Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-11-09

not pay as much in cash as the store
do in trade and was more trouble fo
us to take them there, so after tina
| | sold most of them at the Dalla
grocery stores, using some at HON
and using and selling some for sit
ting purposes. l have not had Whit
Wyandottes long, so do not sell man,
sittings of eggs, but each year | sci
more.O
Dallas Boy Wins Prize.
L. M. Bowles of Dallas specialized
in seed oats and won the grand priz'
offered by J. N. Teal, chairman Ore
gon Conservation commission, for thu
best record made in the seed grair
production project. Mr.. Bowles tells
how he raised his crop as follows:
"The land on which my oats were
Nraised had been set to Strawberries
and plowed about March l. The sol
is a clay loan. 1t has been used as
garden for years. 1t has been heav-
lily manured several times. The ground
was plowed about March l to a depth
of seven inches. Three weeks after
plowing it was cultivated twice with
rolling harrow. After this the
ground was not cultivated until about
April l, when it was narrowed with a
heavy harrow, commonly called 'go-
devil. After this, about April Z, it
was cultivated twice with a spring
tooth harrow. Then came thorough
narrowing with the Ego-devil.
"The name of the oats which l
planted is Corn Belt No. 5. Last
spring (1914) I sent to the Carton
Cooper Seed company of Sugar Grove,
ILL.,, for one-half pound Of seed. This
seed | planted and saved the seed
from it for 1915. The Corn Belt oat
is supposed to be cross between the
Swedish Select and the Senator. The
kernel is of medium length, plump and
with moderate hull. Before plant
ing l soaked the seed in solution of
40 parts water to one part formalin.
[ planted the seed April "a. don't
know the weight of the seed planted.
In sowing l made row about six
inches wide and two inches deep with
a wheel hoe. | then scattered the
seed in the row by hand. tried to
SOW at the rate of three bushels to
the acre. After scattering the seed in
he row l covered it with a hand rake.
After this the ground received no .cul-
.ivation.
"On August 10 I cut the grain with
4 hand sickle. | then tied it up with
binding twine in bundles the size of
binder bundles. | then set the bun
lies up to dry. The grain was all
lard when | cut it. 1t was ripe sew
,ral days before | had time to cut
t. On August II had the grain
lauled to the threshing machine for
hreshing.
~ had four rows 1O6 feet long and
tx inches wide and one row 52 feet
ong and six inches wide. The length
f the rows is 542 feet. Reduced to
nches, this. makes 1904 inches by six
nches. This makes 39,O24 square
inches. Dividing this by 144-271
quare feet, the 271 square feet yield
d by weight A pounds of clean oats.
his would make 1854 pounds of oats
o the acre, or 221 bushels to the acre.
his yield seems too large to be true.
~ am computing the cost and prof
on an acre of ground, at wages that
re paid in this vicinity. have not
old my oats, as | want to keep them
or seed. Our local warehouse is
aging 32 cents a bushel for oats at
resent (September 49,"
Starts Right as Dairyman.
Earl R. Cooley of Independence is
Polk county boy who is getting
tarted right in the dairy business.
lis milk, feed and butterfat records
n the COWS in his fathers herd won
i'm the grand prize offered by c. c.
olt, president of the Union Meat
,mpany, Portland.
81 first got interested in dairy !
srd record keeping when Professor
7. A. Barr of the Oregon Agricul-
lral college, came to Bethel school
i'd explained to us about the record ,
eeping," he writes. He also explain !
Babcock testing. 81 entered for
e record-keeping project.
"We have two different breeds of !
liry cows, registered Ayrshires and
'ade Jerseys. We have found a great /
al of difference between the two !;
'eeds. The Ayrshires are hardy eat S
s and will eat what you give them, \
hile the Jersey will mince away and 9
ok for something a little better. The 9
yrshire is more of rustler. They
III browse from trees and bushes
ID are always hunting for something
eat, while the Jerseys will be up to II
e gate waiting to get into the barn f
see if you haven't got something t
tier for them. When the cattle are n
the barn you cannot help noticing D
W nervous the Jersey is beside the f
7rshire.n T
IoULD BEAR WITH UNCLE SAM h