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Corn Growing in Eastern Washington
By R. W. THATCHER, Director Agricultural Experiment Station, W. S. C.
* Entensive experiments in growing
corn covering practically the whole
t the wheat belt of eastern Wash
ington show that if seed which has
been acclimated to our conditions
is used a successful crop of corn can
be grown practically anywhere that
a crop of wheat can be profitably
cultivated. In other words it seems
that the moisture requirements for
the two crops are not greatly dif
ferent. It must be understood, how
ever, that the same effort to con
serve moisture must bo made with
' corn that is used in the growing of
the wheat crop. It follows also that
wherever alternated summer fallow
is necessary In order to secure
enough mositure for a wheat crop
every other year the same practice
would be necessary in order to se
cure a corn crop and that corn can
not be grown in place of summer
fallow in those sections where the
moisture supply is not sufficient for
a crop every year. In eastern Wash-
ington an average annual rainfall of
15 Inches or 16 Inches appears to be
necessary for the growing of a crop
every season, hence with less than
this amount of average rainfall It
would be impracticable to grow corn
alternating with wheat. The corn
crop naturally takes some moisture
from the ground and If grown on
summer fallowed land will diminish
the amount of moisture available for
the succeeding crop. The exact
minimum rainfall which will permit
the profitable growing of a crop
every season depends upon the na
, ture of the soil and the season of
the year when the rainfall comes and
has not been determined with cer
tainty for eastern Washington. Wo
believe, however, that with an aver
age annual rainfall of 18 inches the
supply of moisture Is sufficient so
that the corn crop can be grown in
the place of summer fallow without
seriously diminishing the yield of
wheat grown on the same land the
next season. Where the average an
nual rainfall is from 15 inches to
18 inches it is a question which is
yet to be determined whether the
corn crop will seriously diminish the
yield of the succeeding wheat crop
or in other words we have yet to
determine whether under such con
ditions in a given ten year period
larger profits would be obtained
from five crops of wheat with alter
nate bare summer fallow. Obviously
the determining factor Is whether
the corn produced under such con
ditions will yield a large enough pro
fit to more than counterbalance the
diminished yield of wheat, with
rainfall as low as that mentioned
last.
With reference to the method of
Crowing the corn in rotation with
wheat I would say that the land
should lie plowed 111 th.- fall if pos
sible. if not, the wheat stubble
should be disced as soon as the fall
noisture begins so that all the mois
ture possible will soak Into the
ground during the winter and then
he land plowed as early as possible
n the spring. The spring prepara
tion should consist of thorough
motivation to destroy weeds and con
serve moisture up to time of planting
the corn which should bo about the
first of May. The ground should be
harrowed after the corn Is planted
iUJd once or twice after the corn
comes up and ,■■.•. cultivated dur
h'l the sum.ii.'.i enough to keep the
vll ds down and to conserve all of
'lie moisture pcs- ble. We do not
recommen I buskin? the corn from
lie stalks ani leaving the latter
**fciiding in rli. field in tic- fall. The
C't.'-o can much more- profitably be
"bogged of." or other wis- pastured
Off or if n'l. fed in this way should
!>" cut and shock.- I so that the
stalks may be fed with the corn.
This Is best accomplished, of course,
by putting the corn Into a silo, but
If the silo is not available then the
cured fodder should be run through
a feed cutter to get the best results.
At any rate it is desirable that the
corn, stalks and all, should be off
tta ground by October 1. The corn
stubble may then be disced and
Planted to wheat. If, for any rea
son, some of the stalk* aro loft on
tts sround they should bo disced be
fore seeding in order to mix them
*< II with the sol;. If the corn were
'c be husked from the standing
stalks th,.,, It would be preferable to
seed wheat between the rows or else
cultivate and then s<-e-d the- wheat
broadcast, then harrow the land
thoroughly to cover the wheal and
break down the stalks, leaving the
latte- on top of the ground for next
year's plowing
Hi '«g« and Soiling Crops for East-
em Washington.
'Al or B«veral ears past we have
\ «*n growing corn for silage and
**anti PCaS for Pastura K«. grain and
• --soiling crops here at the Experl
... m *nt station and the practice is ex-
tending rapidly throughout eastern
Washington. The chief requisite li
the growing 0 eon, for silage is to
get a stock of seed corn which has
been acclimated to this country and
will mature a good crop of ears be
fore early frost as the silage is much
Improved If there is a good propor
tion of grain in it. There is now
pretty widely scattered through east
ern Washington seed corn grown
from corn which we have developed
at this station which can be used
for silage purposes. The methods
of cultivation of the corn do not dif
fer materially from those practiced
in the east except that thorough
cultivation in order to conserve
moisture is absolutely essential in
most parts of eastern Washington,
particularly if the same land is to
be used for a grain crop following
tho corn.
With reference to the growing of
field peas I will say that Canada
field peas make a splendid growth
and a most excellent forage crop
everywhere that they have been tried
in eastern Washington with the pos
sible exception of the hot bottom
lands in some of the valleys where
they tend to grow too rank foliage
and too few seed pods. Our experi
ence has been that we can secure
here about four tons to th.. acre of
cured hay or usually about 30 bu
shels per acre of threshed peas from
this crop. The peas make a most ex
cellent grain ration for growing
stock of all kinds.
Brief descriptions of methods of
growing these crops are Included in
our Popular Bulletin No. 4, entitled
"Notes on Swine Management,"
which is sent free to every one who
desires It.
IMtAYEIt OF nil': HOItSF.
(Translated from the Swedish.)
To thee, my master, I offer my
prayer: Feed me and take care of
me. lie kind to me. Do not Jerk the
reins; do not whip me when going
up hill.
Never strike, heat, or kick me,
when I fail to understand what you
want of me, but give me a chance to
understand you. Watch me, and if
1 refuse to do your bidding, see if
there is not something wrong with
my harness.
Do not give me 100 heavy loads;
never hitch me where water will
drip on me. Keep me well shod. Ex
amine my teeth when I fail to eat;
I may have an ulcerated tooth, That,
you know, is very painful, 1 am un
able to tell you in words when I am
sick; so watch me, and I will try to
tell you by signs.
Pet me sometimes; I enjoy it and
will learn to love you.
Protect me in summer from hot
sun. Keep a blanket on me in winter
weather, and never put a frosty bit
in my mouth, but hold it in your
hands a moment first.
I carry you, pull you, wait pati
ently for you long hours, day or
night. 1 cannot tell you when I am
thirsty; give mo clean, cool water
often in hot weather.
Finally, when my strength Is gone,
Instead of turning me over to a hu
man brute, to be tortured and starv
ed, take my life in the easiest and
Quickest way, and your God will re
ward you in this life and in Heaven.
Amen.
County Boarders Strike.
Colfax, Wash.. April 16.Tw0 of
the county charges boarding at the
Hotel de Carter decided today that
filling wagons with dirt by means
of common shovels and elbow grease
was no fitting occupation for guests
of the county. On this account
Teddy .Murray and Harry Skinner
have ceased working at county tasks.
They have also ceased eating except
for occasional portions of bread and
water. Also, the other prisoners are
denied the pleasure of their com
pany.
Third Case .Against Boone
Colfax, Wash., April 17 When
11. M. Boone indicted on two counts
in connection with the failure of the
Palouse State Hank last year ap
peared In the court today to have
his ease set for trial, he was met
with a warrant for his arrest on a
third charge.
Larceny by embezzlement of $22,
--000 was the basis of this move on
the part of the prosecution. The
trial of Boone on this charge will
take place on May 23. The trial of
Boone on the other counts and A. S.
Parker and A. R. Patten was set for
June 6.
Judge Canfield ruled that the de
fense might have access to those
parts of the books which contained
information relative to the points
cited in the indictments. He further
restricted this by stating that the
prosecuting attorney or his deputy
must be present when an examina
tion Is made.
NEGRO FAMILY LEFT PENNILESS
Husband Dies in |„„„| Hospital
Leaving Wile and Four Little
Ones Alone in Strange
Land.
An Interesting picture, and most
unusual for Palouse. might have
l"',' se>on in the Palouse station of
the W. I. & M. R li . at noon( Tues
day. A colored mother with her
brood of four little pickaninnies
"ere lunching from a well filled
basket. The little mi..- were enjoy
ing themselves and were smiling and
happy. There were bright and In
telligent appearing children, and
tidily dressed. Th,. eldest was a boy
of seven, and the three girls ranged
downward to IS months for the
youngest, 'I'll,- mother presented a
neat and lady-like appearance, and
it appears that they came from
Bruce, Wisconsin, at a call from the
husband and father who had preced
ed them and secured employment at
Potlach, where he was taken sick and
was at the time we write in the Pa
louse Genera] hospital. His name is
George Taylor. The Family originally
came to Wisconsin from North Caro
lina. The Republic trusts that the
father and bread winner for his
family will soon recover his health.
Later —Mr. Taylor's battle against
disease was ended at 4 o'clock Thurs
day morning, when death claimed
him. The mother and four little ones
are left in a most, pitiful condition.
The mother has hut $7 in the world,
and according to her own story has
no relatives within 3000 miles, while
ihose she has are unable financially
to aid her in any way. Her .grief at
the death of her husband, accentuat
ed by heir lonely and poverty-stricken
condition, Is enough to arouse pity in
any heart. She is stopping at the
Comer lodging house with her four
little ones and is in dire need of
sympathy and aid from the women of
the town. 'iii,. Republic would urge
hat some of i-aiouse's great-hearted
women take the- matter up at once
and give aid to the unfortunate
family. Mrs. Taylor is a W3S&D of
apparent refinement and is anxious
only to have such aid as will enable
her to get int., a position where she
may earn a living. The husband will
be buried today (Friday) from the
Harding undertaking parlors. Rev,
Thomson of the Baptist church will
officiate.
A. W. Laird of the Potlach Lum
ber company was in Palouse yester
day in connection with the case,
which ho pronounced the most piti
ful he had come in contact with in
his experience. Taylor came to Pot
lach some two weeks ago Seeking
work and had been given the; posi
tion of janitor at thePotlach schools,
where he did his work faithfully. Mr.
Laird stated that Theewweta etaoln
Laird stated to The Republican that
the lumber company will pay all ex
penses connected with the funeral
and will do what they can to secure
work for the- unfortunate woman. —
Palouse Republic.
Rig Flour Mill.
To break what they declare is a
combine of the millers of the North
west to keep down the price of wheat
and boost the price of flour, tin; lo
cal Farmers Union have taken de
finite stops looking toward the erec
tion of an immense flour mill to cost
between $160,000 to $200,000.
. The mill Is planned to be run by
electricity, furnished by a power
plant to be constructed by the farm
ers and to cost $200,000. The sur
plus electrical power will be sold to
other power plants. The site for both
the mill and the power plant have
been selected, farmers state.
This mill and plant will not be op
erated by the Farmers Union or by
members of the Farmers Union
only, though the initiative has been
taken by them. But it is the aim to
limit the stockholders to farmers.
For tho purpose of arranging to in
corporate, the Farmers Union has is
!' led a call for a mass meeting of
farmers at the Unions headquarters
hero Saturday. Plans are expected to
have so shaped themselves by that
time as to permit of the election of
a board of trustees.
"There is no question but that the
farmers will erect one of the largest
flour mills In the northwest," says
President 11. H. McLean. 'Plans for
the erection of the mill and power
plant have been under consideration
for some time and every phase of
the question has been considered.
The required amount of stock will be
soon subscribed, I am sure. The
farmers have no other course left
to them but to build a flour mill.
We have realized this for quite a
while. The millers are not willing to
pay for the wheat, the price that
their price for flour Justifies." —
Walla Walla Bulletin.
Daniel Kelliher and associates of
Seattle have purchased a controlling
Interest in the Bank of Commerce,
Everett, from President W. R. Stock
bridge.
JIMMIE .*
Although Jlmmle had spent the
sixteen years of his life on a big
Stock farm and possessed a rather
intimate knowledge of animal life,
tils lot, unfortunately, had never
been east with men who possessed
any consideration for the dumb
brutes with which they worked. In
deed they ..ad not even been requir
ed to consider humane treatment of
animals a matter of dollars and
cents. Accordingly, they kicked and
beat the horses and mules, swore ut
tin- cattle, used clubs to Intimidate
the hogs and were invariably cruel.
it had never occurred to Jlmrale
that the horses which they were com
pelled to drive into a small enclosure
to catch might be taught to come
at the word of their master by the
exercise of a little kindness, nor did
he know that cows are naturally af
fectionate if given the least en
couragement.
But an Incident happened late one
October afternoon which gave Jim
mle an entirely different apprecia
tion of animal life,
Brlndle, a motherly old cow be
longing to the herd on the farm, who
had a few weeks previously present
ed her owner with a fine, well-de
veloped calf, had been missing for
several days. One of the men had
carelessly allowed Brlndle and her
Offspring to wander away Into one of
the pasture fields. To Jimmie, who
had hoped he could go nutting that
afternoon, was assigned the duty of
hunting Brlndle and tho calf and
driving them back to the barn.
With a feeling of resentment to
ward his father, old Brlndle and live
stock In general, Jlmmle set out re
luctantly to find tho missing cow.
For two long hours ho trudged across
the fields, through valleys; fighting
his way through underbrush and
berry brambles, growing more angry
the while.
Finally, when struggling through
one of the worst thickets he had en
countered, he saw through the sear
ed leaves what he thought was a
small portion of Brindle'i coat and
closer Investigation proved it to be
the old cow. Jim role's first Impulse
was to mint a club and administer a
beating to the cause of his long fore
noon trudge, as the men of the farm
surely would have done.
But a low, plaintive "moo"
checked him, and attracted him
closer to Brlndle. There he saw the
cause for her absence, for at her
feet lay cold in death the calf. The
hair about its head was wet from
repeated licking, which was Brlndle's
only method of showing her affection
ami-Indicated too her hope that her
baby might arise and follow her
once more.
Jimmie gently fastened a rope
about the neck of Brlndle and called
her to follow him. Taking a few
steps in compliance with his com
mand, the old cow stopped, looked
back at the body of her calf and
then at Jlmmle, mewing piteously. It
was too much for the lad and there
In the gathering twilight, with the
pathos of the situation appealing to
him as nothing bad ever touched him
be-fore he thought how his own moth
er would feel under like circum
stance's. Recognizing that it was
Impossible to take tho calf along and
that he could not bury It to prevent
the little body being torn by dogs
and wild animals during tho night,
and yet aware that he must take
Brlndle home, Jlmmle crept over to
the old cow, put his arm about her
neck, and tears trickled down his
freckled cheek as he tried to make
her understand that they must go.
Brindle seemed to understand and
without further objection followed
Jimmie quietly home.
Fortunately, none of the men were
at the barn when they arrived and
the old cow was placed quietly in
her stall and fed. At the supper
table Jlmmle told the story of his ex
perience between sobs, and although
at first some of tho men were in
clined to make sport of tho boy's
"chlcken-heartedne'ss" he noticed
that they soon left the table. He af
terward learned that they had gone
to tho field where the cow and calf
were found and had buried tho body,
so that it might bo undisturbed. And
from that time on there camo Into
the lives of Jlmmlo and the men on
the big farm a spirit of humanity
toward the animals which had never
be-fore been known, it Is needless to
add that the animals repaid the
kindness In like manner.
—Sarah Nelson Carter, In Our Dumb
Animals.
The Syverson Lumber £ Shingle
company, recently Incorporated in
Tacoma, composed largely of the
operators of the Onn Lumber &
Shingle company's mill on the tide
flats, has leased tho old Bishop mill
near Montesano and will handle the
output through Its Tacoma connec
tions. The sawmill has a capacity of
75,000 feet dally, and the shingle
cutting capacity is to be- increased to
200,000 dally.
STATE NEWS
Oscar Brown was electrocuted ut
the Nooksack power plant last week.
lie In some way came in contact with
a transformer which was being dried
out. The only mark on his person
was a slight burn on one hand. No
one saw the accident.
The state tax commission has d.
cided that all druggists must pay the
state liquor tax of 126 or he ar
rested. The law was recently held
constitutional In the King county su
perl court. The druggist wanted
to appeal to the supreme court, but
this can not be done until next fall
and the tax commission has decided
to begin enforcing the law at once.
There are about too druggists in the
state.
One side of the recently complet
ed jute mill at the state penitentiary
will •'<• put In operation within the
next week or two, announces Warden
Charles S. Held. That portion which
Is to bo operated contains $75,000
worth of new machinery. The ma
chinery in the old mill Is to be trans
ferred to the unoccupied portion of
the now structure and the old build
ing will then be torn down and the
site used as a garden tract.
After a search that lasted several
years, 11. 1.. Peake, acting for I. C.
Brewer, said to be a wealthy manu
facturer of Sandusky, Ohio, hist
week secured possession of Curtis
Brewer, the 10-year-old son of Brow
er and his divorced wife, finding the
lad at Everett, In charge of the di
vorced wifo of Brewer. The courts
had given Brewer legal custody of the
boy, but the mother had kept him -n
hiding for years, so the complaint al
leges. The mother fled from Cleve
land, Ohio, with the boy in 1905,
and had since lived near Everett un
der assumed names.
Ships Less Food, but .More Goods.
Exports of foodstuffs, for the nine
months of tho fiscal year 1910 end
ing last March will amount to about
{330,000,000, according to the esti
mate of the; department of con metcc
and labor, as against more than
$450,000,000 in 1908, $500,000,000
in 1900 and more than $550,000,
--000 In 1898. The report shows that
the foodstuffs were higher in prl"e
tho last year, while In many aases
the exports were less than half what
they had been In previous years.
The number of cattle exported in
the nine months was about 127,000,
indicating for the! full fiscal year
about 175,000. In 1904 the cattle
exports were 593,000. The value of
cattle exports in 19 10 will be ap
proximately $16,000,000, compared
with more than $42,000,000 In 1904.
Practically the same ratio of do
crease prevails In all foodstuffs. The
quantity of wheat exported in the
fiscal year 1910 will aggregate
about 50,000,000 bushels, against
160,000,000 in 1892, the high re
cord. The average export value! for
1910 was $1.0:1 a bushel, against
73 cents in 1892.
While foodstuff exports have been
falling off, the value of exports of
manufacturers has Increased and will
approximate in valuo $760,000,000,
against $453,000,000 ln \*t}2, $250,
--000,0000 In 1896 and $179,000,000
in 1890, thus bringing the value of
all exports for 19 10 within $160,
--000,000 of the high record of 1907
and 1908.
Judge SetH l>nto*i for Whitman's
< 'list's.
Colfax, Wash., April It; — Judge
Canfleld announced today the pro
gram for the opening days of the
May term of court. Three cases are
set for the first day, May 2. The case
of Anton Fehrenbacker vs. The
Oakesdale Copper company, will
como up for trial on that day.
May 2 Is also set for the trial of
the case of George I). Williams of
Pullman vs. the Northern Pacific
railroad. Williams asks $2000 dam
ages for the death of his daughter,
Merle, on the Northern Pacific tracks
In Pullman. October 29, 1906.
The trial of the Whitman county
road cases la also wet for tho second
of May.
The ('''lllllll bank at Toppenish has
Incorporated at Toppenlsh.
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PULLMAN, WASH.
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Grain and Milling News.
The Weston (Ore., flour mill has
been leased by 13d. Miller and James
Regal, recently from Walla Walla,
who will conduct it under the name
Miller & Regal. Some alterations and
improvements are being made In the
plant.
Arrangements are being made for
sidetrack facilities preparatory to
the townslte of Napoleon, in Pacific
county, Is arranging to install a port
able sawmill at once, to get out ma
terial for wharves and the saw mill
buildings.
Machinery has arrived and Is be
ing installed In the big plant of the
Pacific Fruit Package company at
Raymond. The works are ready to
start up with a complement of 75
operatives, and it expects shortly to
Increase Its force to 150.
The Union Lumber company,
whose plant was burned some time
ago at. Lacey, Is erecting a largo mill
there, and has applied to the state
railroad commission for permission
to cross certain highways located
near the Thurston and Pierce county
line.
Owing to the fact that an offer of
$2000 In excess of the bid of $13,675
for the Montesano Planing Mill com
pany had been received by the court,
the confirmation of the recent sale
of the assets was postponed in the su
perior court, the confirmation of the
recent sale of the assets was post
poned In the superior court at Mon
tesano last week.
A committee of five Washington
shingle manufacturers, composed of
Robert Wilson, D, A. Ford, president
of the Washington Shingle Grading
association, Ralph Metcalf, F. T.
Trail and C. E. Patten, are working
out a plan for the organization of a
central selling agency or clearing
house for marketing of Washington
red cedar shingles. It is believed
that. 90 per cent of the manufacturers
will identify themselves with the
movement, and that more stable and
satisfactory conditions will thus be
created for the handling of this pro
duct.
Financial Notes.
The Wlllamina State bank has in
corporated at Wlllamina, Ore.
The Merchants bank of George
town has been Incorporated with a
capital stock of $30,000.
The First National bank of White
fish, Montana, has let the contract
for the contsructlon of Its $25,000
building.
H. M. Gilbert has purchased the
Erickson property at Toppenish,
upon which he will erect a six-story
bank and office building.
The Bank of Juliaetla, Idaho, is
having plans drawn for a handsome
new building, to be finished In press
ed brick and cut stone.
State Senator 11. M. Boone, former
president of the State Hank of Pa
louse, and his son-in-law, A. 11. Pat
ten, have* been placed under arrest
on charge's of larceny by embezzle
ment, growing out of the failure of
that Instlution. They were released
under bonds of $6,000 each.
C. B. Harris, president of the Kal
ispell (Mont). National bank, who
recently organized the First National
bank of Poison, Mont., Is starting
two more banks In Flathead county.
Tho First National bank of Dayton.
is Incorporated for $26,000. The
other enterprise)— the First National
bank of Somers —succeeds the pri
vate bank established there; three
years ago by Guthrie & O'Brien.
The Homo Securities bank, a small
Bellingham Instlutlon, has been clos
ed by State- Hank Examiner Mohan
dro. The liabilities are stated at
$293,000, with deposits of $190,000.
Large investments in Eastern Wash
ington lands and irrigating enter
prises which are given as the cause
of em harassment. XV. D. Outman, of .
Portland, Is president having suc
ceeded II J. W'elty, January 1.
Showing a grand total of $4,825,
--620 of capital Invested, 13,237 per
sons employed, $4,034,705 of earn
ings and an output valued at not less
than $1,'!,5:14,010.10, a remarkable
annual statement of the condition of
the fishing Industry of the state of
Washington for the year eluding
March 3 1 has Just been compiled by
■
Commissioner and ex-officio Came
Warden John L. Rlsoland of Belling
ham and submitted to Governor M.
K. Hay In accordance with the law.
Tho value of the output breaks all
previous records.