10
THE- OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORT LAND,' SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, , 1919. .
1
Better Farming AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT
COLLECTIVE PLAN
Marketing Problem One of the
Greatest Issues Which Now
Confronts the State.
MUST CREATE A DEMAND
National Advertising of a Brand
" ed Product Declared to Be an
Essential to Success.
By J. F. I.angner.
The marketing of Oregon products,
whether grown or manufactured In this
State, is one of the problems to be con
sidered in the immediate future.
: f Information Is at hand that the Ore
; TOn apple crop la in the hands of eastern
peculators. Oregon prunes were also
- tported In the hands of speculators, and
doubtless other crops will be marketed
'under the old system of selling: to the
. first buyer at the best price he offers
- .BO Ions as there is lacking that spirit
.of cooperation which Is so evident in
California.
i California crops are marketed under a
-progressive system, fostered by the
State. The principle Involved is similar
.' l that t a ' m n v. u I V. . . I
I . w . I a 1 1 " 11.11 a i Q l. I 1 1 .J
".Jnereases his output only when he ha
created, a demand for that additional
; output
ureron i.rowem laaellte.
, Oregon growers are Increasing their
"output without taking any pains to ag-
sresslvely put their products before the
uyingr public.
To create a demand it is necessary
hat , the buyine public be fullv in-
, formed by the growers :of what the
' . state is producing. It is further neces
sary that the growers combine into as
. gBociatlons to stabilize prices and stand
r ardlce their products.
,." To create a demand for an unstand
, ardlsed nroduct is equally as fatal as
"not creating a demand at all.
Collective marketing and collective ad
vertising not only Increases the demand
but increases the efficiency of the farm-.-.e?
and enables him to rnnHnna .nnnlv.
Jng a high grade commodity at a mini-
. mum cost of distribution.
i,-- The loganberry crop of the Willamette
i valley Is practically all sold to the
; Pheasant North West Products com
pany because II. S. Gile. the president,
".has created a demand among the con
' Burning public, all over the nation, for
'thia produce of the Willamette valley
, farmers.
Benefit Are ee
... Without this campaign on the part of
xne manufacturer or a processed ; fruit.
me cjunra or losranoerries wouia iail
:-'.;lnto oblivion and there would be an
enormous surplus In loganberries, coinci
dent with a lowerlnr in prices below
: a-
nGthing doing
Hundreds of farmers are en
joying (?) this experience in
the cold weather. Pump froz
en up, platform covered with
Ice, bad fall, a poor way to
start a day. Water so cold
when you do get it that it
makes all your teeth ache and
and spoils the digestion of
your cattle.
Change this condition forthwith.
Puts running water where you want
it. Get up on a cold morning, start a
fir and you soon hav warm water,
draw a glass from the faueet and you
find it just the right temperature.
You like it your wifs likes H. Your
eattl thrive on it and you and the
boya go to work whistling instead of
- grouching. Write today for a copy of
"Through the Eye of
the Camera"
The most interesting book ever pub
lished oa farm water supply. Ask
for book No. vv
Mitchell -Lewis
& Staver Co.
Portland
GnAbonsi
Boise .,
. V. ....
IS ADVISED FOR
i a ais aiiiii
UL h 'U UJLUV
UllLUUI! UIIUIILIIO
Water System
SHEEP INDUSTRY INCREASING
as:' f :--v.
r " -fjMw
I 11
Sheep pastured in corn fields make good use of rough feed Eastern Or
egon presents magnificent opportunities for sheep production.
COOPERATION No. 6
It is in the highest interest of the producer that he produce the acme
in standard of quality.
Cooperating producers demand and receive their just proportion of
the consumer's dollar for a standardized product.
By eliminating unnecessary distributing costs they can raise the price
to themselves without increasing the ultimate price to the consumer.
Organization for such concerted action thus benefits both producer
and consumer.
In -the degree that a high community standard is maintained in that
degree does the community prpsper in limitless business expansion.
Business expansion is the creation of an ever broadening market for
the producers' product.
Membership in cooperative associations is the act of submerging per
sonal ego for a common benefit.
What benefits the community must inevitably react to the benefit of
every individual in that community.
The act of CQOjierating brings with it a community pride in unexcelled
quality, and closer contact and a sense of responsibility to our neighbors.
Finally cooperation in addition to standardizing, quality, stabilizing
prices, giving the producer a voice in determining the value of his product,
broadening the markets, creating a demand and bringing prosperity to
the cooperating farmer by the amalgamation of all these things brings a
better home, a better farmer and a better citizen to the community in
which he dwells.
cost of production. The creating of a
demand, by national advertising under a
bianded product, is essential under mod
ern systems of marketing farm or any
other products. The cost per individual
is infinitesimal. It costs the raisin
growers of California 70 cents a ton to
advertise their raisins all over the world,
and it - costs the orange growers only
S2 a carload.
With 3000 or 4000 carloads of prunes
grown in Oregon this year, each car
load worth from S1000 to $1500
$10 or $15 spent on advertising would
have produced $60,000. which is not a
large appropriation on which to sell a
$4,000,000 crop.
Successful Poultry
Business Is Run by
A Local Policeman
R. K. Butler, better known as Officer
Butler of the police force, decided to re
duce the cost of living by raising chick
ens. Mr. Butler is one of the most suc
cessful chicken breeders in the Portland
district. Starting with 25 trapnested
White Leghotris only three years ago, lie
last year sold 6000 baby chicks and 1500
hatching eggs, and states that he ex
pects to double these figures in 1919.
At present on the Jennings Lodge run
Mr. Butler has 300 layers, 200 breeders,
incubator capacity of 3000 and six poul
try houses with combined floor space of
2600 square feet.- All the money invested
in the establishment, which amounts to
several thousand dollars, has been made
out of the original 25 birds with which
Mr. Butler started. There is a nice lit
tle lesson to any chicken breeder in Mr.
Butler's accomplishment. How does he
do it? Well, ask Mr. Butler.
Anxious Feet
never left our lobby when
that check for livestock
- was deposited for your
personal, immediate use to
your own home bank ac
count. SAFE
QUICK
BUSINESSLIKE
Live Stock State Bank
Located at Union Stock Yards
North Portland, Oregon
"Served by five transcontinen
tal railways and deep
water to the sea."
Alfalfa Hay -
BARLEY Rolled or Ground
OATS Whole mnd Rolled
CORN Cracked or Ground
IE
IMMEDIATE OR DEFERRED SHIPMENTS
SAVE MONEY BY COOPERATION
Neighbors may club together land buy 'in carload quantities and obtain
benefit of carload prices.
Write for information and nrices s j
Pacific Grain Company
BOARD OF TRADE BUILDING
- v
v-ffi?
The Carnation Milk Products company
is now paying $3.70 a hundred for 3.7 to 4
per cent milk. This Is equal to $3.55 at
the condensary. Oregon Dairymen's
league price is $3.85 delivered in Port
land for 3.8 milk or 3.80 for 3.7 milk. If
the cost of delivery is 25 cents the Port
land and condensary prices are about
equal for similar quality milk but the ra
tio In favor of Portland Increases with
each point In butterfat content above 3.7
per cent.
i An analysis of exports lately prepared
by the United States food administration
; shows that the average exports of dairy
products of three pre-war years to all
' countries was 13.019 tons ; during the last
j fiscal year. 295,908 tons were exported.
an increase of 2173 per cent. The in
crease of dairy exports to the allies was
more than 13,000 per cent, making our
total to them near 15 times as great as
the pre-war average of the exports to all
countries.
The United States government re-
: cenSly purchased 23 head of registered
j Holsteins from James Wilder and W. A.
j Cameron, prominent Bay county, Mich
: igan, breeders of Holstein cattle, for
j shipment to Panama. An average price
; of $225 was paid for the animals. Each
individual was subjected to the tubercu
losis -test before the transaction was
completed.
Reduction of Loss in
Egg Shipments Aim
The bureau of chemistry, through the
food research laboratory, has been as
sisting in reducing the damage of
eggs in transit by giving practical
demonstrations at shipping points in
loading cars of eggs or mixed eggs and
dressed poultry. Much of the damage
Is directly due to faultv methods of
packing eggs In cases and stowing the
cases in the car. Four meetings held
recently in Iowa were attended by over
100 practical shippers who send cars
weekly, . at least, to eastern markets
and who expressed great interest in
the methods -which the department has
worked out for the conservation of this
valuable foodstuff. They and many
others have found the department's
folder. "How to Load Cars of Eggs," of
assistance. Copies of this - folder can
be had by writing to the bureau of
chemistry. United States department of
agriculture, Washington, E. C.
Irrigation Needs Very Many
Maximum yields of potatoes in Pow
der River valley were obtained with
7.79 inches of irrigation water, says the
report of W. L. Powers, professor of
soils at O. A. C. With barley the
greatest yield was obtained with 16.3
inches, and with timothy, 30.55 Inches.
The greatest profit is usually obtained
with less water.
WE DEVELOP KODAK FILMS FREE
and pay return postage when prints
are ordered.
Mail us your rum
with 5 cents In
stamps for each
print desired.
Cash refunded for
unprintable films or
excess.
Etablihed 18l
WOOD ARB,
CLARKE
CO.
Portland, Oregon
Dairy Feeds
Mill Feed, Cocoanut and Alfalfa Meal
Cottonseed and Linseed Oil Meals
All Idnds Grain Feeds
PORTLAND, OREGON
DAIRYMEN IN NED
OF GREATER PROFITS
, IN MILK INDUSTRY
Feed Values and Costs Deter
mine Important Facts In
Favor of Farmers.
Experiments made at the agricultural
college experiment station on feed values
and cost of production seemingly prove
that the lowest price at which milk
can be produced under present conditions
Is $4.24 per hundred pounds on the farm.
S. Fine gave an illuminating address
at the Oregon Da.iry association meeting
on this subject at Hillsboro last Tues
day, and based his figures and estimates
on the, experiments made on about
twf ntyOTWs at the O. A. C. experiment
station.
It is generally admitted that the col
lege cows are fair average cows, and if
the price of milk Is to be based on what
the average cows will produce it ap
pears on the face of it that $3.85 is not
a fair price to the dairymen.
The experiment, however, was not con
ducted to ascertain the relative cost of
production, but rather the relative value
of feed based on the assumption that at
present prices so-called essential feeds
for cows could not be profitably fedj
Mr. Fine Illustrated his experiments
with diagrams showing that a ration of
575 pounds of barley with 75 pounds of
cottonseed meal the cow produced
18.9 of 4.71 test milk at a cost of $2.12 per
hundred pounds for feed alone. Experi
ments with barley, bran and cottonseed
or flax seed oil proved conclusively that
feeds do not materially affect the butter
test, said Mr. Fine.
Poultry Breeders
Learn Lessons of
Value During War
Mrs. Ruby H. Hindman, owner of the
"Ruby-H" poultry yards of Hiilyard.
Wash., noted breeder of Rose Comb
Rhode Island Reds, has written a most
interesting letter to The Journal rela-
! tive to conditions brought about by the
war, conditions which have been urged
upon poultry breeders by this and every
other paper which has the interests of
the poultrymen at heart.
In part Mrs. Hindman says :
"The war has taught us all a good
many lessons, and we poultry people
have learned several that we arte not
likely to forget.
First, to cull 'our flocks more closely
and In order to do this, we have to be
better acquainted with our birds and
know just which ones are paying their
way and which ones are "star boarders.'
We can't afford to buy war feed for
the latter class.
"Second, we have learned to study the
feed question more closely and experi
ment with feeds and mixtures that we
never had tried before. We ..need to
study rations and food values in the
poultry yard as well as in our own
kitchens, and the price of feed and
scarcity of our old standby has forced
us to do It.
"Third. If we never did it before, we
have learned to keep books on our poul
try and actually know whether our birds
were paying their way or not.
"The day of guesswork In poultry
raising has gone, by, either In feeding,
breeding or counting the cost. Probably
it is true that this season will find
smaller flocks than usual, but they will
be better birds, better cared for and
consequently paying better, therefore. I
consider the outlook for the poultry in
dustry Is a very hopeful one."
IlVESTOCK
O. M. Plummer has received notice
from the American Shorthorn associa
tion of an allotment of $5000 to the Pa
cific International this year. This is due
largely to the enterprise of Frank
Brown and Mr. Plummer. Mr. Brown is
a director of the National association
and is the man who put the Pacific
Northwest on the map so far as Short
horns are concerned.
The utilization of cottonseed meal and
other feeds with our wasted straws and
stover would mean not only a tremend
ous saving tn the cost of producing
meats and dairy products and in the
feeding of horses, but also a great saving
In the cost of enriching the soil. The
losses from these two ources, from a
nation-wide standpoint s well as from
the standpoint of the Individual' farmer,
constitute a greater total than that of
all other losses (except that from dis
ease) occurring upon the American farm
today.
The first bull association In the United
States was organized in 1908 1 by the
Michigan Agricultural college. It was a
cooperative venture similar to which
have existed In Europe for a long time.
On July 1. 1917. there' were in this coun
try 36 active associations In 17 states,
with a total membership of 1158, owning
189 pure bred bulls. These co-operative
organizations enable the owners of small
herds to unite In the purchase of one
good bull, so that each may own a share
in a registered sire of high quality.
Though still in its infancy, the coopera
tive bull association movement 2somises
to become eventually a very great factor
in the improvement of dairy cattla In the
United States.
Cattle Men TJrge
A Change in Laws
Roseburg. ' Or., Jan. 18. The local cat
tlemen's association held its annual
meeting in this city last Saturday. B.
F. Nichols of Riddle was re-elected pres
ident and C. J. Hurd, secretary. The most
important business transacted was the
framing of an amendment to the recent
herd law passed in this county. The bill,
if passed by the legislature, will read as
follows:
"That a strip of terrifory in Douglas
county from Leona, which is in the ex
treme northern part of the county, ex
tending to Canyonville, in the southeast-'
em part of the county,, from a few xniles
to 15 or 20 miles wide, was designated in
which cattle may not be allowed to run
at large, leaving the mountainous sec
tion in the vicinity of Oakland, Suther-
lln, Yoncalla, Drain and Roseburg to
Tiller on the South Umpq.ua, as free
range, where cattle may be left to out
aide range without restriction." This will
be a great benefit to the cattle men if
4ney succeed In getting the bill passed. " .
Efficient Marketing
PULLET HAS A FINE
RECORD IN FIRST YEAR
AC
This White Leghorn pullet laid 28
rggs last year. Owned by It. E.
Butler, Jennings Lodge, famous
breeder of trapnested White Leg
horns. INCUBATOR AXIOMS
Follow the manufacturer's direc
tions in setting up and operating an
incubator.
See that the Incubator is running
steadily at the desired temperature
before filling with eggs. Do not add
fresh eggs to a tray containing eggs
which are undergoing incubation.
Turn the eggs twice daily after the
second and until the nineteenth day.
Cool the eggs once daily, according to
the weather, from the seventh to the
nineteenth day.
Turn the eggs before caring for the'
lamps.'
Attend to the machine carefully at
regular hours.
Keep the lamp and wick clean.
Test the eggs on the seventh and
fourteenth days. '
Do not open the machine after the
eighteenth day until the chickens are
hatched.
Poultry
1 NOTES
In most localities the poultry house
should face the south, as this insures
the greatest amount of sunlight during
the winter. Proper ventilation and sun
light mean a dry house and healthy
birds.
Mites and lice frequently sap the vi
tality of -he fowl and prevent growth or
lessen the egg production. A thorough
cleaning of the house, regular applica
tions of disinfectants to the roosts and
nests, and a frequent dusting of the
fowls, will control these pests.
Cull out and prepare for market all
fowls, old or young, which appear weak,
slow or dull ; fowls with drooping
tails, rough plumage or crow-shaped
heads ; all scruhs except those which
have laying points ; all hens w hich
mould early, and all males except those
strong, vigorous and of a pure type
desired for breeding.
Jn response to numerous Inquiries con
cerning the operation of the rul which
prohibited the sale of laying hens o
pullets during the springs of 1918, the
lood administration announces that this
rule will not be operative during the
egg-laying season of 1919.
Livestock Show Is
Prevented by Flu
The San Francisco Livestock show has
been abandoned for the 1918 to 1319 sea
son. Joseph E. Painter, manager, has
written O. M. Plummer that there was
no assurance that the epidemic of "flu"
would be over and that there was a
probability that the board of health
would refuse to grant a permit for the
exhibition announced for February 8.
The San Francisco Chamber of Com
merce, under whose auspices the show
was to be held, reluctantly decided to
abandon the show for this year.
Dally Profit on Hens $28
Oregon Agricultural College, Corvallis,
Jan. 10. A profit of 828 a day from
lioo pullets was the December record
for J. H. Hanson, manager of the
College View Poultry farm, in Benton
county. At six cents each the value
of the eggs was nearly 11300. The
average daily production was 695 eggs.
Mr. Hanson obtains his breeding males
each year from the college poultry
plant. The combination of good breed
ing stock and good management is the
secret of Mr. Hanson's success, ac
cording to James Dryden, professor, of
poultry husbandry at the college.
As a rule active hens lay regularly and
abundantly,, but there are some very ac
tlve ones that are very Irregular.
BANK
Cooperation
in these reconstruction days means
much to farmers.
, This bank has .for fifty-nine
years been in close touch with
farming activities Jn this section.
Feel free to write or interview us.
LADD & TILTON BANK
Washington mnd Third
?I Is
It V- " " ' '' ''''V',
i;.,. ' ' ' j
wm jggggBBB&BSBl
EDITED BY
J. F. LAXUXEHf
WEALTH OF OREGON
.RESTS ON HER SOIL,
SAYS DEAN CORDLEY
Detailed Soil Survey Now Under
Way Should Be Extended
Over Entire State.
Oregon Agricultural College. Corval
lis, Jan. 18. "The wealth of Oregon
rests largely In the soil, and our per
manent prosperity depends upon main
taining or improving the fertility of
the fields and at the same time ob
taining the maximum net profit per
acre." says the report of Dr. A. B.
Cordley, director of the Oregon agri
cultural experiment station.
Detailed soli surveys are under way
and should be extended to cover every
agricultural section of the state. The
maps made in connection with the
surveys serve as a basis for fertility
and water investigations, and inform
the farmer of the character of his
soil and the best, means of maintain
ing Its fertility while at the same time
getting maximum profits from his
crops.
Almost three million acres of land
have been included in approved irri
gation projects in Kastern Oregon.
Available water for all this land Is
scarce, and Investigations are needed
to determine the most profitable
amount of water In each district and
how the farms should be cropped and
managed.
More than three million acres of wet
lands in Oregon need drainage. Much
of. this area consists of the most fer
tile lands in the state, and their rec
lamation t would add at least $30,000,000
to the wealth of Oregon. A careful in
vestigation by the experiment station
is urgently needed to determine the
best means pf drainage.
Burnt over and logged , off lands In
Oregon are only a third of a million
acres short of three million. Much of
the land is good farming land, and in
vestigations are needed to Indicate
the best means of bringing them into
crop use.
Return of Army to
Solve Problems of
Labor on Farms
J. W. Brewer, federal farm help spe
cialist, is issuing a weekly bulletin on
farm help questions containing many
useful hints to farmers in solving labor
troubles. Many farm boys now in the
army will return to the farms, thinks
Mr. Brewer, and it is a foregone con
clusion that there will be much shifting
from other vocations and a good many
men who were formerly content with
office or sedentary occupations will
want an open and outdoor life now that
they have seen service
At a . recent meeting held In Portland,
Douglas White, Pacific coast representa
tive of the United States railroad ad
ministration, department of agriculture,
stated that questionnaires to our, boys
abroad as to their willingness to go. on
farms when they returned elicited an
affirmative response from 20 per cent.
There ought to be plenty of help and
much demand for farm lands when the
boys get back from over there !
The rapid increase hi the amount of
poultry raised for the table in this
country is strong proof that it is be
coming more and more popular, and
although It may not deserve its popular
ity on the grounds of strict economy,
it certainly does earn It by Its attract
ive flavor, easy , digestibility and the
pleasant variety it gives to our meat
list
Are You Satisfied Where You Are?
Do you contemplate changing your location this year? If you do you
will be very much interested in the many splendid places offered in to
day's Journal "Want" ads on page 9.
. LOOK THEM OVER
111 C reoorc
III I laroer
; j 1
Iff
I p
I
l l a .-:.. a . .. .aw
J -, ., ,, ,. .. !. ,pe T. K
1 . . ... r, , r;
- Sheep industry Increases
Sheet increased!. per cent in the
United States from July 1. 1917. to
July 1. 1918. according to reports of
the bureau of crop estimates of the
United States department of agri
culture. The estimate of January 1.
1918. show 2.7 per cent -more sheep
than for the previous year. In 1917
there was a net increase of 2 per
cent over 1916. The production of
wool also shows that the sheep in
dustry has gathered impetus during
recent years. Estimates for 1918 show
257,921,000 pounds of wool were pro
duced, as against 245,573,000 pounds
in 19i7. This does not include ap
proximately 48,000,000 pounds of
pulled wool for each year.
Farmers Offered
The Valuable Help
Of Federal Service
J. D. Brown, senior examiner in
charge of farm labor distribution of the
United States department of. labor, is
issuing a bulletin from time to time on
how to secure the cooperation of the de
partment of labor.
The most recent bulletin issued by Mr.
Brown says :
"The farm department of the employ
ment service is asking farmers for their
cooperation. There is no better time
than the present to do the work about
the farm that has been neglected dur
ing the period of short labor supply,
By doing this work now, the unemployed
will be relieved and the farmer will be
better prepared , for the seasonal work
of crop production. The whole world
In calling upon the American farmer to
produce, during the coming season, more
abundantly than ever before. Self in
terest calls for greater effort and more
labor upon the farms to meet the world's
demand for food.
The United States employment serv
ice Is In a position to furnish farm help
or every kind. Experienced farm work
ers are asking for jobs. There are many
married men who are seeking employ
ment on farms where a tenant house can
'xs had, in which they can live. We can
furnish men to cut wood, clear land, dig
drains or for general farm work.' Many
men would rent land if small farms
could be had."
Experiment Station
Of 0. A. C. Obtains
Greater Crop Yield
Oregon Agricultural College, Corvallis,
Jan. n. That the Oregon Agricultural
experiment station through its many ac
tivities has been the means of increasing
crop production in Oregjon and enrich
ing the producers of the state is indi
cated in the biennial report by the di
rector, A. B. Cordley. The station by
prompt action in experimental work was
able to render valuable war service.
"The experiment station Is a research
institution," explains Doctor Cordley.
"Its constant endeavor is to learn by in
vestigation to test," produce new varied
ties, develop new methods, discover new
facts and new principles which will be
of value in increasing production,- de
creasing losses, lessening cost of pro
duction and increasing and conserving
our greatest natural resource, soli fer
tility.
"The results of our experimental feed
ing have been of Immense value during
the war time emergency," continues the
report. "In peace times the relative val
ues and availability of various feeds do
not change much from time to time and
farmers have learned largely by experi
ence which are the cheapest and most
desirable, but under war time condi
tions the prices, and. availability of vari
ous feed etuffs changed so rapidly that
farmers could not depend upon past ex
perience to show the present relative
values of the various feed stuffs. Our
experiments enabled us to get specific
data on such problems."
Immediately after being broken up
from broodiness. the majority of hens re
sume laying, but some hold off for a
month or two.
Simplex Slle hoMe
eT eeina Ml
lee In the Norlhwert. M
Pstton, Newtore,. Or., ewner
of Uil alio, wtie had orovloue
ly Installed two Simplex tlloe
ntf waa ao wall pleased with
that he deokSed to aulld
the third even blaeer and
than either of the
other two, knowlnf that the
bigger the alto the I cm feed la
waited.
construction.
THKSK large, tall silos stand up straight and keep in line. The
Crisell. tangent top construction always keeps the top of the silo
in a perfect circle, no matter. how much the shrinkage or expansion
of the lumber may. be. ll
Simplex Silo
Another big feature is the wind-proof interlocking anchorage
system. In addition to the .regular hoops there are cross cable
bracing extending from top to bottom and crossing each other In
pairs at the center. This gives added strength. Insures better
service and longer life. - , ; ,
"THE DAIRYMAN'S SILO'
The Simplex is a dairyman's silo. Kor 25 years we have been
specialising In dairy supplies, machinery and equipment.
This silo has been designed by A. A. Crisell to over- '
come the weak points of other' silos. . The success
which the - Simplex is Having everywnere is
proof that it Is right.
Fill out the coupon
get, all the facta
Monroe
& Crisell
ZTsrythlag for
the Dalrymas
7 Trout nL,
Portlead, Or.
AGRICULTURAL HEED :
IN EUROPE REVIEWED
BY OFFICIAL REPORT
Conditions Improved in Great
Britain; Foodstuffs Decrease
In France, It Is Said.
Salient features embodied in the re
port of the agricultural commission to
Kurope include :
Great Britain can now supply herself
with breadstuffs for 40 weeks -in .the
year in place of 10 weeks In 1916.
France's production in foodstuffs de
creased sharply, especially sugar beets,
which are off about 650,000 tons.
Italy, through lack of fertilizer, also
shows reduction in cultivated, area, but
not serious.
Great Britain has increased her sheep,
maintained her cattle herds and made
small losses in hogs.
France Short of Cattle
France shows a loss or over 2,250,00(1
cattle. 6.000.000 sheep, 3,000,000 hogs and
1,000,000 horses.
Sufficient supplies of breeding stock
remain in France to permit of heavy re
placement after the war.
Italy's cattle declined about 500,000,
but her calves have increased by about
200.000. ! .
Generally speaking, our allies will need
Lto import for some time, large supplies
of meats, rats, dairy products -and con
centrates for animals.
It is not believed much livestock will
be imported for breeding purposes. The
present stock gives promise of - com
paratively early restoration of both
dairy and beef herds. The -genera 1
thought is that the present basis stock
is best adapted) for their purposes.
Heavy Market for Meats
A general summing up of the situation
seems to show that there Is not going
to be an excessive market for breeding
stock but there will be a large market
for meats, fertilisers, dairy products'
and all conditions of agricultural and
horticultural products for some time
to come.
Place Your Orders
At Once for
OF SODA
We have stocks ordered to ar
rive the latter part of February
or early March. ' Only limited
amount secured and the only
tonnage we will be able to get
this season. For particulars,
phone Woodlawn 2800 or write
UnionMeat Co.
Fertiliser Dept.
NORTH PORTLAND, Oregon.
What tn TrameonUnitfiUl F iprfm
i to th prairi Kbooner th
MIIVrAtTKEK AIR
POWER WATER B8TEM
U to other water yitrm. It't mml
rn, and a vast improvement. By
atorins air in plane of the witf
you iwneiT from the fannet fresh
wator "direct from the well,"
There 1 no freesinc or trouble
with kerpins thia jitrru in ordr.
It aatlaf leu. , . '
BOOKLET fnir
U. s.
Patent
N. 11S37S7
OH tetl
Patent Tantont Top
and
tJ" -nl.
;0
5
1 0"V
ivia -.w"- -
o .
" : co--
NITRATE
TrrT irzzx7 rrcvLo
7-
N.