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LANT more wheat."
"Raise
have become elogans of the
past. The dairy- cow and the industry
founded upon the rock of her produc
tion remains as steadfast as ever. It
is true that certain war activities
brought about conditions that tended
toward reducing- the number of dairy
animals In. the country; consequently
a decrease in production and some
dairymen, tempted by the high prices
offered for grains, took up grain
raisin? as an expedient, but the real
laayman was not sidetracked by the
offer of excessive prices for other
farm products, and it appears now
that he 1 beginning- to reap his re
ward for patiently waiting for better
returns for his labor.
Never In the history of the country
have price paid for dairy products
MESSAGE OF RIGHT FEEDING GIVEN MOTHERS
f lOregon Dairy Council Emphasizes Importance of Careful Attention to Milk Diet and Its Exhibits Have At
i traded State-Wide Attention Valuable Surveys Are Made.
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By K tilth. Knight Hill. Secretary Oregon
Ialry Council.
GETTING the message of right
feeding and the importance of
-oilk In the diet to tho house
wife and mother has been one of the
Important missions of the Oregon
Dairy council. The organization is
' recognized throughout the country as
one of the live-wire councils and its
work has been commended by the
national dairy council and by men
and women whose word bespeaks
authorities on the subject. P. M.
Brandt, Oregon Agricultural college,
is president; and associated with him
on the board are men representing the
public and the industry.
The Oregon Dairy council was or
ganized at first as a temporary
patriotic organization with the back-
lng of the state dairy and) food com-
mission, the Oregon Agricultural col
lege, the Portland bureau of health
and the federal food administration of
Oregon. It was a war-time measure
to encourage the dairymen and to
spread knowledge regarding the food
value of milk and the Importance of
dairy products in the diet.
Feed was scarce, labor scarcer and
to dairymen were discouraged. The
davry council stood ready to help
them and did a good service. Families
were cutting down on the milk
orders and as a result the health of
the children was menaced. The coun
cil stirred up interest in the vital
food values of milk and pure butter
and got the indorsement of the state
superintendent, of education, the gov
ernor, the large state organizations
and many other persons of Influence.
As the work progressed it was shown
that it should not be allowed to dis
continue, and so by persistent effort
on the part of a few loyal workers
the council was organized on a, per-
manent basis.
Its headquarter
are in the Broad-
way building where anyone wishing
to refer to dairy literature or to sub
mit dairy problems, may do so. Its
literature and posters are indorsed
and used by the parents' educational
bureau, the Oregon parent-teacher
association and the children's bureau.
The secretary of the council has
secured a vast amount of help and
co-operation from the newspapers
and the parent-teacher and other im
portant associations throughout the
state.
The council has put on several ex.
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been so high as they are now. Still
they are not too high when we figure
the cost of .production. With, milk
quoted by a prominent condensing
firm at $4.25 per hundredweight and
butterfat at 67 much larger returns
will be made to dairy farmers than
ever before.
Notwithstanding the fact that we
have passed through a most trying
period, dairy cowa of Oregon have
continued holding the state .in the
limelight in the matter of high pro
duction and the breaking of world's
records.
The work of such cows as Viva la
France will probably hold this state
In the lead of all others for some
time to come. While the Jersey breed
predominate in pure bred cattle, Hol
stelns and Guernseys are multiplying
rapidly, four carloads of eastern
Guernseys being brought into Ore
hibits that have attracted attention
from the public and the dairy farmers
and educators interested in the prop
er feeding of children. At Cre&ham
at the county fair and manufacturers'
and land products show and at Salem
at the state fair the council had edu
cational exhibits, which created a
great deal of interest. The council
also had charge of the programme
dairy day at the state fair. At the
food show in Portalnd the council
amount of ,250 and their exhiblt
showing the ingredients of milk was
quite a sensation.
Milk Survey Made.
The milk survey made through-
out the entire state is a means of
calling to the attention of children and
parents the fact that milk is an es
sential in the diet and that there
are no substitutes for dairy products.
The children of the schools are asked
how many get no milk in their diet
and how many get a cup or a pint.
The answers are noted on a card and
results sent to the prtneipal who com
piles them and sends them to the
council. The fact that about one
third of the children are getting no
milk in their daily diet awakens the
parents to look into the food value
of milk and to realize that even at
the present price it is the cheapest
food in the nourishing value for the
money.
The parent-teacher circles and
clubs are using the council's litera
ture and are giving special attention
to the food value of dairy products.
The parent-teachers .and federated
clubs are helping loyally and If the
parents of Oregon do not awaken to
che importance of the value of milk.
it will not be for want of interest
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By Will H. Bennett, State Superintendent
of Banks.
THE general prosperity of the with a atrong demand at high prices,
country is reflected strongly In A1I of this weaUh and prosperity is
the prosperity and development quickly noted in the financial state
in the state of Oregon. Irrigation dls- ments of the banks in Oregon. The
tricts are transforming raw sagebrush deposits have increased, the banks
lands into alfalfa fields and there is are prosperous and in excellent condi-
a strong: demand for the large crops
of hay at high prices. The wheat
districts produced an enormous .crop,
which has brought millions of dollars
to the farmers. The uine conditions
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gon during the past year just past.
The work being done by cow-testing
associations is a good indication of
the progress being made in the in
dustry, in that this work means better
care will be given to profitable cows,
while the unprofitable ones will be
culled out and replaced by others.
Oregon now has seven cow-testing
associations, with a total of about
6000 cows. The work is under the
supervision of Professor E. L. West
over, dairy husbandman, extension
department, Oregon Agricultural col
lege. There are also a large number of
herds doing official testing. Professor
S. Fine of Oregon Agricultural col
lege, in his latest report, says: "Dur
ing the last year the number of herds
on test were doubled, and by the first
of the new year we should have close
to 100 herds on official test."
13airy organizations have been un
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on the part of these splendid or
ganizations. The dairymen, creamery
men, cheese men and others in
terested should know that there is
a great campaign going on to arouse
appreciation for their wares. A great
help is tho backing of the Oregon
Agricultural college and the home
economics teachers of the state. Miss
Ava Milam of Oregon Agricultural
college. Miss Lilian Tingle of Uni
versity of Oregon and Miss Edna
Groves of Portland, are among the
strong supporters of the dairy coun
cil's educational work.
A particularly helpful demonstra
tion that cost the council several
hundred dollars was the dairy herd
exhibit and demonstration- at the
Pacific-International Livestock expo
sition. Dr. D. W. Mack, L. B.' Ziemer and
E. L. Westover. representing the city
bureau of health, the dairy and food
commission and Oregon Agricultural
college were Instrumental in putting
on the splendid educational displays
at the various fairs and the live
stock show and were rewarded only
by the fact that thousands of persons
who stopped to study the exhibits got
a new vision of the importance of
milk in the diet.
On the board of the dairy council
are Professor Brandt, head of the
dairy department of Oregon Agricul
tural college; R. L. Sabin, vic-presi-dent;
F. L. Shull, treasurer W. K.
Newell, A. Jensen. Carl inaberlach
of Tillamook, F. G. Deckebach of
Salem, W. K. Taylor, a prominent
dairyman of Corvallls; J. D. Mickle,
state dairy and food commissioner;
Ira Steigerwald, Carl Schallinger. J
12. Dunne, P. O. Powell, a farmer of
Monmouth; A. M. Work and Dr. MS.ck.
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Consistent Growth and Are Strong I
Progress.
prevail in the districts which raised
fruits and berries enormous crops
tion
Figures taken from the report of
condition called for the close of busi
ness September 12. 1919, by the state
banking department, show 267 banks.
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usually active during the past two
years. The State Dairy association
has adopted the plan of holding meet
ings quarterly in various sections of
the sta'te instead of confining its ef
forts to one annual meeting. Under
its auspices meetings have been held
this year at Marshf ield, Bandon,
Myrtle Point. Hermiston and Eugene.
The Oregon Dairy council has car
ried on a persistent campaign of
education, showing the food value of
dairy products. Mrs. Edith Knight
Hill has kept this information con
tinually before the public through the
press of the city and country.. Edu
cational exhibits have been made at
the Multnomah county fair, state fair
and the Pacific International.
The various breed organizations
have also been active in encouraging
the breeding of more pure-bred dairy
cattle. Jersey breeders, Kolstein
breeders and Guernsey breeders are
well organized and are looking after
both state and national banks in this
state, with total resources of $337,-'
662,332.75, an increase of J92, 492.698.97
over the report of August 31. 1918.
Loans and Investments carried by
the banks in Oregon, as reported Sep
tember 12. amounted to $248,642,687.71.
an Increase of 157,133,322.23 over the
report of a year ago. Their invest
ment in banking houses, furniture and
fixtures totaled $5,815,846.56. being an
Increase of $119,499.03 in the past
year. This does not represent the
full investment of the banks in their
banking houses, furniture and fix
tures, as reductions in the book value
of these items are made annually by
practically every bank.
For the dally business on September
12 the banks had in cash on hand and
due from other banks, including the
federal reserve bank, the sum of $78,
763,286.88. an increase of $29,339.
265.95 over the 1918 report. This was
an average reserve of 27 per cent upon
the total deposits.
The total deposits carried by the
banks amounted to $288,470,494.58,
which was made up of demand de
posits, $219,645,896.79. and time and
savings deposits, $68,824,597.79. This
is an Increase in deposits of $91,498,
156.58 over the report of August 30,
.1918.
Capital la Large.
The paid-in capital of the banks in
Oregon was $20,023,750, with surplus
and undivided profits of $13,352,500.28.
The increase over the report for Aug
ust 31. 1918. was $789,250 in capital
and $1,656,478.55 for surplus and un
divided profits. These figures indi
cate the strength and stability of the
banks of this state. Since the report
of September 12 was filed five new
banks have been opened for business.
During the past year 14 new state
banks and one national bank have
been incorporated. Two state banks
have joined the national banking sys
tem. No bank failures in Oregon have
occurred during the same period, a
record to which the state can point
with pride.
With continued prosperity our state
will show greater development in the
future than during the past few years.
The "back-to-the-farm" movement is
easily accomplished with gratifying
and profitable results to all who un
dertake it.
The state banking department calls
for not less than five reports of con
dition from the state banks and trust
companies under its jurisdiction at
the same time and for the same date
on which reports are required from
national banks by the controller of
the currency. Complimentary reports
are furnished the state banking de
partment by the national banks, thus
complete financial statistics for the
state are made available and are pub
lished by the state banking depart
ment after each call report. The
banking department is self-supporting,
its income being derived from
fees for examinations paid by the
banks and from various other fees.
THURSDAY, JANUARY
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Conditions Are Ideal Cheese Is Important and Growing Feature Modern Means Generally Employed l
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the interests of their respective
breeds very closely.
Greater advancement has been made
along the market end of the industry
than during any preceding year. In
this the Tillamook Cheese association
stands out foremost. This associa
tion now has its own county dairy
inspector, a county veterinarian, a
cheese factory inspector and a paid
secretary, who receives a higher com
pensation than the governor of the
state of Oregon. The sale of the
whole production of the association
is handled through the office of the
secretary, and the membership is
made up of various directors of local
cheese factories. There is not another
such dairy organization In the coun
try. The Oregon Dairymen's league has
widened the extent of lta activities;
its membership is increasing and its
influence has become the predomi
nating factor In the sale of market
STRAWBERRY CULTURE EXTENDS THROUGH STATE )
1 Oregon Growers Produced 5 Per Cent of Total Tonnage In America During 1919, for Which They Received
.$1,000,000, Highest Returns Ever Recorded Here. I
By W. H. Walton, Editor Better Fruit.
OF THE bush fruits, the straw
berry until the last year, was the
largest income-producer in Oregon,
but the heavy planting of loganber
ries has now pushed it back into sec
ond place. The fame of Oregon as a
strawberry-producing state has large
ly rested on the Clark seedling, pro
duced so extensively in the Hood
River valley and to some extent in
other sections-of the state. This ber
ry, which has no superior as a ship
per, has been sold successfully all
over the middle west when market
ing conditions made it necessary and
has widely advertised Oregon and its
strawberries.
From now on, however, the reputa
tion of Oregon as a xtrawberry-pro-ducing
state will not be confined to
the limited area in the Hood River
valley, as the erection of canning and
processing plants throughout the
state is causing extensive plantings
in western Oregon and thousands of
pounds of this fruit, canned, and put
up in the form of Jams and jellies,
will be shipped to all parts of the
world.
In 1919 Oregon produced about 5
per cent of the total tonnage of
strawberries grown in the United
States, for which the growers re
ceived in the neighborhood of $1,000,
000. Of this amount the Hood River
district which shipped over 100 cars
received $300,000. In fact, the net
returns to the growers this year were
the highest ever known in the his
tory of the industry. The other large
producing districts were western and
southern Oregon and those parts of
eastern Oregon where there is irri
gation or the rainfall is not too light
to prevent the fruit from maturing.
While great ' success has been
achieved in producing strawberries In
the Hood River district, the brg de
velopment in this Industry in the fu
ture will be in the Willamette valley
and other sections of western Ore
gon, where the soli and climate are
particularly adapted to the propaga
tion of this berry and where fixed
markets have been made for it by
establishing canneries at most of the
central points In this territory, such
as Salem, Albany, Roseburg and Eu
gene. Growing Area Extcnda.
In fact the creation of co-operative
marketing organizations and the
erection of processing plants, coupled
with profitable returns. Is stimu
lating the buKh fruit industry to such
an'exlent that Clatsop, Coos and other
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milk In Portland and. the vicinity.
The closing year nas brought its
changes In the passing of a few weak
creameries and cheese factories, while
on the other hand, other creameries
have been strengthened and the out
put of many cheese factories has been
increased.
Condensed milk trade has been un
usually good. Several condensers that
were formerly in bad financial cir
cumstances have been taken over by
parties that, are financially sound.
Some of them have been almost com
pletely remodeled and are now doing
business up to manufacturing capac
ity. Three prominent condensed milk
concerns have entered the state dur
ing the year now closing.
What of the future? It does not re
quire a prophet to forecast the future
of the dairy industry of Oregon, for
when it comes to natural advantages.
Oregon has much to offer that is not
often found. When the man from
counties in the western and southern
part of the state that heretofore have
grown a limited quantity of straw
berries are now entering the industry
and will be heavy producers in the
near future. This year the demand
for this popular fruit at the highest
prices ever known was far greater
than the supply and no shipment was
too small to attract the buyer.
Planted on the right kind of soil
and given reasonable care, the straw-
berry grows to a perfection in both
quality and yield in Oregon not ex-
celled elsewhere. There are many
i acres 01 me oencn lanas
of western Oregon that can be pur-
chased at a reasonable figure that
present fine opportunities for the
prospective strawberry grower. Dis
tance from market, which was for
merly a bar to raising berries in
many of these sections, is no longer
much of a factor, having been over
come by the introduction of motor
trucks, many of which, are now op
erated by the purchasers of the fruit
and call daily at the growers' patch
for the berries.
The varieties of strawberries that
have been the most widely raised in
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the eastern Oregon dlBtrlot are the limited capital necessary the careful
Marshall and Wilson. The Marshall grower should get big returns.
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I FILBERTS PROVE GOOD VALUE !
Experience With This Choice Nut Reveals It Thrives in Oregon Soil 1
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By A. M. Gray.
THIS is a big subject and one about
which all of us have much to
learn, but we are far enough along
to make the planting of a filbert grove
a safe investment and a very profita
ble one. More than that, we do not
have to wait forever for returns.
While filberts aeem to do well on
poor soil, yet I want to say to those
who contemplate planting a grove,
that the better the soil and the bet
ter tho care, the better the tree. The
best grove I have seen is that of Ho
mer A. Kruse, four miles east of Wll
sonville. Or., on high bottom land
along the Willamette river. This
grove is on A 1 soil and has had ex
cellent care. It is 14 years old and
has been producing handsomely for
nine or ten years. This year $500
was realized from not an unusual
crop. There is slightly more than an
acre and some of the trees are not
of the bearing varieties.
Before planting, it might be well
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Minnesota or Wisconsin comes to us
and desires to settle where climatic
conditions are similar to those of
states mentioned, we can place him
in eastern Oregon anywhere between
Ontario and The Dalles, and when
he has become somewhat acclimated
and Imbibed a little of the western
spirit there is seldom found within
him any longing for the eastern state.
This Is not always the case, of course,
for we have known of men who have
come out here becoming dissatisfied,
and they have gone back to Iowa,
Kansas or Nebraska; but we have also
known of some of those name men
coming back to Oregon to remain
here.
If a man is somewhat particular
and desires to get into a place where
he can find some of the real dairy
advantages he once knew in Holland,"
or a place where the pastures are al
ways green, where the ground never
freezes, where white clover grows
wild, and where the greatest amount
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is a mid-season berry of fine quality,
not a very good shipper and is there
fore largely consumed in local mar
kets. The Wilson, which should be
grown on rich soils, is a fine canning
berry and given caro is one of tho
heaviest producers. The Magoon,
Gold Dollar and Oregon are some of
the other important varieties that are
being successfully produced in the
western section of the state.
Some of the long fruiting varieties
are now being recommended for this
section where canneries are located
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ever-bearing varieties is expected to
take place next spring. East of the
Cascades the Clark Seedling, which
is both a superior shipping and can
ning berry, is grown almost to the
exclusion of any other strawberry.
Here it thrives and brings rich re
turns to the grower, although not
such a heavy producer as some of the
varlties grown in the western sec
tion of the state.
Like the other bush fruits, the
strawberry at the present time offers
a fine opportunity for an investment
in fruit-raising in Oregon. With new
markets, stabilized prices and only
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to know something of the market
possibilities. Five years ago I de
cided to look into this feature of the
business. I took samples of filberts
from here and went to Philadelphia
to the big Importing nut houses to
get tab on the market. The filberts
were regularly sampled and pro
nounced much better than tho im
ported varieties.
I told those buyers that I was there
simply to size up the market. They
told me to go back to Oregon and
urge the planting and production to
the limit, that the market was limited
only by the production; that they
were prepared to buy 25,000,000
pounds annually. At that time they
were importing around 12,000,000
pounds.
As is well known, the filbert
sprouts around the base as does the
wild hazel. This is hard on the tree
and harder on the man to remove
those sprouts.
The filbert root proper does not
sprout. The sprouting occurs at the
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of labor in connection with the oper
ation of the dairy is the milking of
the cows, we can set this man down,
in either Columbia, Clatsop, Tilla
mook. Coos or Curry county, and
there lie will find his ideal. If the
reader of these lines feels inclined
to question the truth thereof, let him
write Roy Jones, county agricultural
am'ui of Tillamook county; J. L.
Smith, ex-county agent for Coos coun
ty. Coquille, Or., or to County Agent
L.echner of Clatsop county, at Asto
ria. 1 have traveled through parts of
New York. Minnesota, Wisconsin,
and Illinois, through rich dairy com
munities with splendid farm homes,
Kiwu Ki-hoola and roads, where every
thing indicated prosperity, but, after
nil. I have come back to Oregon bet
ter satisfied with what wc have here;
more confident as to her future, and
happy in the thought that it may bo
my privilege to have a small part in
the future upbuilding of eo great a
slate.
point of union of the tree bark and
lie root bark. If this point of union
be brought above the ground In
transplanting to the grove, all the
sprouting will bo above the ground
and the sprouts may be rubbed off
Trom time to time with the hand.
Soon the sprouting will cease.
Put the sprouts in the nursery for
a year and when digging, save all of
tho roots. Do not prune the roots.
Krum tho point of union of tho tree
bark and the root bark down for six:
or eight inches, gather all the roota
together and bind them with a piece
of old cloth, making a stem of them.
Plant with tho point of union of tho
tree bark and root bark two inches
above ground, and you will havo a
tree that will sprout only above the
ground.
The filbert is native around the
Mediterranean and up through France
and England. It has been success
fully grown in the Pacific northwest.
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State's Flax Crop
1 Yields Fair Returns I
i Marlon County Growers Shown to
Have Received SSOtlO for Rise of
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S)ME idea of the extent to which
flax Is grown In Marlon county
may be gained by figures made pub'
lie by R. Lee Steiner, warden of the
Oregon state penitentiary, which
show that farmers on whose land this
product was grown for the prison
plant last year, returned to tho grow
ers more than $7000.
While the value of the year's crop
cannot be estimated, the indication is
that notwithstanding the yield was
lighter than usual, there will be
a big percentage of profit. Super
visor Eshleman estimates that the
value of the fiber, tow and seed will
be about $23,500.
The state board of control recently
disposed ot one carload of last year's
tow, which since December has been
stored in a warehouse of the Belmont
Packing & Rubber company In Phil
adelphia. In the carload was 24.S20
pounds of water-retted tow and 5037
pounds of dew-retted tow. a total of
29.S50 pounds, and in addition two
bales of scutched fiber, amounting to
S70 pounds, sent as a memorandum
shipment.
The Belmont company had agreed
to buy the shipment of tow at 25
cents a pound, but later claimed that
the consignment did not come up to
the samples and refused to accept it.
Recently the Robert Andrews com
pany, manufacturers of New York,
made Inquiry about a carload of tow.
and when the firm offered 2Z cents
a pound, the deal was closed, tile sale
price being. $.iiyi.
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