. SATURDAY. . NOVEMBER , 5, 1821. 1 EFFICIENT MARKETING" R.EC50M BETTER FARMING ' THE; OREGON - DAILY f JOURNAL, PORTLAND. - OREGON rfAVAL ACADEMY THAT IS SUCCESS Unci Etn U a (reat believer In milk la the rmtiona of the young men he is preparing1 to do hia work. One of the moat interesting and convincing demon stratlons of the value of good, dean milk baa been provided by tha naval academy which alma to overlook no fac tor In tha development of brain and brawn In the future offlcera of the nary. The eatabllahment of a dairy farm In connection with the naval academy haa ' been accompanied by a marked diminu tion of caatFO-lnteaUnal disorder, which previously were prevalent among the midshipmen. During- the period before the dairy farm waa established, an are race of (74 "alck daya" a year from dlfssUve dlaordera occurred among- the anidahlpmen. In thla Instance, a "alck day" meana one man alck for one day. UALTH EECOHD MADE During tha year ending December SI 1120, with about three timet aa many man at the academy, there were only IK alck daya Whether thla decreaae In atckneaa la due to more milk, better milk, r other factors, no one can positively tail ; but there la mora than a strong presumption that good milk la tha ex planation, according to tha opinion of the United States department of agrl culture, which cooperates with the naval academy authorities In the supervision f their dairy farm. About it years ago an outbreak of typhoid fever occurred at the United Stataa naval academy at Annapolis. The secretary of the navy appointed a raedl ej board which, after careful investiga tion, reported that the Infection waa due to milk. At that time the academy was using about MO gallona of milk ally, the aupply coming from a num ber of local dairy farm. Investiga tion demonstrated that the dairy prod- seta were Insanitary and not suitable because they were produced under 1m proper conditions. The outcome of this tnveetigktlon waa the construction of a modern, sanitary dairy owned and op- orated by the academy. SIVAKD IS HEAVY From the beginning, the aucceaa of the naval academy dairy farm was assured but aoon a new difficulty arose. Th milk waa so good that the dairy could not aupply the demand. Furthermore, the land occupied by tha dairy was needed by tha academy for other pur poeea i so, literally, the institution had to "tear down- Ha barns and build . greater." Congreaa agreed to advance 1244.000 for a larger plant. Several farms, aggregating 1(4 acres, were purchased at Gambrllla, Md.. about 11 miles from Anna polls, on the trolley line connect! n that city with Baltimore and Washing ton. Tha first milk was shipped from the new dairy In the spring of 1915. At present th naval academy dairy la In full operation and haa the appearance of a amall village. Shelter and feeding barna were erected on a dlatant part or , v th farm where dry cowa and jgiung artock are kept. On a high knoll near th car Una stand the new buildings of th dairy proper. The milk herd la housed In five 60-cow milking barns, whkh are built of hollow tile, plastered lnalde. and stuccoed outside. These barna are sanitary In every respect, with concrete floors and gutters, an abundance of windows and Improved Ventilating systems. COWS WELL BEDDED Th cows are well bedded and stand on cork-brick platforms. All modern facilities and equipment are provided on thla up-to-date dairy project for the pro duction of large quantltlea of sanitary milk. Th seven concrete silos, with a combined capacity for 12t0 tons, are among (ha feed facilities. Tber are 221 cowa on the farm. 170 f which are In milk. All are Holateln, mostly typy gradea which have been carefully selected In the dairy districts f Ohio and Wisconsin. Forty-one reg tstared animals hav been, added to the herd. Of course, all th aires are pure bred a of outstanding excellence. Every nlmal In tuberculin tested before It la , purchased and la reteeted after arrival at the farm.- One hundred and seventy cowa now milked are producing 500 gal lona of milk dally for about 1S5Q mid nhlpmen. Judging Contests 7 Between Students To Be Keen Event Oregon Agricultural College, Corval lia, Nov. S. One- of the closest competl tiona In the Northwest In Intercollegiate stock judging haa been entered by six atudenta in animal husbandry. The men left Friday for Portland to represent . A. C. Close Judging Is expected, according to local livestock authorities. Seven col leges have been entered, including 'the University of British Columbia, Wash ington State college. University of Idaho, Utah Agricultural college. University of Caliromia, Montana State college and Oregon Agricultural college. The O. A. C team will be O. F. Loy of Buena Vista, Joe Kaaberger' of. The Dalles, Warren Dalgh of Ontario, Cat.. J. C Hogg of 8alem. Lawrence Brown of Cor- vail la and Porter A, Brimmer of Rialto, CaL BY RESERVE HEADS m EREST NG FACTS ON POTATO GROWTH How do potatoes grow? Why -do some vines produce many tubers and others Only a few? Do big seed pieces produce better po tatoes than amall pieces? When doea the tuber befrin to form? When Woes moisture have the most effect on the production of potatoes? What is the relation of soil to potato production? These are a few among many-. Ques tions which hav been asked about the growth and yield of one of America's largest and most distinctive crops, and which former observers have been able to answer only incompletely. Experts In the bureau of plant industry. United States department of agriculture, have conducted a series of experiments in potato growth, the results of which are published -in department bulletin 958, development of tubers in the potato, which haa Juat been Issued. The infor mation contained Is of. Interest not only to the plant physiologist, but also to the practical grower, as a knowledge of the relation of the aetting and subse quent development of tubers of the potato may, to a certain extent, be put to -practical use. MAXIMUM GROWTH PERIOD Tuber formation, the department ex perts state, begins In general at about the end of the period of flower bud development, although this" Is not in all cases an exact criterion. Experiments showed that the number, as well as the size, of potatoes In a hill Increased for several weeks after the first potatoes were large enough to dig. A small in creane in ' the weight of tubers was found to occur even after the vines had been killed by frost. The maximum rate of growth of the tubers was found to occur about the last of August or first of September, which was approxi mately SO daya after planting. An interesting development of the experiments was that the number and weight of tubers per hill were found to be Influenced by the. else and the kind of seed planted. Whole potatoes used as seed yielded heavier than half pota toes, and these more than quarters, and the larger th seed -piece the greater the yield per hill. A whole potato used as seed yielded more .than a half or quarter potato of equal weight. LIGHT 80IL BETTER Th experiments showed that appar ently light soils are better for potatoes than heavy soils. The lowest produc tion of tubers, with respect to both num ber and weight per hill, waa on the heaviest soil ; the highest numbers and yields were produced on the lightest soil. The department experts deem It possible, however, that these results might be modified somewhat under dif ferent climatic conditions. Two-year testa with Irrigation indi cate that the early application of water before tuber formation had started re sulted in an Increase in the number of tubers, as well as In the weic-ht oer hill. Late irrigation actually increased the weight, but made little difference in the number of tubers per hill. The Irrigation experiments were not carried Senator Bishop's Herd Is Entered In Internationa No Holateln show ring In the North wst would be complet without th prnc of Senator William Bishop of Chimaeum. th veteran Holateln breeder, and at the coming exposition at Port land th senator will be on hand with a full entry of th black and whltea. His famous 1000-pound bull Oreenbank ir Ormaby Hengerveld. this year win ner of th grand championship wher- ever ahown. Including Southwest Wash tngtoa and th Washington state fairs. will head th Chlmacum ahow herd at Portland. Haaelwood Pleterj Jewel aged cow In th Bishop ahow herd, won fourth place In a claaa of 20 last year i at the Pacific International, when aha was not In her beat condition. Sh ia - years eld and will make over 1000 ' bounds this year. It -beoaro th regular thing at the 1129 fairs, where Senator Bishop ex hibited, to name th Oreenbank bull sad Halwood cow grand champions, - th stale fair being th only exception, wher th grand championship on cows want to Tom Owens of Klrkland. Th Blahop strain la widely disseminated throughout th Northwest . and is fa mens for Its combination of show and r4 action type. Many high record bar been mad by cowa of hta breeding M show awarda credited to th Blahop , blood will not be limited to th string entered, at Portland thla yeir by the senator himself. j MEET US THIS WEEK 1 GROMllS '.X"" :: . . ; :;j 1 RULING MADE v I I K a I I I I a I 1 M 1 I KB 1 t ! 1 I I i I I I i h r. f PotaeMgss)OwX. n i : : . I 1 r- - -ecoxe-i unpens ! I i t 11 I I : 1 '- ... : i I i .1. i r::--J A "r,1i' I I sC u s"r-d;,r ft II ' y V. 1 W& :Sit f ' f, ,v-l I t1 . ' j- i I i. v S p " J 'NarJ'"'w Jp I t - --K r 4I'-v - s - v At - t ii -x-, 1 r - v J t f i - 1 J f I - " h 0- v V - ti I ' V Biotas -: to a final conclusion, but indicate that Some typical animals which have won grand championships at state fairs and now await Inspection and awards earn application of water at almost anv I .1 . . . nlwt In K. .w. " "1C X M.iiiu llumijlUUlUU UTBBWCX SHOW. r ... V k.vwma VI UiQ uu&ilu ur?- vlded excessive quantities are not used. may do expected to produce an Increase In the weight of the crop, but that little or no Increase In the number of tubers is imeiy to result from Irrigation after tuber formation is well started. 16-YEAR-OLD BOY IS Oregon Prune Drier Attracts Attention In Far-Off Hungary EXPERT HERDSMAN Jlmmie Watson, the 16-year-old son of RoUie .W. Watson of Tillamook, is herdsman and caretaker for his father's fine Holateln herd. . For the last four years he has been interested in purebred Holsteins, feeding and milking them pounds of milk,-testing 3.894. containing 26.12 pounds of butter. This record would have exceeded 30 pounds in the hands of a more experienced herdsman. The dam has continued on semi-official work to qualify in the 305-day division. The sire is Sir Bessie Fayne Dekol Fobes. whose daughters are now mak ing ARO records on Highland Grove farm, Tillamook Lola May Dekol hav ing a 28.66 pound butter record with over 715 pounds of milk in seven days and there are others that wftl, we be lieve, exceed these records," says H. C. Seymour, state leader. More than 150 registered animals will be' in eluded in the Bhowlns? made by boys and girls over the state.. Sixty -pens of rab bits will be shown and 75 pens of chickens. Concerning the ruling recently made "by the federal reserve board to the ef fect that growers drafts accepted by co operative marketing associations should be classed, if the proceeds are to be used for an agricultural purpose, aa agricul tural paper eligible for rediscount at federal reserve banks. Secretary of Ag riculture Henry C Wallace said: "It Is ruling of Importance . and should re- suit In making bank credit Mors avail able for farm use," In the case which resulted In the rul ing being made, members of a tobacco growers' cooperative marketing associa tion drew drafts upon the association which was acting as their agent only in the sale of their tobacco. The drafts were accepted by the association and the federal reserve board was then called upon to decide whether the drafts should be classed as agricultural paper eligible for rediscount at federal reserve banks with a maturity up to six months or should be classed aa commercial paper eligible for rediscount only when its maturity date is not in excess of 90 daya AGRICULTURAL PAPER The board ruled that where the drafts. complied in other respects with the re quirements of the law, and the board'a regulations, that the drafts should be classed as agricultural paper and such would be eligible for rediscount by a bank that was a member of the fed eral reserve system with a federal re serve bank for a- period not in excess of six months. If the cooperative associa tion had been the purchaser of the to bacco instead of the agent of the mem bers in the sale of the tobacco, the rul ing would have been otherwise, and the drafts would have been classed as com mercial paper, and as such would only have been eligible for rediscount with a maturity not in excess of 90 daya Before any association accepts any drafts. Secretary Wallace pointed out, it ahould consult the local bankers and ob tain their opinion as to the percentage of the market value of the products de livered for which these drafts ahould be accepted. SAFETY OF 1HT EBTMEHT "It Is only natural." he said, "that if the drafts are drawn. for a conservative percentage of the value of the products which the farmer haa delivered to the association, that the bankers, and even subsequent holders, will regard the drafts as a much safer Investment than If the drafts represent a high percent age. This Is especially true during the present time when market valuea are so uncertain. Either notes, drafts or bills of exchange, it should be remembered, drawn or Issued by farmers for agricul tural purposes and secured by federal warehouse receipts for readily market able staples are eligible for rediscount under the six months' rule." Department specialists in farm finance believe that the method employed by the tobacco growers association woefld be found of value by other cooperative as sociations, especially when used in con nection with receipts for agricultural products Issued by warehouses licensed under the federal warehouse act. There is a growing tendency on th part of bankers throughout the country to require federal warehouse receipts when making loans based on agricul tural products. ' BC8IXESS IS BUSINESS The president of the New York Bank ers' association, in discussing the matter of granting credit on product to farmers and the Importance of a warehouse re ceipt, recently said : "My own theory is that w ought to be free in extending loans to deserving farmers and make them feel that we are ready to cooperate when the credit Is right. Our credit man. for instance, is having an interesting time educating farmers to see the' difference between loaning on potatoes in the farmer's cel lar which are ungraded, uninsured, sub ject to frost and other hazards, and on apples graded by a third party and stored in a warehouse with warehouse receipt issued to the bank. In other words, we are showing to the farmers that if they would handle their produce in the way the best business houses do. their loans would t as welcome as those of the business houses." Will Demonstrate Canning at Show Demonstrations of meat canning will be given at the Pacific International Livestock show all next week, each day. except Sunday, from It a. m. to 1:10 p. rl, according to Hiss Helen CowgllL assistant state club leader. A special booth has been provided in th new two acre exhibits annex to the stock snow pavilion for. this purpose, fitted up with an electric stove and other equipment. Each day the booth will be in charge of a different team and the girls will serve sandwiches made of the meat canno th day before, SQUIRRELS KILLED BY POISON GRAIN COW TESTING PUN INCREASES IN U. S. The nractioa of testing cowa to deter mine their milk and butterfat production and feed consumption hy means or cow testing associations haa become wide spread. There are now 452 associations of this kind in the United States, besidea many in foreign countries. In most cases eacn association " one tester and no more cowa man can be well handled, but there are some verv laree ones and some that are mucs smaller than the standard. Th theo retical number of members in a cow. testlnr association is 26. which makes one member for the tester to visit each working day of the month. A member of aucn an association is supposed to have not more tnan o cows, as that makes a large flays wora. If every member had that numoer. uicr would be 788 cows In the association, but few of them have that many. OXE TESTS tH COWS There la no definite relation between th number of members in an association and the number of cows owned. In Cali fornia there Is one. association that tests 4000 cows and another that tests- 4400. and the number of members are. respec tively. 46 and 10. Another in the same stats has U members and only 1439 cowa There are 12 associations In California with over 1000 cowa each. ? Ordinarily th number of cowa In an association runs from 300 to sOO, th average for the country being 429. The number of herds averages 24.9- T h-ve more than on tester 4a a California practice, and on association In Uiat state has three. In contrast to the large associations in California, and a few elsewhere, there are some that are quite small. IXPKOTEMEST SHOW Ofle in Massachusetts has 9 members and 125 cowa; another. In Kansas, has 10 members and ti cows, and In Mich I gan there is one with 4 herds and only 45 cows. The use of cooperative cow-testing as sociations haa resulted in great Improve ment in the quality of the dairy cowa In the localities where they have been or ganlsed. by reason of the sifting out of the low producers and the discovery of good cows that might otherwise have been sacrificed. The Cnited States department of agri culture collects statistics of all the cow- testing associations and issues a direc tory of all those that are active on July each year. -It also assists In the organization of associations, working through the county agent. If there is one In the community. Ground squirrels m tl Oregon counties were this year fought with 70.00 pounds of poisoned grain prepared In accord ance with the formula recommended by th biological survey. This grain was used on 1664 farms, and. according ta reports, was aa effective as it has ben in th past years. Th poisoned grain was prepared by county agents and dis tributed In the different communities through members of the county peat control committees. Some counties carry on Very intrnalT campaigns poisoning all the cultivated landa in many com muni ties. Farmers in W'asco county eatlmate that more than 90 per Cent of the privately owned land in that county was treated thia vrar. As a result of thia effective work, the biological survey "used sotn government funda for poison on public lands and for est rrtrtM adjacent to cultivated. B pooling orders through the county agent, large savings are made In the cost of ' poison, since th ingredients are pur chased In large quantities at wholesale prices from government stores. Th most extensive drives this year were made in Wasco. Wallowa. Crook. Lake. Union and Malheur counties In Eastern Oregon and Eouf1aa. Benton and Polk In Western Oregon. Wallowa county used the mol poison, five tons having been distributed lo farmers and by County Agent C. U Jamison. Seven hundred and fifty farmers used poison. This number Is , more than three fourths of the farmers of the county. This is the-fourth ear Intensive work has been carried on tn Wallowa county and the number of pests on cultivated landa is estimated to have decreased by 90 to 90 per rent. Crook county used four tons of poison. Wasco county more than three and Lake county about three Ions. With Increased cultivation of land In Eastern Oregon, the ground squirrels in crease in number bwiuat of the added food aupply and in two or three coun ties uhere nb effort have been made toward control. Increasing damage ia noted from year to year. To get your money's worth, advertise in the. farm, section, of The Journal. Don Fairfax, Grand Champion Bull, Is in Hereford Sale List Interest In the Pacific International Hereford sale scheduled for Friday, No vember 11. was Increased 1th the an nouncement that Don Fairfax, grand champion Hereford bull, at th Western Royal held last week In Spokane. Wash., has been consigned lo the Portland Hereford sale. The grand champion steer at laM week's Western Royal mas a purebred Hereford bred by Herbert Chandler of Baker. Or. and fitted and exhibited by th University of Idaho. Thla line bred Prince Rupert steer is a senior calf and he has not only been entered at the Pacific International at Portland but be mill compete in the. steer classes at the Chicago International. Fred Bejr llss, herdsman for the Idaho university, fitted and showed the steer champion. B A N K of KENTON PORTLANb, OREGON FARMERS TO BE GUESTS Montesano, Wash., Nov. 6. Farmers of Grays Harbor county will again be the guests of the Montesano Commercial club at a good fellowship banquet thla fall. . Last year 300 farmers and their wives were entertained. The date has not yet been announced. Oregon Agricultural College. Corval- 11s, Nov. 6. The fame of the Orearon tunnel prune dryer, designed by E. M. and making some official records with wiegana or tn horticultural products the foundation cn- The m-ork that department, has spread to foreign landa Jlmmie has been doing and the records A nsAiiast fnAtM T U7litaseatav sV O n 6 I.. ... " jm m. svu vl 1 mat ne nas made snouid be an lnspira- Budapest has been-recelved . for blue Uon to other- boys who are Interested In yruiiB i mi irun apparatus. I dairying ; California Is also being attracted by ghow with tn new type 01 oner. iwo 01 ine DefcoL lartBBi prune growers oi loai Slate Carl K. Schnavel and Ned Raney of He will go to the livestock Sir Bessie Canary Fobes Sir Bessie Canary Fobes Dekol, owned Tuba City and Llva Oaka respectively- by Waton' ,won an? wer In Corvallla recently gathering in- grand champion male at the Tillamook ranches. Crook Spuds First in International Show Organizers Going To Marion formation and data with .a view to in-1 cnX and was fifith to a large stalling this type of drier on their own CJ" Oregon state fair. He nvara.M iuvus competitor tor snow ring honors at the Pacific International. Following la an excerpt from a letter written by Watson: "Sir Bessie Canary Fobes Dekol was dropped on February 3, 1921. His dam, Canary Fobes May Dekol, started on a seven-day official test in the stanchions. Prlnv-rU- m S An Mhlhit of no- I unoer oruinary I arm care, euong wun iatoea sent to the International Potato 1th r8t of, tha cows and made 536.60 show at Duluth, Minn., from Crook county won first prise and also took prises for being the best potatoes from a distance. A peck of Irish Cobblers or Earliest of All potatoes raised by S. D. Mustard on his farm In Powell Butte carried off everything' in - that class. Mustard's crop Is estimated at about 20.006 sacks and he has built three po tato houses on his place to tak proper care of hia crop. Potato raising is be coming on of tha leading; Industries of Central Oregon. County alenv nor. 6. Orcanliers of the State (arm bureau will enter Marlon county within the next two weeks, ac cording ts Ooorg A. Mansfield of Jack so county, president of the stats or ganisation. The organisers this week worked la Yamhill county where 34 meetings were held In schoolhouses and Rhode Island Reds Primed for Exhibit ' Corbett. ' Or.. Nov. 5. A. Raney has been busy getting his prize Rhode Island birds ready for the Pacific" International Livestock show. He will also have two fine hogs of the Chester White type at tho show. The hogs belong to Julius Meier of Portland. Boys and Girls to Have Big Exhibit Oregon Agricultural College, CorvaTlis. Nov. 6. "Portland will see a ' 100 per cent larger exhibit of boys' and girls' club exhibits at the facific International Livestock exposition than last year,' COXDTO TO BIO SHOW Aberdeen. Wash., Nov. 5. -A large delegation of Grays Harbor livestock men and farmers will attend the Pacific International Livestock show at Port land November t. The list so far In cludes Wlllard Taylor of Wlshkah val ley; J. H. Taylor, Wjwoochee valley ; w. H. Franca and Harry Wilson, Mon tesano; James Carstairs of the hatch ery, and James Clancy and Harry VISITORS TO THE' PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK EXPOSITION Make the Your Headquarters RITZ HOTEL Morrison and West -Park Sts. Near all Theaters, and Stockyard Cars Depot and Morrison Cars pass the door This ia a home-like Hotel Families of farmers, livestockmen and poultry . men will feel at home atThe Rita. First class, but reasonable rates. FRANK A. CLARK, Prop., formerly of the Clyde Hotel PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL HEREFORD SALE Friday, November 11 1 P. M. Containing consignments of bulls and females from the leading herds in the Northwest, including DON FAIRFAX, the Grand Champion bull, at the 1921 Western Royal. There never was a better time tj start breeding HEREFORDS R. P. BANKS. SALES MANAGER, BOX 85 PORTLAND, OREGON AUCTIONEER. COL. A. W. THOMPSON. YORK. NEB. PIONEER BANK of the STOCKYARDS DISTRICT We invite stockmen and visitors to make our bank their , headquar ters during the Pacific International Livestock Exposition. Huiimmuiiniiuimnmmnmimmiiiiminmminmimuimmiimiimiiinmii Take Advantage of Your Opportunity! I While you are here for the Livestock Show, do your Christmas shopping;. , , We Invite you to look over tha . largest stock of Watches and Wrist TV Watches in Portland and at prices fcr . Diamonds by the hundreds to choose from and Silver . in pro fusion. .... . This b also a road tJaM to have . year eyes looked ever. .- ... WE WILL AFFKECIATK torn call ;. v v Y h . J STAPLES The Jeweler-Optician 1 S 26S MORRISON ST.. Bat-at Tkird a4 Faarffc, PortUas. Ofs. An Invitation to viaitors to The Pacific International Livestock Exposition Be sure to visit the home of Premium Hams Premium Bacoii Silver Leaf Brand PureLard . Visitors received 9:30 to 11 and 1 to 3 daily. 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