about Goodby. /
hope there will be no slip between you
and your wish''
She didn't look altogether satisfied as
she offered me her hand and bade me
adieu.
That evening Bingleton called on me-
81 heard you were here and came up
at once. I have news for you. One of
your American bellies has been unwise
enough to throw herself away on me-"
"Indeedw
Eyes; that pretty Miss Beyard-no
end Of money in her own right. You've
been very kind to me thus far, old
chappie, but I've got harder nut for
you to crack now. The sums you have
advanced are bagatelles compared with
what need now. I've got to keep up
this expenditure for three months
Then comes the wedding. with its pres
ent to the bride. My uncle's beQuest
won't be paid for year. That's all
the security I have to give. mean
I haven't any to give at a1l.
lad said only that - b MIA Bay
49, IL BON nasda6. - seapaage
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-11-16
SsS~NSa=ASF
MEHlRMeF
~ 7sD GARDEN
STORING ONIONS.
Good Results From Dark Rooms and
Dry Air.

Good Results From Dark Rooms and
Dry Air.
From experience l have found that
onions should be stored in crates in Il
room which must be kept closed, air
tight and as nearly frost proof as pos
sible. Onions will keep as long as
they are kept dry regardless of tenn
perature. By putting the onions in the
storage during a cold. dry day we OBJ
tain a minimum of humidity. Keep
ing the room closed, no more moisture
can enter. Should the temperature of
the storage rise the air will become
relatively drier, since warm air will
hold more moisture than cold air. The
room being closed, the air can only
absorb moisture from the onions, which
consequently become drier. Should
the temperature drop below the orig
inal temperature then the humidity
will become greater, but not sufficient
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-11-16
The Scented Court.

'The scented court" was the
name by which the court of Louis
XIV. was known throughout Europe,
on account of the rage for perfumes
which then prevailed in France.
The expenditure of Nine. de Pom
padour for this one branch of her
toilet amounted to 100000 annual
ly. It became the fashion for the
host or hostess of a great entertain
ment to signalize to their guests.
what particular perfume was to be
employed for scenting their rooms
on the night for which the invita-
tions were issued, and they were ex-
pected to use no other, SO that the
delicate effect Of a unity of odora
might be produced. At court a dif-
ferent perfume was presented for;
each day Of the. week.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-11-16
ARGENTINE COWBOYS.

The Southern Gauche Wears the Big
gest Trousers on Record.
Our friend the gaucho is as much
in evidence along the line to the
west as to the south in Argentina.
He still sticks to the inevitable
poncho, but he has discarded the
chirpa, blanketlike garment that
the southern gaucho wears around
his legs, or bombachos, which is the
name for absolutely the largest
trousers on record.
The bombachos in the first place
were, I believe, brought to Argen-
tina by the Basques. The things
went straight to the heart of the
,gaucho, and he adopted them at
once. Only lie has steadily insisted
on amplifying them, until today one
leg of a pair Of bombachos will
house a small family. There is no
particular point of utility to be
urged for these wind bags, but they
serve to make their wearer con-
spicuous figure when he rides into
town, which is reason enough for
the gaucho..
The recado or saddle used in the
west is much the same as in the
south. It consists Of a couple of
smooth pieces of wood to be laid
Oh a blanket behind the horses
withers. Over these several thick
nesses of fleece or soft blankets are
strapped, a pair of stirrups thrown
over the whole and the recado is
ready for use. This sounds like a
crude arrangement, and such it
often is. Nevertheless I have heard
a number of Englishmen who have
used it claim that the recado gives
a knee grip in the soft blankets
that insures a seat more sure than
that possible in any saddle Of hard
leather.
The most inseparable companion
Of the gaucho of the west is his ri
benka, or whip. This has a heavily
loaded handle about a foot and a
half long, which terminates in a
thick single or double throng of
rawhide Of the same length as the
handle. The handle is sometimes
covered with hide or, again, heavily
inlaid with silver. A blow from the
handle of ribenka will fell horse,
and a cut from it's lash will tear
open cash in the flank of tough
skinned mule.
The gaucho of the south fights
with his knife in one hand and his
folded poncho in sthe other as a
shield. The western gaucho sub
stitutes the ribenka for the poncho
and must make a far more formida-
BILE opponent. His great facon, or
knife, reposes most of the time in
his belt. His ribenka never leaves
his hand during the day, and at
night he sleeps with the thong of
it about his wrist. = Los Angeles
Times
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-11-16
Tpe asparagus Bed.

If manure is applied to the asparagus
bed in autumn or before the frost is
out of the ground in the spring it pre-
vents the frost from coming out of
the ground and so keeps back the
growth unless the manure applied is
very fine and is at once cultivated into
the soil. Sometimes such treatment
will keep the sprouts from starting for
a week or more at a season when it is
most reliShed.-Green.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-11-16
SELECTING SEED CORN.

PediErec a Point at the Michigan
Experiment Station.
Professor Clinton D. Smith gives
some scientific information In regard
to selecting seed corn in Iowa Home
stead, in which he says:
The lesson cannot be impressed too
soon that you cannot pick out seed
corn by the appearance Of the ears. Ii
corn breeders could come to the Mich
igan Agricultural college and see the
prodpct Of ears to all inte1ts en3 poE-
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-11-16
A Ride on a Donkey.

Small Boy-Can I have ride on
a donkey, ma?
Ma-No, dear. Your papa says
you are not to have one.
Small Boy-Why can't I have 6
ride on donkey?
Ma Ito her husband) = Oh, fol
goodness sake, james, give him I: z
ride ON your back, and see II it'll
keep him qmetl