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THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON 1. 1 THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 31; 1924 ..J - )H: 1 i c'- r a " k - : i ii i X . , . i ) J J- 7 . ..t ... , - ; i . L i ; i - i 4 1 i I V OWPGO - Broom handles; mop han dles, paper plugs, tent tog gles, all kinds of hardwood handles,1 manufactured ; by the , . .a ,i . Oregon Wood Products Co. ' ' West 61 em Overland ' Willys Knight Oakland Sales and Service Vick Bros. High Street at Trade Salem 50,000 by 1930 , ' ' - '.- - .', . i RICH L. RIEMANN Beat Estate and Insurance 307-308 Oregon Bldg. Phone 1013 VALLEY MTMtIDTnv SOME, UTS TO PROVE FIGURES 1 1 There are Direct and Indirect Profits in Keeping Sheep, and Henry Porter, Veteran Farmer and Sheep Breeder, : Says Every One of Our Farms Should Be Stocked to its Full Capacity . 'Editor Statesman: After many (years spent In the Willamette . ' valley In general farming, and stock raisins. I am fully persuaded that there is nothing produced on the farm that will equal for profits, the raising of sheep. They require less care . here in oar; mild' climate than any. other stocfc and- bring quick er and more renumerative results. They can be pastured on winter sown grain, which is greatly ben eficial to both sheep and grain. The pasturing of the grain causes it to stool and spread out better than if. not pastured, and the re sult of the -droppings from the sheep is Tery noticeable in "the way of fertilizing. ' Fire Bushels More to Acre .AVhen I was raising fire bushel more of grain per acre than some of my neighbors on the same kind of land, they could not under stand the capse for the difference. But the reason for this was the fact that I was pasturing sheep on my grain fields and they were not. i Grain sown Jn the fall of the year can be profitably pas tured after It gets well rooted, .until the first of March or April. Sheep require very little dry feed , during the winter. , If the 'ground Is corered with snow for a long period a little clover or al falfa hay can be fed to adrant age,( If given too much straw or other "hay than clover and, alfal . fa ;ihey are liable to take the staggers, which generally proves fataLr t ',, f - ;'t. ; . Best to let them go a little bit hungry than to , give- them too much dry feed when thye have Roostcr It Family Alarm Clock, Baby's Nurse EaU at Table from Own 'f A - iBlngham. owned by W, E. Har well. Jr.. son of an Atlanta, Ga rity offlclal. Is a very accomplish ed rooster. Every morning he raits . for the cook to open the back door, enters the house and sails the family. He eats at the !amily table frora his own plate in l ta manners are so nearly per- sill n..s.-.- , ' ? . . ' ,v' ' , Clli SELLING SALEM DISTRICT ' - . ; . . . , .. - . ; - . . --:;. t -; :-. . --t. : j r . tt, tv j t.".t :t .--"t;. . . . . ?.. .... -1 ... . Dates of Slogans (In Twice-a-Week Statesman Following Day) ; Loganberries, October 4. f Pranes, October 11. , Dairying, October . 13. Flax, October 25. Filberts, November 1. Walnuts, November 3. 'Strawberries, November 15. Apples, November 22. Raspberries November 29. Mint, December 6. . Great cows, etc., December 13. Blackberries, December 20. Cherries, December .27. : Pears, January 3, 1924. Gooseberries, January 10. ' Corn, January 17. . Celery, January 24. Spinach, etc., January 31. Onions, etc. .February 7. Potatoes, etc February 14. -Bees, February 21. i " Poultry-' and pet stock Feb. 28. Goats, 31arch 6. Beans, etc., March 13. Paved highways, March 20. Broccoli, etc., March 27, Silos, etc., April 3. Legumes, April 10. Asparagus, etc.; April 17. Grapes, etc., April 24. not- been used to it. They are good rustlers t and will paw down through an ". .ordinary snow to grass the same as a horse.' , Need Plenty of Salt '. Sheep should have plenty o( salt to which ,1s added about one tablespoon of common soda to about o&ft, quart of alt;.lhls.ls a preventative of leech in the liver which is sometimes prevalent on low damp land. '1. : Comparative Cases Suppose'' two . neighbors with farms of equal size have each laid up a lltUf money after har vesting their crops in the fall. A loans a friend S80 at 8 per cent. At the end of .12 - months he has a profit on . his investment of J6.40. B takes $80 and buys 10 ewes at $7 per head and a buck for $10. The next spring those ewes will have 10 lambs and if Shropshires, I which are good breeders, they are more likely to have 15 or more lambs. Many of my ewed raised twins this sea son, and one raised three ibig nice lambs. At shearing time those .11 head of sheep will each shear from eight to 10 pounds of wool or more. Eight, pounds each 88 pounds at; 35 cents per pound this years market price would bring $30.80. In the fall the lambs should weigh 75 pounds each and if sold to the butcher at eight cents - per pound would bring forthe 10 bead $60. This added to the'$30.80, the price ob tained for the wool, would make a total of ?30.8O for the, origin al $80 invested by 1 B. And the fertility of his soil has been strengthened j instead of dimlnish- Plate and Rides in Auto feet that he Is seldom sent from the table for a breach of etiquette When the Harwell go automobile lag Bingham perchea hlmsel alongside the driver; He Is ahowni here acting as nurse to the baby member of ?the family, another! duty; h?pertorm. yell, ' PACICING li ii i iiiKMl'l'- 'Hi llli j iiiii Hi i if--f mi-'Ci--WVn -i in Daily Statesman Drug garden, May 1. Sugar beets, , sorghum, etc.. May 8. Water powers May 15, Irrigation. May 22, Mining. May 29. ; Land, Irrigation, etc., June 6. : 1 Dehydration, June 12. Hops, cabbage, etc., June 19, : Wholesaling and Jobbing, June 26. Cucumbers, etc., July 3, , ' Hogs, July 10. J City beautiful, etc., July 17. Schools, etc., July 24. Sheep July 31. National advertising, Aug. 7. I Seeds, etc., August 14. . , I Livestock, August 21. i Automotive industry, Aug. 28t 1 Grain and grain products, Sep tember 4. - ' 1 Manufacturing, September 11. Woodworking, etc., Sept. 18. Paper mills, etc., Sept. 25. (Back copies of the Thursday editions of the Daily Oregon Statesman are on hand.- They are for sale at 10 cents each, mailed to any address. Current ! copies, 5c.) 1 CO U. S. Inspected ed. had he sold a crop raised from the land. Considering the adaptability of the Willamette valley for sheep raising, every farm should be stocked with sheep to its full capacity. I t. H. C. PORTER. Aumsville, Oregon. July 29. 1924. FLOYD T. FOX SAYS KEP GOOD SHEEP (Continued from page 8) which he would ' have saved by using a good registered one. An experiment by using a scrub and a good purebred ram will con vince their user by far in favor of the purebred for the difference in price paid and returns of mutton and wool. - - j 1 Better sires should be our slo gan, for the ram is at least half the flock. t; . .. ;';, ; : Some breeders say their own breed is the best; Each breed has its place and is best adapted to its own general range conditions and markets. - ? The climate and soil and other conditions in the Willamette val ley are ideal for the sheep Indus try. Ours is a good sheep coun try. . Floyd T. Fox, j Silverton, Or., July 29, 1924. (1 (Mr. Fox ie a breeder of Shrop shire, Oxford and Dorset sheep. He makes the ' shows and ; keeps up to date in every way'. Ed.) . OOQD ADVICE TIT IS HERE REPEATED "Tom". Kay Is .Pleased to 5 See the Sheep Boom i j That Is on Here Now 1 This is the' fifth Slogan year that Hon.. T. -B. Kay, manager, of the Salem Woolen. Mills, through an interview with the Slogan ed itor, has1 repeated his advice that the thing for the Willamette val ley farmers to do is to raise medi um wooled sheep, like the! Shrop shires, Oxfords, Hampshires, etc., or crosses of Merinos or Cotswolrls and Lincolns j -i ;: I And to raise more of them. For every farmer to keep some sheep That they are the best j paying thing on any farm in this valley. Before the war wool was 15 to 20 cents a pound. The prices were up around 50 cents during the war. But they never went back after the war, to the prices or near the prices that prevailed in 1914 and the years 'before that. Wool right now is 30 to 40 cents a pound, fowing-4o-grade. The medium wopis are 35 cents here now. They were 35 at this time iaet year.J The market Is strong now. Nearly all other farm products suffered bad price recessions. Wool prices persisted. Barring some unforeseen event, they will persist.: j " An III iiMt rat ion ; ) Mr. Kay himself was interested in a 400 acre farm. They kept 100 sheep to start with. The were Shropshire ewee. They got 150 lambs a year, and sold them at $1350 annually for the original flock, and sold the wool at'$350 to $400 a year. , They msde more clear money on their sheep than they did on ail the rest of the farm. Their returns for lambs and wool were nearly all profit, for they needed very little attention, and they improved the potential value or the land for other prod ucts. The lambs came twine in sufficient number to. keep 'up the SOME SHEEP SLOGANS There are several sheep slogans sug gested that have been suggested from time to time in our Salem Slogan issues I j As, for instance, that one for the whole country suggested by a writer in the Amer ican Economist, "Raise More Sheep Produce More Wool" And another one, by J. G. S. Hubbard of Monroe, "A Flock of Sheep on Every Farm and a Registered Ram at the Head of Every Flock." f These are both good slogans, and they should be followed ; The latter till there are 100 or more sheep in the Salem district for every one kept now; and the former till the United States produces all of its own sheep ! and mutton. ( - j T:-. v f:p: y I ! There are many good reasons for the keeping of sheep on every farm in the Saldm district, not the least important of which is the fact that they will help to keep up the fertility of the land. " sJ CASCADE BRAND HAMS, proportion of 150 lambs to 100 ewes. .'0'.': The Wool la "Velvet" Mr. Kay has' always insisted that the cheep breeding industry wquld be a paying agricultural line if they did; not produce any wool at all that the wool of the sheep is "velvet" to the breeders of sheep I ! That sheep would pay better than; hogs if they had no wool; because sheep fatten themselves, and help keep the land free from weeds and also help in keeping up the fertility of the soil. He points to the fact that lambs are now bringing $7 to $8 a head and more. : t ; .1 He thinks" every farmer in the Salem district should keep some sheep, and that they should get Into the medium Wooled breeds, and that there la no other one thing that will do more towards making this district solidrand prosperous. S1 , j Some Satisfaction There is some satisfaction In seeing your advice taken and to witness those taking it profiting by It. This is a satisfaction that now comes to Mr. Kay. The farm ers of the Willamette valley who have not heretofore kept sheep are getting them, j There is a boom in sheep. It is a healthy boom. It will not be overdone as long as there is room for another sheep given the range and feed and attention that sheep deserve. Sheep fatten themselves, if given half a chance. With hogs, the farmer must spend nearly' '&$ much in fattening as he gets for the increase In weight due to fat tening. It'is largely so with cat tle. Mr. Kay has nothing against hogs. The boom in hogs' here Is a healthy one. and it 'should be encouraged, also the production of more fat cattle, along with dairying, etc. But no farmer should be without sheep, for they occupy a special place of their own, and their wool and mutton returns are practically all profit. .D.H.HEY And "Davef Regrets That He Did Not Begin Rais- in.T I hem Sooner Editor Statesman: i My, flock of 225 head was start ed four .years ago with a -few choice registered Oxford Down ewes.. I have "been keeping the " ewt lambs to . increase my flock; but from now on I can spare a -few. The rams have been ' solid -each year to buyers who were picking them up for the Idaho And eastern Oregon trade. "( . :: r Oxfords' are large sheep ' -R with medium fine wool I chose wisely in bred.; and I betleve selecting this Sheep are' not only money fmak era, bufenrich the soil while pas turing It. I believe they "are Ui most profitable stock a farmer cart raise, codsfdeing labor and expense and provijdJng the land is suitable. t , ; I. regret only that I did not begin raising them sooner. My advice tp any one is to start with registered stuff. Of course the first cost la more, but a regis tered animal can be raised Just as cheaply as a grade and when you put them on the market they bring more money. David II. Looney. - Jefferson, Or.", July 28, 1924.- HAS OXFORD DOWIUS BACON AND LARD SALEM, OREGON E IS HERE The Breeders, of the Black I Faces in This District are I ' Up and Coming I (One of the enthusiastic Shrop shire breeders' of the Salem dis trict furnishes the , Slogan man with the following: ) . j This vicinity is the Shropshire center of the Northwest. We have a well organized state association. We have this year had our second annual two-day Shropshire round up, visiting the various flocks In the valley. - The two ! tours Jhave both been real successes. Each day we had a big picnic dinner. ThL ewe lamb: won first at the Pacific International in a class of 23 In 1022, and in 1023 came back and" Won second prize as a ; year linR.r Owned by F. A. Ioerfler. The Salem district also had the champion ewe there In 1023, owned by Floyd T. Fox of Silver ton. . Jh' ! ' ,'! -I : ! 'a: ; Hi , and several j judging contests for the club members as well as for the breeders. ! : , Our association is getting well organized in the sejling of 'our purebred rams. . !" ' I Two Sheep Clubs ' p The First National bank of Sa lem has two sheep clubs of which F. A. , Doerfler Is club leader. These members had their choice as to selecting the breed." The 17 members in the . Waldo Hills ;Club and the five members in the Polk County club every one. chose Shropshire. ; v The Shropshire f sheep at the Oregon State fair in 1923 out numbered any of the-other breeds two. to one.; Some of the leading breeders are the following:' F. A. Doerfler, president of the Oregon Purebred . Shropshire as sociation. 'Macleay, Oregon; J. J. Thompson,' Macleay,; secretary-of the: association. S G. H. Thornn'sfin Murlpav Floyd T. Fox. Silverton, direc tor of the association. -l Dr. P. A.i Loar, Silverton. Patton and Amort, Macleay. Relck Bros., Shawj Oregon. men Money, enaw E Goncrse Summary of the Big Poultry .Meeting at Cor vallis College The department of Industrial journalism of the Oregon Agricul tural college sends out the follow ing very concise report of the big poultry convention that was held at the college .'last week: THE SHROPSHIR CENTER OREGOIV WILEHAV CONTESTS 260 North High Street. ; Boost This Community by Advertising on the Slogan Pages : ; - j DID YOU KNOW That the Salem district is one of the best countries in the world for the raising pi medium wool sheep; that every farm in this section ought to have some sheep; that they provide two crops a year the wool and the lambs; that besides this the sheep pay for their keep in rendering the lands free from Weeds and in fertilizing it; that sheep breeding is carried on here with the minimum of cost and care, with green grass the year through ; that the' young man here who will get some land and some sheep will always have a bank account, and that the Willamette valley ought to become known as the home of pure bred sheep, as it is now famed the wide world over for its pure bred cattle? Oregon is to have an egg lay ing congest second .to none and able to carry the fame of Its' world record flocks into; every country of thje Wdrld. ' This decision was mads by f the state poultrymen's association in-Convention at the state College, Corvallis. July 2A. The contest will be organized and ready to start November 1, 1925. Just where it will be loT cated, how it will be financed, and what its character will be. are to be worked out and reported bya1 committee of five i empowered to take executive action in the mat ter. The committee appointed to ascertain whether the college would provide the grounds report ed In the affirmative. but selec tion of the location was left to the committee. The association went on record as opposing questionable business methods and false ' advertising, and will appoint the editor of a poultry journal to hear complaints from the public against any dis honest practice, real or fancied. The question will be referred to the executive committee of the as sociation for trial,; with expulsion from the association as a possible penalty. - : ' For egg sales at fair profits the biggest factor was declared to be the law of supply and -demand, and that with the rapid increase in the supply of eggs comes the need for greater consumption. The campaign, "Eat More Eggs." now under way, was endorsed. The Oregon cooperative poultry marketing association got the stamp of approval with the pledge of help in enlisting all Oregon growers as members. The college was asked to pro vide the services of a poultry vet erinarian to care for the big poul try disease problems growing more acute. i . 1 1 I NEW CORPORATIONS I : The Seaport Lubricating com pany, of Portland. $100,000. has been incorporated according to ar ticles filed here Wednesday. The incorporators are1 J. G. Arnold, Henry Bauer, and A. C. Bull. ! Other articles of incorporation were filed as follows: l Pacific Type Supply company, Portland,' $50,000; C. L.. Carney. F. H.; McCarter and Charles E. Dudley. - Notice of withdrawal of the Regal Shoe company of Massachu setts and the entrance of the Re gal Shoe company of Maine, were also filed. Phono ll3 161 South Commercial Street THEO. M. BARR i - Plumbing HEATING AX1 TIXXIXQ Salem, Oregon PIPE Road, well, sewer, and drain pipe in stock at all times, j Get your pipe where you can see how; good it is made MILESTONE : Concrete Products Oregon Gravel Company An Independent Organization 140.1 North Front, Salem Phone 1995 FHREWDERS Bee Pointer; Smut Control; Hop. Red Spider; Tile Drainage, Earwigs :.' ( Folio f-ing are paragraphs from a current bulletin of the de partmentiof Industrial journalism of the' Oregon Agricultural col lege:) . j .; t ' Full foundation sheets, which provide straight combs for manip ulation save wax in producing comb honey, and cause the bees to build j , worker t ce'ls. If left to themselves, bees are prone to build many drOne cells. Frames fitted for full sheets of foundation may be bougtjt from bee supply men. and directions for manipulation will.be supplied on request to the O.A.C., department of entomology. Eight advantages of copper car bonate dust treatment of seed wheat for smut control are as fol lows; effective control; low cost; less labor-"" good germination; thicker stand; vigorous plants'; no loss from' holding after treatment? one fourth of seed saved. - Farm and O.A.0 station tests have prov ed the success of the new method. j Hop red spiders collect on the under surface of hop leaves as the season advances.. The first injury appears las' small pale specks on the leaf jsurface. They spin webs on the surface of the leaves and lay-little; spherical eggs in them. They have needle-like parts with mm ! DRAGER FRUIT COMPANY i Dried Fruit Packers j . 221 South High HU : I ; f Salem, Oregon i " j .' T- ! " " . ' 'i- " . ' ' - Always in the market for 1 dried fruits of all kinds mm-' " The sheep boom in the Salem district can hot be overdone; cannot keep too many. ! Manuals, School Helps l and Supplies j Your order will be given PROMPT attention The J. J. Kraps i Company Kent S. Kraps, Mgr. Uox 96 ; -Balem, Oregon Eat a Plate a Day: WEATIIERLY ICE GRE Sold" Everywhere , ' ' . ' 'I Buttercup Ice Cream Co. P. M. GREGORY, llgr. 240 South Commercial St. SALEM foDGE Orgs. Bonesteel Motor Co. 184 S. Ooml St. rhone 423 ' which they pierce , the tissues. Sulfur is the standard remedy rec ommended by the; O.'AlC. ' experi ment station. v ; ' ' ; . Cleaning up trop remnanti, lit ter, rubbish, and weed plots aid very materially in cleaning out the earwig pest, the O.A.C. experiment station has found. These heaps of refuse are hiding and breeding places. Vacant lots in earwig dis tricts are good refuge grounds for this pest. Premises cleaned up in fall and winter favor a poison mash -campaign that will eradicate or greatly reduce the pest. ; The good die young. Just ai soon as homemade wine begins to get good its owner kIMs It. " Auto Electric Work -' R. D. BARTON , . 171 S. Commercial St. Hotel I Marion SALEM, OREGON , The Largest and Most' Complete Hostelry j in Oregon Out of Portland A Licensed' Lady Embalmer to care for women and . children is a necessity in '- all funeral homes. We are the only ones furnishing ; : such service. ' Terwilliger Funeral Home 770 Chemeketa 6t. rbone 721 Salem, Oregtn ; : ; ! Our Trees Carefully" fSrown Carefully Selected -Carefully Tacked :. Will Give Katisfartlon to the " , Planter Salem Nursery Company 428 Ommn Ituildlng P1IOXK 173 Additional Salesmen Wanted Sedan ; . i. I I L. j tI je r ...