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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-05-28
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II we are to make as rapid progress
IN the improvement Of our dairy breeds
As we may reasonably expect, the pres.
ervation Of the breeding powers Of
sires Of approved merit must be given
more attention than it has received in
the past. Some bulls are naturally
vicious, yet bad temper in nine-tenths
of them is the result of the way they
are managed. w
For some time after the arrival OF
Sarcastic Lad at the University of Illi-
nois conditions made it necessary to
keep him i'll q small stall, with no eXer-
else except that given on the staff. No
injurious results were noted for about
year, but by this time there We're eyi
denceS that change should be made.
He was accordingly given larger
stall, with access to an outside yard.
where exercise could be taken at will.
Failing to move about as much as he
should, he was led about with the staff
until his bad disposition manifested it
self in breaking a heavy staff and jeop-
ardizing the lives of his attendants at
two different times. Then it was de-
cided that he spend the remainder Of
his days in confinement. Such YER
dict naturally raised the question of
providing exercise. which was done by
installing tread power.
There is no opening in the stall or
yard large enough to permit of his es-
cape if it should be left open. The
approach through which cows come to
the breeding rack barely admits them
and is consequently too small for his
exit. The tread power and breeding
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-05-28
FOR THE LITTLE ONES.
The Game of Jolly Tailors Is Lively and
Mirth Provoking.

The pl:,vers seat themselves in a
circle to represent tailors at work
on piece of cloth. A handkerchief
OF a duster will answer the purpose.
A leader or foreman is chosen,
and every one Of the company is
named in turn Red Cap, Blue Cap,
Black Cap, Yellow Cap, Brown Cap,
etc. The leader then takes the
piece Of cloth and pretends to ex-
anime the work which is supposed
to have been done by the workman.
He is supposed to discover a bad
stitch and asks, "Who did it, Blue
Cap?"
The latter Immediately answers,
'sNot I, SIR
E'Who then, sir %
'Yellow Cap, sir"
Yellow Cap must then answer at
once in the same maner and name
another workman. Any one who
fails to answer to his name pays
forfeit.
If carried on in brisk manner,
lhis game will cause endless amuse-
ment.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-05-28
Look to the Foundation Stock,

Even if it were possible for every
hog raiser to become expert in doc
toring the diseases of swine, which
obviously would be an impossible
proposition, it would not be nearly as
practicable an accomplishment as the
ability to prevent diseases from ap-
pearing or their taking virulent FORM
says noted breeder. How shall this
be done? By looking to tl@ foundation
stock and using animals OF pronounced
vitality and not sacrificing this feature
for form and external markings, by
making study of the hog to learn
what effects bear upon his growth and
development. This is not easy to do
and less easy to tell another how.
However, this faculty comes uncon-
sciously to the man who has faith in
the hog as profitable producer.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-05-28
SARCASTIC LAD.

rack, which stand at the remote end of
the yard, are accessible to the stall by
a narrow raised walk protected by a
strong rail.
When it is desired to exercise the
bull, who is allowed the freedom of
his stall and yard, a rope is snapped
into his ring This is done by simply
reaching through the bars of his stall
as he stands at his manger. The end
Is passed through the door, and the at
tendant, stepping through another
opening, leads him along the passage
way, as shown in the cut. He takes
his place readily in the power, and the
attendant handles the brake. When it
Is desired to use the breeding rack, the
cow is made fast in position, and the
gate which was formerly in front of
the rack Is swung over in front of the
power and serves as a guard to the at
tendant. With this arrangement no
one need be injured. The power gen.
Grated is not utilized here except as it
has sweetened the disposition and re-
juvenated the physical powers of Lad
He was decidedly dangerous when first
put to work, but is now a gentleman.
Not only that; he is a sure breeder.
A previous owner fntimated that so
old bull could not be trained to work
on power. He. has worked from the
first and seems to enjoy it. The equip
ment is not expensive when the i'm
portance of prolonging the days of USE
fulness of a sire is considered. The
good results coming from this trial en-
courage us In advocating more strong
ly than ever the use of mature sires,
because they can be handled safely
and easily. 1t would be wiser perhaps
to train them to toll while young rath-
err than keep them in that senseless
show condition which conduces to bad
temper and undermines vitality, says
Herbert A. Hopper, instructor in dairy
cattle at the University of Illinois.
Sarcastic Lad is the sire of eighteen
A. r. o. daughters and eight sons, who
have fifty A. r. o. daughters. He has
more than twenty-five sons heading
leading herds In this country. He is
now nine years old and apparently at
the age of greatest usefulness. The IL
lustration is from Hoard's Dairyman.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-05-28
Already Emp,oyed,

A farmer had housefnl of visi-
te"s and one morning was busily en-
gagged in killing chickens for dinner.
Just as he was about to decapitate
az old black hen the house was dis
corered to be on fire, and a scene Of
confusion ensued. The farmer rush
eo hither and thither, holding the
hen under his arm and doing moth
ing whatever toward putting out the
flames. At length his wife caught
sight of him as he was prancing
about and indignantly asked why
he was not fighting the flames.
s'Why, Maria," he exclaimed,
Chow can I do anything? Amt 1
holdin' the old black hen?"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-05-28

[Long White-New York Improved cross ]
ed that while some of the young fruits
were a bright pink others were entire
ly white. The shape also is not uni
form, but, in a general way. long and
broadening from the stem downward
and providing many slices of a de-
sirable size, with the upper ones free
from seeds. Later in the season it was
determined by actual count that there
were thirty-seven plants that bore
pink and eight white fruits. The plants
were quite uniform in size and charac-
ter Of foliage, with the leaves and
stems of a strictly green color. The
fruits themselves, borne in abundance
We're long and bell shaped. The color
varied among the pinks, some of them
being dark and others decidedly light,
SO that further selection is much need
ed before uniform fruit in color and
also in shape is obtained. The type of
plant, productiveness and desirable
shape of the fruit all combine to make
this cross one of decided promise.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-05-28
sThe Blood Is The Liihs

sSciemes has never gone beyond the
Anove simple statementof scripture.' But
ft has Illuminated that statementi ana
gwen it meaning ever broadening with
the Increasing breadth Of knowledge
When the bleod-ffs sbad n or impure lit
u .snots aioress3ths body which suffers
through disease. The brain is also
elonded. <he mind and judgement are
enected, and many an evil deed or impure
thought NpG>be 6i-eetly traced to the
fmpnriey OF the bioodS Foul. impure blood
can be mada pure. hy die ,nSe-of ,Hr.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. T
enriches and --nnrifes- the blood thereby
curing, pimples, blotches, eruptions and
other cutaneous affections, as eczema,
letter. or salt-rheum. hives and other
manifestations of impure blood. sc..
9 O o o o O
In the cure of scrofulous swellings, en-.
targed glands, open eating ulcers, or old
sores. the Golden Medical Discovery has
performed tie most marvellous cures. In
cases cf old sores, or open eating ulcers,
it is well to apply to the open sores Dr.
Pierce's All-Healing Salve, which pos
sesses wonderful healing potency when
used as an application to the sores in con-
junction with the use of TGolden Medical
Discovery as a blood cleansing consti-
tutional treatment. If your druggist
don't happen to have the "All-Healins
Salve" in stock, you can easily procure ii
by inclosing ffty-four cents in postage
stamps TO Dr.. Z. V. Pierce, 663 Main st.
Buffalo, N. Y, and it will come to you by
return post. Most druggists keep it as
well as the "Golden Medical Discovery
g e @ o o @
You can't afford to accept any medicins
of at''liRotoal composition as a substitute
for uGolden Medical Discovery" which Is
a medicine OF KNOWN COMPOSITION,
having a complete list of ingredients il
plain English on its bottle-wrapper. the
same being attested as correct under oath.
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate
and ipvigorat ta stomach, liver and bowein
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-05-28
THE. BROOD MARE. !;

NaiaeHsePr PrePae fsed and CaFe-fsaafth
Of the FeaI.
W. B. gilbert, writing in the Aperi-
cam Cuiivat6r, says~Strawa EXERCISES
i drying effect on the dow OF. milk.
and it is therefore highly undesirable
Ito feed much straw to a brood mare
when she Is sucking her foaL Heating
foods, too, are bad for such mares, as
they heat the system and may have
IN injurious effect upon the milk. A
brood mare which is worked before her
foal is weaned must receive an extra
allowance of grain in addition to the
usual ration of working horses, other
wise she cannot nourish her foal prop
srly. and she will also lose condition.
Mares with a foal should never be
worked very severely, as this has a
,ad effect upon the flow of milk and
aterferes with the milk secretion
Then they are worked their work
hould be of a light and moderate
,haracter. It will not do to keep a
4are, when she is doing work, away
'-om her foal for too long a space of
ime. as the foal will then get unduly
ungry and take too much milk at one
ime, with the result that it is upset.
borrower, very long fasts are not at
II good for sucking foal. 1t requires
D feed at pretty frequent intervals.
This must be borne in mind by the
breeder when he works his brood
mares. and he should be careful to
zee that mare and foal come together
icain in due time when the former is
,erforming work 1t is bad for a foal
o suck it's dam when she returns from
york in a very heated state. Over
:Xertion of the mare must be avoided,
IS this has a deIeterious effect upon
he milk.
When running on pasture mares
and foals require shade. and this point
should receive due attention from the
)reeder For foals belonging to the
light class of horses fairly high lying
pasture is most suitable, as on the
-ery low lying and mushy pasturage
he feet become more or less soft and
;preading, and they do not get so hard
md tough as in -the case when the
soals are reared on the former kind of
soil
When a brood mare with foal falls
off in condition to an appreciable eX-
ent owing to the food not being plen-
tiful enough or owing to it's lacking the
necessary amount of nouriShment it is
not the mare alone that suffers, but
the foal also because of the scarcity of
milk. This aspect of the question is
Fery often lost sight of by careless
horse breeders, who think that it does
.iot matter if the mare loses flesh and
falls away in condition while sucking
her foal
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-05-28
Game of Old Sailor.

The children "count out" to see
which one will be old sailor. All
stand in line except the old sailor,
who comes limping up and says to
the first child:
Here comes an old sailor from Baff1n's 8
bay.
What have you got to give him today?
He may then ask any questions he
chooses from the players in turn
and if in answering him a player
uses the words Eyes, or mo, I"
''black" or fFwhite" he must become
old sailor, and the questioner takes
his place in the line.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-05-28
The Greatest Volcanic Eruption.

1t is generally agreed that the
greatest recorded eruption was that
of Mount Krakatao, near Java, in
1883. Among other things the
eruption created dust finer than any
rock can be found by man, and this
dust foated around in the air. in
visible quantities for three years.
The eruption was heard 5000 miles
away and broke windows 100 miles
from the crater. It threw a tidal
wave 100 feet high a distance Of
five miles inland and caused air
waves that circled the earth.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-05-28
Making Bread of Acorns.

Indians have a way of making
fread from acorns. They pound the
vcorns in a hollow rock until they
are reduced almost to powder, and
hen they sift that through an old
basket. They put the meal upon a
piece of cloth, dampen it and when
the water has run off put the wet
meal into a. water tight receptacle,
Jour more water over it and put it
n a pot over the fire to cook. When
it becomes about as thick as mush
they dip it out with cup and, pour
ing it into cool water, the dough
hardens into cakes of bread. This
ought to be great fun to try on a
picnic in the fall.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-05-28
THE HORSEMAN.

Feed the young colts grain regularly.
1t is not all wear that uses up the
harness. Lack of care will do it faster
than actual service. 1t pays to keep
the leather well cleaned and oiled.
Be generous in the use of the brush.
es but sparing in the use of the comb.
Good grooming should be done every
day to keep the pores open, the skin
healthy and the hair silky. Soft hair is
very warm and is a nonconductor of
heat
Never leave a ~reeking mess Of wet
straw and manure under the horses. 1t
ruins the health and eyes and is dis
grace to any horse owner.
Scrub breeding gets scrub progeny
and brings scrub prices.
Too much at meal and too much be-
tween meals are alike bad for the
horse. ~
A little salt every day will keep the
colts free from worms. Barrel salt is
better than rock.
The poorer qualities of hay should
be cut and fed with molasses.
All hay should be well shaken up
duu IuOlSleueu ny SpIluhilAS d Ltttc
water on it before feeding.
Weak food will make a weak colt
weak legs and unsound joints.
Don't put your horses feet in unskill-
ed hands. Good feet are spoiled by
bad shoeing.
With a good grain ration a work
horse should not have all the hay he
can eat. He will give better and more
efficient service on a small amount of
hay.
The hoofs of young horses often be-
come overgrown when the latter are
running on very soft pasture land, and
it is necessary in such cases to have
the feet pared down to their regular
shape, otherwise the hoofs may be-
come permanently misshappen or the
feet may assume an irregular position.
A pair of horses properly driven will
start load slowly and carefully, their
legs well under them, their necks arch
ed. their toes gripping the pavement
and the reins taut in the hands of the
driver. II they are badly driven. their
legs will. sprawl, their necks are likely
to be stretched out, instead of arched,
the reins will be loose on their backs,
and they will try to start the load by
a sort Of convulsfve jump instead Of by
a s.,i:ual gathering of their muscles.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-05-28
Beef Cows on Illinois Farms.

Formerly Illinois farms were well
stocked with high grade beef cows,
from which were produced the feeding
cattle that were subsequently fattened
to furnish a profitable outlet for the
large acreages Of corn grown. This
was when land and corn were cheap.
AS land became more valuable and
corn was used for other purposes than
making meat it was found that there
was but small profit, If any, in keep
ing a COW year for the beef calf she
would produce. During this transition
period extensive breeding herds were
formed on the western ranges. The
breeding Of feeding cattle as a COM
mon practice on high priced lands has
passed at least temporarily. The sup
ply of feeding cattle has come more
and more largely from localities where
land is cheaper. Range bred feeding
cattle are becoming yearly larger fac
tor in corn belt feed lots.-Illinois Ag-
ricultural Experiment Station.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-05-28

NEW EGGPLANT.
The Fruit is Of Desirable Size ard
Borne In Abundance.


The Fruit 10 Of Desirable Size ard
Borne In Abundance.
In 1905 the third generation Of the
Long White-New York Improved cross
was represented by block Of thirty
plants, as recorded in the annual re-
port of the New Jersey experiment sta
ton for that year. 1t was there stated
that seeds were saved from only two
plants, and these were exceptionally
fine in many respects and agreed in
having the several fruits-one seven
and the other nine-of a delicate pink
color when ready for the market" "
During the season of 1906 forty-ive
plants from the seed of the best plants
above mentioned were grown in the
gardens. Upon July the plants were
in bloom, and, some variations were
noted, and a week later it was observ-
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-05-28
Heieht of Ocean Waves.

The few scientific observers of
ocean waves do not agree on the
height of the largest waves, but NJ.
Bertin, the latest to study the sub
ject, says that fifty feet is the great
est height reached by waves even in
midocean. The largest waves NJ.
Berth measured we're $3.50 feet
from crest to crest, fifty feet in
height, and their duration was twen-
ty-three seconds. The horizontal
pressure of one of these huge At
lantic waves has been recorded at
three tons to the square foot.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-05-28
Caused by Carelessness,

From considerable experience as a
dairyman and d gatherer~ of cream on
cream route find that poor or sour
cream Is almost always caused by care.
lessness in some way on the part of the
dairyman. The person that is careless
Mt everything else viii be careless in
the dairy, and whatever the method
used there will be a failure to secure
first class product, and also failure
to secure the income that would come
to one who gives careful attention to
the business in all its details--Charles
d. Dole, Penobscot County, Ne.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-05-28
Much Simpler.

At a country fair a man went up
to tent where some elk we're on ex-
hibition and stared wistfully up at
the sign.
I'D like to go in there" he said
to the keeper, '3but it would be mean
to go in without my family, and I
cannot afford to pay for my wife and
seventeen children" ...as..- ..-s
The keeper stared at him in as
.tonishment. care all those your
children?" he gasped.
Every one," said the man.
You wait a minute" said the
kseper. '1'm going to bring the elk
out and let them see you all"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-05-28
kEEplha 'l:ist;ia CIGARS s. FRESH. FRESH, !,
psSieSs % Prevent Their Moisturs
I nd ktErsm EHappratina. So rEl..5i u

|. psSieSs d Prevent Their Moisture
E. nz9d ksFrsm Exaporatins. 81 ,.4ai Iiz
f eYes.i sir, cigars require care to
keep them fresh, ? said a wholesale
Ecigar dealer the. other day. 5ss1f
goods ,ane kept sin warehouses where
There is heat they are bound to dry
ont more or less, although they may
be sealed virtually air tight in the
Individual boxes. Steam heat is the
hardest on cigars. If left exposed
at all they dry out very quickly and
| lose much of their flavor. In the
big warehouses, where large quanti-
ties of cigars are stored, the job
hers have humidors installed. They
are simply water containers of one
style or another arranged so that
the water is open to the air for evap-
Grafton. The presence of the water
prevents the air from getting too
dry for the cigars. Even in the big
showcases in the jobbers' salesrooms
the same precaution is taken to pre-
vent the stock from drying out.
Moisteners made by placing water
soaked pads in tin lined wooden
boxes are placed in the compart-
ments with the boxes of cigars. The
careful retailer is just as particular
with his cigars and keeps soaked
sponge Or some sort of moistener in
his showcases with his goods.
ga brick thoroughly water soaked
is good to put in showcase with
cigars. The brick is so porous that
it will soak up nearly its own bulk
in water. When a soaked brick is
placed in showcase the water with
in it evaporates slowly, just enough
to keep the cigars soft.
'<If cigars are packed in good,
tight boxes they will retain their
flavor, and the flavor of good cigars
comes from the tobacco alone. 1t is
a mistake to think that anything
else is used to enhance or qualify
the flavor Of first class tobaccos.
It's only the poor cigars that are
Sdoctored.'
FFHow? Well, with drugs OF chem
icals. The poor qualities Of tobacco
used in making cheap cigars haven't
much favor, so very often the man
ufacturers provide an artificial fla
vor with various drugs. They treat
them so they give forth the odor of
good tobacco too. If you're a
smoker you've probably picked up
an inexpensive cigar that smelled as
if it were made from the best of to-
bacco. When you smoked it you
found it contained short filler and
sadly lacked the smoking qualities
of a cigar made from good tobacco.
That was doctored cigar. Often
cheap cigars look as if they had
glaze on the wrapper, and when
placed in the mouth the smoker de-
tects sweetish flavor. These are
evidences of drugs. AS far as 1 ever
heard the drugs used are all perfect
ly harmless.
'SNearly all cheap cigars are made
Of short filler-that is, the inside of
the cigars is composed of broken
bits of tobacco leaves. Only the
wrapper and binder are of large,
perfect leaves. In the cheap grades
of Spanish and Cuban made cigars
there is no binder. The small bits
are simply inclosed in a single out
side wrapper" kansas City Star.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-05-28
Notice.

Notice is hereby given by the under
signed that he has purchased, as of date
April l6, 1907, the saw mill pant of Z.
w. Strong at Corvallis, Oregon, hereto.
fore operated uader the name of Corval.
lis Saw-mill Company ] and that he will
continue such business under the came
name.
43 SO PERCY ALLEN.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-05-28
The Gill Strawberry.

=. Gill 1still heads the list as a first
early strawberry of rare merit at the
Ohio experiment station. Its small
stocky plantsNf fairly bubble oyer with
business and berries. The berries rur
small at the close of the season, but
not until after it has produced an as
tonishingly heavy burden Of fruit of
fair size and mild, pleasant. good.
though not high, favor.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-05-28
A Good Plum,

~ NoOu TIUms
The Fellenburg plum, which Is
shown in the Illustration from New
England Homestead, Is sometimes also
known as the Italian prune.
This fruit is extensively grown on
the Pacific coast, but may be found as
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-05-28

far east as New England. In the west
it is commercial variety of the prune.
1t, is dark purple, with greenish yellow
flesh which is juicy, sweet and of good
quality. Ats a.r -
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-05-28

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