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MUST ORGANIZE FOR MARKET
Britain Takes Over Contracts for
...Dried Fruit and Frowns on
. Increase of the Imports.
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Latest photograph of new exposition huildlngs, Ukcur Frldtj. Over 206 men are now rushing the work to completion. The eost of the build
ings when finished will be to the neighborhood of $300,000, end aa Intensive drive to ralae another J 100 ,000 In Portland will take place dur
ing the week. -';. " i '
" By J. F. XAngner
; yew farmers realize bow the trend
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affect tha euceesefuf roarketin of
tbelr product, Every 24 hours some
event occurs in this country or in
Europe, which has a direct influence
Upon the Oregon farmer. No far
mer by the: very nature of his occu
patlcn can hope to keep in close
touch With the affairs which airect
Jhe market conditions, when the
ause Is possibly obscure to even the
best Informed of those whose regu
lar business is directing the market
ing pf rarm produce
' Illustrating , few of the causes which
Are likely to affect the successful
'marketing of let us say next season's
crop of wheat, fruit, beef or cattle, the
following are some of the conditions
which the farmer Is up against and
which have- a marked effect upon the
distribution of American food products:
DfPOHTS FROWJTED VT OTf
jt : The break in foreign exchange.
S. The action of the British ministry
In taking over all existing contracts on
dried fruit and frowning upon the im
portation of foods not absolutely es
sentia. . S. The action of the TJnlted States
government In the disposition of surplus
ermr and navy foodstuffs.
4. The attitude assumed by the attor
ney genera! in the holding of large
Quantities of foodMn cold storage.
S. The obstructionists In the United
States senate who are holding up ratifi
cation of the peace treaty; and many
ether causes, the effects of which are to
limit markets and possibly cause over
production. ZXCHAVGE BATE IS LOW
.'Many a farmer fails to realise that
perhaps the most serious problem con
fronting him today is the break In for
eign exchange.3 The English pound ster
ling, for example, is no longer worth a
pound in America and when an English
faiporter we will say of Oregon prunes
-buys one pound worth of prunes, he is
forced to pay a premium over and above
the original prices of (at present) ap
proximately' 70 cents on every pound.
The reason that foreign exchange be
tween England arid America is so low
Is that the exports from America Into
England far exceed the Imports Into
America from England and the balance
Of trade In favor of America preponder
ates to such an extent as to throw the,
financial system irto confusion.
Fore lira exchange can onlv he nta.hU-
tsed when American financial interests
eaa make loans of an International
Character. These loans can only be
made when the peace treaty has been rat
ified by congress. At the present time
bankers are Insisting that export busi
ness be done on a spot cash basis.
DRAWBACK IS EXPLAINED
One of the largest dried fruit brokers
end exporters In New York, Illustrating
the effect of the decline In foreign ex
Change between the United States and
a-ll European nations, made the follow
ing statement to one or Portland's big
gest 'bankers:
-A short time ago a big broker had
an order for lOOO tons of beans for ship
ment to Germany. The only way the
buyer could finance his purchase was
n a 12-month Deutach bank credit. The
firm In question was willing to sell on
this basis, as the prices were satisfac
tory,1 but eould not finance ever 60 per
Cent of the transaction.
They submitted this proposition to
their several banking connections, and
were turned down coldly their banks
refusing to handle any portion of It.
"We don't expect that exchanee will
react to par, but we do believe (and our
eanss seem to encourage us in our be
lief) that the signing- of tha treatv ni
. th negotiating of these loans; win have
very healthful effect, and will reopen
to ua ine export channels which are at
jprvaeni pracucaiiy closed.
VOLimoX LIES IX MARKETING
The action of the British
the commencement of proceedings which
mayr Terr easily result in a complete
system of Import licensing, has already
seriously affected the canned goods busi
ness and, in fact all food t)Tnri tint a t4
' jyarj description with the exception of
w , apnormai activity of
the early part of this season was due to
V flood of iforelirit Kii.. ji .
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ders may never be completed because of
the action of the British ministry, -
The action of our government la dis
posing of the surplus army and navy
products to the public at cost is a.
matter which, as citizens of the United
States, all farmers commend, even if it
may react to a slight degree unfavorably
upon future business, for the public is
entitled to get these or 'any products at
the lowest possible figure.
The illustrations which are given are
for the purpose of showing how essen
tial it Is, in order that the farmer may
at all times take advantage of market
conditions, that he be as well informed
as are those to whom he Is selling.
There is a real necessity for some sem
blance of business system in selling farm
products. It is essential that some re
sponsible and trained business 'man who
can devote all his time to selling, be
employed to represent the fanners' in
terests in the market.
Farm marketing organisations have
sprung up throughout the country be
cause the farmers have realised this
necessity and farm marketing organiza
tions will eventually prove to be the one
solution for the elimination of vicious
speculation and the establishment of eco
nomic distribution.
GROWER'S
SSCKIATION
HOTBS .
What the officers of the Oregon
Growers Cooperative association have
been predicting for some, time cam to
pass this week, namely, that sooner or
later some of the organizations that are
buying huge quantities of Oregon fruits
and using California or other state la
bels, would gradually cease this prac
tise, and advertise Oregon products as
coming from Oregon that It would be
unnecessary to form legislation to bring
this about. . It Is Interesting to note
that the California Packing corpora
tion, n this month's magazines, are ad
vertising under the famous Del Monte
brand, Oregon apples and Oregon berries.
Good for the Oregon Growers' Coopera
tive association ! We certainly are doing
the state an immense amount of good.
We shall watch eagerly,-and see. the ad
vertising of Oregon prunes, pears and
cherries, that are now being packed un
der the California brand, properly ad
vertised as coming from Oregon.
The Oregon Growers' Cooperative as-1
sociatlon conducted a week s drive, ter
minating the seventeenth of October,
and In this week signed up over 1200
acres. Meetings were held at Cloverdale.
Sunnyside, Liberty, Rosedale, Estaca-
da and Brush college school house. At
Estacada the community turned out in
large numbers. Much enthusiasm was
shown, and a good acreage signed up.
The speakers were very favorably im
pressed at Brush college. A good re
ception was given the talkers, a large
aereage eras signed. Brush College has
one of the best district school houses we
have yet visited In Oregon, a basement
with furnace, a fine piano, well lighted
rooms, well arranged and furnished.
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PRODUCTS TO
FEATURE LIVESTOCK
SHOW IN
NOVEMBER
Eleven Western States to Be
Represented in Exhibits at
North Portland.
Good Method Given
For Sprouting Oats
Oats for sprouting are soaked over
night In warm water and then spread
from one-half to one Inch thick on trays
having perforated bottoms, and put Into
an oat sprouter. Water the oats thor
oughly and turn the trays around once
dally to promote even sprouting. Arti
ficial heat should be supplied in cool
weather by the. use. of a kerosene lamp
or some other means. Use a good grade
of oats and allow a square inch of
sprouted oat surface to each hen dally,
feeding the sprouted oats on the floor
of the poultry house or in the yard. Peed
at any time after the sprouts are well
Started, which usually takes from five
to seven days. Keep the sprouter clean
and spray ft occasionally with disin
fectant to prevent the growth of moid
spores.
with the lectures of Professor Reed and
Professor Mortensen. Already nine dif
ferent agricultural colleges have noti
fied Manager Musser that they will send
dairying experts and many hundreds of
stud-rt Instructor from the nine West
ern states represented and from British
Columbia will attend to participate in
the competitive contests and to gain the
benefits of the show.
Corn, Well Dented, ,
Is in Best State
For Silage Purpose
One of the most important features of
the Pacific International Livestock ex
position, week ef November 17-22, at
North Portland, will be he extensive
exhibit and practical educational pro
gram of the Western Dairy Products
showwhich will hold its fifth annual
how as a part of the Pacific Interna
tional and which will, beginning with
this year, become a permanent part of
Portland's annual exposition.
The Western Dairy Products show
represents 11 different Western states
and is promoted by the United States
government through the agricultural
colleges of these states. This year it
will be opened also to the agricultural
colleges of Western British Columbia.
The work of this, educational organiza
tion is divided into two great branches,
the one dealing with the production of
dairy cattle and dairy products and the
other with the manufacture, Judging
and handling of dairy products.
MUSSER TO BE IS CHARGE
Karl B. Musser of the Washington
State Agricultural college at Pullman,
who has charge of the Western Dairy
Products show's exhibit, has engaged
4000 square feet of wall space and 4000
square feet of flpor space for placing
the varied educational exhibits, show
ing educational films of model dairy
farms and dairy products manufactur
ing plants, and effectively staging the
judging contests, lectures, etv which
will be features of the big show.
One of th notable features in this sec
tlon will be the government exhibit
from the National Dairy show at Chi
cago, which will first be shown at the
California International Livestock show
at San Francisco, November 1-8, com
ing on to Portland for the Pacific Inter
national here November 17-22. The en
tire government exhibit at Chicago coat
$25,000, and the section sent to the
Coast will cover all phases of this orig
inal exhibit occupying 600 square feet
of space. Noel Negley, a special gov
ernment Instructor, will accompany the
exhibit, explaining Its various phases
and delivering daily lectures.
If OTED DAIRY EXPERTS COMHTO
Two nationally noted dairying experts
whs will come to the Pacific Interna
tional to assist in the work of the'
Western Dairy Products shew will be
Professor M. Mortensen of the Iowa
State Agricultural college and Professor
O. E. Reed of Purdue university. La
Fayette, Ind. Professor Mortensen will,
in addition to giving daily lectures to
the general publlo. conduct a dairy
products Judging class for manufac
turers of dairy products which will be
practically continuous. A special booth
will be arranged for this class, various
dairy products, such as cheese and but
ter, being conveniently arranged so that
classes of 20 may pass along and indi
vidually judge each exhibit. When the
20 butter and cheese manufacturers have
Judged the exhibits and the results have
been checked up, Professor Mortensen
will himself then Judge the exhibits and
explain the reason for his various rat
ings. Tha object of this judging class
will be to standardize the judging of
dairy products among the menufao
turers of cheese, butter and other dairy
products throughout the country, so that
ratings on these products will be as
nearly uniform as possible.'
MOVING PICTCRES TO BE SHOWJT
Many interesting and highly instruc
tlve moving pictures will be shown, some
of these films being used in connection
The feeding worth and palatabllity of
good silage depends on the quality of
the corn and the period of maturity at
which It is cut. Where the corn U cut
when It is immature, not well glazed
and dented, and stilt in Its juvenile
stage, it makes washy, low quality, acid
forming silage which is likely to sour.
On the other hand, corn harvested when
it is well dented and at the proper de
gree ef ripeness for best use as silage,
gives a winter feed which is one of the
best producers of milk and meat.
"Corn should be allowed to pass well
through the milk stage and become thor
oughly dented before being siloed. In
vestigations of the United States de
partment of agriculture have demon
strated that it is much preferable for
silage of the best quality, to have the
corn a little overripe rather than under
ripe. In some sections, farmers, and partic
ularly dairymen, are accustomed to en
sile combination crops, using mixtures of
soy beans and corn, cow peas and corn,
sorghum and corn, or a combination
of these three for canning purposes. As
a general proposition, where
DESCHUTES COUNTIES
PUSH THE BREEDING 0
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PUREBRED
LIVESTOCK
Wonderful Exhibit at the Tumaio
Fair Evidence of'.Progress
Made Past Two Years.
branches of animal 'husbandry in addi
tion to dairying, are taken into consid
eration, corn or some other. coarse for
age Is most desirable for ensilage pur
poses. Acre yield Is the end sought, the chief
objection to the valuable protein for
ages such as cow peas, soy beans and
the like being that they are low ylelders
better adapted for hay than silage.
Dairy farmers who require an abund
ance of succulent silage of a rather bal
anced composition highly prize the leg
uminous crops mentioned as supplements
to corn and usually realise an adequate
return from the sale of their milk to
allow them to produce these crops at a
profit.
Dairymen to Have
All Cows Tested
Ashland, Oct. 25. The dairymen of
Jackson county have organized the
Jackson County Cow Testing associa
tion with Ralph Billings, Ashland, presi
dent; J. R. McCracken, Valley View, sec
retary treasurer, and a board of direct
ors composed of Ike Merriman, John A.
Anderson and Frederick Pelouse. Mc
Cracken made arrangements .with Pro
fessor Westover for a state tester to
make regular tests. More than 300 cows
have been registered in the association.
a yearly fee of 3 being charged for
each.
The first livestock show undertaken
in Deschutes county was put en in con
nection with the Tumaio fair. This was
due to the activities of the Bend banks
In pushing the breedinc of - pure bred
livestock this spring, by organising the
Tumaio Shorthorn association, and in
troducing pure-bred bulls which were
distributed to farmers on time.
The livestock class brought out 19
Shorthorn entries, five Aberdeen . Angus,
three Guernseys, three Jerseys and a
strong class of cheep and hogs. This
was considered remarkable for a com
munity where two years ago the regis
tered beef animals In the county could
be counted on 10 fingers. In the aged
bull class, the bull owned by the Tumaio
Shorthorn association won first prise.
In the junior bull class, an excellent 10-months-old
Avondale calf owned by E.
A. Griffin of Bend won first prize. This
bull was also the grand champion of the
show. He was purchased for Mr. Grif
fin this spring by the First National
other I bank of BenJ nd was one of he 15
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S FIRST PRIZE
Green Briar Product Competes
With Many Samples ta the
National Dairy Show.
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contain many advertisements of interest
to farmers. When answering these ad
vertisements mention The Journal
pure bred bulls which this bank has
brought Into the county during the past
year.
IiVthe swine division the club pig of
The milk .and cream supplied to
the Damascus creamery, which won
first place at the national dairy show
held in Chicago early this month,
came from Green Briar farm, New
burg, owned by Isaac D. Hunt.
This milk won first prise la competi
tion with samples submitted from
every state in the Union and from Can
ada. It was a serious problem to ship
milk from the far Northwest to Chicago
for the purpose of oompeution. Milk
and cream readily absorb odors and oth
erwise deteriorate, making difficult
proper scientific analysis. In explain
ing the method which was used in ship
ping this milk across the conunent. Hunt
said ; "The milk was taken in the ordi
nary way from our herd milk; it was
placed in sterilized cans, iced at the farm
and sent east by express accompanied
by an attendant who reled the milk
at every division point."
The milk from the Green Briar herd
won first place on a score of 99.4 and
the cream won first place on a score
of 99.6, one of the highest scores .ever
received in competition and of much
surnrlee to dairymen all over the country
who were present at the show. These
scores were judged en bntterfat, solid
content, odor, taste flavor, bacteria
count and other tests.
Such a record for Oregon milk and
cream sheds glory upon the whole state
as a dairy center. Hunt's success Is
largely due to Alan Bancroft, his man
ager, through whose efforts the quality
and cleanliness of the Green Briar farm
milk is maintained as the nation's best.
Apple Industry
: Now Thriving in
Sheridan District
Sheridan. Oct 25. The development
that has been mad In the fruit Indus
Cry In the SherieVaa district is a revela
tion to anyone who has .not closely
watched Its progress. The orchards ere
mosUy located off the main thorough
fares and are not often seen by strang
ers unless especially visited. Therefore
it i hard to believe that there are thou
sands of acres planted to different fruit a
Jwt sew the apple harvest is at Its
height. The apples are hauled by auto
trucks to the packing plants either In
Sheridan. Clearview or on the individual
tracts aa at Paradise farm. Skyland
Fruit farm and others.
At the Willamette Valley Packing
plant here, the apples are all packed
according to , their sixes. Several car
loads are now ready for shipment.
Potatoes Passed as Seed
Chehalis, Wash.. Oct. JP E. & Lay
ton of Lay ton Prairie has "grown a
crop of potatoes which has passed the
state Inspection and is now classified as
"certified seed." According to the state
Inspector 676 acres were planted to
certified seed potatoes and all were
turned down except 80 acres. Of the
SO acres of first grade 'spuds found in
the state, Layton had six.
Gerald Cowley, who is a member of the
First National Bank of Bend Pig club,
won first place in the elub division and
also in th fat swine division. His pre
mium amounted to $17.60, which was
considered pretty good for t-year-old
youngster.
The horse Classes brought out two
very fine black Percheron teams in har
ness. The competition here was so oldse
that Professor FJelsted of O. A. C. had
a difficult time making the awards. The
blue ribbon was finally placed onT. C.
Norrls team of Tumaio, while R. H.
Bayley of the same place, was a dose
second.
The pages of "Oregon - Country I4fe"
contain many advertisements of interest
to farmers. When answering these ad
vertisements mention The Journal.
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