The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1912-05-24

00vctWI 0ppio ucCS VI thC WI'tCi
ranch have been badly pestered with
the green aphides for some years past.
This spring he plans to spray with
solution Of lime sulphur just as the
buds Of tho trees are swelling, and this
viii wind up q whole lot of the aphids.
Those that survive this will receive an
early dose Of "black leaf"
Provided be 10 broken to 1t early
enough. there seems to be no method
OF giving the herd bull the exercise he
needs that 10 ~ simple and satisfac-
tory a. that Of working a tread power
Two or three hours Of such exercise a
day will take the devilment out Of him.
keep him courteous and quiet and re-
suit In q decided increase In vigor Of
his offspring.
The gradual and steady advance IN
land values Is quite accurately shown
In the rapid increase in the rental value
Of farm landa In one locality with
which The writer 10 acquainted rent
er has agreed to pay s. per acre rental
for q farm OF eighty acres which he
rented two years ago for IS per acre
and which six years ago he could
doubtless have rented for 50.
The milking Of q COW more or less
than 600 times during the year and
nnding out at the end Of that time that
she has failed to pay her feed bill by a
margin Of s. or SO ought to result In
something more than surprise in heI
owner. for this IL a round price to pay
msrely for the purpose Of associatine
with q bovine on such intimate terms
and under the conditions mentioned.
A family Of boys that the writer
knows well and whose friendship he
prizes highly are being brought up sen
sibly, As we think. There Is dignity
and devotion on the part Of the moth
or. an example IN the father which
does not cancel her admonition and.
besides this. the judlcious application
Of kindness and an eighteen inch ruler.
This combination will produce good cit
izens II anything will.
The pthng Of manure in small lots as
It Is hauled afield may have some points
In its favor, but from the standpoint Of
realizing the largest possible good from
the fertlixing elements contained 1t Is
plainly q poorer method than scatter
Ing from the spreader. Handled in this
way, the soluble portion of fertilizers
that the manure contains soak at once
into the soil, while If the manure Is
put in piles there IL loss by chemical
changes and the escape Of gases.
Where the dairyman can receive as
much from the sale Of his cream as
from the sale Of his milk to a cheese
factory there should be no hesitation
% to which course he should follow
The sale Of the cream leaves the skim.
milk at home, and it is this that con
tains most Of those elements the re-
moval Of which from the farm means q
depletion of soil fertility. On the con
trary, the cream sold contains but u
very small portion Of these elements.
liberalization" II q term about which
We hear much these days. Its meaning
y known to many, yet there may be
some readers who have not a definite
idea Of what the process Is. Briefly. a
liquid or substance is said to be ster.
uized when It has been heated for a
stated length Of time at temperature
Of $50 degrees Or more. This heating
process kills all bacterial or other life
typhoid or tubercular germs in milk