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irti w vKk rrfB?'i , . w ..Ir0 f:-uTO535, sk a, ? . ax ':-fr:- v-'.x a.t?a. V"" ' Mli;' L ; .'2 ia T ' 5 . . . . 1- "bjKnf ? rt'f. . v.' . . - . ' . . ,1, s ; or- in purpose or v as v ( f , 'iRKW-,, ' - " ('- - , n,- - ; ., f.tf.'vJa otock how that "f Profits Poultry Raising ttdG CKEGOT HEEFafcDS JE?r B?KB OKB. ern tt in th eadlnes with which made. The plan provides that the farm other good man looka after the general they may be adapted to the poultry In- be divided Into four IB-acre fields and farm work. The hena live on the pa s- if.-: "vj'"i' y from the dijstry. In Innumerable localities are .two 60-acre fields; that the colony sy- ture fields with the cOwa; ' therefore. Qregon last year imponea irom tavni the llitht. gravelly soil that Is so tem be followed; that the hens be there Is no cost for land for th fowls; middle west". 0,000.000 ,ens. , To tha favorabia to, the keeping of poultry, changed on to a fresh field every year the small chicks run. a crop 01 well informed producer of poultry and There is green stuff the year round to and likewise the chicks; that the 10 te lT-acre 'fields everyrother year.nThe eites this simple statement of fact tells furnish the picking that Is so Important cows pasture with the hens; that the poultry and tne cows and the clover , t . , .u- to tire health and comfort of chickens, colony houses be pulled Into the 60-acre w,"KeeI the farm In a high state of an ? eloquent : Ule, . It seems tliat the . w j..i,. v,,...-.fertility, and the plan of rotating the Liiltrv' raising industry here can be turkeys and ducks. fields when the crops are harvested; chickens as well as the crons means a mminlrwhUwbnn. In the opinion of Professor Dryden. that the hen. be kept for two laying healthy, prolific lot of fowls. The labor !SSSt Poultry keeping may be made a leading StAtTK. "p lines. The raising of poultry 'and the feature of a system of mixed husbandry. take the place of half the hens. tloally no feed need be purcha.0(r. uroductlon of merchantable eggs for the ,and probably under such a system will The returns are figured on a basis of There is no end of favorable locattona jiroautiion i "le".n' 1 Inner nroflts than as a seDarata 120 er Rowland 20 cents a dozen; for exclusive poultry rainers, who re market has In the eastern states been pay larger proms man as a. separate . " , K,.hu r. .v,,, quire favorable climatic and soil con redu.ed to an exact' science. The sup- business. - Ift article tt tha faelf c wheat croP 80 buahoU per. acra atod ltlon, and Pa8jr accel, tn the bMt W(ir, w in thnR .fra 1m. been brought jb Farmer he said: cn" P ousnei; oats at 4U nusneis ket. Throughout the Willamette valley , T . . M " ....... ta1 onrA V A nVttnba sinM ai- f Via aaV. ftf t.nnilfliinnM OT rhPAT) flCrAH. PinflA i v "it in rnii n ia rnr mi Tflrtriaii' i nn "- w .-w wsa,- - - . -.- : to aood ooultrv business without anv ere, ona tno cuu puueis raisea eacn .,,. rtnM.Hnn wh Tnrtinrt to approximately equal the demand. ' iicmM fii. iritiv Af vn anil' ttoult.rv a ... v.v.i h. okHrnf nnn. i-nut for land. It la belne done in Rhode 'r nd 600 hens go to market each Portland, the transcontinental rail turners, s;nd the egg shortage 1. yearly Island ,wr condition, not so favorable 1 rjJMJO cent- ew ISJuS. M.Kn'! growing more pronounced as In Oregon. , the wneat is red on the place. iKewlw HawaU and th so,h coa8t 1(t naturally The result is high prices all the year "It- will entail more labor, but that tn o1"- Tha Bklm mllk fod to the the gn)tLt market for the poultry man. m . irhov..i,.. h. .hniif .11 th. .-rtr. .tnn ' chickens and this with wie grasshoppers Already two electrie railroads penetrate round for eggs, and at Thanksgiving ill be about all the Mtni., expense. It an(J other ,n90Cts (uld wn?ms on virgin territory to the east as far as an Christmas seasons dressed and llva ls a. question of getting profit , out of moBt farms furnish the necessary Estacada, and south to Salem. Another poultry command prices that fairly labor rather. than out of land. It is amount of animal food. On the wheat line Is being built from .Portland to Luii th. iut.ii .. .i.rt.nr littl. fnptnrv nn fhm tm.rm stubble and hay fields after the crop Hlllsboro ana Forest Grove. An elnc- appall the retail buyer. . f i , ' . V t, I vL 17 on ta " 1. off the poultry will find enough waste trie road under construction between James- Dryden, professor ef poultry the farm furnlsblng the raw materials, mln and other food to maintain them Portland and Mount Hood, Is opening culture In the Oregon agricultural ex- "I want to offer a plan f or eonsldera- for at least a month every year. ' Most tip thousands of acres that have never perlment station, - has made a . special tlon. Ths farm of 10 acres 1 new nn. h wl b' fe. Fee is raised had easy market for their products. -The . iMMijiiciit , . r ' ... . . . m . on the place for four horses, 10 cows, lines of the Southern Pacific in the Wl I- study. of conditions and possible prof, dor a rotation of wheat, eats and clover J 000 hens and 1.000 chicks, totallrtg up lamette valley are awaiting to transport ,1ts In the keeping of poultry on the and 10 eows are kept. Without Inter l, 800, probably a little more than Jsac- the poultry products of growers around farm, ferlng with that system er with the re- t"""?c?",r'r- This leaves a balance scores of cities where th poultry biisl. ;i"w.M,. -mM m. ..... . ti...,... ' ,00 to pay. for labor, superintend- nesa is scarcely Inaugurated. . The re Oregon cllmatle conditions , and tha turns from It thousand hens may be ece and dividends. One man will take gions around Dllley. Yamhill. McMlnn fecd problems easily outrival any east kept on the , farm and larger profits care of the hens and the cows and an- villa, Sheridan, "Dallas, Monmouth, In- , dependence. Falls Citv. Aire.Corvallis. Newherg. Oregon City, liubbard, Ralem, Ma rlon, Jefferson, Al bany; vKugene, Cottage Orove. Coburg, Ie ba ron, i Stay ton. Silver ton and many other points are ideal for development of the ll' l I f fit f f " ' , ""Illlllllll poultry business on a large scale. DAIRYING .IN MARION COUNTY By A. F. Kofer. to become one of the .largest stock eoun- The western part of Oregon has all trlea of the world, because of its won the advantages for a great and pernian- deVful f fertility, its' adaptation . to all ent dairy Industry,, and on account of: fctage plants, and its moist, cool ell its geographical position Marlon county, mate. And Marlon county Is in the ver Is probably ' better adapted to profit- midst Ofethls great section. -able dairying than any other. portion of In Marlon 'county there are several the state thus mentioned. Marlon coun- creameries and cheese factories which fy is in the "Center of the Willamette "vat- require an immense -amounts of mlllc ley; which has become famous the world and cream, 'besides thousands of dol over for producing the choicest agrl- Jars' worth of tream is shipped annual ti.v...t r l.-j it- ui , , ly to Portland, one creamery there, (the cultural crops, 'and-its soil is so rich HaEeVwod-having disbursed -ovr 60. . and fertile that a goodly supply of green 000 for. Marlon county . cream last year, food 'Is obtainable throughout the en- The dairymen of Marlon county last tire year and other forage crops can be year received on an average of 30 73-100 grown in sufficient quantities to Insure cents .per pound-for their cream, which a perfectly-balanced ration for the dairy is greater than was paid, anywhere else cows at all seasons. in the United States outside of Oregon. In Marlon county there is the dvan- The cheese manufactured in Marlon tage of no severe cold weather In win- county has no equal In -quality, and it ter and no extreme heat in the summer; commands the highest prices in distant and the days are very few in the course markets. s . of the year when cows cannot be. turned - Marion county has excellent transpor lnto pasture for a feast of good grass, tat ion facilities for quickly getting the A well-known dairy - expert- after a dairy products from the' farms to the visit to the Pacific coast, made tho pre-, creameries. Two steam railroads cross diction that the national census of 1920 the county from north to south, and an will show Oregon to e the. greatest electric railway Is now in operation from dairying state in the Union. Another Portland to. Salem, and it has opened to fsmous, dairy worker Is of the opinion settlement a county of untold possibll that the Willamette .valley, is destined Hiss for dairying. . ' ' i . At an expense of $150,000 the Porfl land Country, club and "Livestock asso elation Is building and equipping a grea ermanent -exnosltloi giving annual livd will attract nations patronage. Constructlo rider wav and thn Cnin iaJwt!Wi 5 try club, will-be ready to give .its "firs '&IU3KZH!WX w5,how in Septemler of this yeat., yVJJMlVA The organisation has Durchasnd ant p.m iur vu acres in a reauurui ovi valley high up on the ltst Portlar plateau, surrounded by the benches ' Mount Tabor and a neighboring "em iicit.-B. ijii're -are xunqs on nana carry out-the elaborate clans that ft to make Portland. the center of the llv stock movement on the Pacific alone. I strong board of directors is In cbari of the organization's work and the ulq mate success of the - project is kba lately assured. , - . .. i A one-mile standard track ' is tvi thirds completed. It Is a model of tl kind, and wHL. satisfy the-most exad ing norsemen. it is elevated and grarii in such' a manner, that a broad rl duct has been : built under It, gfVlq access tor verucien 10 ine quart. Birotcn. contracts nave oeen . let LANE COUNTY Ijane county Is .one of the part leu- acres of good, cheap lands available larly favored -sections of Oregon. -It for settlers in this county. v.'. " A Stock raising affords a profitable In- faas immense-timber resources, and this vestment for capital. Cattle, sheep, well-known fact has made . it famous horses. Angora goats and hogs bring more for its lumber than for any other flute and satisfactory returns. The I. mildness of the - climate and the gen product. But the, county .is also , an er0UB ranfan n8ures green pasturage Immense ' producer of dairy products, the year round. This coupled with the hops, fruits, grain and livestock. - The moisture in the atmosphere produces the hopyards now aggregate-, nearly ,., 000 finest staple of wool and mohair. , It acres, and are increasing every year, may not be generally known, but It' Is Just as good fruit can be raised In nevertheless a fact, that mohair can be Lane eounty as In any -other part : of produced In Lane county that will bring Oregon. ..There- are still -thousands of anywliftre from $3 to $5 per pound. the big horse- barns to be located tne tiDDtr end -of the Infl.M rh. will at the beginning be eight" bard eacn - witn a . capacity lor Zb Horses more. . The fences about tha-entlra tmnf l now going . up rapidly, and other irl provements are being commenced. Tl construction contract, for the grandstaq wan- let a sew - -nay ago, - and material win Boon dc on tne grouna. The trran stand will be a mammoth umbrelli anapea ' structure. almost without 1 siae supporting pillars, and will be.hu In a form to afford unobstructed vl or tne entire track. It will be oenft wnn a metai rooi. - iocamen au over tne west ai tnrougnout tne middle went stattwi showing keen interest in the Portia Country club and livestock associai: project, and are preparing to partlclnJ in inn urst annual event.' said Snor tary O. A. Wentgate. We will have numocr -or eastern -nerds or show i tie. There will nrobablv be Mm t from one of the corn belt states a-en ioaa or tneir picked steers, of the ty that command the highest prices In t! fat stock markets of Chicago -and -Kti PENDLETON A The latest; leaflet issued by the Pel dleton Commercial association shows! splendid groevth during the last year fl that prosperous Inland metropolis,. But rounded by an empire of 8,000 equal miles in which the livestock, wool grof lng. wheat raising and lumbering ll oneirics are increasing tne weaun. the- people at a. rapid rate, There are few Inland cities ont Paclfln. slope that can- equal Pendleti In opportunities for the homeseekel The city now has five publlo school contlnsr JlEO.flOO. two acadnmles and-vt hunlnees college, employing 50 teaohd witn an enrollment ox over z.ooo. ,,!' 0 a EC. -fl Jf u it : v. i m .. J I - Th also V im y ' lcZ ': polk-' J $ -; : . - y-m . tillamooic . & , ' -' fy " COUNTY y ' - u'h '- : s' : ' J . . ' " - - 3 fc? r - , . - m 11 - i &2 a. number of creameries where the far-famed Tillamook butter Is made. There are about 35,000,000,000 feet of , merchantable timber . in Tills- t mook county, the greater portion of which Is tributary to Tillamook bay. It is said to be the largest and best body of virgin timber in the United States. - Balmon fishing Is one of Tillamook county's Important resources. There v are three canneries in the county. . ; To the lover of nature Tillamook county presents many charms. ' The Tillamook, : Trask, . Wilson, Kilchls and Miami rivers flow Into Tillamook bay, and to the north is the Nehalem river, which flows into the Nehalem bay. All these afford splendid fishing. The ocean beaches are unsurpassed fot surf bathing. . ; The Pacific Railway ft Navigation coinpuny has under construction a rail road from Tillamook to Portland.. Tills- mook ocean resorts will b the nearest to Portland and the inland empire. - - I ... "t nere are. several cranoerry nogs in - Tillamook county, on the west coast the county, and the quality of the bor-' of Oregon, has one of the best natural ries f f nun seed, even t Cape Cod. . , - ... j - Additional information may be had . harbors aouth of the Columbia river, b addressing the Board fo Trade, Bay In the county are seven rivers, the Ne-j City, Oregon, or Board of Trade,. Till. halem, TestifcJa, WlUon. Kilchls, Trask. mook, Oregon. - . Miami and the Tillamook. ' . . . .ii.' m mm ,. v.- , m . Oregon has a variety of climate; west Tillamook bay fs directly west from ,.MvthB Cascades it has wet and dry Portland, 57 miles, and 60 miles sout Reason; east of the mountains there are from the' mouth of the Columbia river, the regular seasons, though never severe a. .,. io,nrtf.k.vt h.rhnr ih-m m'li In winter. The state s -average rain- J and is a landlocked harbor, seven miles fall Jg J8 t inches, and the mean tern- long and three wide. perature Is 60-15. - The principal towns are Tillamook.. . , . 1 . m '" " City and Bay . City. . Tillamook City " For dairying, the coast counties of ' ton, at th head of deeo water n.' Oregon are unexcelled by-Swltserland, stands at, tne neaa -ot aeep water nav- 8weden or tne famous Channel Islands. Igatlon on- Hoqulam slough, andr Bay iaat year Oregon produced $17,000,000 - City is located on the east, shore of in dairy products, and the -industry is - Tillamook bay. Tillamook City, Is the Just in Its Infancy. -. . ; : f!.Br J-to.r,n? Oregon' soil yield. tens- of sugsr ' " "" " v.,--..... , hMH to t ie acre, tne nnaivs s or whirh Bay City t dnstlneU to be tho hows a percentage of 15.72 sutar and H per rent purity. f . . ..i-. .! !-.-,s..4-- ......... . - ..I-..: l.OdO. lumber manfacturlnc town of the coun ty, it having excellent sawmill and fac tory Sites- convenient 'to deep water ; t,.- ... tn ri,.rin Miri. and to the railroad now building. ' The There are 106 flouHng-mllls In the other townB are Cloverdale. Woods. ta- A,,ar?" p,rt,0!T . !5a Products Bever, Hobsonvllle. Oaribaldl and .N.'1. the mills is shipped to the orient, .halem. - . i- 1 v. : isr year the cheese output of Tilla- Fruit to the value of 14,275.185 WAS moctk conoo' iMBOu.nted to iloO.OOO, there roduiftd in Oregon 1q 19J, . , J u..''.Mi.ii.)1. J.'. i.Jiijjjj..,iii,ii j.i.ywi,.!. ..-wv. A'-.'.-w iji..,.wyywv..'wv'fiii .yw ,jL..ju i"pnii 1 1 , - V . V ? ' 4 . " -rfSj.-t u - --3 I A IUJ5 BaurTijr? arp bracks.. - i? v. fcmi tan iiMMissiasiasaM iifca I u i m.s. nsm s wainil,.! .aW i itf i.rtesa.sssWit OfcAifc. wAveteW Jt- w- VvssAf AtwWi 4o't-t .w.v w r MkV f . 4 lilr ns ma '--f i . --- ' ,- , 4 , ' ' ' ' ' 'Ml - , . : rA7T : ? T-rr. 1 M ..... ,.- , ! '. . - - .-. . - ..,. . . .' 5. f.. .: T. ,...,'..... .. " ! : ' '''f ' I IJ'JJ 5 i ---1 j p ' ' Timarrrin u - - Ira r v 7 f ' W- , . j A 5? - ' '''v'fftJsf j r ' -,Vr ?8 B rteZ3r,3 ii IB Rfc" iJ a XiillNU. w a8S: 4 -' ,,1 ii' 1 ;. .v, . H- IJi V f I I .-C' , MJ:-, , " -"-'V. jgfy , . v ""f." ; ,7i 7 , , ' . F3 be brought wiih . z r-; r - v.,,-" r, 4 tt: ' - 1 -t - t- ii :,?rrt- a 3 - n - - k : are- valued the ; -f , ' ' i ?i Vi ? rl ; '' 1 S It 1 ' ' -7 4 ' 'f' i .- Ii '-t-'"." 1 J M shown will-be ? ii ' - ,y il 1 ' ' - , - y.. v i ...Jt J . I S '(-.. 'I TZ r" "i" . II - will be the finest i.V T " S : -rv t ."- i'.. ' , ft It m'TT'lSii.' 4 " . " ' il' i. uV j .. . ... ' ".... . ." A'-'-"- vw msw T 'Ttf - . aVVfaVJ ek.. 1 , . .....iBew' S s s ssBSSssiBsssSSiSBBSsnssssjsssassssisissiiisssiBisissB si inn I -a. M ' ' " W. V m aw -. . . yJV - S 7; t,,,MJ .ri 1 typical; QRBGQr fl iTVivK'J-ylW City.- Thev will w to showing coast na oi rat stoers (hal shest by the packers. Mi.Mii or .tne stocK H-Mood s. There ecimens of Shorthorn le.Gallowavs unit vicii are-regarded as the world's fin t beef '"cattle.- Some of the big Im- rtiiig farina in the mtddln w.ar twill : nd herds. Tills vear u-e - nect tn e- cattle from the farms of McLaugh- ' Brothers. Whose Wilnimrlora sr. -In liruils,. Crouch A Bon, of Tifayette, Itliana. and others. --Mr.--Rnhv. .nnth.y itisd breeder, i Is - already hre.' and is- iking arrantrements to hullrl hi. nwn adquarters. near the rtnuntrv hih'. . lueinds. Oregon breeders will also come With some areat exhibit, nf rniti. ecp, hogsj goats, and other stock. The Kon sheen and liotr evhlhil an ni. 1 ed to rival anything; that' can be: Xt-ls not to be forgotten 1 hat Oregon - made. S, eMtrfftshln. r.nnr-r! .mitth- It. W cattle; as well aa its dairy cows, at . i f uuuiKiana . rurcna8e exposition, Ich Is conceded to have- been th atest livestock show ever held lif ts' country. '. The Portland Country club and Live- ' h: aHsociation nas nigh ideals. It ia t- primarily monev-miElna anlr. lse. Its underlying purpose Is vastly ' nater and better than any. local com- jstiai motive. Tne reason for its e ence is found In the demand for bet- : and more livestock in th icfi rthwest. to meet the 'demand. o M , pwing trade and the development of ' i Biwi acKins inaumrics that are., ating here. These packing plants will ve enormous capacity and their needs ist be suDnlled. The nu.lltv nt stock of the Pacific northwest Is to. ITmproved along with the Increase of H output. There Is nothlna- that will' atronclv InflnartcA thn Inln.i kma lines as a great annua-i. livestock ow,- where the breeders may come and hlblt their imeroved stock, anri .- ' ange ideas,' widen acaualntanceaiilna. 1 enthuse together over the growth d. prosperity of their chosen v.n-.THon. e. Country club proposes to encourage this, and to helo in vnrlnni vnv. Tn upbuilding of -the livestock- '.ndus- .-v especially tnroughout the -great re- n between ilm Hnrkv mnuniaina . r.H fc'racific ocean. OCK CENTER . mmary of Pendleton'., tnt.l .-,.Ki. fiperty for 1D08 was $.4O,O00. r-ojiuiBion owns ner own . water vs- worth il20.8Sl.PB. and rnntm. "vfty system at a cost of u,vvv. . nB m apionam sewer sys m, cpstinsr H9.f24.9n, and contemplates edltlonal expenditure nf iio nan a system In the Immediate future; has eni J83.B47 lor river improvements. nVwIU suond 120.00 more In th. n.r ture. ' ' ' -i " The city has spent $100,000 for'street iprovementn thn mnt v.nr nA hii end as- much more In the next- 12 pnths. - GJZOUPr : OF KWTS OF?? THE -SranS - '- -V .!-.--"..,,.. ..,-.,'..',:' '.;("'?'.' " ' '' ' 1 LIVESTOCK; AROUND ! OAKLAND .- - : i';".i- -...- " . .. ' . .- - ',s- "".vm- " '-... . From a S transportation " standpoint. ' The 'thousands-ot acres, of fine pas Oakland, Douglas county,; is admirably, ture lands in .this" vicinity, which can be situated for stock' raising.- It is on the purchased at'. iveryv reasonable figures, main line of the Southern Pacific, 180 of fer exceptional opportunities ' for the miles, south of Portland,', the best mar- profitable ; production . of. beef cattle, ket on the coast. . . . sheep and. goats. w, , . . ,. ;: :. The climatic conditions - around 'Oak- "Another money-maker in the. section . land cannot bo- surpassed by any other Is the production of hqgs. The. Portland section of the United States. On ac- market is bidding from $5. BQ to J6 for count of the peculiar . geographical lo- live hogs,, and' the demand Is several ' . cation, the section - is not subject tp "times greater, than the supply. ' , severe extremes of temperature.) -: The- Oeklaml" .district is everything ' . To. feed millstuff to cattle- here-In that can ' be desired for the profitable winter is the exception rather than the production of all kinds-of poultry.-This rule, and ? generally speaking, livestock Is evidenced by . the fact that " Oakland will stay in good condition all through annually ships more turkeys than any winter on the pastures. other ppint -in Oregon. . . Oakland claims to ship more car- I,a8t year the Thanksgiving and loads of livestock than any other point Christmas holiday' shipments amounted on the Southern Pacific lines in Ore- to approximately 160.000 uounds of gon. dressed birds. Dairying ant Stockraiain Near Rainier Owing, to the , fact that .there are bothon the up and low lands. Timothy thousands ' of acres of -logged-off lands and clover seeds need, only to be scat on. which red and white clover, timothy. Jer1 ' broadcast to -grow in profusion. ,,-, ,im v. Farmers -wHl. burn the brush and tree velvet grass, wild peas and a number of topil during the summer and sow any de klnda of native grasses grow in greit sired grass seeds for good pasture, abundance, the district tributary to Butter making is increasing annually. Rainier is destined to be one of, the -This city has a steam and cold sior flnest dairy and stock-raising districts age creamery, and being on the Colurm-lnOregon.- -t ... ' bla river, has both water and rail trans- There are now thousands of acres of portatlon. The highest prices are paid logged-off lands around Rainier ready for products, of both dairy and stock for stock-raising and dairying. These farms,- Two dollars per ton Is the rate lands can be purchased for from 15 to charged to or-from Portland. jSIO per acre. ; ,.' . The climate is mild an; equable. The land Is rolling, and ' the' small seldom having even frosts in the winter, crocks and springs that are found in while the summers are never hot. every draw give an abundant supply of Rainier has 2,000 Inhabitants its fine the finest kind of mountain water for waterfront and beautiful sites for homes Jl purpoMS. v Aj ' - i makes it in this respect Becond to none Cattle will gnue on these lands the in the state. . . rr round, although from December to Any- ftirther: information regarding April, four months, they will -need some the city and vicinity can be had by nav. It, Is, astonishing to see how heavy dropping a card to the secretary of the wild peas and native grasses will grow, commercial club. Rainier, Oregon. PORTLAND A PACKING ENTER xorxiana, tne meat packing center of gerations of -tjje present needs, I believe raska points and the cost over the price gin of $tf.30 a-head to cover the coat the Pacific coast. Is-to have another It would be of Interest to the local me- of what the hogs cost in the east, and of shipping, etc great packing plant when Swift & Co. stock producers to know that the pack- at the present market, even with the About- 60 per cent of the cattle we completes the modern plant now under ers of the Pacific northwest imported high cpst of wheat, it would be money use-are bought " In Oregon, the balance fT ,Vn m Pen"""la. between last year from Nebraska points, in the inthe farmer's pocket to raise . hogs: in Montana, Wyoming, Idaho Califor! the Willamette and Columbia rivers, neighborhood of .126,000 live hogs, at an For example, let me give you the fol- nla and w,hlnX and otll or The capacity of 'the company's present approximate value of $12 a head, which lowing statistics: ' 600 000' cattle la nrobablv used in n plant, purchased last year from the would make the total money paid the "A hog can be raised by, running on'.gonand Washington annually Union Meat, company, will be multiplied farmer of the middle west the vast stubble and alfalfa, or even by eating - many times oyer. The new plant will sum of U.600,000. top. to the point whnre) it will weigh - On the range of eastern Oregon there " be modeled after the company's best "This was made necessary by the fact 160 pounds, at a cost of not to exceed re 8.600,000 sheep, valued at $14,400,- eajstern plants, with the addition of Im- that there were not sufficient hogs three cents a . pound. This covers "la- 00. They sheared In 1907, 20,000.000 provements mat nave Deen devised since proaucea in tne states of Oregon, Wash- bor and all expenses.. At this weight Pouna" OI wool, vaiuea at $3,600,000. ; most modern ingion ana Idaho to supply the local the hog Is best adapted for feedinar mirv . . . . . 77 " demand, or anywhere near It. This en- poses and we will therefore start t&WtTKr$x Pa-' tails a great expense to the paoker to the original Investment of 160 pounds, ciflc northwest, trt Ik la iii11asi V. .kl.i .a. H - . ... a . . '. . . ., .i. i . . .is.iu . m wv pui'i'1" wmci uivau- i nirw emus a Douna. or it.bu. witn " " -:r. Tu"..". : ' vantage Is to the local market, as thit any kind of reasonable care, a hoa- will Portland offers remarkable Induce- " "UJ1'"1 " nroduet is boue-hf in th. mnA h. f nn ... nn .t, m 7 ments to investors, tourists and settlers, I . 1. 1 . . . - the construction of the eastern packing houses. The development of this industry on east and the put on one pound of pork to five Bounds VWZZ money expended to the eastern farmers, of wheat or -corn, and therefore with and healthy climate.- unnaralleled onnortunltv for newcnm.ra ' " tanner., w wnenv or -cum, una mereiore wiltt in "the !ralSinPoPf lives ock o? thmar! ?M the ?-uct I. sold 400 pound, of grain, they should ut on In the raising of livestock, for tha mar. ket, for the highest prices ever known on this coast since the livestock Indus try began-here, will .undoubtedly be paid . for . improved stock., " locally; and the local farmers should easily 80 pounds of pork. Figuring the Portland i the only city on the coast appreciate this fact and be willing to grain at 1 cent, a pound, we. have ThT 'fMh!riMw7l& raise hogs enough to supply the local an expenditure for feed of $6. This ington, eastern, Oregon and Idaho, demand., brings the total cost of g 2S0-pynd . "The usual market. on live ho. on th. hna- tn iiflun .ni ntl thai malaa 4 (Am r ' There' are' 162.600 head nf fonts In . C J?..Colt rner1 Purcha8,n -nt Pacific coast works ojjtVetty close to a hog Is worth six cents a pound .MJftJW. for Swift & Co.; dlscuslng the pres- th, freight differential between Neb- delivered in Portland, or $18.80. . mar-' M60 000.. h ' 1907 7brUSht ent and future of the - ..; livestock industry in the Pacific northwest states, "There of course is much to be said and much has been said regarding the future livestock situation here and in the Pa elfje northwest, and while there have been a -great many exag- V IA-f j; ! . ' ; - -A ;vy 7 ? -vv v ; -( x& ' y?z -v-v- ; ' ' ' ;-7, zyk-izjyy , , -y y.'fy j$ .HS'; a- v i,t.t A..- a..-v; :j;vv -7,i.5 Xc'rfe- t: lc --a: ) W AiAr-A-AA-' ' 7v'jni'J si It vij ii 1 1 rVj Ii I1 ' ii'tS7f f n ? , ; 4 M$l'tJ T Ly yyy, c -ib Clatsop County - i ?7T; ;r fr w1, .i v t ,-H raf v ' f J7vU it77C; 7. 77713 Kfl. ..t,X,vX-- ;; ..' i Av , t.:rr a Clatsop county, Oregon, the north west corner of the state, with the Co lumbia river flowing along the -north side and with the Pacific ocean on 'the west, is rapidly developing its import ant dairying Interests. In this county the boast of the dairy man is that the abundant native grasses are always green,-. Arrangements have been perfected whereby the 'Astoria "hamber of com merce can furnish .1 tracts of tide land, diked, or uplaiw with the stumps removed, . on long term payments to any desirable newcomer. Free inform ation on this head will be sent on appli cation to any Interested party. Bordering the 1 Pacific ocsan, away rrom tne chin oiasts or the winters cold and the torrid summer's heat of the Interior, nature has here, designed long, and varies in width from three to. a region In which the expense of keep- eight miles. Low ranges of hills dlvld InS da.??!dl.?rlct.0 St ISSJT tha0 '"to what is known a. the lower. Improved dairy lands can be secured middle and upper valleys. Near the at from $100 to $160 per acre, and still upper end of the lower valley is located the records show that returns last year the town of Wallowa. In the middle from. the lowest herd of 44 cows aver- valley Is the town of Lostine, and in aged $2.18 per .(ad more than the av- the upper valley are Enterprise, the, eraVe returns lrpm 139 oows selected county Beat, and Joseph, the proposed from 86 herds of 554 cows of. 'Illinois, terminus of the railroad extension. The In this county there are thousands of railroad la now graded along the Grand acres of the most productive river bot- Ronde river and up to a point within a torn andMide lands, producing from few miles 0f the entrance to the main three to six tons of hay, from 12 to 30 valley. The altitudes range from 2,750 tons of rutabaga, or from 40 to 0 tons feet in the lower valley, to 4,000 feet : , of mangel-wurtxela or kale to the acre, , m the upper valley. On the higher level two acres of this, land being sufficient u uke Joseph, a beautiful sheet , of ': to provide summer pasture and winter water a mile wide and four. miles long,, teed, with the exception of m JUfeed. of great depth, and crystal clearness I Wild land can be had from $10 to $S0 and purity. The Wallowa river enters per acre. The climate Is mild, there it at the south and leaves it at the ' seldom being recorded a higher tem- north side. The location of the lake, perature in the summer than 80 degrees 4.400 feet above sea level, makes it an ' and a lower In the winter than 20 de- immense reservoir from which an nn grees above sero. The county pos- limited quantity Of water could he sup senses several fine herds of pure blood- plied to the vallevs belowi- . ed Holstelns, Jerseys, Ayrsslers, Dutch Irrigating ditches make It of irreat Belted and Guernseys. . - . value to the farming and fruit growing y ' 1 1 '- 1 ' " , - -Interests. The soil of the whole valley ' . 1 T 11 " Is of great. depth and richness.. On a WallOWa LiOUHty - . field of 16 acres K. U Shlan. thre miles ' " - - 1 - from Joseph, last year, threshed 111;' Taking advantage of the Oregon law bushels of white winter barley to the permitting counties to advertise their acre. Oatft - ylwM 100 . bushels , to the. resources at the- expense-of the "tax. acre, and timothy' Is also, grown with payers, who are the most directly bene- great success.-,. The soil is a black loam,- ' fitted, Wallowa coun ty. has Issued nd jriuce-immprijtzen)Plif sugar. beauti fully printed booklet containing beetSw The region is particularly cuod 16 pages .of. well-written matter About; for. duirylnit u The jprincinal -lndustr ' the opportunities for settlers In Wal- at the present -time is livestock, but' frttr( Iowa county.- - . ' ' whei the valley gets railroad tVannbor-. vAtOU. O. R.. A N, company has started to build the grectest frtilt and grain producing Vaav;J cSHESP A; VA" The' Wallowa -valley Jn't which the tatlon, it will fwome known as one of Pr,YKr)f7Tf f X t, 7.- . ifti.ivau viii A.au, 1. awui a wilts pai m vi- u vuufll1 ' ' . .. ..... , . 1 , . -O . . , - 1
