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THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD. OREGON. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1908.
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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-
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(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
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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-
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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
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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."