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THE 1 OREGON. .'DAIL-V "JOTTKNAL, PORTLAND, SATURDAY, JUNE 19, 1920. TT ll.TPT'TCT 1 EDITED BT J. F. LANGNER I EFFICIENT MAKKb I UNU . ;U - jjfCC if iV.V TT BETTER FARMING PETITIOHS OUT FOR OREGON MARKET SIEIOII BILL ; By J. F. Ijansner Petitions are now being circulated for the Oregon state market com mission . bill and according to the statement of -Robert E. Smith, sec retary of- the State " Tax tfeyers leagve. which is sponsoring the bill, signatures to the petition are coming-in in such large numbers as to assure that ,it will be placed upon the -ballot in the November election. Farmers as a gTOup are vitally inter ested in this bill, which has been drawn up primarily for their, protection. The purpose of the bill is to create a state office which will act as advisor for pro ducers, distributors and consumers and to assist in economical and efficient distribution of the products of Oregon at fair prices. Another purpose is to foster and encourage cooperative asso ciations of prodiioers, to act as medi ator In any controversy of issues aris ing between producers and distributors. The market director is presumed to im prove, broaden and extend in every practicable way the distribution and sale of Oregon products throughout the markets of the world. TO BE IMPOBTAITT OFFICE From the standpoint of farmers there will be no more important . official ' in this state,, connected with agriculture, than the' state 'market 'director, if the bill is approved by the voters. It. there 1 fore behooves the farmer to make hlm . self thoroughly familiar with the pur pose of this biU.' ' ; ' ; An almost identical bill was defeated at the last minute at the last ordinary session of the legislature, despite the fact that an appropriation of .$50,000 was made by the joint ways and means committee and the -bill had passed through the senate. It - is generally con- ceded . that lack . of . knowledge of the purpose of the bill was largely respons- ' ible for its defeat . Portland interests are at last awak-.- ened to the fact that their own pros- perity depends ultimately upon the prosperity-of the farmer. Persons ordinarily opposed to new commissions and their attendant expense realise that adequate - leadership offered the farmer, as It is of fered and provided for other business interests, will help make" and keep the fanner prosperous, and they have in dorsed and are helping the market com mission bill ' through its initial stapes. The farmer, too, should take an interest In . the market, commission bill." P ABMERS IHTEBESTED Leaders of agriculture were Invited to attend a recent meeting in Portland to discuss the proposed market .bill. 1 Some of the best known men in Orpjron pointed out that, however fruitful , the oil, , however scientific the , husbandry however abundant the crops, it Is all oi , no avail If the product cannot be sold at a fair price. Successful marketing is the key to the arch with the farmer This is a self evident proposition be-1 - cause prices representing less than cost I of production spell poverty, distress-' bankruptcy and ruin. y To be" able to market scientifically requires an un usual combination of qualities and for tuitous circumstances. : '. The ; ,!: farmer must not only be a good cultivator but he must be a good salesman as well. He must know how' to sell, where- to sell and when to sell. Not all farmers are good salesmen nor are all salesmen good farmers, f The problem always Is to find a good farmer and a good salesman, all in one. The average farmer- has not the time to find out when, where and how I to sell and it is to help the farmer solve this problem that the market com- I mission bin is to go before - Oregon ! oters. -: . v ' . Heretofore the farmer has been de pendent for advice on marketing, upon information supplied to him by the buyer, whose object primarily is to pur chase farm produce at the lowest price obtainable and resell it at the highest ! price. The farmer, has had no source from which to ascertain whether- the price offered -him is a -fair one or not. More important the farmer has always been more or less of a beggar in the market, having not infrequently to go on - his knees to a buyer and ask him to make an offer rather than to com mand of the buyer that he pay a price which. Is based 'upon: cost of production and shows a living profit. The market bill, it is hoped, will remedy this. : WILl, HEIP CONSUMES i The distributor has also been a victim of. circumstances, oftentimes having to . satisfy, the demands of retailers by pay ing huge profits to Intermediate specu lators, regardless of the price the farmer received in the original Instance. The consumer,' too. has been a sufferer and the market director will, it is assumed! stand In the position, of an arbiter Of DRAINAGE MEETING HELD ' . ' ' ' ' ' " i L. ' - -f y ' ' ' ' , " " ' ' i - - . , , ' j i ' ' t " r - $ i S 1 t S S jZ xTV ' , '' ,'" l , ' X? ' 'A i f, t K 4 o 4 STATE DRAINAGE ASSOCIATION MET HEREON JUNE12 l - - - " . - - . - 4 x l ? " r v'"H. - Jfr:-?:.-.Jy-!:-t On Jane 12 the State JDralnage association met and visited the drain age projects of Multnomah county. , Top view shows a completed ditch, fin the middle picture is shown a pumping station and part - of he .visitors.; At the bottom, a dredge at work. . ' ,' i I -4 reasonable and just methods of food distribution. Mandatory powers, how ever, " are 'not conferred Upon the mar ket director, nor Is he entitled to have authority, to insist that products be dis tributed In : "any specific manner. Prl-' marlly 'his position is advisory'''' He is to' b given the machinery which will help equitable and economic distribution. He 1a given authority to oversee cd oprrative .associations of producers and consumers, that the power of coopera tion -is riot abused. As a public official, the market dl lector will have a - grave responsibility ; upon his , shoulders. He will also' have' an- opportunity to- ren der - an important public service to the State. ; .4 '-;.-,.:: The bill has the" general approval of Hector Macpherson. director of the oi fice of farm markets of the Oregon Agri cultural college, who was one of the committee which helped draft the bill. Every marketing association of Ore gon farmers .and every organized farm ing body In this state should make it a point to thoroughly, familiarize,, them selves with the bill and its objects. That Oregon needs a market director was : first suggested In ' this column of The Journal nearly two years ago. ' - 3 Solves Living Problem ' : HUlsbero.- Or., ' June 15. John ; Meier, six : miles east, of this city, has solved the high cost of living. A - brood ow last week presented .him with 18 pigs. Last' year she eave Hrth tn u in single litter.7 He exnects tn mm a mil and female for the herd at O. A, C- so mat: me state y can ; develop world beaters. Fruit Growers j of 0 I Jackson County See Good Crop Prospect ,' Medford, June 19 The annual meet ing of the- Fruit Growers league of Jackson county, the .objects of which primarily are to discuss orchard devel opment and protection, was an enthusi astic and well attended gathering" at which much optimism was expressed over the coming fruit crop. The follow ing officers and directors were elected: President,5 W. H. Bingham ; first vice oresident. Colonel .R f!. WuhKnn second vice president. E. W. Carlton ; secretary. Harry Rosenberg ; treasurer. Directors H. -W.' Bine-ham w ' U!: Brayton. E. W. Carlton H. C ir.nn E..F. Guthrie, A. Hoppin, F. C. Kenley, R. Manning, W. C Moore. B. Moller, J. A- Ferry, Hv "Rosenberg, M. Schu chard. - C M. Snvii m r Wi.hknrt. W. O. Webster, D. B, Wood. J. S. Vilas. f-rrC. read in the f txl Km yathCKW west Wm v Cut vrmr fnAAr wUn r - Cut VOUr fodder when it is iiisf ritrht for silage. With a Pa pec and your OWn farm" nirino rAi,11 Hm Jw . XT need to wait for the job cutter'. ' By doing Tvifc uivic aiuwiy wncn your corn is ly, the silage will settle. You'll get mort wuu, ana onzer suage. - v " PER 'f to.T there are more Papee Cutters in the North- V7 v-.v wui me iimmmi . v 4-n.p. engine runs 3-ton-n-hour Papec Other sizes up to 30-toos-an-hour. r-x A TTSI 1 ' W. filled clevca tilo IbU FaJI. . w did m have as boar's dcUT. : & & Rttd. MyrtU Hint. On. boo tat from you lut Scixenber rv o-k. jy to operate and blew Into a - point ea ittkal eoald bo Improved." cu fflMI mm 7 PFT,5 yoor , I ( H till tf-iach Papee Catter. I filled a 700-toa I Vj.tjAV Ue ta less ikaa tventy hours.' I tfH'4d I Monroe Se Crisel) - Everything for ' the Dairyman 91-D Front St. The),,, geeond. - annual meeting of the State JTrainage association - proj ects in. the vicinity of Portland was the .most representative gathering of drainage' men that has yet been assembled In the state. The dyking and development - of- over-flowed landsvon.'the lower Columbia and Oregon coast is a matter, of greater public importance than, generally realized.,. There are 150,000 acres of these ; lands int Oregon, most of which-it is. feasible to reclaim and which;- s capable . of supporting a family ' to each 40 acres. ,' Piloted by County Agriculturist S. B. Hair the delegates- Inspected first the dyke- lands of the Peninsula Industrial company and .Multnomah county drain age district No. 1. The work under way by. three dredges on the latter project was "Inspected by both and explained by the project engineer, W. B. Brown The lands of this- district are practically closed in and the pumping - station is largely constructed. This station will have a capacity to handle 200 cubic feet of 'water'-per second, j , . This - project ' includes 8200 acres - of rich alluvial land- The Peninsula -Industrial company tract includes 800 acres in a first unit which is largely In crop, and on v hich . the first crop run ning 30 bushels of wheat an acre and 60 bushels of oats an acre, returned the en tire cost of reclamation for .the area crop. .. .. , - . . . ; ' Samuel EL' Brown presided at brief conferences. " - Professor T. A.-- Teeter, secretary of the association, reviewed the work and explained the purposes of the organization. He stated that 60 drainage districts have been organised under . the 1915 law,; which the associa tion helped, secure. - He was followed by W. -I -Powers, -chief in soils at the O.-Ai-C, vwho explained j the work of the state experiment station and the exten sl on -service of the college i in making preliminary soil - and . engineering feasi bility surveys and in aiding the organ ization of feasible ' projects. . The area organised to date includes 200.000 acres of - land which . is being ' doubled and trebled in productiveness through 'drain age. ' The party visited the Sandy drainage district where 2300 acres of land, for merly wild hay land, now protected by dyke and pumping, is devoted to forage and truck crops, and is In an intensive state of development The association heard reports by engineers and state of- SASH X AND DOORis O. B. WILLUMS CO. ' ,lt First Avease Soath, Seattle .MOT UD SASH i fts ft. each : . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . .SS.gO 4 ftxS ft,- each ; .$7.00 ' - - -CHICKEN HOUSE CASH A - doxen different sizes la stock (or' immediate ablpment. -,. IKT LtaHTS rOR OMICKEN HOUSES SS ln.i40 in., price slaxed ....... . ... . . S3.O0 This Is the sise Reomraendsd by the Western Washington Experiment Station We carry them - ia stock for imme- -dute ahipmenU . h Oar Large Illustrated Catalogue shewing full line of building material free on request. , , O. B. WILLIAMS GO. ESTABUSHEO 1S8S., ficlals establishing the feasibilty of im portant drainage projects including the Sauvies island project, the Scappoose project, and the Deer Tsland project. The development of these was '--declared thoroughly feasible - and ' their develop ment. Indorsed as a matter of great pub lic importance. , i c ;. . V t Excursion' Held to Lewis County Farms Chehalis, Wash., . June 19. An excur sion 1 of - members , and friends of the ..Lewis County Holstein club was ; held June 10 to various Zewis county farms. The party left the city at 9:30 in the morning and first visited the Shoultes farm near Adna and farms in the Ceres district. A fine picnic lunch was served at the M. P. Frame - farm. During the day an address was given by George A. Gue, a well known auctioneer, who just returned from the East. The boys and girls took part in a stock judging con test conducted by County Agent Flagg. .i ... , Hen Real Producer :'.. A Rhode Island hen .belonging to' Frank Shumack of Sixty-second avenue. Tremont, is in the habit of laying eggs as large or larger than goose eggs. This stunt is pulled off. six days each week.' It Is presumed - that she is a religious hen -and rests the seventh. In writing advertisers mention Ore gon Country LJfe.'? . : , ' r , PLANS TO BUILD. UP FINE JERSEY HERD i ,,...-. r Will Behman Jr of Forest Grove, Is fitting .up a . fine dairy ' farm ' and expects ; to have all of - lila Jerseys on test this fall. 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Pianola and Dao Art -Pianos, Vietrolas and i Records, Player Rolls, Music Cab--T - inets, .Piano Lampsetc ' ' - " - i. - ..--.. . .. .!. i. ' ' I '-'' ' " ' sal ' ennaivLlay ;b Co. Sixth and Morrison Streets, Portland (Opposite iPostof fice). J . -SEATTLE TACOMA SPOKANE ; a Forced to Store Eggs; Shortage of Fillers . Whatcom county; Washington, .poul trymen are In a dilemma as a' result of the scarcity of fillers for shipping' pur poses and they have been compelled to store many of their eggs. It is ' esti mated by one pouttryman that millions of eggs are stored in this county and thousands are being stored daily. Bel lingbam wholesale houses have had or ders for fillers In manufacturers handi for months and It is said the same con dition prevails all along the coast The problem la particularly vexing now because hens are laying heavily, and added to this is the high price ol feed. This is said to 'be $10 more pet ton than a year ago and eggs are 5 cents less per dosen than they were then. felf TS? HoS Raisers! f" WWJ' lit I' 1 E ejuunro an." r-"wfeai y mt- i nere are many reasons why you should feed your hogs Swift's Digester Tankage frffljg (60 per cent Protein) Here are some of the reasons: . ' ' ' " , - '':. Brood sowis Imust have plenty of Protein and Phos : phates in their rations, otherwise they will farrow weak, punyj pigs, defective in bone and muscle. Newly-weaned pigs cannot digest coarse, bulky, irritating meals; ; Digester Tankage is appetizing and helpful. " ' Growing pigs - must have rations balanced with a liberal. supply of digestible Protein, or they cannot build up, bojie and muscle and take on flesh. 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