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IN CORVALLIS. HOW WEALTH IS TO COME TO FARMERS OF WIA'M-' ETTE VALLEY. Cows will Bring it But They Must be Intensified Cows Mediocre Cows Don't pay and Must be Weeded From Dairy Herds. Dairying, in h its pbsses, has been d it cussed in Corvallis during the past few daye, an it was never discussed before. Sixty wealthy. bright and enthusiastic dairy nun of the t-tate, representing exhaustive experience and the application of brains and intelligence to the busi neap, have b-en in town, and have told all they knew of the various and manifold phases of the indue , try in the Willamette valley. The sum total of their discussion is that dairying, when properly conducted, ithe mopt profitable farm business in the valley, and that when proper mettiods are finally in vogue, al! ine valley counties will be a vast system of dairy farms, and tbatlhe agricultural population of the section will be thrifty and prosperous. To reach these-results, it is the uniud belief of these dairymen, who were the delegales - to the anuutl meeting of the Oregon D-tiry men's Association, two prominent and leading factois are necessary. The first of ttet-e is tbe necessity, by' brfediw, to raise the standard of I the dairy herd?, and the other is the gradual trant-ition of the period of freshening cows t i . the autumn rnontbs'i ey August or Sfptembtr. Ail tbeuieu who attended tbe metit loaf, termed on these i two vital points in dairying, and many of them explained the whys wherefores of their belief. and HEEDS MUST BE IMPROVED Touching the question of improv ing dairy herds, President Schul ineric.k saye that it is a waste of ffjrt to milk cows that tfst less than three per cent, i He holds that until a cow will yield 300 pounds of butter ptr year, she is poor ly suited to nave a place in a d ury herd. It is a fact that many herds average far above 300 pounds of butter per cow, per year. Mr West ofScappooie, who was present at the meeting, has a herd that aver ages over 450 pounds a year per c iw. Tt it in trip milfeinir nf nfh onnra that the dairy business becomes profitable It takes as much food for a poor cow as for a good one. A cow that produc?8 200 pounls of butter, and many yield less, eats as much as d es a cow that yields 450 pounds. Of the yield of the latter, the last 250 pounds, contrasted with the poorer animal is net profit, be- .raute it was produced, at the same food cost over the 200 pounds of jbo't'.r ji lded by tbe poorer ' ani- HOW TO GET GOOD COWS. Choice cows cannot be bought. 'They are a Source of great profit, and their owners will not part with them: It is only the poorer grade uf cows that changes hands. There fore, to tbe dairyman, starting out in the boHoess, tne only atteroa live is to improve bis herd by breeding up and weeding out. The mistake of many is in the claim that it is best to Keep dairy cows that can also be used in producing beef. Save one or two men, all the snembers of the Association declared emphatically that dairying on this plan will tail. It was tried in sev eral Middle West dairy Etate--, and was a dismal failure there. A cen sus was taken of loo dairy farms on which this plan was followed. What acb cow on the loo dairies ate was charged up to her, and she was giv en credit with everything that she produced. The statistics showed that in 49 per cent of the cases, du al cows, that is cons kept both for milk and for beef, cost as much to keep as they yielded in products. In one instance the output from such a herd was only 39 per cent, of what it cost to feed them. In order to prove profitable, the cow must become an intensified milker, 1 i! ; 1 1 a.Z C Hit. COWS PAYING $10 A MONTH NOW. Snhulmerick.1 one of the brightest as well as one most successful dairymen afatn is milkina 27 cows of the in the on his dairy farm in Washington county now. His sales of milk from the 27 head during November, brought him a check for $238, or not , far ehnrt. of $10 Der head. Many a realizes now less than $5 per head. The fact illus trctcc wVmt. intensified cows mean In the way of profit. Daring Octo Kar the revenue Irom the Schul- merick herd oi 21 neaawaa uuv a few dollars less than that for No vember, or about $23o. Many a dairyman thioks he is doing pretty well to get half that sum from the same number of cows. Yet he pays out just as much for feed as does the thriftier man. It costs him as much to milk and, lake care of his cows. Yet he gets but half tbe revenue from them. That is why Sjhulmerick is get'ing rich, and declares that the dairy business is the' best business in the country. It is also why the man with the poor er herd sotretimes gets discouraged and entertains doubts as to whether or not, after ell, there is anything in tbe business. What he has to do and can do, according to the u Mted testimony of these expenenc ed dairymen, is (o go in with a r.eighbor, or by himself, purchase a nrst-class male, regardless of cjst and then from his best cows begin to breed up and weed out. With in a few years by this and a carefu study and application of the best methods, be will have the founda lion laid fur a thrifty income, and ultimately a small fortune. Off of a little farm of 120 acres near New berg, Washington county, Atkinson Bro. sold this' year mo e than $5,ooo worth of products. One of the brothers was present and ad dressed the dairy convention. WINTER DAIRYING. AH members of the Association agreed that tbe thing for dairymen in the Willamtt'e Vallev to do is to g) far more extensively into fall and winter diirying.f Five sixths ot tbe dairy products in Oregon are proaueea in me spring ana sum mer months. Tbe over production during that period cuts the price in the market. The under production during the fall and win'er results in impo ta'.ion of Eastern dairy pro ducts, leu carloads of eastern but ler have arrived in Portland within the past few weeks. Twenty-five carloads from the same source r rived in beattle. The aggregate value ot tbe do cars was $200,000 Oregon D drymen ought to have produced this imported butter, and me money tor it snouid nave gone into their pockets. Facts that make fall and winter dairying particularly desirable, are the better market, as suggested above, the fact that a cow fre6h in August is more profitable than when freth at any other time of the year, besides the ease and cheapness with which an abundance of succulent winter foods may be preserved for fall and winter feeding. All these circumstances contrive to make tt certain that tbe members of the as sociation are right in their conclu sion. President Scbulmerick is an emphatic ap' Sile of the plan. All his cows are now fresh in August and S ptembtr, and after the expe rience of 3'ears, he would have them calve at ni other time. ' i OTHER E-SENTIALS TO SUCCESS The question of proper feeding and care of tbe cowe, commanded much attention from the delegates, ana tney an agreed on tne mam points therein.. All asserted that the silo is a vital essential to suc cess. Most of tbe dairymen now feed silage five months and want to-arrange for a longer period, some of them eight months. All use oil meal as part of a prop?rly balanced ration, utilizing about three pounds of it per day for a good cow. The oil meal is procured in carload lots by dairymen there for about $25 per ton. Pumpkins for fall feeding is also a very popular incidental to tne cow diet on Washington coun ty dairies. There, mill feed is but little used on dairy farms because it is pronounced too expensive at present prices. Canadian peas and oats, sown together, harvested to gether and ground up together in small chop mills on the farm are the chief grain diet, and all of the dairymen claim that while it is al so the best, it is the most economi cal. - P. A. KLINE LIVESTOCK AUCTIONEER CORVALLIS, OR. Office at Huston's Hardware Store. P. O. Address, Box 11. Pays highest prices fox all kinds of Live Stock. Satisfaction guaranteed. Twenty years experience. Willamette Yallej Banking ompany. - GORVAXI.IS OEEGOS. Responsibility, $100,000 A General Banking Business. Exchange Issued payable at all finan cial centers in United States, Oanada and Europe. Principal Correspondents. PORTLAND Xondon A San FraneixcoBank limited; Canadian Bank of Commerce. SAN FK.VNCtSOO London & San Francis co Bank Limited. NEW TOBK-Messrs. J. F. Morgan & Co. CHICAGO First National Bank. LONDON, ENG. London & San Francteoo Bank Limited. SEATTLE AND TAG OM A London St San . Francisco Bank Limited. IN BENTON. WON Av s MEDAL' IN ELOCU ) TI0NARY contest at '-' - PHILOMATH. They Still Talk About the Color ed Minister and the Egg , throwing in Kings Val ley Other County News. W. E. Watkin?, etudent of COP visited school last Friday. Mi96 Florence a former student here has recently taken up a claim in the Al-tea Valley. Tbe fall term of College of Phi lomath will cl se Dec. 22od Ia the evening nf that date an enter tainment wM be givf-n under the auspices of the elocution class, which has been during the term under the direction .df Mies Edna Irvine. Tbe public may be pre pared tolirten to a good programme Tbe literary numbers will be inter- pereed by piano selections, to be rendered by Mordaunt Gooduough of OAC and Miss Hawks of the College of Philomath a-sisted ly Miss Winnie NewthandEdna Gard ner. The public is invited to a free entertainment. A Prohibition contest was given at Poilntnath College on the even ing of Djc 10, at which, one of Miss I.vino's Ftudents carried off tbe Silver medal. Miss Bi&fcie Meats of College of Philomath re ceived the pr ze.WThe followinz are the names of the participan s in order of their place' in the con test. Miss B-'Sie Meats, O.-car Weed, E hel White, Ivv Bond Alt Wright and ' .Lditn Sbeak. The judges of tbe contest were Prof. Bildwii) College of Pailunatb, Pof fcmeriok of Philomath College and Rev. S mi son of Corvallis. j C'jllege Qnzer At Kings Valley. Chicken pox has been prevalent in tne valley fur the last month. M . Lilly bought another drove of b-ef steers in tbe valley this week. Mr. Lewis of Lewisvilla was in the valley the first ot the wetk buying mutton sheep. Dont forget to tell Times reade rs that Frank Plunktrt has a new ten pound boy: Lark Price and Lloyd Chene- wethi have bought W. L. Price's timber above Hoskins and intend to start a logging camp there next summer. The colored preacher and the s'ale egg throwers furnish a never failing thsme for diecussion since those incidents happened. J. Isabel has sold bis interest in tne Kings valley Flour mills to- Dick Dunn. He has alsolsold his household furniture and left tbe Valley. , We see by the last Times, that eo-ne one has been objecting to the bill of our Supervisor, now we dont k ow anv thine about the iustice of bis bill but he has a good deal of i od to look after and it taked con- sid. rableititne to Keep culverts and budges in repairs and ditches open and while tbe work does not make much of a show, if not attended to tbe road would eoou be in a bad shape. We can eay for Mr Mijler that the rjads havi been greatly improved under his administration and that he has made agojd super visor. B .t we think the county court should appoint a new man for supervisor next year as Mr. Miller has served tro terms and two terms i enough for president or supervisor. SHERIFF'S SALE, Bv virtue of a warrant issued out of the County Court of the State of Oregon for the County of Benton, to the Sheriff of said county, directed and. delivered, commanding the said Sheriff to collect the taxes as shown to De aeunauent, on tne tax roll for the year 1902, charged to said delinquents thereon, and if necessary to sell the several articles of personal or parcels of real property upon whicn such taxes are levied, as set forth in said tax Jtst. Said delinquent taxpayers, the amount of taxes-- and the penalties, and the several parcels of real property are described as follows, to wit: Amoum: ax and Penalties. Aaron. Amanda' C. Southwest of southwest , wiest or soutneasi of northwest , section 35, town ship lfr south, range 6 west, 160 acres $ 6.72 Buersdorff, Anna East of south- , east Yt, section 34, township 1U south, ranee ft west, 80 acres 6.72 Dedman, G. R. Southwest south of northwest , except southwest of southwest Also, west of southeast of northwest , : section 35, township 10 south, range 6 west, 180 acres-.. 13.I Richardson, S- East section 35, township 10 south, range 6 west, 330 acres - 13-t Warren, E. C Northeast Yi of north east ; south of northeast southeast Vi of northwest sec tion 34, township 1 south, range 7 west. 160 acres : IftJO Gaines, Richard Northwest sec--' tion 18, township 11 soutn, range r west. 160 acres... ......... 6.72 Cook, C. A. Northeast Y section 16. township 12 south, range i west. 160 acres - - .72 Hawks, R. O. South Yt of southwest Yi, section 28, township 11 soutn, ranee 7 west, 80 acres 6.72 Paul, Mary E. South of south west OI soutneasi sw:uuii in, township 12 south, range 7 west,. 20 acres .84 Poindexter, R. W. The north 30 . . acres or nortnwest it. m suumeasu section 16, township 12 south, v n H ...at JA .("I'M ; . . 1.34 I Printz, Gilbert H North of south- -west of southeast south of south of northwest Y of south east 4, section 16, township 12 south, range 7 west, 30 acres 1.34 Satoin, R. L. Northwest section 10, township 11 south, range 7 west, 160 acres 10.10 Long, G. W. West Yt section 22, township 10 south, range 5 west, 320 acres 17.32 Marlay, P. . H. Northeast section 6. township 11 south, range 5 west, 160 acres . . .. . 10.S3 Press, William Northwest of , northwest , section 2, township 11 south, range 5 west; north Yi of - northeast ; southwest of north east ; southeast Yi of northwest Yi, section 3, township 11 south, range 5 west, 200 acres.... '14.51 Rogers, M: South Yt section 15, township 10 south, range 5 west, 320 acres , 17.30 Muiller, Henery Beginning at a . point which bears south 34 deg. east 14.54 feet from point 81.56 chains east of northwest corner of J. Q. Thornton s claim No. 37, townships1 10 and 11 south, ranges 3 and 4 west. Not. 717, run south 34 deg. east 5.91 chains, south 70 deg. 26 min. west 22.97 chains, north 9 deg. 34 min. west 5.22 chains, north 70 deg. 26 min. east 22 chains to beginning, containing 10 acres 6.72 Lloyd, John; and Clark, M. J South east of southwest section 25, township 13 south, range 6 west; southwest Yi. of northeast 4, section 9, township 14 south, range 6 west, SO acres 4.02 Jackson, Thos. A. South lot 5, section 31, township 14 south, range 4 west 19 acres 3.20 McCullough, Wm. Beginning at southwest corner of section 30, township 14 south, range 4 west, thence east 40 chains, north 2.50 chains, west 40 chains, south 2.50 chains, containing 10 acres, section 30, township 14 south, range 4 west 1.97 Canady, Boyd Lots 7o and 76, in block 22. City of Philomath 4.90 Kisor. Fannie 30 feet off of lot 88, in block 19. Citv of Philomath 4.90 McLain, J. W. Southeast section 32, township 11 south, range 6 west, 160 acres 6.72 Maher, E. A. East section 36, i township 12 south, range 7 west, 320 acres : 13.47 Worthington, J. W. Southwest i of southeast ; east of southwest ' Y; southeast Yi of northwest Yt, section 30, township 12 south, range 6 west, 160 acres 6.72 Burlchart, Clara A. Lot 12. in block 17, Job's Addition to Corvallis 1.26 Cauthorn, J. A. Frac. lots 5 and 6, 4 in frac. block 3, in original Town of Corvallis 17.80 Hyatt, Amos I Lots 8 and 9. in block 12, Wilkins Addition to Cor vallis 2.52 Henderehot. , Mary Lot 5, in block A, Avery's' Addition to Corvallis... 5.07 Mulkey, A. G. All of block 9, In ' Wells Addition to Corvallis 8.07 McCune, Jas. L. Lot 12, in block F, Avery's Addition to Corvallis... 2.42 Nolan, J. M. Lots 3. 4. 11 and 12, in block 31, Job's Addition to the City of Corvallis 3.00 Oregon Agricultural Co., Limited . Southwest V of northwest west Yz of southwest Yt,. lots' 3, 4, 5 and 6. section 17, containing 178.87 acres; in township 10 south, range 6 west of the Willamette Meridian. .Section 1. containing 615.60 acres; south Yi of southwest , section 3, containing 80 acres; southwest of southwest , lots 4, 5 and 6, section 17. containing 93.03 acres; in town ship 11 south, range 6 west of the Willamette Meridian. East Yz, east of northwest Yi, southwest Yi of northwest Yi, north Yz of southwest Yi, section 17, con taining 520 acres; southeast Yi, southeast Yi of northeast , south west Yi of northeast Yi, southeast Yi of southwest Yi. section 21, con taining 279.70 acres; west Yz of northwest-, lots 1. 2 and 3, section 27, containing 176.42 acres; in town ship 12 south, range 6 west of the Willamette Meridian. Section 9, containing 640 acres, southwest of the northeast ,; southeast Yi of northwest Yi, south- j west Yi, northwest Yi of southeast Yi, west Yz of northwest Yi, of sec tion 11, containing 360 acres; north east Yi of northwest south of northwest Yi, southwest , south Yz of southeast , lots 3, 4 and 5, sec- ; tlon 13, containing 400.95 acres; j northeast Yi, northwest Yi, north Yz of southeast Yi, southeast Yi of southeast Yi, section 17, containing 440 acres; north Yz ot northwest Yi. southwest Yi of northwest Yi. east Yz of northeast Yi, southeast Yi, - .east Yz of southwest Yi. southwest Yi of southwst Yi, section 21, 480 acres; section 25, containing 640 acres; south Yz, northeast Yi, east Yz of northwest Yi, section 31, 585.60 acres; section 35, 640 acres; all in . . township 10 south, range 7 west of the Willamette Meridian. Section 3, 627.15 acres; West of southwest Yi, section 5, 80 acres; east Yz of northeast Yi, northwest ' Yi of northeast . north Yz of north west Yi, east Yz of southeast Yi, ' lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, section 11, containing 430.39 acres; northeast , ' northeast Yi of southwest , west fraction Yz of southwest Yi, section 19, containing 272.87 acres lots 1, 2, and 4. section 25, containing 9t50 acres, section 29; 640 acres; north-west Yi, southwest Yi, southwest ' of northeast , section 35. 360 acres; all fn township n south, range 7 west of the Willamette Meridian. Section 11, 640 acres. In township 12 south, range 7 west of the Wil lamette Meridian 416.56 Snyder, Elizabeth Lots 1 and 2, i block 15, in Avery's and Wells-' Addition to Corvallis 1.98 Wilson, Mrs. M. J. Northeast . section 18, township 12 south, range- ' 6 west. 160 acres 6.72 Waggoner, George Lot 8 in block 9; lot $ in block 11; lots 4 and 5 in . block 12, all in N. B. and P. ' Avery's Addition to Corvallis 5.08 Whitehead, R. R. Southeast Yi oF southeast , section 39, township 13:' south, irancre 7 west. 40 acres 2.fi7 JSldrich, Matthew G. Lot 1; south east Yi of northeast ; east or southeast , section 2, township 15 south, range 7 west, 152 acres 6-.S8 Hines. Zilphia Northeast oB' southwest Yt, sections 10, townshio 12 south, range 7 west, 40' acres . .. 1.5S Harrington, John G. Northwest section 20, township 14' south, range 6 west, 160 acres 6.72 Olson, J. C. Southwest Yi, section 32; township 10 south, range 5 west, leu- acres . Farrish. W. H. Southeast 7.21 tion 20, township 13 south, range 6 west, 160 acres . MeWhinnie, Margarets-Southwest of northwest Yi, section 16, town ship 12 south, range 7 west, 40 acres . Halliday, . Ester West Yz of north west section la. township 11 6.72 1.56 south, range 6 west, 80 acres . .. 3.33 Baldwin, Wallace Northeast Yi of northwest Y southwest Yi of southeast Yi, section 13, township 11 south, ranee 6 west. 80 acres .... 3.33 Barnard, A. D. South Yz of dona- I ! tion land claim No-. 61, in township 14 south, range 6 west, 160 acres.. McCalman, A. West Yz of southeast Yi, section 8, township 11 south, range 5 west. 80 acres .. Burns, W. E., and wife, and others 6CZ2 3.60 une acre ot uma as neretotore excepted in deea at page 4S. book 32, of record of deeds for Benton County, Oregon, said one acre of .land lying immediately south of J and adjoining the tract of land be- ; longing to the United Evangelical . Church, in uortation land claim No. 46. township 10 south, range 6 west, f and said one aere of land lying im- , mediately east of the Corvallis and King's Valley wagon road, and . lying in donation land claim No. j 43, said township and range,. 1 acre .57 Coon, T. M. Southwest Yi, section 20, township 13 south, range 6 west; southeast Yi of southeast sec tion 19, township 13 south, range 6 west 20.35 And on Saturday, the 19th day of De cember, 1903, at the hour of 10 o'clock A. M. of said day, at the Sheriff's office, in the Court House in said county and state, I will sell the above-described real property, at public sale to the person or persons who will bid the amount of taxes and costs accrued against each piece or parcel of real property,, and take a cer tificate at the lowest rate of interest, for cash, subject to redemption, to satisfy said warrant, costs and accruing costs. , ' M. P. BURNETT, . Sheriff of Benton County, Oregon. Dated November 21, 1903. , There is Men's OVERCOATS Now GoinA on at S. L. KLINE'S The , ; I ,R5chest, Daintiest Effects ! 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I shall take pleasure in giving you all the reliable information you wish, also showing you over the country. . - a 6ale of and Boys' South Main St. Fresh Cranberries Fesh Huckleberries New Honey New Figs and Dates Olive? in Bulk German Pickles Swiss Cheese. Tbe Great Health Food. HENRY AMBLER, Real Estate, Loan, and Insurance. Philomath, Oregon. 7