THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON
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THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 31; 1924
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VALLEY
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SOME, UTS TO PROVE FIGURES
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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.-.- , ' ? .
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SELLING SALEM DISTRICT
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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. "
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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
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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' ! '
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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
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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
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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 ,
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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
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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
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