Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-06-23


sewing could be profitably taught
younger. She said that parents
should remember, when reading of
the famous men who graduated from
college at 19, that the college of 100
years ago was little more than the
high school of todayh Less than
per cent of the people go to college
and the education should be for the
95 rather than for the per cent.
Mrs. Calvin went somewhat into
the details of bread-making and
fruit-canning, but lest the memory
and intelligence of a mere man
should fail and mix things up, the
reporter will not attempt to report
her Instructions.
Mrs. Calvin believes that euthen-
les are more important than engen-
les; that it is more important that
children be raised in right environ
ments than that they be born of right
inheritance. She said that if ten
children were taken from poor
homes and with undesirable parent
age and placed in favorable sur
roundings we would expect at least
nine out of ten to turn out all right,
but if ten children of healthy and
normal parents were placed in vile
surroundings at date of birth we
would be surprised if one turned out
well.
Prof. Kent followed Mrs. Calvin,
and with the assistance of Prof.
Reimer gave an example of the work
ing of the Babcock test for butter
fat. The testing machine from the
experiment station was brought to
the hall and two samples of milk
were tested before the audience. In
this connection it might be we'll to
state that Prof. Reimer will at any
time make tests of milk or cream
for any one wishing, free of charge,
whether they be producers or con-
sumers of dairy products.
Mr.. Kent spoke on the benefits of
testing the milk in order to make
selections of the proper cows to keep
and the proper ones to dispose Of
One farmer who kept a record in
creased the output of his herd 1856
pounds per COW per year, or three
pounds per week each; in seven
years by testing and rejecting the
poor cows and buying or raising 9TH
ers. This man refused $1,000 for
his best COW and sold her six-months-
old calf for $3.50.
Mr.. Kent went somewhat into the
matter of a cooperative creamery,
saying that it's success depended
upon two things: the getting of suf-
ficient number of men who would
stick to the creamery with their cows
and sufficient number of cows
Another essential of success is a COM
petent butter maker. At 1east 800
COWS are necessary to success, and
400 are better. AS an alternative
he suggested, if the sufficient num-
Der. of cows could not be secured, a
cooperative shippers association.
Evening Session.
The evening session opened with
beautiful violin solo, selection
from the opera Bohemian Girl, -
by Miss Alice Vandersluis, ac-
companied on the piano by. Miss Cal
lie Vogili. The piece was vocifer-
ously applauded and for an encore
she played Dixie" After this num-
ber President Fuller talked on the
creamery proposition and was fol-
lowed by l.. H. Houston, E. B. Adam
son, Prof Reimer and George A.
Morse.
This discussion was followed by a
piano solo, The Flower Song" by
Miss Dunn, which was heartily re-
ceived.
Prof. Hyslop was then introduced
and spoke on Growing of Crops for
Dairy Feed" He advised all to get
on the mailing list of the o. A. C..
so as to get the bulletins sent out.
He also spoke of the seed-testing
laboratory at the college, which is
at the service of any one free of
charge. Seeds are tested for purity,
dividing the sample into pure seed,
noxious weeds and inert matter, and
also the termination test, showing
the per cent of pure seed which is
fertile. All dealers and farmers
were urged to insist upon sample
of seed and to have it tested before
buying, if possible, and certainly be-
fore planting.
TIE principal subjects of Prof.
Hyslop's evening talk were crop ro-
tation for dairying and the value
and keeping of manures. Cows, he
stated, should at all times have an
esculent ration, approximating as
profitable the pasture which is the
natural food of the kline family. He
recommended sowing rye and vetch
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