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About Crook County journal. (Prineville, Or.) 189?-1921 | View Entire Issue (May 26, 1921)
TIirilNDA V, MAT M, ItWl CROOK fWSn JOCK.VAX Pag I '-." i i ' s 1 I ?i f &, Vr' 4- If i: , ' . How The Big Snow THK KMHIUTY OK ITItK imHI MVKHTOt'K II)' Frank I). Tommm It Iti remarkable horn roony there re, lucking contact with tlio pure bred livestock business, who rulso their voices when ii decline In Val ue In Indicated u a charge against the Industry. Htrango m it may I seem, there nre countless numbers but happily these numbers are be ing proportionately reduced who should lio producing purebred sires, who seem to take dollght whenever purebred animal ihowi a shrltik-( age. In value. I attribute thin mil tude chiefly to the Inertia which hus hold of such people and to ("he nat ural Inclination which they evident ly posses to desire to hold other people to their own level of activity and enterprise. Thon there come here and there publication setting forth a part of the -truth, using for Illustration the practlcea of lndlvlduala and apply ing them to the fraternity an a whole, assuming that they are rend ering a useful service. Fortunately, the main people do their own thinking. A farmer ships a load of livestock to the market. Ho gets a low price. Hla commission ; man addreenea blm pcrhnp In this wlae: "Jim, you think you got a low price for your cattle because thla load acrona the alley aold for a higher price. But. look here, Jim; look at the kind of cattle this mnn hue; look at their quality; aee how uniform they run In type. Do you ! know, Jim, that If you bought the 1 game kind of cattle here you would Th . - "T , t- . -u ri I I b iK Decorated Prineville. get the prfeei that thla man doea? The secrete of the wholothlng, Jim, la purebred aire and good care." So "Jim"' gel a lot of education In I hut Utile talk. He obxcrvn that It la dollara and cent to him and ho decide to make a chnnge In hla cIiiki of llvcatock. He geta a better bull and In looking around he hoc-omen Intereated in good fftmalea alno, He hna taken an, Important atep. (Iradually ho pay more at tention to the Individuality of hla (utile. PorhnpH he Invetta In some purebred female for practical pur liimea. The next time he goes to market he htui a different experien ce. He ha found through actual experience that there It an actual ad vantage In the line of the better atan darda repreaented by the purebred. "Jim" la one of many thousands of farmer and all of the published propoganda and all the adverse comment has no avail, H is a mat ter of profit or lose with "Jim"' and bis millions of contemporaries? The way to produce extra pounds and Improve the quality of those pounds la limited to the one chan nel of better standards of breeding animals. There Is no other way. No amount of feed, no amount of care will avail more than a little If the first requisite good breeding la not provided. The live stock growers of this country know now from olmervatlon and experience that the' purebred has a closer rela tion to farm profits than ever be fore. It has become practically In dlapenanhle. Values may rule high or low. There may be speculation or the lack of It, but the need of e MicSnel ARTHUR S. MICHEL . ... . .... v . ; OUR Store is announcing market declines daily. Before buying elsewhere get our prices. We have one price to all. One month ago we announced a drop in sugar even in the face of the arrival of the canning season. This drop has been realized. We keep in close touch with the markets at all times Headquarters for Fresh Fruits, purebred livestock on the million of farms In the United State I a definite as the need of fertility In the soil. There should be just a careful discrimination among purebreds as there Is among animals of common breeding. It la the standard indi viduality and responsiveness that I desired. Combine thla with pure breeding and we have the bst pos sible Investment for any man engag ed In mixed husbandry. The exact requirement on the farms and as related to market render Indurative the production of the best type of farm animal obtainable regurdleaa of the breed. XJie purebred offer I very much the safest Inveatmont. It will come nearer assuring adequate and permanent profits than" any other of lesser worth. The day of the purebred Is here ana tne millions of farmers are i aware of it. The argument la all on the one aide. Nor I It nec.eaaury that purebreds should soar to high prices in order to draw attention to their actual worth nor In the hope of encouraging further patronag. The chief concern of the breeder of purebred is In my Judgment the production of type that will meet all of the practical requirement and make the largest possible return on that bul. A Waterfall. - VVhere water lakes Its first leap from the top, It I cool and collected, and aulmereatliiK. and mathematical; bat It Is when It finds that It has got Into scrape, and has farther to go than It thought for. that Its character come nut ; It Is then that It begin to writhe, and twist, and sweeps out. ion sfter zone, In wider stretching a It falls, and to send down the rocket-Ilk lance-polntei whizzing shaft at It sides, sounding for the bottom. John ItUBkln. Lints to B Rmembtred. A gentleman put words Into deed, and suit what he says to the deed Be la broad and fair. The vulgar are biased and petty. A gentleman con elders what I right The vulgar man considers what will pay. A gentleman wishes to be slow 10 speak and quick to act He helps the needy; be doe not swell riches. Confucius. , Howling Dogs Appreciated. Peraluns love dogs because the; are supposed to lie awake nights and drive sway the demons that wait for the souls of the deiid. so the more the dog bowls st night the surer he is to de feat the demons and the more he I ippreclated by his owner. . . , . .... I NORTH PORTLAND, OREGON I Producers of J Premium Hams jj I Premium Bacon Silverleaf Brand PURE LARD Giroc ery C o, Swift & Company : k . I SYLVAIN O. MICHEL Vegetables