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THE BOM GOAT RISES TO IMPORM PUCE
IN1IIELWE STOCK INDUSTRY 0E1E UNITED STATES
IS
VERY LATE CROPS
HEP WELLS FILLED
sisi
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COLLEGE HINTS ON
II6ATI0N PROJECTS ADD A TOTAL
OF $133,010,000 TO VALUE OF COOPS
SHOWS NEXT WEEK
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Marion's Show Comes on
Wednesday, Polk's Tour
on Thursday
One- of the biggest
events In Polk county
Is the Jersey celebration
under the auspices
county Jersey Cattle
scheduled to take place this year
on next Thursday, the 24th. For
the past eight years there has
been an annual Jubilee held 1 in
the several counties for the pur
pose of celebrating the achieve
ments of the great families of Jer
sey cows found in the Willamette
valley, and in which Polk county
has regularly been one of the lead
ers. At times the Jubilee has taken
the form of a central ahow, but
this year it has been voted and
Planned to hold a tour which will
give everyone an opportunity to
see several of the excellent Jer
sey herds of the county in their
entirety, while at the shows they
were only given an opportunity to
view a few of "the more typy ani
mals. Polk county has had and
Ttill has many of the oustanding
individuals of the breed, and most
of these will be visited on the tour
Thursday.
Many Visitors Coming
Invitations have been sent out
all over Oregon and into Washing
ton and Idaho to those interested
In the Jersey breed, and Judging
from past attendance Polk county ;
will have a great many visitors on!
that day. The Jersey cow is the)
strongest foundation block in our!
system of agriculture here in Polk !
county, and it behooves everyone
to aid in advertising her in every
possible manner.
A special invitation has been
extended to the business men of
all the towns In the county to
; make this tour and in Indepen
dence, Monmouth and Dallas a
special effort is being made to
get up delegations to go on the
tour.
Because of its location on the
main highway, Monmouth has
been chosen as the starting place,
and everyone going will be urged
to be at Monmouth at 8:45 next
Thursday morning. Leaving Mon
mouth promptly at 9 o'clock, a
short drive of two miles will be
made to the M. N. Tibbies farm.
On the Tibbies farm is one of the
unique and forward steps started
by Polk county breeders. Here Mr.
Tibbies has cows from several
other farms for the purpose 'of
putting them on oficial test, and
at the present time these include
individuals from the C. L. Bush
and H; S. Portwood herds.
Leaving Tibbies' at 9:30 the
next stop will be at Harry Iliffs
farm, where many world's records
have been made in recent years.
Leaving the Iliff farm at 10:15.
a Jump to the L. A. Hulburt
farm sooth of Buena Vista will be
made. Mr. Hulburt is one of Polk
bounty's newer breeders and has
a fine herd of some 25 or 30 head
At 11 o'clock the caravan will
journey to Jess Johnson s near
Elkins. where in addition to Mr
Johnson's herd the Elkins Jersey
Calf club will have some of their
animals from the Fred Scholl farm
on display. Just before the noon
hour they will make the short
drive to Frank Loughary's where
lunch will be eaten and the
Loughary herd Inspected.
The Noon Luncheon
Everyone will bring his own
basket lunch, bat the Polk coun
ty JersejTCattle club will, furnish
ice cream and coffee. The Lough-1
ary farmstead offers Ja excellent
setting for a picnic luncheon. The
departure from the Loughary
farm will be made at 1:20. with
the next stop at Claude Hoising
ton's farm on the LewisTille-Dal-
las road. Mr. Holsington is anoth-j profiteering, nor on the other
er one of Polk county's prorais-. hand should they be in discii min
ing breeders and has a fine herd ately bestowe on those who will
started
The longest Jump of the day
will then be made to the Henry
McKee farm of Perrydale. where
the largest herd of registered
Jerseys in Polk county is to be
found, consisting of about 80
head. Leaving Henry McKee's at
3:10 the next stop will be at his
neighbor's, . Frank Lynn, whose
herd is always a source of inter
est. Leaving Frank Lynn's at
3:50 the last stop will be made at
the S. H. Robison herd near Rick
reall. -
The committee, consisting of H.
D. Iliff, G. O. Hewitt, S. H. Robi
son, and J. R. Bee, bas been
working with the of leers of the
State Cattle clab and the sur
rounding counties in making next
- week one of outstanding import-'
I ance'ln: the Jersey world. -
A tour such as has been plan
ned, visiting many of the famous
. animals of the Jersey breed on
nine of Polk county's moat prom
tVnt farms in almost every sec
- tion of the county, should certain
: ly prove a highly snccessf ul event,
and the Jersey people urge the at
tendance of everyone 'interested
and the inviting friends from ad-
Joinglng counties.
Ia the Other ConnUee
On Monday there, will be a tour
1 In Lane' countyfamlliar to the
' one in Polk.
On Tuesday, there will be a
ahow. at the fair grounds in Al-
bany, for the Linn and Benton
county Jerseys breeders.
On Wednesday, the Marion
annual, lAf iMmW ?mmM$. 7 li -rTTX
eacn year, R A VZitoiU M M K,t W ' 51
put on. k ifftti - wh vm mwmtx L;v7i-
of the Pdk mmaFrmmmm mz4&&&
club and xiykwwmxtmwvvAmv xnj.m,
SAN ANGELO. Tex.. May 19
(AP) Far from his native land r
the Angora goat has risen to a
position of eminence in the Ameri
can livestock industry.
Despite numerous handicap?
placed in the way of importing
breeding stock until 1923. Ameri
can growers, by selective breeding.,
have developed herds which are.
described by the department of;
agriculture as "second to none In;
vigor, uniformity, weight of fleece;
and character of hair." '
Although the very existence of
the breed in this country is un-i
known to many Americans, mil
lions of these striking and valu
able animals are being raised and
are producing about 10,000.000
pounds of mohair a year for tne
domestic market. In addition, they
have been useful in clearing brush
from cutover land, and efforts are
being made to increase their ac
ceptability as meat animals.
"Unique in his enjoyment anr'
utilitation of what would other
wise be waste forage and browse,"
department experts assert, "the
Angora goat has no peer in many
respects among the profitable ani
mals of our country. By choice a
dweller in desert and brush land
clothed in the fine raiment hf
gave to monarches of old. the An
gora has 'conquered by endarin.'
"With millions of acres In the
United States adapted to goat
raising and with our Angora
breeders constantly increasing the
shearing qualities of their goats
and perfecting the type of hair,
Americans should not stop short
of producing all the mohair pro
duced by the manufacturers.
Asia Minor is the original home
county breeders will hold a show
at the state fair grounds.
The Yamhill county breeders
will have a show at j-JcMinnrille
on Friday.
There was a plan for the parti
cipation of the Clackamas county
breeders on Saturday, but they
have not been perfected.
OREGON HAS ONE
EIGHTH WATER POWER
(Continued from page 6.)
Oregon Haa One-Eighth.
One-eighth the potential water
horsepower of the United States is
in Oregon; 3,500,00 acres of ir
rigable land of which 1,000,000
acres have already been reclaimed;
3 AAA AAA irri rf wet and awamn
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land of which about 300,000 acres!
have been drained; one of the
mi . l A a Mt
trrr.ii t nf bovciti prnwlnp ftcrindarv.i
r " k - o - - o
ports: mountain water suppliees
for all municipalities.
These water resources should
be conserved and developed. Our
relation to them is expressed by
President Coolidge in this man
ner: "We hold the resources of our
country as a trust. They ough'
to be used for the benefit of, the
present generation, but they ought
neither to be wasted nor de
stroyed. The generations to
come also have a vested interest
In them. They ought to be ad-1
ministered for the benefit of thej
public. No monopoly should be;
permitted which would result ia
unwisely permit them to be dis
sipated. These great natural re
sources must be administered for
the general welfare of all the peo
ple, both for the present and for
the future. There must be both
use and restoration. The chief
purpose of this conference is te
discover policies which will, in the
hands of private individuals and
of public officers, tend to further
advancement of this already well
defined and surely adopted prin
ciple." From the President's ad
dress to the national conference
on ntilixation of Forest products.
November 19. 20, 1924. -
Finest in North America,
I do not desire to place such
emphasis upon the water resources
and hydraulic problems'. In dis
paragement of other resources and
problems. Dr. , Elwood Mead.
commissioner of reclamation,
realizes that an irrigation project
mast be studied from the agricul
tural, commercial, and engineer
ing viewpoints, and studies, of nerr
projects are made under his di
rection by boards of experts.
At the Oregon State -Agricultural
college where men , are
trained for example. la the en
gineering, commercial and agri
cultural sciences, students are
taught to have a profound respect
for the fellow In tne other science
field. When a man with appre
ciation of the other fellow's sci
ence place their shoulders to the
wheel. r batl develop these
water resources In the growth of
the , finest section of j. North
America. , -.-.f . V-.:.
i"irjr?i''ilTiiiiiinri TiiiiMM miilil'H mannma 1 ' "" '
The Angora gat ( left ) Is flou
from the land from which he sp rang. At the right is a view of a
large goat ranch with good range in the background. Below is a
Trrxip of A-shaped kidding boxes on a Texas ranch.
of the Angora goat, and for many herds are growing to such an ex-
years an edict of the u.-tan of
Turkey prohibited its exportation.
Nevertheless the mohair- produc
ing tr.diistry hra e.-.r-ded until
?nith Africa, which also main
tained an embargo on exports un
a anu t.u -j sued States
have become the other most im
portant centers.
Texas is the leading goat rais
ing section of this country, with
about 3.000.000 head on its
ranges, more than half of the na
tion's total.
With mohair bringing 85 cents
a pound and the goats producing
from three and one-half to four
pounda of fleece a year, the Texas
UNCLE SAM'S BEST SELLER SOON
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WASHINGTON. May 19. (AD
Uncle Sam's "best seller" will
soon be in the homes of a hall
million farmers.
The 1927 yearbook of the de
partment of agriculture, a 1,200
page volume of short articles cov
ering the progress in agricultural
science and practices, is in the pro
cess of printing and will be dis
tributed in about a month.
The yearbook, edited by Nelson
Antrim Crawford, has the largest
(circulation of any book issued by
the eove'nmrnt. Farmers througu-
NELSON ANTRIM CRAWFORD
out the country will receive 420,
000 copies from members of con
Tress and officials of the depart
ment. Additional copies will be
sold by the government printing
office.
Latest developments in practi
cally every phase of agriculture
are described in the book, which
contains 300 articles written by ex
perts of the department. Particu
lar emphasis is placed on recent
discoveries and practices which
will assist farmers In coping with
crop readjustment and marketing
problems. Considerable space is dc
voted to statistics on production
and on market and farm prices.
The publishing of the S00.000
volumes is a colossal printing
job. A battery of 100 linotype
and monotype machines and
4,000 employes of the government
printing office are engaged in
turning out copies. Approximate
ly 30,000 reams of paper are re
quired. At 40 pounds'per ream.
the total is 1.? 00, 00" pounds, or
more than -40 carloads of paper.
For the binding of the books. 68,-
000 sheets of binder board weigh
GIDEON STOLZ CO.
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rlshing in the United States, far
lent that the necessity of provid
ing sheds to protect them from
the cold after the semi-annual
spring shearing has caused some-
thing in the nature of a building
boom on the ranches.
The rest of the southwest ia
second only to Texas as a goat
producing region. The Willam
ette valley in Oregon also has
carried large numbers on separ
ate farm-clearing projects and
still has excellent breeding herds,
while elsewhere in Oregon and
Washington vast areas of logged
off land are adapted to goat graz
ing. Other herds-are thriving in
the Oxarks of southern Missouri.
ng 170.000 pounds and equal to
four and one-half carloads were
required, as well as 50,000 yards
of book cloth weighing 20,000
pounds and. 675 spools of thread.
Piled one on another flatwise,
the books would reach to a height
of more than 12 miles.
WASHINGTON, May 19 (AP)
Answering inquiries concerning
the so-called "turken;" the depart
ment of agriculture declares it ft
altogether Improbable the fowl is
a cross between the chicken and
the turkey.
Crosses have been obtained be
tween the chicken and the pheas
ant, the department says, but their
progeny always have been sterile.
Judging from the naked neck
of the "turken". authorities say it
is extremely likely the fowl has
the blood of the Transylvania
naked neck breed of chickens,
which originated in West India
and always has retained the dis
tinct characteristic.
PURE BRED FLIES
IN GENETICS TEST
ABERDEEN. S. D. May 19.
(AP) Vinegar flies drosophila
melanogaster are feeing used in
the agricultural laboratory at
Northern Normal here to demon
strate the operation of Mendel's
law of definite ratio.
The vinerar flies are of two
pure lines one a red-eyed variety,
and the other a white-eyed varie
ty. The purification for these
factors has been obtained by
technical genetic processes.
This demonstration to prove
one of the basic laws in progress
through heritage is being conduct
ed by Prof. J. C. Readey. in. co
operation with the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture. The flies
were obtai" from the University
of Illinois department of zoology.
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TURKEY
CHICKEN
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Few crops for this year can be
successfully grown at this late
date of planting. Corn for silage
or grain offers the best premise
for planting between now and June
1 on the large amount of Jow lying
land in western Oregon that .is still
not planted, believes Professor Hy
slop, chief in farm crops at the
'Oregon Agricultural college. Eariy
'maturing varieties like Minnesota
13 or Golden Clow are preferred
for grain. Later maturing varie
ties like McKay Dent offer more
promise for silage.
Fallow Clover
r anowing m clover orrers a
jgood way to use tome of the heav
ier lands in the Willamette valley
that are still implanted because
of the late season, says the experi
ment station. The best method ts
to disk down the heavy growth of
?rass and weeds before plowing.
It is important that the seed bed
j be worked down to a firm condi-
tion by disking and rolling to in
sure a supply of moisture near the
surface.
After the soil has settled and
there have been some light harrow-
j ings to kill weeds, clover may be
sowed alone or with dwarf Essex
rape, any time from the middle of
May to the latter part of June. If
the land is loose, seed is covered
with a corrugated roller. It us
ually pays to inoculate seed on
land where clover has not been
successfully grown. An applica
tion of land plaster worked into
the land previous to sowing is
frequently very helpful.
More Late Hints
If any of the spring grains are
to be planted on land yet to be
plowed, the heavy growth of grass,
weeds, etc., are generally disked
in before nlowinsr. This nrartire
avoids the usual drying out of the
' surface. Corn is probably the
I most Promising of the grain crops
' for planting on land that has not
yet been plowed. Buckwheat is al
so a late planted cereal with some
possibilities.
Much weedy and grassy alfalfa
could not be cultivated this spring
in western Oregon. Usually it is
not safe to cultivate between the
first and second crops because of
injury to the new buds of second
growth. Where such cultivation is
necessary, the best time is be
tween the second and third crop3,
in the opinion of the experiment
station: v
FOE OF APPLE CHOP
FORT COLLINS. Col., May 19
(AP) An army r winged de
fenders will go to war against the
codling moth when this enemy of
the apple crop invades Colorado
orchards this spring.
A species of small bee is to take
the hero role in this aerial attack.
It is a natural foe of the moth,
which it attacks in the egg stage.
Normally the number of these
parasites is small when the eggs
of the moth are most numerous.
So a great army of bees is being
produced in a laboratory at the
Colorado Agriculture college. The
parasites were turned loose at
the rate of 250.000 to 500.000 a
day throughout the orchard coun
try after May 1 5.
Although William P. Tetter of
the state entomological depart-'
ment assembled only a few thou
sand bees as the parent stock, he
hopes to mobilize millions by
L means of propagation in the lab
oratory, as the life cycle is only
eight days under proper temper
ature conditions.
Grain moths are kept in the
laboratory to lay eggs for feeding
the bees.
Parasites which attack the lar
vae Instead of the eggs of the
codling moth have been used with
only partial success in controlling
the pest.
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Land which was almost worthless two decades ago produced last
fear $133,207,210 worth of farm crops under irrigation, the federal
bureau of reclamation says. Above Is a typical irrigation project in
strawberry Valley at Spanish Fork. Utah. The homestead below, dot
led with wheat shocks, was covered with sage brush two years before.
WASHINGTON. May 19 (API
Land embraced in federal rec
lamation projects, considered
practically valueless 22 yars ago.
produced crops last year with a
gross value of $133,207,210. the
highest amount realized from this
acreage since the war peak of
1919.
Reports and surveys by the de
partment of interior show that the
value of cropo grown during the
last ten years on land irrigated
from works constructed by the
bureau of reclamation amounts to
more than $1,000,000,000.
In 1906, when the, money re
turns upon .irrigated land first be
gan coming in, the total crop
value was $244,900. Last year
cotton alone grown on the pro
jects was valued at $16,705,727.
Alfalfa led all crops on the
projects laet year from the stand
point of acreage, being grown on
438.675 acres or 31 per cent of
the total cropped area of 1.431,
560 acres. This crop was follow
ed by wheat, 186,571 acres repre
senting 13.3 per cent of the total
acreage; and cotton. 178.875
acres, which accounted for 12.5
per cent. No other crop occupied
as much as five per cent of the
cropped acreage.
The burner year on the reclam
ation projects was 1919. Last
year's figures crowd the returns
registered at that time very close
ly. The crop value in 1919 was
$152,978,400. This was followed
by a decline during the deflation
period to $83,601,690 in 1922, af
ter which values rose steadily to
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$131,364,730 in 1925. They drop-!
ped to $110,414,940 the follow
ing year, owing largely, the bu
reau says, to the slump in the
price of cotton.
Crops, livestock and marketing
conditions on the irrigation pro
jects at the close of March this
year were reported to the bureau
of reclamation ae being generally
satisfactory. Conditions varied
because of geographical location,
but on the whole the report indi
cated no serious slump was indi
cated for this spring.
The bureau is attempting to
introduce methods and practices
in its projects which will more ef
fectively attract werthy and com
petent farmers, create conditions
which will insure the health and
comfort of their families, and
provide incomes needed to create
a comfortable living and pay irri
gation charges.
Papers contain news story of
woman who attempted to drown
herself but was kept afloat by her
skirts. Skirts in 1928? Cleve
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(AP). An ingenious schemeMis in
progress here to keep farm ;rella
flowing throughout the dryj sea
sons. j
The plan id based on the tleory
that long, low dams, build in a
semi-circle across hillside streams,
will check the flow of surface wa
ter long enough to force it' into
underground gravel beds. -from -which
it will percolate slowly and
constantly into welly on the farma
below.
Considerable study has been
given the project, by the Los An
geles, flood control commission.
Wells are of paramount import
ance to agriculture in this region.
The topographv precludes any
great amount of water storage Oi
the surface, and the farmers must
depend on wells for their domes
tic and irrigation needs. Through,-
their own organizations, farmer,
already have constructed low
dams in several creeks where they
emerge from valleys bordering on
the mountains. The dams are on
ly a foot or two high, but are '
built very lone that they may
form pools. Thus, the water
from heavy rains that once ran
away is controlled and utilized.
Favorable results are reported
from a dam built a year ago ia
connection with the attempt at
sub-surface storage, and if an in
crease in the water supply is ap
parent after the ensuing dry sea
son.&nany more such dams are
expected to beconstructed.
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