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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 15, 1929)
- News of the Farmer and His Work 'Editor's Note Mr. Madelaine Callin, Valley News ed itor of tbe Oregon Statesman, is also In charge of the market news of thi paper. Each Sunday on this page she will por tray the agricultural news of interest to valley W rmers. Contributions of mer it are invned. Markets . . . . Crops .... Farm Home . . Livestock The Diversified Intrests of the Valley Agriculturalist Attention of the World Focused on Willamette Valley Poultry Industry HANSEN T 1 Lee and Needham Also Help In Bringing Recognition To Old Oregon Poultry raisers of the north west will benefit greatly by: the recent winning of he lnernational egg laying contest by the J. A. Hanson pen of white leghorns, ac cording to the opinion of poultry men of the Salem district. The Hansen plant at Corvallls has wn many prizes in the United States and even in England and tbe recent international victory has focused the attention of tbe woorld on the possibilities of wes tern poultry. The Salem district has gained both state and national honor for the quantity and quality of poul try produced here. L. Lloyd A. Lee, president of the, Oregon Poultrymen's association' 'and C. X. Needham, president of the Ore gon Baby Chick association are among the leaders in the field. Lee Plant Is Large The Lee plant, in the Auburn district, has an egg capacity of 141,000 and at the breeding farm 1500 laying hens are kept. Mod ern equipment and careful care of stock have combined to make the Lee plant famous among the poultry raisers of the west. The C. N. ' Needham plant, known as the Salem Chickeries, has a capacity of 300,000 baby chicks each year. Mr. Needham controls 135 poultry farms in the district and has 20 different farms hatching for him. The farms whose stock is sold by Mr. Needham must pass the inspec tion of tbe plant inspector and a highs standard of quality is de manded. Salem's Petland, owned by Duganne and Lepley, sells approx imately 100,000 chickens each year. Much of the stock is hateh- j ed at the Dr. R. E. Duganne hatchery at Independence. This plant Las a capacity of more than a quarter million cnicKs flnrmg the coming year. In addition to this Dr. Duganne will hatch 100, 000 turkeys. W. E. Park, proprietor of the Willamette hatchery, has gained state wide recognition for his work. Mr. Park is vice president of the Oregon Baby Chick asso ciation. Other prominent poultry raisers of the Salem district include: stadly's Hatchery at Silverton, Matson's Hatchery at Salem; For rest Martin at Dallas. Mrs. Ollie AVenger, Silverton; 'Mrs. Robert Beer, Salem, Route 9; Ruby Lan ham. Salem Route 9; D. B. Max field, Salem, Route 5; Mrs. Mabel Carpenter, Salem, Route 1; Mrs. M. A. Dunn, Geryais. E SLIGHTLYLESS IN '28 Wenatchee Shipments Drop To 13,976 Cars This Sea son; Hood River 646 Te, apple market is steady and o far the fruit is holding up ex ceptionally well, according to lo cal buyers.- An Interesting study was re cently published by the O. S. C experiment station which showed that out of every three apples 1 grown In Oregon one is consumed on the Pacific coast, one goes to some distant market In the Unit ed States and one Is shipped to a foreign market. Many Varieties Exported Yellow Newrons compose 70 per cent of the total amount ex ported while Spltienburg. Ortley, Jonathan. Arkansas , Black and Delicioua make up the balance of the exported apples. : Hood River growers have dls covered that the majority of next years crop of coddling moth prob ably hibernates in the old apple and pear picking boxes. A steam alerilizer has been per fected which takes these orchard boxes after they are emptied at ihe sorting table and automatical Jv sterilizes each as they pass on thetr way from the sorting table. GREAT If APPLE HOLDINGS AR Ribbons? Yards of 'Em for the Lee Flocks 300,000 Chicks Start Out Above is pictured tbe borne of tbe Salem cblckerfes on North Chwvh street. Sale), where C N. Need bam condncts a business devoted to tbe bnying and selling of baby chicks. His sales daring the past year reached the 800,000 mark. Turkey Shipment From Roseburg Is Greatest In History of County ROSEBURG, Dec. 14. (AP) The largest ship ments' of turkeys ever to bo moved from the Umpqua Talley Mere sent out the week of December 11-17. The Donglas County Tur key Growers' association loaded more than three car loads during the first half of the week. Some of the pool birds are . sold on consignment while other cars went at prices varying from 28 to 33 cents. After all returns are in the average price will be established and tbe growers will receive a further pay ment. The turkeys are of exceptional quality, running nearly TO percent prime grade. S B BWJlFiLL :ields Seeded Many Months Ago Now Covered by Car pet of Fall Grain By Lois SIMPSON CRAWFORD SPRING VALLEY, Dec. 14 Farmers in this valley who have been very much discouraged be cause, of the drought are feeling encouraged now. Fields that were seeded many months ago and had shown no green grain shoots, now are covered with a green carpet of newly sprouted grain. Many farmers have done as I've seen my mother do. times innum erable, dig up flower seeds to see if they had sprouted. In fact one farmer informed me that he has jusf about dug ap all of his fields in order to find out whether his grain Is growing or would have to reseed. Some Acreage Resecded Some acreage of grain had to be re-seeded because of rotted grain and in some Instances the wheat and oats didn't come up. Those who re-seeded fields and the grain first sown came up la ter, will have bumper crops. Conditions were bo unusual and rapidly becoming more serious that farmers, were in a quandary as to what was best to do. There is a saying among old settlers that they can see grain grow. The writer always was rather skep tical but never again will I doubt it. because since the rain started Saturday the grala can literally be seen to shoot up. Unless all signs fall, as they have been do ing so much lately, we will have fair crops next summer. Gasollne ranges in price throughout the world from 18.3 cents a gallon in parts of the unit-1 HER DEL GHTED ed States to 15 cents a gallon In and exemplified by total reduc Bolivia. ' tlon during that period approxl- Honor of Having Heads of Two Poultry Organizations Claimed by Salem This Year To have the presidents of two of the leading poultry as sociations of Oregon, is the come to Salem. Lloyd A. Lee Is president of the Oregon Poultrymen's associa tion and during the summer appeared on the program of the Inter national Baby Chick association meeting held In Minneapolis. C. N. Need bam has re cently been elected vpresi dent of the Ore gon Baby Chick asso ciation. Sa lem seems to be' the Jieadqu a r t e r s for this organ 1 s a 1 1 o n since it is the home, not only of the presi dent, but of li il I mini ma in wr. mill - 'rS, l Ay t IS ' j C. N. Needham the other two officers of the association W. E. Park is the vice president and Lloyd A. Lee Is secretary of the Oregon Baby Chick association The Oregon group is a branch of the International Baby Chick association and thus has contact with the work being done In the field not only la America but in Europe as well. Western baby chicks have be come famous because of the Qual ity of the stock produced. ' Par ticular care as to breeding, selec tion hatching and care of the chicks has combined to' produce an exceptionally tine quality which demands a uniformly high price. Western chicks demand a high er price than do those of the east and middle west; but it costs more to produce a baby chlek in the west. Such care as is devoted to production costs money, but the result is such that buyers are glad to pay the extra price In order to secure a guarantee of fine quality. E Seductions In the price of "Ca terpillar" Tractors, "Caterpillar" Combine Uarresters and "Cater pillar" Road Graders as manu factured by the Caterpillar Trac tor company of San Leandro, California and Peoria. Illinois, ef fective December 15th, were an nounced by their local dealers, Loggers & Contractors Machinery Co., 345 Center street, Salem. These reductions resulting from large sales volume represent sixth time in four years, the aim achiev- ed or building constantly petter tractors, harvesters and road ma- chinery at lowest possible price When Lloyd A. Lee eaten1 bis chickens ta eompetltioa be conies back with not the bacoa. thank' yoa' "bit" the ribbons. V CATERPILLAR C ORDERED n From Here distinction which has recently 5, -. - Lloyd A. Lee O - mately two thousand dollars In price of the largest tractor. These present reductions com ing at this time should fit in ad mirably with the effort of the Na tional Administration to stimulate wealth Jroducing activities in ag riculture and Industry. TO BE QUITE STEADY Yellow Newtons Compose Large Part of Pack Going Abroad WENATCHEE, Wash., Dec. 14 Apples held In storage in the Pacific northwest were consider able less in volume on December 1, than they were a year ago, re ports received by the vvenatchee Valley Traffic association reveal ed. Apple holdings in the Wenat- chee district are only slightly less, being .882 cars compared with 6,931 a year ago. The. Taklma storage holdings. however, are more than 900 cars less and storage holdings in Walla Walla, Spokane. Hood River and western Oregon points are also much smaller. Yakima holdings on December 1 included 7,021 cars compared with 7,974 cars on Dec. 1. 1928; 6,048 In 1927; 6.242 cars in 1926. and 7.162 in 1925. Holdings by Years Shown The holdings in the Wenatchee- Okanogan district for the past five years have been as follows: o.oez cars in J9. to uec. i, 931 In 1928; 5 317 in 1927; 4 380 in 192C and 4,332 In 1925. Total fruit shipments from the local district this season to De cember 5 were 13,976 cars com pared with 16,717 cars last year. 11,991 two years ago and 14,578 cars three years ago. . Hood River has shinned 646 ears of apples this season to De cember 5 and 424 cars of pears. Rogue River has shipped 437 cars of apples for the same period and 3,663 cars of pears. . Total fruit shipments from Ta klma district this season to De cember 5,' were 11,702 cars com pared with 16,044 cars to the same date last year. 8.352 two yean ago and-14,923 cars three years ago. . ; , . Pear shipment from , the local 'district" this season to '' December 5 . were 9 0 1 cars, ' compared with 1.191 cars last year. -Takima shipped; 2,371 cars of pears this season to December-1, compared to 3,777 cars last year.' -' Missouri has one Meensed air plane to every 17,638 Inhabitants. APPLE MARKET HELD MARKET HOLDS FOR ALFALFA Continued Cold Weather in Central Areas Causes Heavier Feeding Alfalfa markets were generally steady during the week ending December 10 with a fairly active demand absorbing offerings of good quality hay, according to the weekly Alfalfa Market review of the United States Bureau of Agri cultural economics. Continued cold weather in central areas which necessitated heavier feed ing resulted In an active Inquiry for alfalfa hay, particularly of the top grades suitable for dairy purposes. Oixerlngs were general ly moderate with the bulk of the receipts at the principal markets consisting of medium to low grade hay. Considerable weather damage is reported to the alfalfa still .in the fields in central west ern' areas while light rains on the Pacific coast has partially reliev ed the drought and tended to pre vent further deterioration to pas tures and hay crops. Coast Markets 925 Ton Pacific coast alfalfa markets were steady to slightly stronger with an active demand absorbing market offerings of all good qual ity hay. Demand at Portland was sufficiently active to absorb the slightly increased arrivals of ex cellent quality. No Montana hay has arrived at the market during the season to date whereas last year considerable quantities were received. Alfalfa supplies in pro ducing areas in Washington are smaller than for tbe past two years but mild open weather has reduced feding requirements and tended to offset the influence of the smaller supply. Buyers are generally purchasing only for cur rent needs. Receipts at Tacoma and Seattle were also somewhat heavier than a week ago. Prices weer practically unchanged. No. 1 alfalfa second cutting was quot ed F.O.B. Seattle at $24.50 and at Portland at 325 per ton. Some hay was reported sold during the week .F.O.B. shipping point In the Takima Valley at $19 per ton, while in the Hermiston and Walla Walla districts hay was bringing $20 per ton at shipping points. The San Francisco market was firnj to strong. Dem-nd during the first part of' the week was active but slackened somewhat to wards the close with partial re lief from the drought by light rains. Cattle and sheep feeders were especially active buyers dur ing the first part of the period. Feeders were reported to be pay ing $20 to $22 for loose hay in the stack in some sections of the San Joaquin Valley. Growers in this region, however, appeared in clined to withhold offerings In ex pectation of higher prices. Dairy Interests were purchasing limiting quantities while alfalfa millers were moderate buyers. Some ex port Inquiry was in evidence and sales of alfalfa to Boston and New York were reported but the volume of these sales was light as local quotations were generally above an export basis. Los Angeles Market Firm The Los Angeles market held firm with a fairly active demand absorbing market offerings of medium to choice grades Sales Blackened somewhat during the early part of the week reflecting the advance In prices. Large feeders were active purchasers to wards the close of the week to re plenish their small stocks. Dairy men were generally needing only current needs. Rail receipts at the Macey tracks, Los Angeles, totaled 40 cars for the week with about the same quantity arriving by truck. Shipments to Hines and Norwalk amounted to around 56 carloads. Growers In the An telope Valley appeared inclined to hold for higher prices and buyers were finding best quality hay as high as $27.50. Occasional choice shipments from the Imperial Val ley were selling at $20-$ 22 F.O.B. ranch, with best quality moving at $23-$23.50 F.O.B. cars. Clover Crop for Bend Largest in District Annals BEND, Ore., Dec. 14 (AP) The largest crop of clover seed ever produced in the county is reported by W. T. McDonald, county agent of Deschutes county. A large percentage of this is al sike clover, although large quan tities of red and Ladino clover seed and some alfalfa seed also were produced. . One grower of alsike clover In the county re ceived first prize on it in the land products show held in connection with the International livestock expositon in Chicago. Keep Your Money In Oregon Buy Monuments Made at Salem, Oregon " Capital Monumental Works J. C. Jonea A Co rroprietors All Kinds, of Monumental . V Work j . factory and Office: 2218. Commercial St. 7 T. Opposite L OO; IV ' I -j -Cemetery, Box , Phone CtV - ' Saieni. Oregon Markets in Portland Little Soft as Week Ends; Grain Is Down lVk During Week PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 14 (AP) There was but little change in the general market sit uation in Portland during the week but here and there slight softening of prices was observ ed. Grain closed on an average of 1 cents down from the week's opening. Big Bend bluestem be ing quoted at 1.36 against 1.38 early In the week. Soft white at 1.24 was oft the same; amount, as was western white at 1.24, hard winter at 1.22 and west ern red at the same price. Oats held firm at 25.00 for No. 2 38 pound white. The livestock market was un changed over Monday's opening with high-grade stock bringing strong prices. Hogs have' been disposed of promptly at steady quotations and the sheep market held firm. Heavyweight hogs, medium to choice, brought 8.50 10.00. withlthtsame class light weights bfmWr 10.00 l-25. Feeder stock? i&td at 8.50 9.50. - Good steers, 1100 to 1300 pounds, sold for 10.25 11.00; common 7 8.50; vealers, good to choice, 10.75 13.00. Lambs, good to choice, 84 pounds down found ready sale at 10.00 11.00; mediums 9.00 10.00, and culls to commons 1.00 to 3.00. Butter prices fell off slightly during the week. Late prices placed fresh extras at .45. 46, DIM FLY Oregon Peach Men Especial ly Interested in Fight Being Waged Local peach growers are parti cularly interested in the efforts to combat the Mediteranian fruit fly in Florida, Experts are not yet convinced that the pest will harm peaches but there is sufficient possibility to warrant protective measures. Georgia will admit no Florida grapefruit because of the fear for the famous Georgia peach crop. Now all grapefruit coming from Florida Is subjected to the process which Insures killing of the fly. The fruit is heated to a temperature of 110 to 112 de grees and kept there for 36 hours. Then It Is chilled to a point well below f reeling," ap proximately 22 degrees. The pro cess has no noticeable effect upon the quality of the fruit. The fly is a very tiny worm, so small as to be seen only with a microscope. It. gets in between the skin and the fruit of grape fruit and nests. The outside of the fruit ' gives no indication of the presence "of the worm. So far it has not been found In any think but grapefruit. Lo cal experts predict that it will be eliminated from Florida within the next 6 months hut meanwhile every precaution Is being taken against It. An attempt to keep Florida Truit out of Oregon was forstall ed when the attorney general rul ed that since the federal com missioner of agriculture had lift ed the quarentine from Florida it could not be enforced by the separate states. Prune Orchard Being Removed; Cherries Next KEIZEB, December 14 Ten acres of the old prune orchard lying south and east of the four corners at the Keizer school is being grubbed out. Mr. William Rickman, the owner, expects to set the tract, to pie cherries. Charlie W'eathers. on the Gid eon place, has also taken out six aacres qf prune trees ?nd will set It to pie cherries in the spring. Gideon Gfols Company Manufacturers of Vinegar, Soda Water, Fountain Supplies Salem Phone SO Ore. Everything In BUILDING MATERIALS CobW& IVlitch ; A. B. KeJsay, alaaagev . S49 8. 12ia 8t. . rhone SIS FIGHT IS same as the open, but standards were quoted at .41, off 3 cents; prime firsts .39, off 4 cents, and firsts .37, off one cent. Whole milk held firm at 2.65 per hundred delivered. Hops were unchanged for the week at 7 12; Italian prunes 910; petites 6 7. Alfalfa hay advanced a trifle over the week's opening and was quoted at 23.50 24 per ton, FOB Portland. All other varieties as well as straw held at the week's open. - Wool was unchanged, qvoted at 18 26 for eastern Oregon and 30 33 for valley grade. CA TERPILLAR 5D ANOTHER PRICE REDUCTION (Effective at once) THESE REDUCTIONS RESULTING FROM LARGE SALES VOLUME, REPRESENT THE SIXTH TIME IN FOUR YEARS BY THE CATERPILLAR TRAC TOR COMPANY, ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH THE ACHIEVEMENT OF BUILDING CONSTANTLY BETTER TRACTORS AT LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES. TEN Old Price $1225 New Price FIFTEEN v . Old Price $1620 rlew rr,ce NTY New Price Old price $2125 Proportionate reductions also on the Thirty and Sixty models. Prices F. O. B. your farm Salem Immediate delivery available on all models at reduced prices MODEL 3412 ft. Header level land Ar mm Old price $2100. NEW PRICE w Q)s MODEL 3810 ft. Header. Old price $1595. I. O. Tt. Holt Combine Harvesters are sold sabject to crop cancellation clause. THESE NEW CATERPILLAR PRICES ARE IN KEEPING WITH THE FORWARD MOVEMENT BE ING ENCOURAGED BY THE NATIONAL GOVERN MENT AT THIS TIME, TO STIMULATE WEALTH PRODUCING ACTIVITIES IN AGRICULTURE. 1929 OUR BIGGEST YEAR During the past twelve months, our records show that we have enjoyed onr biggest- year on CATERPILLAR TRACTORS and HOLT COMBINES, since the merger of tbe .Best Tractors Co., and the Holt Mfg., Co., In 1023. We are appreciative of this patronage making such a large volume of business for us. We extend to our Caterpillar Tractor and Holt Combine owners, and to prospectiTe own ers, our best wishes for A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NKW YEAR, Loggers & Contractors Machinery Co. Portland 345 E. Madison Oregon Pulp and Paper Company Manufacturers of BOND LEDGER GLASSINE GREASEPROOF TISSUE - , "!.. - 4aIV l " " Support Orcfoa Producta Specify -Salea Made Papefrfor Tour - 7 Off ice StaUbncrV'. s 1. Irrigation Plant On Farm Proves Very Profitable TOLEDO. Ore., Dec. 14 An irrigation project proved . an extremely profitable venture on the farm of J. C. Fox of Alsea this summer, according to a re port made by the County Agent M. J. Conklin of Lincoln county. On a total investment of $125 for a pump, engine and pip to deliver the water from tbe Alsea river. Fox reported an actual re turn of $259. In addition, his cows had good pasture durlne to dry season and thereby saved him at least $100 worth of hay. Fo ir waterings were given tbe oats, millet and beets while the pota to crop was given only two. The gasoline and oil cost for pump ing each watering was about $1 an hour. der. level land (r iO" new price iil4UUy level land Peoria . Tlla. Salem 345 Center