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16 . I B k m W & T WW V V W V V - W W THE OltEGON STATESMAN, SALEM. OREGON, 5UNDAX Jiuufluio, J The Slogan Pages Are Yours;- Aid-jin Slaking Them Helpful to Your Wonderful City and Section ft tr ' t..s tart -A. BIS INDUSTRIE THE STATESMAN dedicates several pages each week in the interest of the fifty-two to a hundred basic industries of the Salem District Letters and articles from people with vision ; - are solicited- This is your section. ; Help make Salem grow. 11 i'U - - a . RS C01T MlfJR ifJ OHM v. ueuuiui wiii 'iiiwihw .... g : 1G HU 11111 PER CHIT PROFIT This; is the Testimony From Texas, the Greatest Goat State iri the Union, and the Same Thing Is No Doubt True or ?iwihl in the Salem Trade District, on Many Thousands of Acres of Land The Industry is Well Protected byjTariff ftates and Is Stable America's MUIs Consume TwoTblrds Of World Production, and American Clip Could be Doubled Without Affecting Demand. S ; (A.; C Gage, editor and pub lisher of the Angora Journal, lead ing' 'newspaper of its type In the fatlre world, with his office at Other states bring the totaf Amer ican .clip up to twelve paillion pounds. ", " ' jj -. In 1926 Imports of foreign bo- (7 Board of Trade building. J hair totaled thirteen million Portland, has been In the habit or furnishing each year to the annual goat Slogan number of the States man an informative and interest ing article. A request? for an ar ticle for the present Issue found Mr. Gage busy with film-lecture engagements at Seattle and , Ta coma. However, he sent the fol lowing article, contributed to a re cent special wool section of the Boston Transcript, giving the whole view of the mohair, indus try. It should have , the careful reading of every , man in Oregon, and more especially in the Salem trade district:) Conditions in the mohair Indus try in the United dStatea have never been more indicative of soundness than in 1927. Through out the southwest range country, pastures have been above the aver age. Demand for -Angora goats has shown unusual activity. Just prior to the fall breeding season, range does were selling at $6.25 per bead. Scoutinr through New Mexico and Arizona, buyers took such an imals as showed fair quality in the mohair, and sent many carloads Into the Edwards plateau district of Texas, which comprises about seventeen counties within a quar ter1, radius of two hundred miles, w'fth San Antonio as the base. . ' In this area, said Governor Dan Moody6rTexas, at the Kerryvllle convention of the Texas Sheep and Goat .Raisers . association, - there are 2,200,000 Angora goats, rep resenting an investment' of $11. 400,000. ' Returns from' these mo hair makers give an annual sum almost equal to their investment value. Counting the mohair clip, 'which runs over 8.000,000 pounds per year in this area, and adding therefore the value of the increase, It Is readily seen that $11,000,000 per year is not an excessive state ment as the return from this line of -livestock -production. -j 'Fay for Themselves in Year T. L. Benson of San Angelo, on the' northwest boundary of this goat country, makes the unquali fied statement that in every case within his experience, buyers have received back in revenues, In the first year, .the full amount expend edfor purchase of Angora herds In southwest Texas. Governor Mpody's figures included only the Txas area in which it is stated on gtlod authority eighty per cent of American mohair is produced pounds. There are twenty mills or more in the United States . em ploying mohair. At least (two of these mills consume in excess of five million pounds each year. It is' -easy to understand ' how ' the United States.- consumed . twentyr five million pounds In -the past year. ..This const! tu tes f uijy two thirds of the total world produc tion, whtchTiaay be stated at about thirty-seven! million, pounds. - Your correspondent spent four against coarse, -harsh; wiry fleeces. By Judicious selection 'in mat ing. It has been possible to secure a definite amount of fineness, ac companied'' by yolk, or oil. in the fleece. The latter has been a moot point for many yeara. It! Is best explained, perhaps, by saying that If the fleece is lacking In oil. it becomes " brittle, or 1 friable. causing It to break, or splinter, in weaving. Particularly Is this true In the verticle pile fabrics, many of ' which are made' with a , loop, the mohair fiber being looped over a small wire la the loom. At the end of this. wire Is a keen-edged, razor-like knife which Is drawn across the fabric In tbe.loem. cut ting It and.. leaving the two ends embedded in the cotton warp, thus creating the plush or fftlfe wearing surface of. the fabric. If .the mo hair Vs not pliable and elastic, it breaks under the process, while a well-grown -fiber cuts-evenly -and gives a Justrous, uniform finish to the pile fabric In the process..of milling, ' the mohair scoured, ahd the carding machines,-It Is sprink led - with olive , oil ' to ' insure 'Its smooth handlfng. s ' ' t' Fiber Compared With Woolen Mohair fiber differs from wool months traveling and lecturing jin that the serrations or scurs on with a set of four reels of film d&-,tbe exterior, though similar to picting the mohair industry. In visiting Texas ranges, 'it was evi dent that they are not overstocked, and are not utilized in anything wool, are. more widely separated and less highly -developed. For that 'reason, mohair has hot' the felting 'property possessed by wool. like their full grazing, capacity. In,' and. it does not lend -itself to felt nther words, ther ir not over-' grazed. There are great freas in many western states that Could -be made productive by the nee of mo hair goats,, and would yield an" In come where now ther are not even paying taxes on a very moderate assessed land value. I "" These facts have created an at titude on the part of mohair grow ers which tends to expand . their Industry. The slogan, f "More American Mohair," well expresses the situation .in the industry in the United States today. Buyers in the field In Texas ex pressed without hesitation! the be lief that American production could be doubled without serious ly affecting demand - There - is prevailing - a - positive- conviction that the tariff on mohair should be maintained both, on the raw material and " on manufactured products of mohair. . jg Texas Growers Improve Qaallty. Growers, particularly lit Texas, have beetf giving attention to bet ter quality mohair. Results are now being secured from the' 1925 import of 117-registeredfAngora bucks from South Africa While In some cases the growers and breeders are not enthusiastic over results from the cross to new blood from the Cape, many grow ers are highly pleased with the improvement in fleece quality and general covering resulting - from the new breeding sires. TJnques tionably, there has been improve ment. I There is,, in the mind of the breeder, a firm Impression that duality mar be combined with weight in the -fleece. Much has been said .of the need for fineness. An objection was currently made making. '.Likewise, it cannot be woven upon a . .mohair warp, as woolens arswoven on a worsted warp. Mohair requires t a , warp fiber that will hold it In position. Cotton is largely employed in this work, and forms perhaps 30 per cent of the resulting fabric. TIC VEST POCKET MIBIT: THE UTTlf : IW 6011 SH) HE INTO 111 H The Greatest Need in the Industry in Oregon Is Some Per- k son or Group of Persons With Foresight and Ambition to Build Up a Dairy System Qualities of Goat Milk Com mend It Highly Remarkable Growth of the Industry, in ---.tM nst Twenty Years. The last 20 years has seen a remarkable ' growth in - the milk goat industry.' About some breeders who had. faith: in the tv ture of the milk oat sent rep resentative to. Carope to look-in-to conditions there and as a re sult of. this trip- there were im ported into this country In the following year or two about- 200 pure bred Saanen and Toggenberg goats. ' Both 'these : breeds are Swiss "breeds. ' A; little later other goats : -were - Imported, among when it is mixed before goinr lntofrBem ome Anglo-Nubians. These three- breeds .have played the most important.: parts in the Industry here, although in later years there have been One or two other breeds recognized. - While the increase from these imported goats was fairly rapid, the demand far exceeded the sup ply, and as the quarantine and embargo made it almost impossi ble to import them In quantity, the purebred bucks .were crossed with native goats and they in turn crossed, on pure bred bucks and thus some very good' grade goats have been produced. These goats make up the bulk of. the herds to day, for the purebreds are still comparatively scarce. In 1905 the American Milk In dyeing, however, there is ai formed, and in 1915 it was stated THIS WEEK'S SLOGAN I DID YOU KNOW that Salem is the center of the largest pure bred Angora goat industry in this or any other country; -that this is the pioner mohair market from first hands in the Northwest; that about 80 per cent of the Oregon clip is marketed in Salem; that practi caUy all the long haired goat skins going into the chaps (chaparajos: chaparahos) of all North America have been tanned and prepared in Salem; that the milk; goat industry is growing here very fast; that the making of Roquefort cheese fromgoats' milk has commenced here, and may be developed to immense proportions, bringing -millions of dollars annually, and that this is the natural home of the goat more so than even Asia Minof, the original home of the Angora, and that there Is vast5 room for growth here, in both lines of this important indus try? -' .A ..;-X;'"' -r 'V' I slight advantage in mohair oyer wool. The central or medullar strlation, or channel, that is found in mohair is not existent in wool. Into this central tube of the mo hair, dyes penetrate and become sun fast, if the - dye is - properly made and dependable. At the same-time, the oil in this central tube, or channel, is not washed out in the scouring. Command High Valves - -- It follows that if the hair is properly: grown with a sufficient amount of oil, it possesses higher value than a dry. non-oily fleece. This Is best Illustrated by the fact that mohair from- the - alkaline pastures ofNewMexlcoandArlsOna pastures of New .-Mexico and Ari tona sells at a price 20 per. cent lower than the well-grown '.Texas hair from flocks wher ealkali. Is not abundant, and where closer at they had registered 8,000 goats. They hare this year completed their 33,000 registrations and are now on the -.road to the S4th thousand. - Thus the record of the goats Is carefully kept and the ancestry easily traced. The bulk of these registrations have come in the later years, and each year seems, to show an increase over the preceding years. While grade does are registered is 'grades, on ly ' purebred sires' are recognised, so the trend Is ever upward in the grade stock. Growing 1m Popularity In 1910 the first magazine to devote its entire space to the milk goat was established In' Califor nia. This ' was "The GOat World" which was later moved-to Vlncennea, Ind., where It Is now published. There are now several other ; magazines devoted exelns- tentlon has. been given to mating ely to tho milk goat, and many farm papers carry mux goat news as! a' regular feature, - ' i .The fairs have also felt the in fluence. anoT nearly all of the fairs of any size-have a milk goat divi sion which grows larger each year and ! creates -much interest. Some of the fairs nave several hundred head of milk goats on exhibition Dates of Slogans in Oregon Statesman VWith a few possible change) Loganberries. October , 1 9 2 T Prunes, October 13 . ' Dairying, October 20 Flax. October 27 Wlbertsv Novembei: 3r t. : Walnuts, November It ' Strawberries, Novemter II ' pples. Figs, Etc.. Nov. 24 ' raspberries, December 1 llnt, DecemW j 1 4 V f 3eans. Etc, December 1$ 7 blackberries. December 22 "berries. December - 2 " ;t .. ' Pears, January. 6. 1928 aooseberrieswJanuary 12 v ; 2orn. January 19 .... - Celery. January 22 ,k 4 IK ; Spinach, ' Etc., .February -5 v - f Onions. Etc, February 12. foutoes. Etc, February 12 : . Sees, February 21 I-'-.'a -'i, Poultry and Pet Stock, Mar. 4 :ity Beantif nl; Etc, Marchll 3reat Cows, March 12 Eavedrllighwya March '; 21 lead Lettuce. April: 1 r ' ? 5 fenos,-Etc, April " legumes, April IS Aspar.agusf.EtcrXpriL22 , Grapes, Etc., April 29 Drug Garden, May Sugar Industry, May 13 Water Towers, May zu Irrigation, May 27 ' . ., :; ' M inlng, June 3 - 1 ' - -Xand, Irrigation, Etc, June It . -Floriculture, June 17" Hops, Cabbage Etc., June 24 NVholesaMng. Jfeetrfng. July 1 : Cucumbers, Etc, July Si ' ' rilogs July4i : : f uoats. July 22 1 Schools, July. 29 ; 1 : SbeepAugust 5 ' . Seeds, AugustTl2 . . -' . . ' . National AdvertLdng, Aug. 19 - J -'Uvestoek,. August it 1 ' r Jrala ft Grain Products; Sept. 2 ' Manufacturing, Sept. 9 J :-" Woodworklngv Etc, 8iCl -Automotive Industries, ficpt 2 'Paper Mills,Sept3t :-- f-sH ( Back copies of the: Thurs 4mj edition of The JJaily Ore son 'JSUtesman are , ea hand. and selection in breeding. - This: is one of. the most indicative tenden cies to -be noted among the-range men In Texas. - Oregon and California mohair has. been criticized by spinners and weavers as being too coarse, with the exception of mohair from pure-bred flocks. These condi tions can be remedied by closer at tention to the type of mohair pro duced, and elimination from herds of undesirable, low-grade goats. Prices paid for Angora goats at the annual conventions and sales In Texas form a good Illustration of the increasing interest in mo hair production in the United States. At the Kerrvlle sale, an Angora buck sold for 11075. At the Uvalde convention of the Texas Angora Goat Raisers asso ciation, the top price was around 100 for an outstanding .individ ual buek.' Many, sales, were nego tlatedat from $120 toJ500 for selected animals. Carloads from Oregon find ready sale among the pure-bred men In Texas .The. Los 'Angeles ..chamber of commerce . has inaugurated movement to get more mohair gotts on lands not now produc tive Other Calif ornlan Interests are taking up the subject Utah. Colorado. Oklahoma, Arkansas and Missouri are gradually increasing their herds. The annual increase in the num ber of goats ' in America for the past decade, has been at the rate of about sixty-five ; thousand ani mals per year. Goats do not in crease In the herd i as - fast as sheep. , Twins are much more fre quent among sheep, and a 100 per cent to 125 per-cent Increase of lambs Is "jnot unu sual In the wool industry loathe mohair Industry, Increase seldom goes above 75 per cent.'althoogh in vxeeptlonal cases and under good feed and ' range conditions, the Increase sometimes reaches 100 per -cent. Mixtures Which. Are sv Detriment One problem. has been confront rebuilt with tneiseatest possible ease and speed. - " The commercial side of the in dustry has been developed in por tions of thesast and in cauiornoa, but -rather neglected Jn Oregon. The cream may bo separated and old to the creameries. A milk milt mr .he esUblished : la. th larger ; towns' and cities, or the mUk sold dlreer to hospitals or sanitariums, '-r - ; -r ; . . . Ctaeese From Cost Milk ' Oregon has several cheese facr tories. - One at . Falls .City has been in operations tor several years ajd makes a fins, grade of "Imnorted" cheese.- There is-a4o milk from severat hundred ; head of goats. ? That Is a- very good to uUlixe tbs mUk where-tie geau are Jtept mtac distance Trora tens market. . They, will pasture.:- w EDl'TO'j;IiiL BIORE AND BIORB JqATS - f T rz. - and the competition Is very keen: Their MUk Prodactlosi A good grade, doe ta.be profit able', should jglve at v least two quarts J'of milk . when fresh . and should hold that yield for, three or four months, and should glvo at least a quart a dar until the seventh or eighth month. A good Swiss goat should glvo four or five quarts . when fresh, and should be giving , two quarts at the-sigh th month, .when she will, probably be bred . again. The best grades and purebreds give over a gallon when fresh and make a seaeon's yield of 2,000 to 2.400 pounds. Record does have made some wonderful yields, but we hare to deal with the average goat. . Economical to Keep , Goats are economical to keep and in proportion to their size and the food consumed are wonderful producers. Then again they may be kept 'where larger stock would Kbe out of place, and in this day of auto trips and, camping, what could be neater? Put a box on the running board and take her along to furnish milk for the ba-i by and cream for coffee. In most cases there is little dif- Goat ' Record - association wasference In taste between good goat milk and good clean cow's milk. The goat's milk, however. Is al ways white, even the cream,' ad the butter churned from this milk must be colored to taste, for It al so will be white.' Qualities of tbe MUk Goat's milk has many proper ties which make it especially val uable tor fopd. It does not carry the germs of tuberculosis, as goats are practically Immune from that disease. Goat milk is alkaline in its reaction, while-cow's- mHk is acid, thus making goat milk of great importance to persons suf fering from hyperacidity of the stomach. " The fat globules are much smaller than those In. cow's milk, making them easily penetrated by the digestive Juices of the stom ach. " ' Goat milk. In short, has proved to.be almost a specific for all in fanta not nursed by their moth ers, for all children who hav edlf ticulty In digesting or assimilat ing their food, in all cases of mal nutrition for adults suffering from disease of the digestive tract, for tuberculosis" patients, and for persons , convalescing from . all kinds of sickness who need to have their impoverished, bodies become locked down against the mohair materials. For these reas- warp. .It showed a. matted condi- ons, there Is a promising tlon and did not return to tne ahead oi me monur vertical nlle elevation. . in America. Similarly, the vegetable fibers resulted in a splotched, or pock marked and spotted phase In the upholstery - material, - and s no amount of panning, steaming or brushing served to bring them back to the original position. True mohair fabrics always return to r the vertical. ' These fabrics were sold considerably below the trade price for mohair velvet or nlnshes. However, it la contend ed both, by manufacturer! and pro ducers of 'mohair that this aim cnltv will "provide its own remedy New. Life to Torelsju Competition ; Forelsrn ' producers and t mills witnessed the rapid strides w?- They 'ro xor - sais -at i u , each, mailed to any address. Cjarrenttoplcsj. cento, Recognizing the presence of a considerable percentage of bristle fibre in ' American mohair, the growers have tacitly agreed to "fight the kemp." This is an ata vistic inheritance resulting irom an attempt to cross the fine,-silvery fleeced Angora with the larg er shearing surface. There are still some growers wno aim ior weiem in the bag, rather than quality in the fleoeei but discerning buyers aro" showing' preferenoo for well grown quality mohair, and are In clined to pay a better price for it than they can offer for the mohair f com herds of a careless grower. made nv monair taorica iu a- . t- I - ' I tV OX. IBO XM lea. ana are givin, 0r? v mnttVm th0 abOTl ef -a S MhAlatsw ma W sr f.0a.!! " n'tufTed the prstectlve Urlff duUe. on mo- W . ..J 'lt.' i.iihlnrM ThM - Jt M-.a A MtlKM. UUX LUU .- . rurnuur. .u . --Ure the same as the duties en wool T? W.lu! TH. rat. on wool in Russia, P?"y I ih rreaae Omit comes from the . la sviwinv i .nmneiiiioD i iO0 waif " ' sT, ; m In foreign markets is showing new life, and while drouths at the Cape dmlnlshed the clip, there is . ...innMi interest in the sub ject of mohair on the other side of the Atlantic ' In the UniUd' States there has been a continuous increase in pro duction, and an. unvarying aemana for fabrics of saohalr. Mors, than eight thousand patterns sll now being manufactured fn the-bmsoth mohair llnesrXdyiperies, eur talna and upholstery Materials. la a une One ef the new products tag the entire. in dnslry Jboth fremLf bedspreads Jor botel and hem use, woven en the new eae-nun-dred-ineh " looms, Sonio ef these fabrics ars ninety-twu ; Inches ; in width, seamless, and hav. been .MMii'fit'taW.' lustrous: wash- Kw.- . - . . . . I . ' able and et greai auraumiy, Industry Has a FreenlslBa Fat are i v.dM il B-iHomnis. or ins Bradford' Wool Reeord aid Tex Uls World, visited Canada and the United? States in June, July and August, and expressed the opinion hat Asaeeiesa a twlstn wsre 'sr ahead sT the EnglhA and Oa inencal mills in the preduetiea of tbe range standpoint and from the manufacturer, point of view. Demand for a - cheap upholstery fabric has' caused some mills to combine with mohair in thp plush fabrics, certain vegetable , or. wool fibers which do not have the re siliency or steel-wire tendency " to spring back, as mohair does in a pile fabric '.The National - Asso ciation of Upholstered . Furniture manufacturers has been 'Investl- ratlag this subject. It was found tnat la these' mixtures, which wrongly called "mohair," th wool fibef-had-te-ndeneywto-'flt; -o back of the sheep) is 31 cents a pound; when advanced towards manufacture, scoured, "etc, up to the yarn stage, it is 93 cents a pound and 20 per cent ad valorem. In the form of yarn, it is 24 cents a pouna ana so pf cast iu val orem, and in clothes H runs. to 45 cents a pound and 60 per cent ad valorem. Mr, Gago "puts the world prOr d action of mohair last year at about 87,000.000 pounds, That is increase of abouV B.OOt.ttt pounds ever the fear before. --0!L-0-nAHC WHATirB IT? TOEO; M, BARR - ' Pfaene ' country; better even 'TOren.bas I jfood.xnany goatsis ;been. listed as the tMrd-slate in the tJnioA' With respeeV to number of goats: the last census showed ;i85,e00. Competent authorities ii Salem think lhere must-have been a,rnistake; that Orejior has never had; that many ."A cgf ul; check up made twe year ago showed 121,193 Ansrai'anjd 'grkae Jjoats in Ore gon;f There was no doubt some jrrowth last year; and this .rhfm, Kcvon mntinnpd this vear.. There are nerhaps . . . m. M f I JT T Tillamook wnntyVhic Thid is indicated Dy tne iact tnat tne monau- lip Is around 750,000 pounds annuauy, ana tne average ior 'each jjoat is close to five pounds. It is more, of course, for the pure breds that have proper attention k AnTa kii npr rnnf. ill liih i i k i i i I I nil 111 iirpviin ik w: J .J. . IUU IA ,tid ,WV f W - 1 - Jslrae Salem, and this Jias been the case aU along, from being. mad. iato-cheess, tiiow, beginning or tne industry m tne uvtea states. Th Cliff ord W., Brown . estate and the Oregon Wool and aifohaJr; company are the buyeiTe and man agers of the latter were mostly formerly connected with the first named concern. The Brown people are pioneers in the business here. .'. "V- -.' If '" " Most of the Angora goats of Oregon are in the Salem dis trict ; in the Willamette yalleyand c!ast counties, with a considerable number in southern Orego? counties. Jvery well posted man will agre ttiatjOrtgon should have many times 150,000 Angora goatsJhere jiroom for several times that number in Polk county alone 7. . .The goat is the pioneer in the clearing of land. ' He will do the work for nothing, and pay his board besidess. His fleece will sell at 50 to 70 cents a pound, and! his increase is worth somethingworth a great deal, in the case of pure breds. Ask any of the leading breeders of Polk county. That county is the leading section of the state in -the1 pure bred' field; the leading section of the country, in fact. -Nature has made this a great goat than Turkey or South Africa. Our people should avail them selves fully of the advantages nature has given them. Angora goats have long been known to our people as being of great value in clearing land. Late eicperiments show that they are of wonderful help in increasing, the production of grain crops. j j The United States has become the j great manufacturing country for the various articles of commerce made of mohair, with a rapidly extending list ! Till now we use all the mohair we Iproduce, and about a third of that produced in the rest of the world besides. Oregon can and should produce allj the mohair we now import for pur factories, besides the additional amount that is being required each year by the fast expanding demand for various articles made from mohair bjhour forward looking American manufacturers , -' i -1 And many of these factories ought to be located in western Oregon, where all the natural facilities' are present, including vast water power running to wasteV . As for milk goats, there is an immense future, in the use of the milk for the making of Roquefort cheese, which indus try had its start in America at Falls City, Polk county. The experience with its manufacturing there points the way to a gigantic business. The United States imports $50,000,000 to $75,000,000 worth of Roquefort cheese annually. It could all be produced in Oregon, from the inilk of goats ranging on land that now makes up a portion of: our slacker and idle acres. ' l .lfl f$ The "vest pocket dairy." meaning a great future in Oregon- We should have goat milk depots in all our cities. We should have condensed 'milk factories and dried mik factories, using the miljbf cheese factories. One reason why we can produce a high .quality of mohair for manufacturing in western Oregon is the fact . that we have no alkali ; our water is all "soft? best fleeces in districts that have? lit facturing, we are closetd sea level, and have no static. This is important, as it is in spinning the yarns also of flax and wool and other fibers. no waste. --:wt -! fl a Quart' In Chicago ' . , Soms of the .eastern-.cities-have. their milk dairies where, you, niaj have milk delivered. or buy' it from a roadside? stand. These dairies are model; of cleanliness and attractive and find ready sale for all they can produce at prices far la '. advance of coast prices. Milk for hospitals In Chicago sells as high ss tl i quart Goat milk - Ice cream is also made . and sold through these stands. ' ; One by-product which should not bo overlooked la the manure. Goat manure is one of the richest In value of any natural fertilizer and is readily sold at a fair price. Greatest Need Here The greatest need of the Indus try In Oregon today. Is some per son or group of persons with the foresight and ambition to build up a dairy system such as Mr. Headier of .Chicago has done, so that there would be a milk depot for the distribution of the milk, and a system of delivery so tnat every person In need of the milk could secure It at a moderate cost. There are' hundreds of acres of land within driving distance or our larger towns 'that is practical ly worthless as it stands, yet would provide pasture for many goats which in turn would "pro duce the milk with the life giv ing properties so necessary to the babies and invalids. Yet. the average man cannot alone tend his herd and make his market, and deliver his milk. Sooner or later some one will pio neer in this branch here, as has been done in other states. Then. and onlv then, will the "vest pocket dairy," the little milk goat, have really come into ner own. KATHERINE HAYES, Secretary Oregon Dairy Goat Breeders Ass'n. 5900 Buckely Ave., Portland; Or., July 18. 1928. (Hayes' Small Stock Farm, pre sided over by the above writer, breeds Saanen goats. Buff Cochin Bantam chickens. New Zealand White Of New Zealand Red rabbits and Chinchillas. "Billies. Bunnies, Bantams, is her alliterative and appropriate .slogan. The phone number Is Sunset 3991. Ed.). SALEM STATE GOAT CENTER FROM FIRST Pioneering Was Done .Here; Room for More Than 20 Times Number The last census showed 185,000 Angora goats In Oregon. There was manifestly a mistake In the figures. Two years ago, a check up by men in the Industry who are careful showed 121193. There has been a little growth each year, and the number Is now perhaps around 150,000. The annual clip of mohair is around - 750,000. Taking fire pounds as the average fleece, this would indicate about 150,000 goats. That is not enough. Oregon should have twenty , times -that number . of goats. She .should have 3,000,000 or more, and west ern Oregon j could ; accommodate that many, and use little but Idle or slacker, acres, and fields that would benefit from .the keeping of tbe silver fleeced animals. Better Attention - And goats here shoqld have bet ter attention. Many ranchers now give their goats little attention; seeing them .only at dipping or shearing ; time, the rest of the year letting them shift' for them selves. Our boat breeders, who make big sueeesses of the indus try, give their goats eonstant at tention, This makes for better fleeces; for higher priced mohair,; We are singularly fortunate here In . being able to turn out, ' high priced fleeces, ' W. have no al kali, the bane of the Texas and many ether; seat districts, have soff water, ; This means mueh'ln the produelng of mohair or high eaality, r , ;, , ' Ieng Geat-Onte' ' Ever since the beginning et the industry in ; America, fUlem ", has " "IV Hill . V me uiue mu goat, nas goats. And dozens of Texas produces her fl limit .-' PVir-mnriii. I been a goat center. Most of the Angora goats of Oregon bow are in the Salem trading district; In the Willamette valley and coast counties, wtth. some scattered over southern 6f egon in one of two counties in that part of the state the-industry having much favor. About 80 per cent of the Oregon mohair cllp Is bought by the two Salem dealers -who handle, that' product. About' that percentage has. always boon, bought In this City. -.- ' : ..' i ' iZ2jrt s s . The Milk Goat Industry " -' : Oregon is developing .'the . milk goat Industry. Read the . article in this issue by, the secretary of the association. The Salem district-has a good many milk goats; more than are .found In any other Oregon section-! if we Include the jFalls City sector, which Is in fial- onrM, trade territory. : . v irbe first Roquefort cheese In America was made at Falls. City. This is an Industry capable r of enormous expansion. , The States- City date man correspondent at Falls sends the following, under of yesterday: v -,Thf JFalls City Roquefort Cheese , corporation Is not mak ing Roquefort cheese this season. The 8wisatr brlckr cheese has been made slace May 19 of this year, uainr ., rnata- mttlr: 'ilnn, Thla cheese isVbeing . marketed In a small wsiy', principally to local trade, .-where" the demand : Is , for cheese, without waiting for, time to mellow the cheese and give It the desired, texture It Is pro nounced good by ail who have eat en lU,.L.v';- t-tS-v-.!' - -v "Sevetal new' goat owners have come to this section since the Teal and JBrahson goats were the pio neers. ..Another year should see a larger number. 'The industry has great promise , for this district." v- l f . If . you think tho Florida toma to growers have no political in fluence 4-Just f read the Houston platform on the tariff. o li t o n cl 1 o n wru o o Sales and Serf lee - :; lUgh Street at Trada i ' ' - a,- ' ' - GE3 5 WhfJlVi Rock SpnngrC s and ; - . - Oiamond Bnqirsts- ... ... .J 'it- Also ceal specially designed for chicken brooder use. 5-TELHONE 930