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PAGE FOUR fr The OREGON lijTATliSM i He - ' .IT. 5- 4 J J- ' "' " I ' -Markets - - Crops j- - FkrmHome - -vJhfestock -t.PilfCIiifetests of Willamette Valley Farmers Editor Note Mr -lfaMato CaRta, Vfley New Hrn, PtThe Oregon ffi S 5l'papeVr Each Sunday. aU wriUa aerln thYYrrienW.! om ( merit ar inriud. a III HNCED fwratimvi From Week to Month Ahead in United States In eeneral. farm operations In TT-itfrt states are well advanc ed With spring -work a -week to a -xi.'-v0 nt last Tear when started late. Except lo cally with respect to a lew com modities, crop conditions fe favfttable. The first cut- n v-iv ts wall under wayfn the southwest and 1930 products are rapidly replacing old crop com modities in the markets. noetic demand conditions for agricultural products, although continue somewhat unfavorable the seven-moths decline in farm prices has apparently been check ed. -Market eonditioas tor Ameri can WTicUurtJ,rViKreJ continued unsatisfactory M"n and APTil. Unemployment in Eur An. maln large, while govern- . 4-i ..niiriPn ..with .respect to currency have contrlBUted to-basi nets depressions m pu- CEasy money is a world-Wld con dition Jost as trade reaction and unemployment are :ldaJ ,nt call money Tates to New xorK hare averaged around 3 per cent and aa low as 3 per -cent, con trast to average rates around 9 per cent and up to 20 per cent a year ago. Business money rates averaged around 1 per cent lower . i lo.t wear at this time. LOW fnr mnnpv are-still viewed Mnmhinf fntnre business re vival and improved demand condi tions. . , The orobable relume of agricui tural production continues to re ceive much attention m s. na tural and business circles. Recent trade bulletins contain, such com ments as "It is to be hoped that farmers will avoid overproduction, thereby sustaining or increasing their purchasing power." by Bab f0n Commerce and Finance re marks that -Upon the average commodity prices have ceased to iecline ... But unless there is lome effective organization for the eontrol of agriculturar prodttcUon y la not to be expected that prices tan be permanently held 'Up and the problem is to find a way for -effecting such a control and in fucing farmers to -retognixe and - accept it. This will probably take ten or fifteen years." The Farm oard feels that rou and each of you (six million farm units) will be helped In do lig -your share of this task (bal- -aneing production-to-market de mands) by consulting the Federal nd state -outlook reports." said Chairman Legge of th Federal "arai-Bd. "I commend them to irour careful consideration." "Iteema clear," says It. Biiss. director of extension lfl Io wa, "that if outlook information Is to get results it must be gotten Into the hands of all the farmers that have need of it." But. in 1929. only 31 state ag ricultural colleges reported the distribution of any outlook Infor mation and the total number of reports -furnished farmers was es timated at only 250.000 around one report for each 24 farmers in the country. The colleges may do little better in 1930. In Oregon good progress was made with farm work in April and conditions were generally favor able for crops and livestock. Pears are promising but the prune crop U expected to be light. Apples are apparently ' setting well and a good cherry crop is generally ex pected although some reports In dicate heavy dropping In 'Western counties. Frequent rains were of benefit to pastures and ranges, but the outlook for irrigation" wat er and grass later 4n the season continues unfavorable in some lo calities. There will be ari ttfcTeas d number of. pullets "reared, but turkey production -6ems likely Ho curtailed slightly. Sheepmen l;ave been favored with a good lamb crop but market conditions for lambs and wool are discourag ing. Dairymen are showing more inclination to cull out lowrprodue- D.A1RY SHOWS VLANNED & t 'f"R JT TEXAS SVATrTlFAy? .j ... J - ' V""v V A PAUA-MrS?Vf SHy?ltitwf 1 s 6 0 p 0 Four RegionalSho wings Ito Be field in United SjMes rs. . - Seed and fiber flax Va seeded aTly -and Is looWng ood on a. o1newhat mcreaaea iadreage. Clo-- rer tn 'restern wrattie -lres promise of good !hay' and seed fields. The -acreage is sofflrewhat t-educed. "however, both to west-' era -and -eastern -Oregon; except possibly Malheur county, itore 1 Ike and less IadIndtlovt;r eeed is ejecteL Alfalfa seed Iprodue tiaa "will Tprobably -lacteaae agaln thia yer in -OrefEOa,? and .aore vetch ad rye rM tseed may be Itarreeted -loi' ee4 because of the favorable har tfroaaeets to west' rn Oregon. The eastern I Oregon wheat -crop will undoubtedly be ub-nornial and the prospect- 4s ot 'good -for wild meadow and late hay crops Iq much ot that The showing of f(ne dairy cattle during the 1930 show season should be greatly stimulated , by J the special program announced by the American Jersey Cattle club. This program calls for four great regional Jersey shows to be held In four d i vision s of the United! States. Special premium and awards have been provide to In sure success of eadi of these shows. The purpose of "these re gional shows Is to bring together exhibits from the great dairy herds In the country so that breed ers and dairymen may have the opportunity of seeing the most outstanding animals a the breed at some convenient point In each territory without traveling too great a distance. In 1929 four regional shows were held for the first time and these shows met with remarkable success in eah case. In quality and - numbers of cattle shown these exhibitions excelled any thin? of this sort '-Md In the past. New locations' f- the 1930 re Sioual shows fc;. (een select ed iin accordance v. ith the policy of holding these snowg in con junction with different fairs that have suitable equipment and are aggressively -aiding the develop ment of dairy cattle exhibits. "The four regional . Bhows this year will be held In conjunction with the Pacific Slope Dairy ex position, theMinnesota State fair, the" Texas State fair and the New York State fair. The Pacific Slope Dairy expo sition or the western regional show will be held at "Oakland, 1 California. Washington. Montana. Oregon, Wyoming, Idihb, Nevada; Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico, j. P. Eves, judge. 1 - Twelve states comprise the mid dle, west regional. show. Jo fce"h'el at me Minnesota state fair -Tat Minneapolis. August 30 fa to September 6th. Thev areiirinne- Sofa, North ; Dakota. South Dako ta, Aeoraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, mors, Indiana and Michigan. George White, Judge. J "The abWfor the southern re gional area baa been assigned to the Texas state fair, Dallas, Tex as, October 11 to 26. This -area comprises the states of Texas, Kentucky, Tennessee, Louisiana Alabama, .Arkansas, Mississippi, ueorgia, Florida North Carolina and -South Carolina. J. B. .Fitch. judge. The week of October II to ze has been set aside as Jersey week, so this regional show 'Will not conflict in any way with Jmv sey judging at the national dairy snow, which win be held on Octo ber 14 and 15. New. York. New Jersey. Pennsyl vania, Ohio. W. Virginia. Virginia. Connecticut, ilassachusetts. Rhode Island. New Hampshire. Vermont and Maine, comprise the eastern regional show section, with the New York State fair at Syracuse as the designated regional Jersev' snow, beptember 1 to 6. W."W. Yapp, judge. The regional shows held before the national dairy show will con tribute to the -development of the Jersey exhibit at this great dairy attle show, to be held in St. Louis, Mo.. October 11 to 18. It is expected that many reglonalj snow winners will compete at the national dairy show. I! II c EWIIKEli Western ranges "and "livestock: showed, a gain In condition due to favorable weather during April, and moisture relieved the. dry sit uation in the southwest according to the monthly livestock - and rang-report issued by the United States Division of Crop and Live stock Estimates. I Range feed was greatly Improv ed by rains late in April. Pros pects for late spring :aad summer feed is good except ,israfeas where recent rains have not bvereome long periods .of drotfght. Ranges in Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Idaho, Utah and Nebraska are early with a generally good sup ply of feed -and Staple " moisture; except for dry spots -In southrn Wyoming, southern .Colorado and central and southwestern Idaho. Range feed in Artsona and New Mexico is good with few dry pots in east central and Southeastern New Mexico. 'Moisture relieved the dry situation in Oregon and Wash ington; but rain Is nedeed to in sure liter feed. The long Brought and hortr feed situation In Texas f-and Oklahoma was broken by late April rains and feed will Improve Mpiaiy. Hore Tnoistare Is needed m western Texas to overcome tne tmrg drotrgiit. -Calif ontia iesopera- tures were favorable but rainfall limited. Range feed - is plentiful, j but water and sutnmer feed pros pcts are poof where the rainfall has been light, the condition of ranges is 89 per cent of aormal compared with 85 per cent last month, 81 per cent a year age and the five-year average of 87.4 ler cent --Cattle hare gained tn-iTeSlr'fth early -and better feed and are gen erally in .good Condition except that cattle tn Texas "and Okla homa are a' little tbia with a few thin cattle to parts st "Mon tana and -Nerth' Dakota. With better feed cattle In these areas should' make rapid gains. Cattle in' the 'other states have wintered, in -good condition and -fcall trop prospects are getaerallx good ex cept th states Where sott freed and severe -wlntef conditions were hard on the cows. Thee4Uaa bfeen little tradlnr and but -tew cattle have changed hahds ih'theTiduth- ' ' - ; ' 3 i-'.'. I'' kerseys at Mctio h Entire lird of 55 TegIstered Jerseys' bred -aad developed" Mto wonHerfol producers by Mr. and-Urs. Bn C. !Hall, ol GC- jTniles sbuthw of TAl ana ti swilea stertktof alem. TLDOk-T6f feianat Tortlaad-Saleai Kigtrway, near Itack. Inn. Follow road arrows.) Hearr Breducing cows., many fresh: bred and open heifers anil clTe-both-45etes. direct eseaJraTitr -Wid Xe4r B. A B., 6t. Mawes La ana oxiora touii do, tnree buiiav wnicn . hare made Oregon Jersey history, .Abortion nd "T. K. free.; Free Lunch. i?i-.v-, J-- 'f - . The Seaboard Credit Co, will glTe terms ofj oe-thlrol aowm sale ujr wim Dajaace la ia monmir tmw saewta ace rrW-t"Siii '-'S f ii w. - Paul C. Adams, galea ilanagrr, 603 East Alder 8t INMtland west. The coridltlon of cattle Is 7 per cent of normal compared with 85 per cent last month, '87 per cent a -year age and the five year: average of 88.7 per cent. . ' "Sneep ?carire- throus;h-the',Jwtn ter In 'rhtich' better cohdltiea Xhan a year ago. except In -Texas 'and Udrth Dakota. Breeding ewes hare wintered rwell Jn Idaho, Washington. Oregon, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico Wy oming, Colorado and western South Dakota. Early lambing has been good and late lambing con ditions were favorable up to the end of April, with good prospects for May lambing If weather con ditions are favorable. The winter and spring was hard on sheep and goats in Texas and there. was some loss of lambs and a shorter lamb crop than last year. f Wcsterh' States Expect Ex ceuenLUEop-uuring bom- inj -Season '"' 0rejonlree rf rmit pro4eet4 afe eeaerallyHexewIentbn; May 1, Apples 'attel ears are' perticaJariy pTomni&r: -setere winter' freezes o& chs hi j ''raafHaliy reduced peach prospects in ' WHsco county atfd' apricots' bare also been ydam- sefd to Wfge extent in ?:taii area. Peaches In soiithern Ore- gon"have -eseaped serious ffrest 4amage ' and pfrospects' are; Mir tut trnnn iMini mTnrswTK which is. peared excellent foUbVing' abundance of; bloom now, appear land nrunes Eire tretrtlcUlarlr dls- appoinung;and higher orcnaras although bettr than tndse ' on lowlands are ibeloif ayerage. At- Sough too early, to toll, definitely out the set of -apple, there was an abundance fotDloom'Inall'see tlons and unusual eirorts were made to lisuro poUenlzation, Weather during pollenlxatlon was fair. There has : been " . no frost damage reported on 'apples. Pears are setting kk thick In principal pear sections jhat thlnUihg fwllt be necessary. ' Abundant blbom perfect weather for nollenization. and no frost damage to date eom bine to make pear prospects at the present time the best on re cord." J f (Note) Since May 1 there has been considerable cold rain. with some bil in certain locali ties. There has been some frost In western Orgost and western Wash ington since May 1, with some damage to strawberries, but tree fruits do not" aopear to hare been affected. However, prune crop prospects hate - declined,'- and the 1980. crop is now rarlously estlm-, ted at 35 to 60 per -cent of nor mal throughput the dried prune a its of western Oregon and Clark county. Wash; . Eastern Oregon cherries are j p.ear normal. West ern Oregon, 'spmewhat better last year. .. .. Washington "Washington's orchards, will produce generous crops this com ing season.' according to growers reports. Barring a belated Visit from Jack Frost and a worse than average drop.- apple and pear pro duction may fully equal, that of 1828. 'with good chance of Being, larger -than that year., Pollenfsar tlon period, fcas been . distinctly favorable. A r tide or white Woa- srjnis Is-biiloirJni? orer Wenitchee and Yakima valleys. Optimism Is 4n the breast sbrwery grower But "peAches tasvl -apricots in, stfttttred lowtrltles, fcecause of severe Printer injury,vare expect ed to yield only -tight -crops, a cheery -note marks the cherry ( prospect in upper Taxima vaiiey and irounffWenatcTfee. Fnll'cfops are expected to be harvested there. But reports from? BghtDU and Walla Walla and i Asotin counties say that the bright pros pects prevailing earlier tn the season has been dimmed lately by tne aiscovery pi severe winter 'in jury to the herry tfees, and hardly more : than half m orop may be realized In those - eodnt- les." i. Early Indications of near ' . , , 1 s to ".il ' Jersey breeders who la CoxiifbltFS the Spring-Jer eystaow -tfw;latter part -of Gie ttoatlW arj dalryfarm en rrho - are interested ta sfao W lj pe ata ; trtsnj pro- dacfKar town will b giren the ppottnnlty to secure sweh seisteTed Termer -- the ametiosi -sale of Bern. C 'Ball at Gerrals on Tusday, ;ttay20. '' --Jlr.-Hall fasts sbewn at the sprint; shows the 'past 'few .Tears and 1 planned to soake jam exhibit again this yearknt daw to an extensive planting of - strawoerries , which (has reduced his hay aad cots land he has tfedd ed to dispose of 'his herd.: Some vjfsm ago. the HaUs pnrchaaed .sereraJ -head ot eboice - fowndatkm females and by 'the Use 'of the best in herd sires hare developed one of the best small herds 1a this section. The blood lines are those of St. .tiawes Ladt Rlnda Lad and Oxford TonllDo. The herd was recently rtested mad 'fowjMl free from- bortkn and has been tested -many, times, by .the. state for . T. B, The cattle will be sold on -terras bf -one third, dowa sale 4ay and. the bal ance In' twelve 'monthly -pay. meats -for the benefit of those who wish credit. The sale is under the manage ment of Paul C, Adams and Sandy Keith win . be auc tioneer. A free lunch will be served at noon, and breeders are expected from all over the state. The Hall farm is three miles south west of Gerrals. SamBrovvTiTarmat Gervais j(L-Be Scene of Show ing jn June OREQON : STATE COLLEGE Corrallls, May 17 A field de monstratloa of supplemental Irrl- gauoa In the Willamette ralley Is planned for early In June on the San &: "Brown place at Gervais Where installation of a distribu tion -system from the irrigation well Is Hearing completion. ' A flow tn excess of two second feet or-100 gallons a 'minute has been ' attained from the new. well with the Installation t an elec trically driven pump. 'From the pump a system of concrete un derground pipes is being laid to Carry ths water over the 35-aere blackberry fleM. This is a 12 lnch inipe line running 4200 feet In on direction front the well and -nearly as far in the other to proTfaa rwater for a nut orchard and truck fields. This wen is the first of'sereraH contemplated to be 'sunk "as ex- i-4 perlmeoial - projets - ander tbe- superylslon of the Oregon .experi ment station. A revolting fund for this; purpose has been raised by bosinesa interests of the state. The test -wells are located, how ever, only where the owner agrees to take orer the project after it is developed successfully at the normal prune crop in Clark -coun ty, (dried fruit area) hare .been reduced to about 50 per cent of normal. The neary bloom did not set as - well as seemed probable. and there has been a rather heavy 'shedding" of the smaller 'fruit. Idaho (J. H. Jacobean. Agd. Statistician) "Orchards in the commercial districts of Idaho were in full blootn.May 1 and Judging by the bloom, prospects are excellent for good crops of apples, pears, Prunes and cherries. Peaches will be Verr ahort. due 'to-severe win ter Injury to the Trees. The fruit season is about two 'weeks earlier than In 1929. No frost damage has occurred so far, but -the average date 'of last Tcillirig frost is May 14 to 19 in the'Welser and TJdun- cil Valleys. Mar 'Sfo 19 in the 'Boise yalley khd around May 23 in the Twin Falls district. Wetith- was" good for the dormant sprays 'and cOndltlohs - were gen- etally favorable for polrenlza-tion." "Ta ; lhe "western cotfhf lee TBOise. TAayette. Welser and Em- "mett valleys) 'the weather has been rery rerjr satisfactory trp to way 1. wnn "no 'damaging . "-frost,' Fruit "season 'ten days to' wV fweeks earlier than last year. Heavy bloom' of WerrIes and pears. Apples "Indicate a crop of 90 per cent to 95 per cent of last year's cropr-burrtneT5T6omls not so heavy, indicating possibly 85 per cent or 1929 eron. Peach blossoms were -scarce -and :;1ess than 10 Per cent of last year's crop le -expected.' lifitfiai i liioiliH actual construction cost. Irrigation data gathered tarough-many years by the soils department of the experiment station Indicates that about 500, M0 acres of land In the. Willam ette taliey will respond profitably to supplemental irrigation. Cer tain sections of this area are known to hare abundant ground wafer supplies at practical depths. Grain prices continued to de cline in futures during the past week and reached new low points for wheat and corn, but yesterday wheat took an upward turn stim ulated by adverse crop reports from southwestern states. Follow ing statistics are gleaned from recent government reports: The acreage sown to winter -wheat in Oregon last fall was 896,000 ac res, but since then 54.000 acres bar been abandoned through rarious f causes, tearing 842,000 acres, tne yield of which is esti mated at 19 bushels per acre, or 15,998000 bushels. This com pares -with 19,712,000 bushels harvested last -year and with a 6-year average of 17,454,000 bu sheht. In the United States 43, 434,000 acres were sown last fall and 38,676,000 acres r re left for harvest. The yield is estimated at 625,070,000 bushels, compared with 578.336,000 last year and a 5-year average of '547,785,000 bu-l ahels. , Chairman IK' Remedy Chairman Leggf 6f the Federal Farm Boara proposes" the follow ing question and explanation: "if growers get mora money by rais ing four-bushels of wheat where they are jnow aisiag five, why should they destroy the market by raising the extra bushel? a. Vft'Ltdnetton wonli make the tariff Kfeetlre but the 10 p, r cent Weare how suggesting would In om 'judgment put the trade oa a fairly-healthy basis. If farmers are going ahead trying to produce an additional surplus on the bais that soma way will be found to v take care of It on-a fair price lev el another year they are going to be mistaken." 6 Fruit Not Hurt By Hjiil Storm McMINNVILLE. Mav 17-. County Agent 6. T. White hag been examining orchards and farms tn various parts of th county since the recent ha l storms, and found that the dam age was not as great as it was at first feared. 'The fruit was as a whole pretty well set on th tres." Mr. White sid, "and lit tie of It wag hurt although a fpw cherries were split nen. some damage to potatoes and tomatoes has resulted from h recent light frosts, Mr. White re ported, but no fruit had been hurt. A short fruit crop av lie expected, however, according to the agent, particularly the pnm crops. Plenty of Power - Many Improvements Now on display at 515 S. Commercial St. Write for Catalogue fLo (& Va :ffltoMII&':, II 11 1 llMMaKMIHMHH'BBISSaatSSBSBBBSBBmSB . 'RGIHIAIIuED MS5Bt3& "Caterpillar" i?Sri. WITH A 4M !i ---ri. i -.i 1 yj - -a brdinarytptewiadpth and iV tadchtoter gdhan plowing, securing better woieh tts Utdiw TrriJit-botrl m desired mixing iictita. ' t It also does little ti no damage to fruit tree Ktich ks Is often drne In briny I ta rtitM to ntiiaee Iry t&VM PrthW. , 1 -footed trrip -that does not .sink in, does not pack the Soil, and a KILXJFER DISU itr ui-ftiiaadctoeYortjUfcrrrthaTds. ?ji :' t?d.& Contractors Macriir.onCo. 4X- II STANDARD SCDAIf $333 Ttmioitcm iallH moat My jmymumtt. ill prion $699 fSSO. Pricmf. k. TcUdsL oay Oi and sseniicaffuws tmbjact to cborig with- out noticm. utstcm ditza 7 2D is aoar W4 ihtpt&sgion J siuotus you pze&a. wosild -expect tx scein a triotortr bf isrblAar ost grabfe Wlanf aikm Vidiiig. rarer for li'fZkiSbaihaii & V l 1 il ti sadaW-'a. - ' 1 'f -sa J 7 515 U. CcMertlal . .1 at. - .rt. i . I' ... " . f ,