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DAIRYING NOW GREAT INDUSTRY
Heavy Milking Herds Developed; Intensive F arming Stimalatedl
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Hr A. IX MUllcaa. T.dHmr Baral fplrtt
HE rroarth and dTlormnt of th
ltrj- InJmtrjr la Ortron la of
fifrrachlnc Intrrctt brau It
means mora firm komri to aaclt iquara
mil, a payroll tar on 1J dya In tha
yar and tha mot cfflciant of all nu
mfartorlnc ntrprla In tha atata.
m manly. dlrjrlnc meana mora to
Orcoa than any olhrr phia of bar
Induatrlrs. bcansa dlrjrln la tha Irut
vaataful and tha moil conitroctlva of
JL Whimtr tha dairy cow walk
a 4 faatia aha anrlchra tha aoll that
uatalna hr. The ko!nt of dairy
cowa haa reilortd fertility on farm af
ter farm that had been robbed of pro
doctnr power tnrouch lenoranco or
carelesa cropplna; methoda. '
Tho dairy cow utlllxe tha balk teat
nd cheapen crepa that arrow wild
trraaa. hay and allaare and convert
them Into milk, batter and rheeae. tha
kit-heat priced rotzunodltlea that wa aall
from our farma.
They make a pound of batter from
very pound of dry matter roneumed In
feed. They repro-luce their welfbt In
anllk eery mor,:i of tha year. They
manufacture 1 time aa much nltroc-
noua aubatance aa doea the fattening
ter and at the iimi time produce
Bearly aa much fat and an aimoat equal
mount of milk auarar for which the
ateer haa no equivalent. A well-bred
Orecon dairy cow producea milk In
no year that haa a food value equal
to tho meat froaa four KiO-pound
leer
nalrrtaaT Mu Smaller rarwaa.
rHIrylnr In Orecon beara a aoclo-
Ioli-al interest that too often ion
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Teriookeat. Palrrlne meana smaller
farma and therefor mora farm home
to tho square mile. Palrylnc meana a
rreater payroll than any other phase
f farmlna; because, while 10 cowa
will keep 1 worker busy, on man
nay car for 1 or note of other
kind of atock.
Orea-on'a dairy Industry 1 aot cr
tied by a few tare establishments
bat by hundred of email planta In
dlvtdually waed. Palrytnr la a work
la which the whole family may take a
bead If they desire and where Id!
tine taa always b turned Into pro
doetlse effort. It Is a business that
tho poor but Industrious man raa en
area I with the leas; financial re
julremeet and with th srsateat as-u.-aac
f success.
Pwlrylnr ha nndercon remark
able development In OresTon and w
hats become an exporter Instead of an
Importer of butter. The conditions In
Ores-on are Ideal for d-alry In and our
owners of cows hare not failed to take
advantar of them. Up In th Inland
wher alfalfa, arrows luxuriantly and
tarn pasturea austatn a. cow to th
acre datrylnsr la profitable, and like
wis In th coast country aectlona
wher they arow kale and vetch, which
analyx similar to alfalfa, and every
wher w arrow alias, th cheapest of
ail feeds.
Not only ar dairy products produced
cheaply In Orearon but th prices re
ceived by th producers ar (rood. In
11 th cross output of Oregon's dairy
products amounted to more than I - -.-
i0 woo and In 1917 thla will be aur-
passed creatly becaus of the record
prices belnc paid. The coat of maln-
talnlnc dairy cows likewise haa In
creased, but not more ao In this state
than In other. There I thla to ear:
Orecon haa th facilities which. If
properly taken advantage of. will en
able her to produce dairy producta In
rreater quantity per acre utilised than
la posslbl In any other atate. and at
less cost per pound. The factors are
these: Mild climate, cool Summer
nlcht. freedom from disease.. Ions;
arrowlnc season, lone pasturac peri
ods. Tha only drawback la the dry
mid-Summer montha and thla Is to b
equalized by th arrowlnc of ai'.ace In
th early Spring aeaaon for th purpose
of carrying th cow throuch the dry
montha and thus makins all-the-ysar
us of th silo.
Orecon baa con to th top In dairy
ing partly becaus of th Ideal natural
conditions and partly because of the
enterprise and ability of th breeder
of dairy cattle In th state In their
development of heavy milking herd.
Oregon owes much to her breedera and
particularly to her pioneer breeders
who brought to Oregon th best blood
that money could bay and thus laid
the foundations for herds that have
made II world records In production
and hav cone to th National ahows
and won th championships In compe
tition with breeders from ail over th
country.
Wrl4 Prwdsrtloa Recwrd Mad.
Th story of world production rec
ords mad by Oregon cows Is a story of
th Jersey breed, becaus Jerseys hap
pened to be the choice of thea early
Importers. Holsteln-Frleslana. Ayr
shires or Guernseys would hav given
similar reaults becaus Oregon condi
tions are equally favorable for all
dairy breeds, but th Jersey breed 1
th on selected and henc to them low
the distinction.
Oregon todar Is th strongest Jer
sey state In th entire West in the
number of cowa with high production
record la official testa mad from
year to year and there are only two or
three states that surpass Oregon In th
number of cows with high production
records In th official yearly tests, and
none If w tak Into consideration tna
total number of cows tested la th
different states.
FARM OUTPUT TOTALS $180,000,000
Oregon's Soil Production Makes Big Cain in Valuation in 1917
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THE Oregoa farmer. I common
wlta his fellow workers through
out th Pacific Northwest, haa
had a little war of hla own with
climatic condition la th production
f th 11T crop Fertnnlng with th
Fall of 1M4 th lark of moisture
greatly retarded Fall plowing and
a eding. Summer-fallowed land In the
wheat belt did aot bave sufficient
snotstur for proper seeding until loo
late la ty season, henc th usual Fall
seeding waa done "la th dust or
growth of pasturea and ranges, which,
combined, with early snows, necessi
tated th feeding of hay to rang stock
about a month earlier than usual.
leep snows and continued cold weather
throughout th Winter. In the' prlrl
ptl atock aectlona. still further added
to th Increase In normal feed require
ments. As a result th bay supply waa
ntirely exhausted In most sections
and hay and grain had to b shipped
in and sometimes haulted considerable
distances. A big expense thus was In
curred, and there waa om loss of
stock from Inability to obtain feed.
In many caaea th ahort ratlona nec-
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Oeaeral livestock.
Dairy product. . .
Fruit.
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Wool and mohair.
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ORECON FARM PRODUCTION IN 1917.
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postponed until Spring. With a poor
atart. the T all-sown wheat wa not In
ond.tlon to withstand the unfavorable
Winter conditions, and about SO per
cent of the acreage planted In th Fall
waa reaown In the Sprlnc. either to
wheat or other grains. In a normal
season this Winter killing of the Fall
sown wheat la almoat negligible.
Th mt-17 Winter conditions war
veo more unfavorable for th produc
tion of livestock. Th lack of early
Fall rs1. pre v.-' . rvrr!
ssarlly fed In th late Winter and
early Spring put th stock In very poor
condition to go on th rang later. To
still further add to tha burdea the
"Spring opening" was three or four
weeks later than normal.
Th farnjers "Spring drlv" was hin
dered by th late opening already re
ferred to and by the continuance of
cold, wet weather until late In th sea
son. Stilt further to complicate tha
problem, th Summer aeaaon waa vary
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BITUIITMIC tor City Streets
WAMEMTE M Higlways
2 Columbia River Highway, Near Shepherd's Dell, Paved with Warrenite.
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Terwilliger Boulevard, Overlooking Portland, Paved With Warrenite.
WARREN BROTHERS COMPANY, Journal Building, Portland, Oregon
there waa absolutely no rain after the
mlddl of May. and many fields of such
crops as corn, potatoea and beana did
not get a drop of rain from seed time
to harvest. Then Just for good meas
ure th "weather god tnrew in aome
hot wlnda during July. All things con
sidered, there probably never haa been
a less favorable aeaaon for crop and
livestock production- la Oregon than
that of th year 117.
But fortunately there has never been
a better harvest season. Even with
the ahortag of labor It was possible to
harvest all crops, even Including hay,
fruit and hope, with practically no' loss
due to weather conditions. And the
good prlcea prevailing gave a total
value to th aggregate 117 crop con
slderably In excess of the value of tha
bumper production of ltlt, for which
very good prices also were obtained.
Notwithstanding the unfavorable con
dition! prevailing, tha 1)17 farm pro
duction for Oregon waa far from a crop
failure, aa that term la understood
elsewhere. Th grand total farm pro
duction of Oregon, including livestock,
for 1917. amounted approximately to
Slao.000.000. The following figures.
compiled from various sources, cover
the crop output:
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pointing. However, with th high
prices prevailing for beans. It did not
require a very large per acre yield to
produce a profitable return.
Livestock aales for 1917 showed a
material Increase In value over 1916.
County Assessors' reports of the 1917
enumeration Indicate .a material In
crease In the number of cattle, a alight
Increase In number of horses and mules,
a very slight decrease In sheep, and a
considerable decrease In number of
hogs. But the higher valuea prevailing
in 1917, particularly for abeep and hogs,
made the total returns from stock sales
considerably In excess of 1914.
Llveslock Valor Increase.
Choice young ewea sold around the
120 mark In numerous Instances. The
writer" saw the transfer of on band of
S00O head of young ewes for which the
owner received an average cf tit per
head (190,000 for 6000 bead). Fat hogs
averaged much higher throughout the
year than ever before. Cattle valuea
also advanced somewhat over 1916,
while horse and mule values were not
materially different from th preced
ing year.
Prospects for the 1918 crop are very
favorable. While the Fall of 1917 was
pretty dry, there were some September
ralna which greatly Improved the con
ditions of pastures and permitted some
seeding of wheat. Seeding "in the dust"
was-much more general than last year,
and the November and early Decem
ber rains, followed by fairly good
growing weather, have been very bene
ficial to all of this early-sown grain.
as well as . permitting of reasonably
safe seeding in some districts since the
early December rains.
Reports indicate that the Fall-sown
acreage is larger than usual.
Since we have Just had two unusually
severe Winters in succession, the "old
est inhabitant" and other weather-wise
prophets are predicting an open Win
ter for 1917-18. No hard freezing wea
ther prior to this date would seem to
give good grounds for this prediction.
Anyway, we are sure that the real
Winter will not begin until at least a
month later than It did last year, for
that length of time already has passed.
Right now it appears probable that
the most serious menace to the harvest
of a big crop in 1918 will be a shortage
of farm labor. This will be felt during
the Spring seeding 6eason, but not so
acutely as at harvest time. In 1917
the supply of farm labor was just about
equal to the demand. But a large per
centage of the thousands of men who
have enlisted during recent months has
come from the rural districts, and the
absence of these workers from, their
former fields of labor is sure to be felt
next Spriner and Fall.
Total vain
Price Higher la 117.
In 1)11 th foregoing named crop
were larger in every case except dry
beans, but th value per bushel or per
pound was considerably less. It waa
eatimated that these general farm crop
had a value in 1914 of about 170.000.-
000, aa agalnat aa estimate of 185,000,-
000 for 1)17.
The corn crop estimate Is on the ba
sis of matured husked corn. As a mat
ter of fact, a very large percentage of
th corn acreage grown in Oregon la
cut for silage purposes.
Perhaps the moat marked change to
crop production in -ne state was tne
elimination of at least one-half of the
former hop acreage and the planting I
of this old hop land to beans and sugar
beets to a very large extent. Owing
to the lack of Summer rainfall the re-
,,. i rfr c"e werr rather dlaap-J
The Westport
Lumber Company
With mills located at Westport.
Orecon. and city offices at 140
Narthwratera Ink Building,
Portland. The sawmill has a
daily capacity of 150.000 feet of
lumber, which can be shipped
either by rail or water, being on
the S., P. & S. Ry. and on the
Columbia River. Is specially
equipped to handle long and
large timbers, a supply of logs
suitable for same being alwaya
on hand, with planing mill ca
pacity to finish large timbera up
to and Including 24x30 Inches la
aixe.
A number of modern house ar
owned by the company and ar
leased to employes with fam
ilies. The single men are taken
care of In a very comfortable
hotel, in which steam heat, hot
and cold water in each room,
shower baths and other modern
conveniences have been installed,
the welfare of the men being
considered of vital importance
and Improvements mad with
this object in view.
A prosperous town of about 700
Inhabitants has grown up at
Westport, the natural location of
which Is perhaps the prettiest of
any small town in th state.
Denny-Renton
- Portland
Clay & Coal Co.
:-: Seattle
The "Cheap" Road Costs Twice the Price
of a Good Road
Do you realize what this means? The so-called cheap road has cost
twice as much as the VITRIFIED BRICK ROAD at the end of thirty years,
while the Brick Road gives four times the good road service.
There is a prevailing opinion that paving with Brick is far too expensive
for general use, but the mistake that we have always made and which is
now coming to be understood by the large majority of thinking people is
that we have taken into account the initial cost only.
A study of the total cost, figuring in a conservative charge for mainte
nance for a period of several decades, will convince even the most skep
tical that there is but one way to beat high taxes in road construction
Build for the Future Pave With Brick