i. THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON
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SELLING SALEM DISTRICT
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W At Oat After Two MJUont
W ar bow paying over three
quarters of a million dollar a year
to tb dairymen of thig section for
milk, . ,
"Marion Butter"
,' . Is the Best Butter
More Cows and Better Cows
Is the crying need
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Salem, Ore. , Phone 2188
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CATTLE WlftKE WEALTH
GOUitfTIES OF THE
Twenty Yeajs' Shows Unparalelled Growth in Marion and
Polk Counties Favorable I Comparison With Wau
kesha County, Wisconsin In Pure Bred Stock Salem
District Leads
An illuminating poster on the
walls of The Statesman, issued by
the state experiment station of
Iowa, expresses itself so eloquent
ly in favor of purebred milk cows
rather than. scrubs that- the pity
is the picture is not available for
every household in the Willamette
valley. The first shows the milk
cans filled by scrub production.
The average production of 16 lac
tations, of three' scrub eovsis
3688 pounds of milk and. 475.3
pounds butterfat, equal 'to
pounds butter. The next picture
represents the actual ; production
of their daughters when the bull is
purebred. The milk increase ' is
83 per cent the fat increase 58
per cent. ; The actual production
of 15 lactations of three daugh
ters, first cross purebred bulls was
6747 pounds milk and 276.7
pounds butterfat,; equal to 345.8
pounds butter. '.The third picture
shows an Imposing array of milk
cans filled with the milk of act
ual production of, granddaughters
of the cows, likewise from pure
bred .bulls. The milk increase is
188 pe cent and the fat increase
128 per cent. The average pro
duction of 16 lactations of six
granddaughters, second cross with
a purebred bull was 10,375 pounds
milk, and 399.4 pounds butterfat,
equal to 499-3 pounds butter,-Such
an illustration as this should make
it apparent to the farmer that any
thing short of a, purebred 13 waste.
Even a half purebred, improved
as It is over the scrub, shows a
waste of nearly 100 per cent.
Three ant Six Times -
The United States dairy division
says if the production of a cow is
doubled, profits f Increase three
times; if production is trebled,
profits increase . six times.- "That
sentence ia "worth reading over
again In order to get. it firmly
filed in the mind of the breeders.
Large breeders, have . learned
this and that is why we have great
dairies, but the email breeders
are apt. to continue' ' with . their
scrub stock, thinking it not worth
while to breed up with one to half
a dozen cows. The breeding up,
however, represents the difference
between failure and success. I It
is always worth while, 'r
Marion county has some great
cows; some wdrld record cows,
and these are immensely profit
able. ' There : is ; hardly ; a neigh
borhood " In the county that" can
not show cows of proved merit.
. The : cattle business has in
creased amazingly in the last 20
years. In the, reports of 1890,
Marion county shows 1338 cattle
all told, and Polk county 673.
However.5 in 1920. Marion county
shows 21,376 and Polk . 10,687
cattle. These two counties have
made marked progress.: In 1920
Marion county had 932 and Polk
county 485' in dairy rattle. - In
1920 the number had grown to
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This campaign of publicity for community upbuilding has been made
possible by the advertisements placed on these pages by our public
spirited business menmen 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. 1 i
FOR ALL THE,
WILLAMETTE VALLEY
18.427
Polk.
in Marion and . 9295 in
A Comparison - if
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In this connection, : the "writer
wants to point out a county that
has been revolutionized by the
dairy business. The example is
no less forceful because it comes
from another state. The statis
tics for Waukesha county. Wis.,
show that in 1900 the county had
395 head of cattle and in 1920
57,909. This Increase was prac
tically all in dairy cows. " In 1900
this Wisconsin county had' 342
dairy cows.' out of a total number
of 395 head of cattle. In 1920 it
had 56.962 out of a total of 57,
909. In 1920 Waukesha county
farmers were struggling to wrest
a bare living out of the soil of
Wisconsin. In 1920 the county Is
one of the richest in the United
States: the farmers are prosperous
and dairy cows have been the ma
gic that made the' transformation.
To carry the statistics a little
further, in 1899 the value of all
dairy products in Marion county
was $227,050: in 1919 the value
was $1,014,501. Polk county, in
1899 showed a value of $75,971
and in 1919, $540,737; Take note
of the tremendous progress made
by Waukesha county, Wisconsin,
in the same period. The value of
all dairy products in 1899 was
$919,478; in 1919. $5,680,440.
in other . words. while Marion
gained $800,000 in 20 years,
Waukesha county gained $4,500.
000. Put that amount of wealth
in Marion county today and there
would be no talk of hard times.
To illustrate this. , the value of
dairy cattle in Marion county in
1919 was $1,139,309. The value
in Polk county was $608,920?
while Waukesha county, Wiscon
sin, showed a value of $5,994,
800. There is nothing to discourage
the cattle men in the Willamette
valley. Interviews with prominent
agriculturists connected with the
agricultural college at Corvallis
will hearten the raisers of cattle
in Marion and Polk counties.
These two counties have not rival
ed Wisconsin, but they have led
in the state of Oregon. Some of
our farmers are just learning the
value of purebred stock and when
they all do and put this Informa
tion into practice, it will mean
that the Willamette valley, favor
ed in a hundred other ways, will
be found favored in the matter of
conditions under which livestock
are jproperly raised. t
College Authority :
In an interview E. L. Potter;
head of the animal husbandry de
partment, O. A. C. said:
"More fine stock is found In
these two counties than in any
other section of Its size IN THE
WEST. I believe this might 4 be
easily attributed to the proximity
of the state fair in Salem, to
which are brought the best speci
mens of all type3 of livestock In
the west and middle west.
"Polk county leads all counties
in the state in the breeding of
Angora goats and purebred sheep.
The predominating breeds I of
sheep are Lincoms. Cotswolds
Oxfords and the medium wooled
breeds. ' , 1 '
"Marion is the greatest hog
county in the state.
"Marlon, county hog breeders
are encouraged by the fine local
market found in Salem. They have
a packing-bouse there which con
Pep and Progress Campaign
appears much enlarged and Improved now, with its capacity, doubled, and: with many Im
provements made, bringing It right down to the minute. The capacity of this great home
plant la iow lOOO hogs a week, besides 230 to 300 cattle, sheep and veal.
sumes practically all of the local
produce, r
i '' And Another
i N. C. Jamison, O AC extension
dairyman. Is also strong, xor aiarf.
ion county. He says: , . i
"Considering the number fit
dairy cattle, Marion county ranks
third in 1 the state?? in values of
dairy products she stands fourth.
! "The interest in purebred Jer
seys started in Polk county, and
it was there that the first Amer-
ican Jersey Cattle Club in the
state was organized. "
1 "Mount Angel has made more
marked progress in the dairy in
dustry than any other one sec
tion in either Marlon or Polk
counties.! This fact is due largely
to the spirit of" cooperation which
OREGON PUMICES LIVE STOCK OF,
OUTSTflllfffi OJllTTi IT PATS, TOO
There Is No Other Way to Keep Up the Fertility of the Soil,
' at Least as Economically The Fact That We Lead
the World Does Not "Just Happen" '
Editor Statesman:
I : Everyj few days, some report is
carried in the colmns othe paper
showing! the superior achievement
of aomeOregon livestock. It may
be the winning of the champion
ship at some sheep or hog show by
Oregon j animals, ; some ; Oregon
horse may have out weighed or
out jumped any other, or some
Oregon bred cow has produced a
greater quantity of, milk and but
ter than any other cow. ,
In fact, the , Jersey Bulletin of
August 13 carried information
that Oregon Jersey; cows hold six
out of a possible eight claSs rec
ords' that are classified according
to ages, including : the "world's
champion producer;;
-- ' f Do Not Just Happen ij '
These things do ; not all just
happen.! We are willing to admit
that Oregon has the very best live
stock, but if we did! not have cli
mate and natural j conditions con
ducive j to great achievements,
these things wouldn't happen.
I do not believe that the best
dollar per acre returns can be had
directly through livestock. This
would come through some special
ty crop ,.;fi ;.
; But the entire country cannot
raise this special crop.
Some form of fruit has perhaps
prodnced the greatest returns, but
our fruit raisers are alive to the
fact that the greatest return, can
he had when livestock of some
. Irr? E B' - if 1 " "
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predominates throughout the
community. Their new coopera
tive creamery "put out over a half
million pounds of butter last
year! ' ; : ' '
l T)ie Jersey is the favored breed
of dairy animal in both counties,
but there are a number of Hol
stelnj herds and a few Guern
seys, ;;. :. i ' -
."Turner , boasts of the only
cream shippers' association in the
state. .By shipping .their: sweet
cream to Portland : in large
amounts the dairymen get better
prices for their product. j ...
"Until the establishment of the
new milk plant in Salem two years
ago, (Salem was without a pas
tuerizlng plant." '
kind! is kept in connection, on ac
count of maintaining the fertility
of the soil.,
Marketing Through Stock
- : Then on the other hand, we
have an immense acreage that is
not primarily adapted to growing
special high priced crops, that can
profitably.be put to growing live
stock.; This; would include the
thousands of acres that are bet
ter Adapted to growing some ior
age crops, such as clover, vetch,
cortt, etc. And by marketing this
through the stock, very ; satisfy
ing -returns can be made, and at
the same time the fertility of the
noil is not only indefinitely main
tained, but is sure to be constant
ly improved. ; In conversation 1 re
cently with a friend, he remarked
something . like this, in speaking
of. another man and his farm:
"That .man -can raise over 100
bushels of corn or oats per acre
on his farm, but then that is noth
ing J he has been keeping livestock
on that farm, and selling nothing
butistock and produce." i
This gave him a greater return
than he would have had if he had
sold his crops directly on the open
market. ' . .'
Building the Soil
On the other hand, he was year
by year tuiilding his soil into a
higher stage of fertility.
The growing of clover and clov
er seed has become an Important
factor in agricultural crops. Sheep
growing goes nicely with this
work. The best crops of clover
seed are produced where the fields
are pastured until about the mid
dle of May, then as a rule by
about the first of September the
fields are cleared again ready, for
the sheep. Western Oregon can
grow . tremendous crops of vetch
and clover hay, and also alfalfa
on , the sandy river bottom soil.
No better feed for the dairy cow
can be found.' Our crops of grain,
such as wheat, barley, and corn,
as a rule can be more profitably
marketed through hogs or other
stock than it ean oh the open market.-
All this permits the fertil
ity of the soil to" be j maintained,
and it is very doubtful if it can
be maintained any other way; at
least profitably. i'
So the conclusion must be thai.
Oregon not only can raise live
stock of outstanding quality, but
that it can be raised at a profit,
and that its use "is indispensable
to continued success-, with agri
culture. E. A. Rnoten.
Salem, Or., Aug. 20, 1924.
(Mr. Rhoten speaks as one hav
ing authority. He is the livestock
editor of the Pacific Homestead,
leading paper of its class in this
section, .issued from The States
man building. There is something
in the breed; there is a good deal
in the breeder. But there is more
in the sunshine and showeTs and
soil that go to make up, the best
dairying and livestock country in
the world. Ed.)
L
!t Is Growing Fast Here;
Some of the Essentials for
Its Sure Success
It Is probably afe to say that
the personnel of the poultry in
dustry changes every five to seven
years; in other words, of . the total
number of people following poul
try farming in 1924, but a com
paratively few will be . "among
those present" in 1929-30. Some
of these changes or desertions are
legitimate, while, others simply
represent misfits. People .who
succeed usually pay the price, but
the failures are only those who are
not willing to keep on keeping on,
until success crowns their efforts.
-. No one is apt to succeed In any
business for which there is no lik
ing. It is difficult enough to suc
POULTRY INDUSTRY
NS
EM SECTI1
Why offer with . Stomacx
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ceed with love, ' enthusiasm 7 and
ambition , in an activity that appeals-
Ignorance of essentials is
another stumbling block;what
many fail to overcome. Allowing
for these things, It may be-stated
that, fundamentally,' the first re
quisite to success in poultry farm
ing is a liking for the birds and a
satisfaction in catering to their
physical, comfort, and productive
prosperity. . . . .,. .. , : V
The novice in. any line -of busi
ness usually ?'fails to see," and,
Of course, failure to. do follows.
Trouble often appears in the flock,
but the owner falls to learn of it
until the complaint becomes seri
out, if not fatal. A person of fine
discernment and keen observation
soon "catches on" and detects evi
dence I of colds, lice and mites,
producers and idlers, -disease and
unsanitary conditions, costs and
profits, and so avoid trouble. lie
will know' instantly If there is an
ailing bird in the breeding pen and
he will, proceed to feed' accord
ing to requirements for which he
is aiming; he will know whether
his houses are draught1 proof, pro
perly ventilated,-and wnether the
requirements for ' prosperous fowl
life are' in evidence, and he will
instinctively appreciate any de
ficiencies and wrong . conditions
and at .once Alter them for .the
better. - Being observing,- the., be
ginner soon learns . that poultry
farming runs to specializing, and
that success 1s more liable to fol
low, if one' limit3 his operations
to a single line' rather than sev
eral, i The .one .big. specialty in
Oregon .is .egg . production . but In
addition, there are .those .who -center
on the production of founda
tion and breeding stock; the fan
cier who caters to the demand for
exhibition stock! : the fellow who
raises pullets for delivery at six
or eight weeks under , contract td
egg farmers; the . ; day-old chick
man, who. has developed an enor
mous industry in this country', and
raisers of table fowl and capons.
It Is well :to select - one of these
lines of activity and develop it to
its limits. lien fruit and poultry
meat are the two elemental things
in poultry culture, hence they rep
resent the greatest investment and
largest annual turnover.. -
- j A Huge Industry V
An 'industry, that nationally, re
presents an annual gross turn
over of oyer $i,d00,000,00Q. can
hardly be . considered . hbbby,
much less a fa'd. . ' . . . .
Cooperative marketing has sta
bilized th poultry business; -ord
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Hours 10 to 12 a. m. and 2 to 6 p. m.
er has been evolveout of cnaos,
an,d poultry products haye become
standardized. These lt"re .giant i
strides In thejright dir I ct? ,i but
much must eVer"te Stne:athe
producing end. J)yth.e noaltxyman ,
himself. Here,. there 4m rmomi oe- .
study a, Iinprovej r? M '?t
j On SIetnodi4lxlnes f ": - 1
- In a recent" address before an
English audience of poultry breed
ers, Mr. J. Stephen Hicks said that
any poultry farm,- to be .success
ful, must be run on methodical
lines. A tidy man always inocu
lates those working under him
with tidy habits, and, the owner
of a farm or business should set
an example and insist on it being
followed. Method also must be
applied to .... correspondence, es
pecially where, one has things to
sell to the general1 public. En-
quiries should be answered
promptly and courteously. It al
so pays to try and, help a man,
and if possible one should never
have a dissatisfied t-. customer.
There axe minor qualities which a
poultry farmer must observe. He'
should be an early riser and open
for- suggestion from anyone con
cerning the bettering of his busln
ness. ' . .. ;-, " . - ' ; .
Success In poultry farming Is
nO more difficult than in any other
line of rural activity,. while the re-,
turns are equally as alluring, and.
in some Instances, more so. But.
to attain them calls for a con
tinuity of purposes ' and certain
qualifications ' which are not al-'
ways sufficiently pronounced in
those who "take the plunge." No
one will command the full mea
suce of success in poultry culture
unless they (1) possess an Intense
love tor animal . and bird life on
the farm and an aptitude for its
duties and responsibilities; (2) an
analytical mind and keen powers
of observation to insure the health
and ' prosperity of his flocks; (3)
industry that knows no "let up,"
rn II,. v. n . n n 1. 1 A
must always be attended, and (4)
sound business methods and a
high regard for-debts'and'Credits. "
The successful operator of poul-'
try farm ' pays' ontr" leas thair he"
takes in :the, 'SnHfl f tje-pytpo.
nlhor thlnpa hel n innlsnl "
ger will be the pttofil-l
The poultry Industry in the Sal-.
em district is maklns a very rap-:t
id growth, and thjsjl3 promise
of stability one of the .many pro- .
mises for our section. .
One may find a rapidly increas
ing number of successful poultry
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