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Tv7 JUVRVTNG OREGOXIAN, MONDAY, MARCH 23, 1903. PHASES OF INDUSTRIAL GROWTH IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST NEW DAIRY GOWS NOW IN OREGON Twelve Shorthorns, Heavy Milkers, Come From a Noted Herd. "DUAL PURPOSE" ANIMALS Return of Old-Fashioned Cow, the Original English Milk Breed, Marks a Xew Venture in This State. BY C. MARIS. OK THB RTR AT, SPIRIT. A herd of milk Shorthorn arrived in Portland last week frotai Woodland, Cal., where they were bred by the late Roljert Ashburner, a breeder who de voted hla lifetime to the development of this type of cow. The imported animals are 12 In number, nine of them matured cows, yielding from 40 to 60 pounds of milk a day when in trim. Ashburner brought his foundation herd from England and bred In California a type of animal considered, from the "dual purpose" view point, equal to If not superior to any other in the country. The animals just received in Oreron will be placed on the Scott farm at Mount Scott, near Lents. We who spent our boyhood days on farms in the Mississippi Valley 25 to 40 years ago well remember how, on each of these farms, was left from ten to 26 heart of cows mostly high-grade Short horns of the good old-fashioned type, weighing from 1100 to 1600 pounds, and carrying capacious udders. None were kept that were not capable of raising a ))lg lusty calf, and besides, furnish a good) quota of milk, cream and butter for the family and some for the local market in exchange for groceries and other necessaries. The most promising heifers from the best milkers were kept to take the place of the old cows, as they were turned off for beef. The steers were kept till they were 3 or 4 years old. when they were marketed at a weight of from lf.00 to 2000 pounds each, the heaviest and best ones going as exporters at an ad vanced figure. Dairy Cow Takes Her Place. With the advance in the price of land and dairy products the business of raising steers was practically all transferred to the range country and tho dual-purpose cow was superseded on the farm by the special-purpose dairy cow. Her calves were knocked in the riead at birth or sent to the butcher as soon as they were old enough to veal. The steers grown on the range were shippd to the farm to be fed from six to 12 months, sent to mar ket and replaced by another bunch of rangers. Such is the condition today, as we lind it not only in the country east of the Rockies but in the Northwest as well. But history repeats itself. The big range is raDldry passing, while the num ber of people who must be supplied with beef is rapidly increasing. As the range supply diminishes the production on the farm must Increase and with this call on the farm for increase production of beef steers comes a growing call for the dual-purpose cow. We are well aware that many advo cates of the special-purpose dairy cow have relegated the dual-purpose cow to the realms of mythology, theoretically, and we have no particular quarrel to pick with them from their point of view. For the man who wants to make dairying a specialty, we also would say, get a special-purpose dairy cow; but there are a great many farmers who do not. for various reasons, care to specialize on dairying. We have also a largely and rapidly growing population to feed, who de mand some beef to eat as well as but ter and cheese. Our range supply of beef Is decreasing in proportion with the increase of this population and therefore the production on the farm must increase In the same ratio. The time Is close at hand when the bulk of our beef must not only be fattened but grown on the farm ajid then, as in the earlier days referred to, will the farmer who wishes to diversify and make dairying a side Issue, find the dual purpose cow profitable. - Milk is a prime necessity In the rear ing of a calf, and the cow that will give enough milk In a year to raise two or 'three calves, or to raise one and eend a few potmds to the cream ery every day besides, will pay a good profit above her keep. Shorthorns the Favorite. In England, the original home of the Shorthorn, she is stilt the predomi nating dairy cow among the tenant farmers and has always been able to hold her own with the special purpose cows In the public dairy tests. In America the great tendency has been for a good many years to breed for beef alone, without any regard for milk, with the result that the dairy qualities of most Shorthorns have been seriously weakened, only a few breed ers paying any special attention to that point. The late Robert Ashburner, of Woodland. California, was one ol the latter class. He was the oldest breeder and a real pioneer In the busi ness on the Pacific Coast, and it is a question If as good a herd of dual purpose Shorthorns can be found in America as he bred In the half cen tury he spent in the business in Call-' fornia. He was born and raised in England right where the Collins, the Booths. Thomas Fates and others made the early history of the breed. He was familiar with the Shorthorn from hls-earllest recollection and it was his first love. He was an especial admirer of the cattle bred by Thomas Bates, who developed the milking propensity of the breed to a greater degree than did his contemporaries, the Booths. In 1S61 Mr. Ashburner moved to this country, bringing with him a founda tion herd of heavy milking Shorthorns of the Bates strain, landing In Cali fornia on the 11th day of February. Among the Importation was one cow of Sir Charles Knlghtly's "Fill-Pair' sort, among whose descendants Mr. Ashburner said were many very heavy milkers. In 1ST5. in order to secure some fresh blood, he bought the entire herd of Mr. Egbert Judson In England, nine nead of which he brought with him. which is the last Importation marie by any one directly from England to California. He was a great student of pedigrees and few nen were so well posted In breeding. He was a strong advocate of good blood lines in the sire and has paid as high as $2500 for a bull. Bred Many Winners. His cows were not only winners in the dairy test at the State Fair on many occasions but won many prizes in the ring In competition with the best herds of the state, although he always showed his cattle in just pasture condition. In 1906. In a large cla?s of cows, he won second and third, and one of his show cows won the dairy test also. It appears that much valuable data regarding the pail performance of this herd has passed with the death of Mr. Ashburner. He gave his work very close personal super vision and, having a wonderful memory, could give the detailed facts regarding most of his cows as to milk records, but It seems that he has not left this infor mation tn available form for others to use, which is an unfortunate circum stance. When visiting the herd the writer has heard him give the records of many members of his herd which run from 35 to 66 pounds of milk per day. His calves were raised on the bucket and the cows all milked so they acquired the habit of persistency as well as of heavy produc tion, many of them refusing to dry off between calves. The death of Mr. Ashburner a few months ago, after almost a half century devoted to his chosen work in California, made necessary the dispersion of the splendid results of his efforts. At this closing-out sale. Dairy and Food Com missioner J. W. Bailey bought 12 head of the cream of this herd for Leslie W. Scott, of this city, to piace upon the farm, he is improving and stocking with blooded stock at Mount Scott, near Lents, near the city limits. Nine of the lot, ma tured cows, are all milking or soon due to freshen. Among this number is one white cow which was Mr. Ashburners favorite of all the herd and upon which' he had always refused to put a price. Will Be Seen at Fairs. It Is the intention of their new owner to keep these cattle for breeding purposes and to show them at the leading fairs and compete in the dairy contests along with the special dairy cows. Records will be kept and their merits given a publicity that will do much toward popularizing the dual purpose cow. We gladly welcome Mr. Scott to the ranks of Oregon breed ers and wish him the greatest of success. In the absence of any data regarding the performance of the Ashburner Short horn, a few facts regarding a similar herd in the State of New York are pertinent. In the year 1304 every cow in this herd over 4 years old, averaged S574.5 pounds of milk. One cow. Kitty Clay V, at 13 yeans of age, gave 8273 pounds. With her next calf, which was her last, she milked 42 months and 19 days, giving 20,828 pounds and was 16 years old . when she went dry. Lady Clare III gave 9315 pounds in 10 months and 28 days, was then dry 28 days, milked 22 months and 17 days, giving 14.696 pounds, was dry 25 days and calved again. She was then sold from the herd. These figures show capacity and persistence as well as longevity, ail characteristics of the well-bred milking Shorthorn. INVENTS XEW FARM ENGINE Xewberg Man Harnesses Gasoline to Plow and Reap. NEWBURG, Or., March 22. (Special.) George Stevens has Just fumed out of the shop at the Newburg Iron Works a traction engine of his own invention and manufacture, which he thinks will prove to be practical for farm work here in the Valley. Mr. Stevens Is a practical engineer and has had experience in handling the big traction engines on the large ranches east of the mountains for combination harvesters, where the cost of operating the engine is such a factor that the small farmers here In the Valley could not con sider investing In such a proposition. In the engine he has invented he has over come this difficulty by building a. smaller machine, which is propelled by a gasoline motor, and which, he figures, will not require more than ten gallons of gasoline in one day. It has two large wheels be hind but only one in front. The weight is about 2500 pounds and its capacity is 16-horsepower. Mr. Stevens has tried his machine on the roads and finds It works perfectly and is easily handled. It was taken to the country today to be given a trial on a farm, with plows attached, and its work will be watched with a great deal of interest. Pave Ashland Streets. , ASHLAND. Or.. March 22. (Special.) The City Council has approved the pe titions of property-owners for bltulithic pavement upon Main and Fourth streets, which will provide a hard pavement from the Southern Pacific depot to and through the principal business section of the city, a distance of almost half a mile. The engineer is now engaged in amending previous plans and specifications which provided for macadam Improvement for the same section, and as soon as these are ready the work will be advertised. Representatives of Portland paving con tractors have been on the ground recently and have given assurances of under taking the work at a reasonable price. The city has recently invested $6000 in a steam roller and a rock-crushing plant, all equipped for operation. r vua - -a ' frfAa s "i 4 4s i"SZ.i jfSSrrEi 'It"'" :,; I" "r r Jz - it I s' , " ns:r- "-jrt y?f . - - i t A A 4" "A-4V V -A " " 1 1 L'i - rv H ill tj wSt ill $ t i" til upl- Jr , r' 5?l ' !ifit S l P v sr .. n. ::. vx a. :v: . .t " I 'OFFICERS OF ASTORIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE A'D EXHIBIT OF ANSWERS RECEIVED IW Pl'BI,ICIT' CAMPAIGJf. CHEESE OUTPUT IS LARGE VALUE OF TILLAMOOK PRODUCT IS $450,000. Report of Secretary of Large Fac tories Recommends More Care ful Manufacture. TILLAMOOK. Or.. March 22. (Special.) Carl Haberlach, who handles about half the .dairy products of Tillamook County, being the secretary for a number of the large factories gives the amount of busi ness last year, placing $450,000 as the amount of the cheese product in this county for 1907. His report follows: For the past ypar the figures are as fol lows: Amount of milk received.' 14,272.000 pound?; amount of cheese produced, 1,538.302 pounds; amount of butter fat. 558.241 pounds; amount received for cheese. $216. 657.72; average test, .03011 -per Jcent; aver age price received, 14.0S plus, or 14 1-12 cents per pound of wharf; average milk per pound cheese. 9.27 pounds; average yield per lOO pounds milk, 10.776 pounds cheese. Estimating making at 1 i cents per pound, cheese would make $20,920. 2S tsorae fac tories charged 2 cents, but 1 cents Is used as a basis. which would Jeuve $189,737.44 to be paid farmers. Average price on said estimate for year for butter fat. 34 cents per pound : average price on said estimate for year for 100 pounds nik$1.33. This Is about half of the output of the county for the year, so that the make of cheese for the county would be about 3.250, 0O pounds, of a value of approximately $45.OO0. While the outlook for the coming season Is not as good as last year, yet if we tan act in concert with other cheese sellers in this country, the market will probably be fair the coming season. Tillamook cheese has attained a good rep utation in the West, but there is too much poor cheese being sent out yet for the best Interests of the county. The smaller factor ies are not able to pay the wages which a good rheesemaker commands. while too often the larger factories think money paid out is money thrown away. What we need Is rigid inspection of cheese factories and dairies and a first-class cheese inspector. ARRANGE FOR STOCK SHOW Many Entries Expected . in Annual Event at CorvalHs. OORVALLIS, ' Or., March 22. (Spe cial.) The annual livestock show at Cor vallis will be held on Marys River Flat Instead of in the city streets, as last year. May 15 and 16. Grounds have been secured, and the committee of arrrange ments is arranging the preliminaries. Everything is to be thought out before - : - a-a DAYTON, VR.. EVArORATlVG AND PACKING iswriijiu in iii 1.WIUU..HJJIIJIU mi ii ii .ijKmmm ..u..imiur- iii.iiu.u n. ? l : - hand, so that when the event rolls around everything will move off in perfect order. There will be tent stables for all the stock on the grounds. There will be free hay and bedding for them. All the own ers will have to furnish is grain. A huge show tent. with grandstand, will give those who are onlookers a chance to see everything in comfort. Letters have 'been sent out to prominenW stockmen all over the county, asking f ItVJ " SHOltTHORN COW'S, HEAVY MILKERS. WEKK FROM NOTED CALIFORNIA SCOTT. them to make 'exhibits, and responses from them are very encouraging. It is freely predicted that the exhibits will double or treble those of last year, which it will be remembered were excellent and numerous. Stockmen from other parts of the state are making inquiries, and so are buyers. The show is the last on the list, others occurring as early as the 29ih of this month, while others In con siderable number transpire in April. PLANT, AMONG THE LARGEST ON THE fO.i Pamplets giving a list of the prizes and terms of entry are in the hands of the printer, and will be ready for distri bution within a few days. They will be mailed to all on the secretary's list,- and to any others who may make application. Weston Mill Starts Up. WESTON. Or., March 22. (Special.) The Blue Mountain sawmill, 12 miles east 14 .M f BROltiUT TO PORTLAND LAST HERD AND PLACED AT MOUNT of Weston, will begin sawing April 30, with a force of 30 men. A new machine for making fruit, boxes and shingles has been ordered, and other new equipment will be installed this season. Manager Avery has engaged Thomas Yarhorough, late of Spokane, as millwright and super intendent, and Clyde Skaggs as engineer. Free candy with children's shoes at Rosenthal's. Seventh and Washington. - A A ! t - ST BIG RANCH INCORPORATED COMPANY TAKES OVER RICH KLAMATH LAND. Tract in Heart of Irrigation District. Will Build Town at Henley. KLAMATH FALLS. Or., March 22. (Special.) Articles of incorporation have been filed with the Secretary of State and also with' the County Clerk of Klamath County by the Cantrall-Hcnley Land Company, with J. D. Carroll, Frank Ira White and Perl E. Carroll as incorpo rators. The purposes of the company as des ignated by the articles are: To buy, sell and manufacture lumber; to hold and own real property and improve same for the purpose of leasing; and other pur poses; the buying and selling of do mestic animals and importing and export ing same; to deal in ffrain, maintaining and operating a flour mill; to establish a plant for canning and , preserving of fruit, etc. The capital stock is placed at J500.000, with 3000 shares at I10Q; 3000 of this in preferred and 2000 common stock. . The property of the company consists of the Cantrall, Henley and Blooming camp ranches consisting of 2000 acres all adjoining and under cultivation. It also includes the townsite of Henley. This property lies in the heart of the Klamath Basin, and is conceded to be" one of the finest tracts of land under the Klamath Irrigation Project. Of this land 320 acres has a perpetual water right irom the Government. It is the intention of the company to engage extensively in raising hogs and other live stock. Each share of stock will represent one acre of land, upon which the company claims it can fatten ten hogs with a net profit of So each. The. company also plans to establish a general store at Henley, and a grist mill, fruit cannery and other businesses. The officers of the new company are: President, J, D: Carroll; vice-president, Frank Ira White; secretary, E. B. Hall, and treasurer, W. A. Dalzell. There are five directors, which include the four officers and Perl B. Carroll. Offices have been secured on the second floor of the Baldwin building in Klamath Falls. PLAN" COXDEXSER AT BROOKS Plant Wants Milk From 1000 Cows Guaranteed by Farmers. SALEM, Or.. March 22. (Special.) Negotiations are in progress for the establishment of a milk condensing plant at Brooks, seven miles north of this city. It is understood that. Portland men are back of the enterprise and that they are ready to install the plant as soon as they are assured that the condenser will get the milk from 1000 cows. M. L. Jones, a prominent dairyman at Lake Iabish, has indicated a willingness to supply milk from 3(X cows. As it is estimated that milk sold to a condenser will yield the farmer a return of $100 per cow per year, the establishment of a condenser large enough to handle the product from 1000 cows would mean a large income to the community. As Brooks is but seven miles from Salem the location of a plant there would give the Salem dairymen an additional market for their product with all the advantages that increased compe tition could give. Brooks is in the cen ter of a rich hop-growing region and since hopgrowers find their occupation unprofitable, the establishment of a milk condenser would very likely encourage the plowing up of much of the hop acre age in that vicinity and the sowing of clover, vetches and other dairy crops instead. COWS ARE GOOD MILKERS Blooded Stock at O. A. C. Farm Show Big Yields. CORVALLI6. Or., March 22. (Special.) An Ayrshire cow on the college farm, in the milk period of a little more than ten months Just closed, has yielded 11.675 pounds of milk. The amount of butter fate was 466.69 pounds, equivalent of 544.47 pounds of butter. At 30 cents per pound the gross product was $163.34. It cost to feed her during the period, $40, leaving a net profit of $123.34. Her diet was al falfa, with a very light ration of .bran and rolled oats during the Summer, and 15 pounds of" vetch and oats hay, 30 pounds of kale and .eight pounds of bran and rolled barley during Winter. The ani mal is 6 years old. and came from the farm of Mrs. Honeyman. of Portland. A 6-year-old Holstein from the Frakes herd at Scappoose yielded over 13.000 pounds of milk during a similar period, which closed In December, making a butter product of over 530 pounds. She has freshened, and is now giving 70 pounds of milk per day. ID MIL RESUMES WORK Idle Lumber Plant Will Start Up Again After Shutdown of Long Duration. CUTS 60,000 FEET A DAY Construction Work on Big Saw mill at Cascade Locks Taken I'p Afcain Xew Plant Will Have Seven Boilers. CASCADE LOCKS. Or.. March '.3. (Special.) The Wind River Lumber Coirf pany's mill at Menominee, 16 miles east of here on the Columbia River, will start up with a full crew on Monday. The plant has 'been idle since last October. It was bought by the present owners from the Cameron Brothers last Summer, shortly alter the mill at Cascade Locks was de stroyed by fire on July 11. The logging operations for this concern are conducted in the White Salmon Val ley, and the recent heavy rains have set afloat an unusually large number of logs, sufficient to keep tne mill supplied for many months to come at Its full sawing capacity of 60.000 feet per day. The com pany also has about 2.000.000 feet of logs in the boom at the mouth of Wind River, which will furnish an additional source of supply for the mill at Menominee. Tho company also expects to start up several of its logging camps in the White Sal mon country and this will furnish emplo. m'ent for a considerable number of men. Construction work on the new mill plant at Cascade Locks, which was suspended at the outset of the recent panic, has been resumed and a force of men is en gaged tn putting the finishing touches on the boiler house, a solid concrete struc ture with steel roof. Seven boilers with steel settings and Dutch ovens, produc ing 1000-horse power will be installed. The plans" provide for a modern fire proof plant to cost $123,0000. The planer and dry kiln, steel and concrete structures, will be located at a consid erable distance from the mill, so as to minimize the fire risk. The planer will be operated by electric power. The lumber from the mill will cross the railroad tracks' by an overhead rjdse. and be delivered to the planer by a sys tem of transfer chains and rolls. 1 ne owners state that construction work on the new plant will proceed steadily, but slowly for the present, as they have no desire to rush work in the present un satisfactory condition of the lumber market, when prices for lumber are low and the demand meager and in face of the Increased freight rate which the rail roads are endeavoring to establish on shipments of lumber to the East, FRtIT MEX ARE PROSPEROUS Yakima. Valley Orchards Promise a Biff Yield. NORTH YAKIMA, Wash., March 22. (Special.) A review of the financial sit uation in the Yakima Valley shows that the majority of the orchardists and farm ers have . ample funds on deposit to finance their operations this year. Active work has commenced earlier than usual, but the demand for loans on this ac- count is practically nil. while the bank ers declare that the call for money to move the crops will be less than ever be fore in the history of the Valley. The big profits realized last year by the producers of the Yakima country have been partly invested in valuable improve ments, in extension of orchards and, quite largely, in tho erection of handsome and comfortable homes. But there remains the handsome balance to the credit of Jr.s producers of over $3,0U0.0W0 in the banks of North Yakima alone, while over $1.0u0, 000 at least is on deposit in the institu tions of the smaller towns of the valley. Orchardists are lodking forward to an' other profitable season. Cold nights have succeeded the warm spell recently ex perienced and will serve to prevent the undue development of the fruit trees at this 'time and postpone the blossoming till the proper season. The orchards are in fine shape everywhere and this will be one of the "big"' seasons. PROPERTY VALUES ADVANCING Outlook Bright for Salem During Coming Year. SALEM. Or., March 23. (Special.) Real estate values have been advancing very rapidly in this vicinity in the past year, and the completion of the Oregon Electric road Is expected to make the real estate market very active this Summer. The Salem Board of Trade has conducted an extensive advertising campaign through out the East and Middle West, with the result that thousands of people tn that section of the country are inquiring for farm lands and business opportunities here. In localijies where improved lands sold for $50 an acre a year ago, sales aje now being made of stump land at (lie same figure. Advancing values are also experienced in the city, where a number of centrally . located business lots have changed hands and where a number of large business blocks are to be erected this Summer. The paving of 20 blocks of the city streets, the erection of new buildings and the construction of new electric lines will fur nish employment for hundreds-of men, and make this a very prosperous commu nity during the next year. Weather Good for Farming. SALEM. Or., March 22. (Special.) Not for many years have the farmers of this part of the Willamette Valley had as favorable a season as this for Fall and Winter work. With scarcely an exception all the farmers got their plowing and seeding done in season and the work of pruning and spraying orchards was fa vored by fair weather during the Winter. The outlook now is for excellent crops of all kinds. The Winter was a mild one and livestock came through in fine con dition, notwithstanding the scarcity and consequent high price of hay and mill feed. Several hundred acres of new orch ards, principally cherries and apples, were set-out this Winter and consider able land was cleared with a view to planting It to fruit trees after the ground has been put in condition by a year or two of cultivation. Farmers have not T' been able to get all the help they needed and even now. when there is complaint of nothing to do in the cities, there Is an unfilled demand for labor in the country. A