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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 13, 1923)
.THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM; OREGON ? - ' TTTTTTCT A V HTrTXTTXTr TPrtprntit nnn J . m a m. m m a-a i m - i i w i m & v i ii.i . n. iwi r n fi . a - v i r . r-m V F T RFI FKC FJIfl RIIIIH AS Wi . I'll i wiuiibkiuuiiiiuiu uuunnu iil LITTLE DREAMED OF A FEW VEARS AGO . - - i . That Is What J. D. Mtdkle Says of Our Dairy Industry, and He Speaks as One Having AuthorityHe Is Oregon Dairy and Food 'Commissioner! and One of the Best Posted Men and Most Competent Experts in This Field in the Whole Country -We Must Market QuaHty Butter 7- .V Editor Statesman: , " Three years ago I laid down the work of the office of state dairy and : food commissioner, -voluntarily. Eight years of service prov- ed the fact to me that a public r trust and the attendant work such as that office imposed was not a "soft snap." I had a small part. as a member of the State Dairy association. In bringing Mr. Haw ley intoj the work. I hare never ; regretted either action. During the period occupied ' by Mr. Hawley the work has been car ried forward In a progressive and forceful manner, although, for the past year, he labored under a ser? ious handicap in the way cf a re duced appropriation which meant a corresponding reduction in .the way of field servtce. Mr, Hawley was a friend to the office when a senator from Polk county long be- fore he had any idea of ever oc cupying the position. I was. his friend after I gave up the work. I accompanied him on several of bis inspection trips and cava 'many' addresses on the Yalue of Dairy products in the Human Diet. -., , JIajor Industry of State I am taking up the work again knowing, full well the duties of the office and the task that lies ihead. In other words, I have a vision jot the future of the dairy industry of Oregon and have felt that. I would like to have a part in some of the constructive work which I believe Is going to be put into effect and which L hope will elevate. and advance this Industry until It becomes the major indus try of Oregon. For years numerous persons, have been", advocating more dairying In Oregon. Not withstanding that fact ; we have witnessed the Industry advance and then decline. But in recent years it would seem that the test ing time has come for all branches of agriculture, and through it all the dairy cow has stood out su preme as the anchor that guaran tees steadfastness and stability. Cereals have had their rise and fall, fruits have eone through a like , testing, but the survival of the fittest has proven that the doctrine of dairying in Oregon is sound doctrine. So today we find "business men," bankers', presidents and secretaries of chambers of commerce, presidents of trade or ganizations, educators, and those interested " in the country's wel fare, all talking the language of dairying, boosting the dairy cow ... and the Industry. Therefore, I believe that a future lies ahead of this state SUCH AS WE LITTLE DREAMED OP a few years ago; provided, however, that we all 'put our shoulders to the wheel" 'and put the proper program into lefrect. In adopting that program Ithere are some fundamentals that we must 'consider. In the ' first 'place, Oregon is already producing more butter, cheese and condensed milk than is consumed at home, r That means if we increase our in- dustry we are going to Increase our 'export of .these products, and 'it also means that we will have ' to compete with the wiprld in the sale of those products. Right ' here we should stop and recognize the fact that if this be true, and i It is true, we are compelled there fore whether we so desire or not. to go to market with desirable and marketable products. Insofar as condensed milk and a part of our export cheese Is concerned, that perhaps Is already being -taken , care of. The reputation of Till amook cheese has been established in markets outside of Oregon, up on the basis of quality; quality secured through farm inspection, factory inspection , and factory se lection; but when we speak of but ter we cannot boast of any such : record. :" ... :... i Mast. Bend Quality Batter California absorbs a , large quantity of our surplus butter, yet on the California market we are far below the home product of that l state, and the reputation of Ore i gon' butter in San Francisco and Write Me About Your Case TF you will write' me about ,t your condition, I will send you my FREE illustrated book which tells many things about Piles and other rectaltroub fcs which YOU should know. K also explains my non-surgical treatment which, without pairvor confinement, is GUARANTEED to cure your Piles or fee refunded. It also lists hundreds of former patients, both men and women, who testify as to my skllL Vr CHKSJ. DEAN, M.D 230 MCJUISCtf POTTUJO.CItZCCN Mf N I I T M I "! -. K C H WHIT INO Los Angeles exchanges is not an enviable one. Ask any man who is acquainted with the quality of our export : product and . the way it is received by those markets and he will usually substantiate what I have said. Therefore, if we In tend to increase our export sur plus it is simply a part of wis dom that we begin now to pay some attention to the quality that we intend to export in the future. Cream grading has been talked In Oregon for the last six years to my knowledge, yet out of all of the talk there has never come an acceptable plan. The competitive system of buying, and up to this time we have never been able to harmonize these - conflicting dif ferences. But right now there seems to be a determined desfre to put our industry upon a better footing and men of influence are beginning to see that it is the height of folly to entertain any proposition intended to increase the industry ' which at the same time does not contemplate quality in dairy products such as we have never had before in this state. . Must Begin With Farnier Cream grading must begin with, the farmer. ; Stored up in the ud der of a healthy cow is milk and butter in crude form that is ster ile in quality Insofar as harmful bacteria are concerned, but thous ands upon thousands of gallons of milk and cream are being de livered to plants in this state from which it is impossible to make a first class article of the finished product.; So somewhere between the udder of the cow and the crea mery one of the best foods known to man has. become so contamin ated ; with harmful bacteria that only a second grade article can be manufactured Trom it. It would seem on. the face of the matter that 1 to allow this to continue is the height of foolishness and it would also seem that it would be a matter very easy to correct. However, such is. not the case. Habits formed through years of practice are not easily corrected; weir established trade practices give way very slowly for new ones unless there is an incentive of in trinsic value Drought to bear to change . them. I am hoping that in the next year or so such an in centive will be found .as will in duce every dairy farmer In Oregon who has not been delivering first class cream to his creamery to see to it that henceforth nothing but an A Number One product is de livered by him. 1 am of the opin ion 1 that a good many dairymen would resent being told that their cream is not first class. X am not setting out to throw any such" red cloth in their faces at the present time, i j Quotes High Authority Professor Orla Jensen, Danish delegate to the World Dairy con gress, and who toured Oregon, addressed i some officers and friends of the Oregon Dairy Coun cil,! and , upon that occasion re marked upon our wonderful dairy possibilities, the wonderful rec ords of some of our cows, our cli matic conditions, at the same time he could not refrain from critlcis ins the Quality of our butter. Be that as it, may, the fact remains that the quality of . the butter in Oregon must be improved upon. Therefore, if we set. our hands to that task let us go about it in the right way; let us be careful not to destroy any of the good work that has already been done, but rather wo should build construc tively. ; , , The dairy farmer Is just as quick to respond to anything that comes . to his advantage as any other mail. So if the plan-that is eventually adopted places a prem ium upon quality goods I feel as sured that the farmer will bring quality goods to market. Have Good Creamery Plants The great majority of creamery plants have equipment that is not excelled in any other state. Our bnttermakers, as a whole, will compare quite favorably as. skill ful .workmen with those of any other state. That part of the pro granu needs but little attention. Our system of marketing dairy products ; in Oregon, especially butter, is not what it should be. At the present time we do not need any more creameries. There is not a section of the state, unless it be some central Oregon point, that Is not over served with man ufacturing plants at the present time. In some towns we can find two and three . manufacturing plants, .likewise a duplication of cream shipping stations, all tend ing to increase the cost, of mar keting through an excessive dupli cation of overhead. I have no hope that we will ever eliminate all duplication, but I do feel that there is room for a heavy reduo tion of overhead in the nature of eliminating some of bur surplus plants. : For instance, why should a dairy farmer of any community be asked to carry the ' overhead of three creameries ; where one creamery would take care of more of the raw product ' than there is produced in that particular locali- Why .should the farmer be 'I two and sometimes three cream shipping stations . withtn a 'few blocks of ach "other when one station .will adequately answer every purpose? I know that in this country every man has a right to conduct a business who desires to do so, but I am hoping for the day to come when the rural producers of dairy products will awaken to the fact that they are bearing the burden of these excesses and that they ' will set about to correct them. ' Hits Substitutes Manufacturers ,. Furthermore, I am hopeful of seeing the day when rural pro ducers of dairy products will wake up to the fact that; they can no longer afford to allow their prod ucts to go into the hands of those who are manufacturing or dispens ing substitutes' for their products when such substitutes are used to manipulate the markets to a de cided disadvantage of good, holi est, wholesome Oregon butter. I believe it Is the height 4 of folly for the dairymen of Oregon to al low the situation to prevail where in substitute manufacturers' have acquired such power in their con- of butter to where the consump tion thereof is curtailed in, order that they ', may. have the oppor tunity to shove the substitute be fore the consumer in such "a war that the- variation in price, will tempt him into the use thereof, regardless, of the fact that,, the substitute product is inferior from a food standpoint. ' I have spoken frankly, perhaps forcibly on this mattr with Jhe hope in view that the reader there of will not only become conscious of the fact that he has a duty to perform for himself, but that be will also not neglect to do hir. part to -protect himself and his industry with his ballot at the next election, i There Is Work Ahead There are many other things that might be said bearing on the reconstruction period, looking ahead. The cow testing associa tion has not reached its zenith nor has there anything emanated from it that should cause It to show decline; the purebred sirp campaign has not,' yet been tried out in this state; in the eradica tion of tuberculosis we stand out in the lead with the leading states trol that they can boost the price of the country; in the control of contagious abortion we have as much light as has' been 'brought to bear in any other place, but we must' not let this work stop. That problem has not yet been solved; at the present time we are gain ing light upon it, but we want and must'haye the full light until-the scourge is within our control. The office of dairy and food commissioner also carries within its scope the enforcement of the food laws. Their enforcement is very important, but often times brings grief and criticism to the enforcing official. That part of the work is distasteful to me, but regardless of that I shall not "side-step" those obligations. At the same time I feel that the great work ahead of this office lies in giving a helping hand toward put ting over the future program which will tend to make dairying the great, substantial, major in dustry of this state. Therefore, having this vision I wanted a part in the work. Governor' Pierce saw fit to give me the appointment, and I wish to say to tha dairymen of Oregon that I am here to help build and help encourage and carry forward this great work until we " shall again see the state of Oregon com ing; into her own. ,"T " . .' J,- D..MICKL.E. Dairy and Food Commissioner. Portland, Or., Dec. 11, 1923. Room 508 Worcester Building. H COW BOUGHT TIE WHOLE FARM One of the Truly Great Stor ies in Development of Dairy Industry Here . (The following dispatch that is going the rounds of the press is In the main true; though the partic ulars would make the story still more interesting around them might be woven a real dairy- in dustry romance. Being of a pri vate nature, the writer does, not feel at liberty to give the par ticulars: ) , CORVALLIS. Dec. C Oregon's dairy history boasts one of 'the truly great stories in the develop ment of this industry in America, with the true tale of how two brothers started with nothing in the way of a herd and developed this . into a . herd holding six world's records for the Jersey breed, "and how one . cow in. that herd paid for the entire place. : Ovid and Elza Pickard, owners of Darling's Jolly Lassie and Vive La France, furnish the basis of this tale of construction. Some 40. years ago Ovid left Eugene with SO cents in his pocket and a burning ambition to own his own dairy herd and secured work. on a Marion county farm after a fifty-six mile walk. . ; During 1-Js spare time he studied Jersey, cattle and later went . into business for" himself, with his brother. They gave a note for $21,000 to the bank, and when Vive LaFrance had been developed into Oregon's first world's cham pion and an offer of $30,600 for the animal was - made,- Pickard planned to sell at once. When ; the "banker who held the note was told of this his question was: "Why. going out of the bus iness V' "o, Just starting." an swered Pickard, "but I owe you $21,000 and I want to pay it." "Better wait until I. ask for it," answered the banker, "and keen the cow for a while." The wisdom of this advice was shown when in a few years time the calves of Vive LaFrance mora than paid for the farm in salo returns. Faith is not dead. An Arkan sas woman said she found her, husband dead in bed, an thed cor oner didn't even look for the LuN let hole. Another popular indoor sporj at this season is hinting. Plant Grafted Walnuts We have them one of the beat blocks of Franquettes in the state ' correctly propagated and hand led. These are money-makers; they will work foryou and soon pay dividends. .Also plant fil berts the quickest cropper we havo -hardy and dependable. Nuts are staples nothing better. We have anything wanted, apple pear, sherry, prune, etc. WE SAVE YOU MONEY WE SUP PLY THE BEST. Our 84 years in business is behind our products. Send for information and prices. Carlton Nursery Co. ; Carlton, Oregon . 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J... $L89 Ladies' Munsing wool union suits - $2.49 Ladies' and Misses' heather hose, pair 69c Ladies' full fashion silk hosiery, a real $2.50 val Ladies' percale bungalow house aprons, Special at $1.89 69c Fine large plaidV Blank.cts $3.49 Fluify Comforters, worth 2 BA$EMENT Big table fancy ; China ware AO choice , JlOC Hand painted cups and saucers, set of 6 ...?.. $1.48 Cups and saucers, neat designs how at ... Nemo Cbrseis Values to $7.00, $3.95 Extr Special ; ; v The greatest Bapga Ladies beautifully trimmed Jap Crepe or black sateen Cl fiQ bungalow aprons ............. ...v 1 U5I . . .... i s . . r. -. Ladies velvet Hats, values to $5 . $1.85 Ladies' Beaver Hats, black AO brown or grey ...:.... .)4il70 All Ladies' Pattern Hats in the store values up to $10, Now go at . $4.95 Fe in Offer in the Willamette Va!! GV