PAGE THIRTEEN
Tb OREGON STATESMAN, Salem. Oncan. Saudi? Mrnb. Aagast 2S. 129
3
ulliig of the Farm Sheep
Flock Important Item in
Business of Good Breeding
High Authority of the Oregon State Agricul
tural College r orces Caives the Outstanding
Rules For Flock Owners of the
Willamette Valley
Making Vacation Tours Successful
John C. Burtner, associate d- j are la prima condition, and are
ftor of the college news service retained. Instead of being sent to
f the Oregon State Agricultural I the butcher. Barren ewes are
ollge, sends the following, on those that miss a year or two.
"Culling the Farm Sheep Flock," probably producing lambs two or
by H. A. Lindgren, extension ani- three seasons ont of the usual
uial husbandman ot that insti-.Hve. Such animals lower the
tuiion: breeding efficiency of any fleck.
Most of the flieep owners of the Kbould rroduct Two Crops
"Willamette valley are beginning! Speaking of lambing percent
to think about culling their ewe ', ages, in a flock of 30 ewes it
flock for next year. This is a J would be Quite possible to haTe
paving proposition, and a great j. 10 ewes each producing twins, 10
aid in building up the quality of ; ewes prouucing one laug apiece
the flock.
It is comparatively easy to de
termine the best t'Pe of ewes in
tli- flock along about the latter
put of August or early Septem
ber. One has an added advantage
and the remaining lu ewes pro
ducing no lambs. The lambing
percentage would be 100 per cent,
30 ewes and 30 lamb?, but nev
ertheless one-third of the ewes
would be dry. If these non-pro-
ai this time too, knowing alsoiaucers coum De eliminated me
whi.-h ewes have produced lambs j lambing percentage would go up
an! which have cot. to about 150 per cent, making
One of the first things that a quite a profitable flock, ordinar
l k master is concerned with is Hy.
J. age of the ewes. Such ewes j There is just one time to de-
n nave lost iiieir leem ur tect ary ewes, ana mat is at me
close of the lambing season, when
otherwise run down because oi
ag. are best discarded, a they
sometimes do not even live
through the winter. The condi
tion of the mouth, however, is
R-uerally more important than
tin actual age. If an ewe ha?
enough good teeth to chew her
food, she can reasonably be held
over the winter, if necessary, to
hold up numbers.
N.'Xt to age, the flockmaster
insiders the ui'.der of the ewe.
It .sometimes happens that one
portion of the udder is spoiled, or
b ;iie- other defect makes it diffi
cult for her to raise the lamb
jiroperly. Such ewes are discard
ed without any further examina
tion. The geut-ral conformation ctl
th- auimal is next considered. All
e.---s that are thallow bodied,
-,:!i;(ll at the heart girth, or that
Invrt a narrow muzzle, are re
pined with deep-bodied, thrifty,
wi-ie-inuzzled animals the kind
a record of tnera. is made, une
suggestion is to put the record
right on the ewe herself, so that
she carries it for the rest of her
life. Many breeders do this by
cropping the ear of the ewe that
has no lamb. The first time an
ewe fails to breed one ear is
cropped, the next time the other
ear. Such a mark is a perman
ent record and canuot be lost. It
is generally not advisable to dis
pose of an ewe merely because she
fails to breed one year, especially
if she is young. However, an ewe
faitiiiK to breed a second time is
host disposed ot as soon as possi
ble. To, be most profitable, an
ewe must produce offspring and a
crop of wool each year.
The ewe flock, after culling In
late summer, is given good pas
ture on which to run prior to
breeding. This usually puts the
animal in the good, thrifty con
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A Livestock Valley
rpHE Salem district will achieve its greatest growth and
most splendid and beat balanced prosperity by develop
ing and using the diversity that is hers by the laws of na
ture and this is truly the land of diversity.
Ivan Stewart, when he was enraged as agricultural ex
pert for this district, proclaimed and proved that this is among
other things naturally a live stock valley. He showed by facts
of experience that we should breed more good horses, cattle,
sheep, goats and swine. These all tend to keep the flow of
money coming our way the year through, and they help to
maintain the fertility of our soils.
Live stock fit in with rotation crops, and this is one of
the main essentials of successful farming.
Poultry takes its place with this kind of agriculture, and
with fruit and nut growing, which are bound to grow indefi
nitely in magnitude of acreage in orchards, and in quality
and abundance of crops.
So the highest good of both country and city will be fos
tered by making this more and more a live stock valley.
CASCARA
Xow that camping can be done with comfort and convenience, it Is rapidly becoming Ana eric'!
major outdoor sport, arcordiac to the Western Auto Supply Company who farsUhed the boT entic
ing display. There are many beautiful vacation laida in the United State hot none are more alluring
than th wonderlands of the National ForesU of the West. Twenty niUHoa acres of forests offer the
vacationist t-OMRtles ramp sites like the one shown here.
m ii . ii Mi, i m ' ii - " -
Ample Supply of Beeves of
Highest Quality Seems Now
In Sight For This District
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Recalling an Important Interview That Was
Printed in These Columns Three Years
Ago This Month That Became
a Last Message
FUSE Oil FORCED
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MOLT IS HO
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AH FLIGHT TO
CALIFORNIA FIJI OFF
WILL 8E DEVELOPED
all
! dition necessarv for beat results.
tii u usually prove the best produ- i i breediiiK tim it is well to have
cm-. They give a large quantity i the flock in small pastures -where
1. 1 milk and i-or.stqueuily raise ,,e ram be accessible at
sM ttiiK. vigorous hiiubs. i times.
AfftM l Wool rrulu tion it ia well to winter only
These points affect not only th9 many animals as can be properly
n itton produrtioti. but also have fe(j a3 experienced sheep men j
s mie signifit i.io e in wool produc- j know. A shortage of feed at j
i '.n. U ha . b'-i'ii louna mat. ase. ; lambing time takes tne pront oui
f'-.d and heaUu influence the
weight of the fleete as well aa the
strength of th stnple. In culling
t'l- flock, wool growers generally
sJlect as nearly as possibla for
h-avy fleece, showing plenty of
l--ieth and covering over the
bly. The best authorities say!
t ! t length and density mean less
"slirinkagft after clipping. Fine
n'ss of fiber is also a desirable
q tality ot the fleece.
After the flock has been cuiied
a to age. condition of the udder.
r -iieral conforniation atd quality i
of wool, the nei.t question is uni- '
f )i mity in the flock. There may
Ii : jonie sheep that stand out as
-itig off-type as compared with
i others, and it is best that
t be replaced.
With the use of ths weighing
s ales at shearing tints and the
br-ader's judgment of body con.
f trmation and age at breedin;
tine, the ewe flock may be
brought up to a hlgS standard.
Oui item, however, is often over
l)ked because of lack of records
- that is. the breeding efficiency
'ot the ewes. Too often no record
of dry or barren ewes id made, or
el?e ths record is lost before the
bieding flock is made up. As a
result these dry ewes ia the fall
of the enterprise.
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DEMONSTRATION
-A two-year
ORKCOX STATE
C'orvallis, Auj:. 24.-
c-.st and economic study of the
( i iry industry in Oregon that will
! one of the mot comprehensive
c st studies ivtr made is being j
undertaken by the college export- j
nu'nt station. The work will be
carried on entirily with fedpral I
funds made available under the
l'tiinell act for tue in this state.
Costs of dairy farm production
i-i the different regions and on
various types of dairy farms will
! studied to find means of re
ducing costs eo that increasing
competition caji be met successful
ly. The economic place of the
dairy industry in Oregon, what
types of dairy farming are most
profitable and what factors in the
internal organization of a dairy
fjrnj are most important to "the
success of the enterprise will also
l gone into carefully.
The study will cover the years
1129 and 1930. It is planned to
obtain records from about 500
dairymen each year, approximate
lr 300 of whom will be in the Wil
lamette valley. 100 in the coast
region, and 10 0 in eastern Ore
gan. The total number will be di
vided between the various coun
ties according to the importance
of the dairy industry In each coun
ty. This is to determine in what
regions of the state, on the basis
of comparative costs, prices and
markets, dairying can advisedly lie
encouraged and increased.
The survey will be under the
general supervision of P. " M.
Brandt, professor of dairy hus
bandry, and 11. D. Scudder, pro
fessor of farm management. Prof.
H. E. Selby of the department of
farm management will be In
charge of the field work. County
agricultural agents will also co
operate by compiling lists of the
dairymen in their counties for use
In carrying on the study.
DARMNGTOX HALL, Devon,
Kngland. (AP Marketing
trend, relation between city in
dustry and agriculture, and the
problem of maintaining a perma
nent agriculture in a nindustrial
nation are among the subjects for
consideration of the first interna
tional conference on agricultural
f conomics.
The conference will be held
here August 2 to September .
and according to Dr. C. E. Ladd
of the New York State college of
agriculture, who suggested it, will
fill a need for a more rapid flow
of information on agriculture
I across the ocean.
Dr. Ladd spent six months in
England and aided Leonard K.
Elmhurst, bead of the agricultural
school here, in some research
work. I
Mr. Elmhurst has offered the
facilities of his school for the con
ference and he and hia wife have
made possible a number of travel
ing scholarships for those wishing
to attend the conference.
The research institute of agri
cultural economics of Oxford uni
versity is behind the movement.
The conference will be primar
ily a two-weeks' summer school.
Subjects to be studied will include
methods of. studying and analyzing
the statistics of farming and mar
keting; recent trends in the mar
keting problem in each of the
countries represented; problems
of land tenure; farm production
I costa and methods of reducing
them; the marketing of American
I fruits, vegetables and other farm
between city industries and agri
culture in a highly industrialized
nation, and the problem of main
taining a permanent agriculture
ri an industrial nation.
In addition to about 30 agricul
tural economicts from England,
Canada, Irish Tree State, Ger
many, Finland, Denmark and Nor
way, a number of Americans will
attend.
They will include Dr. Ladd, Dr,
I In the little more tha nine and
, a half years since the Valley
j Packing company opened for bus-
iness in Salem, on January 1, 1920
! there has been a vast improve
j ment in our live stock industries.
largely due to the operations of
this local plant.
Pn Thursday, August 19, 1926.
slightly more than three years
ago, the Slogan columns of The
Statesman contained the follow
ing interview :
F. W. Steusloff. who with his
brother. W. H. Steusloff. and
Curtis B. Cross, is in direct charge
of the business of the Valley
Packing company, Salem's pack
ing house, told a Statesman re
porter yesterday that the Salem
district must do one of two things,
in order to produce an ample sup
ply of beeves of the highest qua
lity. "Raise more alfalfa for feeding
them, or establish beet sugar fac
tories, in order to have the beet
pulp in helping to finish off the
beeves; these two things, and the
producing of pure bred beef cat
tle of the approved breeds and
strains.
"Mr. Steusloff said the markets
of this section are now largely
supplied with local lambs and
mutton, veal, and second class
beef, and & few beeves of the
higher class
"But most, of the high class
beeves come from southern Ore
gon, where alfalfa Is raised on a
considerable scale, especially in
Josephipe and Jackson counties,
and from eastern Oregon alfalfa
districts, and from Idaho, where
both beet pulp and alfalfa have
been available, and from the al
falfa district of Montaua.
'He said no doubt that the
.spreading of the Grimm alfalfa
will help, but the development of
a beet sugar industry here will
help more in giving us a large
supply of beeves that are neces
sary to supply the best cuts that
are demanded by the high class
trade that calls for tha choicest
meats.
"I'ntil that time conit-s. most of
ih first class beef stock, which a
packing house with a reputation
to maintain must supply, will have
to be brought in from the points
named, obtained largely from the
stock yards in Portland and ship
ped to Salem in car lots."
That interview was in the na
ture of a last message, for the
day after it was given, in the fore
noon of the rfay it was published,
Fred W. Steusloff was suddenly
and unexpectedly stricken by the
hand of death ending a signally
useful career for his city and sec
tion and state.
So the interview became a last
message on a subject on which
Mr. Steusloff was singularly com
petent to speak.
The Grimm alfalfa boom In the
Willamette valley, and especially
in Marion and Polk counties.
where it was tnen just getting a
fair start, has grown and expand
ed beyond all expectations.
This boom promises well in the
solution of the matter that was
the thema of the interview.
B;t even so. beet sugar factor
ies in the saiem district woma
add vastly to the supply of ths
best beeves, not only for supplying
the local packing plant, but also
for extending Us operations far,
and for giving an export supply
of that kind of live stock. Besides
this, sugar factories would make
the Salem district the best dairy
ing country in the world, and
benefit vastly very phase of our
Industries on the land, besides
conferring indirect benefits that
would help in adding solidity to
all the industries in Salem and
the othsr cities and towns of this
section. It would even help in
Grimm alfalfa growing, by giving
. a 1 . : 1 1
a most aesiraoie ciean cuiuuimu
rotation crop.
Cascara orchards will have to be
developed In western Oregon. This
is the cascara country, and the
wild forest growths are fast dis
appearing. They will not last.
The coast sections of Oregon
and northern California (mostly
Oregon) have been supplying 7.
000,000 pounds a year of this
bark. There is no substitute. The
trade will have to continue.
The forestry department of the
Oregon State Agricultural col
lege is carrying on projects of
cascara (or chittim) tree grow
ing. They are making a good
showing. In a little while, we will
see cascara orchards all over this
section. It will have to come, and
it will return an annually In
creasing revenue, and a certain
one.
Culling the poultry flock in
August and disposing of those
birds that have stopped laying,
and feeding a moist mash at noon
to the balance of the flock, Is con
sidered a much better manage
ment plan than putting the birds
through a false or forced molt,
believes the Oregon experiment
station. "When the days begin to
shorten, the lights may be turned
on and the birds given about a 13
hour daylight day. This practice
keeps the hens laying well until
late In the winter, and often un
til early spring, when they usually
molt and can be marketed. Birds
forced to molt late in the summer
have a strong tendency to go in
to a natural molt In October or
November.
One way to preserve the nutri
tive value of a vegetable Is to
bake It in Its skin, and eat the
skin, says the O. A. C. Irish pota
toes, sweet potatoes and squash
are often baked, and cabbage, on
ions, carrots and other vegetables
may be prepared in this way.
Steaming vegetables also con
serves their food vahrf.
NEW YORK. Aug. -J. (AP)
Captain Roscoe Turner who
flew from Los Angeles with pas
sengers day before yesterday and
who had hoped to fly them back
today has indefinitelv postponed
the flight.
Continued poor weather late to
day made it possible that the
flight would be abandoned alto
gether. It was Turner's plan to fly his
passengers 'back to Los Angeles
and then hop alone to Cleveland
for the air races. He indicated to
day that If .weather held him up
another day he might go direct to
the races from here.
0.I.C.WIILBU0T
da my cost study
OREGON STATE COLLEGE,
Corvallis, Aug. 24 Forty-fiYO
milk cows, feeding on 12 acres of
irrigated Iadino clover pasture,
with complete 90-day data on the
cost of maintaining this pasture
and it effect on the butterfat
production of the cowa will be
ready for the inspection of Ore
gon dairymen who will convene
here August 27 for the Irrigated
pasture field day.
Irrigated ladino clover pastures
are advocated by the experiment
station as one means of overcom
ing the problem of dried up pas
tures in Oregon during the usual
dry season. July, August and Sep
tember, according to P. M. Brandt
of the dairy husbandry depart
ment, who is in charge of the 90
day experiment. Reports from
county agent demonstrations in
central and southern Oregon, as
well as on the moist, unlrrigated
sections of the coast- show that
ladino clover pastures in these
areas have far outstripped all oth
er pasture crops In carrying ca
pacity. Juice for Jelly making can be
extracted from all berries, and
from grapes, without adding wat
er, by crushing some of the fruit
to start the flow ot Juice before
cooking. Blackberries, however,
have -been found to yield better
and more delicately flavored Jel
ly if one-fourth to one-half cup of
water Is added to each pound of
berries, saya th O. A. C.
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Cover crops, particularly those
of a leguminous nature, are bene
ficial to Oregon soils In a number
of ways, says the Oregon experi
ment station. They tend to check
leaching or erosion, increase the
nitrogen content ot the soil, and
provide organic matter, thus Im
proving the physical nature of
heavy soils.
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BEETS WOULD HELP
III CROP SCHEMES
in
The harvesting of sugar beets
the districts where they are
grown will begin generally around
the middle of September.
This crop would come in well
in the Salem district, to give em-
u. r. warren, ur. . A. rearson pi0yment to many of the hop plck-
and Dr. Leland Spencer, all of ers who come jn from other points
Cornell university; l'rof. F. W. to help ln that harvest.
V caver. State college. Pa.; C. L. Tha mnra arlT m. season
Christensen, United States bureau
of agricultural economics; Prof.
G. A. Pond ot the College of Agri
culture. St. Paul, Minn., and Dr.
H. C. Taylor of Burlington, Vt.
Most Oregon vegetable growers
could profitably apply more fer
tilizers, either barnyard manure
or green manure, supplemented
with standard commercial fertil
izers, to their crops, believes the
Oregon experiment station. An ir
rigation system also helps to make
these fertilizers ot greater benefit
to the crops.
Using only sound fruits and
vegetables Is a big step toward
success in home canning. The
fresher the material to be can
ned, the stronger are the chances
for keeping, if properly handled.
"An hour from garden to can" is
a good rule to follow, says the
0. A. C.
through for harvesting we can
have, beginning in the spring with
berry picking, the easier it will
be to get ample help and ample
help we mu3t have in order to
maintain our growth in the In
dustries on the land here.
There are many good things
that will follow and attend the
growing and manufacturing of su
gar beets here. Their timely har
vesting will be one of them.
. They will help ln our live stock
industries as no other one thin
can.
BULBARS MY PUT
ISSUE UP TO LEH
SOFIA (A P) Bulgaria Is
rrn ai dorini the advisability of
asking the League of Nations to
adjudicate the bothersome fron
tier questions which are constant
ly arising with Jugo-Slavia. The
border passes within a few miles
of this capital and cuts through
several villages, separating
houses from garden3 in some in
stances and ln others dividing a
house.
The two governments, after a
three weeks conference at Plrot,
Jugo-Slavia. reached an agree
ment last March regulating iron
tier traffic and providing for the
guarding of the border. It also
provided for a mixed commission
to adjudicate any differences that
might arise.
This agreement nas not been
ratified by Jugo-Slavia and Bul
garia has accepted it only with res
ervations. The unacceptable pro
posals would have created a neu
tral zone six miles wide on both
sides of the line from which the
bulk of the population would have
been evacuated and moved Into
the interior. Bulgaria has decided
it can not furnish enough arable
land to support the number of peo
ple affected.
New incidents of clashing au
thority and individual rights have
been so frequent that public opin
ion here I demanding an inter
national inquiry. It Is argued that
ihe status quo threatens the peace
of the Balkans.
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Aug. 23. (AP) Captain Roscoe
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m., in an attempt to beat Captain
Frank M. Hawks record ot 19
hours and 33 seconds for east-west
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