The OREGON STATESMAN. Salem. Oregon, Sunday Morning. December 2211929
PAGE SIXTEEN
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PRIZE BEEF
ITS 8.25 LB.
4-H Club Winner Sells Priz
Bull to J. C. Penney for
$7,837
The highest price ever paid for
"beef on the hoof" was paid by
J. C. Penney, founder of the J
C. Penney Co. and noted breeder
of nurebred dairy cattle, when he
paid $8.50 a pound for the grand
champion beef eteer of the Inter
national Livestock Show at Chi
cago.
The prize winning animal
which brouglt this record making
price was bred and shown by El
liott Brown, a 20-year old 4-ll
elnb boy of Rose Hill. Iowa. It
was a black Aberdeen Angus
which the fortunate "young breed
er had named "Lucky Strike."
The total price paid for him was
$7,837. Young Brown says that
he will uae part of the money to
help his father pay off the mort
gage. He will use most of .the re
mainder to pay the expenses of a
course in snimal husbandry at the
Iowa State Agricultural College at
Ames, Iowa, where, he states.
hope really to learn how to raise
prize winning livestock." What
ever fs left he plans to invest in
more stock to raise.
Mr. Penney has donated the
steer to the United Charities of
Chicago, who plan to sell it again
to increase their Christmas fund
This Is the second year in suc
cession In which the grand cham
pion beef steer has been raised by
a 4-II club boy and the second
year in which Mr. Penney has
bought the animal In the spirited
bidding whichmarks the sale of
the winner.
Last year, the grand champion
was "Dick",, a white-face Here
ford bred by Clarence Goecke, a
4-H club boy of State Centre,
Iowa. The price paid to young
Goecke, who was only 16 years
old, was $7 a pound, but "Dick"
weighed considerably more than
the winner this year and the total
amonn of money paid for him was
$8,050. Goecke also is using most
of his money to pursue a course
at the Iowa State Agricultural
college.
"Dick' was cut up into steaks
Jurt before Christmas last year
and distributed to the poor
through the Bowery Mission, op
crated hy Mr. Penney through the
publication Christian Herald of
which he Is president.
Other notable contributions to
tb spirit which is keeping the
4-H club In a steadily ascending
rate of activity, were the pur
chase of Florentine's Eastern
Lydia, champion 4-H club Guern
sey heifer, by Mr. Penney early
this year from a club boy at Ches
ter county. South Carolina, and
the donation of the Penney-Hall,
a club house built by Mr. Penney
for calf club boys and girls in the
grounds of the Pacific Interna
tional Livestock Exposition at
Portland, Oregon.
Florentine's Eastern Lydia was
one of the most uniform winners
In her class at leading state fairs
and dairy shows this year and was
twice made grand champion.
HOOD RIVER WILL
HOOD RIVER. Dee. 21. (AP)
A complete census of the" fruit
Industry of the Hood River dis
trict including a detail record of
the number of trees, variety and
age, will be undertaken by Coun
ty Agent A. L. Marble. The pro
ject has the. support of the grow
ers organizations, traffic associ
ations and chamber of commerce
In announcing the census, Mar
ble stated that every important
fruit district in Washington and
Oregon except the Hood River
' section has taken a census. He
predicted that records nf the
number and age of trees would
be valuable as a guide for future
plantings.
DALLAS. Dec. 21 Walter
Williams, Dallas banker, en route
to Portland, early Tuesday morn
log, encountered Ice on the bridge
across the Yamhill river north of
Whiteson, and was - nnable to
avoid running into another car
on the bridge who was also in
difficulties oreer the icy eondi
tlon. Aside from bent fenders
and bumpers, there was no seri
ous result.
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Oregon Pulp and
Paper Company
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Markets .... Crops ... . . Farm Home Livestock
The Diversified Interests of the Valley Agriculturalist
Oregon Wins
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Oregon's three consecutive national
Ax f Lrrf s
culture at O.S.C From left, Edgar Grimes. Linn county, 1928 winner;
phy won this year; Alex wruicaanana, lsz champion, and Dean Cordley.
Oregon State College, Corvallis. The celebration at Eogene December 21 makes the third year in suc
cession that Governor L L Patterson, President W. J. Kerr of OJS.C, and other official dignitaries of Ore
con have been called upon to take part in ceremonies honoring national bovi and eirla elnh chamnion.
Though Oregon has bat 13.000
In this country, this state has been
Cruicksbank of McMinnville won the coveted championship two years ago. Next Edgar Grimes of Harris
burg repeated the feat and now Oregon's first entry in the girls division of the Moses leadership contest,
Lois Bailev of Eugene, makes it three straight L,
Grain Market
Unsettled; All Prices Take
Drop During Last Week
Grain markets continued unset-'
tied during the week ending De
cember 14. influenced by large
stocks of wheat in store in com
mercial channels and continued
liberal offerings from the South
ern hemisphere, according to the
Weekly Grain Market Review of
the I nlted States Bureau of Agri
cultural Economics. Wheat prices
tended downward and were a de
pressing factor in the market for
feed grains. Marketing of corn,
however, was restricted by bad
roads and offerings of other feed
grains were light. Price declines
were less marked because of a
fairly active Inquiry- from feed
ers, shippers and industries.
Market Weak
The general wheat market sit
uation continued weak wilh large
market stocks apparently over
shadowing the smaller total sup
ply. Around 190,000,000 bushels
of United States wheat are still
in store in domestic markets,
while Canadian market stocks In
North America have been increas
ed to nearly 227.000,000 bushels.
of which nearly 77,000,000 bush
els are in eastern Canadian or
United States markets, .readily
available for oversea shipment.
Domestic Wheat Down
Domestic wheat markets follow
ed the decline in world markets,
which was apparently led by Win
nipeg, where wheat for Decern
ber delivery was quoted December
13 at $1.35 U, compared with $1.-
42 a week ago. Domestic cash
markets, however, were relatively
firmer than futures with mills
moderately active buyers of good
milling wheat. Receipts at the
principal markets were slightly
larger, but a fairly large percent
age of the arrivals were being ap
plied on contracts for December
delivery at the principal futures
markets. Test weight rather than
protein commanded the best pre
miums at Minneapolis, where No.
1 Dark Northern, IS percent pro
tein, was quoted 2c to 4c over the
December price of $1.24 7-8, and
13 per cent, 14 per cent and 15
per cent protein, at 3c to 6c over
the December.
Premiums on Hard Winter
wheat advanced slightly during
the week at Kansas City, where
dally receipts were being readily
taken by local - mills, elevators
and shippers. Ordinary NoJl Hard
Winter was quoted in that market
December 13, at $1.18-1.19, with
12M percent protein bringing lc
to 2c premium, and IS per cent
Farmer and r His Work
National Honor for Third Time
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lfotes trophy winners greeted" by Dr.
club members directed br the collect
crabbine thi 50 to 1 chance with
Weak and
2 He to 3c over the ordinary types.
Pacific coast wheat markets re
flected the weakness in eastern
markets and also the slow export
inquiry from both Oriental and
European buyers. Milling de
man was also of only moderate
volume and prices declined around
5c per bu. for the principal class
es of wheat. The breaking of the
drought in the Pacific northwest
and in California, together with
cheaper offerings of coarse grains
essened the demand for feed
wheat. While the limited export
inquiry for flour restricted mill
demand, receipts at Portland, Se
attle and Tacoma, were of moder
ate volume, but arrivals at Port
land and Tacoma were only about
half as large as fore the corres
ponding week last season, while
receipts at Seattle were slightly
larger. About 50 per cent of this
season's crop remains in farmers'
hands in Washington and Oregon,
according to trade estimates, but
it is not being offered freely at
current prices. Big Bend. Blue
stem was quoted December 13 in
Portland at $1.38 and at Seattle
at $1.37 per bushel. No. 1 Soft
and Western White wheats were
quoted at Portland at $1.24 and
at Seattle at the same price. No.
1 Western Red, Hard Winter and
Northern Spring were quoted at
Portland at 11.22. while No. 1
Western Red sold at Seattle at
$1.23. No. 1 Dark Northern Spring
from Montana wth li percent pro
tein was quoted at Seattle at $1.
31 per busbel bulk.
California mills were taklnsr
only scattered lots because of the
limited demand for flour. Prices
on milling wheat from the North
and Inter-mountain States were
reduced slightly, but were still
above quotations on local grain.
Corn Price Declines
corn: The corn market de
clined slightly. Influenced lim
fly by the weakness in wheat; since
dsq roaas were restricting mar-
aeiings ana daily offerings at
most markets were onlv about mnt.
ficient for current demand which
continued moderately active from
feeders, shippers and mixed feed
manufacturers. Old and dry corn
SALEM, OREGON
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A. B. Cordley, veteran dean of agri
Lois Bailey, Lane county, with tro
extension ervi nnt Af nm 7nn nno
nhenAmenal nxmlarW FIr.f Aln I
sold readily but high moisture
corn, receipts of which have been
fairly large since the recent rains
and snows, was in slow demand at
most markets. Bookings of new
corn to arrive were rather small
at Chicago, as county shippers
were generally holding for from
Vx to lc higher than current sales.
OATS: The oats market was
also weak and slightly lower, al
though receipts were light and
were readily taken. Oats for May
delivery at -Minneapolis declined
1 3-4e during the week, and No.
3 White oats were quoted in that
market December 13 at 42-42'ic,
at Chicago at 44 1-4-44 3-4c. and
at Kansas City 45-46C per bush-
el. Demand for oats has been of
only moaerate volume and market
siocas nave accumuiaieu unui
they are now over twice as large
a 7eAr g0- n1 10181 arouna
30,000,000 bushels.
The barley, market weakened
somewhat during the week ending
V . 4 J lit. lt 1 . MM I
uecemoer n, wun iioerai oner-
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onomics. Rains earlv in the- week
broke the drought in the Pacific
northwest in California, reviving
pastures and improving -conditions
for seeding the new crop. Holders
were offering barley more freely
but demand was only of moderate
volume and price tended down-
ward. Increased offerings of Rus
sian barley in European markets
were a weakening factor in the
foreign situation and quotations
on competing barleys were lower
ed Se to 10c per 100 in English
markets.
ENDORSING THE POTATO LAW
The Columbia County Potato
ZVL"Jr-,l !hUtates: New York. Rhode Island,
time ago in connection with a po-
iSlSffiSaffiS:
tZ s jiass? stasis
tage of Oregon farmers, and com
menned the State Market Agent
for his preliminary steps taken to that sufficient time has. not yet
enforce the law. They advocated elapsed to permit of clear-cut con
Its vigorous enforcement against elusions. To datef however, the
the absence of proper branding in
connection with the sale of Yaki-
ma potatoes which come to Ore-
gon under a brand which is not
recognised by the law of Oregon,
Clackamas county growers are
also giving strong endorsement
tor the strict enforcement of the
law,
ANNOUNCING
Tl-r APPOINTMENT OF
Qheek aimd AsMby
COURT AND CAPITOL STREETS
Authorized Distributors for
McCLAREN TIRES
DEMAND FDR
APPLES HEAVY
Activity Slight in Potato and
Onion Markets, Cran
berries Drop
Demand foiExtra Fancy apples,
mostly Delicious and Spitzenberg,
for the Christmas trade, la show
ing greater activity than has pre
vailed 11 season, prior to the cur
rent week. Unclassified stocks,
telling at cheap prices are also in
good demand. Intermediate
grades, as Fancy, C Grade, and
Combination grades, are slow in
moving, being high-price din com
parison to the ungraded lots, and
hardly fine enough for Christmas
gift purposes. The "Give a Box of
Apples for Christmas" Idea seems
to be gaining in popularity in
Portland, as in eastern markets,
probably due in part to the active
advertising campaign sponsored
by the Northwest's Boxed Apple
bureau.
Final production estimates of
potatoes for this year, of 367,461,-
000 bushels, for the entire United
States, shows an increase of 3,-
500,000 bushels over the Novem
ber: 1st estimated .''Although' the
actual percentage of increase Is
very slight, a certain psychological
effect la noticed promptly. In
which lack of buying activity pre
dominates. Both carlot and job
bing activity In potato and onion
lines Is extremely light, this week.
Western cranberries, which
have held steady at $6.50 per 1-3
bbl. crate, were dropped to $6.00
this week by some jobbers, on ac
count of large supplies, and slow
movement. Eastern cranberries.
in bbls., have undergone a similar
10 per cent reduction, from former
$20.00 levels
ZENA. Dec. 21 Mr. and Mrs,
W. F. Crawford, prosperous or-
chardists and berry growers are
making numerous improvements
at their home "Sunrise farm" in
this neighborhood. The spacious,
modern house Is being renovated.
The beautiful grounds sur-
rounding the house are dotted
with flower beds and shrubbery,
a spot of additional beauty was
.Med recently when Mr. Craw-
fora ana a crew 0f men Duut a
33 foV)t mj pond jn triangle
shane. A connecne annex is to
be planted to water hyacinths
where gold fish will be spawned
c. trm i. uoii
UinM to nui., .tn.b.rrlH.
ls0 been tarted there
Mr. Crawford is up-to-date in
all of his methods of caring for
bis crops, as a siae line ne raises
hogs. "Gooseberry king of the
northwest" is the title which W,
F. Crawford has held for many
years.
SHIES TESTING
W.CMWFORDH
IS BEING IMPROVED
HEW SAFETY UWti
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M'inT North DrtoU Wisconsin.
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Connecticut California, Iowa,
shire and Minnesota.
It should be said in
fairness
experience of tnose responsible
1 for the administration of the laws
is most encouraging. Not one
state has taken a backward glance
while several states are seriously
considering the enactment of ad-
dltional provisions of the legisla
tion and the strengthening of
some provisions already In effect.
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New Hybrid Wheat
. Being Tried Oat
Near Pendleton
rEXDLETON, Dec. 21.
(AP) A new hybrid wheat
variety that has the higfi
yielding chararterists o f
Federation enough hardi
ness to make- it safe for fall
planting, is being developed
at tue state college experi
mental station and is being
tried on a larger scale in
this county. This wheat, a
cross between Federation
and Fortyfold, out yielded
all other winter varieties- on
the new Pendleton branch
grain experiment station
this season.
ARTICHDK
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PROFITABLE CROP
Linn County Farmer Gets
$180 Per Acre From
Tour Acres
Farmers all over the 6tate are
interested in the increasing pro
duction of artichokes and a large
,acreage ia, expected for next year.
falthoagh tha industry is sun in
the experimental stage.
The first carload to be shipped
out of Linn county was shipped
by the Schuler Bros, of Crabtree
recently. The four acre plot on
this farm yielded more than 12
tons to the acre and the gross re
turn of the crop amounted to $180
per acre.
The Schuler planting was one of
nine similar demonstration test
plantings arranged by William L.
Teutsch, assistant state leader of
county agents of the Oregon State
college extension service. The tu
bers produced on the Schuler farm
were of excellent quality, accord
ing to Mr. Teutsch, as well as pro
ducing a yield that was highly sat
isfactory. Thus far five of the
nine demonstration plantings have
been harvested and the yields have
varied from 9.11 tons per acre to
as high as 14.17 tons per acre.
The tubers were shipped to the
Pabst Dietary Products, Inc., at
Santa Rosa, Cal., where they are
being processed as a food for dia
betics. The crop was harvested with a
power driven potato digger which
proved highly satisfactory. The
tops were removed from the field
befof- harvsting. After being dug
the tubers were picked up and run
through a field grader, thus being
graded into large and small Biies.
As a result of these successful
demonstrations, according to Mr.
Teutsch, it is hoped that a new
industry will be established in
Oregon providing an additional
cash crop for a limited number of
Oregon farmers. The extent of
production will depend upon the
demand and this will be deter
mined by the extent to which dia
betics use the artichoke product
for food. Medical research has
definitely proved the value of ar
tichoke products as a diet for the
diabetic.
DRIED APPLES SOLD
LA GRANDE, Ore., Dec. 21
The second carload of dried ap
ples to leae La Grande for east
ern markets and for export to
rope left last week. Farmers
ecelved $6 a ton for culls which
formerly rotted on the ground or
was fed to stock.
. When you order the Statesman
it is delivered to you by the little
merchant In. your neighborhood.
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Polk County Agricultural
Agent Reports Various
Activities Among Farmers
DALLAS, Dec. 21 Good pas
tures are the cheapest milk pro
ducers according to Professor P.
M. Brandt who spoke before the
dairymen of this county this
week. ''We think it a good idea
to sow grasses with Ladiro clover
for dairy cow pasture for the rea
son that it should tend to keep
down bloat" stated Professor
Brandt.
"Our Ladino clover pasture un
der irrigation supported 3.2 cows
per acre for 155 days the past
summer" stated Brandt in dis
cussing this phase of dairying.
A few acres of fine pasture will
replace many acres of the ordin
ary pasture of this county. It is
entirely possible that alfalfa and
grass under irrigation would he
everything that Ladino clovor is.
Alfalfa will grow without irriga
tion and Ladino clover will not
so far as practically every acre of
this sounty is concerned.
Testing for infectious abortion
is taking greater strides. Five
communities are now working to
gether to have the test applied to
their herds. Hundreds have al
ready been tested.
At the recent dairy meetings
Andrew Van Otten of Perrydale,
Dick de Jong of Ballston. George
Dickenson of Parker and G. A.
Peterson of Oak Point all signi
fied their willingness to help get
group testing started In their
community. By this method there
is a considerable .saving in costs
to the individual.'
R. F. Dodge of Bridgeport has
Keep Your Money in Oregon
Buy Monuments Made at
Salem, Oregon
Capital Monumental Works
J. O. Jonea & Co., Proprietors
All Kinds of Monumental
Work
Factory and Office:
2210 S. Commercial St
Opposite I. O. 0. F.
Cemetery, Box 21
Phone 689 Salem, Oregon
CA TERPILLAR
ANOTHER PRICE REDUCTION 1
(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 n
Old Price $1620 INew Fnce
TWENTY NeW Price
Old price $2125 llcw rr,Ce
Proportionate reductions also on the Thirty and Sixty models.
. . . F ?' R ynr Salem
Immediate delivery available on all models at redmeed prices
MODEL 3412 ft. Header level land Ht t m
Old price $2100. NEW PRICE ipli 35
MODEL 38-io ft. Header level land J.
Old price $1595. NEW PRICE sjUQ
, F. O. B. Peoria, Ilia. '
Holt Combine Harvester are sold eabject to
crop cancellation clause.
KEEWNP STMy11 PRICES ARE IN
INECOim aJSS JSARD MOVEMENT BE
SraOT A? Tm SnSF THE NATIONAL GOVERN
vmwlJ0 STIMULATE WEALTH
PRODUCING ACTIVITIES IN AGRICULTURE.
1929 OUR BIGGEST YEAR
we hf eSoS? VLtUl " show that
the Best Tra cJS St'SS ? TTU'
Tractor TLmUy11'
Loggers & Contractors fchinsry Co.
Portland
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Editor's Note
Mrs. Madelaine Callin, Valley News d
itor of the Oregon Statesman, Is also In
charge of the market news of tbl paper.
Each Sunday on this page she will por
tray the agricultural news of interest
to valley farmers. Contributions of mer
it are invited.
already listed 11 cow owners of
that community that are anxious
to have their cows tested.
The applying of the test is done
by county veterinarian LI. D. Pe
terson.
Wallowa County
Herds Improve
ENTERPRISE, Dec. 21. (AP)
An Increased production ef 938
pounds of milk and 26 pounds of
butterfat per cow over last year
Is reported by the Wallowa coun
ty dairy herd Improvement asso
ciation in' its annual report j it
issued through County Agent N,
C. Donaldson.
.This increased production, the
report says, has resulted in an
average Increased profit per cow
of $18.19 over the previous year.
The average profit per cow above
feed cost in 1927 was $82.93. This
year it is $101.12.
Elimination of "boarder" eowg
and better feeding practices were
the two reasons glvep for the pro
fitable business by County Agent
Donaldson. In 1928 members of
the cow testing association elim
inated only 35 "boarder" cows
while during the past year 142
were sent to the block. Records
were kept and tests made on 35
herds with a total of 663 rows in
the association this year. The as
sociation has Just completed or
ganization for anoiher year's
work under the supervision of the
state college.
Gideon Otols
Company
Manufacturers of
Vinegar, Soda Water,
Fountain Supplies
Salem Phone 26 Ore.
galem
345 Center
Office Stationery
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