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EFFICIENT MARKETING
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PUBLICTAKIIIG.
NB'ffl ABOUT
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j By B- C Stewsrtv
Now is the time to look over- the
records of the past year, to figure. jup
the crop production, to find ths profit
and "losses and to lay juansfor' the
coming year 'What Ilea ahead can
only he conjectured, it la rather much
of a samMe. Let the past toe son, hut
Clean from it many lessons. ; Plan for
the future,', Hake resolutions if that
m help and they will if of the right
kind, -but intentions wilt do little with
out constant effort .-y ' -Z
Farm crops and farm profits have
not .been unusually large during the
past year. The producer was forced
to- gamble, at ; both the f arming and
marketing ends of the industry. The
-weather-dealt many a Shard, hand to
play. The farmer always lias and al
ways will have to gamble against the
weather. There - Is a : shrewd player
who still sits in the game that . the
producer is anxious to oust, player
that the producer has' found always
on the winning side. No matter how
good ; the hand of the producer, that
of the commodity gambler, has been
Just, a little better. ; Net? matter how
. many or what kind of chips the farmer
places before him, when he cashes In
he receives the little end of the bar
gain. The commodity gambler la a
big gambler and can f reese out' the
individual farmers who enter the' mar
keting game.
PAW ZAI, WAXTETJ - .
Producers are finding it - profitable
to. combine their forces and piay-their
hand together. ; By doing eo - they
stand a better , chance when they play
the marketing gam and nave ",. more
cash, when they settle with the banner.
Production. has been materially in
creased through adoption of better
methods of farming practice. Im
proved - strains,,. . aclentifio -cultural
methods, soil improvement and h&r
' vesting methods have all ' tended to
increase - production without much ad
ditional outlay, of time or money. All
these were deemed essential that' -the
world might be fed. -. But -baa ' the
farmer received a fair deal when" the
commodity waa ready for the market?
It would seem that he -has not. After
staking his investment, bis time and
his labor to produce the" crept gam
bling against elemental "forces in get
tins the ' crop ready for - the .? market.
. ha .has had to see the crop he created
used as a gambling stake before it
reached the ultimate consumer.
The' importance of the marketing
part of farming is beginning to be
recognised. Special markets can take
but a small part of the . farm com-
moduea. . The average producer' must
take., his chances Th the -, general mar
kets. Alone he stands but small chance
of . v receiving an -equitable j return.
Through - cooperation xwith -his fellow
producers he gains the power to, 4le
mano justice. Aa a part or a group. !
he ia in a position to go out. and
reek new markets and new buyers if
- those at hand do not give, promise of
.ppying a fair price. J, ...
While the past year his not seen
Man? new marketing groups organised
luv the Northwest, yet those already
established, with few exceptions,' have
shown healthy growth. Even more
Important, from the standpoint of the
r ture. is the favorable Impression
that many, hot now members of any
marketing group, have received - The
..; future outlook is bright, for the demon
stratlon of - collective . marketing has
. won many converts to the cause, who
ill eventually, fall in line and Join
with their fellow producers. The gen-
eral public has been educated to the
. feasibility of- such methods vf mar
keting, and where they 'once doubted
iu ultimate success they are begin
ning to realize that it is to be the
! solution of economic problems that
haw long confronted the. people as a
whole. if,,'.., -----.-v-.. ;-.--
. By individual effort the farmer can
grow a crop, take it to market and
receive what he la offered. : By col
lective extort, he , can grow a crop
with the assurance ; that when it Is
ready for the market he will be able
to have some say In fixing the price.
In planning for. the new year many
will take Into account the opportunities
offered to those who help themselves
and help their neighbors by working
: .together. -
2 More Profits "
in Walnuts
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a That's whas you want if you are e
a walnut grower ; and that's e
what . you want to positively e
. knew about if you are thinking
of starting walnuts. -.
To help you in properly cultivating-
the; rich walnut soil in your
section and make it yield the
greatest harvest - at the least
coat, we have illustrated litera
ture prepared by walnut experts
that we will be glad to furnish
. you fre upon request and with
. out any obligation on your part.
Simply use the attached coupon.
. Jtegardless of how many trees
you want or of what variety
4 we" have anything you want).
It Js Important that you plant
tros of the best quality:
he-althy, vigorous and produc
tive. -That's the only kind we
barKil-TSNatres Best."
V f Oregon Nursery
Co..
urenco. vre.
Send m tn.
formation referred to above
ithout obligation to me.
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WESTERN BULL WINS
Hereford ball, Panama llotb, a.Montam animal, that ron senior and
. . .' grand champion at the
i Chicago, Dec, 30. The Northwest aa
a "natural cattle country" and the
Hereford as America's premier beef
breed won new recognition at the In
ternational Live Stock Exposition in
Chicago recently when a Montana bull,
"Panamk 110th," won grand champion
ship honors' in ; competition 'with'. 'the
best Hereford from the leading Amer
ican and Canadian shows. n The( new
champion was bred and exhibited by
A, B. Cook, veteran " - cattlemanof
Townsend. Mont; who- operates two
large ranches on which he baa HOP
head of registered Hereford. s .
Jfor did the Cook show herd -con
tent itself with the grand champion
ship ribbon. It gathered in IS more,
including second prize in the aged herd
class and the competition for the two
best bulls.
Andrew 3. Mettler of Menno, S. p..
won the sterling silver, cop offered by
the .Institute of American Meat Pack
ers for the. best bred carload of Here
ford cattle. His winning load ; '
sired by a Panama bull from the Cook
herd. ,; : ' ' -. -
"1 believe commercial . cattle , pro
ducers should ' use the best Hereford
bull 3 they .can- afford ;and grade -up
their cow herds to " the highest possl
ble degree." says Cook. "Quality Jbeef
ia the only kind that U showing a
profit to the producer i today, and it
will be the producer of Quality cattle
who will continue 'to make profits In
the future.". . ..,..
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GREAT PROGRESS
Great progress has been made in the
art of irrigation since the first crude
works built Cu years ago, according to
the annual report of the bureau of pub
lie roads. United States department of
agriculture. In 1920 the. area Irrigated
in the United States amounted to ap
proximately 19,000,000 acres and the
annual - gross returns from irrigated
land is -now nearly half a billion dol
lars. ' -'-.vv ' ' V
In the task of converting so large an
extent of arid lands Into highly produc
tive fields and- orchards, the bureau,
through its Investigations, has rendered
substantial aid. Methods of applying
water to land have been studied in the
principal irrigation sections. Investiga
tions have also been made of the rise
of alkali ar.d the capacities of drainage
ditches and tUes.-v;-.
; The irrigation : district, the report
says, has been rapidly growing in fa
vor as a form of organisation for re
claiming arid land or for. improving
existing, Irrigation systems. ' The bu
reau has aided a number of Western
states in perfecting laws, relating to dis
tricts, and last year-a careful study
was made of the operation of the irri
gation district law In each of the states.
Much valuable work has been done by
the bureau in finding the cost of ob-.
talning a water supply for arid lands.
Frequently it is less than the fann
er's expense of preparing his land for
Irrigation,, purchasing equipment ana
building the neeaeaary . improvements.
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Jersey Breeders ;
Form Association, ;
, Plan 'Dairy Week'
Freewater. Dee. JO. The dairymen
Of the valley held an Important meet
ing last week at the Ferndale Hall for
the purpose : of s advancing the breed
ing of Jersey stock In this section, vr.
B. T. Slmms of O. A. C .and H. A.
Mathieson of Salt Lake City, both of
the dairy division of the agricultural
department addressed - the meeting.
A temporary association of the Walla
Walla. valley Jersey - breeders was
formed with Clarence Bixby, president,
O. C. i Plaquet, secretary-treasurer;
Victor 7 CofXman. Frank Kelson and
Howard Raneome, directors. The next
meeting will be at Waua Walla early
in janu&ry during dairy week. ,
'OFFICES CONSOLIDATED "
x Wenatchee,, Wash., Dee. SO. The
soils - Investigation, office : and . county
agent have been consolidated as the
result of action - taken at a meeting
held at the courthouse. Roy Larson,
former county agent, has accepted the
position of county agricultural agent.
After three hours of heated debate, a
motion supporting the county commis
sioners and recommending - that ; the
disposition of the county, agent and
soils investigation work be left in the
board's hands, was passed. - This ac
tion virtually amounted tor 'the con
solidation of the two offices.
COrTT HOME A!E5TT
" Medford Dee. 30. Miss Grayce
Teich, ;t graduate at Iowa college.
Ames, low.i. who has recently ' com
pleted a special course at O. A. CX. will
succeed Miss Florence Pool, resigned;
as county home demonstration- spent
in ?-tedford- M:k3 Pool has been dem
onstraUcg for six years..
NORTHWEST VIS
HONOR AT SHOW
KA
ON MAKES
Chicago livestock snow. " .
OREGON MAN HAS
.WINNING JERSEY
Starting tests at 6 years, -9 months
of age, Minna ' Lass of Ashbura ' has
Just finished a most creditable register
of merit record, la 365 days she pro
duced 12328 pounds of milk and 752.59
pounds of butterfat Her average test
was S.09 Der cent. - ; . V , -"
In October 1921" Lass came through
withithe highest production with 1198
pound of milk and 74.84 pounds . of
butter fat. The other 11 months were
also very creditable as each time she
produced more than "60 pounds, of but
terfat. - - --. ... . . . ': - ' - . - ,'
Minna" started test as a ; junior
year old and tn one year produced S823
pounds ef milk and 655.22 pounds of
butterfat, i She lust missed a silver
medal by ten pounds.- ,t - .
- Va tntln,'. Achhnrn Ttarmnt. : A. J.
rC. C. sold . and silver medal buU is
Minna's sire. He has ZX register of
merit daughters to date. Minna:-, of
Ashbura was her dam. Thla cow was
sired by a G. Chief of Ashhurn, he a
son Of the gold and silver medal null,
Oolden Glow's Chief. Minna of Aah-
ourn, has two creditable: register of
merit records as follows 40S.su pounds
of butter-fat at 1 year and U months
and 822.70 pounds at 7 years.
J, M. Dickson et Son, Shedd, Or., are
the owners of Minna Lass of Ashhurn.
HolstemSftlilk
Records and Feed
Burn; Contest Off
Stanhope Belle Johanna, who has
made Holsteln. history -in Oregon, will
be unable to carry on with her second
greatr year of production. Her teed.
her barn and her . December milk rec
ords were burned on "Christmas- eve-i
ning. - - : -. .
A fire, starting in the hay loft com.
pletely wiped out the barn and silo
of H. " G. Mullenhoff pear Gresham.
Stanhope Belle and most of the other
animals . were savedX One registered
bull and a heifer cjUf were burned
and the herd sire ! was badly burned
on the back, but it Is thought will re
cover. Stanhope would have ximsnea
the first six months of her second
yearly record on January 6. and gave
every promise of finisning close to tne
top as a world rnilk .producer, since
her first six months would have shown
her to have given approximately 18,000
pounds of milk. S. E. Hodgens. who
has assisted -Mullenhoff4 throughout
the tests with helpful advice and by
preparing the feed ration, says that
it will be impossible for Stanhope's
owner to carry on her test ; to com
pletion. - . ' ' ! '',
Potatoes good enough -for certifica
tion were crown hy a good- many per
sons last year who sold off their choice
stock for seed and planted only in
ferior sorts of tho certified product- In
nearly veTr Instance this resulted in
too much disease for certification, this
s-ear. In eortinc the potatoes this win
ter save plenty of good, smooth. halthy
tubers for planting next-spring, it is
not aaf e to save for seed the very
small and very matured potato as they
are likely to have mosaic. Every po
tato with pointed stem-end should be
rejected, for seed purposes
- Buying of repair parts and putting
them on at this time will save much
time when crop conditions are rushing
tho - work : next summer. There are
clentx of repairs available now or there
is time to get them before harvest is
pressing. - . , .
Valley View Land
Tillers Form New
Farm Bureau Unit
Medford, Dec, - JO. The farmer of
Valley -View,' east of Talent, have or
ganised a community unit of the coun
ty farm bureau, this being tho first
community tn Jackson county to - or
ganise under the plan adopted by the
state farm bureau federation. , One of
the principal matters calling for, the
attention of this: unit i irrigation.
Meetings are planned for the last Sat
urday of each month. Each member
nleda-ed hia support to the farm bureau
for the coming year. Officers elected
were X R. McCracken. president; J.
D. Lowe, vice president ; H. Ii. Reach-
ert, secretary-treasurer. : - ; w .
County Agent Need
Of Marion Bureau
' Salem. Dec 80. Demand for.
county agent In . Marion county t
voiced by the Marion County Farm bu
reau, in session - bere. . -The bureau,
which has 700 members in the county,
is said to be solidly tack- of tt move
f or a county agent. -
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DIES IN EPIDEMICS
Few people realise, that the livestock
Industry of 'this state 'suffers annual
losses v equal to twice the taxable
valuation o some, of Oregon's coun
ties, yet this is Irue If the estimates
of the state sanitary ? board: and its
representatives can be relied . upon,
writes a resident of Hermlston.
Every" year a severe outbreak of
soma disease, and aometimes more than
one, decimates the herds and flocks
of , the '-Northwest y The "walking
disease which attacked the horses, the
sheep scab, the black leg tn the range
herds, tuberculosis and Infectious abor
tion, in. dairy herds, have been largely
responsible 'for these losses. -All : oi
these diseases respond to control meas
ures, : and , some of , them . to definite
cures. , . " . - . , -
This season- Hermlston has had an
attack of. hog cholera which has prac
tically wiped - out some of the .best
herds in Umatilla county., Two - men
alone have lost not ' lesa than $7000.
Had it not been for the strenuous
efforts put forth, by the state sanitary
board and the " Agricultural , college,
this disease would certainly have . be
come ; widespread.
-The losses in -this state and -district
through Infectious abortion have been
so severe as to-cause great discourage
ment of many dairymen. Several par
ties are known who have lost nearly
$1000 a season, and some who have lost
considerably above "this through this
disease. Largely through the . efforts
of. Dr. B. .T, Sims of the Agricultural
college, control measure are being put
in effect which It la hoped will elim
inate this trouble. ' ..
The severe "lossea suffered -byHer
mlston breeders have caused them to
ask the coming legislature for the
continuance of the' good work, which
Is now being done by Dr. Sims, and in
spile of the fact that, this Is a year
of tax reduction, they feel that funds
necessary to continue this work should
be provided, ? .,-, . .
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H3nsboro, Dec." 10. A eummary of
tha "last, two yearSi efforts at; onion
smut control tn Washington county by
County Agent O. T. McWhorter ahows
that In 19214an Increase of 218 sacks
of onions-per acre was obtained where
formaldehyde was dripped in the rows
at seeding time on an onion-farm In
the Klaton community. A repetition
of the tests this season on - the same
farm gave a yield of 255 sacks of
onions per acre on the treated plots
and nine sacks per acre on the un
treated areas, making an increase of
247 sacks per acre for the trouble and
expense of using formaldehyde, . ,
The services of H.. P. Barss.x plant
pathologist. Oregon Agricultural Col-Experiment-
station, were secured to
Bsuoervlsethis work. . .
a grower in me .jsnerwooa locality
obtained . an average increase of ,79.1
sacks per acre.; Two growers at Mul
loy place their increase, at 100 sacks
per acre, and one grower at Tualatin
approximates his Increase through .the
use of formaldehyde at 100 per cent
for this year. -
A . solution of one ounce of formal
dehyde to one gallon of water ia dis-
tnoutea tnrougn a -l inch opening
into tne rows at eeedlng time, A tank
la attached . to the planter which car
ries .-the solution. 'X
Onion , smut is somewhat serious on
several farm in Washington county.
and it is 'spreading. It is not at alt
improbable that the . formaldehyde
treatment, which has proven so suc
cessful the last two years, may be the
means through which the onion grow
ing industry win be saved to Wash
ington county, concludes the county
agent. .
Directors of Farm
. Bureau Formulate
Next Year's Plans
The directors of the Oregon Farm
Bureau federation were in session at
their office at 212 Fltzpatrick bulldinjr
ell day December 20, formulating plans
for carrying' out their organisation
campaign for 192 for orderly mar
keting or agricultural producta - Mem
bers present expressed their Intention
to . heartily cooperate with the market
ing program of the. Portland Chamber
of Commerce and expressed themselves
as confident that a' successful year waa
ahead of the farm bureau. - One mem
ber voiced the general sentiment when
be said, "a favorable aentlment on the
part . of the town and commercial in
terests will remove one" of the greatest
obstacles to farm organisation.' .'
Berry Growers of
; 0helialis to, Join
v ; N, P. Association
Chehalis. Wasfu; Dec 20. At " the
meeting of the berry growers in this
section, which was held in the Chehalis
Citizens' , dub rooms on Wednesday
afternoon. It was -decided that the
growers shall become members of
the North Pacific. Berry Growers' as
sociation. They had with tnem at "this
time Karl Kallagren. organizing man-
ager of the association, who gave an
address " explaining the workings of
his . organization. He - has signed
number of the local 'growers and will
return la a few day after more mem
bers. The . temporary committee in
charge that will look after the affairs
of the organisation is L. O. Cotyn. T.
F. Snlvely, Henry Olson. M. Seine and
K.F. Hllborn. The organisation . Is
made np of local feranchea and the pur
pose is to market the berry output of
the state tn a mors satisfactory man
ner. . - " ' -.
' - TO FISB STlTlfPS ; -
Molalla,. Dec JO. A demonstration
f clearing big stump land r at the &
A. Cordill - farm by the O. A. C ex
tension service, will be held January
S. -The Zysset blasting and pulling
methods will be used. The Zysset
method has been Investigated for a
period of six years by the - Oregon
Agricultural college and has been a
I ruceessful method In quickly firing
I the rtumr with a rrs that will cou
raume tie stamp roola.
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UOHUV
STOG
CHECK ON SMU
BURNER WILL BE
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Big stumps must be more econom
ically removed.;- It is even more im
portant that the roots of such stumps
bo eliminated- from tho cultivated
depth cl farm lands. " lAnd clearing
operations, are progressing too slowly
nnaer tne -film coe( ox present Detier
known methods.,- -v . :
The Zysset method of clearing big
stump lands has been Investigated for
six years by . the ' Oregon . Agricultural
college,' with time and cost studies
made thereon. It has been found that
this - method la successful In . quickly
firing the stump with a fire that will,
when properly managed, satisfactorily
consume- the ' stump and roots, Any
successful system must- remove - the
roots from the plowing depth; The
Zyaaet device la simple and durable.
To show these burners in operation
In real stump land in Clackamas two
big demonstrations i will be held,
writes W, , -A. Holt; county agent.
Jenuary there -will be a complete
exhibit of land clearing at the S. A.
Cordill farnw one mila'west of MoIaK
la. - The program will ' begin . at II
o'clock with an Indoor show of lantern
slides and and a discussion of the
burner bv Georse W. Kable. extension
specialist from 0,.A C This part, of
the ' program will be necessary for a
orooer. understanding on the actual
field demonstration and should hot be
missed. 4 -uvvf--',- 5 : - : :''--
At noon there will be a hot lunch.
after which win be shown the .actual
clearing in the stump patch. Five hat-
tt rlea of burners- will begin, operations
a week before the 'demonstration- so
those attending will have an oppor
tunity to see all phases of the Zysset
method. ! . Arrangements are being
made-to show the nee of pullera and
blasting powders. "
January 18 a -similar demonstration
wUl be held In the vicinity of Boring.
the exact place to be announced soon.
For further Information in tnta con
nection interested persons may; aa
daess the county agent at Oregon City.
PRAISESlRlGi
Ton have something In your horti
cultural - products . Investigations no
other institution In the United SUtes
has." writes C. I. Lewis, managing
editor of the "American . Fruit
Grower. Chtearo. "vt
. The "Fruit Grower- has just pub
lished a three-page Illustrated article
on the work of the experiment station
laboratory in better canning, crying
and other " wise preserving- perishable
fruits adn vegetables, including, the
new recirculation prune oner, ine
aditor aava-this story Is very Inter
esting and readable and. wtU be of in-
terest to growers all over tne country.
"J. beleive you would do well to
give a great deal -of publicity to this
work because tnere is tremenaous in
terest ln.lt all over the united eiaes.
tha editor writes. "I have beea hoping
it will bo supported in a nice way . on
the. experimental aide so you can go
ahead ' and- capltayse the present
building for experiments aa well . as
teaching," -. -
Th nnw work, was started a few
years ago and has already developed
many new facts of Interest about Jam.
Mi atut dried products, and closer
use of culls and waste products of
manufacture, E. E W elgand la tn
charge.-. f -t.u. - t: ' r ' "
IENT KEEPS
MOLD OFF BUTTER
The rrowth of mold on butter ' In
tubs is -a cause of great annoyance to
dealers and a common source, of loss
to creameries. Preventive. ., t r e a t-
ments designed to' d away -with this
trouble have been devised by various
people, and these have been carefully
studied by the United States depart
ment of agriculture. The treatment
that, has been found 'most successful
consists In soaking the tubs In cold
water; steaming them for 10 T seconds
with Clive steam, paraffining the . In
ner surface, and i then rubbing over
the paraffin with salt. In addition, the
liners for the tubs are soaked fftr 80
minutes In a saturated solution of boil
ing brine. Under the supervision of
the department several million pounds
of batter have been packed in tubs and
liners treated In this manner and no
cases of mold have been reported. -
- A number of methods of - treating
tubs and - liners have been tried out
in comparison with the one just de
scribed, but no other has been squally
successful. Some tubs and liners were
merely" soaked in cold water, and tn
these the -mold made '.; abundant
rrowth '. When the tubs Jmd liners
were soaked in a saturated solution of
cold brine the growth of the mold
was somewhat - reduced, v . Butter - tn
tuba that were soaked In water and
steamed for 20 seconds with live steam,
and lined with liners that had been
dipped in a saturated solution of boil
ing brine, developed very little mold ;
but results were still better when par
affin and salt were, used as described
above. -: --t -h-.' ?t ; "
The treatment found most satisf ae
tory is inexpensive and meets the needs
of creameries of any type and in any
part of the country.- .
AJEFXESEXT O. A. C
Oregon-Agricultural College. Corval
lls, Dec 30. Dr. Wlllibald Wealger.
professor of physics, and W. & Brown,
whose work as horticulturist 'at' the
Oregon experiment station is credited
with doing much for: th horticultural
industry of the state, are representing
the college at a meeting -of the Ameri
can Association for Advancement of
Science, now in session at Cambridge,
Mass.
! Weaateb.ee Apples Win
Wenatchee, Wash,, Dee.1 80. Two
bones of -Wenatchee apples were ex
hibited at the Purdue University Hor
ticultural how and according to word
reaching here won the highest prizes
at the exhibition. - The apples were
shown by Paul Piper, who .is attend
ing Purdue university. - -
WAKT SHOW BEPEATEO '
Wenatchee, Wash- .. Dec 10. We
eatchee's first home : products show
was such a success that the Commer
cial club has been asked .to make it an
annual event. The first show was at
tended by 4580 people
cum
in actio;
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EXPERIMENTvORK
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Ilolbtein cow who, on December
test wTaScb places lier as yrortd record butter prod ocer. f -
HOLSTE
IH HOLDS
Chicago, IIL, Dec. SO.Wlth a yearly
semi-offlciaj record of ,!18-6S pounds
butterfat. equivalent to 1.523.2 ; pounds
butter from 21.610.C pounds milk test
ing ; 2.25 per Cent, May Walker OlUe
Homestead, a Holsteitt,;: Is America's
new .champion hutter-produclng cow
over alt - breeds and ages, j As a con
seqsence of this performance., finished
December is, sne displaces tne zormer
American record held by. Duchess Sky
lark Ormsby.; x She. is , owned by ne
Minnesota Holsteln company, Austin,
Minn. ' '
The new champion is a seven-year-
old daughter of PKbe Laura OUIe
Homestead King and May Walker of
Arden, both of whom are of high pro
ducing and show v winning ancestry.
Her : weight. 1,765 pounds,. ' combined
with dairy temperament and refinement
also-mark her as an excellent type of
dairy cow. , . - - . .
consisted of bran, ground oata.' distil-
lera grains,- hominy, oil meal, gluten
and cottonseed with salt and a limited
amount of mineral compounds. She
also received : liberal amounts -. of al
falfa hay and. during the latter part
of her test,' corn ensilage and beeta. .
- The nniformtty-of May Walker Ollle
Homestead's production during her
entire- yearly : testr period . is an out
standing feature of her record. In no
one calender month nld she produce
less . than .80 pounds butterfat or 2000
pounds milk, nor did-she produce over
3000 pounds milk m any month. --She
carried calf -almost six months of her
test prtod;.;rsiii-- 'f-- v-
jtt eJ: je--eg"rv
LANDS ESSENTIAL
It Is well known among' agricultural
leaders of. Western Oregon that drain
age of ths wet lands is an absolute
"necessity before. extensive. agriculture
at development-"can progress' ' as - it
should. ' :;. Jp
According to reperts from the mem
bers of the Oregon Clay Workers .as
sociation, 1.5SJ.500 feet of tile waa sold
iu ' 1921 ; for. farm drainage purposes.
Under average conditions this would
serve 2000 acres - or more, according
to the soil type drained. Any increase
In drained acreage can be figured as
an asset to the ; locality, but if the
work is continued at this rate it would
take 875 years- to drain the .730.000
acres of land needing -'drainage-in. the
Willamette valley alone. . it is- assumed
that the - concrete tile need In farm
drainage was offset by -day tile used
for -road and bahement drainage.
, The - Oregon experiment , station has
carried on experimental work which
has shown tho most economic method
of drainage for various soil type a The
extension service has provided a soils
specialist who devotes most of his time
In the drainage season to assisting!
groups of farmers in working out
plans for drainage systems and con
ducting demonstrations showing prop
er methods, grades and depths for
laying tile. v; .-'.v.-. ;. -. -Requests
for drainage assistance
should be sent, to the - local' county
agent. Or if there is hone in tho county
where assistance is desired, to- the
O. A. C extension' eervlee, CorvaUls. s
Cours0il;Eepairs
Of Farm Machinery
Is Added at 0. A. 0.
- Oregon Agricultural College, Cor
vaUls, Dec. 2 a. To give the farmers of
Oregon the technical knowledge to op
erate and repair -farm machinery and
tractors, a winter short course is of
fered at the Oregon Agricultural col
lege, beginning January X and ending
March 17. Mors than 22 hours a week
in laboratory work.-with 10 - different
makes of tractors, under the regular
Instructors and experts from the varl
ous factories will be given each man
enrolled m the course. .
Many farmers near Corvallls have
brought their farm machinery to the
college department for students to re
pair under ths supervision of the fac
ulty members. The short course stu
dents will have a chance to work on
some of these machines. ..
- L15D BA5K PBOTE8 BOOK
Morton. Wastw- Dec ! 88. According
'to reports made to the local farm
association, the Eastern Lewis county
farmers are approved borrowers from
the Federal Land bank at Spokane of
approximately $18,000. - James N,
Sword of Morton has received his loan
of 82500 and loans of J. W. Peters of
Randal for 27000 ; - George W. Peters
of Ran die for $5709; EL C Skaggs of
Davis Lake for $1500 and C. E. Dun
away , of. Davis Lake for $1500. have
been approved, v
TBBEE SITKSS 6B0WCKS
- Pasco.' Wash,. Dec 20. -The directors
of the Three Rivers Growers associa
tion met in Pasco with the growers of
strawberries, asparagus, potatoes and
other crops to' discuss .questions--of
interest to all growers and p!ans of
organization. ' "
AMERICM RECORD
DRAINAGE OF ET
HOMESTEAD
18, completed ' jo?m semi-official
OREfiOIl
THAFPERS PRIZE
.:A renord of 203, Docket s-onhere and
ti moles caught in II months ending
In November, obtained for Roy Hanen
krat. en Oregon boy, a prise of $2S.
Another boy, Ferdinand Beeker, caught
220 moles and received' a second prise
of $15. These boys were taking part
la a contest organized in Tillamook
county. Or., to eradicate these pesta
The county was divided into three dis
tricts, and prises amounting to 250
were allotted to each district. . Forty
boys and girls entered the contest..
Pocket gopheas- are very unevenly
distributed in Tillamook county, and
the boys working in' certain territories
were lurmed by the mountainous ma
ture of the country,' so that it required
fully as much effort to get the 145
moles -which won tho first prise tn
the south side of the county, or the
lit moles turned In by the -winner at
the north end, as it took for the big
catches in the open Tillamook' vauey.
The onlv condition of the contest was
that- prise winners ' should turn in , at
least 100 skins. A total ef ISO mote-
skins and 594 pocket gopher skins, or
2402 skins altogether.- were turned in
to the county agent's office, according
b ths report received by the represen
tative of the biological survey of the
United States department of agricul
ture, who assisted in organising the
campaign In . addition . te ther prises,
ths .1800 moleskins will be sold and
ths money returned to ths young trap-
To emphsslss the need of food con
trol la wa , tha . United States depart
ment of agriculture calls attention to
the great, growth, of food preparation
in factories. Not many decades ago
much of the food consumed was pre
pared in the home or obtained in the
immediate neighborhood, and sines the
consumer knew about the conditions of
its preparation there was little need
for food laws. Todav . much of ' the
food is produced end prepared 'a long
way from those who consume It. and
as a consequence some sort of govern
ment control is necessary. , ' . , :
The great- volume of - commerce. In
foods Is indicated In the last .census
report, for 1919, which shows that the
food manufacturing ; industry - as a
whole Is more than four times larger
in value than the next largest manu
facturing1 Industry, -which la iron and
steel.. .Meat packing alone -represents
a greater values. The . total . value ef
manufactured food - products for 1919
was $l$,S91.914.00u, -while, automobiles
produced in the same year wars valued
at . 12,227.832,000, boots and ; shoes at
tU49.660.000. clothing at $2443.19.000.
antl foundry and -machine shop prod
uces at SZ,SZl,lZ9,nOV, - - - ' !
i Among the food products that make
i a the errand total, flour-mill products
stafnd nxt to packinghouse products,
the figures for tne year nemg
007,000 as compared with $3,995,977,000.
Bakery products amounted to nearly
$1,600,000,000 and sugar almost to
$1,000,000,000. . '
Poultry
1 N
One egg now is worth two In ths
spring, says ths O. A. C. experiment
station. It is important that the birds
go to roost with a good full crop dur
ing cold weather, A little extra, grain
in a trough an hour after the regular
grain feeding at night will help to ob
tain this condition. . It takes mors fuel
for the - hen's - f urnaee during cold
weather and heavy production than
when the birds are .molting and rest
ing- - - ' .
Purchasing baby chicks from a re
liable breeder Is one of ths cheapest
and beet ways ot getting started in
tbe poultry buainesa. . Of course one
should have adequate brooders and
houses to rear ths chicks, as well as a
knowledge, of brooding in , order that
normal, well grown pullets be made
ready for the laying housetn ths zalL
Professor .Buchanan.' . Washington
state poultry extension specialist, has
decided that any hen r which Jays less
than" 120 eggs a year is a cull and
should be taken off tho nest, fattened
and made into a chicken pie, - Ia this
connection ' It -is interesting to note
the average United States hen lays leas
than half the number - fixed by the
Washington authority Vs the dead-line
between scrubs and thoroughbreds. Pa
cific poultrymen. evidently have high
ideals of production. ''
f Thomas TVMurphine of Seattle an
nounces hia withdrawal as a candidate
for speaker ef the house in the etate
legislature Thia leaves Mark E. Heed
ef Shelton as the only candidate. .
KINKADE GARDEN TRACTOR
- and . Power- Lawnmower '
A practical, tnmi pvwmr CulUvaUtf
for iarden.ra. Soharbanilaa. . .
Tneierm, Klnrata. Korr- s- . 'jr. r
lua. trait tinwlL .
' Awterieaa Farm
?!arhine Co.
zse km, aa- a. c
RtlnnMpotia, .- sjlae.
FOOD PRODUCTS
OUTPUT iS HEAW
WOOL (Su.'.liS
PLEASED WK.
, The 12 directors. of the' Paclfio Co
opera tlvs Wool Orowerf on December
21 completed two-day meeting at the
offices Of the association In Portia:. I.
They expressed themselves as h!s!.'y
saUsfled with the result of the year s
business The association has handled
ever $400,000 worth of wool and mohair,
and prices received by members hav
been several cents - per pound above
the prices obtainable outside the asso
ciation at shearing time.- -
: The association consists of zzuu wooi
and mohair growers residing principal
ly, in Oregon, though with member
ship in Idaho, -Washington ana s-,.-fornls,
. . -
The directors attended luncheon at
the Portland Chamber Of Commerce
on Wednesday and were addressed by
ChasV Stewart, vice president of te
Northwestern National bank, and v
P. B. Dodson. general manager or tne
chamber: Speeches were also made t y
Directors K. A. McCormack. Kugene :
W. W. Poland. Shedd t TUude Uu
chanan.' Corvallls; J. . It. Coleman,
Co burg ; P. DeFord. " Central Point :
Oeo. H. Thompson, Meelayt B. Hoy
Booth. Yoncalla. and President i rea
W. Herrln of Ashland. . R.- A. Ward,
manager of the association, presided.
Other directors in attendance were C
L. Beckley. Dlxonvllle; J. w. fcmitn.
Aurors; j. B. Cornett, Shedd A. B.
Flint, Beavsrton.
The wool growers board passed reo
lutions endorsing, and approving the
Portland Chamber of Commerce pro
gram for state development and co
operative marketing.
'' 4BIlaMMaMWlaaMMMav.e2esnefeaeiMirsBSHaeeW
Cattle; Testing inV
-Lane Successful
EugeneVDecT ie,More than 10,003
head of cattle have been tested for tu
berculosis in Lane county and a suc
cessful - squirrel poison campaign of
the estimated value of $86,000 was con
ducted la 1222, according to to the com
pleted report of Ira P. Whitney, county
agricultural agent, to the United States
department Of agriculture. The report
enumerates the - different activities
along 'agricultural lines and the result
obtained during the year.
In the -testing of 10.02$ animals, S3
were, found to react to .the T. B. teat.
X- TO HOLD DEMOSstHATIOX '
Medford. Dec. 20. -A pruning dem
onstration will be held at the Omera
orchard near Talent on Wednesday,
January ft, to be conducted by County
Agent Cats and county rruit mpeo-
tors Howard Warner and . timer JU
Oatman, It had been erroneously an
nounced previously that this, demon
stration was to be held December 27.
. . . s . . .
Top Prices
FOR-
Highest market prices
paid fura graded by
experts.. -
Quick
Returns
.. -
. Shlo skins to
' ";- , .- - " 1" " ; 1
Broadway at Morrison
Portland, Oregon
SASH and D O ORS
O.B.WILLI AMS CO.
lsa rim Ate. sevth, sestUe, Wain.
Ursnt mtn ia tha Wejt twlUns oHraet to h
vmmr. stm yea u BUOdiuneB'a ptvdt.
; CHICKETI KCUSE SASH
20 in. wvl by 29 in. btcb ......... .S0r
a eocea di(lnuU sUas is stock for prosi i
CHICKEI HOUSE SXYUCIITS
S 1m. bf 40 in. rricm, (lu-d sa.tia
Thia ia tb KM raeMnraandet hf Wmtrn
WaahlnrtOB TCzparlmaat suuoa. Olden tmmu
pnaapUr.
nva aroaa easel eoen, S lb S 4s, sy
S f t. S in., at. mmeh. . . t ..SS.St
One paael doeta, at. aech. . ......... se.ba
Monef cheerfully refund! If not aatiafM.
Writo for free ilhutratad catalos Ha. 12
Contains halpfal hlau for rcBtodauat tha ai4
boaaa er iilaatilm. tha sew eaa
O, B.WIIXIAIS CO.
FSTA FT,imn i
SEEDS
THl KIND THAT GROT 1
Ton Can't Keep Them in the
f, Grownd. i-- .'; ! " y-:
Wrlbs f or PHce for Seeds
" FOR FALL SOWING ''.
J; J. Butzer
Front and Tajlor Eta.
i . Portland, Oregon
HIDES WOOL
' 'CaseatS Ears, ralta. Mohalu
IT Ara tm the llarliat.
' WrMa far Frteaa and Sblprrtne Tj ..
rwmmo hos a woot eo..
buli(, ML JaCiXlt'A.'i. a-tia .
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