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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (July 31, 1924)
THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON HOTEL BLIGH lOO rooms of Solid Comfort - .-:': ! A Home Away From ! Home We Will Give Gur Best Efforts Devoted to Showing Salem District People the Advantages ' 1 r I and Opportunities of Their Country ; r ,At all times to assist In any possible way the devel opment of the: frnlt and berry industries la this val Iey. I I t i 8 SELLING SALEM PI STRICT W An Out. After Two Millions We are now ptjiac over thre' quarters of million dollars a year to tbo dairymenof this section for lk. f.- K j r i "Marion Butter" l- Is the Best Batter More Cows and Better Cows Is the crying need t MARION CREAMERY & PRODUCE CO. Salem, Ore. Phone 2488 and Its Cities Towns The Way to Build Up Your Home Town Is to Patronize Your Home People The Surest Way to Get More and Larger Industries Is to Support Those You Have Oregon ano Next Week's Slogan SUBJECT IS NATIONAL ADVERTISING AND OTHER Butter-Nut Bread "The Richer, Finer Loaf" CHERRY CITY BAKERY bur Ideal: ' Onr Method: . fTh Best Oal'y" Cooperation - - ' Capital Ofy Co-cperatire Creamery ' " j i - A non-profit organization owned entirely hy the dairymen. Git as s, trial.- : i 3f anuaetarers of Buttercup Batter " "At your Grocer" , Phono 29 137 S. Com'I SC ; GIDEON STQLZ0. Manufacturers of l Dependable Brand Lime-Sulphur Solution : . The brand you ', can depend on for purity and test Prices upon application Factory near corner of Summer and Mill St. - Salem, Oregon Nelson Bros. Warm - A I r Furnaces, plumbing, heating and sheet metal work tin and gravel roofing, general jobbing in tin and . galvanized Iron work. . 353 Chemeketa St. Phone 196 DIXIE HEALTH BREAD Ask Your Grocer FOR YEARS AND YEARS The Statesman has been supplying the wants of the critical Job printing trade Proof poaitiTo we are printers of worth and merit. Modern equipment and Ideas are the ones that get Statesman Publishing Company i Phone S3 or 583 SIS 8. Com'I St. Selling Salem THINGS SOME NEW POINTERS OF SHEEP 1 THE They are Brought Out in an Interview of the Slogan Editor With Karl Steiwer, Who Is By Both Inheritance and Choice One of the Leading Men in the Industry in This Section Valley Pasture Cheaper Than Eastern Oregon Herders -The Sheep Killing Dog, Etc. i Karl Steiwer. Jefferson, Ore gon, whose farm home is named the Steiwer Stock Farm, on the Pacific highway 12 miles south of Salem, is one of the big sheep men of western Oregon, and he comes of a pioneer family in which his- father, John Steiwer, and his grandfather kept sheep, and fol lowed that line of agricultural en deavor with success. Karl Steiw er is a college man and a gentle man farmer, and he is young in years and has more the appear ance of a university president than that tTthe New York provinical's conception of a farmer, he knows sheep, and he is a genuine dirt farmer in his work with and his devotion to his chosen as well as his inherited line. For the General Farmer But Karl Steiwer was. not an easy man for the Slogan editor to interview. He said he had no sel fish cause for boosting the sheep industry. He has no - sheep to sell, excepting in the general mar ket. He Is not a specialist in pure bred sheep breeding. His fine is just sheep; though most of the sheep he handles are the black faced kinds; the Shropshires; the medium wooled breeds. But. he said that the Willamette valley is pot necessarily confined to the medium wooled sheep. ' He said a good many Merinos brought to, the valley from eastern Oregon points last fall have done very well; and other "breeds have been doing well here for a long time. ! ( " 1 Why He Keeps Shtep Why does Karl Steimer keep sheep? ;h Well, for one thing, with lambs worth 10 cents a pound and wool 30 to 40 cents a pound, there Is money Hi sheep. , v Mr. SterwerV first car of lambs this year were turned off the first week In May; they averaged 80 pounds, and they brought 11 cents a pound. They were January lambs. The first car of last year averaged 87 pounds; 1923 was a little better year more moisture; better grass for the ewes, more milk for their lambs. ; Home Xew Points Mr. Steiwer said the sheep in dustry in the Willamette valley is more stable' and more profit able than it is in eastern Oregon - and he has had sheep In eastern Oregon, too. He says a man with sheep can rent stubble field In the Willamette valley, and other good sheep pasture, loo, for around 15 cents a sheep a month and this Is cheaper than ; keeping eastern Oregon herders with all their own expenses at. $80 . a month salary for each herder- !m rr j " He said that two-thirds of our Willamette valley farmers neglect to mark their lambs at the right time. The proper time is when t-hey are three-or four days old. Then there Is no loss. He says Perfectly Pasteurized Milk and Cream Phone 725 : 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 prosperity and who are ever striving for greater and yet greater progress as the years go by. " FOR KEEPERS : WILLAMETTE VALLEY he does not put up his lambs' at all for marking. But most sheep men here wait till their lambs weigh 50 or 60 pounds, and there is certain consequent loss; actual loss of lambs and loss in vitality. Sheep Xeed Water, Shade He said sheep need water and shade. Some days ago, in the heated term, Mr. Steiwer secured the use of a patch of bottom land on the river; covered with under brush and timber. He drove Into that virgin pasture about 200 sheep, and when they reached; the river, after a hot journey over,; dry land, every one of the sheep waded into the shallow water and drank its fill. It wag a pretty picture. The sheep fairly reveled in the new pasture protected by the shade of the trees and thick underbrush. Sheep will live wifhout shade and water, but they iwill not do well. Especially the lambs will not do well. The ewes cannot provide much milk for their lambs under such conditions; and it is not good for the ewes, either.' Yes, there are plenty of 'Mr. Stelwer's neighbors who keep sheep on land without shade and water; but it does not argue that it is a good practice. . ' Sheep Killing Dogs I "The bane of the existence of the sheep man of the Willamette valley is the sheep killing dog. He is a strange- animal. He is killer mainly for the lust of blood; for the quirk of his perverted in stinct that makes him a mere kill er, with no reason' for it but a pan for when he has killed,' he mere derlng to his vitiated appetite. Iy sucks a few swallows of blood and takes a few bites of warm meat, and is off again for more of the dastardly work of the can ine assassin. And the sheep killing dog sens es the fact that he is -an outlaw, a pariah, a hunted thing and with the devilish cunning of a human assassin he hides and skulks and avoids detection; he assumes the seeming of innocence and In all ways seeks to evade the hand of retribution. "For ways that are dark and tricks that are vain,"i the sheep killing dog has it all over the Imaginary heathen of Bret Harte's fancy. Mr. Steiwer and a neighbor suffered big losses from a sheep killing dog.; As much froimthe reign of terror in their sheep which were chased; by the dog as from the actual killing; of I the canine murderer. They laid for that dog for three months before they caught him. They finally penned up their sheep and kept them - penned for several days, waiting for the skulking killer. When they got him they found that he was a most Innl ceut seeming dog of a near neigh bor! - . . . ! : When Mr. Steiwer knows there is a sheep killing dog abroad, he simply moves away from I his neighborhood; that is, he takes hlsj sheep out of his range. This is usually effective, but not always for the killer may have a consid erable range. ; I Who Should Keep Shetv : jIr. Steiwer believes -that the great majority of the sheep of the Willamette valley should, be 'kept on. the farms, in small bands; that every farmer without exception should have some sheep, to help conserve the waste; to turn the growths and the by-products that District is a Continuation of the Salem Slogan and Pep and Progress Campaign would j otherwise be i waste into profit Into' the ceTtaln checks for their wool and lambs and mut ton sheep; for coin that comes like a. find and never fails. He says some of his neighbors can give records .of accomplishment in this line that beati his iown,' for they are able to give' closer- and! more individual attentionvto their few sheep than is possible for him to do in handling considerable num bers,! some of which he Is obliged to buy In order to keep his scheme of handling the industry working. Andt Mr. Steiwer ispeaks not as FLOVDT. FOXiSAYS KEEP GOOD SHEEP Every Farmer Should Have - Enough to Keep Down -1 Weeds and . Grass i Editor; Statesman: I : At this time 1 am very busy, as grain harvesting and fairs are tak ing place, but will answer your re quest for a little-story to show Imported Urewen 02; Knglish champion ram at 11)22; undefeated Canada. 1022. " Imported from use slnx in hertl Of Floyd T. .; V-, Sflverton. Oregon. ; His farm is seven miles south of SHvcrtun,; in the Waldo Hills district. my enthusiasm (of the sheep bus Iness. ;'.' i Shee p Coming Itack It was only a Tew years ago when the majority., Of the people thought the sheep business was a poor business, but ajt the present time their ideas have been re versed somewhat, as the upa and downs will not stay for any length of time. The fellow thai can take Massachusetts Father and Daughter Known as New England's Champion Strawberry? Farmer : Ar h r it John Ashley of Foxboro. Mass., nl his daughter Peryl have earn ert the reputation of being the best strawberry farmers In New Eng land. Beryl helps her father .set a theorist or a boomer, "not as the scribes and Pharisees" but as one having authority; and hot in self interest, either. He j merely talked to the Slogan man because he was cornered, and be couil not get : away without violating the code of the gentleman,-! But in the above report of the interview are some pointers that, acted up on ' and carried out completely, would be worth annually a vast sum of money to the Willamette valley and would bring a train of benefits to all who have! a! stake in this favored section.! j J the bitter with the sweet will reap the harvest. ! : j KK) for Cent Profit Every farmer should have enough sheep to keep down the weeds and grass that would go to waste otherwise. He would be keeping "his farm1 clean and free from unnecessary waste and would realize a large profit, for which I feel free to state would realize him an average of 100 . per cent interest on his investment.! In first starting with a flock of sheep, it is the knowledge of most people to handle and care for a small flock, so as not to experi ence much death lote. 1 In the summer or fall it Is time to get i that ram. Perhaps some figure record Xo. 0177;WIt; Shropshire; ! 1 Situ Francisco National . I Jvestock exposition, in flock throughout western fair circuit and IIovhI hhow, KnuUind. 1020. In that it doesn't pay to get a good ram, as Jt would, cost too j much, anji instead, will. get a scrub. He has perhaps saved fifteen or twen ty dollars at that particular time, but when it comes to selling his mutton and wool from this scrub offspring he loses three or, four times the price, or a . good ram, (Continued on page 9) out the plants In the spring, helps pick the berries and get out the orders. One bed alone -of four acres has yielded 80000 boxea, , IF SOMEDIEGTOnS FDR BEGIERS IN SHEEP. There Is Nothing That Would Lessen the Cry of Small Incomes on the Farm arrdfAdd to the Prosperity of Farmers More Than a Flock of Sheepi Says One of Linn's Leading Breeders Editor Statesman: ! There is nothing which would lessen the cry of small incomes on the farm and add to the pros perity of farmers more than a flock of sheep. Choose the breed you like best, always buy ing a good ! ram, give the flock reasonable care, and they will surely return better dividends than; any other Investment., One need not buy expensive purebreds. Buy 'anything worth the money. I have' in the past two years sold old ewes with broken mouths or ewes with little or no frotn teeth to several who had good feed and only wanted a few at a low cost. These ewes have paid splendid div idends. I would not advise run ning sucn ewes in lots of more than 50, and a lesser number un less the feed real good. Good rams can be procured at around $25 for yearlings and can be used two years and each .one should sell for near- this price when he has been in the flock two years. Often he may be ex changed for another. By buying common ewes and using good pure bred rams and retaining, the ewe lambs for a few years, culling out tne interior and off types, one will have a splendid uniform flock' closely approaching In ap pearance a pure bred flock. ' Should you want a large num ber of twins put the ewes on good feed, preferably green, for two or three weeks before breeding. Do not use a ram lamb on more than- 12 or 15 ewes. - f . v Should you intend-one rani to serve more than 50 ewes, they should be bred at night in a lot. Turn the ewes except one or two out In - the morning, feeding the ram some grain with green feed and plenty of water, turning the flock in the lot in the evening. 9 All ewe lambs should be docked as soon after a week or ten days old as the weather will, permit.. At the same time the ram lambs should be docked and castarated. 4. great many farmers intend to sell off the ewes, but always there are a few which dd not get fat and they are always a source Of trouble and never bring what they would. A straight car of lambs cut and docked will always out sell a car of lambs just as good but uncut and undocked. This is one reason for range stuff bring ing a premium. 1 H It is advisable to retain the best ewe lambs from the best ewes every year. Culling out the older and inferior and shy breeding ewes. - ' We have said nothing about the sheep gathering a large amount of its food from waste, such as weeds and brush. They will consume three or four times the waste oth er farm animals do; leaving the farm the better for their presence, which they have turned Into splen did profits., i ; It Is now time ' to secure the ram for this season's sc. You do not need an expensive show ram. Get a pure breed of good type In good condition, but not tooi fat. : --: ; : ,: Do not under any-consideration use a scrub or mixed blood. Have some definite object in view in breeding just the same as you had some definite place to go were yori starting out. Yes "sir! Let's have sheeg,.and better sheep on every farm. The better the sheep the better the Why traffer with Stomach Trouble when Chhropractle trill l j J Remove the Cause o AND VETERANS' HINTS L profits. And say be eure you dip for ticks 'about Oct. 1. I j G. a! BELTS. Harrisburg Ore., , July 29. 1124. ' i Eat 120 to 140 Weeds (In the Slogan columns of last year Mr. Belts had a communica tion, and the editor believes it is worth reprinting here, as fol lows:) . j . y "That the Willamette valley is an ideal, place to raise sheep is a proven facti " Sheep from this val ley have gone Into the strongest competition! and moe than held their own. It is a splendid climate,;- the diseases and the things which go t make the growing of sheep hazardous are not so num erous as in 'many places, and their helpfulness! in ; adding to their owner's Income and restoring plant food to the farm is above other farm animal. Return and More that of any! Double Our climate is similar to that of England, where the sheep in dustry In an intensified way has perhaps been developed as in no other country and on ground where the jyearly rental is equal to the selling price of a good deal of land In jthls valley. The dou ble return of both wool and Iambs with the least outlay In care and feed other than that -garnered by themselves j leaves them the most profitable Of all farm animals. 1 "For the! average farm it is not a question as to" whether the land is too valuable to run sheep on It or not, ut, whether the farm can be successfully run withut them or not. .: "Those'wjho are acquainted with the farming operations of ' this valley for Ihe past 50 years do know that some way of restoring plant food '.to the soil must be found. - ,'Of something like 140 differ- ent weeds sheep eat something . HERE, MR. HOMEBUILDER li the BEST, SAFEST. STROXGEST., and, in ; the Ionic run, the CHEAPEST -Material out of which to build your It Is BUitXKI) CLAY HOLLOW BUILD ING TILE it Insures Fire Safety - Health and Comfort. Ask for i Catalog and Booklet of Plans SALEM BRICK & TILE Salem Oregon -Phone CO. U17 . J ii i J J i S . v .1 Mfrs. of Burned Clay Hollow and Drain TUe - - ! Co. Your Health Begins When You Phone 87 For An Appointment DR. O. L. SCOTT P. S. C. Chiropractor Ray laboratory 414 to 419 V. 8. National Bank Building. IXours 10 to 12 a. m. and S to 6 p. m. like 120. In this way they ara turning into money food! that la both determinedataoin g both detrimental to crops and an Improvlsher of the soil. On the average farm they wtrnltf be a benefit If they did nat-feturn a pound "of wool or mutton".! r : "All the mutton breeds well; they need no expensive buildings and, they do not require more care than any other farm animal. -, More arid .Better SheeV Sheep are not nearly so hard on our pastures as hofsesor cat tle and half the money-will build and maintain the fences for sheep that is required lor horse? and cattle. ' , -: 'If 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 prdfits will be sure. " ''Yours for more and better sheep." j-r'; Apple Prospects Bright - , Over in Polk County : E. N. Peetx was a , visitor at the Statesman office recently and In conversation spoke about th apple prospects j in Polk county. He at once became enthusiastic and told about the Clear View Orchard company; of which D. J. Schel is manager and the othei owners are: . J. H. Hintzen, Joe Crose, . John Endres. Dr. O. P. Sheplng, W. W. Dayton, George Curran, Herman Tilcamp and E. N. Peetx- i: They have an orchard of 1000 acres of the finest crop they have ever raised Is npw maturing. Mr. Peetz says that, this is the best apple belt in the state of Oregon and he doubts if it is excelled anywhere, in the northwest. ThU Immense orchard is situat ed 10 miles north of Dallas and five miles south of Sheridan. Commercial apples are grown of all the standard varieties. They have Delicious. -Spitzenburg. Red Cheeked Pippins, Roman Beauty, and a .number of other varieties all of which do well in that ter ritory. '- !' ; V ' " ; In addition to telling, ..about bis wonderful orchard which the Oregon Statesman is mighty glad to pass along to the public, he said that Coolidge was easily the favorite In his part of the country and he expected: him to get more votes than the other two candid ates combined.- GIVE US A List of Ton r Lumber Requirement. Build Now Onr Prices are RJht COBBS & MITCH EL COMPANY 8f 9 So. J 2th Near 8.P. Depot A. D. Kelsay, Mgr. Ilolldlng Tile, Brick 11 r V A i I ( t . 4 t I tr