The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-10-08

year before; when did you plow it;
how deepi"
"Sure, the only way to grow good
potatoes on this kind of land is clover
sod plowed in the fall and plowed as
deep as the team can pull the plow."
"Do anything to it in the springi"
"Harrow 1t three or four times to
fine it, firm it. warm it up and kill
the weeds. Keep at 1t until the moon
is right"
"What kind Of seed do you planti"
"Ah now, don't you know, any man
that's got sense, will plant the kind
he wants to raisei"
Here you see the practical man and
the scientist have both reached the
same conclusions, although they started
in different directions. They saw
things from different point of view.
To harmonic the science and practice
of agriculture it is necessary to get
Jim Kelly and the Scientist out on
Kelly's field in the old Of the moon
in May.
Scientist on Milk.
The scientist after collecting facts
regarding the "Building Up Of a
Dairy Herd" says: "Milk giving is
a feminine function. Large milk pro-
duetion is due to the abnormal de-
velopment of the maternal instinct
Petting, liberal feeding, frequent ham
ding, kind treatment, all aid in the
development Of the milk producing
characteristics.
Then along comes the practical man
with the assurance that the best COW
they ever had on the farm was
"Bessie," a pet calf that mother and
the girls raised.
Continuing the same topic, the scien-
tist says "The profitable dairy cow
is an artificial animal built by
combination Of factors, all tending to
the extra development Of the milk
producing organs and characteristics.
The order runs something like this:
First-Selection.
Second-Care, which includes shelter,
feed, water and method Of treatment.
Third-Testing, sorting and wedding
out.
Fourth-Breeding
Fifth-Feeding, handling and de-
velopment Of heifer calves.
Carelessness, negligence or ignorance
on the part of the dairyman in regard
to any of these factors will eliminate
or seriously impair the results
AS any capacity above the normal
is artifieialy built up, by the above
factors, it follows logically that neg
lect of any Of the above will tend
toward deterioration or return to the
natural condition.
Ignorance Means Loss
When a practical man buys one Of
the highly developed, large producing,
artificial cows, and, ignoring the
"science" Of dairying, turns her out
in the woods pasture to find her own
feed, and is surprised that each year
she gives less milk. Her heifer calves
are not as good as the mother, and
by the third generation they are
comparatively worthless for dairy pur-
poses, and the owner declares that "All
this talk about pure-bred stock is non
sense.' He has tried it and "there
is nothing to it." Yet his experience
has further demonstrated that the
scientist was right. His conclusions
were based on collection of facts,
which is the real "Science Of Agricul-
ture."
Again the scientist says: "a liberal
supply of humus in the soil, deep till
age and cultivation will conserve mois-
ture, regulate temperature, stimulate
plant growth, increase the available
plant food and check against bad
weather, drouth or hot winds.
Farmer shiftless.
Farmer Shiftless ignores the science.
The weather conditions are all favor
able and he secures a normal crop. He
boasts of his "practical experience
and continues his unscientific practices
until an unfavorable season. Then the
scientist has full crop and Shiftless