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11 ibiis Will Feature Fifty 'Xtlis ? UK&UUU DAILY JOU KN AL VOK l LAN IV. i UKECON; Many Fine Livestock Exh IV V LIVESTOCK ENTRIES 'BREAK RECORD AT 1920-QREGON FAIR ' Balem. Sept. 25. The , livestock entry list for the 1920 Ore gon state fair ia larger than any heretofore. The fair management ha been endeavoring for. many years to make the livestock and agricul tural exhibit the, most notable of any, and It would seem that their dream has been exceeded this pres ent season. During the past two yrarn the llventock show has been far and away the most comprehen sive of any conducted on the Pacific coaut. In order that Interest In higher stand ards of livestock production might be J stimulated, premiums offered In this department have gradually been in creased, which, no doubt, has had much t do in making It worth while for long distance exhibitors to be represented during the last few seasons. FCBE BRED SWI5E The showing of pure bred swine Is to be particularly notable this year, being the largest ever made. Three large herds of Tamworths will be exhibited, the group to be the first of its kind ever seen at an Oregon fair. Three of the largest swine raisers of the Middle West and (South will send their best speci mens. They are T. D. Rcheerer of Beth any, 'III. ; T. "L. Kndsley & Rons of Charleston. III., and W. T. Hoffman of Kastown, 8. C, These producers are sending stock here for the first time. A bid herd of Hereforda will be sent from Ulendale Stock farm of Aspen, Colo., and Congdon tu Battles 6f Yakima. Wash., who have the largest herd of Polled Angus cattle on the coast and who took more blue ribbons than, any other exhibitor at the National Stock show. Chicago, will b largely repre sented. J. R. Maben of Canary. Or., will bring a full herd of Ayrshire; James McNer ney of Carlton, Or., Herefords ; L. A. Howm of Calgary, Canada, big herd of Hhorthorns. DIUFT HORSES EXCEL There will be an exceptionally Wge showing of drsft horses. A. C. Ruby of I'ortland and D. V. Hurge of Albany to be the most notable exhibitors. Kntrles wilt be made by other breeders of fine horses all over the state and many will come from California. The poultry exhibit, which has aroused more and more Interest during the past three years, will also he much larger than ever before, many fanciers outside the slate to compete. Rabbits will be shown with the poultry this year, being made a feature for the first time. The Oregon Rabbit Fancier's associa tion, which is making a systematic ef fort ,. to introduce the rabbit industry more widely, will conduct a booth In the stadium, where rabbits will be dressed and served, so that housewives may learn the attractiveness of this uieat, which can be produced much more cheaply than any other kind. JlKMONHTftATIOX BOOTHS Other demonstration, booOis In the sta- diurri which Will be new features nd which will relate to the livestock depart ment, will he those given over to the products of Jerseys and auernseya. K. 1 Westover, the Northwestern repre sentative of the American Guernsey Cattle club of Brattleboro, VL, will take charge of one booth ; S. Fine, secretary of the Oregon Jersey Cattle club, to con duct the other. . - Much, of the construction work done on the grounds this year has been rela tive to the livestock exhibit. Two new buildings have been erected, replacing the old barnS, which were destroyed by the storms last winter, and substantial changes and repairs made on all the other buildings. The goat department will be combined with that, of the sheep, the former, which has been rather small heretofore, td be mui h larger, milch goats to be given a place of particular Importance. All the herds from the East will go rlirect from here to the Ia Angeles Stock nhow. They will arrive In Salem neveral days before the opening of the fair, the judging to begin Monday noon, September 27. CARE IX JUDGINO No man who Judges here will be .al lowed to fill a similar position at any other fair this year, every effort being made by the state fair board to see that the judging will be absolutely satisfac tory to every one concerned. The judges for the various livestock de partments will be as follows : Guern seys, H. W. Grlawold, West Salem. Wis. ; horses?" Professor J. M. Fuller of the department of animal husbandry of the Wisconsin Agricultural college : poultry, HIGH-GRADE SHOES FOR ALL WORKERS if you wnnt dey feet aak for Bergmann Water-proof Shoe OH. Ask your dealer or write us for catalogue. THEO. BERGMANN MFG. CO. 1 THURMAK ST. POBTLAJID, OK. SASH AND DOORS O. B. WILLIAMS CO. 111. First ATeaae Seslk, Seattle un-r tin ma S ft. i a ft., rh , 4 ft-i8 ft, aeti . .. . . . . ss.se ...7.00 C-.VIN HOUSt SM Sown dil(rBt lim la tloea for taw edJate SKY LIGHTS FOR OHIOKIN HOUSt Sln.i40in., pric gUud fS.O This tt tit it u iwcommrodid the wrtern Wuhlnrtoo Experiment BUtioa - carry tlxu in Mock for- laaw diata thipaunt. 2,U1L ",irt?t Cuknue ihewlnf full dee w -,n,,ui nnurHi iraa en Mquaw. O. B. WILLIAMS CO. tSTASUSMSD 1 SSO. irii.-ii j WINS PRIZE AT -: - v. ,t 1 1 c . V t Meml Maxwell and his hand-raised first prise In senior calf . class at Journal . Will Maintain Booth at Oregon State Fair The Journal will maintain a booth at the Oregon state fair, September 27 to October 2. Among the features of The Jour nal's exhibit will be a series of photographs illustrative of the making of a newspaper. All vis itors at the fair will be welcome. Fred Lockley will be in charge. Poultry? 1 notes -fc-XCr The 300 hens in the national egg-laying contest at Mountain Grove, Mo., laid 4510 eggs during August, or an average of IS. 03 eggs per bird. A pen of Rhode Island Reds owned by W. A. Magrudrr of Missouri won the cup for August with a record of 117 eggs. The average production was the highest average for the month of August during the nine contests held by the station. The weather being unusually cold dur ing the month helped in the way of egg production. The poultry exhibit at the Oregon etate fair la expected i.o outclass any previous showing there. Many entries of fine birds have been made and some keen competition is expected. Practical ly all of the birds shown at the state fair, along with many others, will be displayed at the winter alow in Port land. The hens In the laying contest at Storrs are making a good race. In the forty-fourth week the total yield for all pens amounted to 3458 eggs, or a yield of nearly 60 per cent. This performance exceeds the five-year average by a mar gin of 149 eggs. In the forty-fourth week the leading pen of Barred Rocks entered by Jules F. Francals from West Hampton Beach, Long Island, and a pen of White Rocks owned by Chlcgatawbut Farms at Canton, Mass., tied for first Lplace with E3 eggs each. . Imperial rouiur arm a .pea oi wnue i.eg noma from Elizabeth, N. J., was second best pen for the week with a yield of '52 eggs, r Another New Jersey pen of the same breed entered by C. Rasmussen from Dover tied with Hollywood Farm's Leghorns from- Hollywood, Wash., with SI eggs each. . From the present out look at least three breeds, Plymouth Rocks. Rhode Island Reds and White Lghorna. will finish the year with pen scores of more than 2000 eggs. The Poultry Producers of Central Cal lfornla have adopted resolutions prais ing the National Farm Bureau federa tion movement for its work in behalf of the farmer. The National federation re cently Investigated the poultry .asso ciation with the view of learning why tt has been so successful in cooperative marketing and applying the principle to cooperative marketing of grain nation ally. George Wells. Oshkosh. Wis. : beef cat . tle, C. W. McCampbell, Manhatten, Kan. ; swine, Hugh Walters. Townesend. Mont. nd C M. Talmadge. Salem : sheep and goats, Robert F. MlUer, Davis. Cal. ; dairy cattle, .John L. Smith, Spokane, Wash. ; rabbits. J. D. Inlow, Portland. Takes the place of lath and plaster. It is stiffened with lath and waterproofed with Asphalt Mastic. Rec ommended bv thousand nf tatkfim ner Order frnm Itpi'.J0 toJ Central Door & Lumber Co. it dotnt rimek, wmrp, cram- FORT I bit or pull looa. NaUi dirtct- OBEGON tuddlnf . bj ft foot and 4 by foot . lenatha. Uka . ocad Send for aamplat -s'-,,.'-.- ,-i- --"J . POWER PRUNE DIPPERS AND TRAYERS We make the best. Write for our catalogue. Thla diPDer will be demnn strated at the SUte Fair. Order now while we have the SuppTy SALEM MFG.. Salem, Oregon Fir tori locaUd 138C North Front am Hood Sta. TILLAMOOK i mill nn runni in in i nlir rilfl .minrmii iMTiWif i mmiffr'TTV" ""r pet calf "Oregon Jubilee," inat won tbo Tillamook county fair. T CALF BEATS HANDICAP t Hov w a heavy handicap may De overcome and 'high .honors attained, even though one gets a poor start in life, was effectively demonstrated at the recent Tillamook county fair by "Oregon's Jersey Jubilee," a glossy 7-month-old pure-bred calf owned by F. K. Blackadar, prom inent breeder and dairyman of the Tillamook country. This little purebred Jersey came into the- world prematurely, two months in advance of schedule, and When she first fared the battles of bovine life, was not much larger than a puppy. But she was a game youngster, and at the age of 7 months carried off the red ribbon and second premium in a class of 12. In com petition with H other husky Jersey calves, most of them older and larger than herself, some of them being almost twice her size. Little "Jersey Jubilee" lost her mother when she was bora, and had to take nourishment at first from a spoon, later graduating to a bottle. Much of the credit for little Jubilee's successful over coming of her handicap in life is given to Merril Mawell, the calf's devoted friend and playmate, who lives on a place adjoining the Blackadar farm and who ha? taken a keen personal Interest In bringing the Jersey youngster up in the way she should go. In the accom panying picture the camera has caught Merril in the act of administering first aid to Jubilee's clamoring appetite. As only calves under 6 months of age are permitted to enter the junior calf class. Jubilee's owner was compelled to enter her, if at all, In the senior calf class, where calves up to within one day of a year otd were pitted against her. Despite this disadvantage, however, the faultless conformation, perfection of type, excellent condition and general beauty of the gallant youngster won her second place in the class of an even dozen. Livestock wiseacres of the Tilla mook country predict great things for little Jubilee who. they say, may found a tang line of illustrious Jersey families. Tilly Alcartra Is Still Champion as Milk Cow, Is Claim A recent communication from the extension service of the Holstein-Fries- ian Association, of America says in part : "In the information given to the public, in which the yield of Sophie XIX is matched up with that of Tilly Alcartra and the claim made that the Jersey has far outdistanced the Hol stein. no mention whatever is made of the fact that the Jersey has made nine records to the Holstein's seven, nor of the further fact that two of the Hoi stein cow's records were less than a year, so we take leave to correct the statements made without foundation of fact and maintain that the champion milk and butter cow of the world is the Holsteln-Friesian Tilly Alctrara." Hesitate before running to ycur neigh bor with your troubles. He may have a few of his own. ILLAIVIOOK A traikUnf material that not only decwaws Ui eoct of your n-w homa, hml improves its appaantnoa u well. Finish the walls oi your new bom with BISHOPRIC WALL BOARD JL Bishopric JEVETT TQ HEAD WHEAT GROWERS Spokane, Sept. 23. George C. Jewett. who has been secretary and director of the federal land bank since its organization three and a half years ago, has been made ren eral manager of both the Waphlng ton and Idaho wheat growers' as sociations, with headquarters in the Empire State building. The position was created at a meeting of the executive committees of the two associations last Monday night and Jewett assumed the duties of his new office September 23. He will continue to serve ai a director and officer of the land bank in an active capacity. LIKE CALIFORNIA FLAX "This cooperative movement repre sented by the Washington and Idaho wheat growers associations, gives prom ise of being the biggest thing ever put over in the Northwest," said Jewett to day. "It is similar to the California plan of cooperation as spiled to fresh fruits In which state it has proven a great success. I was attracted to this position through my belief in coopera tion and that cooperative marketing must eventually come. We have a large force of field agents at work among farmers and the work in that respect is advancing favorably. We have now over 900 members. The plan proposed will bring the producer and consumer more closely together for their mutual bene fit. It is also proposed that the move ment or wheat to market small be trr an even manner, preventing congestion and giving the borrower the benefit of the average price, thereby eliminating much of the speculative hazard that now ap plies." JEWETT'S WORK PEAISED D. G. O'Shea. president of the federal land bank here, said today : "Mr. Jew ett has been secretary and a director of the bank since its organization and will continue for the present in such capac ity. Some departments of the business are not especially active at this time. Mr. Jewett has been an efficient offi cer of the bank. We all regtigt deeply his retirement from active participation In the work of the federal land bank." Jewett came to Eastern Washington from North Dakota In 1903. He or ganized the National Bank of Palouse at Pa louse that year and was Its cashier until he Joined the federal land bank In 1916. Glendale Community Fair Proves Value For Stock Raisers Roseburg, Sept. 25. The community fair was held at Glendale , September 21 and 22. C. O. Garrett, one of the most prominent livestock breeders of the southern part of the county, took a great deal of interest in the exhibits at the fair, and the largest display of farm products ever seen lnthat section waa brought, forth. Garrett, a breeder of Shorthorn cattle, had a fine lot of his stock on exhibition, and many other breeders of that section displayed fine stock. H. K. Haslett and A. E. Street, county club leader, both attended the fair. Haslett is the newly-appointed county agent, and is getting in touch with all the farmers of the county so that he may be prepared to give them any assistance necessary in making an Over the Top into any Silo is the fuarantee that roes with every Fa large or small You, doubtless, will not nood to take advan tage of the full elevating power of the Papae. but you havV the satis faction of knowing it's there in reserve. There are four sises of Pa pecs. A gas engine. S or H. P, will operate the smallest sis. Monroe & Crisell ' Kvarrtiitne far the Dairy. 910 FRONT ST. PORTLAND, ONCQON E td i PaM tea til at Salts. Pa. I Pacific International Livestock Exposition i;a,m Is premiimt will be offered pres ablj the a-rcatest fn4 of aay stoek show la Assert ca. Jsag-es of partktlar reeds of livestock have brea earefally se lected fro si Us eoss try's best Ttet oaly Is the oypor fealty offered to ex hlblt year owl prise aalssals, bat to profit by the experteies of others. Daffy Sales of rare Bred Livestock. OLD COW MAKES BIG RECORD Jean Marigold of St. Mawcs, No. 197S24, born April 26, 105, (sister to St. Mawcs) . Champion butter fat Jersey cow of the world for ber age, with 10,920.5 pounds milk and 668.24 pounds fat, average test 6.10. Owned and tested by improvement on the products of the farm. Interest is growing alf the time in these community fairs. The exhibit at Glendale wlU be sent to Salem to as sist in making the Douglas county ex hibit at the state fair. Neglected Orchards to Be Rescued Warren, Or., Sept IS. County Fruit Inspector Morris has been busy the last 30 days cleaning up the orchards in the Nehalem valley belonging to the timber companies. The orchards which were on the homesteads bougnt by timber firms have been neglected for 12 to 13 years, and were in a deplorable condition. There are in the neighborhood of 4000 apple, prune and peach trees, and the moth had begun to work among them. 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"Evtrything for Blasting' 243 Firm National Rank Bide.. San Francifco. Branch Officca: Urnrrr. Portland. Salt Ixk. City. Seattle. Spokane. Butte, l-i- Ancle. STUMPING NO EVENT of the year is more im portant in developing and main taining the welfare of the North west than the great Pacific Inter national Livestock Exposition, Port land. November 13-20. There combined into one great exposi tion in the Mammoth Livestock Pavil ion will be a demonstration of the results of breeding and feeding pure bred Fat and Dairy Cattle. Sheep. Hogs, Goats and Horses. Portland, Oregon November 13-20, 1920 V R. lu Burkhart, Albany. Experts to Strike At Alfalfa Weavil Salem, Sept. 25. A quarantine against the spread of alfalfa weevil was con sidered by prominent entomologists of the Pacific coaat gathered here in con ference Wednesday. Those attending the conference were R. A. Cooley of Montana. D. B. Mackle of California. W H. Wicks of Idaho, Dr Fletcher of Washington. Henry K. Dosch, secretary of the Oregon state board of horticul ture. A. L. Lovett of the Oregon Agri cultural college and C. H. Parks of Salem. MOO iyuuu says' EUREKA WEAR-OLD W HAS BLUE RIBBON Albany, Or., Sept. 55. The world'! champion butterfat producer of the class above the age of IS years Is Jean Marigold of St. Mawes. registered Jersey, owned by R. L. Burkhart of Albany. Jean Is now in her sixteenth year. She waa purchased by Burkhart three years ago from a Benton county farmer, who had allowed this nrlze. cow to atav obscud. Her new owner gave her proper care, and now believes that she ia capable of producing even mora than the 466.21 pounds of butterfat that won the championship for her. Jean Marigold of St. Mawes was born April 26. 1905. . She Is a sister or the famous "St. Mawes." A grand-daughter that hSj&0 per cent of her good moth Seeds Before buying your Seeds for fall sowing, write for prices. Do it now. J. J. BUTZER 188-190 Front St Portland. 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Iti great penetrating qualities mite the treatment of Caked Bag simple, ihe diseased tissues are quickly restored to a normal, healthrcoo dition. Bag Balm is a great all-round first aid in keeping udder and teats in perfect condition. SofsT by druggist and ftmd dmar in libit! (I0 pmhmgi$. Dairy Association Co., Lyndonviile, Vt. MANUFACTURERS OP I0W-IURB AND BAG SEE THE LANG STOVE AND RANGE EXHIBIT AT STATE FAIR .SaaaaHBaVSa r . m ' f'f J I a . m 1 a I l m m i " TJaaSBBBaa.a.aSF ... I 1 aaaaaaainaV 1 rjM0ni f J 1 aaa I . - a. IMC. I V fataateel JUriitY. Vl. Bot Blast tV'VA ' SgST f"1---""" - ' aaatnaaMaaaaaaai KaosQe Y W td of Amoa A Unitary rm ( : t, 1 gust gesUtlaf, Urn . . uii U r .' ' SOLD TO CONSUMER AT FACTdRY PRICES , Writ for Factory Braack, 191 : V ' PORTLAND, OREGON er's blood, along with another grand ; daughter, a son. and "The Owl's ' BU Mawes of M. U P.."vfrom whom Marl ' gold St. Mawes Is now In calf,' and an other son will be offered for sale at BurkharVa farm near Albany. October 11. The clre of "The Owl s St. Mawes" la "The Moos ()rnod." H la double grandaire is "Spermfleld Owl." Burkhart has a herd of '36 registered Jerseys, of, which several heifers are promising world champions. He has been developing this herd for several i ears,, and la now known as one of Ore gon's leading Jersey breeders. Whitney to Be Stock Judge at Utah Fair i Kugene. Sept. 23. Ira P. Whitney, agricultural agent for Lane county, has received ' added recognition as a Judge of dairy cattle, fie has received a in vitation from the board of -directors of the Utah state fair to act as Judge of cattle during their fair, opening Oc tober 4. He has accepted the position and will leave for Salt Lake about Oc tober 2. rThe Kind That Grow -s "You can't keep them in the ground." 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