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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-12-24
SOUND FOOTED HOG.
a Hog Should Carry His Wsisfs
SouareIy on His Feet.

a Hog Should Carry His WsIsns
sauareiy on His Feet.
We desire to call attention to one OF
the common weaknesses found in al
breeds of hogs We refer to the mat
ter of poor feet. Some of the most in
>excusable mistakes that we have ever
witnessed in a show ring have been
made by judges who placed little en-
phasis on the Importance Of hog
walking squarely on his feet says
Iowa Homestead.
When a hog walks down on his dew
claws the trouble is generally due to
one of two causes or possibly both. A
long pastern is faulty formation. and
a hog with this weakness will general
ly go down under heavy feeding-in-
deed, he need not be heavy and fat to
reveal the weakness to one who knows
how and where to look for it. "A sharp
judge ought to be able to detect it in a
class under six months just as quickly
as in an aged class where the animals
are showing very heavy weights. The
second cause Of hogs going down. to
which we referred, Is q weakness ell
ther in the tendons or in the bones.
1t Is sometimes possible to find fair
ly good formation in the length and
shape of the pastern, and nevertheless
the hog goes down. In such. a case the
weakness must be due to failure of
the muscles to hold the foot properly
In shape, and in such case the physi-
illogical weakness is In the muscles
and not in the bone. -
"Ne Foot. No Hog"
We find on turning to the scale Of
points of the various breeds that from
five to ten counts, are given for good
feet and legs. While. in making up a
scale this is possibly all that could be
allowed, it is strictly true, as is often
said of horses, "no foot, no hog"
There is no weakness that seems to
propagate so easily as the long pastern
or the weak tendons around the foot.
It is important in the gilt and In the
old SOW, but it is doubly important in
the case of the male. The idea Of u.s.
ing on herd of twenty or twenty five
sows a male with weak feet. Is the
very acme of shortsightedness.. Think
of having on the farm 100 or $50 weak
footed hogs, and yet this is just what
is likely to occur if poor footed male
is used-Iowa Homestead.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-12-24
EXCELLENT AND POOR QUALITY.

plants and ears and know which to- Sc
lect and which to reject or failure will
follow. The Importance of choosing
the right ears is shown by the fact
that the yield from forty samples test
ed varied from 2S.14 to 57.26 bushels
in 1905 and from 34.79 to SLIGO bushels
1906
Different strains of the same variety
of corn may vary greatly in yield. In
the cut the ear on the left is the prod
uct from leaning corn and shows ex-
cellent quality. The ear on the right
is from another strain of the same va
riety and shows very bad quality.
When large and small ears were Sc
lected from the different samples, the
history of which was known, it was
observed that the large ears in every
instance made a more vigorous ger
.mination and a higher yield, iamount-
ing in some instances to nearly eleven
bushels per acre. This is a point that
should be carefully considered by corn
growers.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-12-24
igor In
The Flock.

We have learned from the words of
caution which have been given by eX-
perienced shepherds and expressed by
standard sheep literature that the
most important thing in the handling
of feck of sheep is to obtain AND in
crease, If possible, a high state Of Wig
or. We call to mind the emphatic
words of Mr.. Greeley in our institute
work in Minnesota when he laid so
much stress upon the carriage of the
ram, the full and aggressive look of
the eye, the broad chest, as shown by
a front look at the ram, with fullness
of the ribs behind the shoulder, all Of
which are Indications of that high type
of vigor which is so essential for the
ram at the head of the flock.
There is no question but that one of
the most important things to be done
today to advance sheep husbandry Is
to secure the better breeding Of the
full bloods which we need for our farm
f1ocks, so that we shall not only have
good mutton quality with good wool
product (Which can be done), but also
have that high type of vigor which is
so essential to the successful handling
of a flock Of sheep.
The feeders of lambs have learned
that there is a wide difference in vigor
between the range lamb and the lamb
from the farm. The per cent of in
crease in the flocks of the range is not
equal to the per cent of increase we
may have upon our farms. Their
losses very naturally take out from
their f1ocks the weaker ones by that
law so well recognized-viz, the sur
vival of the fttest, the strongest.
Consequently when the feeders buy
the western lambs they buy the sur
vivors of the flock. With us on the
farm, where we provide shelter and
feed properly, we will get an increase
of at1east about 100 per cent, and in
that 100 per cent there will be a Ger
tain number that lack in this high type
of vigor and strength. I have some
times said that a sheep would die
without giving a single excuse.-O. c.
Gregg, Dakota.
Notable Shropshire Ram.
One Of the most famous Shropshire
rams in this country Is Dream Star.
American Agriculturist states that he
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-12-24
Viewing a Horse.

When going to look at horse offered
for sale it is well to keep your eyes
open for signs that will indicate his
disposition and other practical quail
ties. Thus battered places on the posts
or sides Of the stall may suggest a
kicker, says a writer in American Cul-
tivator. Torn or gnawed blankets hint
that the horse has vicious habits in
this direction and possibly bad diges-
ton, as unnatural habits Of eating
usually indicate something wrong with
the digestive apparatus. II the horse
fails to stand squarely on both fore
feet one~of the feet may be tender or
defective. When the horse is moved
out Of the stall his gait may indicate
the condition Of his legs and feet. In
putting on the harness something may
be judged iron. the way he takes the
bit, bride and crupper. The feet should
be examined with especial care. Hoofs
should be plump and well rounded, not
pinched at the heel, not too fiat. Heels
should be high and strong without
spring. Silky hair ON the feet and legs
indicates strong, dinty bone, but coarse
hair suggests coarse, brittle bone.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-12-24
BEEF CATTLE.

Results in finishing cattle at the Viz
ginia experiment station indicate very
closely that silage is a satisfactory
form of roughness to feed during the
winter to cattle that are to be finished
on grass in the spring; that moderate
grain ration will make fairly satisfac-
tory gains; that this grain ration may
profitably consist Of one pound of corn
or cob meal and cottonseed meal, or. in
other words, considerable amount of
protein, which will make for the de-
velopment Of the carcass rather than
for the putting on Of fat. Corn is
sometimes fed to stockers in consider
able amounts with the result that they
put on a quantity of soft fat and often
shrink and drift when put on grass be-
cause their bodies have not been nour-
ished with the protein elements neces-
sary to keep them in proper equilib-
rum.
Cattle Are Lacking.
Cattle we must have to feed our in
creasing population and to replace the
continued drain from our soil made
by our heavy yield of field crops.
When we miss the cattle upon our
thousand hills and along our thousand
rills then we have lamentingly to ad-
NIT that "all is not we'll" We travel
ed 800 miles In one trip last week
through upper Georgia and through
the heart Of South Carolina and did
not see as many cattle as we should
dnd in q distance Of eighty niles. The
south has not the tenth OF the cattle
she should have. We are allowing
food to waste for want Of fencing.
We are not growing one-tenth the
grass our land would produce with
little work and care.-Editor G.. f..
Hunnicutt in Southern Cultivator.
Big Dividends on Blood.
The demand for feeding steers Is go
ing to keep we'll bred thin cattle at a
pretty fair price this year. OF course
some thin cattle are selling at COM
paratively low prices. but they are the
kind that the feeder trade does not
want. They will never be good cattle,
no matter how much or how long they
are fed, and with only one outlet (the
cheap meat trade) they must sell low.
The man who has wen bred stuff al
ways has two markets open to him,
and this year. according to National
Stockman. the feeder market promises
to pay him big dividends on his in
vestment in improved blood.
Current Market Prosperity.
Current cattle market prosperity ad-
mits of but one interpretat
public is eating beef.
Beef is no longer q a bargain coun-
ter and despite high cost to the meat
eater is going into consumption In un-
precedented volume.
All signs point to an active feeder
trade the rest of the season. Corn is
maturing by the million bushels daily,
and every day OF high temperatures
serves to increase the demand for thin
eattle.-Breeder'$ Gazette, Chicago.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-12-24
i arm az,o
Garden
QUALITY IN CORN.

Tremendous Influence of Seed on the
Percentage of Yield.
The wide variations observed with a
large number of seed corn samples
tested at the Virginia experiment sta
ton show that the corn breeder can
quickly change the characteristics of
the crop, increasing or decreasing the
size of the stalk, number of leaves.
length and shape of ear and the per
cent of grain. To select and improve
corn successfully one must make an
individual study of the desirable and
undesirable qualities of the several
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-12-24
Life Work For a Man.

Breeding good dairy animals is not
yet an exact science. 1t is an evolu-
tionary work, in which the painstak-
ing, patient, intelligent breeder is CO.
operating with nature for the produc-
ton of the improved animals. And
nature will not be hurried, so the work
of breeder is not the work of few
tentative matings of animals, show
ing wonderful results in a few years.
1t is more nearly a life work for man
and one mans life so often so lamen-
tably short for the length of the work.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-12-24
THE SHELTER ON THE HILLSIDE.


proper food But even under such con-
ditions the experiment is a doubtful
one, according to writer in Rural
New Yorker, which pictures hillside
shelter in use in New Hampshire.
A great majority Of fockmasters pre-
fer to house their sheep in the winter
in roomy and comfortable barns.
Throughout the bracing autumn days
the sheep are turned into the sunniest
pastures until the final coming of win
ter. Little harm Is done to the vege-
tation by the first light snow, which
may fall in November. and the active
sheep soon push it aside to nibble
eagerly at the grass below. 1t is rare
" before the 1st of December that the
permanent shelter Of the sheep barn is
sought.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-12-24
SHELTER FOR SHEEP.
oiimpses Of Farm shepherdins In New
England.

olimpses Of Farm Shepherdins In New
England.
My fock of sheep, which usually
numbers 100 to $50, is left in the pas
ture as long as they can find sufficient
feed, and that is up to the time of the
FIRST SHOWS which cover the ground to
q depth of three inches or more. Last
fall the snow was twelve inches deep
when we brought them in. think the
sheep do better on the hills where
there is good protection from cold
winds than they do in the barn until
the weather comes quite cold, provid-
ed they can find sufficient feed. Nov.
25 is the latest mine ever stayed out.
When once taken in l do not like to
let them out again till spring, even If
1t comes summer weather for a few
days, as it takes about a week or ten
days to get them we'll started on to
dry hay feed, and if again turned to
grass you have the same process to go
over. and that to the detriment of the
flock. For the first two weeks We put
them on to the best hay we have, and
after that they will eat most any good
hay.
My experience is that sheep do better
In cold sheds and barns than in warm
ones. They seem as happy with the
mercury at 80 degrees below as with
It 60 degrees above-yes, think they
like 1t better. l only feed them twice
b day-the morning feed at about 8
o'clock and the evening at till about
March, and then change to and 5
ls made. Sheep are like boys, they
don't like to get up early in the morn
ing, and 1 never like to drive them up,
but like to feed them regularly, not
varying more than half an hour if pos
sible, says e. L. Tracy of Vermont in
New England Homestead.
WooIIy Backs on Rough Land.
Although a hardy race in their ma
tive mountains, where they must strug-
gle vigorously for existence. sheep be-
come very sensitive when transplanted
to more favorable surroundings. In
the midst of luxurious summer pas
turage they lead a life of enervating
ease, and some degree of shelter Is
required to enable them to endure the
hardships of cold weather. Occasion
ally the sheep owner allows his flock
to remain in the open throughout the
winter. providing only simply built
sheds for refuge at night and on
stormy days. In such case the sheep
must be furnished with abundant and
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-12-24
cettan.sed Meal For Cows.

Professor John Michels Of Clemson
college, South Carolina. claims that
when the health of cows is unfavora-
bly, Influenced by cottonseed meal it ID
In all probability due to one or more
Of the following causes:~O Feeding
the meal in conjunction with unsuita-
BILE roughage. C9 feeding it in a stale
or NASTY condition and S feeding it In
excessive quantity. The composition
Of cottonseed meal and wheat bran
shows the former to be more than
twice as rich in nutrients as the latter.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-12-24
MARKET PEACHES.

Sems Points on Cultivation and the
Use of Fertilizers.
Living in one of the best fruit sec
lions of New YORK I have been inter
ested in growin:; peaches and other
fruits for about thirty-five years, says
a writer in New England Homestead
Practically all sorts do well in Niagara
county. Our soil is a gravelly one, es-
pecially adapted to fruit culture. Peach
trees are at then best when about
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-12-24
yirain Soil For Hotheds.

Prepare the soil for hotbeds now.
Virgin soil frem the woods is best for
bedding melons, eukes and sweet po-
tatoes. 1t is nearly always dry and
easily handled in October. Haul and
pile 1t up near the hotbeds so that It
can be covered later on. Then when
bedding time comes 1t win b In. f1ne
shape to wofk.-Far.- Journal.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-12-24
Beans Fed to Swine.

Beans can be fed to swine only in
the cooked form. The pig seems to be
unable to utilize beans which are at
all hard or firm, even though they have
been boiled for some time; hence 1t is
very essential that they be thoroughly
and carefully cooked, says R. s. Shaw,
Michigan. To supply single feed Of
half cooked beans to pen Of hogs
robs them OF their appetites and relish
for their food,. II indeed 1t does not
put them OF thetr feed
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-12-24
Give the Weanlina Exercise.

Don't keep the weanling colts shut
up in stalls and standing on hard
Doors all the time. They need e1er-
cise In the open air and on the earth
every day to keep their limbs strong
and their feet healthy.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-12-24
TOOLS AND WAGONS.
Providing Shelter For All Implements
Saves Expense.

Providing Shelter For All Implements
Saves Expense.
81 either shelter my tools or burn
them. A tool not worth sheltering is
not worth keeping. My wagon has not
been out four nights in the ten years
that I have run it. The hay rack is
drawn up by pulleys over the barn
floor, except when / thrash, and then
it is put in a tool barn.
"My horse rake has been in use over
twenty summers and has never had
tire set I have had but two moving
machines in my farming, and I seldom
cut less than eighty acres each year.
My potato crates are kept sheltered
have strips under them to keep them
off the ground"
These were the words of a very care
full farmer and a successful one. Go
ing by his place one will note an ap-
pearance of thrift and neatness. The
buildings are in good repair and well
painted. There is large wood pile and
"a roomy wood shed. One notices also
the absence of wornout wagons,
sleighs, harrows, cultivators, ETC., scat
tered about. His tools are, kept in re-
pair, and he does not buy more than
he can shelter.
BY Way Of Contrast.
went through farmers orchard,
back of his barn, last fall, and it had
the remains Of nearly a dozen old
wagons standing around, with tail
weeds grown up through and among
them aud gone to seed. I wondered
how he would gather his apples, says
q writer in American Cultivator. It
would be q tedious and unsatisfactory
task to cut these weeds.
Many Of these wagons might have
been repaired for very much less than
the cost Of new ones. Above all, he
was in debt for the wagons bought to
replace these old ones. A self binder
that coGt $125, on which he has been
paying interest for ten years, stood
out In q snowdrift last winter.
Next to providing shelter for wagons
and tools it Is wise to have a place
where they may be comfortably re
paired in winter or on rainy days. 7
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-12-24
oiImssi in Horse Fat.snine.,

oilmsal In Horse Fattsnins.g
In q large horse feeding establish
nent oilmeal is fed when fattenang
horses. 1t In claimed that It aids great
b In putting on nesh; also that ie
gives the pkin q soft. mellow touch.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-12-24

Z o J
THE GRADING BOARD.

tiers, such as three, three and one-half
and four tier, etc. AS the apples are
wiped they are properly TERED. The
advantage of this method is that the
packers have the apples practically
graded and can do much more work
in day, and after the first half day
the wipers can usually accomplish
fully as much as with the old method.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-12-24
HeIdins Cotton at Home.

will tell you how have done for
thirty years here in Texas, says a
writer in Farm and Ranch. When in
the fall begin to pick I sell when the
price suits me. Then when it gets low
er by the rush of cotton on the market
1 place large rails or poles skinned fiat
on ground, three feet apart and place
my cotton on them edgewise, not
touching each other. After the first
rain l change the bale on the other
edge and continue this plan as late as
May, waiting upon the market and
selling when get ready or am COM
PEELED to sell and not calling upon
banker or mercha1itsor any other per-
son. This cotton, every bale, has kept
perfectly sound, and not pound is the
least damaged.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-12-24
GRADING Apples.

Some apple growers in the Heod
river region have been using the grad
ing board shown in the figure. A com
mon board or piece of pasteboard Is
hung up before the wiper. In this
board holes are cut the size Of various
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HOMES FOR SALE

WILL SELL LOTS IN CORVALLIS,
Oregon, on instslment plan and ~.
sist purchasers to build homes on them
If desired. Address First National
Bank, Corvallis, Or.
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BANKING.

THE First NATIONAL BANK OF
Corvallis, Oregon, transacts a general
conservative banking business. Loans
money on approved security. Drafts
bought and sold and money transferred
to the principal cities of the United
States, Europe and foreign countries.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-12-24

WILL SELL MY LOTS IN NEWPORT.
Or. for spot cash, balance install
ments, and help parties to build homes
thereon, II desired. Address II. 8.
Woodcock, Corvallis. Or.
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DREAM STAR, A FAMOUS RAM.
was a prize winner at numerous shows
in England, where he was bred, was
imported and is now at Altamont stock
farm, Dutchess county, N. Y.
This typical animal was shown six
times in this country, winning many
first prizes and three grand cham
pionships.
He Paid the Freight.
s1sn't that a new bonnet on<your
mother ?" asked Miss Nearsite.
"1 believe So" replied Miss
Wheedler, "but papa insists it's on
him" Minneapolis journal.
A Timid Folk.
ENGLAND hasn't had war for
some time"
"No, they don't dare. They're
afraid Alfred Austin might write
an ode about t."-New York Life.
Two Views Of Bear.
He was a Dear before they wed;
Che said It was all right.
sT lNke such bears" she softly saS1,
because they hug 70 Tight"
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e. R. BRYsON ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office in Post Office Building, Corval-
Lis, Oregon.
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House Decorating.

FOR PAINTING AND PAPERTNG SEE
W. E. Paul. Ind. 488. 4Itf
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HENKLE 4 RLACKLEDGE. UNDER
takers and licensed embalme,s. South
Main St., Corvallis, Or. y
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UNDERTAKERS

WILKINS & BOWIE, FUNERAL Dr.
~rectors and Licersed Enbalmers.
Successors 10 s. N. Wilkins, Corvallis.
Oregon. Phone As. 9etf
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ATTORNEYS

]. F. YATES. ATTORNEY-AT-LAw.
Office up atsfrs in Zierolf Building.
Only set of abstracts in Benton County