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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
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"Marion Butter"
l- Is the Best Batter
More Cows and Better Cows
Is the crying need
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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
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Next Week's Slogan
SUBJECT IS
NATIONAL ADVERTISING AND
OTHER
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Prices upon application
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plumbing, heating and sheet
metal work tin and gravel
roofing, general jobbing in
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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
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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
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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
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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;
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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
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AND VETERANS' HINTS
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profits. And say be eure you dip
for ticks 'about Oct. 1.
I j G. a! BELTS.
Harrisburg Ore., ,
July 29. 1124. '
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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
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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.-
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