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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (March 6, 1915)
IIOME AND FABM MAGAZINE SECTION retting Good Prices for Stock CHEAT deal has been said, much lias been written, and not n little lias beon dono to teach fanner to Increase his yield per and the mzo or nis liorus. "More and wheat per ncro," Is the "Save the calves" Is tho Thrco courses are open to hlrn: (1) Sell to a ropresontutlvc of tho big pnekor. (2) Soli to a speculator. (3) Ship them hlinsolt to tho open markot. Today most of tho hogs nro either chworil. in almost ovcry county sold the buyors for tho packers out (the Union today thoroiiKhly In led men nro tolling tho fjcoplo they aro not prociucinrj cnougii, tho land will produce more, and to cot It. Thcso same men, -and nro Kood mon and slucoro, nrc ling tho pcoplo that our flocks and rda nro being uopiotcu ana mat famiH nnd ranencs must bo rc- Ickcd or In tho not distant futuro i shall want for meat and much and soil will loBo us fertility. flic stcndlly falling avcrngo ylold ncio of corn and wheat on tho (or farms Justified this warning to poople, It accomplished soinc- ig, too. Wo now grow moro wheat corn nor ncro and tho last Gov- iiment roport says tho numbor of Itlo has Increased. As tho work bgrcsscs wo slinll contlnuo to grow gcr and ucticr cropB nun to in aso nnd Improvo out- llvnatock. then whnt7 aupposo wo uo pro- moro grain and feed It to that gcr and bottor bunch of hogs? nro wo going to maintain that rcasc unlcBM wo know equally well to market? Marketing. rho battle Is only halt won when crnln Is produced nnd proporly to livestock. It's n long way to I satisfactory mnrkot, particularly tn livestock, tho marketing of Jn Is simpler. many sections rnrmors nnvo or- sized for tho co-oporntlvo ninrkut- of Bmnll grains. Many of tnoir canlzntlons nro National lit ncopo I contemplate tho storing nnd holrt- : of grnln for bottor prices. In do- tlilo tuoy nnvo inuuo n long step tho right direction and lmvo no- jpllshcd much. But a propor sys i of agriculture? demands that n hjo portion of tho products of tho bo fed to uvcsiocK to couBorvo fertility of tho soli nnd when cut sheep, or hogs arc finished they list bo cold. Thrco Courses, flien a farmer has rnlscd a crop fed It to a car of hogs, for ox- aplo, ho must sell. Ilcrutoforo, and lay, to a largo extent, uo nns In tho country or to unnmiintm-u wim snip ns a business. Dut each year bub iuru men snipping inclr own stock. When a packer pays experts big wages to travel over tho country un der" honvy oxponso to buy his' sup- piiub, hu uucs ii ior just ono reason bccntiso ho can buy cheaper that way than ho can on tho open market In competition with other buyers. On tho faco of It then, when a farmer chooses tho first courso and sells to tho packor'u ropresentntlvo, ho real izes leas than his stock la really worth. Speculator Uitnccesxuiy. Thoro wns a tlmo when the specu lator, tho man who lived by gather ing up stock and shipping to market, was a necessity. Stock was scattered, shipping facilities limited, nnd experi ence was necessary to tho successful handling of n load of stock. Today ho is unnecessary. Anv IndlvJdiml enn easily got tho necessary Informa tion from tho central mnrket and got It weekly, nnd when on tho baBls of that Information ho goes to market, his stock will soil Just as high as though ho wero tho biggest shipper of tho day. Salesmen sell tho stock and not tho man. Furthermore tho man with hut 10 or 20Jiogs Is Just as well off as the man with a full carload. Tho open, competitive market 1b also within lilu reach. Ho can go In with his neigh bors and mako up tho load mark tho hogs und go In with thorn, Oct llio Money Yourself, Thoy will bo sold, and weighed separately nnd each man got his money. Moro than Hint, ho gets till tho monoy. Tho man who finally bUH- them does so becnuso ho pnys moro than any othor buyor can pny, nnd nobody has had n profit for ship ping them In. And thnt Is tho Idea today to got nil tho roturns thut ac crue to tho growing of a crop and feeding It to n bunch of Block. Un der prcsont conditions thcro Is no necessity for a division of profits along tho lino. Sond your stock to a possible uso It might bo In military operations or marches, military ex perts, both German nnd Amcrlcnn, answered tho question recently. This step to tho Germans is known ns the ''parotic march." Tho Kngllsu nnd Americans dubbed it "gooso stop," because of Its similarity to tho strides of the barnyard fowl. The "pnrndo march" Is used onlv on occasions of rovlew, when tho troops desire to pay honor to Borne dignitary in a slnnd they nro passing. Tho stop In started Just beforo tho stanu is reached nnd when it is passed, so that It is continued only for 40 or GO yards. American troops turn their oyes toward the reviewing stand, this ac tion having superseded the old cub torn of "presenting arms." No othor army has a stop similar to tho "gooso step." How did it originate? Ah. that's n puzzle! Germans In Washington who nro familiar with the step say It has been In uso so long they do not know. Washington Post. rnnlrnl innrbnf mnfrn tlin nnnlpor lint WAW, ...... -w....... ...M...W, -.... V ..w I'MV.IV. ..,' d directness. It has cost too In competition. Sond It yourself and to got to tho killer. . got nil tho monoy. "Onc-Prico" Policy That Won Out" in West H13 woll-known slogan, "Buy ra clflo CoaBt Products" is pro ducing a llvo inquiry on tho of the pcoplo, gonorally. ns to history of somo of tho institu i worthy of tho consumers' sun- re. pPcoplo nro not going to buy Pacific si prouuci8 simply becauso thoy mado In tho Pacific Northwest, when a concern manufactures n sduct thnt not only compotos with equals that of Hastorn concerns. Is certainly worthy of Northwest ktronago, and when quality is com- noa witn soiling methods of tho it more is all tho moro reason why srthwest goods Ahould bo favored. Thcro Is perhaps nothing romnrk Mlo In tho fact that tho Croscont lanufncturlug Company, of Senttlo, mo year lsuo, was n fcoblo Infant tho tominorclal world; that for a w ycaru it struggled for its vory kiitonco nnd durlntr linn! times of 7 had its momonts of despair; or rbi wun uio Kionuiico rush camo a irn in tho tide and it took a firm rasp on llfo. Or Is It romarknblo tat it has boen growing gradually bi sieauuy ovor alnco, aud tho year (16 finds It sending out an increas es volumo of baking powder,- spices, tiracis, teas, coffee otc. In this Boro is nothing romarknblo at all. r It is idontical with tho history of lany host-known Western industries. uui in ono respect tho company Is aiquo, and thcro Is tho fact that its ago It conceived and nloneorod plan that to Its contomnornrlcs eemcd ridiculous. Tho Crescent ampany dovoloned a method of mor- aandlslng by which It proposod to et a squaro deal for everybody tho janufacturor, tho Jobbor, tho raor- ni ana tho consumor, and to In uro gottlng this squaro deal It pro used to Bell goods at certain prices, maintain thoso nrlces to all uuv- (f, largo nnd small, nnd in turn, "tea nu ueaiers to maintain prices i soiling, Othor manufacturers laughed", Job- Brs Joked nnd rntnllnrn thmicrht It Bight bo u good thing, but woro suro it could not bo done Tho public wtiBn't Interested. But that was In 1805. Todny tho "ono-prlco" systom Is better known. Tho public under stands tho wisdom of buyjng ccrtalil goods at a certain prico, nnd enjoys tho knowlcdgo that such goods can be purchased as cheaply In tho small town ntoro ns In tho big city empori um, i Tho public having recognized tho advantages of tho system, tho Jobbers respect it, nnd tho list of manufacturers who havo declared for tho ono-prlco systom as tho only fair ono In merchandising, Is growing apace That with tho maintaining of uni form prices tho business of tho firm has developed to its prcsont volume, Is unquestioned Indorsement of tho Crescent lden. But further thnn this, nnd In witness of tho gonernl growth and importanco of tho maintained prlco policy In tho commercial world, is tho fact thnt this priuclplo in mer chandising, concolvod and developed in tho Wost, has spread to tho Knot. It has grown to practically National .Importanco. In his annual report Socrotnry of Commerce Itedflold re forrod to tho "ono-prlco," pointing out thnt Justlco to thirconsumor moro thnn to tho manufacturer, depended upon knowlcdgo of tho truth nnd propor solution of tho questions In volved in tho systom of "prlco main tenance. President Wilson, some tlmo ago, appointed an Inquiry as to tho morlts of tho system. Bound by tholr common Interest In tho maintained prlco system of mer chandising, thoro Is nn association of business mon of nil denominations, numbering among its members many of tho greatest Industries of tho couti try, ns well as small merchants nnd retailors, all bollovers In the "one prlco" Bystoni, Tho Iiifnuti-)' "Gooso Step." Now that tho Gorman army is so much in tho spotlight considerable at tention is being attracted by tho fa mous "gooso stop" of tho infantry. In this tho right leg Is stlffonod at tho kneo, on tho forward movement, tho too oxtondod. Then tho les 19 dropped stiff to tho ground. Somo speculation having beon aroused ns to tho purpose of this seemingly fatiguing stop nnd .what How to Get a Better Price for Your Stock At present you sell lo a ship per. Von trot the best prlco lip Is. willing to pny, n prlco thnt allows him n lliicr.il chnnco of making n. handsome profit. Thnt niuv enmo to you It you will mnko the efrort. Why pay the shipper to do for you what you can do for your self? Thcro's no trick in ship ping your Mode direct to tho Portland Union Stock Yards: nil you need tn (In Ih to got In touch with n rollablo broker, willing to hnndto the several Interests of community shlppetn with tho same care Riven the shipment of tho regular middleman. iro- Wo firmly' believe that a If we can. bo of Uiicor Ih nntltlcd to tho bott nroflt possible. survlco Write tin for details. Stock Editor Oregon, Wellington, Idaho l'nrnirr, 10S Orruonlnn Hullilliig, I'orllnml. Byfmr"1 , IfVf "ij)T" t5yrBMHB II driXL i"n ln "" M Our Baby Chick Hatchery will start Jnnunry 1. Place your order P?Wii',9,r,,cJl,lclB rrom lh-bred WIIITI3 hbatiottx CBir-producors. Somo of our birds, havo u record of 280 eggs Cotaloguo nnd prices on application. rncMii;rAio Nuurj l.l.ir U,, MnwM.w,tM purwTttn wi, ,ik -.a. u kiH itm laihoJ, U(KiuK.i 0lwmU(,iWwJ,li.,n4,k, ? Hm SI.TS up L Mlni Intubslor Co., ToU da, Wxhlntten BB mC&r& ,i,US M Bv S) HiIaIXv .m.i.m.fi, IBM S, C, W. ORPING- lUIIO'i'rlits. CnrkM, Cnekrrrln for nle. S. C. W. l.rKliorn, II. V. ltork, N. C. Ilriln. EGOniGULTURE sr..vr I'ltui:. c.xhx t It A .V DA KAII.1I, llonfliiirg, Orrgon, ffii Aim cash nin'r.ni von yooh roui.Titv, nons, vuai. and IlUaS. NO C0.11MlbSIO. lllgheit Prices Always Try Us VATTHIISON CO Bl Tront btrret, I'ortlnnd, Or, rtefcroncoi Northwest National L'ink. gTt Every time you buy from advertisements in this paper you help to mako a hotter paper. BLACK I LEG LOSSES SURELY PREVENTED In rnH.f'1 nlntUa Pllll. 1m. rrlrnt. (mh. nlltblii prafrrrtj bi Written itockrom litctUM tniy r ml llmai III I III ' I'm tnr ln)-tr. but Cuttfri Irfrt, ii on tMt vihtri tlhir vteilnii Ii Wtln for booklet anil tMlmonlali, io.iu ali,. uiitkita rim ii.oo I9.iw k. nlltUli Pllll 4.0O TIi iuprbrllr ot Cutter projucli U itut to our jttn or ipruiuinc in vimhiii ma icrumi tiny. Imlit on Cottir'i. If unnhuinibl,. nnltr rilnvU Tilt CUTTlll tABOIlATOnr, Dirklliy. CillUmli. 540 Egg Size "Pioneer" Patented Incubator $15 YOU nE THE JUDGE IIIIW.V AM) Till: IIAI.A.xri: unr ulilr In ltin riiuil pniiiriiln of 3d tlnjN i-nrh. Wo pny freight. Hhip on approval, tlunranlco tho l'lo ncer to ho tho hlghost class hot water Incubator In America bur none. You to bo tho Judge 1115 KOltn you pny u cent. Wrlto to day for free J2-pngo catalog. All sltos. Trices lower than othors iibIc. Pioneer Hatchery Co. 112 East Eighth Street Los Angtlcs, Cat. IT r II "' II MOI.Il 111' JUBILEE HATCHERY D. M IIOLUROOK. 1'ron. 41S Je"sup Street, Portland, Or. paitlculars, THE JUBILEE FOR QUALITY I would not glvo ono cent for nn Incubator that brlngii off a ldO- per cent hatch without knowing It brought off 100 per cent strong, vitality - vigorous chicks. I'rofcssor W. U. Clraham. of the Ontario Agricultural College, report tiS par cent more mor tality In dry machines than moist Incubators. In tho Jlfliu.nn that warm, frosh. molut oxygen-laden air flowing through the egg cham ber brings chlcka that thrive mui grow lo maturity, wrlto for rAV rit r ,rom Ileds i,or 10 lu.oo nSJ-M. V-l-iL lr(n-y Itocks, per 100 18.00 C-3 f ( K" C in,,,. White LoBhorns, per 100 1J.00 nilvIVO I.H7M-H white Wyandottos, per 100 18.00 Pacific Poultry Co. 105 Senren bfreTi, .Sraltlr, WMnIiliigton. STI