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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (July 10, 1924)
"H w ifw W .y.iy L1y .y ..y. - ay ggn y jHiyny 'ifTf""ii n i 'M y--gr''"r"''r''Hr"' "f"i- aj y-y. y y ay "y ' 8. ; , THE OREGON STATESMAN, gALEM, OREGON " , ' , , ' - THURSDAY MORNINGJULY'lO,-1924 - 1 -4 , ( J M I SELLING. SALEM DISTRICT Wcwai: Give Our Beet Efforts W. W. ROSEBRAUGH CO. Foundry and Machine Shop 17th & Oak Sts., Salem. Or. ; . Phone 886 W Ar Oat After Tw MUUena W arc bow paring err thr qaartr of million-dollar a. year o tt 4iryBa o( thit lectio a for milk. s , "Marion Butter" r is the Best Butter , . More Cows' and Better Cows r is the crying need ; MARION CREAMERY & PRODUCE CO. Salem, Ore. ; Phone 2488 DEHYDRATED and CANNED FRUITS and VEGETABLES OREGON Kings FoodlProducts Company aaiem Portland Our Idaal:. .... 7 .Our Mftho4 ;ThaBeat .OaJy" Cooperation Capital Gfy . Co-cperalire Creamery A non prtrlr orranixatioa owned ntirelr the dairrmen. Git '. a a trial.. -7 j. , 24aauaetarr of Batterfnp Butter 0ur Grocer" : nnt Z9 ' 1 " 137 8. Com'l St. GIDEON STOLZ CO. Manufacturers of Dependable Brand ! Lime-Sulphur Solution . The brand; you can depend - 'on for purity and test ' Price upon application Factory near corner of Summer : and Mill St. -.' Salem, Oregon . ! Willamette Vsilev Prune . Association i The oldest Association la the Northwest W. T. JEfJKS ' Secretary and Manager Trade find High Sta. 8ALEM, OREGOX Nelson Bros. Warm? Air Furnaces, plumblns. healing and sheet metal work tin and grarel roofing, general jobbing in tin and. m galvanized ' iron work. , ,"553 Cheraeketa St. Phone 196 1 I DIXIE HEALTH BREAD -Ask- Your Grocer FOR YEARS AND YEARS The Statesman has been supplying the wants of the critical job printing trade Proof poftltire we are printers of worth and merit. , ' : -- -f u H . : ' "7 - - - " ,--!7 ! 1 r Modern equipment ! and; ideas are the ones that get by. , State sman Company Phone 23 or 5SJ 213 S. Cotn'l St. Publishing Demoted; : ' ' and OpDormnities of The Way to Build Is to Patronize Selling Salem District is a Continuation of the Salem Slogan and The Ualies Oregon . - ;f : : SALEM IS THE BEST HOG MARKET IN THE UNITED STATES, SINCE VALLEY PACKING CO. STARTED " ; I . i - - .-. - i t -- . i t H .... i The Local Packing Company Has Doubled Its Capacity the Past Year, and Made Many Improvements, Bring ing Its Equipment and Facilities Right Down to the Minute--Now Has Capicity to Handle 1000 Hogs a Week, Besides Cattle and Sheep Owned By Local Capital, 1 Managed and Onerated bv Enternrisina Sa. . a. -?.: lem Men Here are some of the new things and high lights concerning Sa lem's packing house, bf which erry one here ought to be proud: Has increased the size' of its build ing during the past year 60 per cent, and -doubled its capacity. : Has put in, a new curing room, new hog coolers and new hog killing floor, and a new pork cut ting room. Also large new stor age rooms. "Has provided a com modious new office. j Has put in a most modern and up to date lard and compound refining plant. Some of the ma chinery in this is the first to be brought to this coast. " Has put In! a new by-products plant, and Borne of the machinery in thisr too. is the first to be brought to this coast. The plant is right up to date. It does away with offensive odors.' , A ' new 16-ton ammonia com pressor has been added.' The capital! stock has been In creased from $200,000 to $500, 000. , i - The capacity of the plant is now 1000 hogs a week,, besides cattle and sheep. j . i ... That means1 52.000 hogs a year - some hogs, and that many will before long , be furnished, right here in the Salem distrjet, which will mean that the wine raising industry will have increased here to about ten' times the size it was when this plant began operations. Some growth!:, Best Hog Market In the World The Slogan man has been say. Ing for some years, and proving it. DAIRY Perfectly Pasteurized Milk and, Cream Phone 725 t Butt6r-Nut Bread "The Richer, Finer Loaf" ! CHERRY CITY BAKERY HOTEL BLIGH tOO rooms of Solid Comfort I 4 . -A Home Away From ' ' Home 5 .:'.!..-.. ..." 1 - ii -1 m m am- to Showing Salem District People! the Advantages I Up (Your Home Town Your Home People This campaign of publicity for community upbuilding possible by the advertisements placed on these pages spirnea ousmess men men wnose untiring errorts nave present recognized prosperity and who are ever striving for yet greater progress as the years go by j AND S BEEN i ! - - - - , . that Salem is the best hog market in the , United States, or in the Yorld. : The local . plant . always pays 50 cents a hundred pounds under the Portland price. For in stance. Portland, has; been paying around $8.50 a hundred pounds 'or hogsr of the best . packing weight and kind. The local Back ing plant has been paying around $8 a hundred. But the price in Chicago. Kansas City.v etc., has been around $7 a hundred pounds. i " I A Positive Proof' Here is a positive proof that a half a cent a pound in' Salem un der the Portland price is at' least a quarter of a cent a pound better than the Portland price for our rwine breeders, as the Slogan man has always claimed. Read it: i g Never until Just before the Fourth of July has the local plant eer shipped any hogs to the Port ifnd market. They were over stocked, and some of their people were on vacations, etc., so they sent a car of hogs to Po: tland. They lost $50 on the car. They had to pay freight, yardage, feed, insurance, fees, and commissions six items, which no shipper could avoid, i It would be the same with the farmer. He would ldse money.' : j i: -; i ;i. II Matters of Pride r 71 Salem people are proud of their local packing house, owned ana operated by; the Valley Paeking company, with its plant and offices on the Portland road at the north ern edge of-the city fronting en the Pacific, highway. 1 ; I There are a number of things in this connection of which they are proud and four things espe cially. These are the four: i First It is a very complete and thoroughly equipped plant, and it til owned entirely by local people; so owned and managed. Second its Cascade brand of hams, bacon and lard are as good Ilk quality as the best put up in the United States. 7 j Third This plant enables us to truthfully and pridefully say that Salem is the best hog market in the United States. The prices paid here are all the time the highest! in this country. 7 .1 i ! J! Fourth -it is a growing busi ness. It keeps several iumns ahead of the local supply.' This shows a progressive management. EUg and lii-owing rast1' The Valley Packing : company j has been killing each1 week: 1 450 hogs. -150 sheep. : 75 cattle. 30 .veal. . , . ' . --ii- i They get practically all of their hogs locally, and their other stock, too. The number of hoes fat tened in the Salem district is at least five times what It was when the local packing house began operations. They at first had to get a lot of hogs from as far away as Nebraska, They get a few now In southern Oregon, as far south as Medford but most of them they get right here in the Salem district. They have "made Salem a swine breeding center, and they will make It more so, when their enlarged plant is worked up to capacity, as it will be, before long. 'There are 60 acres in the hold ings. The managers keep adding on yard room as needed. The and Its ' Cities l and Towns Pep and Progress Campaign 4 A view of the Valley Packtns company plant, first unit, taken several years' ago.?'. t "7, appears much enlarged and Improved now, and new photograph vriU be taken sooar '; and a new cut made, when all the finishing touched are put upon the main building : .' with it additions. , ' : 1 -A, ; yards are all paved and connected with j the sewer and are flushed down! often, to keep them sanitary and free from flies. -There is am ple cold storage, and' the plan and all its appliances are modern and first class in every way. I j ; . The Markets I Fresh meat goes from this' plant as far south as Ashland and Klam ath Falls, and to Portland on the north. : There are now local mar kets in Silverton. Dallas and In dependence, belonging to the com panythe - best markets in those cities. The company owns Its buildings and pays taxes in each of these cities. The company de livers meats in its own trucks, all over the local territory, and to Portland. j . The company, employs in and about the plant about 50 people, and the weekly payroll is above $1500. ,. '- The Cascade brand of hams, bacon and lard, put out by the Valley Packing company is sold in the- markets every where right along with the leading brands produced by the,, large packing houses throughout the country. The local concern takes no back seat on quality. ; I i ' . . i ; ' Guaranteed by Government j ' jhe Valley facKing company is government inspected. It is op erated under the supervision of the bureau of industries of the United States department of agri culture. There has all along been maintained at the plant a veteri nary; inspector who has been pro vided with an office there and who inspects all animals as they come in and all meats as they go 6ut. and also supervises the whole plant. as to sanitation, etc. So the whole output is guaranteed as to quality by the United States govf ernment. Lately a second govern ment inspector has been added. The t .two- inspectors are Dr. A. Creeley and Dr. H. L. Muzzy.!. H ; On Fifth Year j Th Valley Packing company commenced operations on January 1. 1920. It has been going! and growing for over four and a half years. The president is F. W. Steusloff; vice-president, W. H. Steusloff; secretary - treasurer, Curtis B. Cross... :".:i.. '!"-v 7 These men, are more than mere stockholders and. managers. They work at the plant.' They take a pride in the product they put, out. They stand for the integrity! and honorable dealing ; of their - com pany. . -'. j , The. Valley : Packing company will never be able to stop grow ing and building. It is in a grow Ing field. .,f : t'" i;7 . i j, - I I Highest Price for Hogs There is a cost connected with the delivery ol hogs to the Port Their Own. Countrv The Surest Way to Get More and Larger Industries Is to Support Those You Have land 'market .from Willamette val ley points of about 75 cents a hun dred pounds, as stated above.7 ; : So the Salem price Is really, al ways above the Portland price; and the Portland . price is , nearly always the highest In the United States. The Salem price, as was stated, is always within 50 cents aj hundred pounds ot the Portland price. ' ' . I '. j So the reader may see that the producers of hogs in the Salem district are favored-in price far above the swine breeders of the Slississippi ; valley states the .so called great corn states. It should be remarked' in pass ing that the Salem district is be coming a greatt corn. district. Ma rion has - taken her place as .the leading corn county in the Pacific Northwest, and Polk . county is not far behind; neither is Yamhill, Linn or Clackamas, j Our growing swine industry is helping to. boost corn growing here. 7 7.7 ; And it is helping the dairying and poultry industries, too, and directly and Indirectly aiding in the growth and business prosperi ty oft the city and country in many ways. jj' - , f . j Our people can show their ap preciation of this great and grow ing plant by always boosting the Cascade brand and by helping In putting over the slogan, "Patron ize home industry." j Perhaps time really is money. Anyway, time Is all some friends spend. : I WILL LOCATE HERE Has Gome "From West Vir- rrinia in ngage in Poul- --,11 lit iv .try- md Fruit j E. R. Lemley, with his family, arrived in Salein recently from hundred. West: Virginia, and ! will locate here permanently He: con templates the purchase of a 5 or 10-acre tract ! and will engage I k commercial poultry 'and grow lng small fruits. 7 He has an uncle j?y. the same name residing at Lib erty, -who Is famdliar with'; the country and its crops and climatic conditions. Mr. "Lemley also' has ether relatives residing herei l i The height of foolishness is on the same level with the depths of despair. '2JJ: ' - -f ' ' IN POM Mil has-been made by our public- builded our greater 4' 1 SI FINISHING PIGS 7 . i.i iii. P FOB THE MARKET Somio of the Conclusions of .it r a - a . i '' ' " II16 UAL MUlllUNlieS on (Fattening the Hogs ! Ii " 7; ; ii.:- ; ' - The Oregon Agricultural college has Station Bulletfn 196, pub lished in January. 1,923, on 'Fin ishing Pigs for Market." written by A W. Collier aud B. L. Potter. It is fan important and a lengthy bulletin. but the following clpsing paragraphs , are in the, nature of conclusions: ) . r 7 , j Important Considerations ; In i ; Balancing Itations I i J . " I " -: . i Crude Fiber An important fac- toi-. nd one that frequently re ceive little consideration tri bal apciiig rations for fattening pigs Is crde fiber. This comprises the woodjy portion of the feeding stuffs and" consists mainly of cel lulose, which is much less digesti ble han other contituent Of. the feed It is a high content of crude fiber that makes a ration "buljjcy." c ' J The cow, the sheep, and the torsi have special digestive ar rangements, whereby crude fiber may! be digested in large quanti ties.! Fiber is in fact necessary for the well-being of these ani mals The hog, however, is inot so constituted.. He is especially fit ted (for consumption of j large quantities of concentrates jwhlch he Converts into pdible. product muc more efticiehtly th?n any otfie meat-producing animal, but he can digest crude fiber to but a jiifited extent, if at all. j Large qttarrtities of fiber have a detrl menlal effect and some authorities cons der any crude' fiberj detri mental, i . Iff ther fiber content of he ra tion exceeds 5.5 per centi. it Is' impi ssible to make good gains in fattening hogs. Small quantities of cude fiber In a fattening ra tionfdp little harm, but the limit isjejjsily reached and' is too often passed. "Canadian law op feed regulations stipulate- tha:j feeds being placed on the market for pig J feeding purposes must not contain to exceed 6 per cent crude fibe: ; : -- "M A3 few examples will make this conclusion evident. Experiments have shown that alfalfa hay. though containing a high quality Why BiiTfcr with Stomach Trouble whftt' "CbJwpractic will Your i- Hours of protein and other' digestible nutrients, will barely maintain hogs If fed as "a ; sola ifeed . in a ration. The feed contains 28 per cent crude ) fiber. To make sati&r. factory gains ,a . 200-poun'd jfatted ing hog would have to, : consume daily 5 to 20 pounds of alfalfa hay. i ' The consumption of this amount is a physical impossibility. Such feeds. as wheat. bran, con taining flber,102 per cent;: wheat shorts, containing fiber .7.7 per' cent; barley shorts, containing fi ber 10.1 per cent; oats bran, con taining fiber 18.3 per cent;! barley bran,' containing fiber :19.3 per cent; oat hulls, containing fiber 29.2 ' per cent; ' oats, containing fiber 10.9 per cent, are jail too high ;in crude fiber content'when fed as a sole feed in a fattening ration.; ' TNUmerous .experiments have iclearly shoyn that they do not give satisfactory: gains unless fed with other feeds, low enough in fiber:so that the. fiber jcontent of the mixture is less than 5.5 per cent.' , ' . 7. '-""j ' . .1 : - 7 Experiments at Corvallis have shown ..that .aeration j consisting of two-thirds barley, one-third shorts is equal to barley. This combina tion gives a crude fibef content of 5.4 per cent. Just under oqr limit. Experiments at Corvallis and oth er places have shown, likewise, that a ration consisting of bne-half shorts and the other half barley is not equal to barley alone. This combination gives a! fiber (content of 59 per cent which is above our j standard. Similar experi ments have shown that two-thirds corn! and! one-third"; oats' equals corn: alone. The fiber content In such; a ration 7 equals 5 per cent. A ration two-thirds barley and one-third oats is barely equal to barley. ! The fiber content is ap proximately 6 per cent.. Many more experiments are available and could be cited to support the principle that the crude fiber con tent; of the ration should! not ex ceed 575 per cent. r ' ' j - A great number of commercial hOg feeds are advertised with .em phasis on their portein and carbo hydrate content. These nutrients, though very important, are of lit tle value ' in the presence of too much fiber. 'Alfalfa hayj for ex ample, contains a high percentage of protein and a fair "amount of carbohydrates, but. a si stated above it would be Impossible to fatten hogs -on alfalfa 'hay alone. If the purchaser of feeds! will pay more attention, to fiber! content he will obtain much greater re turns, j In selecting feeds may! be guided by principles!: Feeds the purchaser the following containing 2 per cent to 5.5 per cent flber are concentrates ordinarily suitable to pig j fattening. Feeds containing lw per cent to 15 per cent fiber are bulky concentrates satisfactory for horses and cattle but not for bogs unless mixed with large quantities ! of more - concentrated feeds. Feed8 containing 20 per cent to 30 -per 'cent fiber are roughage and must be' fed as such,, no matter, how! finely they may be ground: Feeds containing ovefl 30 per "cent fiberjmust be HERE, MR. HOMEBUILDER '-':' ' '; V' : ; 1 V ' ' Is the BEST, SAFEST. STRONGEST, and. In the long runj the CHEAPEST Material out of j which - to build your home.) - ; ; j ...- "."'"-' It Is BUKXEI CLAY HOLLOW BUILD' I.VO TILEi it Insures Fire Safety Uealth and Comfort, j . Ask for Cjatalog and Booklet of SALEM BRICK &TILE CO. Salem Oregon" . : r rhoue llfrs. of Burned Clay Hollow 1 and Drain TUe . At all times to assist 'in any possible way the derel opment of . the f ruit - and berry industries in this val ley. " -'-7 -;: . ' Oregon Pacidrig Co. Remove the Cause ; . - Health Begins When You Phone 87 For " Am Appointment : DR. O. L. SCOTT P. 8. C Chiropractor Ray Laboratory 414 to 410 U. 8. National Basic liuuaing. 10" to 12 a. m. and 2 to 6 p. m. cla'ssed' with the -straws and-are not ordinarily worth, buying, y V.'' Protein Vf1 i . The. protein. questIon.;iS lyways important in pig feeding as nearly nil the common.. grains .accdeti cleni'in 'protein:: Some:pthe cereal sby-prodncts contain, enough protein hut it'ls not of the proper quality. It. becomes ' necessary, therefore, to supply this lack with some feed that contains a high percentage of protein and in which the protein is the proper kind. Such feeds are tankage, the oil meals, skim milk, buttermilk, and within certain limits alfalfa. The pig seems to require animal or legume proteln. but'when onc the protein requirements of the ani mal are met It Is of no advantage to add more; In fact, it may be a disadvantage. The high values often obtained from' tankage or skim milk are not to be obtained when these feeds are given In larger' quantities than, enough to , furnish the necessary protein. The optimum amount of digestible ani mal or legume protein for a fat tening plg is about one-fourti pound a day. j-7-..."!';. 7 Minerals Our definite information on tht value of minerals for hogs is lim ited, jit is known, however, that the hVg should be given some min erals .to.supplement the grain ra tions since the grains in these cli mates are deficient, especially In calcium, or lime. . Hogs that : are not receiving enough minerals will generally be come lame and sometimes para lyzed in the .hind Quarters. Pur due University in a recent experi ment found that a mineral mixture of wood ashes, acid phosphate, and salt increased. the dally gains and made the gains more economical with a ration of soy beans and corn. - .. "'""!!.; The following mixture can be fed either by adding about one tenth pound per day. per hog to the ration or by keeping it before them at all times in a self feeder. " Slacked coal . . . .100 pounds Stock salt 8 pounds , Ground bone (fine) 4 pohhda . Ground sulfur J. . 1 pound Air-slacked lime - 2 pounds " Glauber's salt . . 2 pojjf'ftds j Potassium Iodine 074 poifna Thoroughly mix all the ingredi ents except coal together before mixing with the slacked coal.. !' . ' Water - " The pig needs good," clean water accessible at all times. Water lu the feed and water in the trough are the same to the pig providing there is not too much in the feed so that he has t consume too much' water in order to get enough feed. While our j Information on this subject is hot as definite as we should like, it seems that the entire ration for a fattening pig should not contain more than 6 per cent water and that It il does contain more than 60 per cent the pigs will not consume enough feed and will make slower gains and take on less finish.' ; It - may reach the point where we'll hear this: Look at that hussy! Of all the nerve! Wearing paint just like mine" , Plans Building Tile, Brick. , ' L ... - i I