THE OREGON STATESMAN, SAtEM, OREGON
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The Older Generation Laid the Foundations Well, and
Those Who Have Followed and are Still Following Have
Kept and are Keeping Faithfully the Cherished Tradi
tions The Element of Climate
Editori Statesman: ' ' '
Yottj ask me for "An article,
telling about our great cows, and
about our wonderful advantages
In breeding them, and "in dairy-
ins." ; -. ; "...
The first thing that comes
my mind is the word 1 of C
Graves of Missouri at the Portland
show a couple of years ago. Mr.1
Grares ,1s a breeder ot great, re
nown, and' experience. In sub
stance he said, "You have wonder
ful cattle here: and 1 am not. sur
prised, . for I have seen yoar
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For Years
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supplying the wants of the
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Proof postUre we are
printers of worth and merit.
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Selling Salem District is a Continuation of the Salem Slogan and
pioneer breeders bringing out the
best the breed afforded for many
years." .
I : remember also the story of
W. C.JIyer. of Ashland, in send
ing his order for the first large
shipment of Jerseys , to come to
Oregon. ' His instructions to his
agent were, "do not let a little
money stand between you and -the
best." .Thia Is the. spirit . of the
pioneers, a tradition " handed
down, and let us hope being lived
np tO. : : ; " 1 ' T '.
.; Anyway, it was this spirit that
prompted the Ladds, father and
son, It was this spirit that urged
Harry West and D. H. Looney it
was this spirit that urged ex Gov
ernor Lord and "Dick"; Carey, it
was this spirit that is urging the
importation and trial of the best
that can. be brought In -today.
Something : cannot be made from
nothing, nor can . good ones ' be
bred from poor ones. .Without
the cattle of the very highest
class that have been brought in,
no such progress could have been
made as has been achieved. Ore
gon and the Pacific northwest do
not fully realize 'the enormous
debt they owe to these energetic,
rarseeing men who bought "even
better than they knew.' "
The second phase is the men
who followed these pioneers. "The
seed they sowed fell upon fertl'e
ground," in that it fell into the
hands of those capable of develop
ing it, adding to it, and bringing
it to still further heights. :
In spite of; all , protestations
to the contrary, all the reasoning,
all the argumentation possible, it
is still true that on the whole the
American purebred industry .is
still dependent upon a steady suc
cessions of new blood from native
European pastures. ? Why?i
The first and probably most ob
vious answer is climate., And,
while further on I intend to an
alyze and acknowledge the clim
atic influence, it would be ren
dering most unkind award to the
men who haye achleyed. :
In Hands of Owners
In most of America the leader
ship in the purebred industry in
all its phases has fallen into the
hands of wealthy men with whom
their agricultural efforts are but
secondary, a i plaything, as it
were. It has been a matter of
recreation. ; of pleasure, rather
than a serious, all embracing pur
suit. - U
The Oregon Jersey has been
oarticularly free from this In
"uence. The cattle have been in
the hands of their owners. -With
these owners their mating and
care;v has been life's whole object
ive, the end of all their ' waking
thought- and . effort, probably
Toven into the, phantasy of their
dreams.' ,cp - J - ,
In a!l lines the professional sur
passes the amateur, with just
enough exceptions to prove the
rule. A few years ago Harry Jen
kins of Chicago, who has made
Jersey his life time work, judged
at Salem. In; writing in an east
ern paper of his observations he
said. "It is wonderful the knowl
edge these Oregon breeders have
of their cows. -what; they are eat
ing what, they are doing every
waking hour of the day." lie
might easily hare gone on and
added that this knowledge was the
finest foundation for a successful
breeder that could be imagined.
Steadily America is drawing on
Europe for new blood, the product
of the Uvea of those who give all
their best toi their work, those
who have had a knowledge devel
oped through t generations, who
will endure through their crea
tions long after they are dead.
Oregon is offering thia same warp
of practical, - personal contact,
holding together the woof of
knowledge, of ability, of achieve
ment. . . - -
. And. with this personal contact,
there is a difference In the point
of view, the viewpoint of necces-
to Showing Salem District:. People the Advantages
and Its Cities arid Towns :
Up Your Home Town Is to
Your Home People
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.
sfty. With these men of limited
means, the first as well as the
final thought is Income. Money
must come in day by day to pay j
the ever-present obligations. This
has meant production, production,
and yet more production!, , A cow
that couldn't produce must give
way at once to one who could.
The sire were selected with this
end in view. r . j
Pretty IsA Pretty Does
"Pretty is as pretty does."
There is a definite relation, be
tween form and function, or func
tion and form. Any stock that
will produce, and then hand on
this ability to produce to its de
scendants, must be built nearly
right. There have been a few ter
rible examples of those who hare
spoiled a great blood by breeding
for' either function or form alone,
but on the whole substantial pro
gress in both directions has been
achieved, and where there are
permanent results they have come
on together. j . t -;
, Ami Our Climate "
And, lastly, as to climate. The
climate of the northwest Is the
most like that of the native
European surroundigs of our im
proved breeds ot any in America.
This undoubtedly aids in the
growth and developement of the
young stock. The winters are not
so cold, nor so long as in the east,
allowing opportunity for exercise
that is all essential for health and
proper organic functioning. !
.This, with the heavier feeding,
has resulted in a larger, more
powerful cattle, with records to
match, till the northwest stands
supreme in this regard.
These worlds records are gen
erally a matter ot care, handling
and feed, and knowing what I do
of man's ingenuity in overcoming
weather Coditions with high test
cows, I cannot give much weight
to the climatic factor in these
world's records. There may be a
difference in a practical , working
herd, but In these extra' records,
what the weather Is doing outside
makes very little difference. In
stead of climatic conditions being
responsible for an immediate ten
or twelve months work, the work
is Independent of the weather and
depends on the cow herself and
the man behind her. i His Judg
ment, his industry, and his stickr
ing on the job for long hours, each
and every day.
In some cases we are bringing
on our cattle too fast, forgetting
the consequences of coarseness
and lack of type, and instead of
greatness we are getting medio
crity or worse in these instances.
Let us be careful of our heritage
and achievements.
C. C. DICKSON, of
J. M. Dickson c Son.
Ashburn Farm, i
Shedd, Or., Dec. 8, 1924.
THE C0nH OF:
DAIRYING IN POUS
Report of Dairy Committee
' of Recent Agricultural
Economic Conference ;
(The following report of the
dairy committee of the Polk coun
ty agricultural economic confer
ence, recently held fat Dallas,
makes up a document deserving
careful t,tudy and attention:)
The dairy section of the; Polk
county economic conference, rer
cognizing the stability of the dairy
industry and its importance to
Polk county, desire to call atten
tion to certain facts relative to
the industry upon which their re
commendations are based.
(a) Statistical Data
I. Production statistics.
Data from the bureau of crop
estimates phow that there are now
10,000 dairy animals of all ages
in the county. This is an increase
of 70 per cent since 1910. The
annual production is approximate
ly one and a quarter, million
pounds of butterfat, or an average
of 170 pounds per cow. There are
240 bulls one year old or over In
the county, of which 60 per cent
are pure bred Over 8,000 tons
of legume hays are prod-aced anna-bred
Pep and Progress Campaign
ally and about 10,000 tons of suc
culent feed.
2. Marketing Statistics.
There are three creameries in
the county, and in addition a con-
densery, and two creameries oper
ate routes throughout the county.
The average Portland quoted price
for butterfat in 1923 was 46.3c
per pound. One of the local cream
eries paid 47c at the farm and
other local .concerns have paid
prices which compared favorably,
(b) Analysts of Statistics
1. Production exceeds consump
tion. The production of one and
a quarter million pounds of but
terfat in the county exceeds local
consumptive needs "by over 500,
000 pounds.' The state also pro
duces a surplus, and with storage
stocks much increased this year,
improved marketing conditions as
well as possibilities of lowering
production costs .must be consid
ered. . 2. Production per . cow low.
Lillian Russell is Well Now
Lillian Is Ella McMnnn's Cow; and She Was Not Really Sick;
Just Had a Tin Can or Something Like That in Her Throat,
and. AVas Healed Through Providence With a Lake Labish
Carrot -Though Miss McMunn Missed Having a Chance to
Itreak the Ten Coinraandments. -
Editor Statesman: ' ,
Our cow, Lillian Russell, is all right. I thought you would all
want to know. It transpired that she was not sick anyway. Just
had a tin can or something in her throat, and she was healed
entirely through Providence, "That moves in mysterious ways.
His wonders to perform." I was Just home from town and tell
ing my mother all about Mrs. Brady, who wouldn't let anybody
be afraid ot her, and Frank Johnson, who is going to gravel our
road out to the Perkins school, (tra. la. la), and Judge Hunt,
who has already sent help to that family in Mission Bottom, and
who listens so kindly to the woes of his many visitors; and Mr.
Willett. a lovely, brand new man that has bought the Capital
Drug Store and says he would like to have a million dollars to
buy things for the poor and hand them out personally, and a lot
more exciting things, when the cow unlatched the back gate
and walked in. 1
When we arrived we found her pleasantly engaged with
our freshly purchased wheelbarrow full of carrots. Here at
Lake Labish carrots are fairly large, and one just the size of a
joint of stovepipe was disappearing down her throat, . forcing
the tin can or the football or whatever it was before it ,
Of course we are glad, but if it had happened sooner I could
have stayed in town and broke the Ten Commandments. I mean
saw them. ' " f
I ELLA McMUNN
The average production of 170
pounds of fat per cow is equal to
the state average, but is lower
than for some other counties and
is lower than cost data show to be
necessary for economical produc
tion. 2. Too many inferior sires.
Forty per cent is too high a num
ber of grade and scrub sires to be
kept in use, when possibilities of
improvement are considered, and
especially in view of the low prices
at which well bred ones can now
be obtained.
4. Size of herd small. Reports
show that the herds of the county
average eight cows or less. Cost
data show that costs are materi
ally lessened in the larger herds,
and statistics further show that
the larger herds usually have the
higher production per cow. As
a usual thing, too. products from
the larger herds are of better aver
age quality.
5. Shortage of proper roughage.
While there may be a sufficient
amount, of legume hays produced
for the needs ot the dairy cows of
the county, too great an amount
of grain hay is used and the
legumes, are sold. The production
of 10.000 tons of succulent feed
is 15,000 tons short of the dairy
cows requirements.
6. Local firms deal fairly.
Prices obtained locally for prod
ucts indicate fair dealing on the,
part of firms now operating in
the county, and since there are
now enough plants to, adequately
handle the product, additional
plants are not needed at this time.
We therefore recommend:
1. Increased production pr
row. That every effort be mado )
to Increase the average production
per cow in Polk county horis. and
to this end: dairymen be encour
aged to keep records of production
either individually or through reg
ularly organized testing associa
tions. 2. Improved herd sires. That
efforts . be made to bring to the
attention of scrub bull owners the
possibilities of .increased returns
by ' breeding up with good, pure
eires, andT that an attempt
The 'Surest Way to Get More anrV
Is to Support Those You
be made to entirely eliminate from
the county all inferior sires.
- S. Efficient herd units. That
dairy herds be built up to effic
ient commercial units or be cut
down to supply home needs only.
Commercial units should consist of
10 cows or more.
4. Provide proper roughage.
That every dairyman strive to pro
vide at least 25 pounds of succu
lent feed daily for each dairy cow
when not on pasture, and to fur
ther provide one and a half to
two tons of legume hay annually
per 'cow.;-
5. Tropical fats' make unfair
competition. That since the vege
table oils ; of the tropics are so
produced and manufactured as to
constitute a menace to American
dairymen. our representatives in
congress be instructed to introduce
measures imposing increased du
ties on raw products imported and
higher taxes on manufactured pro-
ducts, sold as substitutes for dairy
products.
6. State law for T. B. testing,
That the proposed law making
testing for bovine tuberculosis
compulsory throughout the state
be supported..
7. That the calf clubs of the
county which have completed such
a creditable year's work becom-
mended and be further encouraged
to continue so important an activ
ity. Respectfully submitted.
G. O. HEWITT.
Chairman;
W. B. ALLEN.
S. L. STEWART.
1 II. D. ILIFF. '
" 1 C. HOSINGTON.
' K. J. WERTLE.
' ; I'VE. MURDOCK.
Committee.
II
AND BEE BUMS
And Other Timely Tips From
the Experts at the Big
School at Corvallis .;.
(The following paragraphs are
taken from the current bulletin
of the department of industrial
journalism of the Oregon Agricul
tural college:)
No progressive orchardist need
stand for the neglect of orchard
trees adjacent to his property
which will result in the develop
ment of diseases and pests which
will spread to his own trees, says
the experiment station. The Ore
gon horticultural law provides the
method by whicb such cases can
be handled. .;
Draughty houses and damp
poultry litter are to be guarded
against, particularly at this season
of the year, advises the Oregon
experiment station. -
poult r on
BUILHirJG A GREAT INDUSTRY FOR A
GREAT STATE WITH ITS GREAT GDWS
What Would Make for Finer Citizenship Than the Boys on
: the Farms Doing This Very Thing Mention By Name
and Ownership of Some of the Outstanding Cows of the
Leading Dairy BreedsThere Is Light Ahead
Editor Statesman: -:
When writing on such a subject
as Great Cows of Oregon, ; there
are several angles to the subject
and each angle represents a spe
cific feature that is contributory
to the word great. .
To illustrate, first, we have
what Is known as the great pro
ducers; secondly, we have the
great show cows; thirdly, we have
the combination show cows 'with
record; and fourth, there are the
great transmitting . foundation
dams in both type and production
classes,' whose influence has been
felt for years, and will continue
to be recognized in their descend
ants for years to come.
No one breed can lay claim to
all of the honors, in any of these
classes: all have their wonderful
Individuals in each class, but the
Jerseys, on account of Oregon,
having been the leading Jersey
state of the union, lays claim, per
haps to the greatest number of
outstanding individuals. ,
The Great Producers
The short time allotted me in
which to prepare this article, pre
vents me giving complete data of
the cows I will mention, and may
cause me to Innocently : overlook
and fail to include the names of
some of our greatest cows. In re
ferring to the t first class that I
mentioned as the "great produc
ers" we have a wonderful galaxy
of stars in the world and state
champions in all breeds. . The
Jersey .breed includes the renown
ed present champions in the dif
ferent classes. I - r
Darling's Jolly Lassie, owned by
Pickard Brothers, Marion. Oregon.
Poppy Dorthea, by F. Lynn, Per
rydale, Oregon,
Lulu Mary of Ashburn. by J. M.
Dickson & Som Shedd. Oregon.
St. Mawes Pretty Lady, by L.
C. Daniels, Tillamook, Oregon.
St. Mawes Lad's Lady, by; H,
Iliff. Independence. Oregon.
Empress Lass1 of Ingleside, by
is. c. AItman, Gresham. Oregon.-
. This last named cow, whose
combined record as a two and
three year old constitutes a world
record as such, with the past
champions , Lulu Alphea of Ash
burn, owned by J. J. VanKleek.
Heaverton, Ore.. Lad's Iota, owned
by S. "J. McKee. and the "world
famous Viva La France, owned toy
Pickard Bros. I
Included with, but not a world
champion 13 the wonderful little
850 pound Miss Inez, owned by
W. A. Forrest of McMinnville,
whose milk record : of 18.848
pounds was 2:2 times her own
weight and her fat; record of 950
pounds was 100 pounds in excess
of ber body weight, a record that
I believe unequalled by any cow
of any breed, i
Great Holstvins, Too .
In the Holsteln breed there are
several outstanding producers, no
tably. Stanhope Belle Johanna.
owned by H. G.; Mullenhoff. Gres
ham, Oregon, the first Oregon
Holsteln to give in excess of 32.-
000 pounds of i milk; and Model
Segis Prilly Gelscbe owned by C.
J. Bernini? of Mt. Angel, the first
Oregon Holsteln that produced In
excess of 1000! pounds of butter
fat. Lady Aggie Armsby of Rock,
with a record of 1100 pounds but
ter and the state record seven
day four year old Bessie Beeman
Aggie DeKol now on official test
that bids fair to establish a new
record for the state, owned by J.
Lu&her & Son, Fairvlew. Oregon.x
Ayrt'Jiires and Guernseys
The Ayrshire breed furnishes us
the world record cow Ester Marea
and the state roll of honor cow
Bruce Bell of Wenatchee, owned
by Earlcrest Stock Farm of Eagle
Creek. - ' 1 ' '
In the Guernsey breed we find
such great producing cows as
Yejsa nowdrop. owned by W. A.
Goodin of Cornelius, and Janis of
Sequoia, state champion, owned by
Larger Industries
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Fitzpatrick and Edmunds of Tilla
mook. The Great Show Cowj
Referring to the great show
cows, we have in the Jerseys the
following that have been cham
pions at the Pacific International,
the supreme test, notably: Brood
lands Lady, owned by Crandall
and Linn, Salem, Oregon, this
year's champion; Rinda Lad's
Lady, owned by J. McKee, and
Viva La France, owned by Pickard
Brothers. V Also Golden Cicero's
Happiness, champion Oregon state
fair 1924; Lady Tiddlewlnk G. C,
Oregon fair 1921, owned by Mrs.
B. 3 Neal. -
. The Holsteins have,' produced
such great show cows as Lady Ag
gie Ormsby of i Rock G. C P. I.,
owned by F. R.1 Beals of Tilla
mook; "Model Segis Prilly Gelsche,
owned by C. J. Berning, Mt. Angel,
Oregon, grand champion, Oregon
state fair 1923, and the outstand
ing show cow. ? Tillamook Daisy
Butterking DeKol, 'bred in Oregon
and now owned by Carnation Milk
Farms. i
The Ayrshires have as grand
champion at Pacific International
1923' Oregon Panetta, owned "by
the Oregon Agricultural College.
In Jewel of Rose City, an Oregon
bred cow now owned hi A. L.
Giles, Chinook Wash., grand
champion. Pacific International
1923 and 1924. the Guernseys
have an outstanding show cow
with a promising future.
Show and Record Cows
In the third classification of
show cows and record combined,
the sensational Viva La France is
perhaps the greatest representative
of the Jersey - breed, combining
the world's record for butter with
the grand championship of the
Pacific International.
The Holsteln had in Lady Aggie
I Ormsby of Rock, the greatest show
cow the breed has produced in a
generation, with a fine production
record. Model Segis Prilly Gelsche
is another notable combination
cow, with great show type and a
wonderful milk- and. fat record.
Tillamook Daisy Butterking DeKol
with her great record as a show
cow, combined with a milk record
in excess of 30.000 pounds, will
doubtless go down in Holsteln his
tory as one of the greatest repre
sentatives of the breed.
Great Transmitting Dams
Referring to the class : "great
transmitting dams" the Jersey
people of Oregon have just reason
to be proud, fori in the great cow
Silky, owned byi J. M. Dickson &
Son of Shedd. and the marvelous
cow St. Mawes Poppy, owned by
Ed. Gary of Carlton, net only Ore
gon, but the Jersey world ac
knowledged them the supreme and
unequalled i "great " transmitting
dams." '1
In the Holsteln breed. Oregon is
fortunate in having such a great
transmitting dam as Topsy Lola
Butterking, owned by F. R. Beals
Give Our
Best
Effori
as
At all times to assist In
any possible way the devel
opment of the trait and
berry Industrie In tbis val
ley. Oregon
L. Scott
of Tillamook.' this -great cow be
ing the dam of the world's famous
Tillamook Daisy Butterking De
Kol, and -Lola Bt?-rMng De"-1.
the firt friie "r reduce of d..
on the .-show4 circiit of. 1923. in
cluding .he United ,Ues aci Can
ada, Pacific International and Na
tional Dairy shows, and all Amer
ica produce of dam, as decided by
the grade committee.
Another outstanding Ilolsteiii
dam was Stanhope Fine, owned by
W. A. Frakes, Sea p pose, her de
scendants including Lunde Oregon
Fine, a cow whose offspring tare
made her famous in the state cf
Washington, and ia addition we
had in Oregon the greatest milk
producer the state tver had. end.
but for misfortune, the world's
greatest produeer--tanhope Bella
Johanna,, owned by II. C. Mullen
hoff ; of Gresham. As a great
transmitting dam the Guernsej-s
have in Princess Jewel, owned by
W. A. Goodin of Cornelius, a
worthy representative, her daugh
ter Jewel of Rose City having tesa
twice grand champion at the Pa
cific International and also stand
ing to her credit an excellent pro
ductlon record.
There Are Many Others
1 1 realize that I have only touch
ed on a few of the great e&o
cows in Oregon. There are nanj
others. In a short time there will
be new breeders bringing forward
wonderful performers at the rU
and in the show ring, and what
could be a greater inspiration to
any man than to try to improv
on these fine records and pleaslrs
show ring performances?
In Oregon today it would seen
that we have everything from t
breeder's standpoint, blood linc,
record of performance, type, cli
matic conditions, grains of all
kinds, and the best of dairying
grasses and hays, and on account
of geographic location we are cl
0E3
to the cheaper concentrates that
are so valuable In balancing our
dairy rations, ard all in a Mate
that has the capacity to provida
for more dairy cows than the stata
of Wisconsin, and the last statis
tics show we had less than one
tenth as many cdws as Wisconsin.
There Is Light Ahead
The dairyman will say that
dairying, does not.pay now, and I
will admit that we are going
through a drastic period today, but
all business appears to go in
cycles, up one year and down an
other, but I have noted that, the
man that plugs away, and we must
all plug away in some capacity,
will get ahead, and it appears to
me that there is always some profit
taken over a period of years hy the
dairyman that selects his stock,
weeds out, by intelligent methods,
the non-paying cows, applies correct-feeding
and breeding meth
ods, and does not try to get in and
get out on the crest of each wave
of prosperity and. hardmes.
Oregon Is a natural dairy coun
try, its future is tied up with its
great cows, and what can be finer
than to own and love these great
cows, as do these breeders? What
will tie your boys onto the home
like the owning, showing and test
ing of the great cows, and what
would make finer citizenship than
the boys on the farms, building a
great industry for a great state
with its great cows?
S. E. HODGEN.
Hodgen-Brewster Milling Co.
Portland. Or., Dec. 5, 1924.
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