The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, June 21, 1919, Image 9

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Newspaper Page TextTHE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PO RTtAND, SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 1919. Dairyman Say Bankruptcy ComingU nless Wholesale Price of Milk Raised ,. .. , , . , : , - . r ... ' w ... ..... . . , .... ... ..... ... , , DAIRYMEN INSIST THEY ARE SELLING MILK BELOW COST Retail Price Has Risen Only 60 Per Cent in Four Years While Production Cost Has Doubted. 35 Pigsi Will Be Given to Children SOME OF ED CAREY'S CHAMPS Holsteins on Way North to Be Bred HUGE SHIPMENT OF FORD SON TRACTORS YET ANOTHER JERSEY' BULL ';r.;'S 5 i ; 5 J ' Bend, June 21. Thirty-five boys and girls In Deschutes county will receive 85 plrs next ! Wednesday afternoon.' These boys and girls will be members ot the First National Bank of Bend PI club. Am members they will be given help by the bank to raise their plrs and will be shown how - to keep records of costs and Increase In weirbta. After the pls have crown, to sufficient size for Tilly Alcartra and Kaphaella Johanrfa Aartie III two of the world's greatest Helstein cows, are on their way to Seat tie. Wash., where they will be bred to the bull. Carnation King Sylvia, pur chased at the last national Holateln sale for $105,060. The cows were shipped from Woodland last week. The first is owned by A. W. Morris Sc Sons' Cor poration, and the second by Napa State hospital. California. . TO Seventy-One Carloads, .503 Ma ; chines, Will Soon Leave Easts Consigned to Salem Firm. market they will be sold by the bank. COMING OREGON QUIT BUSINESS IS THREAT 'We Cannot Go on Producing at a .Loss Indefinitely Asser tion Made at League Meeting. Astounding; figures upon the present day cost of production of milk were pre sented to the members xf the Oregon Dairymen's league at a meeting held in Portland. While the retail price of milk has risen only 60 per cent during thel m-i. iwur yemra me average coal ox pro duction of milk and farm implements necessary for the dairymen, hay, feeds and other necessities, have increased "from 117 to 125.83 per cent. "1m it any wonder that- the dairymen of the state feci that unless some rem edy is quickly forthcoming bankruptcy will stare us In the face." says Alma D. Kats, president of the league. PUBLIC DOESIfT CSDEBSTAD ."The trouble is that the public doesn't understand the problems we are up against. They are content to pay 130 per cent more for potatoes, 190 per cent more "for strawberries, ISO per cent more for. eggs, from 100 to 200 per cent more for meats, and from 120 to 280 per cent more for bread and yet because we ask for a price at least representing coat -of production,' we are called baby kill " ers or profiteers. We must get the pub lic to understand some of the difficulties under which we are at present produc ing milk. The public must understand that their milk will cost them more not because we dairymen want to charge them more but simply because 'we are - not at the present time receiving a Vholesale price for our milk which Is equal to the cost of production. MILK FAMINE THHEATE3TS "Unless we can get a better price, sooner or later the public will be faced with a milk famine because we -shall have to go eut of business as dairymen. We cannot go on producing milk at a loss Indefinitely." A large and enthusiastic audience greeted Mr. Katz's remarks. A motion ' to increase the capital stock of . the Oregon Dairymen's league was passed by the members. From remarks passed at the meeting it appears likely that In the no far distant future the dairy men will take the law . Into their own hands, operate their own creameries throughoert the state and may even go so far finally as to take a hand In retail distribution. : J. I Scollard, president of the Wash ington Dairymen's league, who has Just toured .California, Investigating the "method of distribution; toid the dairy men how the milk situation in that state has been handled. The problem appears to be one or more . economic distribution, for the public will not stand for much higher prices without being fully informed why. 1XCKEASED COSTS SHOWS " The following: figures show some of the increased costs in dairying: t 1914 1918 Increase Price. Price. Pr cent (.lion St. John ran ..... 1 1.60 3.48 ISO 6-mllo Tieer can....... .8 4.34 125 I V--Uon Tlr cu. , . . . . 2.43 .09 120 16-qiwrt Stnttair- milk pail .85 1.60 99 la-qwart BaaiUrr milk pail .75 1.40 - SO No. 15 D Laval separator. 80.00 117.50 80 ;ias floating thermometer. .60 1.75 260 Milk .trainer -.....,.. 1 60 2.25 60 Stanchion 2.10 4.5 120 II ilk lr ....15.00 37.75 80 The dairymen will hold a meeting next Friday, at the Central library with the Portland distributers, at which a r.ew retail price or milk will be set. -i i v Did it ever occur to you that your cow Is your manufacturing plant and as such is entitled to the same care and study that' any business man gives his business? . - .., The Beeman Garden Tractor will do anythinc; tHat a 4 horsepower statio nary gasoline engine will do. Handy on a large as well as a small farm. It Is a Walking Gasoline Engine Call or Write for Fall Information and Catalog Ventworth&inyin S, E. Cor. Second aaI Taylor St. , . v. Portland, Ore. v : V Takes the Place of jff a Horse M ' Plows, Harrows W Cultivates M Operates Cream - M v Separator, M m Pump, . m 1 Watklar- M . Maehlast U ZTy : C ': 1 J D :T ? SXv KT -r -; : - v I I - t. . ' W . .. i .: .. 1:1 I 1 1 1 1 I . i .ii i i MILK TESTING ADDS TO NUMBER OF MILK COWS IN STATE Report for Month of April Issued by Specialist in Charge of Work. More good cows and fewer poor cows resulted from the work of the Oregon Cow Testing association for April, re ports of which have Just been issued by E. L. Westover. extension dairy special ist In charge for the United States de partment of agriculture and the state agricultural college. Here is a sum mary of the work : Cows tested, 8407 ; cows sold for beef, 5 : for milk. 21 ; total disposed of, 26 ; cows purchase. 18 grade, 13 registered; total added to dairy herds, 81: average pounds milk produced by all cows on. test, 773.34 ; average pounds fat, 32.65 ; milk separators tested, 6 ; new milking machines Installed, 1. ' Tillamook association led in number of cows tested. 103J: averaae milk n re duction, 980.5 pounds : average fat, 44.13 pounds, and the best herd in the asso ciation, which averaged 1283 pounds of milk and 53.02 pounds of fat. This honor herd belongs to Joe Durrer. The best herd of the Nestucea associa tion was Joe Schriber's, which averaged 1220 pounds of milk and 48.83 Dounds of fat Cope Bros, had the highest herd in the Bandon-Coquille ' association, mak ing an average of 927.8 .pounds of milk and 42.12 pounds of fat. Noah Black owns the big performers In the Smith and TJmpo.ua association, which gave 889 pounds milk and 3S.25 pounds fat as an average. Jasper Hougard has the honor of owning the prise herd In the Clatsop county association, results not given. D. GOOD THE YELLOW CHASSIS -TRUCKS; WILL NOT BE ORPHANED Many Trucks Now Sold in Oregon Wilf Be Orphans in the Next Few Months. Buy a Republic and Be Sure of Contin I uous Service. " - ROBERTS MOTOR CAR CO., Inc. Parkland Everett Sts. Portland. Ore. 60c 60c BUTTER FAT 60c MR. DAIRYMAN We ARE and ALWAYS on butter fat PRICES. This can only be done operator, and, we are the ONE INDEPENDENT creamery. ' ' Ship IJS your CREAM; get the EXTRA PRICE. Our check by return mail for each shipment will con vince you. , ' - 5 : '" ;;. -' ' : .' ? ',v!' 'j- 'i '. " , - '4 ' ' "' ;- -"' ," ' ' - ; ' ; , . ' V " - ? . " ' ' . t : : "" Peerless Butter Co. I 45-47 Front St., Portland, Oregon Sefereaee to Oar Responsibility! Bradstreet, Sea, ' ! - er iadd A Tiltoa Bask. : t : - ' These cows were sold at record prices at the Carey sale this week N. McNair owns the big producers In the Coqullle and Myrtle Point association, making an average of 1032 pounds milk and 38.25 pounds fat. GreatestRye In History of U. S. Harvested in 1918 More acres and more bushels of rye were harvested in 191 than in any previous year In the history of the United States. From 1849 to 1909 rye production in the United States was practically sta tionary. From 1909 to 1918 the produc tion was almost tripled, the greatest in crease coming in 1917 and 1911. Five years aaro there was approxi mately one acre of rye for each 21 acres of wheat in the United States. In. 1918 there was approximately one acre of rye for each 10 acres of wheat. The 1918 rye crop was' more than 78, 000.000 bushels. The world production of rye amounts to about one and two thirds billion bushels, somewhat less than half the annual wheat production. The United states department of ag riculture thinks it probable, now that farmers are becoming familiar with the crop and Its advantages, that rye will have a permanently larger place; In American agriculture,' and that from an agricultural point of view there should be a further considerable increase in production. ' ... : ... .. A few crops well chosen and properly cultivated are preferable to a miscel laneous assortment no one of which will supply enough vegetables to make a full serving for the entire family. When answering ; advertisements men tion The Journal. :, i v: 305 Main St. Vancouver, Wash. will be OVER THE TOP " by AN INDEPENDENT i IS FOOD THAN MEAT Food Value Justifies Its Use in Competition With Milk at--Prevailing Prices. Oregon Agricultural College, CorvaJlia, June 20. Milk at prevailing prices yields food values that justify extensive use ILK CHEAPER jj OLD, PRICE $885 : NOW i F. O - FACTORY I Ilflll -: " I We will be unable to supply the demand for Fordsons this coming fall. While there will be thousands of Fordson; Tractors made, still, there will be some farm owners who want Fordsons and will delay their orders so long that it will be impossible to supply them. Make sure of getting yojur Fordson. Order it now. Start it to work for you right away. - There are sufficient draw-bar and belt jobs on your farm to be done between now and fall to keep the Fordson busy earning moViey for you throughout the summer. ' ' And when fall comes, you will have your Fordson ready for the.f irst fall job. You will be familiar with its operation, so that you will get 1 00 results throughout the year. - ' The Fordson 'Will pull two 1 4-inch bottoms in the stiffest soils and still have enough" reserve left over for the peak loads. , - ' v , r ' ' The Fordson operates successfully, economically; on cheap kerosene. No raw fuel going through the ex haust none passing down through the piston rings into the crankcase. . And its 22 H. P; in the belt make it capable of running your grain separator, your corn husker, your huller, your silo filler, fhay bailer; in short, it supplies a steady, economical; dependable power for all belt jobs with in its rating, i ...... , . Y ......... in competition with meat the prevailing prices, according to the following milk and meat tables, vouched for as prac tically correct by P. S. Lucas, assistant professor of dairying at O. A. C. : (Milk at the given prices Is as cheap food as various cuts of meat at given prices.) Milk. ' Round. Sirloin. Mattoa, Ham. 10a 14c le 20a 2e lie Its 18 22e 29c 12c 17e . 20e 23e . 31e 18r 18e - 2! 25e 84e 14a Jc . 28a 27a . . 3 Be lp 21e " 24o 29c 3e Milk prices - at Corvallis are now 11 cents a quart. . By examining the table, second line, it will be seen that round steak should sell at IS cents a pound to yield food values as economically as the milk. Aa a matter of fact, local shops , were quoting the best cut of round steak at exactly double that figure. The common toad ia the gardener's friend, because he lives upon the small insects that trouble the garden crops. A few toads iw the garden will help keen it free of Insects. Not, only can you I cannot Pulls 14 ON ' .IF(D)Mr!3)(D)M: 1 1 A-lRg-f OLD PRICE $885 . i'; 1Y-- w; FACTORY ' I Two VH(CE - ... What ft believed to be the largest consignment of power farming ma chinery ever brought Into the North west will leave Fort Dearborn, Mich.; for Portland. On. on July 1 next, when 71 carloads of Ford son tractors will leave the east consigned to the order of Vick Bros., Fordson tractor agents, et Salem. - i:- This entire train load, according to George Vick, will contain 603 Fordson tractors, the majority of which have already been sold to Oregon : farmers. They represent an Investment of $400, 000. They are the entire output of the Fordson Tractor plant for .- one day. Placed end to end. they would form a chain over a mile in length. There are now 49 dealers in the state of Oregon handling the Fordson tractor, according to Mr. Vick. Over seven hun dred farmers in this state now own and operate Fordson tractors. .Vick Bros, will; shortly remove their head offices from Salem to Portland. Announcement wilf be made within the next few days of the acquisition of a large warehouse and service plant in Portland as soon as the necessary deeds are signed. Poultrymen Will Go On Inspection Totir Roseburg, June 21. The poultrymen of the county are planning an excursion leaving this city on June 28 by autos to visit the principal Willamette i valley poultry plants and the college farm at O. A. C. The excursion ia under the di rection of County Agent C J. Kurd, who will show the poultrymen all the (up-to-date poultry farms between Eugene and Portland. - Five days will be spent and the commercial side of poultry will' be thoroughly looked into. Much Interest is being manifested by Douglas county poultrymen this season. y?. you afford to buy a Fordson aff bird to be without one - Inch Plows Runs Your Write for descriptive literature IBIROXE - HISIRS DISTRIBUTORS a Crave Engineer, owned H. W; STRONG TAKES LEASE OF THE COTTON AT Expects Great Crop of Raspber--ries; 200 Pickers Will Be Needed. H. W. Strong, well known attorney, has given up his law practice and taken a lease on the Cotton farm near Ores ham. Mr. Strong has B0 acres In rasp berries, blackcaps. .-. loganberries snd blackberries. Early this spring he pur. chased a carload of commercial fertil iser and over 200 tons of sheep manure were used in addition, "with the result," said Mr. Strong, "that we expect to have FARM GRESHAM GREAT FARM OFFERINGS Each issue of The Journal carries amont THE JOURNAL "WANT' ADS wonderful offerings in FARMS and ACREAGE. If you fail to read them you are nejciectinjc your greatest source of Information. Operates on Belt Machines ) V -'. '.' ' by I. C. Brown' of Shedd a crop which will be a record for the entire Northwest. There is every indi cation, by using this fertiliser, that we will have a phenomenal yield of berries," Our one trouble Is to get sufficient pickers. We will require at Jeast two hundred, and I have made arrangements te.haul by autotruck all camp' luggage to'our farm free of charge from Port land. We will also furnish tents, wood, water and-straw free. I noticed In The Journal some time ago an article advis ing that berry and fruit growers lool; to proper housing facilities for the pickers', families, and realising this we are this year furnishing quarters such as I think 1 should like if I were one ef the pickers myself. - , The season for berry pickers, in ures ham will commence the beginning of July and continue for about six weeks. Pickers are paid each day, and . In the case of Mr." Strong's vineyard will re ceive a bonus at the end of the season. The common cutworm is a cowardly rascal and rarely does his work in day light when folks can see him. He watches and waits until the gardener has planted his cabbage, tomato or pep per plants, then sneaks out in the night and destroys the plants.