1911.
DAIRYING BIG INDUSTRY,
BUT ONLY IN INFANCY
From the Heart of the World-Famed Willamette Valley
A Call to Homeseekers
Ortgon Cow Is Moncjr Maker and There Is Opportunity for Many
More People to Share in Profits. '
FEBRUARY
4.
T r 1 T
J g-.r.rM j, lime that the pioneer led
i r" the flrl rattle croi the plain
! t the prrirnt day. Ilia dairy cow
(iiTiJ an Important part In Ore
n. In early day n or two cowl
Itrrt oo4 br each famllr- They nip
!f id mi:, and butter t-r the home.
tut Ihere waa no utsl.le market and
! rrjr limited I-.1 market. Hy itrad
ual staca Ih dury InJuetry rielopd
ilt great proportion, but those who
'know best ur It la In Its Infancy:
'tat before many years rrn will bo
' recoitnlieiJ everywhere a the premier
Jtalry state of the I'nlon.
' la the tast'foia year the Oregon cow
'r, received more attention than aver
' bfoe. :perta frm the Kast and
f rnn firecn countries have visited
JIms state inl pronounced condition
jfcere Ideal f.r atalryln;. They have,
i commended what la belnr. done, but all
'have expressed surprla that the de
velopment baa not baen greater. Op
i fortunltlea here have not been fully
! appreciated, they aay. If dairymen In
the Kat realKed what could be done
I tcere. Ih.ie etperta assert, they would
'reae righting against untavorable con
ffllMun and come In large number to
i the Pacific Coast, where nature baa
; fciade things easy for the dairymen.
I Promoted by these optnlone and by
the often repeated advice of teacher In
itha fregon Agricultural College and
j ether local scientist, the Industry haa
J made considerable progress during the
last few years, fanners generally hare
'shown more Interest In keeping cows
!and dairy herds have greatly Increased
in number. Many people from other
! state have also come to encaxe In thl
Industry. As result, dairying Is con
stantly becoming a larger factor la
I the state s prosperity, and In the aec-
Hon where dairying haa been taken
I up. Improved roads, better painted and
tl trger building and a general appear
janre of progress! venes testify to the
,rrracy of the cow a a wealth pro
1 ducer.
' The land In Oregon that I adapted
if.ir dairying Is ry eatenalve. Klrsl
'In Importance probably come the II
llamette Valley counties. Washington
i t ounty Is known as the foremost dairy
ing community, but Clackamas. Yarn-
Mil. TUnn. Lane. Itenton and other coun
ties enjoy practically the same condi
tions, it.'.d weather, green pasture
almost the year around, an abundance
of succtiter.1 feJ of all kinds, and mar
kets near a: har d are factor that cum
'bin m favor of the dairyman.
, The t'oast conntles also are proml
fiert in dairy rn Tillamook, although
J tip to the. present time without rail
't d facilities, ha long been known
t g treat cheese-producing county,
'and tnis Industry Is galnlnK ground
;i"-re. Coos County also has a large
filik ouipot. most of It cheese and
butter being shipped to San Francisco.
' f. far, dairying haa been carried on In
'only a limited way In Curry and Un
teoln counties, but both have large acre
. ace suitable for thl purpose. Clatsop,
t the most northern coast county, ha
many prosperous dairy ranches, but la
.susceptible of greater development In
thl way. considering the present sta
tu of the Industry, than any other
J county In the stale, according to J. W.
! Haltey. Ft tie lairy and Koo.1 Commis
sioner. This envelopment. Mr. Halle?
', .vya. can bo brought about by reclsma
j tlon of tldelands through d)klng.
. ( astern Oregon also haa certain- see-
lions that promise to become Important
itnlik producer YVMt chief attention
Jin that district has been paid to ranne
cattle, stockmen are coming more and
'snore to realli that dairying Is worthy
ef their consideration. Wallowa, t'n-
Ion and Pak-r counties have prosper
ous dairies, most of their product being
consumed In lua lUatern Oregon clue
, nt towns.
' . Th Eastern nil seeking dairy land
: In regon rinds th price of wide range.
!lf many parts of the Willamette Val-
ler. sil on which dairying may be
; tarried on successfully ran be pur
' chased for to - an acre, and Kast-
arn Oregon land for the same purpose
ran be had at etea a smaller figure.
! The very best dairy ranches, of course,
"are most costly. Washington County
Und. for Instance, brings from Hi to
' ;J an acre. In Tillamook County.
dairy land runs as huh as 1 100 an acre,
'but this, of course. a the evceptlon.
In all rarts of Oregon dairying pays
very large returns ou th total Invest
ment In ti k. equipment and land. No
I man wtth even fair Information aa to
, methods of selecting stork and condnct
llng a dairy ha failed to make a flnan
' rial aucreea In Oregon, according to the
i Plate Palry and Kood Commlealoner.
Keo during the "hard times" of the
I early '. dairying sections were much
, 1-ss affected than neighboring rotnmun-
tries and th Individual dairyman had
'. more ready money than men engaged
tat aay other agricultural pursuit,
i A aingle acre of Oregon land Is ut-
f rlent to upport one cow and each cow
'should return annually lit. In the opln
' on of I'r. James Wlthycombe. director
af the Oregon Experiment 'Station. At
present there are very few dairy
ranchea where there are aa many cow
' acre, but "a cow an acre' Is tlie
I Meal set forth by practical scientists
who understand condition thoroughly.
I A to the return of 10 from each cow
earh year, much admittedly depend on
J management. Soma cows, however.
could not produce so well under any
management and the first essential Is
'careful selection of stock. With tb
'Tight kind of cow and Intelligent
1 management. It la being constantly
Demonstrated that one animal will re
'turn lis and even mora within IS
. months.
I In this connection may be cited Just
', one Instance takenrat random from the
i records made by many Oregon dairy
men. Th following Item appeared re
j gently la a Waablnaton County paper:
. -J. I). Mtrkle haa received IlixS.il
'from the product of nine of Ms cow
daring a period of nine month. Thl
Is an average of 11117 per row for
; tiree-foQrths of a year. Mr Mlckle 1
a former employe In a railroad office.
' yetlrlng from that occupation a few
faWe ... '
Our milk is delivered to us
SWISS DAIRY CO,
years ago on account of bad health.
He I now one of th sturdy, robust
citizens of Oregon.
It used to be said that If the time
ever came In Oregon wLen the farmer
would get II for 100 pound of milk, ha
would be making money rapidly. At
present ha la receiving tl-'i to 12 and
even more. It la true that In the mean
time price of feed have advanced, but
tMs I not a factor to be considered a
serious, for the farmer producca his
own feed. The Initial coat of land and
cow haa also Increased, considerably,
but not enough to offstrt th higher
selling value. Any man with enough
money to buy a few acre of land can
make more than a living by dairying In
Oregon, and by Intelligent management
ran lay by a competence that la only
limited by hi knowledg of dairying
and his executive ability. It is not ex
ceptional for creameries or milk con
denser to advance, to farmer Just
taking up dairying, money with which
to buy cow.
Th market for milk In Oregon I un
limited. In the flrt place the State at
present produce little or no surplus,
purine the Winter the Htate actually
Imports considerable butter, almost. If
not nulte. enough to offset the butter
eiported during Way. June and July.
In fact, home consumption la Increas
ing so rapidly that In 110 practically
no butter wa exported. Cheese and
condensed milk are shipped out In large
quantities and the demand for these
commodities from Oregon cannot b
satisfied.
Ourlng the laat few year condensed,
milk haa played an Increasingly Impor
tant part In Oregon dairying. There
are now seven milk condensers, located
at Forest Urove. lllllshoro. McMlnn
vllle. Amity, Scto. Newberg and .North
Pend. Their product goes to every cor
ner of th globe, and their Important
markets, outside the Vnlted Mates
proper are Alaska and the Orient.
The annual dairy output of Oregon i
now estimated at approximately
f 17.000.000 a year. First In lmportanr
I milk for domestic use, other than
that used on th farm, which la placed
at 17.000.000. Creamery butter 1 valued
at IJ.7S.000. while condensed milk I
third In Importance at II. 000.000. Cream
and Ice cream amount to tl.t00.000.
cheese to ll.52S.0H0 and dairy butter to
$00,000.
Tbe total dairy output in Oregon h
not Increased greatly during the last
three year. Several reasona for thl
are given. First of these probably Is
the fact that farmers cut down the size
of their herd too much several years
ago. They could not resist the tempta
tion to sell on a rising market for live
stock, and thousand of Oregon cow .
went to Washington. Idaho and other
neighboring States. Another causa la
the difficulty of securing and keeping
all the dairy help needed. So far good
wage and comfortable condition have
failed to attract to Oregon all the milk
ers required.
These factor have resulted In rut
ting down th average else of the dairy
herd. While many more people are
keeping cow than a few year ago. th
number of cowa owned by the indi
vidual la smaller. On a recent Inspec
tion In Washington County a deputy
Ftate Dairy and Food Commissioner
visited Seo dairies and found that the
average number of cowa to tbe dairy
was only nine and three-fourths. This
Is considered aa probably th average
for the State at large.
At the same time the standard ha
constantly Improved. An educational
campaign by the Oregon Agricultural
College. Orraron Kupcrltnent Station
and iltate DaUry and Food Commissioner
haa resulted In gradual weeding out of
Inferior stock an. t lie importation of
high-class ardmala. A an instance of
this. J. P. blump, of Monmouth, and
Nelson, of Independence, brought to
Oregon the past year the first herd of
Jersey ever . Imported directly from
Jersey Island to this titate.
All of the principal classes of dairy
rattle thrive In Oregon. The most
popular, periiapa. la the Jersey. There
are many herds of registered Jerseys
and a large number of record are held
In this Slate. According to the official
record of th American Jersey Cattle
Club, of New .Tork. W. J. Lomea. of
Met'oy. Or., has the greatest producing
herd In the t'nlted States, and this herd
holds six world record, while the
largest number held by any other
breeder In the t'nlted States la five.
Over all of Western Oregon and a
large part of Southern Oregon succu
lent feed can be secured every day In
the year by a process of crop rotation.
In the roast counties graslng goes on
nearly the entire twelve month. Kale
la another staple feed. It 1 easily
grown and ylelda SO ton and more to
the acre. . Vetch and clover are alao
produced In large quantities. In East
ern Oregon the chief dairy feed la al
falfa, a crop that never fall and I
one of the best.
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CREAMERY
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Batter, Eggs and Sweet
Cream and our Cele
brated Sunset Ice Cream
Thone, A 4211, Main 52.
Portland, Oregon
Milk
and
Cream
from
Inspected
Cows
Direct
to Your
. Babies
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twice daily from our ranches
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Self Balancing Link Blade
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HA VB YOU SEEM THE 1011 MODEL " SIMPLEX t "
Note the solid, heavy frame and the convenient height of both
the supply can and the crank.
Thin machine la the result of years of experimental work and
haa the hest features of tho 1!M0 Separator itlia link blade skim
mine; de-vice which hns been tried and proved Its worth as Is
shown by numerous at tempts to Imitate, showing- that other manu-'
fai turer appreciate the nkimmlnK qualities of the LINK HLA1ES,
and the self balancing bowl), toKether with the new low down
supply can and extra heavy base and the ease of running;.
The Self Bnlanclns; Feature has been on the market for about
three years and Is a perfect success. It does away with the old
stvle niechanlrally balanced bowl which had to be eent to the fac
tory to be rebalanced. The ease of running in thl machine la
not equalled.
Note the large skimming capacities relative to prices.
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Capacity per hour.
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1100 lbs.
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PORTLAND
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DALLAS I IAS La rffc Sa winil Is,
Numerous Factories, Mountain Wa
tcr, Sewerage, College and High
School, Three Railroads.
DALLAS NEEDS Fruit Cannery,
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People.
The Home of the World Prize-Winning
Cotswold Sheep and Angora
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Foothill and valley land surrounding
Dallas unsurpassed for Apples, Pears,
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The only district in the Pacific North
west where the highly profitable Ital
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-the only district where a prune fail
ure is unknown.
Come and buy now while land is still
cheap. Prices are increasing every
day. You cannot afford to delay. A
fortune awaits you in Dallas Apple
Land.
DALLAS COMMERCIAL CLUB
Fones Creamery Co.
This new plant is equipped in a manner that
enables us to produce and suDply in any
quantity Pure Butter, Cream and Milk, Fresh-"
est Ranch Eggs obtainable on the Coast.
Fones Creamery Co.
110 SECOND ST, PORTLAND, OH.
Crystal Ice &
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A 1373, Main 4395
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WHOLESALE BUTTER
EGGS AND CHEESE
Manufacturers of Danish
Method Brand Butter
Fifth and Couch Streets,
MILK
PURE, SWEET AND CLEAN
Our milk is not "Purified" (?1 by artificial means. Tt does not need It.
as it is pure to bepin with, and is so carefully handled that It Is kept
free of contamination. We guarantee all of our milk to be from cows
that have been actually tested, and proven to be free from tuberculosis..
It is absolutely safe for babies and family use. Our bottles are clean
our service dependable.
COTTONWOOD DAIRY
SOS SKCO.VD
Home Phone A 2101.
Storage Co.
-B 1244
Portland, Oregon.
ST.
Facific Phone Main 2101
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67 N. Union Aire.
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