Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-06-02

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The good will of another person may
pften be won just as quickly by asking {
a favor of him as by doing Kindness
Tor him.
Where 1t is possible without loss OF
pe,f respect it is preferable to have the
.ood will rather than the i'll will OF
mean cur.
Many an east and west road can be
rreatly improved If rows of trees skirt
ing the highway on the south are tnin-
ned 30 as to let the sun shine on tne
road part Of the day.
While the puttering and painstaking
and the swift and slapdab hired man
are both a trife wearing on ones
neryes. q fellow sleeps better nights II
he has the former rather than the lat
Ter on the place.
The uncovering Of the Towering
nhrubs and fruits should not be done
until warm weather has set In for good
and other vegetation has made a de-
cided start. Then If a frost comes the
chance for damage will be much less.
In nine cases out of ten the worst I
enemy that the farmer or gardener
has ia the "man with the gun" who
periodically raids his premises. The
only kind of dope that will reach tnls
pest is legal warning to keep OH the
premises. =...
About the time the yard is raked Is
a pretty good time to inspect the Gel
lar and see that decayed or decaylng
vegetables of all kinds are removed
1t is very natural to overlook the
truck in the cellar because it is large
ly out Of sight.
If the cornfield is infested with milk
weeds and morning glories it is about
time to turn it into pasture for three OF
four years. The presence OF these
weeds may be taken as sign that the
soil needs rest from the system OF
cropping which has been followed with
1t in preceding years.
The common black crow is much
worse enemy to the poultryman than
the skunk or much maligned chicken
hawk, which In spite of its name sell
dom raids the poultry yard. Where
chickens or turkeys nest in WOOD lots
adjoining the premises, crows Will
rifle the nests every chance they get
For the gardener on small scale III
the northern states 1t is questionable
If there is a black raspberry which ex
cells the Older. 1t is perfectly hardy
and does not require covering OF any
kind, but propagates from the UP
while the fruit it bears is of large slz'
and fine quality. OF those which re
ouire covering during the winter tn
Nemaha is one of the best.
While rotation of only corn ant
oats may result in a more desirabi
condition of soil than We're corn to TO
low corn and may perhaps keep 1
check some pests that work injury I
the latter cereal, the fact remains tina
= with both crops there is constan
null from the soil and no contribute
to 1t or re- enforcing of it. as is the cas-
when the cloyers enter into the rots
ton.
Because the expense of hauling
crop to market is seldom counted
the expense Of producing 1t there do'
not seem to be an adequate neallzatie
of the enormous annual cost OF hau
ing the various crops produced in tn
country to market. While the cost
any Individual producer may not be
considerable amount, the aggrega
for all producers amounts to hundre'
of millions Of dollars every year.
The experience which some co
growers living in the northern part
the corn belt have had the past "
or three years points quite concluslN
ly to the fact that the rather sm
and early maturing variety of corn
a better agricultural asset than
whopping ear with shoe peg Sern'
that gets pinched with the frost
both ends of the season and sours
the cob after it is put into the crib.
While crops of almost all KINDS ma
a more vigorous growth in seasons Il
are too wet rather than those that
too dry, it is noticeable In a period
years that small grain is Of bet
quality when the rather dry condius
prevail, while the root crops DO Det
In the more moist seasons. Semitr
,cal plants like the lima bean. eggpls
pepper and tomato are partial to b
heat and moisture and flourish ,
when these conditions exist.
Reports originating In portions
North Carolina are to the eject
not only has the tanbark industry
a direct and disastrous effect upon
forest reserves of the state. but
xha oaonlo anga ped in 1t grow pOt