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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (March 18, 1928)
6 THE OREGON STATESMAN FARMING AND INDUSTRIAL MAGAZINE SECTION HIE MOST FAMOUS COW OF ALL TINIE DID HER BEST AT AH OREGOH FAIR She Was the Holslein Serfs Pietertje Prospect, Owned by the Carnation Milk Farm, Seattle, Washington Her Rec ord Was 37&1.4 Pounds Milk, Eqniralent to 1448.69 Pounds Butter Mr. Plommer Gives Some Recollections of This Great Cow (O. M. Plommer, secretary and general manager of the Pacific In ternational Livestock Exposition, gives to this great cows Slogan Issue of Tbe Statesman the follow ing facts and personal recollec tions: ) t The most famous cow of ail time was the Holsteln, Segls Piet ertje Prospect, 221S46. born April 10, 191, and died about 19U. owned by the Carnation Milk Farm of Seattle, Washington. Her record for one year made in about 1921, was 373S1.4 pounds of milk, equivalent to 1448.69 pounds of butter. She was con tinned on test the following year and made close to 36.000 pounds of milk, or a total for two con secntlre years of practically one hundred pounds of milk per day, a worlds record for all breeds of all time In milk production. I'll nerer forget how we tried daring the entire early season of 1922 to get this famous cow to come to tbe Pacific International in tbe Fall of 1922. Mr. E. A. Stuart, our president at that time and owner of Carnation Farms, was very anxious tbat sbe come, bnt General Manager Ghormley of the farm and others over there who had her test in charge, were strenuously opposing any more ment of the kind, stating tbat it would get ber off in her milk flow. It was only Just a few weeks before the show that Mr. Stuart was finally able to convince the men in charge at the farm that her showing at the Pacific Inter national would be a great thing for the show and for tbe cow and for the public regardless of the fact that her milk flow would un doubtedly go down. So this famous cow came to the Pacific International In 1922, as so many people will remember, thousands of whom stopped and visited with her In her stall on the main alale. Strange as it may seem, this cow seemed to take very kindly to the surroundings of the Pacific International; she ate well, she drank well and her production seemed to be keeping up in a wonderful manner, much tf tbe surprise of Carl Goetschel. her caretaker, and tbe entire Pacific International organisation, with the result that at the end of the show, the cow had averaged two pounds a day more than she had at any time during that year's test. The Carnation people were much mystified and said that per haps the good hay had something to do with It, but thought it might be In the water. They Tery care fully sent samples of the water used, our artesian water, and found that it had two one thous ands of salt in It as against one one thousands salt in tbe water used at the Carnation Farm. While this amount was twice as much, it seemed Impossible that that was the true reason for the increase. In any event, this wonderful cow performed better under the eyes of a hundred thousand people than she did confined In her own stall on the Carnation Farm. This famous cow's remains are In a grassy little plot at the Car nation Farms, fenced off and care fully cared for by her former friend, Carl Goetschel. It has been suggested, by prom inent breeders, that her bones be articulated and the skeleton put in the Smithsonian Institute, with tbe thought of giving the people some Idea of conformation which would bring about such tremend ous production. Although few people were al lowed to go near this cow, she was a ver-friendly creature in her home environment. I remem ber jth at year at tbe Pacific Inter national, when , Carl was haying her picture taken, Mr. Stuart who wasr in the party, went up to her and pot his arm around ker neck, patting her Tery lovingly. He afterwards slipped Carl a ten dol lar bill, remarking as be did so. that it always cost him ten dollars when he tried to pet Prospect. We prophesy that it will be many years before this phenomen al record Is equaled. TO PUT SIP INTO T RAGQNS Lt is becomnig quite the fashion to refer to old-fashioned plants by their botanical names and we hear considerable about antirrhinums. These are nothing more than old fashioned snapdragons with much more snap than they had In tbe olden days when they were com mon In all gardens. Now they hare become artistociUc dwellers in glass houses. But they are just as valuable for garden-use as they ever were, much more beautiful and stately plants and in a re markable range of color from pure white to almost black reds with a' bewildering variety of flames, oranges, scarlets, pinks and roses and many variegations. Snapdragons make very slow rrowth in the early part of their careers and the tiny seedlings give little indication of the large plants they will make by midsummer. Raise seedlings in cool tempera ture. They will make up for their loss of early speed, once they are in the garden. They like rich soil and liberal moisture although in their native state the v stand dry conditions and unucji heat. There are three types, giants nan a wan, ana u wan auu the. latest development is a-super- giant strain. The half-dwarf sorts are' favorite for the garden because of their greater freedom of bloom and because they do not require staking. Tbe giants grow around three feet tall. The half dwarf 18 inch es and tbe dwarf about a foot. Beautiful effects are produced by growing the giant sorts, pinch in out the tons when they are about six or eight inches tall, stak ing them firmly, whereupon they branch freely and make a bush two feet through and about .the same height covered with spikes of bloom. The EDikes are not of the length or size that would be produced if the plant were allowed to crow naturally and devote its strength to tbe one long spike of giant .flower such as the florists KTOW. Sow snapdragon seed now to get bloom by the end of July and for a fine fall display. U i E EF! H IDE OVER HALF 1 MILLION IN IE T0T1 L NUMBER They Hare Increased to Such Proportions from a Few Ani mals from Siberia in 18S0 The Industry Has Raised the Eskimos from Nomadic Hunters to Herdsmen Important Part of Educational System Legislation Had to Be Se cured to Define Grazing Districts . V I " T .Alaskan Eskimos have been elevated under Uncle Sam's tutelage from nomads to reindeer herders, and even have cooperative socie ties to market the animals. Above are reindeer at an Unalak'.eet roundup. Below at the left Is a typical ,herdsman, and at the right an Eskimo wife discovering whether a reindeer is a vehicle as well as a meat producer. two additional cooperative com. paniea, one an Eskimo, organiza tion to run some 1S.000 animals aad the other an organisation or Laplanders to ran 21,000 deer. Tbe 1928 count in the other dis tricts wil be made daring the an nual roundups in May. Because of the rapid increase iQ herds and large consolidations it has been necessary for the secr tary of th interior to obtain leg islation giving him power to de fine graxing districts to prevent dteputes over ranges. Tbe reindeer service has be come an Important part of the ed ucational system for the territory, the raising of reindeer beipg the form of Industrial education best ' adapted to the Eskimo. Within less than a generation tbe natives advanced through one entire stage of civilisation, the herds raising tbe Eskimos from nomadic hunters to herders. It is estimated that there are more than 200.000 square miles of treeless regions which could provide pastnrage for 4.000, OOu reindeer. The herds have already increased beyond the demands of the natives and the present prob lem is that of finding an outside market for the meat. Companies have erected cold storage facilities and are shipping Increasing amounts of meat to the outside markets. Ordering brooder parts at this time of year is recommended by experiment station authorities, as this may be good insurance against the chicks becoming chilled later. Last minute orders cannot be rushed and. the chicks may arrive before tbe brooder is ready. Quickly grown kohl rabi may be cut in halves, crosswise, cooked tender and served with cream, cheese Bechemel, or Hollandaise sauce. It is cooked in water with out salt. Deep frying fat may be clari fied by cooking a dozen slices of raw pared potatoes In it until brown and straining tbe fat through double cheese cloth. To correct a curdled soft or stirred custard, chill and beat it with a dover beater. NOME. Alaska. March 17. (AP) Alaska's reindeer herds, which began with'the importation of a few animals from Siberia in 1S90, have increased to more than 631,000 animals. Latest estimates sent to the Alaska division of the bureau of education show that more than common band, work was divided and sales were made from the general herd, the money being put into a fund which was divided at given periods. In the Kuskokwim district, near Akriak one of the largest round ups in the history of the territory has been conducted to count the 4 GIDE02? STOLZ CO. Manufacturers of Vinegar, Soda Water, Fountain Supplies Salem Phone 26 Ore. Air Painting DONE WITH A GUN M. B. Sanderson 1144 North Cottage DIXIE HEALTH BREAD Ask Your Grocer 128,000 reindeer are owned by i animals and determine ownership the 13 native cooperative organ-' preparatory to the formation of izations developed by the Eskimos. 1 : Early in the development of the reindeer business the natives found there was a decided advan tage in the consolidation of their herds. Cooperative organizations patterned ofter the government cooperative stores in the territory soon resulted. 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