The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, February 21, 1920, Image 9

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Newspaper Page TextTHE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 192a Need for Improvement in Dairy Breeds to Increase Average Production mm Sffl MANY DAIRY COWS ARE UNPROFITABLE Thirty Per Cent of Dairy Cows Do Not Pay for Feed; Average production Is 160 Pounds Fat. FINE CORRIEDALE RAM . By ft. C. Stewart More than 30 per cent of th so called dairy cows in the United States are slackers at the pall. They pay neither for their feed nor care. This includes the nmall aa well as the large herds of the country. Statistics ahowthat the average year ly production per cow is 160 pounds fat. Id some herds the average produc tion runs as high as 500 pounds fat. This) would Indicate that there is a big; field I for improvement. Tn starting: to improve a herd the first matter to be considered is which is the. paying and which the non-paying cow. For many years the breeder relied upon Individuality alone, culling: for type and a few well established dairy characteristics. KICOItDH EASILY KEPT Too often mintakns were made. A Heemtngly perfect dairy type, giving a good flow , when put to the churn test would prove to be a non-profitable cow. Since new ipethods of testing;, namely the Bahcock test, Iiss been developed, records proving- the worth of each In dividual cow in the herd may be easily kept. The next, step in improvement is proper culling out of the poor producers and the breeding for higher production. This requires careful study and close atten tion to the production of each Individual cow. In many instances it requires rec ords covering at least, two years to prove an animal non-profitable. Many heifers ttiat do not prove to be profitable in the. first year will later develop into very profitable cows. It pays to cull very closely, keeping the doubtful canes on probation until their merits have been carefully con sidered for some time. MAKE COWf PAT From an economic standpoint the main thing ts to be sure that every cow Is paying not only for the expenses of the feed hut for the care and interest on the investment. Careful breeding statistics show that only 2 per cent of the cows in the Unit ed States are bred to sires of known ancestry, backed up by production rec ords Sires of known quality are now available everywhere. The man with several cows Is able to buy a carefully selected sire and the man with but a few can readily get itio a bull association, where, with the help of his neighbors, he can purchase the best blood available. Another matter to be considered is feeding for belter production. The labor oosts are no higher in caring for high producing cows and the returns are mucn grearrr. IXCR EASE PRODICTIOX A" herd of 91 cows In one association produced in 12 months a ttal income of $-, over cost of feeding, or 84 cents It cow. When the owner sends that herd to the block he Is to be congratu lated The country is not yet so short of dairy products that anyone need milk mich cows It in a well know n fact that dairy cows tn he profitable must be comparatively lame producers. Yet few realize the remarkable rate at which the income ad vmices us the production Increases. Tabulations of SRS7 cow testing asso ciations' records of various parts of th I'nited States, covering a period of four vears. show that as the average butter fat production Increased from 150 to 200 pounds the income over cost of feed ad vanced from 121 to 34. That is a net C;iin of 50 pounds or 3.1 1-3 per cent in production gave an Increased Income of per cent over feed cost. The next gain of 50 pounds raised the income over cost of feed to $TiO ; the net to $63. the next to S74, the next to 87. the next to $100. and the last to $118. HEM. POOR COWS As the butter fat production Increases from 150 to 300 pounds the Income over cost of feed advanced from $21 to $63.. As the production doubled the income over cost of feed advanced three times. When the butter fat production increased iWM v show in VALUE OF SILAGE FOR BEEF CATTLE BEYOND DOUBT, SAYS WRITER Field Animal Husbandman Makes Interesting Investigation in Union County. By E. 1. (Field Animal This ram won first and special at Canterbury Metropolis and sold for 300 guineas (about $Yj"5). 1919 from 150 pounds to 450 pounds that is. trebled the Income over cost of feed advanced from $21 to $100, or almost five times as much. It seldom pays to sell a good cow. an It never pays to keep a poor one. It pays to know what they are doing. Here in the Northwest, where we have Ideal feeds and cllmwtlc conditions, the vital thing is careful selection of a breed and proper care in breeding always for production. Answered hy Dr JVC . iKove s.Vnw-aHc. Question No. 1 I have a cow that is running down in flesh very rapidly. She eats well by rpella and then goes one or two days without eating. She was tested for tuberculosis about two months ago and was all right. There seems to be a doughy-like swelling be tween her front legs. Answer Your cow has probably taken some foreign body, such as a nail or a piece of wire into her rumen along with her food. This foreign body has worked through Into the heart. Treatment is useless. Question No. 2 Will you please tell us what can be done with cows that are barren : that Is we do not seem to get with calf. I do not believe it Is the fault of the bull, as all of the other cows are due to freshen. Answer The causes of barrenness or sterility are many even when the bull is eliminated as a factor. A too acid condition of the vagina will cause this condition. This can be corrected, by in jections of some mfld alkaline solution. Hardening and inflammations of the os uteri constitute another cause. Gauze soaked in glycerine placed against the os tend to soften and correct this j condition. Fus either in the os, body of uteris, cornu or fallopian tubes will prevent conception. To correct this the pus has got to be removed. Some times a dead foetus is present in I he uteris or perhaps better called a mum mified foetus. Infection severe enough to close the lumen of the oviducts is fatal as far aa conception Is concerned. One diseased ovary will sometimes pre vent the normal activity of the non diseased ovary. Removal of this one ovary will often result In a cure. t'yKtic ovaries are generally a bar to concep tion. Breaking these in some cases is beneficial. In other cases It only In tensifies the inflammation that is pres ent. Diagnosis of the various condi tions Is made by aid of special instru ments and by examination of the ovaries, womb and fallopian tubes per rectum. Question No. 8 What is the relation between the dose of medicine for a man and for a hdrse? Answer According to Quitman's veterinary Materia Medlca a horse takes 16 times the dose of a man. How ever it Is safer to figure about 12 times. There is no fixed rule for such things. Some animals and some people are very susceptible to certain drugs and some drugs work one way on one animal and almost directly opposite on the next. Lane Has Big Influx Of Purebred Cattle Eugene. Feb. 21. More pure-bred cat tle have been brought into Iane county this year than in all the five vears past. The Bank of Commerce recently brought to the county and sold to en ergetic farmers 22 head of Holsteln heifers, and this week G. A. McCart of Harrisburg left for Omaha with a commission in his pocket to buy 42 head of Holstelns and foui Guernseys. The Oregon Agricultural college has promised to sell 10 head out of the 300 that it will ship direct from the island of Guernsey thin spring. The Lane county fair directors announce their cattle sheds this year will com ply strictly with the sanitary pro visions of the pure-bred stock associa tions. There is a special awakening in the dairy industry sinr the announce ment of the coming of a new cream ery anfl the actton of the lcw-al cream- I ery company In increasing its stock and preparing to Inntall the best of ma- i chinery. Farmers everywhere are talk-! ing pure-bred stock since the orgnnl zation of the Lane County Pure-Fred Stock association. Field sted Husbandman) To state that a day with the live stock men of Union county on a tour of Inspection of silage feeding to beef cattle Is worth while Is putting It mildly. The following brief report of such a day will convince the most skeptical of the truth of the assertion. The company, consisting of 30 interest ed men. was conducted under the able leadership of Floyd McKennon. There were two main questions to be answered by making this inspection trip. First, to note the value of silage in beef pro duction, and. second, to note if there was any need for pure bred beef bulls in Union county. Both of these ques tions were answered plainly in the affirmative. Every lot vinlted where si lage was used in the feeding showed un mistakable signs of doing well and that the rattle were making economical gains. Every party visited stated excellent re sults from using silage and all were enthusiastic boosters for this partic ular typ of feed. Practically all of the silage in use at the present time in this county was made from corn. Duncan McDonald, however, who is using sunflower silage, reported equal results with those ob tlned in using corn silage. McDonald also says he received as much tonnage from two acres of sunflowers as he did from six acres of corn. ! MKFS OAT SILAGE BEST j W. .T. Townley la using oat silage in j his feeding work and reports better re j suits with this type of silage than any i other type he has used. He has used j practically every silage combination ex cept sunflowers. He allows oats to ' ripen before cutting, then in addition, a considerable, quantity of water Is used during the filling operation. Townley by Albert Hunter, as he U a horse man and Interested particularly In beef cat tle production. When the party reached Hunter's, the latter was questioned as to the location of his milking machine, and showed them five or six of his specially picked breed of hogs, a speci men of which was shown at the last Union county livestock show. Hunter says these pigs were taking all the milk from the cows, and the most deplorable feature was that the majority of the milkers belonged to a neighbor. Summing up the trip, the following persons were visited : Robert Smith, Al bert Hunter. Duncan McDonald. Harry Ruhle. George Gray, experiment station, W. W. Green, W. E. Green. Charles Green, Sherman & Hutchison, Lester Hempe, W. Ji Townley, O. W. DeLay and Andrew Blokland, The party in spected 602 head of cattle that were being fed on silage as the larger part of their ration ; other than this the payty Inspected the pure bred herds of the prominent Shorthorn breeders near and about Union. During the day a distance of 82 miles was covered and the party reached La Grande shortly after dark. It was a unanimous vote that the trip was entirely successful and the two questions were answered, the one being the need for more pure bred bulls In the county to grade up tlie feeder class of cattle and to eliminate the many scrubs, magpies and nonde Bcripts by substituting good feeder type of cattle. That this need was very ap parent was answered to the satisfaction of all. The other, regarding the value of silage in a ration for beef production, was demonstrated beyond any question ; that such feed as Milage was beneficial in every respect, not only does it show greater ecenomy, but f also shows greater rapidity of gains and nicer, cleaner condition of the animals. ASSOCIATION WILL HANDLE ITS FRUIT BY SALES AGENTS Report That Northwest Exchange Will Handle Product of Oregon Growers Is Denied. Jerseys for SlanTield A dozen Stanfield- farmers recently purchased 50 head of high class Jersey cattle for the improvement of their herds. Of the 50 head, 15 registered cows and two bulls were from the J. C. Brown ranch, and 11 registered cows and 27 grade cows were from the J. C. McConnell ranch, also of Shedd. The Oregon Growers' Cooperative as sociation is developing one of the finest sales departments on the Pacific coast, says R. C. Paulus. in a letter to The Journal, dated February 14. Statements in the public press that the Oregon association is to market its fruit through the Northwestern Fruit exchange Is indignantly denied by Pro fessor C. I. Lewis, who is in charge of organization. "No such action has ever been thought of nor contemplated," said Profe6or Lewis. "Paulus Is in the East at the mo ment getting together a real sales de partment, which will be able to handle all the fruit of the Oregon Growers' as sociation." IMPRESSION IS CORRECTED J. F. Langner of The Journal,, who attended the Skookum Packers' conven tion and spoke on the value of adver tising says that no such suggestion was put forward at the Skookum Packers' association meeting. The Northwestern Fruit exchange ts not a cooperative marketing association of fruit growers, but by no possible combination of circumsinces. it Is said, can the Northwestern Fruit Exchange handle the Oregon Growers' association crop. Some members of the association be lieve that the rumor that the Oregon growers had made arrangements with the Northwestern Fruit exchange to market its fruit had been prompted by Interests who are always opposed to the fruit growers organising for coop erative marketing. . - WARXIXG IS GIVES Aaron Sapiro of San Francisco whose plan of organization was accepted by the Oregon Growers association, and who urged the members of the Skookum Packers' association to adopt a similar selling policy, says:; "The growers may constantly expect attempts to disrupt their organisation, and it Is a favorite sport of California speculators to tell the organixed fruit growers of that state that their executives are trying to sell them out." The sales policy of the Oregon Grow ers' association Is directed by a board of 21 directors and the Oregon Grow ers will .market their fruit, with an Ore gon label, through their own associa tion under sales managership of R. C. Paulus of Salem, who has made such a notable success of the Salem Fruit union. Lakeside Gifat Dairy Produffr , Eugene, Feb. 21. -The Lakeside sec tion of Lane- county, Just south of Florence, la developing Into- great dairy center, according to H. T. Wel ter of the extension department of the Mutual Creamery company. Just re turning from that lake section of the county, Mr. Weiser says that many farmers are milking from BO to H . cows each and that almost all dairy men in that part of the state are in creasing their herds. Fruit Tree Shipment Condemned Centralla. Wash.. Feb. 21. A large shipment of young fruit trees from Toppenish nursery was condemned by District Horticulturist Theo Albert, . the roots had apparently been frosen. LENSCH BROS. 241 Front Street. Corner Main, Portland, Oregon Headquarters for Hay, Grain Feed, Garden Seeds, Beet ' Pulp, Fisher's Dairy Feed and Poultry Food Fluhrer Bros.' Shingles FULL LINE OF GROCERIES LOW CASH PRICES Cowllti Cows' Hralfh (.ood Kelso. Wash.. Keh. 21. Cowlitz county cows are comparatively free from tubercular Infection. State Vet erinarian Cliff Ackley found only 24 tubercular reactions out of 4.10 cows tested. These cows will be slaugh tered under supervision of a state vet erinarians. Dr. Ackley will test more of the herds in the vicinity of Kelso. (showed the party the value of using pure bred bulls in grading up beef cattle. This was demonstrated by inspecting 50 head of calves, all showing a pre dominance of well blooded animals an? ! a uniformity, and a total feeder type observed in no other feeding plan dur ing this trip. At the experiment station, Superin tendent Wlthycombe conducted the party through the steer and sheep feeding lots. The visitors were given an opportunity not only to view the cattle, but to get figures to date on the various gains the animals are making under different I systems of management and feeding. ! The steers at the station are showing ! satisfactory results and the information I received from Wlthycombe was much appreciated by the party. HORSEMAX INSTALLS MILKER The boys were aU.f urprised to hear of the Installation ofarmilking machine Increase ur arrn Profib $ MUSKRATS k Bringing Big Money Rustle up all the musk rats you can and send to us now while we are pay ing the high top prices. You never got as much for your raw turs as we are now paying. WE ALSO WANT TOCB OTTER MINK RACCOON OPOSSUM aad AU Other Furs We pay highest prices. We send yoar money mt once. We give yon fair deal. GIYE US A TRIAL H. Liebes & Co. Llebes Bldg Portland, Or. (5 K E A K1 carmt wotMt mt itm, fete I Harm. St stjstr WIlTsT mt IMS. Writs hrlmml Saiftsjf Tift SWIFT At COMPANY pttTUM, man Canby Farmers to View Berry Ranches Canby, Feb. 21. The farmers of the Canby district are to be given an oppor tunity to inspect the successful and prosperous berry farms of the valley in the Hubbard and Woodburn localities at the invitation of W. L. Bentley, repre senting the Puyallup and. Sumner Fruit Growers Canning company, which has just opened a receiving station in the former creamery building in Canby. The trip is with a view to showing the farmers hereabouts, who have always specalised In general farming, and paid but little attention to the raising of berries and small fruits, unless it be for their own family use, just what can be accomplished with berries, how to pre pare the soil, how to plan and then take care of them, as well as the plan for marketing. A general effort is being made to induce the farmers of this end of the county to devote more acreage to the growing of berries, it being argued that there is considerable more money in so doing than In any other kind of farming because of; the great demand for canned berries, ! jams and fruit juices. Sunflower Silage Fed Farmers In Tillamook county, in co operation with County Ajjer Jones, are feeding sunflower silage, and indications are tna sunflowers may prove aa valu able in the cool coast districts where corn does not produce as satisfactorily as It has in the Eastern Oregon sections. Non-Spillable Bucket Invented A new invention of interest to dairy men is a non-spillable sanitary milk bucket invented, by P. W. Pick of Portland. Avery Six Cylinder The Ideal 2-Plow Outfit Lowest clearance, easiest turning and quickest action. For orchard work it has no equal. EIGHT distinct sizes of both tractors and separators. Territory Open for Live Agents Write for catalog showing complete line. FEENAUGHTY MACHINERY CO. 309 E. Yamhill, Portland, Ore. This farm belongs to a man whom his neighbors call the man with an ! open mind. He always has to be ! shown; but he is always ready to i be shown. He does not clutch blindly at each new thing, nor does he cling for ever to every ancient, rusty prac tice. New methods submitted to htm are examined sanely and thor- jouzhly tested. ! It was told to this farmer that the Milwaukee Air Power Pump Co. rep resentative in his county was an ex pert, trained to install, on a sep arate, special plan for each farm, a water and light system that would increase the farm's value and profits and bring the water u? direct from the well and cistern every time the faucet was turned. This farmer went to the trained representative. With many questions, the farmer searched for exact facts. He was convinced. The system was in stalled. His farm, shown in the above illus tration, now has water piped di rectly from well and cistern to farm house, barn. lawn, watering trough and dairy; and there's electric light in all buildings. Our representative has been trained. Do as this farmer did talk to our representative; there's no charge for consulting him. Let him convince you that hc knows how to make your farm worth more, besides making you bigger profits, ty'e have a representative in your county. If you don't know him, write us. C v IRON AGE NO. 308 Combined Tool iN" W II I snd make your gardening s pleasure. Poor X(k X B ooU in one i Drill Seeder. Hill Seeder, i m Double Wheel Hoe and Single W heel Hoe. (iss. The most complete tool of its kind on market. AiX jK. '' Write today for IRON AGE BOOKLET. flJF PlkS IKS. HtWTHOHM f.,OIIUl FARM UTILITIES CO 281 East Morrison St., Portland, Ore. BULL DOG a view and better" STUMP PUXLER Sturdy, eampact machln of nrw design. Light but itretif. Few part. All aolid eteel catting of tubular conittuctioo. Ne bolts, no joints. Plenty of power. High and low speed an4 ra vers gears. Cables, blocks and take-up built for hardest wear. Complete equipment with every machine. BOTX AH D XOSSB 90WKM ChaAit ttie fnarhin vmi tij4 tl.nrl maz-kiti Am .Inn. 90 or 60 tons. Horse machine 60 or 90 tons. Hend .P I ... . . ... . macniD weigig ij pounds, none micntna 330 sS pounas. aoie en a straight cash bstn. No agent a discounts, no special offers. Every dollar of price represents a dollar a worth of value. I Mia (War f ear illajtreM MUiea. MOIX BTZXZi OO. S74 JUth Mreet. Ssa Francisco, California a aV FRESH COLUMBIA RIVER SMELT $1.75 for 50-lb. Box HEYES BROS. tti YAMHILL &T F0&XL1X1V OIL ' .- '-i RUSSELL Tractors and Threshers We are now getting in our supply of TRACTORS AND THRESHERS for spring delivery. Call at our warehouse and allow us to explain why the Russell "Three-Speed" Transmission Tractor is proving so successful; also our up-to-date Threshers, Hullers and Sawmills The A. H. Averill Machinery Co. 324 Belmont St. Portland, Oregon 1 MAIL THIS COUPON ISn4 ma full pwtlculan anal terms an "Plutseir Tractors. I would also like to racatva Free Cat. riMii. ilr mlhliin .i...! i f w -. 3ftusseil Threehen I" "I BlrdssM Otoeer and Knelnee L J an AttarTa Mullen C"I Thrasharman'a J Supply List I IN I Russell Sawmills Name mrmi Waste to BaWaW roffllt High prices make it necessary to employ every means for saving time, labor and elimination of waste. With these selected dairy supplies you increase your profits. Clip coupon and mail to Monroe & Crisell, Portland, Oregon. Burrell (B-L-K) Milkers With a B-L-K Milker you are independent of careless hired help. It accomplishes six men's work with the aid of one man and a boy. The milk giving capac ity of your cows is- de veloped and the milk is kept clean. Fill out cou pon or send postal for further information. Headquarters for Papec Cutters Gas Engines Milk Cans Separators Milking Machines Babcock Testers Creamery Supplies Barn- Equipment Free Catalogues on Request Buhl Sanitary Milk Cans Handle your new business in new cans. "Tiger" Pat tern Buhl milk cans with extra heavy bottoms can not be dented in or out, nor buckled. Neck and bowl reinforced. Don't risk your customers' health by using old and leaky cans or pails. Papec Ensilage Cutter r i i Clip Here- "Own vour own Papec." An economic ne cessity where stock is fed from silosi Guar- ' Mark x for information and mail . . . . . .. . . - . . , ., 'to Monroe & Crisell, Portland, Or. Send for information regarding ensilage and ensilage cutters. MONROE & CRISELL ! B-L-K Milkers 1 Papec Cutters Buhl Milk Cans , General Dairy Supplies I Town Twenty-five years in the Dairy Supply business "Everything for the Dairyman.' 91-D Front St., Portland, Or. 1 Name . I R. F. D.