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THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 2, 1925 7 INDUSTRIAL PRODUCE ITY .a i i yaii!!inv 1 THE OREGON STATESMAN," SALE1I, OREGON OREGON . "V - - ' S OUAL PRO1 DUCTS c ft' f 'MS t This cat Is used by courtesy of the Associated. Industries, of Oregon. Dates of Slogans in Daily Statesman (In Twlce-a-Week Statesman Following Day) ' (With a Tew possible changes) Loganberries, October 2, Prunes, October 9j -Dairying; October 16 ! Flax, October 23 : I Filberts, October $0 ! "Walnuts, November 6 ' Strawberries,- November IS Apples, November! 20 Raspberries, November 27 Mint, December 4i M v Great Cows, Etc., December 11 Blackberries, December 18 Cherries, December 25 Pears, January 1,11925 Gooseberries, January 8 -Corn, January 151 Celery, January 22 Spinach, Etc., January 29 Onions, Etc., February 5 Potatoes, Etc., February 12 Bees, February 19 Poultry and Pet Stock, Feb. 26 City Beautiful, etc., March 5. Beans, Etc., March 12 , Pared Highways, March 19 ! Head Lettuce, March 26 Silos, Etc., April 2 , Legumes, April 9 , .Asparagus, Etc., April 16, i Grapes, Etc.. April 23 Drug Garden, April 30 riSILftBE POSSIBILITIES NjOnEGONWELL OUTLIIUED B AW EXPERT Silo Construction by Groups of Farmers Purchasing Jointly tre Proper Equipment for Puttng Up Silage Is the Real . Solution, Thinks the Josephine j County Agricultural Agent j I :' 4 (By II. B HOW rELL,' County Agri- cultural Agent for -Josephine County) ." J .-i For the southern Oregon dairy farmer the use of silage in the cow ration has an additional advantage to that of supplying succulence, Ja that it really brings about a better balanced ration when fed with al falfa than when alfalfa is led alone. Dairy farmer in many'sec tlons are not bothered, with feeds that are out of balance on the pro tein side, but, to the . man who feeds alfalfa 'hay exclusively, corn silage, where it can bei grown to advantage, offers a real possibility . - ui uaiauiug lauuup niiu .uisuic yyf grown feed. ' 1 . It is this fundamental Idea that Sis bringing the silo idtea bo forcibly to the attention of the dairy farni- ers of Jackson and Josephine f j counties. With this! combination of feeds . they have roughages that are the best obtainable, and except for the high producing cows have feeds thatineed no sup plementing. - ; ; Silo development fin southern Oregon, like many other progres sive Steps, has usually been the re sult of periods of enthusiasm, and as a consequence many; farmers built silos who, laterj did not use them. This was brought about 'by a number of causes, chief of which ; might be mentioned aj general lack of understanding of the require ments for successful jcorn produc tion misunderstanding of the pos sibilities and advantages of feed ing silage, and the fatt that many of , the silos constructed were too 'small (some of them being only 25 to . 35 tons capacity Probably the chief drawback wap the general lack of equipment for 'handling the milage crop. j Many farmers fed silage to beef Yattle. Partly because their oper- i atlons were carried oh In a small u way and especially as a result of me poor economic conauion m iue eer came industry generally in the southern Oregon district, they became discouraged j and many ceased to fill their silos. The principal drawback from the corn production standpoint has been lack of Irrigation water. Without irrigation niost farmers have found that yields were not high enough to make silage an at tractive crop. However, with the completion In recent. rears of two new irrigation projfects around Grants Pass and others in the Medford and Ashland ections, this water shortage has ceased to be a problem, f J j -"' " Consistent publlcityjon the value of silage for dairy coWs by exten sion agents, cow testers, creamer ip.s, banks and progresislve farmers w slowly but surely having Its ef fcpt. Many dairymen! are Just be- rthat rrnwa alfalfa, corn silaffc. and irrigated pastures is admirably sit uated far the dairy business., ; The Warm 'summer weather of southern Oregon coupled with a good supply of Irrigation water makes corn production an easy matter and .yields of J. 2 to 1 5 .tons per acre can be secured. This ton nage will return to the farmer a fair Income from bis land and pro yide him 1th succulence and a 3 -J Sugar Beets, Sorghum, Etc., May 7 Water Powers, May 14 Irrigation, May 21 Mining, May 28 Land, Irrigation. Etc., June 4 Floriculture, June 11 Hops, Cabbage, Etc., June 18. Wholesaling and Jobbing, June 25 ' Cucumbers, Etc., July 2 Hogs, July 9 Goats. July 16. ' Schools, Etc., July 23 Sheep, July 30 National Advertising, August 6 Seeds. Etc., August 13 Livestock, August 20 Grain and Grain Products, Au gust 27 Manufacturing, September 3. Automotive Industries, Septem ber 10 Woodworking. Etc.. Sept. 17 'V Paper Mills, Etc., Sept.. 24. :: 1 i n I;! !- .! '-' (Back copies of the Thursday editions i of The Daily Oregon Statesman are on hand. They are for sale at 10 cents each, mailed to any address. Current copies 5c.) - FOB SDUTHERN home grown, ration - balancing feed! ; j Silo construction by groups of farmers so that they can purchase jointly the proper equipment for putting up silage is the Teal solu tion jof this drawback, to silo build ing. i Inj'j Josephine county one group of sis farmers in the Illinois valley Is contemplating the con struction' of silos this year. These .progressive dairymen are serious ly considering home made silos, becaiise they live in a conntry of goodj timber and sawmills and can not feee the wisdom of hauling lumber 4Qj miles from the railroad Into jtheir valley. 1 j i The tendency in construction seems to be toward larger silos of capacities of 70 to 150 tons for the iargeir herds. For the smaller herds other succulent feeds such as kale and root crops are receiv-i lngi.more attention than silos. The Josephine county agricul tural economic conference held at Grants Pass about a year ago called attention to the fact that this 1 county is annually short about 9000 tons of succulent dairy ,feed.$ It was recommended that this iclas3 of feed should be In creased to provide 30 pounds per dairy cow- when not on pasture. Corni silage for fall and winter feeding and oats and vetch or vetcb. and barley for spring and summer were suggested. Increas- ?d plantings of kale and root crops or small herds were advocated. Minnesota No. 13 was named as the best variety of corn for ensil ing on most farms. ' Silage for Steer Feeding j .j and Sheep Fattening Editor Statesman: Silage, I long recognized ; as an essential in the winter ration of the best managed dairy herds, has a place in the range cattle indus try also. In fattening steers and wintering stock cattle and hand ling range sheep, silage has proved Its worth? . Use of silage in connection with feeding operations In the steer fat tening lot, however, has been somewhat at a standstill in Oregon during the past two years due to the general belief that the cost of a ton of silage was too high as compared with the cost of alfalfa hay. jj Cost of producing a steer in different localities varies with so many; factors that not many fig ures are available on the actual and detailed production costs. Fig ures on actual results from feed ing silage are available, howeter, and indicate that it has a place in the ration for fattening steers,; es pecially such silage as is made from 'corn or peas with bald barley-. X i : m : At the Union branch experiment station alfalfa hay alone (which has been the standard ateer fat tening ration ,Jn eastern Oregon for several years) - -was tried in tests in comparison with a ration of alfalfa,, bay and ...23.7 ..pounds silage dally. . Results showed that the hay and silage ration put on 64 per cent more gain than the hay (Cvntlnne4 ca ftg 9 OREGON QUALITY products are establishing themselves in world markets; they make our payrolls! they build our cities; they attract new capital and new people; they .provide a market for the products. of our farms. Oregon farms, produce a wider variety of profitable crops of "Oregon Quality" food than any other spot on earth. SIUGEC SO c s Corn Silage Is the Best of. All, But Many Growths Have Been Used tor Silagej Including Weeds On the Average Dairy Farm in Either Eastern or Western Oregon, Silage t is Necessary to Get the Most Profit Out of Cows Editor Statesman: f j :Silage crops are to provide suc culent feed at seasons of the year when the best succulent f eed j green grass, is not available, s Silage may be considered an artificial sub stitute for jgrass. As badly I as such a substitute is needed in the winter arid pn the dry summers, a silo ig only justified under ycer tain conditions. It is not justified on a sheep or cattle ranch where alfalfa nay can be produced abun dantly and cheaply. Neither is it a paying investment on farms with only four or five cows. Another placjei where H its ; advisability is doubtful is 'on some of the western Oregon dairy farms which are so smai that large quantities of food must be. bought. . In the latter case1. It is. probable that root crops are more profitable. This Is j particularly true: in the j coast counties. ' ; -; j . - But on the average dairy farm of either eastern or western Ore gon, silage la necessary to get the most profit; out of the cows, j And people with silos are interested in whaf crops can be used to fill them. , ; . ' I- - ! j . j Com Silage j, l sSo better crop than corn has ever been found . for silage. In fact, there is no crop quite so good. f Corn seems to be made exactly lot. this- purpose.ii.There are Varieties to fit nearly all sec tions! of the state. Minnesota 13 leads In - most parts of the state, but along the Columbia and Snake rivers later maturing varieties can be used. In Malheur county Golden Jewel is a favorite. (This is a splendid variety for those sections having a long, hot grow ing season, but it matures too late for, use in the Willamette valley. ; In western Oregon Golden Glow is also widely used, especially . In Washington county. This is a lit tle later maturing than Minnesota 13 and is liked better by 'some dairymen. ! ; !' In) some parts of the valley it has been the custom for people to ;go to the nearest feed store and buy eastern !sed corn for the silage crop. This often results in disappointment, due to poor ger mination that is followed by poor stands and low yields. If stands are secured from thi3 middle west seed the yields are usually much higher ; than with Minnesota 13. However, this additional yield is largely water and, the- grower ; Is put to the expense of handling several tons more of water per acre than is the case with corn grown from local seed. . ; . ' The, only place where It; may pay to use this late maturing corn is on - very r high priced j land near cities, as in the suburbs of Portland.' Here the farmer is more concerned with getting ton nage per acre! than with quality, and he can afford to use late mat uring! corn if by so doing he can double his yield. On the average modern I I- Dry Cleaningl Dyeing and Pressing o 2188 ECOi'J. B 1 GIALIST OFTHE . A: G. farm it will' pay to stick to early maturing varieties and local seed of these should be used. Oots and Vetch forSummer Silage Many farmers like to feed sil age in July I and August when their pastures have 'dried 'up. -For this purpose, fall sown oats and retch make the best combination. Thy are ready to cut just about the time-they will be needed and they make a very good quality of silage and give.good yields. Probably many more dairymen would be ahead if this practice of feeding summer silage were more extensive. Iabor is usually easy to get at that time of the .year and since one already has his investment in the silo and the equipment. It would be good busi ness In many cases to use that investment more. If grass pastures are available throughout the sum mer, the grass is better than, silage but on many, many farms the hot weather months mean falling back on the. hay mow. . : ' Results at the Oregon, experi ment station show that - in most years oats and vetch will outyield corn,' in some cases yielding three times as much silage per acre. In years of trouble from aphis, or when the vetch winter kills, the yield falls below corn. , . Vetch and oats seeded at the rate; of from 60 to 0potHids of vetch and 40 pounds of Oray Win ter bats per acre- is a good com bination. Seeding before the mid dle of October gives best results. This crop is right 1 for putting into the silo when the seeds r are formed in the lower pods on the vetch and the oats are in .the light dough stage. ! Oats and Tetch, or wheat and vetch, are coming into favor in parts of eastern Oregon also, E. M. Eby and the Scobee and Keif ranch, both of Redmond, secured about 11 tons of silage per acre from Hungarian vetch and oats In one case and a mixture of Hun garian vetch and wheat, oats and barley in the other. The previous year Mr. Eby secured 12 tons per. acre from wheat and hairy vetch. Peas and Barley or Oats Best for Coast Counties Another combination of value is peas and barley. This crop is ! (Contlnned on pare 10) i THIS WEEK'S SLOGANS DID YOU KNOW that Salem is the silo center of Oregon; that new silos are being erected faster In the Salem district than in any other section of the entinf Pacific Coast; that every farm having live stock ought to nave al least one silo; that a silo is a pasture under cover; that it is an insurance policy against Joss; that the farmer with live stock without a silo loses enough every year to pay for one or more; that although silos ate going out in this district faster than ever before, they are not even yet being installed nearly half as fast as they should be; and that Marion and Polk counties lead all Oregon in silo preponderance and silo lore? ' : ' ' i ' - - ! I . -. , v-i 1 . r i - : j . i s i - - i Lower Prices UK PRODUCTS TIE BJSE OFfDIIGESTBUSIISS .- Now is the Time for Oregon to Capitalize Climatic, Feed l 'and Market Conditions for Permanent, Profitable and Stable Business Make ! Cream Pail i (By EDWARD T. BARBER) !" ' I ' - - :' Milk, and milk products, occupy the second highest place n the United States, based upon gross returns for the past . year. ' ' Bituminous coal stands first and fiilk follows with? a gross credit well above the three billion dollar mark, 'jj ; - j . ' . . Mr. Dairyman, you are engaged In "'b!g! business.?' The second largest in the United States. : Federal statistics show that in the past ten years! the per capita consumption of milk has been in creased 3?0 per cent. j. This Remarkable growth has been largely accomplished through scientificj educational efforts by health organizations. . ; In order to. meet the require ments essential to this growth of the business science has assisted the dairyman to better methods of production, handling, and market ing of their product. s Laws lave, been passed for the purpose of protecting both the con sumer and the honest producer from fraud and imposition by care toss, unscrupulous and dangerous producers!. ' I ! . " The health of the public , has been the jsasis idea of most of the milk regulatory laws. Sanitary laws regulating the handling o( cews to the cleaning of the con tainers a? d the sterilizing of milk huve insiecl public confidence In the use f more milk and milk products, j ; The peH cent of food content es sential to! public consumption have been)determined and fixed by laws so that the consumer 1s certain of getting the quality of article de sired in solid contents and butter fat of the product offered for salei. All of j these regulations, and their strict enforcement, tend to stimulate greater consumption.' Oregonj presents" unusually fa-on-.ble conditions for stimulating the develA; ntcut cfjthe dairy busi- T-C3S. j - - I ! : Climatic conditions maintain cows at tbir maximum efficiency. No extremes of temperature to consume nergy which may be on verted ih more j milk. Green feed practically the year around, and silage may bid produced in enormousj tonnage on every farm. In response to these favorable conditions; Oregon has already tak- 3 I I G )d!GrfJooc GZtepning i Suits Cleaned and Pressed $1.50 Suite Pressed 50c 785 Highland Avenue Oregon; the National Milk and en an! advanced position in tne dairy world. The! multitude of pure bred herds found all over the state,' es pecially In the Willamette valley and nearby territory speaks elo quently of the earnestness, in which Oregon dairymen have tack led the problem. There are many herds having world I record cows in them and herds pf ten to fifteen more cows giving a herd average of 700 to S00 pounds butterfat for a year are not uncommon. However, such herds are uncom mon enough that they serve mostly to show what the state may do. The javerage for the entire stato is around 150 pounds per cow. It would seem useless to endeav or to convince the. man owning the average cow that his financial sal vation i lies through better cows. The 150 pound cow costs practical ly as much to keep as the 800 pound producer. The 150 pound producer at an average price of 40c pe pound for butterfat brings a return of $60. A 500 pound producer brings a return of $200, and the 800 pound producer brings in $320. This' is for butterfat and does not consider the extra value of the calves las butter producers. Oregon needs more pure bred, high-producing cowa, .- o - Oregon needs more high-class dairymen who sense the essential factors of. production and market ing dairy products. It is! not expected that every Oregoni farmer will : milk cows. Some are not temperamentally adaptefl to this branch of agricul ture bujt to those. who are so adapt ed dairying is ah insurance against seriousj loss on the entire years op erations. Potatoes, peas; beans, fruit, hay and gr.in may fail or suffer ser ious loss, but the family of the dairyman is assured of a living and mortgages may still be" paid off. , Cow-testing , and bull associa tions should be more in evidence in the upbuilding of the dairy herds. . Oregon dairymen are inclined to work singly and independently in the testing of their herds and fail to realize lthe enormous value to be found in the work of a cow testing association. The Cow-testing association of Lewis county, Washington, shows as a result of Its two years work that tho average increased yield, based upon cost of feed, is 49 per cent. Lewis county is the earner of on of the greatest dalry?n,-j districts in the United States, yet only 2 per cent of the dairyma of that county are members tf- the cow t?s".ing fcpscoiation. A banker, or merchant, cr any one engaged in a commercial or manufacturing business who would thus pass by an opportunity to in crease bis income by 43 per cent Snappy Service This cut is used by courtesy of the Associated Industries, of Oregon. Beginning about January 1, 1925, The Statesman will supple ment Its slogan article's tm this page with a series of stories of Industrial Oregon" from the pen of Mr. Edward T. Barber Who is one of the most accomplished writers along thesa lines In the iPacific Northwsst. TXra Barber Is "a painstaking and careful investigator. His "articles will be based upon the most reliable Information obtainable and written from a constructive optimistic viewpoint. The following subjects will be Included la these articles: : . 1 ,' " j: The WiHamjette Valley, Its and" General Features. j - Lumbering and Forest ProductB. Manufacturing Industries and Opportunities. .Market at Home and Abroad. - . Fruit Growing Conditions , and . Opportunities. Commercial Nut Growing. : " Poultry and Its Opportunities. General Agricultural! CondItlonsknd Opportunities. - ) Labor Conditions. , . ' .Irrigation. ! ' Edncational and Religious Resources.! ' ; Tourist Trails and Scenic Attractions. Taxation and Financial Conditions. General Living Conditions. Dairying, Milk, and Milk Products. - j Mineral Resources. Commerce. Hydro-Electric Development and Possibilities. would be- considered a subject for a pad red cell. All of which ibows the distance yet to be 4ravelied by the dairv industry befoie it gets on as sound a ' footing as" other lines of iadustry.. Xext to culling a herd of dairy cows by mftans of a cow testing as Fociation increase its - earning capacity, Id 4.he use of a pure bred bull;from high producing strains. One of the largest and most suc cessful dairy bull associations in the jsvest Is at Preston, Idaho; It is composed of 20 members. It owns 11 pure bredibulls, every one of which comes from a cow. with a record of not less than 500 pounds butter fat' per year. In an experiment at the Iowa Experiment station a scmb cow was used, f This cow was well cared for and she had a record of 3.875 pounds of milk containing: 193 pounds of bntterfat, for her yearly production. v. ' Her calf was sired by a pure bred Holstein bull. This calf had a yearly I production record of 6,956 pounds of milk and ,266 pounds of butterfat. This t calf was bred to a pure bred Holstein bun. and her calf produced 12,804 pounds of milk and j 4 8 J pounds of butter fat. Two crosses of good bulls in creased the milk record by 8,929 pounds and the butter fat record by 290 pounds. - Now, suppose you had a herd of 20 scrub cows making the same progj-ess into the second -generation jthe net gain at 40 cents per pound for the butterfat, would ba $2,320. i Better sires and - the culling of he herd by scientific cow-testlns are the two greatest sources of im j toved dairy stock. . - '; The Willamette valley Is the "milk and cream pail" of the-clty of Portland which is-the market cebter lor la vast territory. Hun dreds of small creameries, some of thfrm on the co-opratlv.-i plan and some independent concerns dot the mate of Oregon but the dairymen of the state have made "more ad vancement: along the Ifne of pro duction than in the line of mar keting, ' j - - . At Tillamook the cooperative marketing plan has been develop ed more fully than elsewhere. As a consequence Tillamook has es tablished national reputation for her cheese and dairy products. Several condenseries are operat ing at different parts -of the-state and some milk powder plants ars cperating. I These plants consume a large part of the surplus milk. . The ice cream business has been growing rapidly and requires a large number of cows to supply It with the required quantity. . Ice cream has treased to be a mere confection. Its great food value is being recognized. A quart of ice- cream contains the same amoant of food value as 2 pounds of chicken, or 14 standard cgfis, or 4-5 pounds of-ham. The law requires Ice cream to carry 8 per .cent butter fat. But such ice cream Is considered rather weak by the eating public and manufacturers increase the fat con tent to 12 and 14 per cent. "Some manufacturers -use pure cream for this purpose, or rather unsalted butter, others use peanut or other neutral oils. . . . , Modern ice cream is made by first separating the milk, then con densing the skimmed f milk one half to Increase the solid content. It is sterilized by the Pasteur or similar process. The fat content is then introduced and "the entire mass is passed through a machine which breaks up the fat globules and mixes it into a homogenious mass. The cresta iij l cSocgd, " " hi';'' iT- 1 r - i Physical, Historical, Oeographical will not again separate and no lumps of butter will appear-In the ice cream. This product. ) after passing through thjJ homogenlzer is cooled and placed in containers for sale to the Ice cream makers. In this , condition it is called "mix." : J - Individual ice qream makers buy this "mix" and ireere It In the! own establishments, usually giv ing it some name of their j own fancy. ' Portland is the center of a very large Industry in the production of ice cream "mix" and many thous ands of cows are required to pro duce the necessary amount of TnllS: daily. I During the slack ice cream sea son the makers of "mix" buy large quantities of unsalted butter which they place in cold storage to be used in Ice cream "mix" making during the height, of the 'season when it would be difficult to get enough butter fat for the Ice cream trade. ' .- 'There exists nowhere such ideal conditions In feed and climatic conditions as in Oregon. Consumption of dairy product! Is increasing yearly at a phenome. nal ratio, thus insuring stable mar ket conditions. .1 If there ever was a time when Oregon farmers should use their heads; unite to produce standard grades of uniform high quality which will ' command the larger markets, ft is NOW. HEifW SILOS rail wi co. High Cost of Filling, and Re duced Numberof Stock Cattle the Cause (By 11. G. AVERY, County Agri- cultural Agent) Due to the high cost of filling them and because many farmers who bought alios d i.l not need th em at that time or, have since sold off stock cattle and do not. have enough stock to eat up the silagj, not over one-third of Union coun ty's silo are in use. Silo building !n this country was heavily boomed by silo agents at the time sunflowers firet came in to use as a silage crop. Seasons are not generally favorable here to produce a good corn crop. Many farms where sunflowers were tba basis ef the silo venture have dis carded this crop as unsatisfactory. Others are using sunflowers with excellent success. The farmers who are using theif silos are for the most part trading work about the community to re duce cost of pilo filling.' Dairymen who have silos are using them ant some dairyman occasionally bays a silo now. A large increase in al falfa hay production, due to th use of sulphur fertilizer and Grimm seed, has had its effect in lessening interest in silos. All dairymen In the couaty shonl.l have silos of a proportionate eIi to the number of cows. Live stock men who can put silage in at half the cost of hay per ton will fin-l it profitable, , If ways to rduco the cost of filling silos i t? found, a large number will I - 7 :t back in use. Slogan Advert! z ore- Ar. Entitle- 1 . V
