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LITTLE DREAMED OF A FEW VEARS AGO
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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
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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. :" ... :...
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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
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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,
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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.
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