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THE OREGON STATESMAN. SALEM, OREGON DIVERSITY EDITION FEBRUARY, 1924 3 JERSEY CATTLE LEAD Three Gold Medal Bulls Head Willamette Powell, Mountain View Farm and McKec Harry D. Iliff wli 1th a herd averae of annrov. Jmlitely 700 pounds of butterfat a year, the Jerseys owned by Harry D. Iliff,! Independence, Ore gon, occupies fa enviable position among tho Jersey circles. This average is computed at an aver age age of three years and three months. Included lit this lot is St. Mawes Lad's Lady, 329 pounds fat. This is the world's record in its class. She Etartet! on this . record before two years of ae. Mr; Iliff' also has St. Mawes Lad's Ruby, with a record of 708 pounds of fat, this ranking third lu the senior yearling class; and St. Mawes Lad's Pride, 670 pounds, holding; fourth place in the senior three-year-old class. Out of the ten highest senior yearling Jerseys in the world. Mr. Iliff owns four of them, including the world's champion. Who Bays that a man in mod erate means caruiot own and de velop good cattle? The above in stance is but ; one of many to yrove that this can be done. Mr. and Mrs. Iliff own a valuable farm about two miles south of In dependence, on the main road. They.. have .... good, comfortable buildings a modern house and a commodious barn ,but nothing elaborate. The ccw and the hen have done it. In addition to their herd of Jerseys they keep a flock of chicken, and the Jerseys and thickens have been t furnishing the means of Improving the place and making a living jfor the family. . A. few i years ( ago they had a nice little herd of grade Jerseys, but realizing that the possibili ties were more" limited with them than they would be with the pure Lreds, they started to gradually dispose of the grades and to re place them with registered cattle. The majority of the foundation rtock is of Rinda Lad of S. B. Breeding. They also have a num ber! of daughters of St. Mawes Laa. They purchased some of these daughters from G. C. Hewitt and soon after St. Mawes Lad had been purchased by S. J. McKee, they used St. Mawes Lad ir, their herd. Mr. Iliff later secured The Moari. a bull richly .bred in the St. Mawes family,. and much of his young stpff was sired by this bull. He was shown in 1922 at the Ore iron State fair, winning grand champion, so It will be seen that they are! developing their herd along the lines of "type and pro duction" that is so .desired by all treeders. 1 MEADOW VIEW JERSEY FARM .r '-i , HOME OF 1 Gold Medal Show Winners This herd has been distinguished as having many medal production records and these same cattle vriiminr repeated ly in the show ring, one. of Gur.covys having won grand championship on both coasts (Hartford Connecticut 1917, and Oregdn State Fair 1921) and qualified-for a gold medal recprd.' A group of our nteddT production cows won first priie as dairy herd .at the. pacific International and Oregon State Fair. r ' If you want to seeure both type and production, secure foundation Jerseys from this farm: : MEADOW t VIEW JERSEY FARM j. Turner, Oregon Farm 1L miles west of Turner. ORCHARD FARM HOMK REGISTER OF MERIT JERSEYS St. Mawes-Rosaire Olga Lad Blood Lines The combination of these two est producing of the breed; - t Herd headed by Owendola Oertles Poppy's .St. Mawes and . out of Gwendola Rosaire. II. of M. record, 919 pounds butterfat, the highest producing daughter of Rosaire Olga Lad. I Cows in herd Include the Cold Medal cow. Poppy's Olga, 794 pounds butterfat, and other high-record cows. Special ''A young bull just ready for service, dam. Poppy's Olga; sire, Gwendolas Poppy's St. Mawes. This bull Is of dosirablo con formation and well bred enough to lioud any, herd. Write for details. ,. . - - P. O. POWELL.& SON, Monmouth, Ore. Meadow! View Jerseys One of the leading herd3 or Jerseys in tie United States Is owned near! Turner, Oregon, on the Meadow) View Jersey farm. The foundation for this herd was brought from Connecticut early in the year 1921. The Noble of Oak land blood! predominates as a (foundation. J Five daughters of Tiddledy Vt'inks Noble were in cluded in the shipment from Con necticut toj their new Oregon home. Th4 foundation sire. Tid . ! f ' i 3" . JP' 0 " j Lady TicUllcdywhik, a 038-lb. lluttcrfat Jersey of Mea.low View dledy Winks Noble, has only eight tested daughters. He died before any extensive use of him had been made. Yet with the handicap of orily a I few daughters, these daughters have qualified him for both silvjer and gold medals. Of the daughters that came to Ore gon, tout have won gold and four silver medals. These medal cows are: all jerreat show cows, one of them hiving won grand cham pionship) at the Oregon State fair, 1921, and at the same time was qualifying for gold medal. This group of medal cows also won first priie dairy herd at the Ore gon State fair and Pacific Inter national; Two of the medal rec ords were made during the year of the fross continental travel, and they were in the show herd that year. The cow. Lady Tid dledy Winks, whose picture is shown here, was also shown at Hartford, Conn., in 1917, winning junior ichampionship and then again winning grand champion ship at the Oregon State fair in 192T. She has a gold medal rec ord of 728.04 pounds, and also a Salem 'phone li'lV-i OF families have proven the high - t 1 s Poppy s St. Mawes. sired by For Sale THE WORLD Valley Herds Iliff, Have World Winners silver medal record of 638. 1G pounds, made as junior four year old. Another one of the great cows In their herd is Allena's Noble Lassie, with a gold medal record of 717.66. One of her sons was sold for $1000 to head one of the noted herds in cattle dom. Lassie also holds a class AAA record of 673.75 pounds. Another one of their cows holds a sold and silver medal record of 742.91 pounds, made as a four year old and a class AAA record of 532.61 pounds as a three year old. From the standpoint of high production and show quality, this is one ot the outstanding herds. S. J. McKee We often wonder how many people realize that some of the greatest Jerseys in the world are owned right here at our very doors. It has become too easy for cne to sav that ha th Kot horse, sow or pig when really he ... does not intend to be taken serl- j in pedigrees, feeding and the ously. These remarks are made j science of breeding. The selling is so often that there is a tendency largely under the direction of. the to discredit a statement made that ! father, P. O. Powell, who has a "we have the best cow" when this j large acquaintance among the far statement is really based on facts. ! mers throughout the state ot. ae The little herd of purebred Jer-1 count of his activity in public seys owned by S. J pendence, Oregon, McKee, Inde 'contains a number of high record cows. Among them is one cow. Lad's Iota, with a record of 104 S pounds of fat. She held the world's rec ord for Jerseys for butterfat for several months. She was later defeated, and the championship of the world Is now held by Darl ing's Jolly Lassie, owned by Pick erd Bros., Marion, Oregon. Lad s Iota was sired by Ilinda Lad of S. B., who is one of the three medal merit bulls in the world. A bull designated as a medal of mer it bull fs a bull who has sired three daughters from separate (iams that have each produced 8 50 pounds of fat or more within twelve months and have carried a j f S tlie' moved to the Monmouth living calf 155 days during test, neighborhood to engage in farm Kinda Lad of S. B. and IIolcar',n' and chose the breeding of are full brothers. Each of these bulls have daughters whose per formance has qualified them for medal of merit records. These two bulls and one other that was cwned in the far east are the only three bulls that have ever quali tied for such honors, so it car. be seen that the exceptional perform ance of McKee's herd is not a mere ..accident. They have been bred for it. Mr. McKee is an ex-' pert dairyman. Several years ago he had a herd of grade Jerseys. He developed them until they were outstanding good ones, but he realized that he cbuld not ob tain hi3 ambitions with the grade cattle, so held an auction sale and cMsposed of the grades and pro ceeded to buy purebred cattle. In! fact, he had a number of pure-j hrpdJ hpfnro Ihn cv,lo Tka mill. I ity of his grade herd can best be j illustrated by reciting the fact j that one of his two-year-old grade! heifers sold at auction for J2C2.50. ! in addition to Lad s Iota, he has a number of other exception ally high record cows. Among them are Lad's Little Pauline, SJ41.59 pounds fat, class AA: Retty's Lady Fern. pounds fat, class AA; and Le Pelle's Girl. JI01 pounds fat, cla:ss AA. Class A A indicates that the cows car ried a living calf . at least 15 days during test. His herd bull is St. Mawes Lad, and he is a t;old medal bull. A gol 1 medal bull is defined as a Jersey bull who- has sired at least three daughters from ssparate dams, each having produced 700 poui.ds or more of iat and having carried a living calf the required time. St. Mawes I.ad is the only bull in the world: who has qualif ied for a gold me- dal with his daughters on test: witn their first calves. The McKee farm' is abont three miles south and one mile east of! Independence. The above facts prove that he has one of the greatest herds of Jerseys in the world. Now, the interesting' part of it is that certain conditions have,come up1 that makes the dis bursal of this herd necessary. They will be sold at auction at sonic date early in June. Never btfore has there betn a cow with the , record of a thousand pounds or more been offered at auction; In fact, there are only a few of' them in the world. This sale will include this preut ex-world record cow, the gold medal bull, and u number of medal ot merit cows nud th? offsprh. from this, com bination. Certainly this is the op portunity for the breeders of the world to secure some proven breeding stock. P. O. Powell The Orchard Farm lies some four or five miles northwest, of Monmouth and is owned by P. O. Powell. As the name implies, tae orchard occupies a iait of the farm. The balance of the place is used largely in connection with the raising and maii.taining of a fine dairy herd of purebred Jer seys. The. foundation for this herd is largely St. Mawes Ros sire's Olga Lad breeding. Among the foundation cows is Poppy's Ol ga. She is one of t he Kold metal daughters of Poppy's St. .Mawes. She has bcveral records, among them beiiif; the gold medal record of 7!'0.20 pounds of fat made at the ago of five years uni six mouths. She carries 50 jer cet.t the blood of St. Mawes Olaf Lad and 25 per cent the blood of St. Mawes. Their senior herd bull is also of Rosarie s OU'a Lad St. Mawes blood lines, and they are now using a son of Poppy's Ola, sired by the senior herd bull as a junior herd sire. This will result in an ideally line bred herd. They have done a roi.siderable amount of official testing on their farm, and most of their cows have creditible 11. of M. records. Most of the care and direction in the breeding and feeding is handled by a sen. Frank Braxton, who is a graduate of the Oretroi. Aricul- I tural College, and is well informed work, he at one time being a mom be r of the legislature from Polk county. lie i3 now serving his tenth year as master of the Polk county Grange and has served as president ot the farm bureau from the time it was organized. As a family, they are most progressive and have high ideals they want to work to help with the advance ment of the farm industry, and-for better livestock and letter farnv conditions. Parker Bros. One of the breeding establish ments of more recent origin is that owned by Parker P.ros., Mon mouth, Oregon. A very few years Jersey cattle as their specialty. At that tir.e they were not experts in this work, but they certainly made a mighty good start, as one of the first cows they purchased was t. Alaw?s Majesty Hess, she of Pop py St. Mawes origin on r.tr sires side. She had a creditable 11: of M. record when she was purchased from McArthur and Stauff, and i was again' placed on test and made a world class record in the "05 day division. This record has since been defeated. They hove a number of excellent cows and I heir herd sire is from Ilelma of Ashwood. the !(KJ pound daughter of Holger. With this combina tion it will be seen that they vil soon have one of the leading herdb in the valley Production with , FranlcLoudiarV & Son I One of the pioneer herds of Jer- seys in the Willamette valley is 'hat owned by Frank Ixmghury. Monmouth. 'Oregon. Jersvys? from the Luckiamute Farm, have played an .important part in the founda tion for many of the more recent herds. They were recognized as one of the best from tho stand point of cream returns. Thlsr.was before the davs of official testing and rejtwter of merit records. Tat tle from this herd have been shown from time to time at tho leading shows in the Northwest, always well up in the winning if 3? wvn if ; ?i "A F:':'"r.... ' ;..'74-.."t.l,1..'sl i Mr. and Mrs. Powell and "Friend" i Lot at the top. As time went on, Robison Dairy Farm One f th most thoroughly eo,uipp3d iu.d highest developed of the many dairy and orchard farms ia Willamette valley is the Perry Orchary Farm, on the high-1 way nine mil9 west of' Salem and six mites east of Dallas, owned I St. Mawes of Rickreall. The St. and operated by S. H. Robinson- i Mawes strain is 'one of the most The farm, consisting of "390 admirable in the -country and ha; acres with approximately 300 i among its members world record acres in cultivation, 'has sulficier.i i producers. rinrty two purebred timber and pastures o meet the Jersey are now on the farm and needs of siuh a place for niant Jiis fall will find some of 'he rii years.. The raiding of oat hay, i ( ft f-present itives on the market, vetch, wheat, x:orn, kale and beets! but plans for larger barns will Mve a diversity of stock feed. I take can? of several head more. Practically all of the work In the fields is dene by motor tractor power and the two men employed the year around, besides the home help, llonies of the most' modern tpe are furnished the families ol j View o liabison Dairy Ham The' Cows Appreciate n Good Home employes, av.d cvetv thing is done1 ncrs and producers. that will m.ike life on the farm' Not alone are jersey cattle ex ! an endless suecpseion of interest- ' plotted but registered Cotswold ing an: enjoyable features, sueep. pureoreci murik vumu The farirf house of seventeen white leehorn chickens, and pure rooms is comparable to that of ; bred turkeys are raisetL Mr. Rob- any city home from the point of modernism. Beautiful yards and exterior culture make for the home an ideal settii.g. But no dairy 'farmer neglects his barn, and the one located on the Perry place is one to be ad mired. It is thoroughly equipped with the J;:mes AY ay burn equip ment which means the best there is. Automatic watering places, built in silos, convejiiei.t litter cars, ideal stall arrangement and other features add to the wonder of the place. A -veil drilled a I THE PRESENT IS THE PROPER TIME TO EXPAND IN DIVERSIFIED FARMING Editor Statesman: . In. my opinion the present is the proper time to expand' in diversi fied farming. In the yearly pion eer days, we had to raise stock, j grain, or something that was not ! perishable for transportation was siow and difficult and the markets for surplus products distant. Now we have fully demonstrated the fact that western Oregon's favor able climatic conditions and her varied soils insure ' prolific crops, adapted t such soils. Our high ways, canneries, motors, insure speedy and safe transportation of out pioducts. Our rapidly 'grow ing population, if properly utilized can succeed in harvesting those crops and thereby give a margin to the farmers, wages to the labor er, and an uplift to our great state. The ehain of diversified crops should be rotary us to the annual products, with the view of retaining the fertility of the soils. Clover fields may be next planted j to potatoes or corn, followed by wheat, then oats, then lovt r for two ye:ris, for .seed or hay,-and so on. Permanent crops as orchards berrieu and hops, should be fcrown so as to follow in a chain of har vest work. Gposeberries followed by si raw berries, then loganberries raspberries, peaches, pears. pl'i:us. evergreen blackberries, h o p s . prunes for the j. otatoe.;. mak drier, apples, and a fairly complete chain of harvesting industries, in cludin? the hay and -grain crop. Care should be taken to. have the harvest crops requiring' the gjeat- I est number of hands to be on, us T.vp They Hanl in llanil on th 1 by. ' by correct matins: and proper !- opnv.T.t, this herd hu main tained an enviable position. -in thy Jersey world, and in later, years many of 11. of M. records have ! been niMde. Today, Ivan Lortharv, im: of the sous. Is actually in charge of the farm, while, Mr. and -Mrs. Ioushiry ha.ve moved to Corvatlia in order tn make it mure conven ient for Frank Jr., to attend the O. A. Ivan JiavinK pradu-ited Troin the O. A. C. a fnv years ago. returning k9 the farm after ftraduatiHC." The herd now l'tun bers ovor CO head and contains a l; umber of daughters of Uinrta LaJ of S. B.,,tli? medal ot merit bull I the barn and a heating plant buil 1 1 .1.. IU nilU u I'ttil ul i itxs unlit ptuiri 'furnishes ideal cream and milk loom. llut withal, one of the real features and the base upon which the success depends is the famous) purebred Jersey herd headed byl Informat.'on concerning the famous St. Ma-wes strain will be lurnished upon request. It may be stated here also that this blood Ftrain has been a money line of the highest type both as ring win- SI. inson says that "the bevt is no more expensive than the wtvst. i'; the long run." It's a good pOtiv and its adoption by many of the Willamette valley farmers has had much to do with establishing the records that tbe valley claims lor the best in the world. As a whole diversity of crop and produce is exemplified to a hiuh degree on the farm. In the orchard will be found walnut, fil bert, cherry, apple and prui.e trees. This farm is truly one far as possible, during the vaca tion of schools and other help from our cities and towns. Right here I may say that at this highly important period of harvest work, when such all im portant crops as hops, prunes blackberries and other fruits: about the first of September there should be a hearty cooperation be tween such farms and our large cities and towns, to not desert the fanner in this all important sea son, that his crops may not per ish, and his hopes and efforts be blighted. A dairy of some size should be maintained. It. is a daily resource.; Hogs are scavengers of all by-pro- j ducts, besides they destroy insects, j mice a.nd other pests, and should be retained. Shaep and goats j lurnish bi-annual returns of wool. I kids or lambs, and are gleaners of waste lands and fertilizers-ot sou. The farmer's chances for float ing over riffles of disappointing crops, in my opinion, is much bet ter under lines of diversified farm ing than otherwise. Win. II. Egan, Gervais, Felj. 15. (Personal to the editor:. That I may be more fully under stood, I submit a brief list oFthe chain -of industries we consider practicil with us. W. H.(E. Acreage of Mountain View farm and old home Marion county farm 510 acres. Other land form ed 140 seres. Livestock Horses, 14: cows, heifers, etc.. 20; sheep and goats, 50: hogs, all, sizes, 50 to 100: poultry. -JO0. Si IxniKhHiy Farm and St Mawes I.ad. a sold medal i, -. if-- 1 t w .... a 1 1 bull. Their present herd sire is a : orations are his sons, A. J. and full brother of St. Mawes P.oise ; Homer V. Kgati. Their letter Hosaire, the, $.1(mi cow, and is of j head reads: ' "Mountain View St. .Mawes Olsa Lad breeding. Farm of Marion county, Oregon. Certain conditions recently that makes have arisen it desirable I hat t'.i? en'iie herd be disbursed. They will hold at auction on the home 13 rm seme time early in June, the eaet date to be made known later. This will permit an excellent opportunity for (hose in tt rested in Jerseys to secure the result of a generation of careful breeding and-development.. From standpoint of production audiEsan serve! his country th. dcsiralfln conlormatioit this herd ia anions the bebt, , Deny Orchard Farm S. H. ROBISON Breeder of Registered Jerseys Poppy St. Mawes Strain Registered Cotswold Sheep i Single Comb White Phono : Dallas CX43 !l v II Luckiamute Jerseys ' To Be Dispersed Early in June Date to be announced later Daughters of Rinda Lad of S. B. A Medal of Merit Sire The largest group of daughters of a Medal of Merit Sire ever offered at auction All Medal Wiuuers ' " . also 5 - ty, Daughters of St. Mawes Lad He a "World's Record Site Entire li rsal 1". s. ACCREDITED HERD Frank Loughary & SUNNY LEA FARM J ex SHOW QUALITY R. OF M. RECORDS Home of Sk Mawes Lad's Lad 829 lbs. fat world's, record senior yearling and other high record producers. Herd headed by The Maori, grand champion, Oregon . State Fair 1822, rich in the blood of ' St. Mawes and other producing families. r , A young bull from this herd would be a guarantee that your future herd would be profitable producers of de sirable conformation. , . Visitors welcome at the farm, two miles south of Independence HARRY D. ILIFF Independence, Oregon Hops, GO arces. in Marion coun ty. Put j toes. 20. acres; corn, . 20 acres; cabbaj:t 1 4 acres; kale, C Vi ai res. Wbuat, cats and hay about 230 acres. Fruit I'eyflH'8. pears, prunes, pluriifi, apples', 40 acres. Berries - tloosobcrrios, straw- i btrries. lormiH, blackberries, ever- j green, 40 u res plus. 1 -WM. II. K. (Win. II. K;an. the writer of the above, is one of the best qual ified men in the Salem district to speak upon the subject of the ex pansion of diversified farming I here. He has done it and Is doing 1 it. Associated with him in his op- I Win. II. Ean & Sons, Proprietor!. i ti rowers ot uivvsicck, nops. vege tables. Grain. Fruit and Uerrles. Postoflue Address, Oervais. Ore gon, Uoute 2; Telephone CF11.' Mr, Egan was formerly county clerk of Marion county, and he has-for many years been a leadins iisure Jn all the activities looking to thet upbuildin: and welfare of this part of Oregon. Homer W. HI the the air service in t rance during VforlU War. lid.) Leghorn Chickens RICKREALL, OREGON No reservations : n Sen, Monmouth, Ore. s ey s Mountain - View Farm General Farm Crops Sellers of Livestock, Fruit, Potatoes and other farm crops Visitors welcome at the farm, S ! miles north of Salem ou the Saleni-Chatupoes road. AVM. II. EGAN & SONS K. F. I). 2, Gir.ais,;Orc. 'r, to It sa . nn. a 13 r- '3 1.i r P d r. k r. 0 a t t 17 ), : tt 7.:". J