Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-06-27
POMONA GRANGE HEARS
OF DAIRYING AND SOILS.

Souhl'' HoAu lno largest session IN It's
history on Thursday at Murphy when
every local was we'll represented.
Grange propaganda and self pro-
lection measures of cooperation
were discussed at the morning ses-
sion.
At noon, gorgeously decorated
tables, seating ITO, were twice filed
TO their capacity, Meet Us in Grants
Pass July 4th and 5th" badges being
lain at each plate. Dinner was fol-
lowed by talk on Cooperation in
the Matter Of Free County Library"
by Mrs. Arthur Bartlett, of Grants
Pass, who also extended an invitation
TO the oranges TO participate in the
Fourth of July celebration at the
county seat, she being authorized to
offer prizes of $5 and SO respectively
for the best and second best Grange
floats, one of which is to be from
every grange as feature of the elab-
crate pageant.
Benefits of County Library.
The benefits to be derived from a
county rather than city library we're
set forth by the speaker, the superior
advantages lying largely, it was
claimed, in the fact that with the CO.
operation of the whole county scien-
tific works on agriculture and allied
subjects as we'll as other lines of lit
erature could be available to all The
speaker stated that while a city H.
brary and reading room are already
assured, which are to be absolutely
free to county patrons, that under the
county plan $25, Carnegie build
ing could be secured and that by the
one-third mill tax, amounting to but
one penny for every $50 paid in
taxes, the sum of $500 yearly would
be available for the upkeep of the H.
brary, which sum would cover the
purchase of books, salary of librarian,
lighting, heating and repairs. Con-
signments of requests of volumes
would be sent to the county grange
halls or other places for distribution.
The speaker illustrated the triling
expense it would involve by saying
that by the denying of ones family
OF nickle's worth of candy a year
the property holder whose taxes
amount to $100 or thereabouts could
have access for himself and family to
great feast of mental and
spiritual nourishment, the taxpayer
assessed $50 and even those too poor
to own property sharing and sharing
alike in the benefits.
At o'clock, orchestra music di-
rected by Mr.. Rowell, of Grants
Pass, Mrs. Ernest Jeffers at the piano,
opened the afternoon program, Mrs.
Randall, county lecturer, announcing.
Kent Talks on Intensive Farming.
Mrs Paul Blanchard gave two
humorous juvenile readings which
were well received Prof f. L. Kent,
of Corvallis, in charge of the dairy
ing department of the state agricul-
tural college, during the vacation
doing work for the extension plan,
pointed out the superior natural con-
ditions favorable to stock-raising and
particularly to the dairying of Oregon
as compared with those of Iowa, the
greatest stock state
In the intensive farming, in which
dairying, fruit raising and poultry
raising lead, for quickest, largest and
surest returns, dairying has proven
to be by all odds profitable, not alone
in the cream checks received income
from sale of calves and use of by pro-
ducts for the table and food value in
hog raising, but because of the high
value of barnyard fertilizer con-
served which constantly adds to the
value Of the land instead of depict
Ing the soil as cropping inevitably
does. Such fertilizer increases the
proportion of productiveness from As
TO IS per cent per acre, being far
more valuable than plowed in crops,
one possible exception to this being
the use of artificial fertilizers whose
effects are quick but strictly tempor-
ary, though satisfactory for garden
crops.
Dairying That Pays.
Prof. Kent's example of most in
tense dairying was herd of 22 Jet
sey cows, kept on eight acres, thres
of which were reserved as pacture.
The feed for these all raised on the
place, was beets, alfalfa hay, oats,
kale with corn silage and clover ex-
cent in winter when nine pounds of