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EFFK3ENT MARKETING ; . . OIISOO.IM ; ; ILJIJFZE 1 J EDITED BY . i. F. LANGNER BETTER FARMING I DAI By J. F. Langner . Articles of incorporation for the . Oregon Dairymen's Cooperative aa sociation s and the Pacific Poultry Producers, Inc., were filed with the state commissioner of corporations this - week. Including the Oregon, Growers' -Cooperative , association, these two new organizations bid fair to become among the largest farm ers' groups In the state. . The Oregon Growers' 'association now has ; a membership approaching . 1500. More than 26,000 acres of fruit lands have been signed. up with the new as sociation slnde its "organization a year ago, . and 1 the management now an nounces that, no more memberships to include the marketing of this year's crop will be ' accepted. The reason for this is' that if memberships were con tinuously accepted during the selling season the management would never know from day to day . how much fruit the association would have for sale ; and, without definite knowledge of pro duction to be handled, sales cannot be handled with the utmost efficiency. It Is anticipated that by 1921 there will be nearly . 3000 members in the Oregon Growers' association selling the products of 40,000 or more acres of Oregon fruit .lands. This association .Is expected to accomplish some remark able results in the . way of prices - to the grower, standardization and grad , tng. OICE &BA3T1) FOB APPLES "For the first time." said Professor C. L. . Lewis recently. ' "apples from Portland to Ashland will be packed on a standard grade; handled through one organization and, sold under one brand, and the ; same is true of many other varieties of fruit." . . The Oregon Dairymen's Cooperative association twill probably . ; commence business with not less than 2000 mem berships, i representing the output of thousands" of cows. '. Albert S. Hall, general , manager - of the . association, : expects to have not less than 7000 members in the dairymen's league by December of this year. The dairymen's association is one of Oregon's most successful organizations of farmers. It occupies a - unique situation among dairymen's associations in the United States, having the , reputation of being one of the fewMorganizations in the country r which . has the confidence of the public This is largely due to wise management i under the , direction of Alma D. Katx, which has never hesi tated to take the public- into1 its confi dence in.- the fixing of , fair ; prices for milk and milk products. : The new as sociation will handle all the milk by products in addition to whole milk," and has organised th Oregon Dairymen's By-Products corporation to process and .manufacture - butter, cheese, condensed milk and -other milk products. Dairy men from all" over the - state are , Join ing In large, numbers. r - v r;'--' ' POn-TRTJWEJT BEORGAIZE The Pacific -Poultry producers is an other reorganization. , The Oregon Poul- " try Producers' association was , organ ized about a year ago under the man agement of U. I Upson, formerly poul try husbandn-.an. of the United States department of agriculture. It has done 'effective work in ,' preventing undue .speculation in egga. .with consequently ruinous prices to the Commercial eRg producers, but has not been financially btrone: enough to secure permanent re iulta. Under .the new plan of organl- zatlon the pacific, Poultry . Producers, Inc. is expected , to represent a mem bership of not less than 1000 , members from Oregon and Southwestern Wash ington within the next few months, some of the' most Important representa tive erg men of , the Wlnlock district having consented to act on the board of directors. Thltf association, covering a vast territory Is expected 'te fnnction-j Just as successfully; as., does -that ot Petal uma. Cat. and . to" create a; na tional demand for the fine quality eggs produced In the territory of which Port- . land is the natural center. ' All of these associations have been, organised under ; provisions which now put. them under the direct control of ' the United -States department of agri culture. The Volstead act, just passed, permits all these : organizations . to.' op erate as , interstate organizations, pro viding ' that they operate as "non-profit institutions," and further providing that . every member has . one- vote, : Mite Destroyed by . Sheep Scab Remedy '-Sheep scab is a contagious skin dis- , ease of sheep, caused by a mite. It ; spreads rapidly and causes tosses by de - creasing - r. wool production. ; reducing weight, and bringing about a general condition of unthrif Uness. - It also causes i the death of some of the affected ani mals. - . i ' 'The most effective treatment is dlp- ping ; the diseased arid exposed animals in a medicated solution which kills the , unites. Two dippings. 10 to 1 days apart, are usually necessary to effect a cure. -' ' -; ' . - Farmers Bulletin 713 gives full infor mation as to the nature -of the disease and the means of eradication. I; I ' I 1 1 . LIBERTY TRACTOR . .-cylinder. 18-32 - Pu'ls 4 Plows. Built for Ssr. - vice. Long tlfe. Lightweight, . High . grade. All- wearing parts' enclosed running In . oil. Praetlcatly ne breakage j" - or repair. Most economical . to buy. Sand for full par. titulary . WKITt rOR PARTICULAItS ; P. Es Esberishade SeO-SS East Morrtwn St. -A p. Portland, Or. G MEN AD POULTRYMEN ARE INCORPORATED rJHl' FAMOUS ' USING A DISC PLOW AND TRACTOR , ...!. ' tr I " - ' - - V iff ''f:s p- -J!.-v"hw- III,- d? : ' ir;- - - - i t 1 yz y.. i a . -. Trr. . - -"- i ? -x, 4 ... if f yJ r--- ' U A. lif -1 . 3.: A Russell traetor . demonstrating: Its - - disc plows on Eastern BUYS 36 GUERNSEYS .Oregon " City June 5. What is said to be the-greatest forward' step ever 1 taken in livestock circles in Clackamas county Is noted in a pur-, chase of 36 head of purebred im ported cattle from the; Isle of Guern sey. - . -j ', . '"'.'.'; '.."' ! ' ' . . The ' shipment . cothpHses ' 70 head . for the state.: Qf y Oregon, ; purchased ,in a special; Jot .tltfoughe'stae'-aitid na tional -Guernsey, associations.". ' They reached Kew . Y.ork ,May 4 and. will, be released from -quarantine this week. " It ts expected that the shipment will reach Portland- on . he fifteenth. when: they will be apportioned throughout the' state. The distribution . of the herd gives Clackamas .county ' 36 head, Tillamook, 22 I Clatsop,' 2 ;; Washington, 4.. and Coos 8. The purchase v of stock for-' Clackamas-county' dairymen has been financed by the Bank of Commerce of this -city which, through Thomas F- Ryan, presi dent, and John' Jt. , Humphrys, ; cashier, has always taken -an active lead in pro moting, the-development of the livestock and agricultural Interests here. T'he cat tle are " belne -bousrht at 1375 tier head. at -ihe" eastern ' seaboard,' but. at the time will be about $450 each.: This makes an investment of $31.-000 for, the state, and 118,000. Tor ; this county. The state as sociation :has subscribed: tor . 28Q head X1 -A ilk ii J - ? ' . Good; bafcuig isa . S fk 'ry:-' tf .results.'' I ,y F'y if '. Uniformity i of . . . il XnrJl tt ; : Olympic Flour : I . fapIb.,z4KH.nd49lb. . l - ' . '. V.. w ft K fl . ' 5 pulling power with one, of tbe latest Oregon wheat lands. more, which they are unable to get at this time. From - .that number this county will receive 100 head. Accord ing -to Mrs. .. A I.- Hughes, secretary of the county Guernsey association, Clack amas farmers will take all they can get. Professor E..L. Westover of the an imal husbandry department of the Ore gon Agricultural college, Jeft last Thurs day for New: York to eome out with the shipment. ' The stock is coming via ex press, and it is expected that the trip will be made In five days " . Government Inspects Great. Cattle Y He rd s On April. 10, 1920, 25,793 herds scat tered throughout the United States, with a total ;of t537,240 pattle,i.were underth.e cooperative supervision ' of ' the dejjart men t of agriculture and state veterinari ana There were 2230 accredited herdsi. 60,237 cattle known to be free from the plague Over llf.OOO cattle were on the waiting list to be tested -as soon as the veterinarians can work with them. Still another lot of 258,331 cattle have passed through the first stage of the test with out showing- any dangerous symptoms. The - least optimistic, estimate .indicates that- two, thirds of this number will con clude the .test .satisfactorily... and add 170.000 cattle to the accredited column In "the range sections juTT" the United States " stocker -calves ; and yearlings ehould.be" fed from'.l to 3 pounds' of some concentrate, as. cottonseed or -.oil cake, in . addition to. 'pasture, except' in severe weather, when they should also haye; roughage.'- - I '. - ; DRAINAGE MEN TO MEET IN PORTLAND Oregon Agricultural College Cor vallis, ' June 5. The second annual field meet V of the Oregon State Drainage, association .will be held, in Portland -June 11.' , United States drainage experts, the state engineer and local engineers, will appear on the program. - . Those attending will be given a ; trip over the dyked lands of the Columbia district near Portland ' and Troutdale, with S. B. HalV county, agent or Mult nomah, In charge. "These lands are a-flne illustration of the feasibility of reclaiming large areas by dyking and pumping," says T. A. Hi Teeter, secretary. "I nterest in this type of reclamation Is growing rapidly." - ThecoUege is called upon to organize ' a district a week. Since t tne first of the year -we have assisted dis tricts totaling - 40,000 acres." , i Pullets Leaders in Dpuble-Yolked Eggs ' - ' . i, .. The hens in the ninth annual interna tional : ere laying' contest at.. StoTrs, Conn., have begun . the second half of the year with an average production for the first week of the month of 68 per cent. ;V ;-,-v During the twenty-sejrenth week, there were relatively fewer ultra large . or double yolked eggs than couia oe rea sonably expected. There were only six oversize eggs laid during the week, whereas on the average there should have been between nine and 10. 'The usual estimate, for large eggs "is . about one out of every-500 - eggs laid, or two tenths- of 1 per cenC It is interesting to note that this ratio of . double ; to single yolked eggs Is less than twice as high as the ratio of twin to - smgle births - in the human family. Further more fewer double yolked eggs are laid as the hens grow older. It has been 'es timated that more than 80 per cent of all double yolked eggs are-laid-by pul lets less than-one year old. .. . . ? The "Long Island pen of Barred Rocks, entered by Jules F.-Francais from West hampton Beach, which - has- been win ning but each- week with great regu larity, was again at the head of the list with 65 eggs. These 10 birds were there fore within five eggs of a perfect weekly score, , which has never yet been made in the nine years that the contests have been conducted. ' l . . - " ; - - Iowa State College! ; Honors Prof. Potter E. L. Potter, professor of animal hus bandry- at the A, C.,. will receive the master , of science degree from -the Iowa State - college - at " commencement this ' year. - This honor- was ' voted by the faculty on the basis of many, years of distinguished success at the Oregon Institution, f Professor Potter left - for Ames, seat; or tne iowa. college, rrom Burna where he attended the cattle and horse raisers annual meet. He will , visit some of the leading- experiment stations of the United States while on the Jour ney, and expects to reach home about June 15. . Shorthorn Auction Prices Good ' Vancouver -. Wash., June' 5. -' W v S. Wood.'' auctioneer, reports'' a' very 'satis factory sale at Bidgefield, Wednesday, when the first of N. C. Hall's annual sale of registered Shorthorns took place. Fourteiea cows' broueht $4500. "or an average ot J323.93. Eiht bulls sold 'for $1825. an. average of $228. One heifer calf brought $190. The smallest amount brought by a bull calf was $li5 and the largest price $525. . 'From $200 to $725 was paid for the cows. Tbe entire herd averaged -$285.' ." . . ' : C ' w'.' . Eeniedy Discovered To Kill Pests That - Infest the Gardens ; To labor hard,- preparing gardens for home use, or ; field crops of cabbage, turnip and other root crops, - only - to have them killed by pests is not likely o prove, encouraging to the amateur or professional gardener. - . -. Of late years root maggots have be come so troublesome . that almost every entomologist r in . the country has been searching for something with which to deal a. death blow to the maggot pest Every now and again someone would come forth with a "sure remedy only to disappear In the background after a few trials. i; The Lilly company grows every year, for seed purposes, between 500 and 1000 acres of cabbage, turnips, beets, etc., and the damage done by root maggots makes serious inroads upon the crops, In fighting the maggot pest this con cern obtained the best, information pro curable from state and federal experimental-sources. '- r- . ;: . Maggotbait Is the result of this in vestigation. , It acts externally, for in sects i living f beneath ' the', soil on roots of plants, including both sucking I and biting insects, prominent among which are the? grubs, and maggots in roots of cabbage, ; onions, radishes, etc ; cut worms, wireworms. apple ' and peach root-aphides, the grape phylloxera and many others. Rhode Island Reds Lead in Production Rhode - Island Reds were the - leading breed for production In , the first six months of the international egg laying contest at Storrs, Conn., the 140 hens of this breed having averaged 78.4 per cent production.' There were 80 White Wyandottes In the contest and the aver age production for this breed was 77.3 per cent; 200 Plymouth Rocks averaged 70,7 per ent, 500 White Leghorns, 69.7 per cent, and 80 miscellaneous, 67.8 per cent. .v. -:. -,:.r . The Iweny-sixth week of the contest has Just closed. Two pens of ' Barred Rocks,- both from Long Island, were first and second r for the week, with yields of 64 and 63 eggs. The high pen to date is of the White Wyandotte breed and is entered by Herbert L. Warren of St Lambert, Quebec i ' Thomas Crown Mower 'On the Thomas, Crown, Changeable Speed.' Mower, all gears are encl6sed. Truck is very, strong and is fitted with roller bear ings. The two-speed is an exclusive feature, of. the Thomas Slower and ; is bringing us an .ever increasing trade." No other mower - has it and you don't have .to run the mower in light cut ting on the fast speed required for r heavy cutting, ; because in medium grass and light hay and weeds you can use the slow speed and save a great deal of wear on the machine, making it last much longer, ; Another, special feature is lining up the sickle bar so you always have a true and easy cut, making a verjr-light draft mower. 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