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THE OREGOIJ DAILY JOURNAL PORTLAND, SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 1920. EFFICIENT MARKpnNG JJuLi Ih- ' EDITED BY J. F. LANGM8 , BETTER FARMING 8 II BE FORMED BY i N. V. APPLE MEN r . Bf J. F. iADgner 3.Th Pacific Northwest la full unrelated groups of apple growers, all attempting to make fnoney out of apples. either as growers, farmers' organizations, shippers, cas) buyers, or dealers: or speculators. Many sections are thoroufhly disorganized. Individual (rowers are forced to - sell as best they can. - Bom cash buyertvprey upon the needs of the growers and speculate wisely or 8 tmwisely as the case may be. - Ttas cash bnyers. speculators r com ' mission men purchase apples where and ltow they can and at prices which -., snrnstlmss fall far short of actual value -&nd sometime If- they are unwise at f. cures, far fceyond the marketable value of, the apples.. Jfft Ceoperatloa The existing cooperative and quasi co ; operative organisations, with some not . eble exceptions, have no real selling- or lusrcaandlsing policies and dump their rroducts either directly into the hands ef Kastern speculators or In the most Intense kind of competition with their fellow growers from their owa and other sections of the Northwest The most noted cooperative groups if apple growers lh the Northwest who market their fruit through their own (irganlsations are the Hood River Apple Growers association and the Big T asio- tlaUon, which have become sufficiently well advanced tQ undertake in a reneral way national advertising to the con signer. CEOWES TASKS CHAHCB ""No privately owned corporation should he permitted to dictate the selllnr policy of a "producers association, according: ta the experience of the California co operatives, by whom it has- been cstab " lished that dealers cannot work out a eafe and sane policy in the Interests of the growers themselves. ' Dealers are Interested in the margin Of profit they can make out of the product of the grower. Their Interest . Is not permanent. They may so out of . business as a corporation or an indi vidual buyer and dealer. The grower, -on the contrary, has an enormous per sonal capital Investment in the industry. H is the grower who takes the entire hasard of producing the crop, with all the elements of chance entailed in farm production. SOLUTION OFFEBED The. solution to the vexatious problems which confront every apple grower and every local apple growers' organisation in Oregon, Washington and Idaho, as advanced recently, at a packers' conven t on In Seattle. Is the organization of a 'permanent purely cooperative exchange controlling within Itself its own sales de partment. Such an association readily - could operate like the California Fruit Growers Exchange, which markets the orarfees of some 40 cooperative associa tions under a single brand. ' Each lndl- vidual association retains its local iden tity and Its local brand and the point of origin of every box of oranges Is dis tinctly labeleS and the growers abso lutely own and control their own selling organisation binder the direction - of tJitlr own paid salesmanager,, G. Harold Powell. A similar plan of organization will. It is believed, if offered toXthe growers af the Northwest, providing control of the sales department Is placed solely and only In the hands of the as sociation itself, undoubtedly Appeal to the apple growing and selling groups as a whole. . x Warren Association Is Being Expanded i " , . Warren, Or.. March 20. Over 100 members of the Warren Warehouse . as sociation met In special session and amended the by-laws of the organisa tion to allow consumers to become members. Heretofore none but pro ducers were eligible for membership but now buyers may be members. The an nual meeting' of the 100 stockholders will be held on Saturday, March 27. Many other enterprises wUl be ' added within a short time, such as a cheese factory, laundry and possibly a co operative farmers' bank. Offer for Creamery At Eugene Refused Eugene, March 20. The Eugene Farm ers creamery, in annual session, refused the proposal of the Mutual Creamery company to sell the Eugene plant In stead, the 200 stockholders present voted that the home plant be equipped with the best of machinery, that an ice cream plant be Installed and that the cold storage rooms be enlarged. The report of the 'secretary showed a profit of $8000 last year. This was dis tributed to stockholders, first their 8 per cent dividend' and then a dividend of 4 cents a pound on butterfat to those who produced and 2 cents a pound on butter fat for non-producers. All officers were reelected and M, M. Boney placed In charge of the management for 1920. Tuberculosis Units Should Be Removed When tuberculosis already exists In a drove of hogs or cattle, all the affected animals, whether hogs or cattle, should be removed from the premises, says" the United States department of agriculture. The hogs should be sent to market for slaughter at an abattoir under federal Inspection. The tuberculin test should be applied to all cattle on the place, and those reacting should be properly dis posed of. The pens and stables should be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected before restocking. OREGON IS THE COMING CENTER FOR SHORTHORN SAYS PREMIER BREEDER Bend. March 20. M. R. Biggs, the premier breeder of Shorthorn cattle In Central v Oregon, is the coming Short horn center of the Northwest In part "Dick" Biggs owes his success to the former speaker of -the -house of representatives. Champ Clark, because tt was at Clark's Instance . that Biggs traveled from Missouri to the North west Today Biggs is counted in live stock circles as one of the biggest and most successful breeders in the North west OHE BBBED FATS BEST When asked this last week just what he believed were factors contributing to his success Mr. Biggs stated that he thought that sticking to one breed and developing It up came as near to spelling success for him as any other one factor. Despite discouragements from his neigh bors early In the nineteen hundreds Biggs invested in a herd of a neighbor farmer who had met. with considerable reverses. As a nucleus he had one which cost him $350 and a herd of 13 cows from the neighbor. With these Biggs has consistently bred up his stock until to day Biggs' herd numbers 200 head of registered Bhorthorn cattle valued at no less than 1100.000. OVEBCOME PEEJUDICE "There was a great deal of prejudice against the Shorthorn when I started," said Biggs, but I became thoroughly con- Lvlnced that the Shorthorn was the breed under Central Oregon conditions. X have not deviated from this course," It Is Biggs advice to farmers starting out In the livestock business to have fewer but better purebred cattle and better livestock will result Big Yearly Business Warren, March 20. The Warren Co operative Warehouse association is proving a great success. The books have recently been audited and show a business of $100,000 per year. Two hundred and fifty-eight farmers are be hind the organisation, and that mem bership will be very much augmented within -the next year. Jackson Forms Cow Testing Association A cow testing association. Including 327 sows owned by 24 dairymen, has been organized by the Jackson county farm bureau. The determination of these dairymen to Improve their herds' is in dicated by the fact that the annual cost per cow per year, is S3, which is at least double the cost in most association This high cost results from the small number of cows in the association. Jackson county creameries will assist in making up any deficit in order that the work may be firmly established. Ralph Billings of Ashland has been elected president of the association and J. R. McCracken of Ashland, secretary and treasurer. E. L. Westover, field dairy man of Oregon Agricultural college, aid County Agent C. C. Cate devoted con siderable time to the organization of this association. Eastern Stock Bought Corvallls, March 20. A car of fine Guernsey cows and one pure bred bull arrived in Corvallls Saturday from River Falls, Wis., for the Floyd Bailey farm, south of Corvallls. Mr. Bailey has had the stock shipped to hts Benton county farm from the Eastern state. 1,000,000 (ONE MILLION) EXTRA VOTES ; In the Great $12,000 Prize Awarding Contest Given Next Week With 96 Pound OLYMPIC Flour Sacks mk fir 7f wampsam : Vtl lsr j Sactaofillgws. ' X; l - - gj to-lb, 49-fc. ; At your nearest grocer, sJ'vjivv a'7pJ-- i "zr-wsa.- ylf.rt r. ni ijt- rfz 1 "iiT Trr ''iirTT" iuP iiTT, ,rn ii iTnTir T - .- mmm wm ' " ''"BasaaBSjBsssg Dickson Estate Gives, SoHolarship of t $100 In Dairy Husl)fndry The J. M. Dickson scholarship of $100 to be given annually at the end of the Junior year to the student majoring In dairy husbandry who, In the , opinion of the, dairy staff excelled in scholar ship and initiative, and gftfcs promise of attaining leadership in some phase of the dairy industry. Is the latest addi tion to the college list of scholarship awards. . The scholarship comes through C C Dickson of Shedd, a 1110 graduate of the college and prominent Jersey breeder. It is established by the es tate of bis father, the late 3. M, Dick son, to commemorate Mr. Dickson's service to the dairy Industry , of the state and his faith in education as a factor In the development of agricul ture, .r,..;-:: -The student, receiving a scholarship will be required to derote at least two credits of special study each term- of the senior year on some phase of the dairy cattle Industry. YVar on Squlnrls Baker, March 10, Active warfare upon squirrels will soon begin In the Wing vilte district Where the members of the K aimers Union are preparing to combat the rodents when, they make their first appearance. Large quantities of poison are now purchased. The plan of poisoning squirrels has been adopted throughout the whole country, and be cause of the gratifying results of last year, universal cooperation is being ad vocated this spring. .yiii in hi in in in jonn 111 111 111 111 II Our selec .Xellpse and Climax Seed Oatf wi give you 100 bushels per a e r from Spring plant ing matsr, tag la miae ty days. i 1 v B Purebred Livestock Week in Lane Co, Eugene, March 10. A booster week for pur bred livestock In Lane county begins March 22. A series of meetings will be held In various parts of tfee county. Tuesday afternoon stockmen will meet at Junction City and n -he evening - at the Liberty school house. Wednesday meetings will be held at Cottage Grove. Goshen and CresweiL Thursday the stockmen of Lane. county Interested In pure bred stock, especially along the coast, will meet at Mapleton In the . afternoon and Florence tn the evening. The Friday meeting is sched uled for Copurg at the Orange hall. Saturday, March 2?, i big rally of all stockmen in Lane county wUI be held at Eugene, . when addresses 'will be de livered by 0. M. Plumrner of the Pa cific International Livestock associa tion, Portland, and W. M. Ladd of Port land. ' , I I I I T Shortborn Breeders' Headquarters Spokane, March, 20.Northwestern headquarters of the -American Short horn Breeders' association, ths record organisation of the Shorthorn Industry for the United States, will be located In Spokane about April 1. A.U. lwson has been appointed Northwestern rep resentative and will open offices In the Exchange National Bank building and will xover the Northwest from the Spa kane office. . . : Idaho State Fair Boise, Idaho, March 20. Organisation of the "'Idaho State Fair," a nonprofit earning stock corporation, which will take over the affairs of the "Stat Fair of Idaho," has bee completed. If hi in ih ill linn in hi in hi in iii nil A i, if 7j, . 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