TIIE MORNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11908.
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OREGON'S PROGRESS IN DAIRYING
Industry Now Ranks Well Toward Front Bids Fair to Become State's
Greatest Source of Wealth Opportunities Far Greater Than in East
By J. W. Bailey, Plate Food and Dairy
Contra iiwioner.
WHEN we speak of dairying, we do
so from a strictly business stand
point and include all the varied
industries that have to do with the pro
duction and handling of milk and milk
products. The industrial salvation of any
country depends ultimately upon its agri
cultural resources. Dairy farming is in
creasing in almost every section of our
country, because we see in this industry
the most economical form of agriculture,
taking into consideration the preservation
of the fertility of the soil. Taking this
view of dairying, we find it one of the
greatest wealth-producing industries in
the land. Different sections of our coun
try have peculiarities of their own, but all
need milk and milk products. Opportuni
ties for dairying are found everywhere
and nuecess awaits the man who makes
the most of these opportunities and plans
his work to fit the conditions in which
he lives.
Vhat are the opportunities for the
dairyman in Oregon? What are the con
ditions here as compared with the dairy
states of the East or the Middle West?
It is by comparison that we judge all
things. Oregon is in the sama. latitude as
South Dakota and the New England
States, but the Japan Current equalizes
the temperature and gives to Oregon a
most desirable climate for 12 months of
the year. Consider the climato and con
ditions of this state at this season of the
year and what do we find? The roses are
in bloom, and a visit to the dairy district
will find the cows upon pastures green
and fields of forage plants, such as the
thousand-headed kale, which, under fa
vorable conditions, will produce from 30
to 60 tons an acre. Whereas In the Moun
tain States, the Middle West and the
East, we read of extreme cold, ranging
from zero to 10 or 30 below. The warm
climate enables the Oregon dairyman to
produce dairy products W less cost than
any other place, or places where cold
weather prevails, as It takes less food
here to maintain animal heat, which must
be supplied before any returns come to
the dairyman.
Another factor in favor of Oregon Is
her cheap land. In many parts of the
state there is ideal acreage for dairy
purposes that is within the reach of all,
and so cheap it would almost seem like
a gift to the high-priced lands of the
other dairy states of this country.
Again, In no state in the Union, with
the possible exception of Washington,
has the farmer received so high prices
for his products as in this state. From
reports received, it may be shown that
tlTe average price paid the Oregon dairy
man for butter fat during the year just
ended was nearly 31 cents a pound, at
least 6 or 7 cents more than paid else
where. This, taking into consideration
the cheap cost of production, makes Ore
gon very attractive to those looking for
a new home where they will be assured
of a livelihood.
With all of the natural advantages
for dairying in this state, are we mak
ing the most of our opportunities?
Probably not, although the growth of
the industry in the past ten years has
been remarkable. Starting a decade
ago at almost nothing, dairy products
reached nearly or quite Jla.000,000 in value
the pant year. But compare this with
the little State of Vermont not one
tenth so large in area as Oregon. Yet
with her unfavorable climate and stony
soil, in 1900 Vermont produced 41.
000.030 pounds of butter and 5.030,000
pounds of cheese. Iowa, one-half as
large as Oregon, made in 1900 139,000.
000 pounds of butte. and New York,
smaller than Iowa, made 111,000,300
pounds of butter. It is true that these
are older states and have been years in
developing the dairy industry, while
in this state other industries have oc
cupied our attention, out the time will
come, and come sooner than may be
expected, when dairying and other ag
ricultural resources must receive
greater attention, for upon them de
pends 'the prosperity of this state. Our
vast timber lands, which were at one
time thought to be inexhaustible, are
rapidly being stripped of their match
less trees: lands that in former years
yielded good returns from wheat and
other cereal crops, do so no longer;
and the Oregon farmer, especially in
the western part of the state, is con
fronted with two propositions eithe
to make the most of his opportunities
and help develop the state along the
lines to which it is best adapted, or
give way to those who will.
In my opinion, nothing else promises
so much for Oregon as does the dairy.
It is a business that any one can be
PORTLAND BUILDING PER
MITS FOR EIGHT YEARS.
An almost uninterrupted in
crease in the value1 of Portland
building expenditures is shown
by the following table, based on
the official records from 1900 to
the present time:
" permits.
Tear.
1IKK) .
livl .
J"2 .
lftt .
V.M .
ino. .
1IWB .
1B07
3U2
745
....1,244
....1.H28
1,720
....2,317
3.312
....3,81)4
Value.
X M4.085
1, .129,1 43
2,730,660
4.281, 05
4,029,225
4.178,945
6.943.471
9.410,137
December, 1907, estimated.
satisfied with, for it is one of the most
dignified and substantial occupations.
Financially the returns are quick and
dairy products are coming more and
more into use as food, being highly
nutritious, easily assimilated and di
gested. It is an intellectual work and
should be made the subject of an am
bitious system of education.
Dairying should be encouraged and
developed, if for no other reason than
for the betferment of our cultivation,
for it results in home-loving and in
dustrious people; it teaches the boys
and girls to be independent and self
reliant. Dairying means perpetual fer
tility of soil, so that this generation will
leave to the next, and succeeding ones,
an enriched inheritance. Let us build
up the state upon the foundation of
dairy husbandry. Let the Oregon dairy
farmer do his part in this work by see
ing to it that the products from hi3
dairy reaches the markets in the best
possible condition and thereby receive
the highest price possible. This can
not be done unless everything about
and pertaining to his dairy is clean and
sanitary. In some states rigid laws
are passed which compel the dairyman
to follow certain rules and conditions,
but better than laws are the interest
and pride that every man should take
in his work.
The markets of the world are open to
the dairymen of this state. It is not too
much to expect that in the years to come
our dairy products will be sought on
the markets of the East, as are the pro-
uucts oi our orcnaras toaay. Aireaay
our cheese is going across the water to
London and brings a higher price than
cheese from any other part of the world.
Oregon with all of its advantages is in
a position to compete in these markets.
With the dairyman doing his work and
doing it well, and the manufacturer en
couraging the producers by paying him
the highest possible price for his pro
ducts, we can look forward to the time
when this state will take the rank that
rightfully belongs to it as the greatest
dairy state in the Union. -In the place of
J15.O00.0O0 annual output, let it be ten
times that amount, and when it has
reached that figure we have only just
begun.
STONE FOR BUILDING
IN LINCOLN COUNTY
Material for Some of the Finest
Structures In Old San Francisco
Came From Oregon.
AN IMPORTANT asset of Lincoln
County is its vast deposits of build
ing stone. A few years ago extensive
quarries were opened and the stone
shipped to San Francisco and used ex
clusively in the high Call building, the
Ferry building and the Parrott block.
These big buildings all passed through
the great fire unscathed and are in as
good condition today as when each block
of Lincoln County stone was laid. In
color the stone is of a fine blue gray and
contains so little iron that the dirty green
color so noticeable in other stone from
an adjoining state is conepicuous by its
absence. Yet not a single building in
Portland is built of it, and it is less
than 150 miles distant. This is due to
inadequate transportation facilities.
From a mechanical test and chemical
analysis made at the Government Arsenal
at Watertown, Mass., on stone from the
quarry of F. J. Parker, four miles above
Elk City, the following results were
obtained:
Ultimate strength per sq. inch, lbs.. 6,042
Total pounds 105,800
First crack lbs 114,700
Section of area square inches......... 18.70
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS.
Per Cent.
Silicia '. 63.12
Oxide , of iron 8.72
Oxide' of aluminum 21.57
Oxide of lime , 8.91
Oxide of magnesium 2.13
Sulphur tri-oxide 0.20
These vast deposits, situated where all
the water and electric power required is
at hand and where by gravity the stone
of any size and weight could be landed
on the railroad track or to tidewater,
are still lying idle. But Lincoln County's
quarries will at no distant day become
an important source of wealth to the
Yaqulna Bay district. '
Apples for Congressmen.
From Washington Letter to the Bos
ton Herald.
Every man In Congress and every
man who has visited the capltol lately
has had a big red apple in his fist.
The cloakrooms are rolling with red
The
Oregon
Boy
V KB iML Ham. Bacon
Oregon's
Greatest
Industry
Oregon Grown, Oregon Dressed Meats
Under U. S. Government Inspection
Are fit for a king or the Oregon boy, the
finest little chap on earth!
Specify the Brand
T1 99
and Lard
When ordering of your dealer.
UNION MEAT CO.
WHOLESALE
DEALERS
"Columbia stands for purity, whole
someness and finest quality; Oregon's
best. This brand of lard insures the
flakiest biscuits and pastry. . These
meats, the most appetizing meals.
The tenderest, juciest, most delic
ious, and absolutely sound beef, mut
ton and pork are those Oregon-grown
and dressed, and U. S. Government in
spected. DEMAND THEM OF
YOUR MEAT DEALER.
Patronize a Home Industry
That Means Millions to Oregon
Portland, Or.
apples, spilled out of Ion? boxes, and
the fruit sales in the capitol restau
rants are nil. '
Senator Jonathan Bourne weeks ago
advertised that he was going to let
folks here know, pretty soon what nice
red apples really were. But days be
fore he was at the capltol with the
goods Senator Levi Ankeny, of Wash
ington. who never speaks except to
order his meals, had a bis carload of
apples from his state on the ground.
It took 500 lawmakers three days to
consume that consignment, by -which
time a car of the Oregon frvrlt had
come in. Mr. Bourne has been fever
ishly busy ever since stuffing the
statesmen with free apples so as to get
them" (the apples.) off his handi be
fore Christmas. 1
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