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MG of YOUR COMMUNITY One drop of water does not make a waterfall" One man9 8 effort will not build a D INDUSTRI PAYROLI community How great this community may grow, how prosperous and complete it may fXMT? All J All iHiIVT17 become, depends upon us our willingness and our desire to work together KJlHlL TOY 1lLLi aim A.L1L1 tOT JiSL i STORES AW i - MAKES LARGEST HERD OF ANGORAS IN THE NORTHWEST IS IN LINCOUil COUNTY Walter Cline of Eddyville Owns About Two Thousand Head Close to 10,000 in That County, and Room fpr Two to Five Times That Number Range. There for Milk Goats and Development of Cheese Factories , f!v J. R. B3CK, County Agricul- tural Agent) One of the eights that la always interesting and novel is to be found in the spring of the year on various farms of the east end of Lincoln county, -when a veritable cascade of white fleeced Angora goats comes rushing and scram bling down some steep hillside. seemingly in imminent danger of. their lives. There may be any where from a hundred to three or four hundred head, in such a band as this. The occasion for biuh a mad stampede is the annual round-up of the goat herds for the shearing pens. Lincoln county has several thou sand head of Angora goats "that - I . " . 'i' '!(.' - ,: v : .J- r. . Members of the Harlan Boys' and Girls' Angora Goat Club exhibiting their goats at the Lincoln County fair. are kept for a dual purpose. First, and rf Y-n nof mmftiHalct tmnnrffiTipp s the shearing of them for their Vair, which sells at prices during recent years from fifty to ninety ce.y.3 per pound; and a good range gCt' shears about six pounds of hair, and more if they are old wethers. ; The second purpose for which Angora goats are kept in this county is for the control and de struction of that fast growing belt of brush and trees that takes the open spaces almost as rapidly as they are cleared for farm land. Contrary to the cartoonist's "opin ion, the Angora goat does not thrive on tin cans, but does do his best on browse of the salal, alder, salmon berry and similar bushes, largest Herd In Xorthwest The largest herd of Angora goats in the entire northwest is FIRST ROQUEFORT CHEESE FACTORY (Continued f rom 'paga 10.) a of cheese, is used. Each cheese, is wrapped separately, and . in packing twelve cheeses are placed in wood boxes lined with waxed paper. Clean sawdust is sifted around the cheese when boxed and care fully firmed in to insure absorp tion of excess moisture and insure safe carriage in transit. . Great carp is taken in each pro cess of the cheese making to keep ail utensils clean and perfectly sweet. They are washed with the boiling water from the hot tank used in heating the milk, scalded and placed in the sun to air. All of the rooms used in this cheese manufacture were built by Bran son and Teal, after plans origin ated by themselves, and most of the equpiment used is home made. Necessity is the mother of inven tion, so different plans were tried out until the plant has been built u? to its present proportions. . Many people visit Hazel Dell ranch. Mr: and Mrs. Branson find Mr. Teal are always willing to show people around and explain the different processes. The outlying lands from above Rlack Rock, four miles from Falls fity. out to the Rickreall, about throe miles north of Falls City, and. in fact, all of the hlgheT hill lands after logging,, are well suit ed for range tor goats. ' A large investment for land is not neces sary with so much ppen range, though by purchasing a few hun dred acres of land a man would assured of range enough, to iVipport a good sized flock of goats. The foundation stock al ready owned in this vicinity, being well acclimated, assures any one purchasing or securing goats that will be profitable from the begin ning. " There are different ways to build up a herd by buying a good sized herd, by baying Just a few pure bred goats and raising from them, breeding for quality each year, or by securing good grade stock and building up , by using pure bred sires with the flock The prices range from a few dollars per . head for cpmsion found in eastern Lincoln I county. Walker Cline of Eddyville owns right around two thousand head of these animals. C. IX Springer of Harlan has a well graded flock of abqut four or five hundred headi Thlese gbat men can never tell you just how many they have; often not even to the dozen, because goats are turned out on the open range, ear cropped or horn-marked, and counted, in many cases, only once a year, at shearing time.' There are probably close to ten thousand, Angoras in Lincoln coun ty today, and judging from the browse and range that is not cov ered at all, there is room for two, three, and perhaps five times as ' - 1' I r - 1 ! many. . Or, if you choose, the range is there, for milk goats and the development of a cheese in dustry. A great percentage of this range is free at the j present time, or rentable for a very nom inal sum. In many " cases the range is on land too' steep for ag ricultural purposes, and the goat provides a wonderful financial in come, and is increasing in num bers. Predatory animals, such as the coyote, bear, and bobcat are the chief limiting factors in the schedule of affairs of an Angora goat raiser, but these are being slowly but surely brought under control. : (Mr. Beck, county agricultural agent of Lincoln county, the writ er of the above, is one of the live men in his line, making; his ser vices highly valuable to his coun ty. Ed.) grade stock to several hundred for the best imported (or direct lin eal descendants of the Imported stock.) There are breeders of pure bred stock in many places in the United States, as the milk goats have been highly esteemed for the milk for use for young children and invalids fpr many years. The cost of the cheese manu facture is not excessive! in com parison with the sellings price of domestic Roauefort cheese, as no cloth is used to line the molds. The only ingredients used besides goats' milk are salt and; the ren net. Good dairy salt is not ex pensive. The rennet is furnished by the firms manufacturing cheese making supplies costing about 13.50 ner trallon. The Vculture" is obtained from the federal gov ernment, without charge. If the manufacture of the cheese were carried on on a large, cale the culture could be manufactured right at the plant. ! Summing up, the cost of pro duction is not nearly so high in comparison with price secured as it is in many other lines of manu facture. The Bransons and Teals have done the pioneering In this anctinn . of the country demon strating both the certainty of pro ducing good cheese under favor able conditions not hard to pro duce; and the ease br wich good raiiv zoata may be grown and cared for under the natural cli matic conditions existing in this district. j Delayed This Season The manufacture of Roquefort oTioma has been delaved this sea son, as the sale ot the (separated cream has proved a good source of income. Being an easier way to market the milk this , will be continued until the hay becessary to winter the goats Is harvested.' Another factor entering into this curtailment of production is the fac that the winter o 1925 26 was so mild that a quantity of the cheese .became orer-ripe and was lost. Our Oregon winters are fine as an attraction but not cold enough, to take the place of a cold storage plant. To a disinterested, (oberrct (but one deeply interested from the standpoint of developing Ore gon products) it would seem that with the experimental stage, safe ly passed,, and the certainty of maintaining quality and uniform production in making this cheese, these owners of milk goats should have expert advice- apd financial assistance if that' seems best, in the erection of a larger plant for the manufacture of the cheese, and one properly equipped with cold storage facilities. This plant properly belongs in Falls City, built into the rocks of the banks of the Little Luckiamute river, where rock caves rivalling na tures own handiwork could be constructed, and where plenty of cold water and electric power are available. Twenty-four hour elec tric service for lights and power is now maintained by the Moun tain States Power company. - The city of Falls City owns some land along the banks of the river, making an ideal site for the construction of a cheese plant. In addition to the herds of goats owned by2 Albert Teal (which are nojv leased to C. P. Crosby), those owned by Jay and Fannie Bran son and by John Teal, Clinton A. Case has the herd of pure bred Nubians, owned by Dr. Lane, which have been moved up from his ranch near Gresham. This makes a good beginning, as the milk from several hundred goats is available whenever the modern plant is ready. By building and equipping a cheese manufacturing plant of this type all milk used could be weighed in, cream tests made, and careful records kept so that each goat owner would receive the ex act pay for the products from his goats. A Fascinating Occupation The breeding and rearing of the pure bred stock and grooming for show purposes is a fascinating oc cupation, one that makes a much stronger appeal to Mr. and Mrs. Branson than the manufacture of the cheese. Mr. Case is also much interested in the raising ot the finest stock possible. To those who are living in Ihe beautiful green hills surrounding Falls City, raising their "flocks and herds" and enjoying the great out doors the idea of close confinement in a manufacturing plant of any kind does not seem good. Not Extensive This Year The cheese making for this year will be of short -duration. It is probable that only a few hundred pounds will be made, and the manufacture may not start before August 1st. . Marketing problems, creating a demand to equal the supply; also providing a supply to equal the de mand that will come with the bet ter introduction of this strictly "Oregon Quality Product" might well receive the attention of ex perts. The assistance of the marketing department of the Portland Chamber of Commerce is free for the asking. We may have some thing definite to tell you of this later. , Angora Goats The Silvers Brothers, who live on the Valsetz road south of Falls City a few miles, brought a herd of about one hundred pure bred Angora goats to their homesteads early this spring. Their plan is to let the goats do the first clearing of their logged off land, while fur nishing them with a valuable crop of mohair. The goats have made a good increase, have made themselves very much at home, and the only losses have been from manraud ing dogs. These losses have not discouraged the boys, however, as they plan to increase their herds as rapidly as possible. Among others who- have kept a few goats, and who have found them profitable, are W. V. Semple, the owner of a fine fruit farm north of Falls City; Ray E. FoxJ who now plans to stock his farm northwest of Falls City with An gora goats; J. A. Relber, who owns a homestead north of town, which he is developing into a fruit and berry farm, having a consider able acreage of strawberries, in addition to other truits. There are many tracts of land available for the raising ot either the milk or Angora goats. With the prospect of considerable road work In this section of Polk coun ty this year many places hereto fore almost inaccessible during the rainy season ought to be working and supporting families. The owners of the milk goats are raising better stock this year than ever before, their herds respond ing to the new and fine strains Pearcy Bros, have the finest garden, lawn and j flower seeds. Poultry supplies and fertilliers. Lowest prices. Seeds of high Director's Department Store Is building up a reputation for guar anteed merchandise; conducting a real department Store; making liead jrosress, Xl added by purchase of pure bred sires. The raising of healthy kids is becoming a matter of course. There are fewer losses on the range each year! as the stock be comes more and more at home in the hills. (The above well j written de scription ought to bring other people to the Falls jCity district to engage in Roquefort cheese making. The industry is capable of indefinite expansion. There is room for thousands of such fac tories in the Willamette valley and West to the Pacific ocean; espec ially in the coast range districts. The "covered wagon'f is the trade mark of the Falls City Roquefort cheese factory, appropriately showing that it is a pioneer in dustry. At Ettersbutg, Humboldt county, California, Where a goat cheese factory has been conducted for four years, they are now going into Roquefort : cheese making. One of the moving spirits there, is Albert F. tEtter, thej Burbank of the strawberry World; the wizard who has developed so many new varieties of strawberries. There is every advantage iik building up a great Roquefort cheese center here; to the industry itself and to the country. May the Roquefort cheese factories here multiply fast. There Ib a ! market in the United States for millions of dollars' worth of this cheese annually. One ; firm In Portland takes all the output! of Falls City factor. Ed.) ; OREGON SECOND ONLY TO TEXAS IN NUMBER GOATS (Continued Jrom page 10.) A spring flush of Weeds and a mixture of native grasses make admirable supplemental feed for goats, and are desirable after kid ding. Good drinking water for the goats, and available space for comfortable bed grounds, are im portant considerations on an ideal goat range. A cheap shed is erected for protection from rigor ous winter weather, j Ranges are so rotated that por tions' are allowed an opportunity to make normal growth during the growing season j one or more years for a series of years. This normal growth affords the grasses and brush and opportunity to re cover from excessive grazing. Angora does : kid j once a year, coming in heat as early as the lat ter part of August.; As the per iod of gestation: is 147 to 155 days it is generally inadvisable to per mit them to breed at that time, as it is the general practice to have most kids dropped during March and April, this being de termined by the coming of safe weather and by the starting of spring feed. October is early enough to have' does breed. Bucks should be left ii the: herd 40 days. In case a doe .does not conceive during the first heat, a period of 40 days will permit her to come in heat once more. A sturdy buck to each 50 does has proved to be sufficient. Doe kids are not per mitted in the breeding band, as they are not! mated until 18 months old. Nothing has contributed to greater loss on goat ranches in the past than lack of a safe system ot kidding. .Careful j investigations and observations in recent years have shown that the pen system of kidding is more economical and requires less work to obtain equal H. F. Woodry & Son , Auctioneer Sales handled to complete satisfac tion of owner. Years Of I exper ience, j I : Store 271 N. Commercial Office Telephone 75 Ke9 Tour Mooay tn Oregon Bur Monument! Msd t 1 Salon, Ore cod CAPITAL MOOTTMEVTAX. WOBK8 J. O. Jonei Co4 Proprietors AH Kinds of IConnjMntal Work Factory and Office: 2210 8. Com'L, Opposite X. O. O. T. Cemetery, Box 21 Faono 680. ! SAUEM, OBEOOH O a k 1 an c$ P o n t i a c Sales and Service VICK BROS. High Street &t Trade SEND ii p ii j" ijfii iiji -jinn i . . i - ii i r mr r n - i . i - ,M , , - , 1 results than the staking or toggle system. The careful herder passes through his yard each morning and. evening (o be sure that every kid has nursed. If a kid is .gaunt or restless and is fqund nibbling the ground, its mother is brought to the stake. Does with extra large teats often require repeated individual handling till the kid has learned to suck the abnor mally large teat. Buck kids not to be used for breeding are castrated when from one to two weeks old. Kids are weaned at about five months of age when on the range. After weaning, the does gain in flesh to be more certain of breed ing at the proper time. Goats in Oregon are subject to goiter, but may be protected through the use of iodized salt. Lice are often troublesome, al though arsenical dips readily de stroy the pests. It is sometimes necessary to dip two or three times a year. When the herd is small, a common barrel may be used. Growing MUk Goat Industry The milk goat industry has nev er interested ranchers in this country as it has In Europe. The fact that the goat supplies enough milk for the average family and is kept where it is impossible to keep a cow, is beginning to appeal to many people. Milk goats are adapted to conditions of persons living in small towns and suburbs of cities. The Toggenberg breed of milk goats, the most popular breed in this country, produces 4 to 5 quarts of milk a day during the period of lactation, while a few does have averaged 2 to 3 quarts for a period of 8 to 10 months. It is important that a buck be selected from a high pro 4ucing doe and persistent milker. When only a few does are kept it Is generally advisable to send them away to be bred. Chas. K. Spaulding Logging Co., lumber and building materials. The best costs no more than in ferior grades. Go to the big Sa lem factory and save money. () - Cobbs & Mitchell Co., lumber and building materials for every purpose. Get estimates, look at quality of material, then you will order. 349 S. 12th St. . () BITTEN BY RATTLER - BAKER, Ore., July 12. Seneca Pouts, chief of staff of the Snake Tamers, attached to the Spanish American war veterans, otherwise a Portland attorney, was bitten this morning by one of the giant rattlers which he had" on display and which after its period of cap tivity was believed to be harmless. The bite did not prove serious to Mr. Fouts. The Square Deal Hardware Co., 230 N. Com'l. Most elegant and practical lines of mechanics' toois builders' hardware, cutlery, etc. Go there and save the difference. () Capital City Cooperative Cream ery. Milk, cream, buttermilk. The Buttercup butter has no equal. Gold standard of perfection. 137 S. Com'l. Phone 299. () Electric Supplies fixture ixsTAiiinva WIRING VIBBERT & TODD Ferry & High Sts. RADIO LIGHTING MOTOR SERVICE GIDEON-STOLZ CO. Manufacturers of VINEGAR SODA WATER Fountain Supplies Salem Fhone 26 Ore. DUNSMOOR BROTHERS 2218 State. Teleptono 2290 Painters and Decorators Interior or Exterior Work Wo specialize on Interior work. Let no ahow yon aome work wo have done. DIXIE HEALTH BREAD Ask Your Grocer A COPY. EAST THREE FONTS IN OF SHE This is a Good Hog Country, and the Reasons Why This Is True Editor Statesman: I think this section, 20 miles south of Portland, has some Rood advantages in hog breeding. First, we can grow the right kind of feed, or ail sorts of feeds, which yield well. Second, we are not bothersd with cholera. Third, we are near the Portland market, which means more profit for the market hog. We are cer tainly located for the big shows, for when we want to take in a show, we load our hogs and in an hour and a half we are at either the state fair or the Pacific Inter national. We ca nraise then, as large as the next fellow, for when you have a sow farrow a litter at 12 months of age, then show her in the fall when she is 19 months old, and weighs 650 pounds, you are doing fairly well. That is what the grand champion Duroc sow of Salem and Portland did and weighed in 1925. She came from this section, raised and ex hibited by the writer. P.S. I would have written sooner, but have been sick; but hope you can still use this let ter. EDWIN C. RIDDER Sherwood, Or., July 7, 1926. (Mr. Ridder's place is in the Wilsonville district. His letter was intended for the annual swine Slogan numbber, issued last Thursday. Ed.) F. E. Shafer's Harness and Leather Goods Store, 170 S. Com'l. Suit cases, valises, portfolios, brief cases, gloves and mittens. Large stock. The pioneer store. , () Hartman Bros. Jewelry Store. Watches, clocks, rings, pins, dia monds, charms, cut glass, silver ware. Standard goods. State at Liberty St. () Sumpter Smelter closed down since 192 3 will be reopened. New owners will spend $50,000 for re pairs and additions. CAPITAL CITY CO-OPERATIVE CREAMERY BUTTER-CUP BUTTER "Known for its QUALITY" Buyers of Best Grade Cresfm Our Method: Co-operation Our Ideal: The Best Only . 137 South Commercial Street Phone 200 Is Your Well Properly Lined? Use our sanitary well pipe, that keeps out surface water, and lets only deep ground water in. Made of strong rnaterials and reasonable in price. OREGON GRAVEL COMPANY Hood at Front Street Salem SHIP BY F SALEM NAVIGATION Oa STEAMER "NORTHWESTERN ' . OPERATING ON A REGULAR SCHEDULE Handling Merchandise and Carload' Shipments Between SALEM and PORTLAND and Way Landings ; ' SCHEDULE ! Leave PORTLAND :0O A- L Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays Leave SALEM 6:00 A. 4 BL Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays . Care SUPPLIES DOCK PORTLAND Phone EAST 3871 iSHIP, BY 80 PERCENT OF MOHAIR MARKETED IN SALEM (Continued front page 10.) intelligent direction will prove quite as productive as sheep. -' Pio neering ahead of cattle and sheep, the goats do an important worki They can be used on grain lands to excellent advantage, as stated above, and the opportunity is nere for large growth of the in dustry. tj&aV Lack of Organization Hampered by absence or any sort of association for extension of mohair growing, the industry lags in the northwest, while in Texas there are several bodies of growers working for more and better goats and mohair. One of these bodies was started to pre vent goat thieves from prying their trade. Inspectors were em ployed to ferret out the maraud ers; their work came to include operations against lobo wolves, coyotes and other predatory ani mals; the men who made up the association realized the value of organitation, and today the Unit-' ed Goat and Sheep Raisers as sociation of Texas and the Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers' associa tion have large and Influential membership. Their annual meet ings are attended by thousands of ranchmen, a sort of gala occasion. Discussions am interspersed with lectures and instructive talks on animal husbandry. Three days make-up the session, with bar becues of goat meat, games, con tests, rodeos, goat and sheep ex hibits, shows and sales by auction of fine stock. Oregpn has no such organization of enthusiastic grow ers who get together for mutual exchange of ideas and advance ment of their industry. O. A. C. Helping Industry Mohair goats at Oregon Agri cultural college, at Corvallis, have come to be quite an- important di vision of animal husbandry. A flock "of pure bred bucks was do nate to the college some years ago. Until recently, however, there was no provision for in creasing the number or; study of breeding to increase the herd. Three years ago, Professor O. M. Nelson began investigations on grazing, keeping records of re sults. A system of mating was DEMAND "Marion Butter" The Best More Cows and Better Cows Is the Crying Need Marion, Creamery & Produce Co. ' Salem, Oregon Phone 2422 T.A.Livesley&Qo. ? Largest Growers, Shippers and Exporters of PACIFIC COAST HOPS - " ' Offices: Salem, Oregon and San Francisco, California Oregon Pulp & Paper Co. , Manufacturers of - - BOND LEDGER GLASSINE ; , GREASEPROOF TISSUE Support Oregon Products Specify "Salein Made" Piper f or your,-, - - Of fice Sattionery ' ,.:- WATER and SAVE THE DIFFERENCE : ROUTE YOUR SHIPMENTS WATER and SAVE THE DIFFERENCE - V i f established, :. suitable barns were Drovided. and the fleck now num. bers over one hundred. Reven ues from the herd are being tabu lated, with increase from breed-' ing and exchange of bucks for wethers. Mohair clip is increas ing, and students can have 'In struction in this branch on appli cation. Palifnmfa fa tnVfnp rnnV nror Oregon in mohair ' growing, but there has been an impulse in cert tain Oregon counties that indh cates future growth' In this state. Douglas and Lane counties lead all others, but Marion and Polk counties, formerly most populous with mohair sroats. are Increasing: their flocks. With market for; mohair above 50c a pound and all clips taken on sight, there Is room for profitable investment in An gora goats. - - - Klamath Falls Pacific Tele phone - & Telegraph Co. Installs two large new switchboards. Consider what is claimed for Chiropractic methods and you will easily realize what a common sense scl- j ence it is. It aims, by re moving causes, to. elimi nate disease, and does so successfully. Phone for an Appointment Dr.O.L. Scott, D.C. 256 Norith High Street Phone 87 or. 828-R OIL-OrMATIC Whkt Is It?. . SEE V . THEO.-M. BARR Phone 192. ' - A. B. DOTI8MO0B '.. Salem Wicker Furniture , Manufacturing Co. , W ' 8U rirct-- GcntOn Kattaa Bud Quality ' 'Fsrnitnrt Bepalrlng, JUflnlihlnr, TXplialcUrlng S218 SUt Cfc, Salen, Owgon UcaltH ; , SALEM DOCK and WAREHOUSE FOOT OP COURT STREET - . H ' ' Fhon 67 . r - j: . v " . '