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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-07-30
WAYS OF SAVING WASTE.
skimmins River For Livins-Fisher-
men Who Net Corks.

SHmming a river for a living may
be said to be one Of the most strik-
ing examples Of the utilization of
waste. This is done in Paris. There
is one individual at least in the
French capital who makes it his
daily business to skim the Seine.
He is out at early morning IN an
old fiat bottomed boat, armed with
a skimming pan With this he
skins off the surface of the river
the grease which collects there dur
ing the night and which he disposes
of to soap factory. Generally he
makes a quarter or so by his morn
ing's work, which enables him to
live.
In Paris, says the Chicago Trib-
une, also there are number of peo-
pie who make a living out of waste
corks, which they fish from the
Seine. They, collect on the river
bank at daybreak, each with short
pole, at the end of which is a small
net. They set to work to gather in
the floating corks, subsequently SELL
ing them to the cork merchants in
the neighborhood.
There are about a score or so of
these cork fishermen, who have
formed themselves into a sort of
craft and who guard their interests
jealously. If they catch sight of a
stranger netting corks they fall on
him in a body. Only recently the
police rescued one Of these novices
barely in time to save his life.
The sweepings of a floor might
well be considered as so much waste.
Yet through a fire in London the
other day, which consumed a guam
titv of sweepings stored in the base
ment, a certain firm lost several
thousand dollars. The heap Of dust
and rubbish contained silver filings,
which it was intended to extract
later on.
This is done regularly at all
works where silver or gold is used.
In gold refners' premises even the
SCOT in the chimneys is not allowed
to be treated as waste. It is found
to contain minute particles Of the
precious metal, which are far too
valuable to be lost.
In places where sheep are bred
extensively one frequently sees lit
tie bits of wool adhering to briers
and hedges. These are no longer
regarded as waste. From such wool
rubbish, whether coming from sheep
or goats, valuable oil is now ex-
tracted.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-07-30
MAIDEN BLUSH APPLE.

MAIDEN BLUSH APPLE.
1.-THE fruit shows effects of apple blotch. ]
vaded area being dwarfed by the az
ton of the fungus, further growth of
the apple results in a cracking of the
fruit similar to that produced BY the
apple scab fungus. The cracks range
from one-fourth to one inch in length
and frequently extend almost to- the
center of the apple.
In extreme cases a crack may almost
encircle the apple, practically dividing
it in half and one crack may intersect
another, forming a cross. Fruits only
slightly affected with the disease may
go through the season without devel-
oping cracks. These are more COM
monty developed shortly before the
fruit natures though a few may occur
earlier in the season. The skin being
thus broken, the fruit becomes an easy
prey to other fungi and soon goes
down in decay. AS rule, the affected
fruit drops prematurely, and the un-
sprayed Ben Davis trees left as checks
in the demonstration blocks at Benton
vile, Ark, shed so per cent of their
crop some days before picking time.
Infection does not begin to take place
until the fruit is nearly half grown.
The blotch was first observed on the
check trees June 26, and only a few
affected fruits could be found on that
date. On July 16 a large percentage of
the Ben Davis apples was affected, and
by the middle of August it was clearly
seen that the crop was practically lost
1t developed first ON fruit on the lower
branches and within the shaded por-
tions of the tree, but finally spread to
almost the entire crop.-W. M. Scott.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-07-30
PRIZE TOMATOES.

Livingston, Prizetaker, Perfection and
Paragon do well, says American Agri-
culturist.
In the same journal Professor R. L.
Watts writes of the tomato industry in
Maryland as follows:
Tomatoes are grown very extensive
ly in Maryland. Thousands of tons
are used by the canning factories, local
markets are well supplied and large
quantity is shipped to northern mar
kets. The industry is most important
in the Eastern Shore counties, but it is
by no means restricted to this section.
Thousands of acres of sandy and gray
ely loans in different parts of the
state produce the finest tomatoes. Gil
matte conditions are particularly favor
able for this vegetable. The seasons
are sufficiently long to SOW the seed in
the open ground and have plenty of
time for the crop to ripen before severe
frosts occur in the fall. Many varie-
ties are grown for canning factories.
The old standard Stone has numerous
friends; the Greater Baltimore, the
heaviest yielder at the Maryland sta
ton, is successful on many farms. The
1 Y L is well spoken of by many
gardeners, and a large number of other
varieties are grown to a less extent.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-07-30
A Rat Exterminator.

A subscriber Of Reliable Poultry
Journal suggests the following to rid
the premises of rats: Make a small tin
trough closed at one end. Insert this
trough, closed end first, in the rat hole,
leaving the other end exposed. Pour
about a teaspoonful of chloride of sui
phur or sulphuric acid into the trough,
then three or four teaspoonfuls of am
monia water and stop the hole up with
a rag or anything that is convenient.
Await results with stick. The rats
will run out of the hole in about ten
seconds after the operation in a very
tired condition. They are easily killed,
as they cannot run either fast or far
after the dose.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-07-30
The Ionah of Walter Scott.

In Dryburgh abbey, standing among
the ruins of the ancient choir, with the
afternoon sun shining uponsft, we saw
the tomb of Walter Scott in st. Mary's
aisle. 4 noble block of Aberdeen
granite marks the last resting place
of Sir Walter and Lady Scott. The
simple inscription records the dates of
birth and death of the husband and
wife. Here also are the mortal re-
mains oe the novelist's children and of
his son-in-law and biographer, John
Gibson Lockhart, of whom Scott wrote
affectfonately, ''Lockhart is Lockhart,
to whom I can most willingly confide
the happiness of the daughter who
chose him and whom he has chosen"
AS we turned from the grave Of
Walter Scott and wandered across the
now roofess and grass grown refectory
we recalled his last connected words
to Lockhart: "My dear, be good
man-be virtuous-be religious-be a
good man; nothing else will give you
any comfort when you come to lie
ere."-Book News.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-07-30
OVERcR0WDING.
3.e Of the Greatest Evils In the Rear.
inu of Domestic Poultry,

there are many poultry keepers who
provide their fowls with large enough
house, but have only sufficient land to
accommodate half or quarter the
number of fowls that are crowded on
to it, while have seen scores of cases
where both houses and runs were of
astonishingly small dimensions = in
, fact, SO small that the idea of keeping
poultry in them was absurd, writes
George Scott of Pudsey, Yorkshire,
England, in American Poultry Journal.
Now, it is impossible to state any
hard and fast rules as regards the size
Of q poultry house or run requisite for
certain number of fowls, but it may
Re roughly stated that in building
! faWihouse about five square feet of
| floor space should be allowed for every
adult fowl. This estimate is liable to
notifications, according to the size of
fhe fowls and the height of the house.
In the open fronted or fresh air type
Of poultry house half this amount of
foof space will be sufficient for each
fowl.
In all cases it is advisable to give
fowls as much liberty as possible, for
they are never at their best when kept
in confinement. In many cases, how
ever, this course is inadmissible, and
under these circumstances at least
fifty square feet of ground should be
allowed for each fowl, and a breed
should be kept which is best able to
stand confinement, for the varieties
differ considerably in this respect Of
course it is essential for fowls to be
confined during the breeding season
and, provided the runs are large
enough or the number of fowls in each
run small enough, all will be we'll, but
it is the packing and jamming of
large number of fowls into small run
that works such havoc among the
birds and their progeny, overcrowding
being responsible for more than half
the diseases to which poultry are sub
iect
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-07-30
The Change In Surgeons.

"The surgeon Of the past was huge.
coarse, red faced brute, very terror" "
said surgeon of the present. 'And no
wonder. What type of man but the
brute type could cut off legs or saw
through the skull while the patient,
perfectly conscious, bowled and wept?
In the past surgery was barred to gen.
tie and refined men. Whatever their
interest in anatomy, In medicine, they
Stunned surgery. They could not en-
dure to operate upon conscious SUBJ
ject. The advent of anaesthetics caused
the advent Of new men into surgery.
Men Of delicacy, Of sympathy, of i'm
agination-a higher type-took the pro-
fession up. That is why surgery is
continually advancing now, whereas in
the past it stood dead, still."-Cincin-
natl Enquirer.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-07-30
A Great Awakening.

Orchard, why do you wish to
stay as home this evening? You
promised that when we were mar
ried you would go to church with
me every Sunday evening"
EWell, my dear, l have been keep
ing my word.
SBut this is only the third Sun
day. 1 think you ought to tell me
frankly why you do not wish to go.
Is it that you have ceased to love
me so soon?'
''No, Susan, it isn't that at all.
The fact is, I-can't stand your favor
itey preacher; he is too dull for me. .
''Too dull, Richard? Why, the
reverend gentleman is regarded as a
great revivalistY'
"H'm, yes, I have noticed that
there is always great awakening
after his sermon!"
Then she began to cry, and he
had to 90 to pacify her.-Pearson's
Weekly.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-07-30
pisraeIi as a Real Humorist.

DisraelIs absorption in politics,
which never quite destroyed his love
of literature, is, of course, familiar
to the most superficial student Of
his singular career. His profound
contempt for ,frivolity' referred to
by Lady Dorothy Nevill in her
"reminiscences" strikes those who
knew him as absolutely true. Dis
rael, it must be remembered, was
a real humorist, and in nine cases
out of ten a real humorist despises
aippancy. He was also, like many
humoriists, a melancholy man, iso-
lated from his fellows, leading an
inner life, of which glimpses may
be seen in his biography Of Lord
George Bentinck..
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-07-30
Pounds.
White Feathers In Brown Leshorns.

The subject Of white feathers in
Brown Leghorns is quite an exhaustive
one. There are many reasons for it
besides heredity. 1t often occurs when
the parent stock showed no trace Of it.
The appearance of white is no sign OF
impurity, but it is very Objectionable
feature, as it is disqualification ac-
cording to the Standard of Perfection
The fact that chicks show white does
not indicate that they will when ma
ture have white feathers. though they
may
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-07-30
The Sl1orthorns.

Perhaps the best claim TO the Qualif-
cations of the two purpose breed is
possessed by the Shorthorn. As Is well
known, there are two distinct types,
one which is fair in milk production,
but excellent in beef, and another toll
erably good in beef, but valued most
for heavy milking qualities. In this
country the beef type is more COM
nAtrsl while in English dairy sections
the Shorthorn dairy strains are very
promtnent.-American Cultiyator.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-07-30
Baeginq Grapes.

If ordinary bags are put on before
spores of the rot fungus have found
lodging upon the berries, the latter will
be as safe inside as they would be if
the bags were soaked in a copper solu-
ton. Yet we cannot expect good fruit,
especially of best quality, if the foliage
is not perfect, says an authority on the
subject. 1t is just as necessary to pro-
tect the foliage from disease as the
fruit; hence we do not see how bagging
can entirely take the place Of spraying.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-07-30
Great Thino For Fruit Growers.

1t would he great thing for fruit
growing if the market would distin-
guish sharply between apples for diff
ferent purposes. Apples that are not
recommendable for dessert may still
be very useful for many other pur-
poses. 1t is not so much a question
of not growing apples of different
grades of quality as of finding the
proper uses for these grades. ! think
1t is a mistake at the present time
to recommend that certain apples be
not grown merely because they are
not of high eating quality.-L. II. Bal
ley in Rural New Yorker.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-07-30
FINDING
FILSON
By NORA BAYNE.
Copyrighted, 1907. by G. H. sutclife.


Find Miss Filson," directed the
'.old man. and Andy Brant. with a
prompt and respectful s'Yes. sir, !"
tucked the letter into his pocket and
finished adding the column OF figures
upon which he had been working.
Ead Lowell & lowell told him to go
out and find the north pole Andy
would have replied in precisely the
same tone and would have started on
the trip in precisely, the same spirit.
NominaHy the assistant bookkeeper,
Andy Brant was the general utility
man. 1t was he who had given first
aid to the injured water pipe with a
piece of rubber overshoe and some ad-
hesiye tape from his bicycle kit and
who had treated the Office cat when
it had fits.
But the present quest was not so
promising. A correspondent had asked
that his daughter be located. 1--WE
know that she was to have gone to the
Y. W. G. A. wrote the westerner. NO
doubt it will be easy to locate her."
Andy grinned as he replaced the let
ter in his pocket afa started for the
association Office. +
The elderly woman in charge was
willing to tell what little she knew
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-07-30
Eco EATING Hens

Egg eating is one of the worst habits
that fowls can acquire, and it Is al
most impossible to break them of it.
This habit is generally acquired during
the winter or early spring and is due
to close confinement and lack of some
thing else to do. Where fowls are kept
busy continuously this habit is un-
known. All nests should be placed as
much in the dark as possible and
plenty of china nest eggs supplied.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-07-30
BRONZE GRASS.
II Cows In Dense clunnps and Spreads
With RaPidity.

7
With Rapidity.
Bromus inermis is a. perennial grass,
growing in dense clumps and spread
ing rapidly by underground stems CT
root stocks.
Land broken this spring and sowed
to cane, kaffir corn or corn will make
an ideal seed bed for grass next year
by thorough disking and narrowing,
writes a western man in Kansas Farm
er. During the first year the grass
makes but little growth above the
ground and should be kept from being
smothered by weeds by clipping with
a mower until the 1st of July, when
the weeds may be let grow for win
ter cover and to catch the snow.
Bronze grass starts very early in the
spring, from one to two months before
buffalo grass, and therefore is great
aid to the cattle and other stock, as it
comes at a time when fhey need it
most
Its Dense Root System.
Owing to its dense root system
bronze grass becomes sod bound in
from three to five years. This can be
remedied by severe disking every
spring after the second year and har-
rowing with a tooth harrow. Owing
to the fact that Bromus secalinus, or
common cheat seed, is often found
mixed with Bromus inermis or sold as
Bromus inermus seed it would be well
for parties contemplating the sowing
of bronze grass to secure a sample of
the seed and have it examined by some
one familiar with the grass. No relia
BILE seed house sends out adulterated
seed knowingly, and it is my opinion
that the trouble frequently arises from
the farmer sowing the grass on land
already infested with cheat.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-07-30

when Andy showed his letter as au-
thority. Miss Filson had come to them
three months before, but had soon
! moved to an address far uptown. She
| smiled approvingly upon Andy as he
thanked her. She liked this clean
skinned, honest eyed young fellow, and
she even unbent so far as to venture
the hope that he would meet with sue
cess.
Andy's answer was grimace. Young
women had a trick of losing themselves
in New York. Miss Filson had left the
association three months before. 1t
was not likely that she could endure
life in one cheap boarding house for
that length of time. Most places were
endurable for less than a month.
His suspicious were verified when he
reached the uptown address. Miss Fill
son was dinly remembered by the rosy
checked servant girl who answered the
door. She stayed only two weeks and
departed on an express wagon, eX-
planning that she could not trust the
driver with the trunk. 1t was this in
cident and the fact that she did not
leave her new address. that fixed her
more clearly in the girls mind than
most of those who came and went.
Andy interviewed express wagon
drivers in an increasing circle for the
remainder of the morning and wound
up so conveniently near his own board
ing place that he stopped in for lunch.
Mrs. Lepnen's establishment was diff
ferent from the average New York
boarding house. Andy had lived there
for year and still liked it. Now that
golden haired Bess Saunders had taken
up her residence there he was willing
to remain indefinitely. Andy was not
susceptible, but the first time Bess had
come into the stuffy dining room he had
fallen in love, so deeply in love that
when she had lost her position as ste
nographer and could not pay her board
bills, unknewn to Bess, he had ar
ranged with Mrs. Lennon that he
would be responsible for the bills until
Bess found a new place, when the land
lady should reimburse him.
"Any Iuck?" he asked as he slipped
into his seat opposite the girl. She
shook her head.
w eli, ddFG SOiic SoOOu dcNo Iva
you,'' he went on. Our typewriter is
to be married week after next. She's
going to quit the job, and the old man
says you may have it,
Bess clapped her hands delightedly
and Andy beamed upon her.
Lets celebrate he suggested. "I've
got an order that can't fill. Let's go
to the matinee, will you? Might as
well do that as tramp around town for
nothing"
Bess nodded, and Andy sat on the
front steps smoking cigarette and
, building air castles while the girl
dressed. They had only cheap seats III
the rear of the balcony, but it was
treat, and occasionally Andy could feel
the slight pressure of the girls arm
against his own, emphasizing her near
ness. He did not think much OF the
vaudeville performance. What mat
tered the accomplishments of the
trained seals and the toe dancer when
he could lean back with closed eyes
snd conjure up visions Of light house
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-07-30
Rib Plankain In Iowa

Rib grass or rib plantain, found in
ninetyeight samples of red clover seed.
is weed that is of comparatively re-
cent introduction into Iowa, but the
numerous specimens sent b the Iowa
station for Identification during the
past year would indicate that they are
very rapidly Spreading over the state
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-07-30
Food For puekIinos.

Stale bread moistened and mixed
with sand makes a good food for
young ducks. Cornmeal can also be
given. After three or four weeks they
can be fed cracked corn Animal food
is not absolutely necessary, although a
certain amount Will assist the growth,
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-07-30
Big Pea Garden.

An agricultural novelty which shows
the magnitude of American operations
is a big pea garden in Colorado. At
this place there are 5000 acres of peas.
At Il central point there is large can
merry. and from this plant it is four
miles TO the farthest points of the gar
den.-Gardening.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-07-30
APPLE BLoTcH.
IN Extreme Gases a Crock May Almost
Encircle the Fruit.

Apple blotch first appears on the sur
face of the apple as a small irregular
brown spot, which slowly increases in
size until after several weeks it reaches
one-fourth to one-half inch in diane
ter.
Several blotches may occur on the
same fruit, and in the OZarks during
the past season it was not uncommon
to find twenty to fifty blotehes on a
single apple, covering practically the
entire surface. The tissues of the in
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-07-30
Shippinn Iettuce

The best shipping carrier for lettuce
is the veneer basket. As lettuce is
light in weight compared with most
truck. the one-haif barrel size Of bas-
ket seems to be most in favor.-W. n.
HUT
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-07-30
TOMATO INDUSTRY.
Some Varieties That Are Grown With
Great Success

This exhibit of tomatoes, shown at
the 1906 Illinois fair, was remarkable
for uniformity of size and color. The
meat was tender, yet firm. The plants
were grown in a cold frame, and were
transplanted to the open garden about
May, cultivated carefully and tied to
stakes. The yield was satisfactory in
every way. For central Illinois, Acme
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-07-30

Rock. This variety Of the Rock Is
just the same in every respect as the
Barred variety, excepting that the
feathers have the markings of the
Partridge Cochin, which many persons
contend is the most beautiful plumage
seen on any domestic fowls.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-07-30

clean. The dish
$ hould be of
crockery so as to
be lasting. The
protector illus
trated herewith
is described by
Oran ge Judd
Farmer as being
nooIaNf f1ra ,nA
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-07-30
That Little Bill

Hewitt always know what am
going to get at my boarding house.
Jewett-Why don't you pay it and
instead p New Yerk
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-07-30
Drinking Dish Protector.

A drinking dish protector in the poul-
thy yard is the next best thing to q
drinking fountain for keeping water
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-07-30
DISH PROTECTOR.

foot squares of board. One is sawed
across diagonally and the other nailed
to the two triangular pieces thus
formed.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-07-30
The Weiaht of a Quart of Feed.

According to figures furnished by the
Connecticut experiment station, the
weight of one quart of feed is as fol-
lows:
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-07-30
Partridqe Plymouth Rock Hen,

The cut herewith shows the female
of new variety which, unless all
signs fail, is destined to become very
popular. 1t is the Partridge Plymouth
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-07-30

made of two one,
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-06-10
Central.

Sunday.
Evansville 5, Wheeling 8.
Springfield 0, South Bend /.
Dayton 6, Grand Rapids 8.
Terre Haute i, Canton 2.
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