OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM,- OREGONj
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Dates df: Slogans in Paily Statesman
(In Twlce-a-Week Statesman Following Day)
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Logrnberries, October 2
Prui.es. October 9 i ; ,
Dairying, October It
y?x. October 23 ;
Filbert.' October 30 ,
Walnuts, November ? J
I Strawberries, November It .
Appits, iMovemner zu
Raspberries,. November 27
Mint, December 4
Great Cows. Etc. December 11
Blackberries. December xs
Cherries, December 25
Pears. January l.iS26
Gooseberries. January 8 ; f
Corn, januaiy 15 v
Celery, January 2 J !
Spinach, Etc., January 29
Onions, Etc., February 5
Potatoes, Etc.. Feb-nary 12 .
Bees; February 1 f
. Poultry and Pet Stock. Feb. 28
City 'Beautiful, etc.',: Ma.-ch 5.
Beans; Etc., March 12
Paired "Highway. Urrh 1ft
Head Lettuce, Marco 28
Silos Etc.. April 1 .
Leftume, April, .9' )!::!!;-'
Asparagus, Etc.. April 18
Crapes. Etc., April 23
Drug Uarden, April 30
Sugar Beets, Sorghum. Etc, '
: May 7 , : , .. i,.---'
Water Powers, May. 14
Irrigation, May 21
Mining. May 28 "' -
Land, Irrigation. Etc.; June 4 '
Floriculture, June H (t
Hops, .Cabbage, Etc , June JlX
Wholesaling and Jobbing.
June 25
CUcumbera, Etc., July 2
Hogs, July 9
Goats, July 18.
Schools, Etc., July 23 ' .
Sheep. July 30 A ;
National Advertising, August 8
Seeds. Etc., Augus 13 .t 6-t
LlTeetock, August 20 ' '
Qrain and Grain Products. Au-
-gust 27 . f :.
Manufacturing, September 8.
Au tomoti ve Industries, Sept em-;
ber 10- ' - ' -;
Woodworking Etc.. Sept. 17
Pape. Mills.' Ltc, Sept. Zi.
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editions of.The Dally Oregon
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"OREGON QUALITY" products, are establishing themselves in world markets; they make
our pay rolls ihey 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. ! j I
DREGDlJ IS NIK A GOOD GROWTH
EACH YEAR IN HER NUMBER OF SHEEP
This State Has Passed the Two Million Mark, But She WiU
Not Have Enough Sheep Till She Passes All the Rest,
Including Texas The United'States Produces Only
About Half the Wool She Consumes
The number of sheep in .thefbeen abore the average for Ore-
A'Ptp FQRMORE ID BETTER SEP .
"7ID liSD FOB FEWER ID BETTER DB8S
Karl Steiwer, Successful Sheep Breeder and Dealerr Be
: lieves the Farmers Should Work for Better Sheep and
for Those Which Will increase the Average Fleece--The
Best of the Ewe Lambs Should Be Saved
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" with wool from 40 to 60 cents
( per pound and lambs from 10 to
' 14 cents per pound the past year
has been very gratifying to most
" gflerp Twiiers in the valley. Like
I prijwi oiks, j years since 1921. sheep
( have beei the' best crop. In spite
I of the, high .regard farmers have
) tat sheep. ? there Is i great danger
.of a material decrease in flocks
Unless fa" larger percentage of this
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year s ana nc;t year s ewe lamo
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.Last year - many' sheep" owners
kept some, ewe lambs till spring,
theivthe best ones found their way
to market. : This partly owing to
the high prices prevailing' last
spring and partly due to a short
age of funds, to carry on other
farm enterprises, The result has
beon- jihat.the- valley sheep, while
not- "young" last ' year,1 are, Just a
year older and no yearlings are
available to take the; places of the
Inevitable loss. j; i : v.!:(.:
.Eastern and-. southern Oregon
have also been heavy lamb sell
ers, sq there Js no outside sourco
from which to increase our breed-
ink' eAVtM 4 Since it Hollows that
we -mtjMt'; rajser'iautlbnllibwea, "it
would; seem to be good business to
JLtXrld', Ithprove them In some par
ticular. We have In the past giv
eit considerable -attention to the
mutton I lamb, because that was
terfl the prorit lay. , ,
" ""t' Inrrense the T-le ecc '
Inasmuch as the next two or
three; years will see a large per
centage of our flocks replaced with
BQPISIWPSL yQOnger,; why not'Te
place with a better wooled sheep?
"fUh indrecare in the selection
of rams and the proper culling out
of the of fspring. It Should be easy
to increase tfie flfeece a'pound or
two, and at the same time not de
tract: from the quality of the wool.
I am vjnot speaking :of m purebred
sheep;; but more especially of the
commpn! kind: By selection of
rami don't mean that we should
a.U raise, fine wooled or all coarse
j wooled sheep, but .blend the two
together, depending upon what we
hare to start with, and more es
pecially do I away with rams that
I do not" produce wool. 1 This class
' of rams will always 1 be numerous
until farmers cease to be-afraid to
castrate spring lambs. There is
no sense in spending good; money
for rams and then permit a lot of
cull lambs tp sire the next year's
crop, i Too many sheep men wait
I for a tavorable moon, or until the
', crops are in, or until the lambing
season is over. ' By this time the
- lambs are perhaps tool big; and
.t they decide to let them go. My.ex
I periaa(ehas beet that the best
time Is when the lamb Is from one
day lo one week old and today is
always better than tomorrow.
-j fWer and Better Dogs -' -
The; Statesman's efforts 'for
rnorei and better sheep should be
. appr4!ated,and in this connection
J jtomrthlng might also be said for
fewei 'and 'better dog , Last
i sprlngl know of two very ordin
' ary dogs--no deceased that in
j 24 hours killed ontrlght' not less
' than $500 worth of sheep and
goats. , The damage to the balance
of the flocks in cripples, orphan
lambs and loss of :, morale; would
probably exceed twice that amount.
. KARL STEIWER.,
JftrcrsonOr.. July 29, 1925.
(Mr, Steiwer Is one of the most
successful of .the shejep. breede,rs
and dealers of the Salem district.
He made the statement, printed in
the Slogan issue of last year, that
the sheep industry, in the Willam
ette valley is more stable and more
profitable than' It is in eastern
Oregon "(and he has had sheep in
eastern Oregon); that a man with
sheep can rent ; stubble fields in
the Willamette valley, and other
good sheep pasture, too, for around
15 'cents a sheep a month and
that this is cheaper than keeping
eastern Oregon sheep herders with
all their expenses at $30 a month
salary for each ' herder. -Ed.)
United States is about half what
it should be, to supply the wool
needed by the factories of ' the
country. There is a slight annual
growth in number, but it is not as
rapid as it ought to be; not more
rapid, perhaps, than sufficient to
keep pace with the increased de
mand fox woolens due to increase
ia population. . ' , ' ' '
j There cannot he an Ideal condi
tion in this respect till the num
ber' increases so largely, together
with - the increase in average
weight of fleece, that our people
shall produce all the wools Our
DEMI THE SCENES OF HEG0U
IWI MILL; INTERESTS FSCTS
The Reader Is Taken in a Tour of Inspection Through trie
Oregon City Woolen Mills, One of Our Pioneer Indus
. trial Institutions, and Numbered Among the Largest
Factories in the West
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Associated Industries, of Oregon.
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, Production of Wool -
The estimated production of
wool in the United States in 1924
was 238,530,000 pounds of fleece
and 43,800,000 pounds of pulled
wool. The latter is nostly from
animals slaughtered.
The wool Imported Into the
United States for the fiscal year
which ended June 30th was worth
approximately $130,000,000. The
United States stands at the head
of the wool consuming countries
of the world. In 1924. we, con
sumed 538,000,000 pounds. France
mills need till the United States comes next to the United States,
becomes self sufficient in wools. I Great Britain third, and Germany
1 ! The official estimate of 'the, fourth in the matter of wool con
sumption. 'The number of sheep
In this country exceeds that of any
other country except China and
Australia.' In 1924 Argentina
produced 280,000,000 pounds. New
Zealand 180,000,000, . British
South Africa 193,000.000. Aus
tralia which holds first place has
to its credit 650,000,000 pounds.
The : wool imported Into the
United States comes largely from
Europe. Argentina and Australia.
Argentine . supplied 32,000.000
number of sheep in the. United
States on January 1st, taade up
by the U. S department of agri
culture, is as follows: 37,223.000
for 1923; 38.300.000 for 1924;
39,134,000 for 1923. - ji
Oregon Shows Up Well i ;
For Oregon the official estimate
Is: 1,860.000 for 1923; 1.916,000
for 1924, and 2,012,000 for'1925.
There are only a few states in the
2,000,000 class,' with Oregon. They
are California, with 2,621,000,
and Ohio, Montana, Montana,; pounds in 1924, Australia 35,000,
Wyoming, New Mexico, Utah andi 000 and Great Britain 69,000,000
Idaho, with over 2.000,000 each.
Texas Is the only state in the 3.
000,000 ' class, having 3,246,000
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sheep In the past" three years' has
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NThe wool crop of the world has
quintupled in the last one hundred
years, while the cotton crop is
twenty times . greater than a cen
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Up goes the curtain on one of
the largest and most Interesting
industries of the west.
. With the possible exception of
paper, there is no industry on the
coast that so strongly Intrigues the
interest of a visitor as a trip
through a woolen mill. Everyone
likes to see how and from what
his garments and blankets are
made.
Fortunate, indeed, is he who is
privileged to go through the Ore
gon City woolen mills. Here he
can follow the wool, step by step,
from the time it leaves the sheep's
back until it is a finished fabric
and he can also see that same-fabric
made Into up-to-date garments
and blankets.
SreakTng from the standpoint
of natural resources. Oregon City
is ideally located for a woolen
mill. This "land of wool is a
big land, and Oregon City is right
at the door of the greatest wool
producing section of America., Not
only does this enable us to select
the choicest fleece, but . Mother
Nature has provided pure moun
tain water for washing and scour
ing the fleece. The moisture in
the air is another distinct asset
because the dry air is higher alti
tudes hardens the woolen fibre
and makes it brittle and unweildly.
The first step necessary to pro
duce top-grade woolens Is to se
lect good wool. ' "Judging to a
thair" very aptly expresses the skill
of the men who are entrusted with
the duty of selecting wool for this
mill. The warmth, wear and ser
vice of the wool is scientifically
determined before the wool is even
purchased. Such science is the re
sult not only of a lifetime of train
ing, but an almost uncanny ability
to judge instinctively. j
Next the wool must be sorted
Into different grades. This sort
ing is far removed from being; a
mere mechanical process of select
ing and separating wool from cer
tain regions of fleece because in
each individual fleece, the Quail
ties and proportions differ. 1 1 It is
only by long experience that the
sorter is enabled, by instinct, ! to
rightly, divide up his lots so as to
produce even qualities of raw ma
terial. He knows which wool will
make the finest flannels and
which of the 'long fleecy 'fibres
will make the softest blankets.
With marvelous precision and cer
tainty, the sorter picks out his sep
arate qualities and throws each
into its allotted receptacle.)
Soft Water Important
Many people who visit a woolen
mill for the first time marvel at
the thick coating of dirt! and
grease that adheres to the fleece
as; it comes from the sheep's hack
A large percentage of the J actual
weight of the fleece Is dirt.! Every
particle of this dirt and vegetable
matter must be washed away i-for
it the wool is imperfectly cleansed,
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THIS WEEK'S SLOGAN
DID. YOU KNOW That the Salem district Is one of the
best countries;ln the world for the raising of 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?
LIME ROCK IN ALMOST
QUANTITIES FOUND JT FILLS CITY
This Discovery-Thought to Be "Worth a Great Deal to the
Farmers of the Willamette Valley General and Per
sonal News of Falls City for the Past Week
OREGON HOR
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It Is Believed to Be the Bast
Quality Produced in the
.Whole World.
time
each
day!
(A Statesman representativo n
few days' ago vitited the Roque
fort cheese factory of Tean and
Tlranson, near Falls Cityr the first
Roquefort cheese factory to be es
tablished In Jhe Unijed States. He
sends j the following as a result of
his vlMt;) . , . -
Th V Roquefort cheese factory
near Falls City Oregon, will pro
duce 5000 pounds. daring the year
.1925.1 This is the third year the
company has operated, and each
I season the output has been ma
terially Increased. At the present
150 goats are being milked.!
goat averages two quarts a
The cheese has a ready mar
ket, in fact It must be put through
a special curing process for 100
days before It can be put on the
market. At the -time The States
man's representative ' visited this
factory they hadj on Jhand 3000
pounds of the best cheese lnthe
world, as Mr. '.Teal and Mr; Bran
sonowners, firmly believe, and
their beliefs are strengthened each
day as they are told in person, and
by -letters by customers' from far
and wide that the flavor excels
that of the imported cheese.
: The pesenf owners are very op-
tlmistlcand-aee unlimited possibil
ities, I with practically ho competi
tion
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Umo Rock Exists In fjirgt Quan
tities Near Falls City
A-wonderful deposit of lime rock
has been discovered on the land
recently acquired by A. A. Muck
and lying about three miles north
east of town. This property Joins
the plant of the Oregon-Portland
Cement company and the deposit
shows' very plainly on the land
within a, thousand feet of . the
tracks of the Southern Pacific
company.
Members of the state lime board
visited the properly with Mr! Muck
on Monday, making a preliminary
examination. They found things
in good shape, better than they ex
pected. - Prospects are very good
that the deposits will be mined and
manufactured so that a cheap fer
tllizer will be available for the
farmers of the Willamette. valley.
In the growing of flax alone this
discovery will prove of inestimable
benefit. ,.
An assay recently made by the
experiment station of the Oregon
Agricultural college shows
per cent of calcium carbonate, suf
ficient to make the material very
valuable as agricultural lime.
Mr. Muck has owned this land
but a short time, but, knowing
perties the balance of the season,
cutting timber from the Ward K.
Richardson tract southwest of
town. I
Murphy Brothers are hauling
lumber this week from the Fern
& Crlswold mill at Gilliam's Sid
ing to the Griswold-Orler planer
in Falls City.
Buell Mill company are moving
their sawmill from the location in
Socialist valley where they have
just finished to a new 'setting
northeast of Falls City, not far
from the old Griswold-Davts mill
site. It will probably be about a
month before they are , ready to
resume operations.
Work has been commenced on
a new roof on the planing mill of
the Cobbs Mitchell plant. Othe!
repairs will be made, including
new foundations and painting.
Dr. C. P. Horn reports the birti
of a son tq the wife of Arthur Ar.
ranee, of Socialist valley, Satur
day, July 25, 1925.
Mountain State rower Company
Pushing Construction on Falls
' City Transmission IJne
Work was commenced July 21
on the actual construction of the
transmission line which will sup-
something of lime rock, has" been ply Flails City with lights and pow-
quletly investigating, with the re-ler. . The manager of the Mountain
spit that he finds an almost unlim
ited quantity of the rock, cropping
out on the surface, which will fur
nish 500 tons a day for 50 years.
This discovery is worth more to
the farmers of the Willamette val
ley than any'other that could hive
been made at this time, as lime Is
necessary In reclaiming add soli.
The Oregon City Woolen Mills
CLUBS OF BOiS ID G
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The Western wheat belt.'.jwhlch
from time immemorial sent 'out
piteois pleas for harvest hands at
this time of year, is said this eea
son to.be deluged with an overplus
of wprkers looking for $5 ' a day
and-harvest-time board.
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The morning newspaper is the
maritei place or the entire world
An advertisement ia it will ring
yoa larger returns.
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GARRY SHEEP PflUJECTS, CERTAINLY
The Club Members of the Salem District Have Some Ad
vantages That Are Pointed Out by a Man Who was a
Boy ciud. Membersome Marion County Bqys Who
. Have Done Well With Sheep ' ' v '
Editor Statesman: ,i' ..V,
, The ease with which sheep are
produced and 'the comparatively
small cost of production make
them a most convenient .and prof
itable proieci tof club members.
There is room , on " nearly j every
farm for at least a few sheep, and
they, are easily craed for. i Club
members ; or prospqective club
members1 will do . well to carry a
sheep project. '
Boys and girls in Marion and
Polk counties have a decided ad
vantage over, other club members
in the state because they have'easy
access to state fairs. This' Is a
double advantage tot livestock
club members, especially those
owning sheep, because less hand
ling is required and the animals
are in better condition when they
reach the fairgrounds. ; f
Club members in Marlon and
Polk counties have excellent , op
portunities to procure choice sheep
particularly of the medium wool
breeds, as some-of the forcrnodt
flocks on the coast' are held In
these tw counties. ' w
Flock Built-Up Quickly
The , possibilities of sheep as. a
means of profit are becoming bet
ter - and more widely understood
by club members. It is chiefly the
ambition of ownership that fills a
boy with the - desire to raise ah
an animal, and ownership can' well
be realized by jthe, boy owning
sheep, as a flock is quickly built
up. Marion county has some ex
cellent examples cf how club mem
Ders nave esiarmsnea Hocks in a
short time. Eldon Fox of Silver
ton entered club work1 four" years
ago with two ewes. He now has
a flock of 20 registered Shrop-
shlres worth, approximately
11.000. ,. ;
Lyle Rains of Salem is another
club member who has made an ex-
cellent record with sheep. Lyle
bought three Shropshire ewes ear
ly in 1924. They produced him
four lambs. At the state fair he
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IIESTH IN SHEEP WILL DOODLE
FIRST YEAR. (NO KEEP ON DOUBLING
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Henry Porter of Aumsville, One of the Successful Breeders
of Sheep in This Section, Advises That Every Farm
Should Have Some Sheep Give. Your Boy or
Sheep or TwoAn Example From Last Year
Girl a
a good
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Raw Mill News
R. Van Den Bosch, who has a
saw mill about three miles from
Pedee, on Pedee creek. Is install
ing a planer, which will soon be
ready for operation. Present
plans are to operate part time in
connection with his saw mill, so
the present crew will' be able to
handle both. ,
W, T. Brown is building a new
saw mill, on his property In Mc-
Timmonds valley. This is to be
operated under the name of the
"Lucklamute Lumber company
ana nis work is progressing so
nicely that the operation of the
plan will begin in the not distant
future. ,
Wm. Eatelle will operate the
mill on the Buell and Butler prop-
States Power company reports that
with no unexpected delays the
work will be finished so that the
new service will be available about
August 15th. Some delay was oc
casioned at the outset in deciding
Just where to run the line, but
this, Is settled and work will be
pushed to completion. J
Falls City Bakery Changes Hands
Monday morning the residents
of Falls City were surprised to f'nd
a new face behind the counter at
the Falls City Bakery, and to
learn that on Saturday Mr. and
Mrs, A. R. Myers had closed a deal
whereby they sold their .interests
here to Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Mnn
yan, of Portland. Mr. JMunyan
has had years of experience in the
baking business, and, Mrs. Mun
yan is experienced In catering, so
they will be ble to carry on the
business in the same efficient man
ner Mr. and Mrs. Meyers have
done.
Mr. and Mrs. Meyers will be
missed in social as well as business
Editor Statesman:
Agreeable to request I again of
fer my testimony favoring the
raising of more sheep by the far
mers of the Willamette valley. It
Is unnecessary for me at this time
to try and prove to the readers of
The Statesman that sheep are by
this fact has been thoroughly dem
far the most profitable livestock
that can be' kept on the farm, for
onstrated time and again. ' I would
therefore urge farmers " to keep
more sheep. Keep sheep if you
can oly keep five head, but keep
as many as you can well care for
A field of summer fallow sown to
winter wheat will make excellent
pasture for sheep In - the early
spring during lambing time. In
February or early March this
wheat field should be sown to
clover, sowing the - cloverseed
broadcast right on the growing
wheat. without harrowing and the
next spring you will have a field
of clover on which to pasture the'ewes thrive on good pasture
flock during lambing time. 1 The
sheep should be taken off the field
early in April to Insure
crop of hay. Feed them
clover hay they need during the
winter months, but would not ad
vise the feeding of cheat',' oat,
wheat or other coarse hay, as
those varieties might cause the
sheep to have the staggers. ; ,
A 'Lanwntable Fact r
It is a lamentable fact that ow
ing to the high price of lambs in
the Portland market., many of our
sheep raisers sell off ' their ewe
lambs along with the others as
soon as they are large enough for
the market, therefore making it
difficult for one desiring to get a
start of sheep on the farm to find
young ewes for" sale. But do not
let this discourage you. Buy a few
old ewes, which you canjflhd for
sale at a reasonable price in most
any flock, and you will be surpris
ed to see how; a small band of old
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Jacobs Oregon City pure virgin wooleps are
sold in more than 5000 cities and towns, ia
every state. The sturdy quality which pioneers
of 1861 knew and relied upon has made these
fine woolens a standard throughout the United
States. ' ! -
Men's awl Roys' Suits, Overcoat. Mackinaw,
Flannel Shirts Sport lUonse. loggern' ShlrtH,
. ' lounging Robe, Indian Robes, Motor Hubr,
Fine Ucil BUnkrts
Oregon City Woolen Mills
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