Myrtle Point Corn Show Prizes Announced in 1916 Exhibit List
Prize list for Myrtle Point District announces awards at the McCloskey Building Myrtle Point November 1916 for corn silage ears and various exhibits A through J. Winners receive prizes from local firms including Huling Lundy & Sons Myrtle Point Commercial Club and Coos County Court with items such as silage yields, sacks, coats, groceries and a round trip to Oregon Agricultural College Farmer's Week. The Coquille River district excludes Fairview.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCloskey
Myrtle Point
Coquille River
Fairview
Coquille Valley
Coos County Corn Exhibits Honor Local Entries
Exhibit K lists K-10 ears of corn prizes by Flanagan and Bennett Bank. Exhibit L awards first prize for Best Ear of Corn in Coos County to J. L. Smith. Exhibit M covers Best 100 Ears of Corn for boys under 18, Myrtle Point District, with top prize a round trip to O A C Farmers Week and second prize a boy’s suit from Spencer and Shelley. The effort emphasizes that the boy does most of the growing and selection work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Hub Clothing & Shoe Co
S. Breuer
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Farmers’ Store
Rexall
Geo. Rackleff
Myrtle Point
O. A. C. Farmer’s Week
Coos County
Flanagan & Bennett Bank
J. L. Smith
Coos
Myrtle Point corn show invites single-owner, one-acre entries
Exhibit N Best Yield of Ear Corn on One Acre certified by two witnesses invites all men and boys to grow their own corn. First prize is 25 dollars from Bank of Myrtle Point. Entries due November 7 at McCloskey Building. Fill entry blanks at Pacific Drug Store. County Agent J L Smith urges display of 1916 crop samples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coos County
Wisconsin
E. E. Johnson
Coquille
Ore
N. P. Peterson
L. Strong Hardware Co
Pacific Drug Company
Bank of Myrtle Point
Myrtle Point
McCloskey
Pacific Drug Store
J. L. Smith
Community extension notes highlight college help for Myrtle Point
Farmers and residents of the Myrtle Point Section may gain useful guidance for college extension work helpful to the community from clipped notes in the O. A. C. Press Bulletin.
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Myrtle Point
O. A. C. Press Bulletin
Oregon Men to Head U S and State Co op
W J Kerr of Oregon Agricultural College and Dean J A Bexell of O A C are named leaders of a new agricultural education movement run jointly by the U S Department of Agriculture and state agricultural colleges. Kerr heads the division. Bexell will design courses on business practice and accounting for cooperative associations and train instructors nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Kerr
J. A. Bexell
Oregon
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Mr. Kerr
Oregon Agricultural College
Federal Bureau of Markets
Dean Bexell
O. A. C. School of Commerce
Federal support to aid cooperative business reforms in Oregon
The Bureau of Markets will hire part time staff with cooperation from Oregon Agricultural College. The Federal department will duplicate all funds allocated by states to strengthen accounting and business practices in cooperative associations, seen as their main weakness.
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Bureau of Markets
Oregon Agricultural College
Federal Department
Butter Market Favors O A C E Product
Ready markets for the entire output of the Oregon Cooperative Dairy Exchange butter are found weekly with prices topping the highest quotations. Improvement in butter quality results from educational work for members, and demand remains ahead of supply.
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Oregon Cooperative Dairy Exchange
Teehopes
At- Saito
Ree Creamerymien
Oregon butter exchange backed by major farm groups
The butter exchange aims to bring distant markets within reach of Oregon dairymen and secure higher prices. Backed by the Grange, Farmers' Union, state dairy associations, Agricultural College, and the State Dairy and Food Commissioner, with E. G. Frevert as manager and the College Extension Service in advisory roles.
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Oregon
Grange, Farmers’ Union
All State Dairy Associations
The
Agricultural College
State Dairy and Food Commissioner
College Extension Service
E. G. Frevert
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Farmers and Homemakers Week and Rural Life Conference
Farmers and Homemakers Week at the State Agricultural College January 1 to 6 gathers Oregon rural residents to test farm science, view machinery and livestock, sample demonstrations, and attend lectures. Registration is free with affordable expenses and reduced rail fares. programs include conferences, exhibits, and faculty advisory.
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Oregon
State Agricultural College
Schools Go to Farmer
Farmers in Lake and Klamath counties may attend college in their neighborhoods. The C A C Extension Service conducts movable schools October 24 27 in Lakeview Paisley and New Pine and October 30 November 2 at Plevna Mt Laki Merrill and Bonanza. Specialist extension staff cover farm crops dairying stockraising and home making.
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Lake and
Klamath Counties
C. A. C. Extension Service
Lakeview
Paisley
New Pine
Ember 2
Plevna
Mt. Laki
Merrill
Bonanza
Oregon Hens Dominate September Egg Contests At Missouri And Storrs
Oregon Agricultural College hens named Oregons led September best layers at Storrs Connecticut and Missouri with 21.3 and 21.2 eggs per pen. They rank high for the year, second at Missouri and third at Storrs by Oct 1. Contests end Nov 1. The breed by Professor James Dryden shows uniform laying. The Missouri pen holds 217 eggs by Sept 1, more than Storrs. A silver cup and first prize ribbon honored Missouri and Storrs performances.
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Oregon Agricultural College
Storrs
Conn
Missouri
Oregon
James Dryden
Storr’s
Gains with Lambs Large Profit Reported at Union
The Eastern Oregon Branch Station at Union reports feeding experiments showing each dollar of feed yielding two dollars in return and over 500 dollars profit per car of lambs. The study notes exceptional conditions and cautions similar results are unlikely next year due to market timing and reduced competition.
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Oregon
Union
Pleasant Evening Reveries in The Home Circle
A column comforting weary mothers as they gather in the home circle at evening tide. The writing offers gentle reflections on domestic life and the rhythms of family and home.
Palmer's Million for a School of Motherhood in Detroit
The will of Mrs. Lizzie Morill Palmer leaves about one million dollars to fund a School of Motherhood. Plans call for training girls from age ten onward in mental, moral, physical, and religious preparation for wifehood and motherhood and home management. Poor girls would attend free, rich girls would pay. The initiative aims to improve community welfare through motherhood ethics and home spirit.
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Lizzie Morill Palmer
Detroit
Prose about virtue and kindness in youth guidance
A lengthy moral meditation urges boys to value courteous speech, avoid profanity, and nurture gentleness at home. It extols kind words, cheerful eating, clean living, and loving attitudes, contrasting rugged virtue with worldly distractions and stressing inner grace over outward status.
Teachers and community values guide hopeful youth
A reflection on parenting and engaging with children to build trust and moral formation. Teachers are praised for upstanding conduct shaping youth, while frugal shoppers and local commerce are discussed. The piece champions truth, justice, and the paper's mission to uplift and edify readers.
Balthograms by D R Daniels
Diet guidance cites fall air needs and digestion tips. It warns fats aid cold weather meals and warns against overeating. It claims heavy undergarments and meat-heavy meals burden students and notes coffee does not restore strength. It explains anemia ties to digestion issues from fermenting waste.
Typhoid Prevention Through Light Fall Diet
Fall typhoid risk linked to overindulgence after summer. advising a light diet for one to two weeks to restore stomach and intestinal health before the season.
Sugar as a Heat Source and Daily Fruit Snack Guidance
The article argues sugar helps generate heat in cold weather and advises choosing dried fruits like raisins dates figs and prunes over desserts. It recommends moderate granulated sugar in other foods daily and suggests avoiding cakes pastries preserves and confections.
Diarrhea management: let it run its course
The body uses diarrhea to clear poisons from the intestine. Allow it to continue until the purpose is fulfilled and avoid food until the diarrhea ends to prevent worsening poisoning.
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Cool County
Huling, _ Lundy, & Sons
Myrtle Point Commercial Club
J. M. Arrington
N. D. Pratt
Henry G. Ploeger
City Meat Market
Marcie Point
Lewellen &Eekly
N. W
Sugar Loaf Creamery
U.S
Oregon Hens
Pendleton Normals School
Portland Oregonian
Monmouth
Oregon Normal School
Schidol
James Withycombe
Pendieton
J. A. Churchill
Pendleton
P. L. Campbell
University of Oregon
J. H. Ackerman
Sat
Wes
Charlies H. Castner
Oregon Federation of Women’s Clubs
Robert C. French
Weston
Cee B. F. Mulkey
Southern Oregon Normal School
State Board of Regents of Oregon Normal School
Portland Chamber of Commerce
Eastern
Oregon State Normal School Committee
J. H. Gwinn
Secy
Pundleton
D . R. Daniels
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