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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-04-23
LEAF, BLIGHT.
H Frequently Cause. Much Damage 70
the Strawberry Crop.

the strawberry Crop.
Strawberry leaf blight frequently
causes great damage to the straw
berry crop, as explained by grower
in Rural New Yorker, who says that
1t makes its appearance about the
time the fruit sets and begins its de-
structive ravages as the berries begin
to ripen. 1t first manifests itself by
turning the leaves q brownish red; it
will then attack the fruit stems and
hulls, cutting off the supply of nourish-
ment from the berries; the calyX be-
gins to wither and dry up, and the
berries become soft and insipid and are
of little value.
As the Berry Season Advances.
1t usually grows more destructive as
the berry season advances, The condi-
tions conducive to the development of
the disease appear Ito be a general
weakness of the plants. This may be
brought about from various causes,
such as old and wornout beds, i'm
poverishetl soil, plants with a heavy
set of fruit with insufficient nourish-
ment, plants exposed during winter
WltuOut DouS
during hot, dry weather. Any one of
these conditions will have a tendency
to weaken the. constitution of the
plants. making them an easy prey to
rust, blight and other diseases.
Kinds Susceptible to Blight.
During the time we have been en-
gagged in growing strawberries we
have found some varieties so consti-
tutionally strong in their vegetative
parts and SO vigorous in their fruit
organs that they will do well almost
anywhere while other sorts are con-
stitutionally weak in foliage, yet
strong in fruit bearing propensities.
They set a great quantity of berries
with little or no vitality to mature the
fruit. Such varieties are very suscept-
ible to blight and should not be culti-
vated except by those who are well
acquainted with their natural require
ments. 1t requires healthy, vigorous
foliage to digest the various plant
foods found in the different soils, and
probably the safest method of protect
ing the plants from blight and other
funeous diseases is to conserve mois-
ture by thorough cultivation while the
plants are growing, protecting them
well during the winter with a liberal
mulch of horse manure. This material
if left on the plant during the summer
prevents the escape of moisture at
time it is most needed. and it keeps
the soil cool-in fact. it is to the bear
inr bed what the cultivation is to the
newly planted field
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-04-23

The average weight of hens egg is
two ounces, containing nearly 200
grains of solids, divided as follows:
Ten parts she'll, sixty parts white, thir-
ty parts yolk. White of egg consists of
about IA per cent egg albumen and SO
per cent water. There is some fat In
1t; also salt, chiefly chlcrides. Egg al
bumen and the albumen of meat coag-
ulate at the temperature Of 163 de-
grees F. The yolk consists principally
Of fat, coloring matter and water: SO
per cent is water. 1t contains also
grape sugar and salts, chiefly phos-
pilates and iron compounds.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-04-23
TURKEY GROWING.
Wise Hints From WiIlet Randall In
Farm journal of Philadelphia.

Wise Hints From WiI1et Randall In
Farm Journal of Philadelphia.
The turkey business is one of the
foremost branches of the poultry in
dustry, and the prices paid for first
class stock this year are better and the
demand is greater than for some years.
The problem that conironts the be-
ginner is that turkeys are hard to
raise. 'Tis true there are obstacles to
overcome. but such is the case in all
branches of poultry culture.
A start cIn be nllGe with few
birds and the flock increased as means
and experience will periait. Secure Il
trio for a beginnin%. This is ii good
time to buy. Do not wait until spring;
the chances for good birds aie better
now than they Will be next April.
The holiday trace in all the leading
cities was large, lar..:er thau ever be-
FORE and it was hard work ID get
enough birds to supply the demand.
In consequence very few bi. is went
into cold storage.
Some are asking why hich prices
prevail more of late than was the GUS
lOll Ill past years, u w ulCu CttIl give
but one reason-increased consump-
ton.
In many localities turkeys are not
raised so extensively as they were
three or four years ago. Some gave
up the work on account of seasons
failure. Disease in the flock drove 9th
ers out of business.
Before you sell your stock pick out
the best for your own breeding, then
get rid of the rest. Don't be like Pc
ter Tumbledown. He always gets rid
of his choicest fowls and keeps the
scrubs for his own breeding.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-04-23
ANCoNA COCK AND HEN.

although most breeders have reversed
this. crossing the Black Minorca with
the White Leghorn. By the latter plan
it is certain that better established
blood lines and breed characteristics
are obtained. The Ancona is a mot
tied fowl of larger size than the Leg
horn. 1t is veritable egg machine
and should be more popular than it Is.
In the early days of the breed the col
oring was anything but uniform, but
now this fowl has been line bred to
such an extent that its feather char
acteristics are as we'll defined as those
of many breeds which are much older.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-04-23
Increase In Average Egg Yield.

Twenty-Five years ago the census of
the country showed the egg yield Of
the country to be thirty-fve eggs to
each hen per year, the last census sew
enty eggs for each hen per year. 1t is
now thought that that average has
been increased to between eighty and
eighty-fve eggs for each hen per year.
The number of hens has wonderfully
increased. Instead of $4,000, 900
worth of poultry products of twenty
years ago $5OO.OOO,OOO worth of poul-
try and egg products is credited to the
country, and yet poultry and eggs nev-
er sold higher than they have within
the last twelve months.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-04-23
Geese on the Farm,

Geese can be kept on grass and wa
ter from spring until late fall. Nearly
every farm has some meadow which
could be utilized to very good advan-
tage by devoting it to goose culture.
The only time it is really pecessary to
feed grain is in winter, and then only
enough is required to keep the geese in
good breeding condition. Feed little
oats, cut clover and green cornstalk
leaves, oyster shell and plenty of wa
ter, with little corn at night on very
cold days, and the geese will be in the
best condition when the breeding sea-
son arrives
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-04-23

All Danish creamer.eS issue rules for
the general treatment and milking Of
cows. That concerning milking is in
teresting. At the top of the card are
the words. Good Advice" beneath
which are a drawing of the udder and
teats. of COW. with the hand Of the
milker placed in proper position. On
either side of the card are columns
shaded to indicate the percentage of
fat present in the first milk drawn
from the COW and in the last milk
drawn. The rules ON the COW are as
follows:
The cow is a living machine. Kindly
treatment entails less labor and gives
more milk. Good work improves the
living machine.
Milk clean. Clean. milking develops
the udder and increases the quantity of
milk, and you receive richer milk. Re-
member that the milk last drawn is by
far the most valuable. You should
wear tidy and clean clothes. Have the
pail clean as well as the creamery can.
Thoroughly clean the udder by rubbing
with piece of linen. Wash the hands
thoroughly before milking. Let the
udder be quite dry before you begin to
milk.
Milk with dry hands. Seize the teats
with the whole hand. Keep gentle
pressure on the udder. Milk as fast as
you can, and never cease working until
the milk is wholly drawn. Don't strain
the teat beyond its natural length. Re-
member the value of the last drops,
If there be soreness or Jumps in I'D
der or teats. stoppage in milk canal or
unnatural colored milk, don't mix that
milk with any other, and don't send to
the creamery.
Begin milking always at fixed time.
Milk the same cows in the same order.
Regard this excellent work as one of
honor. Clean the cows. Have good air
in the stalls. Light should be freely
admitted
A Grand HoIstein Bull.
The Holstein bull shown in the IL
lustration was recently sold to a Syra-
cuse IN. " firm for $4,000. The Hol-
stein-Friesian Register says Of him:
Ills dam. Mercedes Julips Pietertje.
was the worlds record COW Of 1901.
The dam of his sire. Aggie Cornu-
copia Pauline. now holds the worlds
A. r. o. record of "a pounds SO ounces
of butter in seven days and of 1877
pounds in thirty days and of 94.6
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-04-23
Rouoh Feeds,

Rough feeds, including pasture, are
usually so plentiful that frequently we
feed them without any idea as to what
and how much will produce the de-
sired results. Much rough feed is
wasted in careless feeding. The COW
will eat the best Of her menu first and
If given too much will pick the most
desirab BILE morsels, leaving what might
be called passably good, which too
frequently Is treated as waste and
thrown underfoot. No more hay should
be given an animal than it will eat up
clean This refers to first class quail
ty, however, as we could not expect a
cow to eat up clean a poor quality of
hay
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-04-23
MiIkinq the Cow.

Fl. G. Van Pelt, man of wide dairy
experience and an authority on the
care of cows. says: "An all important
factor in caring for the dairy COW is
the process. of milking. Upon the regu-
larity, gentleness and stick -to-itiveness
Of the mixer greatly depend the guam
tity and quality of the milk given and
the persistency Of the flow. On one
occasion. after failing in every other
method to impress upon the milker
the Importance of extracting every
possible drop Of milk from the cows
udder at each milking, induced him
to milk the first few strips in one sam
pie bottle and the last in another. The
first tested per cent and the latter
1a2 pc1 cent ~ butter fat"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-04-23
Real Estate Transfers.

United States to Asa Taylor,
100 a near Bellefountain.
United States to Grace T
Hodge, $50 sw Philomath.
United States ~ Marths ]
Hodge, 100 a sw ct Ph'lomat'
United Sta'ce to Walter F
Nichols, TO- ~ Alses.
A Bush t. G E Irela' ! tract
of land in Berton Co; hI32o'
Ireland to NIB Rapkir..
tract of land in Benton Co; 81.
United States to Albert --eth-
row, 100 a in A'sea.
CE Dentler to City of Corval-
lis, right of way for water pipe;
81.
State of Oregon to Virgil E
Waters, 1904 s of Philomath !;
$15,.
Henrietta Randall to v E Wat
tiers. lots I. 2, 7. 8, block II,
Dixon's 2nd Add to Corvallis; {;
$40.
. United States to George A
Wheeler. pateut, 16o sw oe
Philomatb.
United States TO Edna Teth-
row, 16o a in Alsea.
A Wilhelm, Sr. to M Buck
ingham, 100 a near Bellefoun-
tain; $4,000.
Moses Bros to R J Moses, lots
124, 81 in block 80, Philomath; :;
$1o.
Ola Larson to w c Crawford,
80 of Philomath; $500.
" Belle Sherwood to Park M
Ham, 10 a near ALBANY.
John Colmar to Monroe Lun
Co I62 near Bellefountain;
$4,000.
Ed Cummings to J Everette.
lots s and 9. block I, Co Add
Corvallis; $1,000.
w A Wells to H Harrison,
100 in Blodgett; IS.
B Horner to Chas McHenry,
lot a and n 1.2 lot in block s,
Wilkins Add Corvallis; $1oo.
w F Caldwell to Rufus B
Mason. part of lot 81, block IS,
PhIlomath; $3.50.
Elizabeth Arnault to Kather-
Inc Miller, 20 near ALBANY !;
$4,000.
George Howe to Annie S Viii
son, 348 acres west of Albany;
$1,000.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-04-23
MARKET THE FEATHERS.
Some Facts About Much Neglected
Source of Revenue.


Source of Revenue.
F The prices paid for hen feathers vary
considerably, according to the market,
says DR.. T. 7. Woods in Reliable Poui-
try Journal. Hen feathers range from
311a to cents pound, with an average
price of about cents for the best
quality. Solid white feathers bring
higher prices than mixed or dark color
ed feathers. Duck feathers bring from
25 to 80 cents pound, the white bring
ing the highest price. White duck
feathers would sell for as high price
as goose feathers We're it not for the
fact that they have an odor that cam
not be removed by any known method.
Best white goose feathers bring from
45 to 30 cents d pound, while mixed
and colored goose feathers are quoted
at from 80 to 45 cents. Goose feathers
can usually be depended upon to aver
age about So cents a pound the year
round. Turkey feathers, for the ordi-
nary body feathers, bring from to
cents a pound, while the stiff feathers
from the wings and tails bring from 8
to 10 cents a pound when clean and
dry. Clear turkey tail feathers, clean
and dry, sometimes bring as high as
II cents a pound, while mixed turkey
feathers containing wing, tail and
pointers will usually average about 6
cents a pound.
To secure a market for his feathers
the poultryman should ascertain the
names of the bedding manufacturers in
his nearest large city and write to
them for quotations. All feathers
should be dry picked and should be
kept free from blood. Tail and wing
feathers should be kept separate from
the body feathers. 1t is not necessary
to dry or bake the feathers; in fact, if
this is done they will not be salable.
They may, however, be spread out thin
on the floor of a clean, dry, airy loft
and turned over occasionally for few
days to get rid of any excess of mois-
ture. Feathers should be packed as
tightly as possible into clean cotton or
burlap bags, and shipments should be
of not less than 100 pounds at a time
in order to save freight or express
charges.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-04-23
THE LINCOLN PLUM.

stem long and strong and set at an
angle; suture distinct, slightly depress-
ed; color light greenish yellow, over
spread with beautiful shade of Grim
son; dots many, very minute and in
distinct; bloom, thin lilac; flesh light
yellow, firm; pit rather large, free;
quality only fair; tree only a mod
crate grower, but healthy, and forms
a round, shapely head; foliage very
luxuriant; leaves large; quite prolific,
but not SO much so as to require thin
ming Of the fruit.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-04-23
Green Food For Winter.

In order to keep fowls healthy during
the winter months, also to promote egg
production, green food must be provid-
ed. Small potatoes, turnips, inferior
cabba ges-in fact, vegetables of any
and all kinds not quite good enough for
table use-will prove excellent food for
the fowls in winter. Clover, If it can
be obtained, is an ideal green food for
winter. In order to do their best fowls
must have a variety as well as an
abundance of food.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-04-23
MOVABLE BROODER.

beneath the house enable the caretak-
er to move it to new ground with lit
tie trouble, and the economy and wis
dom of covering the sides with tarred
felt are obvious, as it makes the house
cool in summer and warm in winter.
The arrangement of windows, too, is
admirable. This house is designed to
contain two brooders and after the
Matching season may be converted into
a colony coop in which to carry pullets
to full maturity.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-04-23
The Beautiful Ancona.

For some unexplained reason the
Ancona with the exceptions of the
White Faced Black Spanish and the
Blue Andalusian) is the least popular
of the family of fowls known as the
Mediterraneans. There has been a
good deal of discussion as to the origin
of the Ancona. but it is generally con-
ceded now that the best of the breed
have been made by crosses between
White Minorcas and Black Leghorns,
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-04-23
THE MILK AND BUTTER KING.

ounces of milk in one day. 659.2 pounds
of milk in seven days; average, All per
cent of fat, 264O.3 pounds of milk in
thirty days. The average daily record
of these two dams is 1906 ounces in
one day. The average percentage Of
butter fat in their milk is 4.095 per cent.
Their average butter record is 81
pounds 1916 ounces in one week.
There is no other animal, living or
dead, whose dam and sire's dam have
so high combined record of milk, but
ter fat and butter as this young bull.
and it is doubtful if one will ever be
born that can equal it. His rights
therefore to the title of the Milk and
Butter King of the World cannot be
successfully assailed."
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-04-23
Poultry Products and Wheat.

The values Of poultry products now
reach an annual figure of half a bill
lion dollars or more, or an amount
about equal to the value of the wheat
crop. The price Of eggs has been high
and growing higher for several years,
because consumers have wanted more
eggs than have been produced. The
exports are not worth mentioning. APP
parently there is NO limit to the eoD-
sumption Of fresh eggs at moderate
priee.-G. Z. Helmes.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-04-23

Geese are most valuable in Kidding
the ground of grass. This is undoubt-
edly true, for they are great grazers
and will gain their own living almost
entirely off herbage if it is in strong.
rich growth and in quantities sufficient
to satisfy them. Geese will do remark
ably well on a spot of rough wooded
ground that has a pond thereon. In
such a locality they will thrive from
early spring until winter approaches.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-04-23
Don't Force the Pullets.

A great many make the too common
error of forcing the pullets for egg
production from their birth on, regard
less of the fact that such forcing is
detrimental to well matured fowls. A
pullet that has been forced for egg pro-
ductioE from the start invariably makes
a poor breeder.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-04-23
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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-04-23
THE LINCOLN PLUM.

A Variety of Rare Beauty and Excel
lent For Market.
The Lincoln plum here shown is de-
scribed by the Ohio experiment station
as being a variety of rare beauty and
excellent for market, one of the best
second early plums; quite free from
rot in some seasons; first blossoms
May 7. full bloom May 10, last bios
SONS May Is; in full fruitage Aug. Is.
Fruit large to very large, roundish
oblong blunt at apex, slightly necked
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-04-23
CuIlins Out Old Hens.

Two years is the orthodox age when
hens should be culled out and sold or
killed where they are kept chiefly for
egg production, and this should be done
as soon as they slacken laying and be-
fore the molt comes on; otherwise they
will lose weight and become unstable
except at q reduced figure.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-04-23
Green Bone and Granulated Bone.

Green Bone and Granulated Bone.
Green cut bone is fresh bone from a
meat shop run through a bone cutter
and cut into small particles. Granulat-
ed bone is dry bone that has been
ground up fine by the manufacturers.
1t is not as good as green cut bone,
but answers the purpose very well as
carbonated lime product for the poul-
try, but it lacks the meat and protein
of the cut green bone.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-04-23
No Danger of overproductfon.

There is no danger whatever of hav-
ing an overproduction of good, whole
some food products in this land. We
are buyers and not sellers of eggs to
foreign countries. So long as we must
buy abroad to satisfy home consump-
ton it is folly to even consider over
production here.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-04-23

See that houses have tight roofs and
are clean. Given a clean house, the
roof of which does not leak, and much
may be done with it. The sides may
have several layers Of newspapers
tackled on in lieu of something better.
The main thing is to avoid drafts.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-04-23
Movable Brood and Colony House

Movable Brood and Colony House.
The illustration shows one of the
movable brood and colony houses used
on the famous Go Well Poultry farm
conducted by Professor Gowel. in con-
nection with, or at any rate in close
harmony with, the Maine agricultural
experiment station and the United
States experimental farm. The shoes
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-04-23

Raw and Cooked Meat For Fowls.
There is very little difference notice
able between raw and cooked meat in
growth results. Both are good. Feed
that which is more convenient.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-24
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