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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (March 9, 1919)
TIIE SUNDAY OREG ONI AX, rOlMXAXD. 3lATlCTt 9. 1919. " 5 . . . . .........-.............................. a ! afJ Mjilll!linilSil!liliilli!ll!lm The Livestock Industry A Source of Ceaseless Prosperity w E HAVE learned to undertake . and to accomplish with a wider vision; to picture at will the resources and the needs of states and nations of many peoples. Greater Oregon and the old Oregon Country are rich in resource and in potential wealth. The value of their yearly production of livestock alone is reckoned in millions. The great open stretches of Eastern Ore gon; the fertile pastures of the Willamette, and the gold-strewn' hills and values of the Rogue River-country support their teeming herds and droves of cattle, sheep and hogs. Washington and Idaho, too, vie with their sister state in the production of animal wealth. Yet there is room and opportunity for a ten-fold yes, an hundred fold increase. . -x It is our duty the duty of every good citizen to foster and to pro mote whatever tends to increase this, one of the state's chief industries. The stockman creates wealth without infringement upon his neigh bor's resources or impairment of his own. The careful, judicious increase and building up of herds and flocks make for individual prosperity, not only, but as well for the prosperity of the nation and the commonwealth. We stand, therefore, for those things which will bring tha stockman in closer touch with his neighbor; for facilities where he can exhibit, with pride, the result of forward-looking, intelligent labor; where multitudes may come and enlarge their knowledge concerning a responsible calling the use of Nature's forces, under a kindly Providence, to add to the com forts and to the blessings of all mankind! We have only recently inquired of leading banking institutions through the Middle West Kansas City, Denver and other large cities regarding the state-wide benefits that follow the building of great, per manent exposition facilities for the proper housing and exposition of livestock. Without exception the replies show that the stockman, and the state at large, have reaped a lasting benefit from such. What other states have done, Oregon can ancwill do ! THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL BANK Resources Over $30,000,000.00 'Portland's Bank for Foreign Trade" .uiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 a 1 1 ii 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 M 1 1 1 1 1 M 1 1 ! 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 1 1 1 M 1 1 n 1 1 H 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 !T jjfnillllliiiiiiiiiiiin L If IVESTOCK INDUSTRY CREASING IN OREGON Whole State Shows More Hogs Being Raised. SHEEP STANDS ABOUT EVEN Statistics ComtJiled by l'ortland Chamber of Commerce Give Full Details by Counties. Statistics for 1918 as compiled by the Portland Chamber of Commerce show a. substantial increase in the hog in dustry of Oregon during the past year while the i?tock cattle industry also has shown an increase i eastern Ore son. In western Or .Ron there has been a decided increase in the sheep indus try, but this is offset by the decline of this industry in eastern Oregon. The tabulated statistics showing the percentage increases and decreases in the various livestock sections, by counties, follow: Western Oreron Counties. Increase or Decrease of Livestock. Stock Dairy Horses. Cattle. Cattle. Hoca. Sheen. OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME LEADING STOCK CENTER OF WEST PRESENTED TO PORTLAND Frank M. Rothrock, President of Spokane Livestock Show, Deems Erection of Stadium Here Key to Success. Citizens Should Open Purse Strings to Building Programme, Is View. SHORTHORN SALE DRAWS HIGH-GKADE ANIMALS TO OFFERED APUIL 1. ORTLAND can easily become the leading livestock center of the entire west. Never before in the history of the industry has such g exhibit which, of course, would be the Pacific-International show in Port land. All of the other shows would re volve about the Portland exposition. "Not until this year has a western an opportunity been presented to a city j breeder shipped cattle to a Chicago sales in the northwest, and if the citizens of j exposition for more than 15 years, but the Day & Uothrock Hercules farm de cided upon the experiment last month with wonderful success. Four pure bred shorthorns were shipped to the Chicago shorthorn congress by express. Their prize bull. Village Hercules, won the grand championship and sold lor $2500. Another bull, Hercules Diamond, won a first prize and was sold for $500U. Two others won third prizes, but com manded higher prices than did some of the shorthorns which won higher hon ors from the judges. Mr. Rothrock is a native of Kentucky but came to this state 25 years ago. It has taken the northwest 25 years, he says, to attain the point in livestock breeding which the east had attained before he came to this country. But the west is now coming into its own. and he believes that a great future la in store for shorthorn cattle. The cattle business of the north west is rapidly going on a new and paying basis, making the use of the shorthorn possible," he said. "With pastures fenced, we can control both feeding and breeding, warranting in vestment in pure-bred bulls. We have roughage to consume and wheat fields to glean, making cattle raising Imper ative. On our forest reserve pastures cattle are needed to keep the coarse Benton Nor. tc.'c Nor. 10 Clatsop...- Mor. Nor. Tc Nor. Nor. Columbia. ..tir.ro t-OTo iSO'S, n.-.Ti Douslaa ...JtO'To r-iO'-i ".:', Jackeon 206 ."f-i 2.Vi, 15 Josephine... Kor. 'in". 'iOc JO 10 Lane JJ0 tWo tlVVc 'l.Vi oi. Lincoln J 10 tliiK'a Nor. jr, 20 ',4 Marlon 1c.o t-r.'a tlOTo iao J0i Multnomah. tilo t-'Ki t-','c 'obVo Polk t;;0'o iVor. 'lOTo Tillamook... Nor. tWfo Xor. :; Washington. Nor. Nor. t30 Nor. Nor. JDecrease. Increase. N or. Normal. the Oregon metropolis will only awak en to a realization of their opportuni ties, they will open their purse strings quickly and gladly in order that the building programme of the Pacific International Livestock exposition may be a success." This is the prophecy of Frank M. Rothrock, prominent shorthorn breed er of Spokane, who was in Portland Friday in the interest of the campaign. Sir. Rothrock is a member of the firm of Day & Rothrock, owners of the Her cules stock farm. His farm won na tional prominence at the shorthorn congress at Chicago in February when four shorthorns from the Hercules farm were sold for a total of $11,650 after winning prizes amounting to more than $150. Stadium Held OpenlnR Step. If the Pacific International Livestock exposition secures its proposed show stadium in Portland, it will Etimulate interest among the breeders as 110 other one thing could do," said Mr. Rothrock "It will likewise prove to be the open ing step toward starting a chain of winter livestock shows in the Pacific northwest. "Los Angeles and San Francisco are certain to stage livestock shows. And these, together with the annual shows at Billings, Mont., Lewiston, Idaho, and Spokane, will all add to the .prestige of the Portland show. Livestock breeders throughout the west will ex hibit throughout this chain of shows. and all of them will lead directly to the ington and Oregon already are send ing cattle to Omaha and Chicago, and we can furnish the corn belt stock men with an animal that they can fatten up rapidly on corn. "In the Pacific northwest the snort- horn has found a new sphere, and it is already giving a good account of itself. Improvement Is the order or the day. and the red. white and roan shorthorns are Its chief exponents." SILAGE IS MONEY-SAVER Economy in Feeding Established by South Carolina Station. According to R. W. Clark of the Colo rado Agricultural college, "we have ample proof of the economy of the silo." He asserts the superiority or the silage over stover and cottonseed hulls has been-established. The test was made at the South Caro lina experiment station and showed that corn silage gave by far the best results, not only in economic produc tion of beef, but also in the quality of beef and the shape in which it reached the market. The silage-fed groups of steers produced beef from 15 to 20 per cent cheaper than the other groups. The silage-fed steers produced gains that would warrant an earning' on the silage of $6.86 per ton. This earning was made on a very poor market. the steers only sold for (5.50 per hun dred. Had they sold on a better market this price could easily have been In- Exhibits Which Won Recognition in East to Be Sold at Stockyards. More than passing interest is being shown In the coming sprjng shorthorn sale to be held at the Portland union stockyards. North Portland, on April 1, under the management of Frank Brown. Mr. Brown is now lining up his animals for tho sale, and present Indications show that there will be about 60 bulls and 40 females offered to breeders at that time. This will make the shorthorn salo much larger than the one held last spring. The animals will come' from some of the best herds In the northwest, while a carload of shorthorns which won rec ognition at the recent shorthorn con grtsa and sale at Chicago also will be offered to the breeders of this section Tho fact that breeders from Orecon and Washington carried away the hixh- est honors at the Chicago shorthorn congress Indicates that Oregon and Washington cannot be equaled for the breeding of these animals. This should awaken more than ordinary interest In the shorthorn stock which will be put on the block at the April sale. ... ... 1 . 1 a . 1 n .... f ri hspm from cnoKing out 1 n ft more ten-1 crraseu u i v ft. der varieties. I With corn silage costing but $6 per "In the Intermountatn country, the 1 ton, which is a fair price for its pro- day of the shorthorn has arrived. Our population may be small, but the east ern demand is big, and our local pack ing plants can use all we produce. Our cattle have bone, vigor and poundmak ing qualities not to be excelled. Wash- ductton. good corn land can be made to earn from $60 to $100 per acre. If tho land owners of the west would heed the teachings of this bulletin the profits would be Increased millions of dollars. Eastern Oregon Counties. Increase or Decrease or Livestock. Flock Hairy Horsea Cattlp. Cattle. Hoirs. Sheep. Baker ilii'i )."i;o lo'b UO'i '-U'n l.rook Nor. Nor. Nor. t t tes hutes.. .tinr .v,i 'jTo Nor. r. r;illiam Nor. Nor. Nor. Nor. $."0 (Jrant ...... Nor. Npr. Nor. Nor. Nor. .lufferson Nor. -0'o i Nor. 15 Klamath t t Lake. I1nri tlTiTo tUOTJ TUalheur. Nor. tton, 'SCi t'-S'.'e jlSCi Morrow K'Jo io'.b !" tlOTi 55i Sherman Nor. Nor. Nor. t Nor. t rnatilla . Nor. Nor. Nor. i X Wasco --' '.V. WHetler ...'lO'o io'c Nor. lo',i ".0'i t Decrease. Increase. Xor. Normal. Pictures From Rural Spirit. The livestock pictures shown on the front page of this section are repro dxiced by The Oregonian through the courtesy of II. C. Browne, publisher of Rural Spirit, a farm weekly newspaper Mr. Browne is an enthusiastic booster for the Pacific International livestock exposition campaign. The cattle tick must go. It stunts all your cattle. It kills many of them. It reduces the price. It prevents shipping to good markets. It prevents bringing in good stock. It kills the iittle busi ness. Tou can't allord to fetd the tick. HERE ARE PURE-BRED SHORTHORNS FROM THE NORTHWEST WHICH WON NATIONAL IIONORS AT THE RECENT SHORTHORN CONGRESS IN CHICAGO. V; 4- tot' c 4- A 4 , A- -s 4 Vf . ".. ' f - 9 t ft- f ' .; 1 6 i t BE Hrley far Stock. In recent years some northwestern livestock men have been experiment ing with barley as a food for cattle and hogs. The results have been excep tionally satisfactory and surprising In some instances. It. is a subject the livestock men might Mudy with profit BANK OF KENTON Situate adjacent to the Union Stockyards. Collections given prompt and careful atten tion. Interest paid on time and savings de posits. GEORGE F. HEUSNER, President J. V. BURKE, Vice-President R. R. THATCHER, Cashier Always for the Pacific Livestock Exposition Here Kidwell & Caswell LIVE STOCK COMMISSION MERCHANTS Market Reports Furnibhcd on Application K. 13. CASWELL Union Stock Yards, North TorUand, Or. rhone Woodlawn 2101) roXTR rBIEE-T5X53arsC SHOBTHOB5S FROM THE DAY & ROTHROCK UERD AT SPOKASE. We Stand for f PROGRESS! attained in the livestock industry best through a free exchange of ideas as to improved breeding and the production of more ancj better cattle, sheep and hogs. Such progress is amply reflected in the many lines of endeavor dependent upon this important industry and we therefore, in the interests of a Greater Portland, earnestly bespeak the support of all for the PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK EXPOSI TION. PORTLAND CATTLE LIVE STOCK STATE LOAN COMPANY BANK Capital and Surplus, $730,000 Capital and Surplus, $123,000 W. P. 'DICKEY, President. Located in Livestock Exchange Building, Union Stockyards, North PorUand, Or.