Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1913-09-26

THE C0ND0N
Word recently sent out by the Col.
lege Of Agriculture OF the University
OF Missouri announces that the station
is now prepared to furnish hog cholera
serum to the farmers OF the state at
the cost OF production. The depart
ment Is now sending out ON an average
Of thousand doses Of serum day.
The Official government forecast for
the yield of winter wheat for the pres.
ent year Ia 6l4,O00,000. This Is the
largest yield In the history of winter
wheat growing In the country. The
average estimated yield is 1915 bushels
per acre. while the crop condition at
the time the report was published was
91,9 per cent.
Owing to the fact that bordeaux mix
ture Is used by celery growers as a
spray to check fungous diseases, sedi-
ment from the spray improperly ap-
piled sometimes gathers at the base OF
the stalks, This is not poisonous, but
II present should be removed by wash
Ing the stalks with a small brush after
separating them.
The yield as we'll as the size Of the
sweet corn ears may be increased II
the stalks are thinned TO two or three
in hill and all suckers removed. The
tendency in the average home garden
Is TO get sweet corn rows too close to.
gether and the hills too close together
in the row. Thinning. as suggested,
makes possible better development of
the ears.
Not in years has the writer seen the
scab so bad on growing apples, I'm
sprayed orchards show scabby fruit
TO the extent OF GO and 10 per cent,
while those that have been systemat'
lcally sprayed show as high as 10 per
cent. This means that there will be
lots of culls for the hogs and cider
mill and mighty few that win pass
muster on the market
The urgent need OF keeping cultl-
vated crops frequently cultivated dur
ing periods of dry weather is better
appreciated when II is understood that
these crops require from 800 to 800
tons OF water TO produce one ton OF
dry matter. II is In connection with
this fact that allowing the soil to bake
during the growing period OF the plant,
thus shutting Off the circulation of soil
moisture. is so serious matter.
For folks at present living there
would seem to be little ground for wor.
rying because Of shortage of the fuel
supply of the country. The estimated
original coal reserve OF the country Is
placed at 1854. .3S3. 100000 short tons.
OF this enormous total there were
mined up to the close Of 1911 but
IA ,1S1 $4,000 tons. The total volume
of coal produced annually is In the
OF 100000, 600 tons.
Wisconsin leads all other states In
the production of cheese In 1899
her production was 79,3S429S pounds
out of the total of 2S9.344,G42 which
was produced in the United States. In
the year 1909 she produced 14s,906,9l0
pounds Of total for the country Of
S20. $50, 1S1 pounds. In the ten year
interval her production of cheese had
increased 81 per cent. while all the
rest Of the states lost in production 2l.6
per cent.
Professor Lippincott. in charge Of
the poultry department Of the Kansas
Agricultural college. asserts chat the
of the country could save
a million dollars a year If they would
pen up the roosters during the summer
season. In his opinion AZ per cent Of
the loss in market eggs at this season
Of the year is due to the fact that eggs
are fertilized. with the result that the
hot weather starts the process Of in
cubation.
The common vetch Is used considera-
bly, by Washington and Oregon dairy
men as a pasture during the winter,
spring and early summer. Even when
the vetch is sown primarily for hay
light pasturing Of 1t is often desirable.
IL the growth of the plants
IS rank. 1t is usually grown after
spring sown oats and should be fol-
owed by potatoes or corn. as 1t is like
y to cause some trouble by volunteer
ng" in wheat.
The present high cost Of living Is not
iue to the fact that Americans are
Increasing their consumption of high
)riced coffee. In 1909 the average per
'apita consumption was over eleven
pounds, the import price being III