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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 17, 1908)
"" - - '' J ' ' 28 5,'1as" -v h lWa -T-f- THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD. OREGON. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1908. io4.44HH-Ih4--HH-H-HH'4H'H-'HI"I"I I'l !-I"14"HH-lHHfHi. jj4.4j4.4.4HJH-HW- -H-i-M-H DAIRYING AT THE OREGON. STATE FAIR T ....HHKIIH'''''''H"I"II'IH44I f ,"I";"J"I"I"I'J" H-j..!. j. ,jh..h..hhh. all others directly Interested In dairy- i Pen and Picture Description of what rr.on JL lng, and there Is good reason to be- ntjvu Liiu me uuuir win greatly stimulate the dairy Industry through out the state and also the dairy sec tions of the Pacific Northwest. Done and Seen In the Dairy Section of :: the Big State Fair Exhibit at Salem ? Mrs. S. A. Yoakum, of Coos county, Is one woman who has most empha tically demonstrated that to make a success of a state fair or dairy exhlbi- :: Recently 'HH"H-i'I'I"I"I"I"l"H"H"I"H"I"H ' , - iy- - ; y , -' ' ' " ' "' .''' ..& v mi -,- - i$53 SiS8B PS HK3 rt 1 9HH9 PxvEalllflDSEHBMiEisJEE-'- (This article and accompanying pictures of the dairy exhibit at Salem Is presented to the readers of The Times by courtesy of the Pacific Homestead, that excellent farm weekly of Salem, so ably edited by F. S. Craig.) Mercedes DeKol Albin, a Holsteln cow owned and exhibited by John L. Smith, proprietor of Hazelwood Farm, not far from Spokane, Wash ington, ranked ahead of six other dairy cows In the milch cow contest conducted at the Oregon state fair re cently, but she was hard pressed by the little Jersey cow, Madellna May, owned and exhibited by Charles Cle veland, Jr., of Gresham, Oregon, and by two Holsteln females belonging to P. A. Frakes, the genial cattleman of Scappoose, Columbia county, Ore gon. The contest was conducted by Paul V. Marls, deputy dairy and food com missioner for Oregon, the first milk ing taking place at 6 o'clock on Thursday morning and the last at 6 p. m. the following day. The contest was conducted on a commercial basis and the cows making the most money for their respective owners were awarded the premiums, according to their rank in the test. Tho first pre mium consisted of $40; the second, $30; third', $20; fourth, $15; and the fifth, $10. The milking was done at the barns where the cows were stalled during the fair, and the milk was taken to the dairy headquarters In tho dairy pavilion whore It was tested at stated hours morning and evening by tho most approved methods in tho hands of tho deputy commissioner and tho outcome Immediately bulletined on a blackboard for tho benefit of all those persons Interested in tho matter. An allowance of 25 cents per pound was made for butter fat and 20 cents per pound for skimmed milk. Tho names of tho respective cows In tho order of rank In which they entered tho contest are: Mercedes DeKol Albln, Decky Claremont, Cloo Mechthildo, Glencoo Queen, Clotllde of Rosomont, Netherall Dosle, and Madellna May. The amounts and kinds of food fed durlng tho test is explained in the following: Mercedes DoKol Albln consumed 12 pounds carrots, 8 bran, 8 cornmeal, 12 rolled oats, 1V& oil cake, and all tho hay she could eat; Becky Claremont 22 pounds rolled IllllllF ""ps s IMsiM Tho corner occupied by the Km pi re Cream Separator Company's exhibit in tho dairy pavilion, Oregon State Fair, 1008. A Flashlight picture of the cheese ex hiblt in the dairy pavilion, Oregon State fair, 1008. The woman at the right Is Mrs. S. A. Yoakum superintendent of the dairy department. Flashlight picture of the Do Laval S"parator Company's exhibit, dairy pavilion annex-, Oregon State Fair, 11)08. The "milk maid" shown is C. A. Stahl, one of the firm's representatives. tion tho women must bo given recog nition among the official board. Tho fair management displayed most ex cellent judgment when they placed her In position of superintendent of the dairy department of tho 1908 state fair just closed, as though her untiling efforts a larger display of dairy products was made than at any previous fair. A new twin building to the dairy pavilion was constructed and in this were housed the working exhibits of dairy machinery, thus leaving tho older pavilion to tho use of the butter and cheese display and tho state dairymen's headquarters. In the latter were shown dairy and creamery butter from several of the leading dairy farms and creameries of the state and cheese from tho principal chease-produclng counties Coos and Tillamook." OKECJOX DAIRY XOTKS. "Oregon's dairy product In 1907 amounted to $17,000,000." "Prof. G. L. McKay, of Iowa, call3 Oregon 'the dairy paradise.' " "In one month Tllamook county's 52 factories produced. GOO, 000 pounds of cheese." "Win. Schulmerlch, Hlllsboro, sayr: 'My herd of 33 cows (register- ws .'" ' ' '. ' : ' ldgSH8K?m& nasmam m- . 3 The Monroe Crisell exhibit in one of the dairy pavilions, Oregon Stato Fair, 1008. Their ll-r.-K milking nuuiiiiie stands on tho iloor at the left-hand corner of the table. Flnshllght view of Hazelwood Cream Company's exhibit, Oregon Stato Pair, 1008. oats, Ms bran, 1 barley chop, a fow stalks of corn, and all tho hay bIio desired; Cloe Mechthildo IS pounds bran, IS shorts, 20 carrots, and all tho clover hay sho wanted (it being of poor quality); Glencoo Queen IS pounds of bran, IS rolled oats, clover hay in plenty; Clotllde of Rosomont l! pounds oats, C bran, 1 oil meal, 20 cabbage, 10 carrots, and all tho alfalfa hay necessary to satisfy hoi appetite; Nothorall Doslo Sumo food ns Clotlldo of Rosemont; Madellna May 30 pounds of carrots, 10 bran, 25 pounds oar corn, 5 kalo, Ms oil meal, and all tho clover hay sho could dispose of. Much injLrest was shown in tho test by thtfowners of tho cows and lpMlpT''l',''''?',''l''' Partial view of tho cattlo parade, Oregon Stato Fair, 1008. ed and grade Jerseys) produced for 1907, $3,C9C, an average of $112 per cow." "Butter brings an average of cents per pound more in Oregon than in the Bast." "Sixty carloads of condensed milk aro shipped every month from Wash ington county." "J. B. Mickle, Washington coun ty, Oregon: 'My nine cows now aver ago $115 per year.' " "Mr. Skinner's herd of 20 grade Jerseys, near Newberg, Or., averaged him $123.10 per cow In, 1907."
