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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-08-02
REARING LAYERS.
An Expert Pouitrynan Tells How This
Can Be Done Successfully.

An Expert Pouitrynnan Tells How This
Can Be Done Successfully.
II. P Rankin has the following words
of wisdom in the American Agricul-
turist concerning the difficult problem
of rearing chicks designed especially
for development into persistent layers:
When the chicks first come out of the
shell, 1 leave them in the incubator till
the last Matched is twenty-four hours
old, then remove to brooder with a
temperature of 80 degrees, the brooder
floor being first covered with thin
layer of sand and one inch of cut al
falfa, and give grit and water two
hours before feeding. l feed dry
grain chick food containing 20 per
cent chick grit and per cent small
granulated charcoal. The brooder is
cleaned every day by Sitting sand
through a cornmeal sieve. Beef scraps
are kept before them after they are
four days old. This is their feed till
they are six weeks old, when they are
given free range and are fed but three
times a day, corn being mixed with
their food, one part cracked corn, one
part wheat, three parts ground oats in
bulk with fine meal sifted out. 1 al
ways feed in a litter to keep them
busy.
When they are four months old,
feed one part corn, one part wheat,
one part barley and two parts oats
three times day with coarser char
coal in the same proportion or fed in
hoppers always before them At five
months old 1 begin feeding one part
corn, one part wheat, one part barley
and two parts oats three times a day
with coarser charcoal in the same pro-
portion, or fed in hoppers always be-
fore them, with green stuff of some
sort always near. Steamed cut alfalfa
and cabbage are best in winter. In
rearing laying chickens it is most i'm
portant to keep them growing all the
time and always busy. Nothing ever
has been or will be profitable brought
up in fdleness.
By following the above regimen and
attending to proper cleaning Of the
chicken houses, destroying all injurious
vermin, insects, ETC., and using scrap
meats exclusively, have reared chick
ems that have no superiors in laying
qualities. l do not breed for yearly
records, wanting eggs only from Nov.
1 to July 1, and l select none for breed
ers that do not lay at least $50 eggs
in that period. In selecting my breed
ers weigh their breeding, laying quail
tiles and standard points
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-08-02
IN THE ozARks.
The Growing of Apples Is Now Very
important Industry.

The growing of apples in the Oxarks
has within comparatively recent years
become a very important industry, and
IN that region are to be found some
of the largest apple orchards of the
country, in some instances covering
from 800 to 1000 acres. As a rule,
however, the orchards are much
smaller. ranging from 40 to 100
acres.
Principal Commercial Varieties.
The principal commercial varieties
grown. as given by the bureau of plant
Industry, are Ben Davis, Gano, Jona
than and Einesap, the Ben Davis and
Gano varieties predominating. Trees
are generally planted about thirty feet
apart and come into bearing early,
usually in from six to eight years.
Growth is fairly vigorous, but trees
10 not as rule reach large size, in
part due to their early bearing. Many
orchards have not had adequate 'cul-
tivation, but have been permitted to
grow up in shrubs, weeds and briers.
The effect of this neglect was generally
apparent during 1906, the crops in neg
lected orchards being very light or
there being no crop, whereas in well
cared for orchards the yield has in
variably been good.
Diseases and Insects.
AS a rule sufficient attention has not
been given to the control of diseases
and insects, and under such conditions
these have become quite abundant and
destructive. While numerous orchard
lists have supplied themselves with
spraying outfits and have sprayed their
trees, many very soon abandoned the
practice, not having secured satisfac-
tory results. The principal difficulty
appears to have been lack of informa-
ton concerning the troubles to be con-
trolled and failure to comprehend what
constitutes thorough spraying.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-08-02
Community Breeding.

Professor w, \. Henry Of Wisconsin
in recent address said:
THE next great advance will be
community effort. The farmers in each
community should meet at the school
house and harmoniously agree upon
one breed of dairy cattle for that COM
munity, If the most blood In the dairy
herds now Is Holsteln. they should all
agree upon Holsteins and Holsteins
only; If it is some other breed, then
upon that breed, Where the farms are
not large Instead of having one scrub
bull on each farm two, three or even
four neighbors should join and buy one
or two registered bulls, The scrub bull
has no place on hundred dollar land"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-08-02
Preparing RroiIers For Market.

A fat broiler is quite a rarity The
best that can be done in general is to
have them plump, for the natural tend
ency of the chick is to use all nutr1-
ment for growth and development.
When the birds are nearly large
enough for the market, they should be
given all the fattening feed they will
eat, and for this purpose corn in va
rious forms should be fed freely. They
will. digest more feed if fed ground
than if whole or cracked. A moistened
mash consisting of about two-thirds
cornmeaI and one-third bran by bulk
is good. Cooked potatoes are good,
and milk. with little sugar added,
Will hasten fattening.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-08-02

The Brown Swiss was introduced
into this country by Massachusetts
importer about forty years ago, but has
never become very numerous, although
there are scattered herds Of the breed
as far west as Missouri and north to
the region of the great lakes.
One of the most valuable qualities of
the Brown Swiss is its vigor. The
grades and crossbre5ls in which the
breed is used inherit these qualities
of health and hardy constitution. The
disposition of these animals is excel
lent, both males and females being
very quiet and docile. They thrive
particularly well in mountain sections
where the fodder and pasturage are
rough and scanty, as in its native
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-08-02
Kerosene In the Poultry Yard.

For birds which have scaly legs.
sponging the legs with saturate solu-
tion of crude naphthalene flakes in
kerosene is good. Be careful not to get
any en- the soft parts and do not allow
the birds to go to roost Immediately
after treating them. This mixture will
blister if it gets on the soft flesh. To
clean combs and wattles wash with
good white soap and hot water. Then
rub In a very little vaseline or fresh
butter, Do not get on too much grease.
as it will collect dust and dirt.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-08-02
Iaroe FIocks of Fowls,

So many who have excellent success
with a few fowls meet with failure
when they increase their numbers, and
they are at loss to know the reason,
remarks a writer in Iowa Homestead.
Generally they fail to increase their
accommodations in proportion to the
increase in the flock. They fail to rec
ognize the fact that large focks are
difficult to feed, so that each individ-
ual may secure its allotted share; that
various ailments have to be guarded
against where large f1ocks are kept
that are comparatively unknown among
moderate sized focks; that large focks
require much attention.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-08-02
Doctor and Hearse.

"A Washington physician was re-
Gently walking on Connecticut ave-
nue. with his fve-year-old son, when
they were obliged to stop at a side
street to await the passing of a fu-
neral procession.
The youngster had never seen
anything of the kind. His eyes wild
ened- Pointing to the hearse, he
said, dad, what's that?"
'tThat, my son." said the physi-
clan with a grim smile, is a mis-
taken diagnosis = Washington
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-08-02
ms UP 10 you
Says Oregon Development League
the Cheap Rates On.

The colonist rates are agreed upon by
all the railroads in the United States and
Canada and are controlled by the trans
Continental Passenger Association, and
Oregonians must bear in mind that the
home-maker is being invited on similar
rates to Canada, California, Washington,
Texas, Georgia, Oklahoma and other
States, and the state and community to
which he will buy his ticket is the one
that convinces him in advance that their
particular spot on this great earth is the
one in which he should live. We have
only one month lett before the sale be-
gins.
| Get together from 10 to Is active ciii-
zens, raise little fund for the puhlica-
ton of small leaflet giving the import
ant facts relative to your community,
along with these rates, and have the
the cost of postage OF letter, and have q
copy put in every letter written by busi-
| ness man or citizen.
Get yodr commercial body, or some
one OF your business men to offer prize
to the boys and girls who will write the
greatest number of letters, or will get
actual results, in bringing another
family into the community.
| The work of advertising these colonist
rates is up to each community and each
individual. If we could add hundred
thousand to the population of Oregon in
the next year it would mean many mil.
lions of dollars of additional wealth to
the state.
| The school population of one district
IN Tillamook county was doubled in six
months through the correspondence OF
i the pupils. Corvallis caused the sale OF
5000, ,000 worth of land through advertise
ing IN well-knwon agricultural papers in
| the older states. The Oregon Develop
ment League received over 10000 in
quiries from people wanting to know
about Oregon farming lands.
| There is an intense desire to come to
the Pacific Northwest en-. the part ofs tt 9
| people of the United States and this is
particularly true of Oregon. Make
| 1t intensely true of your community
See your local agent and find out the
exact rate. Get more particulars-post
otbers-put up attractive notices in the
postofice and in ether public places
get the newcomers to write to their old
home papers, and for the eighty prizes,
or total of $4,000, offered by the PORT
land Commercial Club.
| Nothing meaxs as much to Oregon as
the colonist rates, and when you read
this emember that there is only one
month in which to get in advance
work. s" l-.
| Never mind the heat. Don't allow
that lazy feeling to keep you from doing
your duty. The new home-maker may
buy something you want to sell.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-08-02


home. The subject of the illustration
is Kaiserin, pure bred Brown Swiss
that has an excellent milk and butter
record. Her best years record was
10,295 pounds milk, 400 pounds butter
fat, $50 per cent fat; weight, 1,4G0
pounds.
Value of Testing.
Today | would no more think of run
ming Il dairy without the Babcock test,
even if l had only two COWS, than
would of keeping house without wife,
writes a dairyman in kimbalPs Dairy
Farmer. At one time l had two cows
in the herd that are deserving of spe-
cial mention. Whitley was a fine, large
COW with the ability to produce fifty
pounds of milk daily when in full flow.
Beauty was small animal that barely
ran as high as thirty pounds. My hired
man had often urged me to get rid of
Beauty, and used to say, ''What fine
thing we would make of this dairy If
all the cows were like Whitey!'
applied the scales and Babcock test
to these cows and at the end of year
this is the record each made, in round
numbers: Whitley, 6,000 pounds of
milk of an average test of 3 per cent;
Beauty, 5000 pounds of milk with an
average test of 61a per cent. Whitley
went and Beauty stayed. Before
many years had nearly every animal
in the herd tracing back to Beauty.
By the process of wedding out the
poor ones the animal butter averages
began to climb higher each year; from
300 pounds it went to 320, then to 327,
to 337, and at the time 1 turned over
my business to my son the herd was
averaging pound a day.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-08-02
Dry FARMING.

The conquest of the arid west, to be
successful and to be accomplished
without large and costly failures, must
be made slowly and by the careful ap-
plication of definitely ascertained facts.
The boundaries of existing settlements
may be gradually extended, but any
wholesale attempt to colonize large
areas of this arid land with people ac-
customed to farming only in humid re-
gions or not accustomed to farming at
all is almost certain to result in dis
astrous failure-Carl S. Scofield.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-08-02
Market Preference as to Poultry.

Practically all the large markets in
the United States require yellow skin
Tor flesh) and legs in first grade market
poultry. English and Canadian mar
kets call for white skin (or flesh) and
legs for their better grades. Boston
and New York markets require dry
picked poultry and will only take the
scalded product at a discount. San
Francisco and Philadelphia insist upon
dry picked poultry and do not want
scalded. st. Louis, Chicago, Baltimore
and Washington prefer scalded poultry
except for storage purposes. Dry
picked poultry only is accepted for
cold storage.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-08-02
eentlsness and the Cow.

II has been suggested many times
that the mind of the datIyman and the
hired man has great influence on the
cows IN every herd There Is no doubt
Of this, Some men have harmonlzms
effect ea all life about them. s., Others
have a disturbing effect II there Is a
place ht the world where = gentle man
Is needed Il Is ha herd Of COWS, 1t
means AS much money 10 the proprte~
ear as does feed CT shelter.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-08-02
The Cause of Wry Tails.

The cause of wry tails is obscure, but
is attributed to an injury to the hip or
some part of the rear of the body,
which causes deformity. Examine a
wry tailed chicken after dressing it
and you will usually find, we think,
that it is a deformity of some part of
the body. usually Of the hip, that
causes it. 1t has been argued that
such deformities are caused by over
crowding in the brooder or being
crowded into cramped position for
several hours when the bones are soft
and plastic. This. however, is theory
only.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-08-02
The Corn Leaf kphis.

The corn leaf aphis is blush green
in color. 1t appears on corn through
out the middle west early in July
about the time that the root aphis be-
gins to decrease in numbers on the
roots sometimes literally swarmtng on
the leaves, husks and tassels. Here it
gives birth to its young and disappears
from the. plants only as these ripen
and become dry, some individuals even
remaining among the husks of beIated
ears until freezing weather Kills them
eutright
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-08-02
HOW IT DwINDLED.
shrintase of the Fortune the Inventor
Had In His Mind.

asAA -ttaAa<Ss
At last, SAYS writer in the New
York Evening Sun, John, the in
ventor, received his letters patent.
That night he burst in upon his
wife. GIVE got it, he cried. Scot
what ?" Got whatp Why, got
our fortunes p Dinners ready"
said she, whereupon John frowned.
Jane" he said as soon as he could
get his mouth full, 'Sdo you know
that every railroad in this country
viii buy millions of dollars worth %
'Haye another piece Of bread,
John"
ss8iilions, Jane, millions. And
it's practically all profit
S'NeH, we shall not be disappoint-
ed anyway, shall we, John?"
Disappointed! Can't you do any
thing bat sit there and throw cold
water? Here I've been shaving for
more than a year on it, and this is
all | get. Disappointedp'
"Of course they'll buy itF' cried
Jane.
you'll think so when you see the
millions pouring in, when you see
the automobile coming around to
the door-one of those big ones
/ you'll think SO then. A house at
the seashore and a private yacht
All, that's the way to hvep said
John.
Then he went to bed, for he wish
ed to get up early so that he could
sell his patent and have his money
coming in without an hours delay.
E'It takes time, said John. GIVE
got a week off from the Office so |
can put in ali my time at it. Oh,
it's tremendous thing! Why, take
the railroads alone. They could buy
million dollars worth
each of then,' assented Jane.
''N-o, all Of them together. The
automobiles coming, Jane.''
But big things move slowly. At
the end Of the week John gave up
his job so that he could have all his
time for the patent. Every morn
ing he hurried out with hope strong
in his heart.
81 never knew those big automo-
biles were SO much trouble,' he said
one night. "Now, you take little
one''-
'John," said Jane, GIVE always
wanted little one"
The next night he was tired and
went to sleep in his chair. Just be-
fore bedtime he blinked his eyes and
said: ,
81 don't know but team of
horses would be better than an
auto"
'John," said Jane, GIVE always
had my mind set on horse"
"Well, you shall have a team"
CPL be tickled to death with
one"
81 said you should have team!"
snapped John. But a week later he
was sorry he spoke GROSSLY, for he
said:
S'Of course, Jane, if you'd rather
have one horse than a team
"Oh, much ratherp" cried Jane.
Another month passed. One even
ing Jane said:
''The milk bill came today, John
|-$12."
"Twelve dollars!" said John in a
tone of a weary man to whom $12
is stranger, and then he added,
with wistful look:
EI wish we had a cow"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-08-02
The Feather of the Hen.

The shaft of the feather is the stem
Of the feather, that part which is filed
with pith and which bears the barbs-
The barbs are the side branches of the
feather. Shafting means that the-shaft
Of the plumed portion of the feather is
either lighter or darker than the web
of the feather. The web of the feather
is the fiat or plumed portion Of the
feather made up of series of barbs on
either side of the shaft.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-08-02
4 Modern Iacot1..

"The case Of Jacob sometimes
has a modern parallel L knew a
man once who served. five years for
his second wife,
How r01uantiea
''NSot 500 rarart1al5lys romantic He
married tila seasa1d oufs without estp
ting a dFoae H1nm tlles AIstI and
sewef fire rsHs fdr big;aI1g" -
Glnrap Journal
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-08-02
eixs thu Chicks SHADE

Provide shade In both the poultry
yards aud the chick runs. II nothing
better can be Afforded. erect canoples
or rents These can be made out OF old
eagging Il property protected and
rightly fed chicks xruw raptlfly during
hat weather. As they can gather many
euSss and worms
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-08-02
Etteninu Crates.

Fattaning crates are made with siat
bottoms The leg weakness of chick
ems confined in crates IS often due 10
the ration being too one sided A little
Sone meal or granulated raw b0neadd-
nd To- the mash will usually prevent
his trouble, or use cut clover and cut
tffaIflf freely
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-08-02
DRUMHEAp SAVOY CABBAGE.

strains that represent better quality
than the average. For picking, slaw
or even for making sauerkraut the
small, hard, round, red cabbage is
valued in some sections. In cool To-
cations the Danish Ballhead is grown
for its splendid keeping qualities, but
I have always considered it of inferior
quality, says writer in the Garden
Magazine. Of the dark red sorts the
small, hard Red Dutch is the most
popular
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-08-02
esss sAa Ea4tt Essresss,

rhece tS nothing quite 50 saethlag as
e. have thss eelt ran the tread power
several eueeS Day It ent o1lS sweet.
Sca his Gtsjfostthsu- bat Reess him hl
Sg,eetfbt Physical Sa1f9intt. amt tnti
zzssns ethgc things being s,,I Itfsii. strung
Wi ssru1sst ami wei vbsveleps,f esrvess
u = 4 1tksSIlNs 0l R1ssp. tt1ls bull esul
serz-Sv tdsE " ana WITH I'D esamst =
s1scs1se-
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-08-02
Iaalsr sarrela zs czrrn

f barrels that ara RItis GU t11a1- siffes
ara szsstE Elr esU1ss- be- S1Irse IN euver
them well wtt11 alleintf1 ar sS1Eus other
erxerarss t1ltf will keep aur uztrI- n
nsalS- har-zE viii hniiI tiias wa.er aulf
h-awu rl1ls gllilAx
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-08-02
Farriilar-ia In Harrz=z.

We dnlf tilat at the EansI8 xperis
mezt statinn II t7IkES practically tiI1-
winnie season tn mnt11rR IL crop OF sfes;fs
n mHv be possible in this cIImHte ffss
eIIt pszleilliuim hlr hAy tzvfras dIIIfnEs q
ssEsIsslIL- Brvese-- nulm rtits ss-ZIRz1-
mesIrE hszH-u hay8 dizsf1lsE 6iiHr II In
uuE szgIIan tn SsI-ztiIIIn us u 6lElsss Gup
IN EsIussIsk-A- H len Ezgl
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-08-02
LATE CABBAGE.
Strong Stocky Plants That May Be Set
In Midsummer.

SIToHS SeoCSy rla7IS l nat way Dc Oct
In Midsummer.
Strong, stocky plants may be set in
the latter part of July or early in Au-
gust in the latitude of Philadelphia.
The only variety of the Savoy type
that seems well adapted to our eli
mate is the Perfection Drumhead Sa-
voy. The delicate favored European
varieties only reach their best develop
ment in a cool climate.
The dominant market type of cab
bage in America is the Flat Dutch or
Drumhead, of which there are several
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-08-02
Lost and Won at Shiloh.

Many an amusing incident Of
army life is given in Lew Wallace's
autobiography. For example, he
writes thus of tented paradise"
which was lost and won at the bat
tie of Shiloh: "Within our lines
there was a drinking tent on which
was written Paradise 1t was taken
by the Confederates in the first
days fight, and the victors wrote
beneath its name Lost By Beau
regards order all camp furniture
was left intact, as he expected to
possess the whole field in the NOR
rows engagement. The Union
army recovered their ground by the
second days battle, the pleasure
tent was retaken, and to the two
names was added the word Re
eained.'" -. -.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-08-02
The v4IuzHia Trar Nest

TllH Industrious Fen firmly be4isEEss
t.nr ttIfH tr-Er nest Is olIes on tles gEsffS-
est blessings within reach on thsE IIsss1A
UEuuL
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-08-02
Household hints.

Add q pinch of soda in water in
which fresh cut flowers are put. and
they viii keep longer.
Do not stretch table linen, bnt
iron while damp and press until
quite dry3 otherwise IT, will be- TOO
limp.
a little raw Rnseedl oil! rubbed
upon a. stonepipe will prevent its
rustdng. Cover theplaces. with a lit
ties blaeki1g and polish
phere IS uo better filing foE
needle and PIN cushions tiianl
siiee7ts WOOL, ass It's oily qualities
IIresseslu tiiie needles fplni rsusting.