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Foundry and Machine Shop
17 th & Oak Sts., Salem, Or.
Phone 886
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TURNING
There Is More Than a Double Return for Sheep Each Year;
The Wool, the Lambs and the Fertilizing of the Soil
The Average Valley Farm Would Profit From Sheep if
v They Did Not Retum a Pound of Wool or Mutton
Editor Statesman:
That the Willamette Talley Is
an ideal place to raise' sheep is a
proven Iact. Sbeep from this val
ley have gone into the strongest
competition and more than held
their own. It is a splendid cli
mate, the diseases and the things
which go to make .the growing of
cheep hazardous are not so num-
ehous as in many places, and their
helpfulness- in adding to their
owner s ; income ana , restoring
plant food to the farm is above
that of any other farm animal.-
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Double Return and Slore .4 -Our
climate is similar to that
of England, where the sheep in
dustry in an iptensified wajr has
perhaps been developed as in , no
other . country I and on ground
where the yearly rental is equal
to the selling price of a good deal
of land . in this valley.-, The dou
ble return of both wool and. lambs
with . the least outlay in care and
fepd other than that garnered by
themselves leaves them the most
profitable of all. farm animals.
For the average farm it is not
a question as to . whether the land
is too valuable ! to run sheep on
It or not but, whether the farm
can be successfully run without
them or not. 1
Those. who are acquainted with
the farming operations of this
valley for the past 50 years do
know that some' way of restoring
plant food to the soil 'must be
found.
They Eat
120 Weeds
Of something like 140- differ
ent weeds sheep eat something
like 120. In this way they are
turning Into money food? that ia
both detrimental to crops and an
improvisher" of the soil. lOn the
average farm ' they would be a
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- Phone 813
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This campaign of publicity for community upbuilding has been made
possible by the advertisements placed on these pages by our public
spirited business men -men whose untiring efforts have builded our
present recognized prospez ity and who are ever striving for greater and
yet greater progress as the years go by. f ! 4
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benefit if they did not return a
pound of wool or mutton. ?
All the mutton breeds do well;
they need no expensive buildings,
and they do not require more care
than any other farm animal. -More
and Better Sheep
Sheep ' are not nearly so hard
on our pastures as horses or cat
tle and half the money will build
and maintain the fences for sheep
that 13 required ' for horses and
cattle. ' ' !
I you haven't a few sheep get
them. Start with a few, learn
the business as well as the joys,
give them reasonable care, and
the profits will "be sure.
. yours for more ; and better
sheep, ' " : '
G. G. BELTS'. -HarrisburK.
Oregon, ; . I
July 30. 1923. ? 1
TUEWOOL OF SHEEP
IS "VELVET," SUHE
Hon, T, B, Kay Says They
Would Pay Better Than
- Hogs, Without Wool j t
" Hon. T. B. Kay, manager of the
Salem Woolen Mills, has been
telling the Salem Slogan editor
for four years that the thing for
Willamette valley farmers to do is
to raise medium wooled sheep,
like the Shropshires, Oxfords.
Hampshire3, etc., or crosses of
Merinos or Cotswolds and L.in
colns ti . . i ; '
And to raise more of them.
He thinks the present M condi
tions as tfi demand will persist
that the demand will be indefi
nitely for the finer cloths, made
from the finer and medium fiber
ed wools. - I' '
The quotation on medium wools
at the Kay mills yesterday was 35
cents a pound. ; : j
- At this time two years ago
these mills were paving 16 cents
a pound for medium wools. But
Mr. Kay predicted then ; that
wool would bring gradually high
er prices in this country that the
sheep breeding industry r of the
United States would "come back"
with , the, rising tide of general i
prosperity, and on account of the
protective tariff on foreign wools.
At the opening of the season
this year wool prideg were higher
than now. c Some clips sold around
45 cents a pound, and a few. of
the large pools of finest quality
as high as f0 to 52 cents. But
there has been a recession i in
prices, duo to many things; partly
to the effort all over the country
to bring down the general aver
ago of prices. i ; ; : T
But Mr. Kay has always insisted
that the sheep breeding industry
would be a paying agricultural
Salem Carpet Cleaning
and Fluff Rug Works
. , Rag ' and fluff ; rugs wovon
any sizes without seams. New
mattresses made to order. Old
mattresses remade. Feathers
renovated. I buy all kinds of
old carpets for fluff rugs.
Olto F. Zwicker, Prop.
' Phone 11& 4 i
: 13 and Wilbur Streets
A TO MONEY
Town
District
Pep
line if they did not produce any
wool at &- that the wool of the
sheep is velvet" to the breeders
oi sheep . j . ' -
That sheep would pay betteT
than hogs if they had no wool; be
cause ' sheep ' fatten '.".themselves,
and. help keep the land free from
weeds and also help in keeping up
the fertility of the soiL, . He points
to the fact that lambs are now
bringing $7 to $8 a head.
Ha thinks every farmer In the
Salem district should keep some
sheep, and that they should get
into the medium wooled breeds,
and that there; is no other . one
thing that will! do more towards
making this district solid and
prosperous. j
GREEN FEED IS
The Reasons Given - Why
This Is an Absolute Essen
tial to Best Results
Jho importance of green feeds
to poultry does not rest so much
on their nutritive values (though
alfalfa and: clover have a high
feeding content) as It doeson
their chemical and physical ac
tion on th system. If fed in the
fresh stage, green footstuffs as
suage thirst, while their lime and
mineral salts ; maintain health
and-- a robust physical condition.
Experienced breeders appreciate
these factors, hence, maintain a
bounteous feeding of green stuffs
in variety. Much has been said
and written on this phase of poul
try . feeding, to which we have
contributed our mite; but rarely
nave we seen it stated more
clearly than in the following par
agraph from the New Zealand
Poultry Journal::
."The digestion of protein and
carbohydrate yields matter of an
acid nature, which if allowed to
remain in that condition would
injure the individual
cells of the tissue, and hence the
body as a whole. Sufficient, min
eral matter must always be avail
able to maintain the body fluids
in a state of j neutrality. When
there is a deficiency of calcium
(or lime) in ;the diet, the body
will actually tear down its own
structure in order to obtain the
calcium necessary to maintain the
neutrality of its internaL,fluids;
then the only source of supply
the bones) become actually ab
sorbed, and death rapidly inter
venes. All seeds are deficient in
mineral salts,-and it has been pro
ven by actual experiments that it
Is Impossible to induce growth in
young birds on a diet of wheat
alone, but if a suitable .mineral
mixture is added, slow growth
will be obtained. Indeed, miner
al deficiency .is the first limiting,
factor in the use of seeds from a
dietary standpoint. . . . Ail birds
probably eat a considerable
amount of mineral substance in
the form of particles, which they
deliberately swallow, and - they
secure in their natural state more
or less of all the essential ele
ments in their drinking water
which has permeated the ground.
These supplementary sources of
food substances, which one is first
inclined to overlook or if consid
ered, to regard as of an accessory
nature, are in reality of such im
portance that I it is not too much
to say that the preservation of the
species might j turn upon the op
portunity or the lack! of opportun
ity to secure these substances."
? This would : seem to emphasize
the Importance of vitamines in
the ration, and also that the func
tions of green feeding are of wid
er significance than many of us
supposed. To remove a livincr
organism from its natural (wild)
conditions involves: factors about
whichnone of us can know too
much.
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The Surest Way to Get
Industries Is to Support
is a continuation of the Salem Slogan and
and Progress Campaign '
300.000 SHEEM GOATS IN THE
Room for Standardization on One or: Two Breeds Accord
ing to a Man Who Knows the Industry From the
Ground Up--Conditions Favorable for Producing a
Natural Fibre of High Value ;
(By R. A. WARI, General Mana.
gcr Pacific Cioperatlvo Wpol y
' Growers)
Western Oregon, should grow
more sheep The Willamette and
Umpqua River valleys of western
Oregon, together ' with , the foot
hills of the Cascades and the Coast
Range, now furnish feed for more
than 300,000 sheep and goats. The
climate vof portions of this terrl
tdry Is not unlike that of Eng
land. ,and. on account of the ex
cessive moisture, the oarse wool
predominates, i j
The flocks range in size from
50 to around .'300 head., ' The
i sheep.. and goats are run on rape
and ; meadow pasture or i turned
Into the oak brush- on the' low
hills. In many localities,! winter
feeding is not ; practiced . and the
animals .remain In the Jill's
throughout the' winter. However,
winter feeding . should ; be more
generally done. Herding Is gen
erally not practiced, and the sheep
and goats range at will within the
large fenced ' pastures. The. ma
jority ot farmtflock masters .own
a small band ot sheep and goats
on account of the usefulness of
the goats in cleaning tup brush.
It Is customary to run goats the
first year or two on the rough
land to clean up brush and; browse
after which sheep are turned In.
Lambing takes place early and by .
the end of April, the spring lambs
commence to arrive on the mar
ket.! Cotswolds, Llncolns.i Hamp-'
shires, and Shropshires predomin
ate, though there Is a goodly
sprinkling of Delaines and some
Romneys and Corrledales!
Room for Standardization ,' ,
While there: are some) very ex
cellent breeders in the valley,
there is great room fr standard
ization on one or two breeds. The
benefits from such products
would be large; both in the way ot
RAISE MORE SHEEP
TO ID
Notes on Sheep and Wool
Prepared By an Expert for
,. the Country's Benefit
, (Under the heading, "Raise
More Sheep Produce Mote Wool
and Mutton," the LAmerican Econ
onomist in its issue of July 20,
print' an important article;
(though the1 Slogan editor does
not admit that It! is. Necessary to
produce less wheat In this' coun
try. He believes that we will have
no surplus of wheat. If thelfarm-t
ers and manufacturers of this
country will see to It that ''we
supply our needs id this country
from the home production ' and
manufacture of. flax; and j linen',
sugar, wool Jand , mutton, and
many other things which we Im
port from' other countries)! The
editor' of the American Etonono
raist Is Wilburj F.j Wakeman, and
ho. is the secretary of the Ameri
can Tariff League and one of the
best posted men in bis lines in
the United ' States. Following is
the article mentioned:) i
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It Is evident that the farmers
of the United States must diver-'and
permitting the selling of bucks
in large lots, for range purposes,
and the production of uniform
wools. At the present time valley
wools are inclined to be quite ir
regular, many grades being pres
ent. . There is a real need for pay
ing more attention to the wool
production end. The mild, moist
climate, with the abundance of
brbwse and the great amount of
scrub oak hill land, suitable only
for grazing, makes possible the
production of excellent sheep and
wool. Conditions are favorable
for producing a fine, natural fibre
of high value, and,with a little
more attention to the wool end
this will be done.
The bulk of the western Oregon
wools are handled ' through the
Pacific CooDerative Wool Grow
ers. This association now has
over 2500 wool growers as mem
bers and has in the past three
years marketed about 4,000,000
pounds of wool at prices netting
growers from 3 to 7 cents per
pound more than was obtainable
at country points at shearing timenPn, and now do, yield a much
About 300.000 sheep and gbatSTprorit 'per head in the farming
are represented in the membe
ship., -
Wool growers generally regard
the marketing of wools in1 a grad
ed and merchantable condition,
through the 'Association, as far
superior to the old system of
selling., to local country buyers,
based on the value of tha poorest
fleeces which the sacks contained.
The Association's warehouse, is on
deep water docks., which enables
it to ship by rail or'water, which
ever is the most economical and
satisfactory. v .
(The office ot the Pacific Coop
erative Wool Growers ,, is in the
Fitzpatrick building, Portland.
Oregon. "Wear VTrgln Wool" is
the slogan of the association.
Ed.) '
sify their production if they are
to 'experience the measure of
prosperity which is their right. It
would he a monstrous blunder to
fix the prices of farm products, or
any other products, by law. That
was virtually tried out during the
late war, with the result that the
evils growing out of the experi
ment have far outweighed the
good that temporarily resulted.
When the government guaran
teed at least $2.40 a bushel for
wheat it virtually fixed? the- price
of wheat in. this country at that
amount and it was of Immediate
benefit to the farmers who sub
sequently increased their plant
ings by 14.000,000 acres. While
the proximate benefit to the farm
ers was very evident, the effect
on the consuming public was to
arbitrarily increase the cost of
living:' , But the benefit to the
farmers did not continue. When
the period of the guaranty expir
ed the price ot wheat came tumb
ling down, until now It has fallen
to less than a dollar "a bushel,
while the prices of most other
commodities have remained com
paratively higher. . With 14,000,
000 acres more sown to wheal
than had formerly" been sown, the
market naturally became glutted,
especially in view of the fact that
we formerly, raised more wheat
that we could .consume In this
country. in addition to this,
there has also been an increase
in the production of wheat in oth-
jer wheat growing countries. In
j accordance with the law of supply
demand, the price of wheat
More and Larger
Those You Have
Why suffer with Stomach
W :'
has been, inevitably lowered.
The farmers must turn to the
raising of other commodities and
there is nothing which holds out
a fairer promise than the raising
of sheep, not- only for the wool
but for the mutton. Roughly
speaking, we raise only about 40
per cent of the wool which we
annually consume. If our; farmers
would raise the number of sheep
necessary to accomplish , this re
suit it would clarify the situation
to a large extent. Raising more
sheep they .would raise less wheat
and the. price ot the latter would
soon become more remunerative.
Also we think that the farmers
would find sheep raising more
profitable than wheat raising.
We have sought authoriatlve in
formation on the sheep raising
Industry, especially with a view
to the possibilities and profits
thereof and we are able to give
our readers the result of our in
vestigations in the following
"Notes on Sheep and Wool" which
were prepared by an expert who
is In a position to know the facts.
The information Is authoriatlve
and wholly reliable.
Notes on Sheep and Wool ;
The commercial life of a breed
ing ewe is from 6 to 8 years, de
pending on type of sheepr and, of
range or feed, care, etc. The first
lamb Is dropped when the ewe is
about 2 years of age. Four to six
more are gotten before the animal
Is discarded.
Sheep are kept with success. In
every state- in this count-y. and,
owing to changes in the fit west
timing the past 20 years, shsen
states as in the range states, r
The first fleece is shorn at one
year of age, except in parts of
Texas and California, where two
shearings jc& taken each year
and lambs are first shorn at the
age of six months Instead of 12
months. A full clip is secured
each year thereafter until the an
imal dies or is discarded.
Sheep may be fattened for
market after their breeding life
is completed, or In the case of
wethers, at any time in the ani
mal's life. Most fattening done
is with lambs, a large percentage
of which do not reach the markets
fat enough from grass, and have
to be grain finished to make desirable-slaughter
animals. They
go on feed at about. six to seven
months of age and are sent back
to market, fat, in from two to
about five 'months, depending on
conditions, f Few other than range
(far western) -.lambs enter the
feed lots. '
The commercial life of a sheep
for wool production corresponds
to their breeding -life, 1. e., about
six to-eight years of age. One or
more additional fleeces !. . often
couij be secured,' but It does not
pay to hold on to a ewe after she
gets too old. In a few areas wu
ther are kept to an advanced age,
butXhis is rarely done in the Uni
ted States.
A sheep or lamb carcass has
value only once as such, and that
Is" when sold for slaughter. Speak
Ing generally, a" ewe. when bred
for her "first lamb, ts at the most
valuable period of her life,.Jf the
Rheep and lamb market does not
fluctuate. If worth $10 then, she
is worth, on the average, only
about $4 when discarded after
having produced ! say five lambs.
During her useful life of seven
years she produces seven fleeces
of about eight pounds each and
'BUILD YOUR HOMES
For .Permanence, Comfort and Fire-Safety
"Just because Elijah went to heaven In a chariot of lire
13 .no reason why you should build your house of match-wood
for your wire and children to sleep not to mention yourself.
Use tested fire-safe materials.
We have an excellent line of samples of mantle brick, and ;
mantle tile which we would be pleased to show you.
SALEM BRICK & TILE COMPANY
Maaufarturers of Brick nod Burned Clay Hollow Building Tile.
SaJni, Oregon. - (Near Fair Grounds.) Phone 017.
At an times to assist la
any poslbla way the devel
opment of the fruit and
berry Industries In this val
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Oregon
Packing
Trouble when' Cbiropractlo wEl
: Remove the Cause -
Your Health Begins Whsa Yea
Piione87
for an appointment 's '
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T. d, 0. Cbiropracton :
Bay Laboratory 414 to 410 U. 8. Natl ES.
(Bid. I r
Hour 10 to 12 sum. and 2 to 0 pan.
worth 45c per pound at present
prices. She therefore grows wool
to the value of $25.20. On ths
average she will raise about four
lambs during her five breeding
years, and one of these will be
tetained to replace; the dam, tares
being , sold, for slaughter or fat
tening at $7 each; or.$21 for U
Iamb3. The ewe. will sell f
about $4, making $25 receivi
from1 animal! sales and $25.1
from wool . sales, or a total t
$50.20.
Mutftm and lamb are conJpet
live with all other 'meats to a con
siderable extent, though about S'
per cent 'of the mutton, and lam'
is said to be consumed in, Chicag:
and the cities east of the Alleg
henies and north of the Potoma:
river. A marked Increase in mut
ton and lamb, therefore, woul ;
tend to displace an equal amount
of other meats. . It should b
noted, however, that per capita
Consumption of mutton and
lamb is only about six pound:;
while per capita consumption o?
beef, and of pork (including lard)
each are about 10 tiniAs as large.
: Butchers in country towns un
questionably, could butcher . a
sheep or lamb when the slaughter
and local sale of beef would seem
uncertain of profit. It, la .large."
their own fault fhat more shecj
are not so slaughtered. .
Twenty Places Were VisIteJ
and Inspected on a Trip
Lasting Two Days
OREGON AGRICULTURAL
COLLEGE, Corvallis, Ore., Aug. 1.
Oregon Shropshire breeders
ha vje completed a two day tour on
which . 20 breeders in Denton,
Linn and Marion counties were
visited. . F. A. Doerfler of Silver
ton, president of the association,
conducted the tour. ,The mtlz
object was to establish better ac
quaintance among the breeders
and study the different types of
sheep kept by the farmers visited.
O. kelson, professor ot animal
husbandry at O. A. C, accom
panied the group and conducte
judglng demonstrations. This is
the first trip by the Shropshire as
sociation, and it proved such
success socially as well as educa
tionally, say the officers, that it
is quite sure to be made an an
nual event. .
Singing Frogs Again on -Sale
in Stores of Tc!
TOKIO. Aug. l.The shops '
Japan are this month offering f
sate the Kajlka, or "singing fro:
the harbinger, of the rainy se
son., The animals are selling rea
Hy. although the prices ran:
from: one to 10. yen whereas
few Tears ago they could ( 1
bought for a few sen.! Hut
everything else it' is a ques'uc
of supply and demand, and v'a!'.
the gatherers find the frogs bird
er; to get, the number of purca
ers has Increased. '
The frog will sing for hours at
a time and a couple of flies a dy
is all he wants In the way
nourishment.
OB
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