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SATURDAY, MARCH 26, 1921. THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, OREGON armers9- . Conference's Will Re Held to Work Out Marketing :ProMeij. II PLAN IS APPROVED Reports received from the first 4ate meeting to consider the grain marketing plan of the committee of 17 indicate that it 4s universally re ceiving the indorsement of the rep resentatives of farmers' marketing organizations. Delegates to the rati fication meeting in Chicago on April 6 are being named at the state meet ings. The all-farmer character of , the meetings and of the subsequent repre sentation at the Chicago 'Convention is indicated by the list of organizations invited to send delegates to the ' state gatherings. t MANY INCLUDED These include the various state units of 'the Farm Bureau federation. Farm ers' Educational and Cooperative Union of America, Farmers' Grain Dealers' as sociation, the i Society of .Equity, the Farmers Congress, the Grange, National "Wheat Growers' association. Farmers' 'institutes. Farmers' union, Equity union, federations of farm organizations, seed . Growers' associations, corn growers' as sociations, American Farmers . federa tion. Farmers" Protective associations, Cooperative Grain Dealers association, the Gleaners, the Equity Cooperative ex change, county agents' associations, farm clubs, agricultural .societies,' farm ers' associations, farm management as sociations. United Grain Growers,, co operative companies," Farmers' Coopera tive Grain and Live Stock association. Federation of County ' Farm Councils. growers cooperative associations, corn and grain growers associations. Equity Elevator and Warehouse companies, and others. . - BEACH AGREEMENT A. IXC UCeaVl CO US. tUUUfl a. H I J 1 1 tllHL I1HH been attained in the committee of seven teen, representing as it does many of the farmers' organizations, marked an epoch in agricultural cooperation, declared C M. Gustafson, chairman "of the Farmers' Grain Marketing Committee -of Seven teen. Alleged petty jealousies and organiza tion differences were proved to be so slight that after all, when It come to a consideration of the I common funda mental . problems, ' the. committee was able to agree unanimously on every point in the development of the plan. GIYE'AJf, TAKK JPOLICT "There 'Are indications on every, hand that this spirit of true cooperation which was developed In the committee of seventeen is being applauded by all farmers organizations - and that the same 'broad-minded policy- of give and take will govern the larger body of farmers' organisations which will meet in the ratification conference in Chi cago April 6. . If the farmers' repre sentatives at that conference can keep the, same broad vision . of true coopera tion before them and present a united front . on a marketing- plan and ' a - na tional .marketing organisation of - their otvnrtfrT f armers' of America itfirr have made the most important step forward that history has ever recorded." , TO MEET 15 CHICAGO ' J ..Every v fruit grower in America who seeks a market for his product is look ing forward with hopeful interest' to the conference called by President J. It. Howard 'of the American Farm Bureau Federation, to be held on April J5, in the Congress hotel. Chicago. - C.,H, Gustafson, director of coopera tive marketing,- has ; the meeting in charge. Each state, farm bureau federa tion has been requested to send as a In - r . Made fn 'Oregon 1Ha z8 Square Feet of Radiating Surface GRA N MAR ET G BY FARM ER BO D I ES :i' ill -kW V ??r fttt ft TWO HOLSTEINS ARE FOCUS OF ATTENTION (r vf ? " r ft, HA i ' 7 V. 6 . 'S Above -J. Luschcr of Falrview holding his high producing cow, while beside him is' - S. E. Ilodgen, feed expert of the Kerr .GIfford company, j Below -II. G. Mullenhoff 'of Greham with his cow that has twice beaten the state seven-day ndlk record and now holds the Pacific wast record. 1 delegate at least one official representa tive of. its fruit growers. . The Farmers' Live Stock Marketing committee will hold its jsecond meeting inV Chicago on April 7. Sub-committees will report and definite investigations will be outlined. 4 No Scarcity of, Seed j Toy Spring Sowing, Declare? Dallas Man j Dallas, Or., March 2S:--The scarcity of seed wheat for spring sowing is not as great as "feared during the winter. "With thej light -acreage Of wheat put In last fall, and the consequent - sharp increase in spring sowing,' Seth , "Fa wk men tionejl i at a reoent meeting ' of the crops project ? committee," of twhich he Is chairman, "It looked as - though' seed would be extremely : scarce." The situa tion has been ' saved, however, by V the heavy ;. tonnage - i '. t wheat tn growers' trands, especially, of Hink, which is now pretty generally grown in this county." Professor G. R. Hyslop of the crops department of the college, advises Polk county growers that Rink may r be sowed , in the spring, , even . as late as May 1. He urges not to trade a good quality of Rink for a poor or average lot of a- pure- spring variety. "' Consider the Ease of Installing, a Aiiy Home! There arc no clumsy, costly pipes to wind through the! house.j Witli the.1 Colonial, a single heat outlet warms5 your home more effectively and its installation is a sim- pie matter. No tearing out of partitions. ' " ' ' ! Then Consider: These j TERMS -A small first payment ' will place the Colonial in your home. - !The balance you may pay on easy terms . now -or ? ; PAY NEXT FALL j On An Installment ' Plan ; . - NO INTEREST See Demonstration at ' 106 Second Street Near Washington Automatic 523-83 - - MONTAG STOVE WORKS - (Formerly Portland Stove Wks.) . Makers of the Famous Colonial - ; i Stoves and Ranges -. Factory at Kenton Station, . Portland v. n (:.( t COWS ARE SIGNED UP FOR TESTING Montesano, March 26. More than 300 of the 600 cows necessary for a cow testing association were signed up 'at a meeting here under the su pervision of F. W. Kehrli field spe cialist for the state college at Pull man. '-.!:. " is A proposition made by" a group of Thurston county dairymen for a Joint association was, rejected at the meeting and plans laid for "completing a Grays Harbor county organization.' - - - Plans call for a paid tester who will spend his entire time visiting the differ ent herdaln the association. Every cow will be tested at least one day each month and an accurate record kept of her milk yield and the butter fat content. At the end of the year the dairymen will be able to tell which cows are profitable and which are merely boarding with him. The first cow testing work. was done in Denmark, according to Kehrll and was the beginning of the farm work coopera tion that has made that little country famous. , ." : ' ; . f s-- CHARGED y T,' 4 This Oval Firebox - Scientifically constructed to give more , .heat with less fuel consumption. This fire-box is an exclusive feature of the Co lonial. urns all fuel and burns It "clean . -. . .-- e , i V -i GRESKAM COW HAS BIG MILK RECORD ": Multftomah county registered Hol steina are still adding to their lau rels. Recently Stanhope Belle Jo hanna, owned by H. G. Mullenhoff of Gresham, surpassed . the ; record made by Bessie Veeman Aggie de Kol, owned by J. Luscher of Fair view.'; I.' 'I'.""-: ' . Stanhope Belle has just finished still another record which surpasses her pre vious record as far as butterfat is con cerned, - college officials- who .'have just checked this record announce. The rec ord as It now stands is '841 pounds of milk - and : 26.78 pounds .of butterfat in seven days.- This is believed to be a Pacific coast record and is close to the national record for milk production. Her highest production for one day was 138.5 pounds of milk. , . Bessie Veeman ' produced during her week's test 703.1 pounds of milk and 23.46 pounds of butterfat. A notable fact is that both of these cows are be ing fed during their tests with a ration, the concentrate portion of which con sists of 30 pounds of "Milk Maker," a product-developed by S. E. Hodg'en of a local feed company. One of 4be big ad vantages of this concentrate seems to be- that ,the cows are able to eat and utilise an enormous quantity "of the feed. : The Mullenhoff cow was also fed on corn silage, kale,' mangles, beet pulp end ' molasses with clover hay. . The Luscher cow -received almost the same ration except that she was fed alfalfa as a hay ration. Mullenhoff expects to carry ; Stanhope 1. Belle on through a year's work and will try to make her the national champion for a year's work. Both of these Holsteins show wonderful confirmation , and constitutionality. Anthracnose Spray Proved Success, in Treating Orchards Roseburg, Or., March 26. A most as tonishing demonstration of the -value of spray " in the control of . anthracnose, one of the most serious diseases of apple trees, is to be found in Garden valley, near "this city, according to Professor H. ,- P. . Bares, who arrived here this week from the Oregon Agricultural col lege to inspect some of the orchards of Douglas county". Last year Uie anthrac nose was very- bad over the entire state and County Fruit Inspector . Armstrong spent a. great deal of time in giving growers information and aiding them in fighting the disease. Under, his di rection, spray 'Was put on In many places as soon as the apples had been removed, - and the great value of the spray is shown this . year, when ' very few evidences of anthracnose can be found, -'In - orchards where spray" was not used last August according to rec ommendations of the ' inspector, many trees . are so badly infected that their removal will be forced. h; ',; -f Farm Bureau Gains & in Douglas . Roseburg, Or., March 26. The . Doug las County Farm bureau membership campaign is progressing fine this week. according to the reports sent in. by. the various committees . in charge ' of the onve. ;uver-. memoers were signed up in .the Drain district Wednesday .aft ernoon.- The drive ends today with big meetings in nearly every section of the county. , , ; Farm Bureau Heads Are Named at Scio Albany, Or., March 26. F. T. Thayer was named president ' and F. J. Cary vice-president of . the community organ ization that has been formed at Scio in connection with the Linn 'county farm bureau, according ot the -report of A. C Heyman; county agent.-. Thayer was e lected leader of the Wool : and mohair project and Cary of the drainage project. A club project will be undertaken and a leader selected later. ' , . . FARM BUREAU IN HARNEY BACKWARD ' Burns, March 25. Little progress is being made by the Farm Bureau movement , in Harney.-county, due principally to the lack of a man to push the movement forward. De pending' mainly upon one product to make up their Income, the benefits to be derived from the farm bureaus is, pot as yet fully, realized ;by the Harney, county farmers. Livestock is the chief product and It is marketed by selling to buyers who travel through the country, ' represent ing large concerns, and cooperative buy ing and selling is little practiced. , Catilow valley has a. fully established and operating farm bureau, which is the only, one operating-in the county.: Four others were . irt . the process - of ' being formed when the discontinuance of the office of county agent left the movement without the aid of anyone who could afford to give time to the work. ; The Harney County Stock Raisers' as sociation; which is now well established. Is the -first - step towards cooperative buying. . ' ' BY FARM BUREAU .La Grande March 26. -The Union county farm bureau is taking on new life under - the leadership of Harry G. Avery? county agent, who took office recently. Sulphur,; nitrate of soda for orchards, and. distillate will be ordered in carlots within V week for. the members. ;';"-y 'V The Island City-, Pig club was reor ganized this week with-eight members, three of whom have been in the club two years. Albert Boskett,' one of the older members, has several valuable sows,, two of which he purchased recently at a Poland-China sale in Nampa, Idaho. - A corn growing club will be organized by these boys later for the purpose of' growl ing feed for their stock. ' - Avery will continue the work St urg ing the farmers tp grow Grimm or Bal tic alfalfa. Among the extensive grow ers of these varieties in the Grand Ronde valley is F. K. Reynolds. - In discussing his experiences in growing alfalfa he called attention to a 180-acre tract of common alfalfa being killed out by heat ing several years ago. Adjacent tracts of Grimm alfalfa were undamaged. His experience also shows that on the same ground, all other conditions being sim ilar, including a well-prepared seed-bed, an average of one ton an : acre better yield is secured, the return in cash being far greater than the extra price paid for the seed. i-'i ; . ;- Tuberculosis Found In Dairy' Herd as Result of Test Made La Grande, March 26. A report was issued this week by Dr. G. W., Trubey, who applied the tuberculin test to six commercial ' dairy - herds and 14 family cows recently. ; The family cows were all free of tuberculosis, but the dairy herds contained as high as 74 per cent tuber cular animals. The herd which had this high percentage of diseased tows had 27 animals," only seven of which-; were healthy. All of the milk from these cows was sold to a creamery, hotels and restaurants." - : .1 ;.' , Two or the six herds were found to be free of all tubercular cows. The six herds contained 134 animals and 109 were found healthy, 25 being tubercular. These latter have been slaughtered under fed eral inspection. .' " : -1 Shorthorn Sale at Exposition Building Nets $5945 for 51 Under the management of the Pacific North west Shorthorn Breeders associa tion, the eleventh annual spring combi nation sale of registered Shorthorns was held Friday. March 25, at the Pacific International Exposition pavilion. The entire offering of - 51 head brought $5945. - : .. U ' - 3. M. Reynolds of Corvauis topped the bull consignment a tier a spirited bidding contest, buying Hercules Masher, a son of Gamf ord Perfection, a show bull of national reputation for 1450. 4 O. Gar rett of Glendale bought many of - the choice femalea i - . . The followirife Shorthorn breeders con signed to the sale s Day & Rothrock, Sprague, Wash. ; Alex Chalmers, Forest Grove : W. B. Ayer, Portland ; A.- H. Tarbell, Warren; F. H. McCornack, Klamath Falls; Frank Robertson, Port land ; R. M. Lynch. Hall, - Wash. ; O. M. Richey. Boring; R. E. Tarbell, Warren; J. M. Reynolds, Corvallls; G. L. Tarbell, Yankton ; -Homer Ballon, Boring. A. E. Lea w son of Spokane directed the sale. : . ''- , : . mat notch High fertility and hatch ability can be secured by giving Pratts Poultry Regulator to your breeding , fowls. ' j I tz. gives tnem strengtft and. energy. And - that means -big " hatches of strong, husky chicks. ' Tomr Itammr Bmch tf YOU Arm Not SmtUfid" PraKFoodCb. ! Ttaaaelptia Ckicac . ' , TareaU r-Ma r ACTVTY SHOWN Poultry I notes -o , Ndthing contributes more to the sucj oess of the home poultry project than quiet and comfortable quarters for . the serving hen. ' One , of ' the important things to do for the comfort of . the hen is to dust her thoroughly . with in sect powder -before putting her on the nest. In doing so hold the hen by the feet with the head down, working the powder well into the feathers. The set ting hen should be dusted again on or about the eighteenth day of incubation to be sure that no lice are present when the chicks are hatched. Powder should also be sprinkled, in the; nest. - . t .? y After I from five to- seven days of in cubation, the time depending somewhat on the color and thickness of the shells, the eggs should be , tested, . and the in fertile and , dead-germ eggs -removed. Thus in many instances all the eggs re maining under several, hens may :be placed under one or two, and . the hens from which the eggs are taken may-be reset. .-"- POULTRY PROGRAM DRAWS ATTENTION Dallas, Or... -March 26. Thesys tematic poultry ' improvement pro gram of the. Polk; County Farm bu reau is - drawing, increasing Interest and considerable favor. 1 . "The Culling demonstrations of last summe were" well received'and the at tendance at the winter meetings shows a determination to'put the hen on her feet In this county,' W. J.,Garner aid In dis cussing the poultry' project forwhlch he is the county leader. - In late February four - meetings were held on Incubation and brooding,, two at the demonstration plants of Garner land the : Holsington Brothers, the others at the :' Monmouth grange and the city halt of Independence. H E. Cosby appeared on each pcogram as the poultry extension specialist from the college. The talk on the feeding of baby chicks was especially valuable with the numbers coming into the county. Many people have paid out good money for such chicks and have suffered heavy losses due to improper feeding.. - The next series of four meetings will be held in June when the feeding of growing -stock will be discussed and some attention given to the all too com mon pests. : : :. Clackamas Men Aid Douglas Farm Bureau Canby, March 26. O. . R. Daugherty. president of ' the .Clackamas County Farm bureau, accompanied by W. A. Alrd . and R. R. Howard, - prominent workers, spent the week in Douglas county, .... assisting , in organizing the movement there. Plans are under way for organization 04 Clackamas county into community-districts. The first num ber of the Farm Bureau News, official publication, will be issued about April 1. TWIN FIR HERD REGISTERED HOLSTEINS OWIr BtTlLS FROM YEARLY ' BECOBD, BAMS FOB SALE. REAL HERD HEADERS. Prices Reasonable , Frank W. Connell R. 1, HILL8BORO, OREGON. SPECIAL : Vetch, pound.. .1 , 6c Rye Grass, pound. . 6c GARDEN SEEDS AT CUT PRICE! Bay Tour Garden Need. Groceries and Household Meceroities by Mail ..v. .... . ' WRITE FOR 'CATALOGUE. r-K FRANKLIN & CO. 1S4 FRONT'ST. BLUE BUILOINO HERE SINCE 1S81. THERE are now more than 15 milkers oh A the market, many of them good, but after com paring them point .by point, -we decided to handle the Burrell (B-L-K) Milker because we honestly believe it is the best milker that can be bought at ANY price, and best fitted to the needs of the dairymen of this locality. We sell the Barren because we know it will back op every claim we make for it, and more. W4 know it will "stay sold, and we are reasonably certain that every one we will help another. : We sell it because we believe to it! . That s why we want every farmer or dairymen in this community who owns ten or more cows to see the BurreU aUMi it o - ; i- .;;'V:J- 'v-"' -i''-...-: -:Xi ' ' Writ for free literature telling you about the. 'Automatic Con troller, the Universal Teat Cup and other "distinctive features that 'put the Burrell head and shoulders above them alL '. j Monroe & Crisell 91-D Front St., Portland, Ore. . CATTLE GROWERS ELECT OFFICERS . Baker, Or., March 56. The an nual meeting of the North .Powder Cattle and Horse ; Growers - associa tion was held March . 19 at North Powder. Officers elected at the meeting were: President ,A. F. Bow man ; vice president, H. S. Sommer ; secretary-treasurer., J. A. Nice.' W. A. ; McCall,: ands W.F ,Westfwere elected to actwith 'the officers as members of the advisory board. : The association voted to make, a thor ough application of the - rule that none but thoroughbred bulls will be . allowed on the range Next year, to this rule wUl be extended the requirement that only registered' sttes will be allowed on the range..;;:;:'-if;-';.;;-,:: vV;; f i VAn assessment of 11.40 per head was voted. The money, is to be used to hire two range ridecs and pay other expenses in. carrying out the annual, range plan looking to the future development of the North i Powder range. The association represents about 1200 head of stock. Next year the association plans build ing a system of -drift fencing for the sep arating of beef range from the range for stock cattle.- - -y ; ; t Four years ago when the North Pow der range was first organised it was con sidered one of the poorest on the Whit man forest from the point of the grade Of cattle grased on it, but through the enterprise of the association in introduc ing better sires, it has become oneof the best on the forest. .. ThlB has been brought about by the ac tive . cooperation of the forest officials with the stockmen. Much of the credit for the improvement, and the bettering of the range conditions, is due to the ener getic work of District - Ranger A. G. Angel of North Powder. W, L. .Dutton of the Whitman forest was present at the meeting. Milton, 'Freewater ; I To Discuss vPlans For Community Fair - J -' "in . -:-'-,.-. Milton, ' Or., March 26. Committees from the commercial clubs of Milton and Freewater have been appointed to meet with Professor G. L.- Jessup, to discuss the Smith-Hughes work in the schools, and to make plana and arrangements for holding a county or community fair. A request has been sent to the county cows xzEAiTzrr KOW-KARE (formerly called KOW-KURE) tones up the organs and is a re liable remedy in cases of Barrenness, Retained Afterbirth, Lost Appetite, Scouring, Bunches, Abor tkn, etc KOW-KARE U a remedy we can recommend. Try BAG BALM for udder troubles, sore teats, 70timd 5le40 Sizes Dairy Asaoetatioa Co Lysdosville, T. etc osc pacJoure; I m i M1 . t 11.11' 1 4 ' tJCC I, 1 J f$ r ,,, ...Su,',. j fair board, asking for a third of nu re finances appropriated for county f ur-. Those appointed as members of the con mlttee Include: C. S. Cheshire ami .-. Kirk. Milton; F. K. Mordhoff and J. 1. Sloven Freewater ; Lane lloon, Um.t pine; C. ES. Damaris, North Forks. The grain section will be in charge of O. W. Hade and L. A. Retneman wiit have charge of the orchard and garden interests. . Baby Beef Is Popular c With; the growing , scarcity of feeder cattle and the advance In value of farm ment of agriculture, the baby beef In dustry is of Increasing importance and is receiving the attention of farmers In all livestock sections of the country. Farmers' Bulletin 811 discusses the vari ous phases of producing baby beef for market. Tho Oricin:! " BuGriiuuBDC: Starting Fcc:l It carries tout chicks safely thror-a tha critical first weeks. It prevents tiie but losses and gives chicks the qtuck. snapr getaway that produces early broilers ami layers, . The berttennCk rats an etfe to theeo petka, while the lactic acid atrrttgthetis and tones op the sensitive diyetive organs and helps te prsveot Whits Diarrhea, Cee&ey's Is eUtteretat. It la an bpt. tiring combination of pore, swert em in apdeoacentrated aaiiitsry Bottermt k dried oh the grain by a special process. Cooker does not use dried buttennuk. Conker's is clean, sweet and genuine. No mill ends, ehriveied or unsound grain, weed seeds or mal sweepings used ottly the best and purest grain. Ho poultry man can afiord to be without H. Ask your dealer for Conker's or write tn and we-ahall tell yoo whore it can be a. cured. Send for free 64-page Poultry liook oa Feeding and Care of Chicks. G. C CONKCY CO. SSST Bi4wr - - Clwilmt Okie SOLO BV ROUTLIDOI HID A FLORAL CO. -14B tO tT. PORTLAND, OR. Start them DIGIIT Save a bfgeer percentage.of your chicks this year than you have everj saved liefore. Start them on Blatchford Chick Mash (formerly known as Blatchford's Milk Mash). 7e handle and recommend it. Mm ii ( - iff CHICK MASH shields baby chicks from -white disr. rbea, bowel trouble and leg weak ness. It starts them right, grows them rapidly, matures them early. Get a supply today. Per Sala by All DmIiti . ' - PORTLAND SKID OOMPANV Diitributor SASH AND DOORS O. WILLIAMS OOMPANV - 1S48 rini. A. 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Satisfaction or Mosey Back . '.. Send for Book and Heatars Blank f Today WOODARD, CLARKE & CD. Wood-lark Balldinrr, Portland, Or. I GRESOLIT STUMPS HUMP alao taiOowa and alt brah, it don f LOUIS SAHRS, Leeml, Cat. M oner back li Agnt IVi -