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J. F. LANGNER
M EFFICIENT MARKETING
BETTER FARMING
COOPERATIVE PLAN
IN WHEAT MARKET
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Oregon, Washington and Idaho
Farmers Propose National Co
"7 operation in Distribution.
By J. Iiangner
As a. natural outgrowth, of state-
'! wide cooperative marketing associa
1 tiona of farmers came the surges-,
Uon,fbr national and Interstate - con
I trol of distribution of farm products.
"The first step in national coopera
tion of farmer for national and In
T ternatlonal distribution is being
taken by the wheat growers of the
country As an integral part of the
community, -and with that spirit of
leadership which has characterized
the cooperating farmer of the Pa-
eiric coast, the wheat growers of Or
egon, Washington and Idaho, under
: A. A Elmore, president of the Wash
ington' and Idaho " Farmers' union.
Witt "shortly meet to discuss plans
for the furthering of the movement
in the, Northwest.
1 Tn 'marketing of farm products
through cooperative associations is al
moit as old as the nation itself. The
perfection .of organisation form was
secured when the Oregon fruitgrowers
organised their statewide cooperative
marketing association, and It is on plans
almost identical that the graingrowers
are now organising.
SUCCESS ASSURED
1 Many "attempt have been made' to
organize the wheat men in various sec
tions of the country. In the majority
lot : instances the movement was fore
doomed to failure because control over
I eventual distribution was not secured.
All successful farmers marketing organ
isations completely control distribution,
and "in many cases fix the price which
the distributor shall pay. While marked
success in some cases has been secured
by cooperative elevators', the true value
of the cooperative effort in the mar
keting of wheat has been lost because
of failure to sufficiently organise the
industry. . Wheat, unlike the fruit
growers' associations which have been
eminently successful, is grown in nearly
every state in the Union, and must
be nationally organised for efficient co
operative selling. The movement in the
Northwest, headed by A. A. Elmore of
Spokane, Is the first consolidated at
tempt to market wheat through a na
tional cooperative selling organization.
lThat it will be finally successful is
unquestioned.
1 The full text of the resolution passed
at the Farmers' union meeting in Spo
' kaae on December 10 is as follows.
, It. will undoubtedly be an historical
document in the annals of cooperative
farm marketing : v .
7 ADOPTED BESOLTTIOX
Resolved by the Farmers Union of
(Washington and Idaho, In annual con
vention assembled at Spokane on De
cember 10, 1919:
(1) That the chairman of this con
vention be instructed to appoint from
'the states at large a committee of 15
... men, including the chairman himself,
- a majority of whom must be wheat
', growers representing the Interests of
wheatgrowers in Washington, Idaho or
r Oregon, for the express purpose of
.: Initiating and developing a movement
- to organise the wheatgrowers of 'the
'. United States and particularly of
,; Washington, Oregon and Idaho into co
v operative marketing associations, where
k by their wheat will be handled on a
t cooperative basis for the benefit of the
producer and ultimately the consumer
and for the minimising of speculation
and manipulation. ,
(2), That the said committee be ln
, structfid to prepare the plans for such
. cooperative marketing associations, work
. out all the preliminary details thereof,
cause the proper contracts to be drawn,
appoint state organization committees,
; and in general do everything within Us
Judgment to bring into existence in each
and all of the states of Washington,
. Oregon and Idaho bona fide organiza-
tlona. for the cooperative marketing of
wneat, ana employ the necessary organ
:. liers, assistants and agents and to take
y. steps to extend - the same methods
i throughout the wheat growing states
HEADS WHEAT GROWERS! ;
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STRANDBORG TOLD
THAT HOOD RIVER
IS IN WASHINGTON
Well-Known. Publicity ' Man Has
Strange Experientes in Hont
;tng Oregon Apples in the East.
A. A. Elmore, president of Washfng
' ton and Idaho Farmers' union, who
has been unanimously appointed
chairman of organization of frdk
Wheat Growers' Cooperative Mar
keting association.
of America, with the ultimate purpose
to create a national wheat exchange,
marketing the wheat crop of the United
States collectively and cooperatively.
(3) That the committee be Instructed
to do its best to secure the cooperation
of the existing corporations and as
sociations In these states that may be
cooperative in whole or in part, and
particularly that efforts be made to
assist the Trlstate Terminal company
to enlarge Its activities and secure fur
ther capital, subject to an agreement
by it to turn over its' elevators and
warehouses to the elevator corpora
tions, or - subsidiaries of any such co
operative marketing associations of
wheatgrowers, at their appraised values,
for adequate consideration in preferred
stock, or otherwise, and to cease han
dling wheat,, as soon as . the said com
mittee shall report that' sufficient sup
port has been given by the - wheat
growers to insure the operation of the
cooperative associations in any two of
the said three states.
A
GROWER'S
SSCKIATION
motb.s ;
While on a recent visit to Roseburg;,
Professor C. . I. Lewis, chief , of or
ganliatlon, noticed an , advertisement In
a Roseburg paper reading substantially
as follows: "Oranges. California's
oranges 'for sale at less than wholesale
cost We bought this carload of or
anges direct from the growers without
the . Intervention of the association."
The advertisement Is' a good example
of what happens to the orange growers
or caurornia wnen they sell without
their association. The growers receive
less for their product.
Notices of the annual general meeting
of the association 'tre being mailed out
by the secretary.
Avery Appointed
County Agent for
Deschutes County
H. O. Avery. Jerome, Idaho, county
agent, has been appointed county agent
for Deschutes county following a careful
canvass of the Northwest by the O. A. C.
extension service and the executive com
mittee , of the Deschutes county farm
bureau.
Avery has had three years of success
ful experience in farm bureau work, one
year having been passed In Lincoln
county, Idaho, and two years in Jerome
county. His work tn those, counties In
connection with the organization of wool
pools, hay growers associations and oth
er farmers' marketing y associations
brought him to the front 'rank, among
Idaho county agents.
Avery formerly lived on a Kansas
stock farm and attended the Kansas
Agricultural college. . He will report at
Redmond, December 20 ..
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MONROE & CRISELL,
1D FRONT ST. , . PORTLAND. OR.
Here is a story' told by W. P.
Straridborg, publicity manager of the
Portland Railway, .Light. & Power
company, and one of Portland's best
known residents. Strandborg re
cently made a trip back East, visit
ing amongst other cities. New York,
Cleveland and Detroit. Picking up
the , New , York "Times one morning,
Strandborg, a bigr advertisement
of the joint ' apple campaign or
Northwest' distributors, advertising
Oregon, Washington and Idaho ap
ples. FINDS OBEOON APPLES
. "I was really proud of coming from
Oregon and seeing our Oregon apples
advertised in the New Tork Times," says
Strandborg. "So I walked down Seventh
avenue and came to a grocery store near
Forty-second street where they bad
some apples displayed. I produced the
advertisement and asked for some Ore
gon apples. The dealer picked me out
some good looking apples and said,
These came from Oregon." I asked him
where and he told me that they were a
famous brand from Wenatchee, Oregon.
Cleveland, Ohio, is Strandborg's home
town. On arriving there he picked up
a copy of the Cleveland Plalndealer and
containing another . advertisement of
Oregon, Washington and Idaho apples.
commenced another still hunt in Cleve
land for an Oregon apple. .Once more
did Strandborg swell with pride that he
in his home town, could get an Ore
gon, apple duly 'advertised as such, in
one of America's mightiest publications.
One of Strandborg's friends is an ap
ple dealer in Cleveland a jobber in a
large way. Down went Strandborg to
his apple dealing friend and there - in
the window was the selfsame advertise
ment of Oregon. Washington and Idaho
apples as it appeared, in the paper that
morning. At last, thought Strandborg,
I can boost my state and get an Oregon
apple, and proceeded to ask for a box.
"Certainly," said his friend, and caning
to a man, said,' "Bring Mr. Stranborg
the finest box of Big Y apples you can
find."
MIXES GEOGRAPHY
foien Strandborg recovered he politely
told his friend that "Big Y apples came
from Washington and not from Oregon
and that he Wanted some Hood River
or some other fine quality Oregon ap
ples. The true Oregon apple was not.
however, procurable. While Strandborg
was explaining thet the Columbia river
separates Oregon from 1 Washington, a
big motor truck drew up loaded to the'
guards with more Big Y apples.
"Where do they come from?" Strand
borg asked the checker-in.
"Blowed If I know;" was the reply.
"Ever have any Hood Rive apples?"
Strandborg asked.
"Sure," was the reply.
"Where is Hood River?" continued
Strandborg. ,
"Seattle," he was told.
OREGON LOSE8 OUT
"In Detroit, says Strandborg, the sam
thing happened. Strandborg's visit to
these cities was made during the time
that the so-called national campaign of
selling Northwestern apples was being
carried on all through the Eastern etates.
Apparently the Oregon apple growers
and the state of Oregon received its
usual kick from its neighbors and had
about as much advertising out of this
campaign as it usually does unless it
stands alone.
The only product,' says Strandborg,
which anyone knows comes from Oregon
is Phes loganberry juice, which is adver
Used by an Oregon concern, capitalised
wnn Oregon money, directed by Oregon
-brains, and stands on its own merits.
Even Hood River, in the minds of most
of the consumers of apples in the East,
is a part of the state of Washington.
Nearly every advertiser on the farm
pages issues a catalogue containing
vaiuame information to farmers. An
swer these advertisements always men
tioning the farm pages of The Journal.
rr f 17 -oreoon quality . ,
"4 Oregon berries made. into jams and sold as "a Washington
Product,? - " ' ' 1 ; " '
' Oregtfrrapple sdld as Wenatchee and Yakima apples.
j Oregon prunes s.old as 4a California Product,
Oregon cherries sold as "California Glace Fruit."
Oregon alracmf sold as "Puget Sound Salmon."
Oregon pears sold as ''Canned California Pears."
Oregon peaches sold as "Canned California Peaches." '
, Oregon bemes made ,into "Washington Pure Fruit Syrups,"
Hood River, apples, aojd as "Coming From Near SeattJe."
, Oregon, cherries sold as "California Royal, Anne Cherries."
Oregon pounes sold as "California Glace Prunes."
" The best boost California and Washington ever had was
when Oregon started to produce the finest fruits grown on the
Pacific coast. - ' j ...
DRAINAGE MEETING
AT CORVALLIS, OR.
Plans for Procuring Trenching
Machine Will Be Proposed aj
Conference Soon.
Oregon Agricultural College, Corval
II s, Dec 27. rThe call has been issued
for - the, sixth annual conference of the
Oregon State .Drainage association to
convene at Corvallis,- January 1 and 2.
. This meeting is to. be held t the Ore
gon ricultural college during farmers
week and comes Just ahead of the meet
ing of .the Oregon Irrigation congress.
Plans . for. securing, a trenching ma
chine wilt be brought up for discussion.
"The Johesjbill now pending in con
gress should aid reclamation by drain
age aa wel las irrigation,. as the Oregon
Jaws permit. the reclamation ,to. contract
with the drainage districts," says W. L.
Powers, professor of soils at the college
and secretary of the association.
"All the 38 drainage and 44 irrigation
dstricte in Oregon are entitled to and
should have representation in the confer
ence. It is planned to hold a joint irri
gation session January 2 in which mem
bers of the Oregon irrigation congress
are Invited to participate.
Needed improvements In the water
laws of Oregon will be considered at the
Joint conference, Friday, January 2,- and
members of the legislative assembly are
especially urged by the officers to be
present and participate in the discus
sions. . '.-
The chief of irrigation and drainage
investigation of the United States de
partment of agriculture and leading
scientific authorities on irrigation and
drainage from' neighboring states will ad
dress the conference.
A lecture before the general farmers'
week assembly of great fmpbrtance will
be given by Dr. -Harris Welnstock, state
market commissioner of California-
The 'drainage association ' will enter
tain, the irrigation and drainage dele
gates attending this, conference at t the
college . conference hanquet Friday eve
ning and tn order that proper provision
be made, delegates should, if possible,
advise the secretary of the drainage as
U. S. Butter Exports
Small in Volume
In spite of vast grazing lands in the
United States, this country furnishes
less than 1 per cent of the butter that
figures in world or international trade,
according to statistics recently compiled
by the United States department of ag
riculture. However, the same fact, ex
pressed in terms of the total number of
pounds of butter exported, does not look
so Insignificant, since the annual total
for at least one year in each of the last
six decades has approached 30,000.000
pounds. There has been marked fluc
tuation in .this country's exports of but
ter, the amount frequently dropping to
less than one third of the total for the
big years. The relation between domes
tic and foreign prices has been the de
termining factor in these changes. Dur
ing the last few years our exports, small
as they are relatively, have been going
to IV- different countries, colonies and
dependencies.
Sell Tractors Direct. w.
Owing to the fact that Henry Ford has
purchased the entire stock of the . Ford
Motor company, eventually all of the out
put of the Ford factory wlll be dis
tributed through one sales organization.
Vick Brothers of Salem, Oregon dis
tributors of the Fordson, pWill handle
thia tractor only until August I, 1920,
after which time the Ford -Motor com
pany, branches will take over the distribution.
HIGHER SALARIES DRAW
council
TURISTS
TO OTHER LINES OF WORK
29 Agents
Service
Have Been Lost to
Since Plan Was
Adopted in 1913.
Oregon Agricultural College, Cor
vallis, Dec. 27. The appeal of higher
salaries haa been responsible for the
loss of many county agricultural agents
since the county agent plan was. estab
lished in Oregon In 1913. This Is shown
by records compiled by Paul V. Maria,
state leader of agriculturists.
Twenty-nine - county agents, whose
resignations have been received in the
last few years, served but 18 months on
the average. Four were in, the work for
more than three years, seven more than
two years, and 12 less than one year.
Four of 10 men who accepted higher
salaries in commercial positions became
bank agriculturists. Five were experi
ment station men giving part time to
county agent work who resigned to giv
way to full time men. Three engaged iff
farming, three remained in the service,
but were promoted to higher positions,
and one was transferred to another
UNIVERSAL LIGHT PLANTS
and PAUL WATER SYSTEMS
WE UPHOLD OUR LEADERSHIP RECORD
-WE ARE VA.YVSQ FOB .
vC BUTTER FAT a
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V DAIH.TMETT BESEEVE BIGGER CHECKS
A Check by Return Mail for Each Can Shipped
START SHIPPING' THE PEERLESS
Take Advantage of the Price It Is Your Gain and Only Real Profit
PEERLESS BUTTER CO.
45-47 ROKT STREETS PORTLABFD, ORE GOW
state. Agent work was discontinued in
two counties. . ,
. The future for county agricultural
agent work look bright, believes Mr.
Maris. Twenty-three agents are now
employed .in counties. Polk and
Harney .counties Have placed the neces
sary items to provide for oounty agent
work In their budgets, while Lane and
Malheur counties will start the work
the beginning of the year.
Farmers to Destroy
Squirrels in Spring
Klamath Falls. Dec. 27. Farmers of
this section are organising .for a whole
sale destruction of squirrels, and rabbits
In the spring. Poisoning of rabbits baa
already begun and thousands of animals
have been destroyed. A mechanical mix
er for poisons and 10,000 quarts of mliori
Ingredients are to be used In the cam
paign. , .
t vuiirv ,,iiii.y in uikhii ixrn wiirra
committees In different localities to su
perintend the work under direction of
County -Agriculturist E. H. Thomas. l.nan
to crops from ground squirrels and ro
dents amounts to thousands of dollars
every season.
Read the advertisements on the farm
pages of The Journal. When answering
advertisements always mention - the
farm pagea.
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Trappers:
QUICK
RETURNS
and '
top'
PRICES
Ship your Raw Furs
to the nearesj mar
ket, where you have
the advantage of receiv
ing the money for them
beforethey would reach
a more distant point Our
guarantee is satisfaction or
your furs back at our expense.
Big Money in
Mole and Muskrat
Ship all your available furs
now while the prices are high.
Send for our late price list
and mark your packages
H. LIEBES & CO.
Uebes Bldg.,
Portland, Of.
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for Honest
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Ship Direct to Rogers, St Louis.
Get the biggest, quickest cash returns (or your work on the
traD line, rure are akrv hisfh and riakt new everv tranner
can clean up b-'.g by skippiog direct to Rogers. Beat de. paying top-most Vi
prices Roger pay off thlpping charge on all fura A buy. Rogers deducts f
nothing tor commissions eelung charges or other bunk.
You get the fall value of your furs every lest penny nothing
is taken out . Read what experienced trappers say and you'll
know how it feels to get Rogers big prices.
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Dear Sim
I received iuuii
fura I aentrau and am well eleaaed.
I seat 24 of the same kind to
and you paid me half aa much for
the three a he paid ma for the lot
of 24. Will ship asain shortly.
C Rcttcrhotne
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Protect yooreelf by ehippina riht. Ues the las belew dip it out NOW and paste it to your
bundle and ahtp to Roger for a bis fur claaa-up.
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J. J. EUTZER :
188-190 FRONT STREET PORTLAND, OREGON
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Necessary and Economical
Equipment for Every Farm
' .
There are so many things that can-be; done on
, the .farm more quickly and more economically
by electricity that it is being adopted by every
progressive farmer.
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Automatic water pressure systems," which
operate off the lighting plants, are also in equal '
demand. . Water systems are madem-two
typesone for deep wells and one for shallow
wells. ' -;f .
There is a dealer near you who will be glad to
'go into all details with. you pn the cost of
installing these on your farm. Write .to us .
today for catalogues and literature, "and we
will tell you who your: nearest dealer is. - -
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Buy Your Fordson
Tractor Now
-You Can Use It Throughout the Winter
Farm Tractor manufacturers will be unable to supply
the demand for tractors this coming year.
While there will be thousands of Fordson Tractors made,
still, there will be some farm owners who will want Ford-
sons and will delay their orders so long that it will be im- ,
possible to supply them. r
Make sure-of getting your ForSson. Orjier 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 spring to eep the Fordson busy earning money for
you throughout the winter.
And when spring comes, which will be soon, you will have your
Fordson ready for the first spring job. You will be familiar with its
operation, so that you will get K)0 results throughout the year.
Pulls 'Two 14-Inch Plows Operates on
Cheap KeroseneRuns Your Belt Machines
The Fordson opeates successfully, economically, on cheap kerosene.
No raw fuel going through the exhaust none passing down through
the piston rings into the crankcase.
And its 20 H. P. on the belt make it capable of running your grain
separator, your corn husker, your huller, your, silo filler, hay baler;
in short, it supplies a steady, economical, dependable power for all belt
jobs within its rating. ,
Our dealers are practically all sold out on Tractors. The
January allotment of one hundred will be here soon and are
nearly all sold.
See your local Fordson dealer at once and place your order
so that you may be protected on delivery.
Price $750.00 F. O. B. Dearborn, Michigan
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Distributors for ; Oregon '