THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 21, 1924
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Broom handles, moft han
dles, paper plugs, tent tog
gles, ail kind of hardwood
handles, manufactured by
the
Oregon Wood
Products Co.
West Salem
Overland
Wfflya Knight
Oakland
1 Sales and Service
Vick Bros.
High Street at Trade
Salem 50,000 by 1930
RICH L. RIEMANN
Ileal Estate and Insurance
307-308 Oregon Bids.
Phone 1013
VALLEY
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the nun OF HOUSES III SALEM
DISTRICT IS
And the Number of Dairy Cows Is Rapidly Becoming Larg
erThese are Among the
Tide of Prosperity for Our
v Oregon had 230,000 horses and
13,000 moles on her farms, ac-
cording to the estimate of the
j. United States census bureau and
department of agriculture, at the
beginning of the present year-4-j.
Some ' horses 'and ' some mules,
to do the farm work, notwith
standing the great number of trac-
tors that have been brought into
serrice on our larms
And a respectable proportion
of the whole number In the Unit
ed States, which was 18,263.000
horses and 5.436.000 mules. We
) are proportionately somewhat be-
V hind Missouri, with her 369,000
, mules. But the proyerbial "Mis
souri mule" should hide his or
her or its head la shame, for
- Texas has forged ahead, with 854
J 000 mules, and Georgia, even
' Georgia, is slightly ahead of Mis
souri, with . 371.000. while, the
y. New England states . have no
i moles At all, and Nevada has only
two; and Utah only three5 mules,
and" Montana. Wyoming and Idaho
less' than 10 each.
, : . 1VU1 StUl Have Horses
L The number ot horses on the
i farms of the .United. States is al
i most the same this year as last;
the figures being 18,263,000 for
V 1924 and 18,627,000 for 1923.
There might have, been a miscount
t of that many difference. -
So the . kof selews ; age f or the
United States . is., a ,long way off ;
iMOVlCS PICTURES
D GOOD POULTRY
Universal Corporation Is In
stalling a Huge White
Leghorn Plant u
A project which is ' probably
unique in the history of motion
picture studios is being carried out
at Universal City, California, near
Los Angeles, production center of
the Universal Pictures corporation.
It Involves the creation of a mod
ern chicken ranch within a stone's'
throw of many of the giant "sets"
used In the making of pictures
and is to utilize waste space on a
hillside in the huge studio tract.
) The purpose back ot It Is the prac-
i tlcal one of helping make "Uni
T Tersal's" famous "back ranch" a
paying proposition, of providing
' the studio with chicken ranch "at
V mosphere" when this is needed
i and ot supplying the studio with
f f resb eggs and poultry. It will
( be another unit in Universal City's
chain of industries, which now in
1 eludes lumber planing mills, fur
1 nlture factories, a power plant,
t prop factories and other ' enter-
prises associated with picture pro
f ductlon on a gigantic scale. When
i1 Carl Laemmle, president of Uni-
versal, founded the studio In the
kSan Fernando Valley. 99 per cent
L of the professional colony wonder-
ed what the Idea was behind the
acquisition ot 600 acres of ground
for the making of such scenes as
are usually made In a studio. To
t day, besides S00 standing sets.
eight stages and 29 other . build
SELL! NG SA LEM DI STRI CT
Dates of Slogans in Daily Statesman
(In Twice-a-Week Statesman Following Day)
Loganberries, October 4.
Prunes, October 11.
Dairying, October 13. V
Flax, October 25. .
Filberts, November 1.
Walnuts, Noyember 3.
Strawberries, November 15.
Apples, November 22.
Raspberries November 29.
Mint, December t.
Great cows, etc., December 1 2,
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., j February 14,
Bees, February
Poultry and pet stock Feb. 28.
Goats, March 9. ; ,
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.
0T BROWIFIB SIUIALLER
Things That Mean a Rising
Favored Section
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if it shall ever come. The mules
on the farms of this country have
also remained about stationary in
number. j
. Animals' on the farms of the
United States are the- natural
helpers jn keeping up the fertil
ity of the soil;, in. addition to
proper rotation Bchemes. Fewer
horses would make more work
for the chemlets. devising substi
tutes, and for the: manufacturers
of fertilizers. ; t
Cows Increasing -
The increase in number of cows'
in the whole of the United States
tor this year ; over last year was
only slight. The number for last
year, was 24.437.000, and for this
year, on January 1st, it was 24,-
675.000. i Vr:r;f '
But the Increase in Oregon for
this year over last year was large.
We had in Oregon last year 220..
000 dairy cows. We had at the
opening of this, year 238,000.
. This is a most creditable show
ing for Oregon.'; It shows that we
are on the road to greater and
greater prosperity. And when we
know that the big growth is In
the Willamette valley, in the trad
ing district of which Salem is the
center, Jt Is' af most gratifying
piece of information.
We are surely on oiir way to
wards big things in every out
standing agricultural line.
ings, Universal ' City has a corral
with 135 horses, several cows,
sheep, hogs, ducks, geese and oth
er farm stock, a big .zoo of wild
animals and now the chicken
ranch. The chicken ranch site
was an unused hillside. . Rough
and barren it was not a good site
for sets.. Several teams of horses
and a crew of men were set to
work to grade -a' portion of it in
terraces for the poultry . plant
buildings. Then a big staff of
carpenters was put to work on the
project and rapid . progress has
been made in the construction
work. The colony will be com
posed of four big breeding houses,
each over 100 feet long, and 2 5
colony houses. J An incubator of
large capacity is being installed.
The laying force is to be kept at
several, thousand all White Leg
horns.
COD LID OIL AS
A POULTRY REMEDY
Will Cure Leg Weakness in
Young Chicks, According
to Good Authority ,
During the past decade the lit
erature on vitamines has grown
enormonsly, finding expression In
many languages, among all civil
ized peoples; and yet,, to the ordi
nary reader, the subject largely
remains a closed book. Chemists
and research workers are still
more or leBS in doubt as to the
exact character, and function ot
vitamines; enough : has been
learned, however, to demonstrate,
Drug garden. May 1.
Sugar beets, sorghum, etc..
May 8. . , ' i-
Water powers May 15,
Irrigation, May 22,
Mining, May 29.
Land,1 irrigation, etc., June 5.
Dehydration, June 12.
Hops, cabbage, etc, June 19. ;
Wholesaling and Jobbing,
June 26. '
Cucumbers, etc., July Sa
Hogs, July 10.
- City beautiful, etc., July 17. ;
Schools, etc., July 24.
Sheep July 31.
National advertising, Aug. 7.
Seeds, etc., August 14,
Livestock, August 21.
Antomotive industry, Aug. 28.
Grain and grain products, Sep
tember. 4, It .. j
Manufacturing, September 11.
' Woodworking; etc., Sept. 18. :
Paper mills, etc: Sept. 25.
(Back copies of the Thursday
editions ot the Daily Oregon
Statesman are on hand. They are
for sale at 1 0 cents each, mailed
to any address. Current copies.
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U. S. Inspected
that life is hardly possible without
vitamines. in the food consumed.
This peculiar element is found
in the leaves of plants, in milk
and eggs. as well as meat. ; Foods
strong in vitamines are said to
be beneficial in the case of certain
diseases In man, beast and fowl.
In poultry feeding the New Jersey
experiment station has discovered
the importance of cod-liver oil for
young chicks - afflicted with leg
weakness, because of the presence
of Vitamine D, which is wanting
in many balanced rations. It is
said this deficiency ' can be sup
plied and that leg weakness can
be prevented., whether the chicks
run outdoors or not. Mashes con
taining cod liver oil, unless kept
cool, are likely to get rancid. You
can add the oil to whatever mash
you're feeding.: mixing only
enough at a time to last for a few
days, or a week at longest. Weigh
the mash, and mix it at the rate
of one pound (one pint) of oil to
twenty pounds of mash, or two
and one-half quarts of 'oil to 100
pounds of, mash. Beware of oils
offered Jor this purpose under
trade' names. Buy nothing but
guaranteed pure, refined cod liver
oil. ' -:-- -
The, above Is published by .The
Statesman for what it is worth; it
is, however, endorsed by the At
lantic Poultrymen's Cooperative
association. "
IMHIH
There Were Over 10,000 in
A 920, and More Than
6000 in Polk County i
The. astounding growth of the
automobile industry had led to
numerous predictions that Old
Dobbin had struck the toboggan,
and would practically disappear
from public use- Many people
who loved horses felt a personal
sorrow, but time has shown that
there Is nothing to.it. True, there
are . not so many horses on the
streets of Salem today as there
were 20 years ago, nut there are
more horses in Marion county.
The automobile has come to take
the place largely of horses in the
city. It has speeded up business
and. thus won its place in the sun.
However, the horses have contin
ued to serve the same useful pur
pose they always served. They no
longer take the long trips, they are
no longer used up in a few years
by hard driving, but they are the
steadfast friend of man, doing his
work In the same steady effective
way as before the arrival of the
automobile.-
WM. a a a - "
11 aciuany iooks cruel lor : a
man to drive a horse around town
for several hours for mere plea
sure. A machine can carry him
faster and . better without getting
urea, nut to return to the horse.
In 1900 there were 9402 horses
in Marion county and; 6119 in
Polk. The horse business reach
ed its apex in 1910. when there
were 11,288 in Marion county
and 6344 in Polk. However, the
decline has not been sufficient to
cause any alarm. In 1920 there
were 10,073 horses in Marion and
6027 in Polk, and the number has
grown slightly in both of these
Willamette valley counties since
then, as it has in all the other
counties of this potentially richest
valley of the world.
MM BOUSES YET
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AN
OUTSTANDING LIVESTOCK
CENTER
Three things, primarily, have made Sa
lem an outstanding livestock center.
First, the operations of the packing
house here. f
Second, the great growth of the dairy
ing industry.
Third, the fact that the whole world has
come to recognize this as the best cow
country in all the lands bordering on the
seven seas. . .:4r :-.Vv!-'-:- -
Then we have a splendid' type of breed
ers. We have fine cooperation. ;
Nature has done her part, but the people
of this district have learned to take advan
tage of her bounties in this respect.
So there will be rapid and continuous
development, as there should be.
CASCADE BRAND HAMS,
THE GEhERAL RULE
KILL SICK FOWLS
This Principle Is Hard on the
Fowls But It Is Eco
nomically Sound
The average egg farmer usually
has . symptoms of heart failure
when he finds evidence of disease
In his j flocks; instinctively he
knows that to monkey long with
sick hens is neither alluring nor
profitable, and that if remedial
measures are practical they should
be applied in mass rather than
Individually. In a late bulletin on
diseases! of poultry the agricul
tural experiment station of Con
necticut admits that there is a
general Agreement among authori
ties that the doctoring of poultry
is not to be recommended except
in case of a few diseases such as
chicken! pox, colds and cases of
intestinal worms. There are two
good reasons for tbis: First, the
unit of production of the individ
ual bird is so. small on the com
mercial plant that if a man's time
is worth anything Jt is too valua
ble to spend treating sick chickens
individually unless they show spec
imens of great value. Second,
the- cured chicken is always . a
menace! to the health of the flock
because; its identify is likely to
be overlooked or forgotten and it
goes into the' breeding pen and
may perpetuate,, through the off
spring. j that constitutional weak
ness that was one of the primary
causes of its being ill. The opin
ion of practically all poultrymen
who rear numbers of fowls Is that
in a large proportion of cases of
diseases the birds ought to be
killed, j The only treatment rec
ommended for the poultryman is
to give; treatment when it can be
applied " to a flock conveniently
and with reasonable expectation of
beneficial results. Treat Individ
uals only when the treatment is
simple land easy, and when it need
be administered but a few times
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It Will Savje $350,000 or
: More This Year for the
Pockets of Growers
Copper carbonate dust for
wheat ; smut control, introduced
into Oregon by - the experiment
station: and carried to the farm
by specialists and county agents
of the; extension service, is past
the experimental, stage and fast
coming into general use.' Wheat
tor 300,000 acres was dusted last
year, and enough for a half mil
lion acres will be for next year's
crop, thinks E. It. Jackman. ex
tension specialist about half the
total Oregon wheat acreage.
A saving of one-fourth of the
seed is one big .advantage of the
dust treatment. This will save
about 350,000 bushels annually
$350,000 or more this year In the
growers' pockets, . The seed ger
minates more quickly and surely
and the plants are more vigorous
from the start. Low cost of treat
ment, keeping power of treated
grain and effective smut control
are other big advantages.
Failure of growers to allow for
COPPER CARBONATE
OUST FOB THE SWIII
BACON AND LARD
SALEM, OREGON
the added thickness of stand by
reducing amount of seed sown
caused too thick stands in some
fields, a fault particuarly notice
able this year because of unusual
drouth. The -better germination
of the dust method justifies re
ducing the common rates of seed
ing from 60 to 75 pounds per acre
to 45 to 55 pounds.
Control of smut has been shown
by field and nursery tests to be
about the same with the dust
rightly applied as with the liquid
bluestone treatment. Every grain
must he dusted, which is best ac
complished by running the ma
chine at "the prescribed speed ac
cording to directions. "1 When run
too fast the machine' holds the
grain: against the drum Instead
of tumbling it over the baffle
boards, to get its share of dust. ;
iTwo ounces of fine, good qual
ity copper carbonate dust to each
bash&l - of dean grain ' or, three
ouncea for badly smutted grain
are recommended by the station.
The' wheat Is -recleaned and smuf
balls removed before treatment.
Car is taken not to breathe the
dust! either in treating or sowing
the 'grain. -
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Good Advice From One of
the Big Farm Papers of
the United States
the following paragraph from
thej Northwestern Dairyman and
Farmer is worthy of the 'attention
of .very farmer in the Salem dis
trict: ,;f; "- ; k..- ; .
"From al directions come re
ports that farming is looking up.
Wheat is advancing in price; hogs
are higher ; than they have been
for two years; fruit bids fair to
pay its growers well; and dairy
ing; always dependable, promises
to keep up the regular monthly
pay checks, so we can look for
better times ahead for the tillers
of the soil Now what does this
all (mean? Simply this, that the
farmer of the northwest is going
to have money to buy many of the
necessaries that he has been com
pelled -to go without for some
time past. In planning your pur
chase, Mr. Farmer, keep in mind
the products of the northwest.
In other words, spend your money
at home for. the products pf your
own neighborhood. They . t are
just as good, and better, too, than
thej ones that come from a dis
tance. Patronize home indus
tries." F
FROMTRE COLLEGE
Fattening! Pigs; Feeding
Dairy Cattle; Honey Bee
and Berry Notes, Etc.
, (The following are paragraphs
frOm a current bulletin of the de
Urtment of industrial journalism
of the Oregon Agricultural col
lege:) , . i .. ' : , , '
-Adding organic matter to worn
Oregon soils Increases their water
capacity and improves their tilth.
The added ; material was either
barnyard manure or green manure
FARMERS SHOULD
BUY HOME
GOODS
flRm REMINDERS
, 260 North High Street.,
Boost This Community
by Advertising on the Slogan
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DID YOU KNOW That Salem has become an important live
stock center, through the building and operation and growth
of the Valley. Packing' Company, a concern --owned by local
capital; that this stabilizes and guarantees the best' prices
in the United States for all kinds of marketable live stock;
that the farmers of the Salem district ought to raise more
and more cattle and horses and hogs and sheep and poultry,
for the profits they can make directly, and for the benefits
that will come to them indirectly in the -better farming
methods that will thus be encouraged; and that this is the
very best farming and fruit growing and mixed farming
section in the whole United States, and, for the matter of
that, in the entire world; and that there is room here,
and there are incomparable opportunities for thousands of
new men on our farms and ranches and ranges?. . ,.'
Expert Driver Keeps Head
Wheels arjcJ Prevents
Ravmond Mays, a member of the
South Wales Automobile Club, was
driving his car at sixty miles an
hour when his rear axle" snapped
and he lost a wheeL Duo to his
in ' tests made by the experiment
Gtation. These materials also add
ed beneficial bacteria.
Vetch and oats were notso sat
isfactory for fattening pigs on
grain in western Oregon as alfal
fa, clover, rape, and winter wheat
in tests" conducted by the experi
ment station animal 'husbandry
department. They did not stand
the grazing so - well nor do they
grow after being eaten off.
I Change from corn silage to
oats A and vetch silage was made
for the O.A.C. dairy herd in feed
ing tests without loss of appetite
or other apparent ill effects. In
abrupt changes from either of
these silages to sunflower silage
the cows refused to eat except in
one case. . '
j When bees persist in attempts
to swarm and moderate increase
is not undesirable, artificial
swarming . may be resorted ; to.
This is especially advisable when
preparation for swarming has
gone too far to be prevented. The
methods for-artificial swarming
are explained in the O.A.C. exten
I Thono 103
104 South Commercial Street
THEO.M.BARR
Plumbing
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Salem, Oregon '
Road, well, "sewer, and
drain pipe in stock at' all
times. Get your pipe
where you can see how
good it is made
MILESTONE
Concrete Products
Oregon
Gravel
An Independent Organization
1405 North Front, Salem
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Company
Phone 1995
When Racing Car Loses .
Machine from Overturning
expert driving, the automobile was
kept from turning over and Mays
was uninjured. Note the wheel in
the air after leaving the broken
axle. ; - " "
sion service bulletin, "Beekeeping
in Oregon.'.' by II. A. Scullen.
The death of red ; raspberries,
blackcaps and loganberries in Ore
gon . patches may first appear in
short' crop of fruit and reduced
growth of vine. To protect sound
hills the removal of all hills that
show indications of the trouble is
recommended by the experiment
station plant pathologists. . - - ,
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i DRAGER FRUIT
Dried Fruit Packers
221 South nigh SU, .
Salem, Oregon -
Always in the market for
dried fruits of all kinds
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Salem is the center of a large and rapidly
growing livestock industry.
Manuals, School Helps Our Trees
1 e and Supplies Carefully Crown-Carefully
Your order will be given Selected Carefully Packed
PROMPT attention Will Give Satisfaction to the
, . . Planter t :
The J. J. Kraps SalemNursery
Company Company
Kent S. Kraps, Mgr. 423 Oregon Rulldlns
Box 96 PIIOXi: 17C3
galem, Oregon Additional Salesmen Wanted
Eat a Plate a Day,
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VEATIIERLY
ICECRM
Sold Everywhere
Ice Cream Co.
P. - 1L GREGORY, Mgr.
240 South Commercial ZU
simi
:odge Qnos:
Sedan
v Bonesteel Motor Co.
184 S. Oom'l St. rhone 423
POULTRY INDUSTRY
r JN SALEM SECTION
(Continued frofit fpa$e J f 1
breeders in the Auburn district,
just east of Salem";'; n,piJ feilver
ton road; in the tbemawa sec-
tinnr nrnnnri Aumsvlllp nnil Rtav.
ton, Silverton, Woodburn, Mt.
Angel, Hubbard and' Aurora, and
in fact on farms in neighborhoods
all over Marion and Polk coun-
lies, auu iu uiac&auias, teu
ton and Yamhiil, and further
away in every direction from Sal
em. - " ,
If the democrats do nothing
more, they have at least relieved
the- suffering of the New York
hotel bloc. i '
Auto Electric Work -.
B. D. BARTON
171 S. Commercial fit.
Hotel
Marion
SALE3I, OREGON
The Largest and Most "
Complete - Hostelry 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.
Terwilliser
Funeral Homo
770 Chemeketa St.;
Phone 724. Salem, Oregon
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