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Th OREGON STATESMAN. Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning. January 18, 1931
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EditorVNote
ISrm. Madelalne Callin, Valley Nwa editor
of Tha OrtnoD etaiwman, la also In Clint
of the market newa of thla paper. Each
Snaday aba writaa eoararalng Us arrlcsltaral
ar af tniartal ta valla tarmtra. Coatribs
Uoaa af Berit ere lavlue.
A I j Markets - - Crops - - Farm Home ; -I Livestock
Willamette Valley . Fanners
and
Hub
Work
SEEOERIlt
Polk County Farmers to Dis
cuss Problems at Series
Of Meetings
.a! (treat deal of interest In the
production of grass and clover
need for outside niartets haa re
sulted from the extremely low
price of grains and the increases
protection .given to the various
seed crops that cn ba produced
'in Polk county and also to out
line a fight against the serious
weed pest, dodder, which has re
cently ibown up 4n the county, a
series of farm ; meetings are
scheduled for January- 22 and
2S." E. R. Jackmaa of ; the farm
nni ' insrtmcnr at the atata
college Is cooperating i wltbtklhe
county agent a onic in me con-
will he held In six communities
of the county. .
I Thursday, i January I 22. the
first meeting will ho held at 9:
20 at Perrydale. An afternoon
meeting will ! be held l In Mon
mouth at the city hall starting at
1:30 and a third meeting that
day will be held in the Lincoln
schpol house over In the north
east corner of the county.
On Friday the- 23. three" inore
meetings will be held. The first
one will be held in the twiavllle
school house at 9:30. H, N. Dick
inson Is making arrangements
for the afternoon meeting which
will be held In the Parker com
munity starting at 1:30. The
evening session will be In con
junction with the regular meet
lag' of the RIckreall grange in
their hall starting at t o'clock,
however, this will be open to
farmers who are not : grangers
and a general attendance is ex
pected. - i In addition to discussing the
possibilities of: seed production
of thc grasses, a thorough de
scription of dodder and methods
of combatting it will be present
ed.! This pest has cost one lot of
clover seed this year a dockage of
, $200. Several other smaller lots
have taken similar dockage and
if this pest becomes general
throughout the county it will
cause a great deal of loss to our
clover seed producers. The con
sideration of this one point
alone should Insure the attend
ance of every firmer interested
In clover seed. . production as a
matter of safe-guarding his own
fields, thlnksTlr. Beck.
MORE ELECTRICITY
Tha following summary of the
work, done by the Rural service
department of the Portland Gen
eral Electric company submitted
by W, R. Newniyer, rural service
agent of the company, snows that
at least one industry Ij hot In the
clutehes of "Old Man Depres
sion. ; In 1929, SI extensions serving
139 customers and having a to
tal length of 398 spans were
bullr. In 1930. 141 extensions
-to serve 4 25 customers and to
talling 1360 spans In length were
built, showing an Increase of ov
er 300 per cent for 1930. The
total cost of the rural extensions
in 1929 was 120.348.11. This
figure was increased to S6S.4S2.
2929 for 1930. ;
Of this money ' spent for new
rural lines, approximately one
third went for labor and approxl-
mately one-third for j materials
: which were purchased locally, the
remainder going for transform
ers, meters, wire etc.,: which are
Dot manufactured on the coast.
Among the various groups of
farmers, the poultry raisers and
, the dairymen are the ones who
can be benefitted the most by the
uso of electricity. -The poultry
man uses electricity to hatch and
brood his chicks, to grind his
: feed and cut the green feed, to
warm the water for chicks and
light the. laying house during the
w'nter, beside various other
things. Ry using electricity in
. these various ways, he not' only
decreases his cost of operation
but Increases production, thereby
Farm Incomes
Show Decrease
During Year
Farm incomes from ' the
production of 1930 are ex
ported to be lower than, for
any season since. 1021; ac
cording to Secretary Hyde
ef the U. 8, department of
agricnUnre. He say at The
groas Income from the 1029
prod action amounted to
about fll331.000.ooo, or
about 1110.000.00 greater
than that for 1029. : The &g
irreirate gross Income from
tao lOSO production will
probably be about fO.OSO,.
OOO.OOO, or 10 per cent be
low that ot 1929. Thla year
all sections suffered because
. of world-wide Industrial de
pression. In addition farm
ers fa a wide are sofered
seriously from drought.
Mainly, : readjustment . in
acreage are necessary as a
eorective of low prices. Wise
acreage adjustments can
help, to decrease the ' uait
cost, aa well as the value of
production, and thus to wid
en the favorable margin,
when any exists, between
coats and prices, or to de
crease that margin when It
la unfavorable. , : :
FINES
LI S I TJ G
ROYALTY IN
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F. E. Evans of Keizer Has i
t Fine Buff ; Orphingtons; ;
1 Have Won Many Prizes
By MRS. G. N. THOMPSON
KEIZER. Jan. 17 F. B. Ev
ans, the champion Buff Orpington
chicken raised of Keizer la keep
ing this : community to the front
by winning prizes wherever he
shows bis birds.
He carried off nearly all the
first prizes of bis breed of birds
at the state fair.. At the Pacific
International stork show in Port
land, Mr. Evans' birds won the
following awards: 1st, 2nd and
3rd on pullets; 1st on young pen:
1st and 2nd on cockerels; 2nd
and 3rd on cocks. He won
Neds of Soil and Location
I Vegetable Garden Should
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he First Consideration
Editcr'a cete: Tkj l the first of a
rip ot rtidei on rfceatjle cardentnff
which will ba a regular ftatura of Tha
;Htrrr.u larm fo for tha neit few
mani tit.
!The studr of fertilitv is an
fmportant one very often not
given sufficient consideration bjr
a gardener, particularly an inex-
pfWenced one. It is a trouble
some problem In this particular
age compared with the days of
former generations when stable
manure was always available of
ten merely for the hauling.
It is such a rarity now in ur
ban centers and so small a sup
ply Is available to be almost neg
ligible. Commercial fertilizers
must take its place. If the soil Is
Inclined to be light and sandy,
humus Is needed. There arc
commercial humus preparations
on the market, but it is a simple
matter to become fairly independ
ent of them by manufacturing
bqmus at home. Humus Is no
more than decayed vegetable mat
ter.
The up to date gardener has a
compost heap which is merely a
heap of lawn clippings, vegeta
ble tops from the garden, weeds
pulled from the garden, straw
trimmings from vegetables taken
from the garden for-the table or
other vegetable waste. There are
chemical compound oathe mar
ket which will reduce a heap ot
vegetable refuse to synthetic man
ure to supply the place of de
cayed stable manure in a few
months in other words, the
compost ; heap started in the
tprlng win be available for use
in the fall. The fall started
heap will be manure in the
spring. ; - -
while the synthetic manure so
manufactured at home lacks
some ot .the fertilising qualities
of stable maifhre. these are easily
supplied by the balanced com
mercial fertilizers or by some
element such as nitrate of soda
greatly Increasing his net profits.
The dairymen use electric mo
tors to operate their milking ma
chines, separators, pumps, feed
grinders, ensilage cutters, and
various other machines
j Due to the Introduction of our
present milk ordinances, it Is ne
cessary that the dairymen Install
sterilizing equipment in order to
produce grade A raw milk. The
dairymen have found that elec
tric sterilisers and electrically
operated refrigerators are the
most satisfactory and the cheap
est of all types, i 4
On the' dairy 'farm Of : Relck
brothers oear Macleay, electricity
has recently been installed. . The
power bill on this farm was ap
proximately $90.00 per month
before high line service was in
stalled. By substituting electric
motors for gas ; machines, this
power bill has been decreased to
approximately $20.00 per month.
A typical Illustration ot how this
bill was reduced is the water
beating in the dairy room. A cir
culating water heater was In
stalled on the water tank In
place of the previous appliances.
This- installation cost Relck
brothers, '35 and, according tD
Hermaa Relck. the bill for water
heating and sterilization dropped
irom ido .Za perr month to
about $5.23. ahowing a net sav
ing of $4.00 per. month, enough
to pay for the? installation In
nine months." -Not only was the
bill reduced materially, but soot
and fames were eliminated from
the milk honseJ, This last is a
very important Item when. a
dairyman Is not, satisfied hr
ting a grade A milk, but is en
deavoring to produce the bst
milk .possible, i On. this
farm, the next piece of equipment
to ne installed will nndonbtedlv
be a walk-In cooler with PrirU.
aire equipment, so that mlk mar
be cooled below the eundsrds re
quired Immediately iftc?
i The University o Florida has
added a department ef psychology
and philosophy'- - - -
POULTRYDOM
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A pair of Buff
Orphjngtoa cock
erel, champion
and second best
la the English
claaa at the Pa
cific Internation
al Livestock Ex
hlbltion in Port
la nI, owned and
exhibited " by JF.
E. Krans of Krl
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champion ion English breeds and
received a silver cup as A trophy.
The picture shows the champion
bird and the one which took first
prise.
Experts have pronounced Mr.
Evans' flock one of the finest and
most even)y colored to he found
anywhere, ! He keeps bis flock
culled down to about 200 and
these are selected for type, color
and production. - ;
Mr. Evans has bred Buff Or
pingtons exclusively for the past
18 years and has been a consist
ent prize winner.
Selett a; Kartlrii location that
will have sunlight from 9 a. ni.
to 3 p. m.iif powible.
furnishing ' nitroaen. vnnd aahea
or potassium salts for potash, and
pnospnatea ror phosphorus.
FcrttMzer May be l'sel
llnwcvpl one ned nnt vnrrv
unduly about, theae particular el
ements If balanced commercial
fertilizer' Is used, as these com
pounds contain all the necessary
piani 1 00a s ana are now a roosi
important ! and essential nnrr at
home gardening, lacking the un
pleasant odor and bulkiness of
stable manure.
Start a com nog t hean with the
spring clean-up and leaves and
other materials may be accumul
ated even jin midwinter.
Location Important
Few nraloertiea are so laid nnt
as to provide an Ideal vegetable
BTarden sf1 for rirvtnr roamni
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such as shade trees, the proxim
ity 01 otner buildings, the plac
ing of the house on the around
space or other reasons. It is ne
cessary ta take the lay of the
land as it lis and pick out a gar
den snotJaa arood as mav b un
der the Circumstances. In rother
nuiu, iuu D ocsr, ot i no sit
uation. I j - j
The fact that tha lintna sit a
does not offer an ideal place for
vegetables! should not prevent an
effort toi grow vegetables. In
no other; way can really fresh
and highest quality vegetables be
obtained.; j Any pie;e of ground,
even as small as 5 by 5 feet, will
grow a supply of something , In
me way of vegetables. The least
size for an aU around garden to
give a reasonable supply is 20 by
zv reet ana rrom this size up,
but mucbj can be done .with even
smaller space,
i Kunllght Xeeded
There j Is an absolute necessity
in' Selecting the warden Inratinn
and that lis sunllcht for at least
a portion of theday; the longer
ine garaen may have sun the bet
ter. However, good gardens are
often seen In city back yards
which get only a few hours of
un dally. If the garden can have
sun from nine in the morning
until three in the afternoon, any
01 me couimpn vegetanieg can be
grown successfully. Many of the
standard vegetables ran be
grown successfully. Many of the
standard vegetables can be grown
with evenj less sun than this. This
has been Droved bv aetnal nnri.
mental teat. It is not an experi
ment of dubious result to try to
rrow vegetables on a partially
shaded site. - s
aaeat sou isn't orten found.
Take the soil as you find it and
proceed jo build It np. This is
no great task. The one feature
to avoid ls a low lying position
that is j always . soggy and In
which water ta bound to stand
ftternlnM. j ThU Is one feature
that bats) a site for successful
vegetable nutll drainage has
been supplied. ' -.
A vegetablA garden KO by 100
feet wrfTf furnish an adequate sup
ply of vegetables for a famU ef
six. Smaller families need small
er gardens and when the space is
very limited select a ,n..i.na
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MCTA5L .TyV!
on a lavqnn vegetable. "
GROUP LEADERS
Ba a eaa
Organized Recreational. So
ciat and Educational
Work Considered
OREGON STATE COLLEGE,
Corvallls, Jan.' 17 A new type
ot service for rural organisations
designed to strengthen the social
and educational ; programs - of
granges and similar - bodies, is
announced here by Paul V. Marls,
director of the state college ex
tension service. v
This service la provision for
practical training ot group lead
ers in various counties In the con
duct of organised recreational,
social and educational programs.
The work ; now ' carried to the
counties for the first time, is the
outgrowth; of tha 1 centralised
grange lecturer's schools held
here and the mora recent cooper
ative work dpne with national
playground, association special
ists sent to Oregon by the Unit
ed States department of agricul
ture!" Dr. D. V. Poling, extension lec
turer, and D. Palmer Young, In
structor in dramatics are staff
members here who worked with
Jack Stuart Knappi and John
Bradford, the specialists sent
here last year, and they will now
handle a aeries of i three day
training schools already sched
uled In five counties j
I Umatilla county is the first to
schedule one of these schools, the
first one there being conducted
in Pendleton thla week. W. A.
Holt, county agent, invited rep
resentatives of all farmers organizations-
in the county to at
tend. Practical training is being
given in directing group games,
community singing, organizing
programs And in putting on dra
matic events.
r "We are glad that our own
men can continue this work that
has proved so valuable in a lim
ited way In the past," said Dir
ector Marls. "Any strengthening
of the social and educational -activities
of the farmers' organiza
tions will strengthen the organ
izations themselves to the gener
al benefit of agriculture."
AG MEN FIX TIME
Daily
Broadcasts on Farm
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Matters to be Heard
Daily in West
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j The Western Farm and Home
hour, a dally agricultural radio
program arranged for western
radio listeners by state and fed
eral agricultural agencies, open
ed, through the Pacific network
of the National Rroadcasting
company on Thursday, January
1, Morse j Salisbury, chief of the
radio service of the United States
department of agriculture an
nounced today.
: Eight stations associated with
the National Rroadcasting com
pany will transmit this program
daily (except Saturday and Sun
day) from 12:15 to 1:00 p. m..
Pacific Standard time. The sta
tions In the network are KGO,
San Francisco; KGW. Portland;
KOMO, Seattle: KHQ, Spokane.
KSL, Salt Lake City; KECA, Los
Angeles: and KTAR, Phoenix:
and KFSD, San Diego.
"In order to provide informa
tion directly applying to the ag
ricultural problems and practices
of western people, the depart
ment and cooperating agencies
have accepted the Invitation of
the National Broadcasting com
pany to inaugurate this pr
gram." Salisbury explained. "The
program in no wise replaces pres
ent broadcasts of market -news,
weather, and farm and homo in
formation from Individual sta
tions of the western region. Our
aim is to, supply the whole ter
ritory with a daily agricultural
program : analyzing the factors
that make the markets, portray
ing weather conditions ot the en
tire region, supplying the news
ot agricultural extension work
throughout the section, and pro
viding information which . west
ern people wish from the service
and regulatory unltr of the de
partment and from the federal
farm board.-
; R. H. Lamb, formerly market
news specialist with the bureau
of agricultural economics, assign
ed to the fruit, and vegetable
deals la the Imperial valley and
the Paetfle northwest will con
duct the western farm and borne
hour program for the depart
ment and cooperating agencies.
Weekly, in the western farm
and home hour, the; marketing
specialists of the department will
inform - farmers of the market
trends In each of the Important
Parsley Growing
Proves Profitable
l MIDDLE GROVE. Jan. 17
Jerome Sheridan ot Holly
wood haa leased about an
acre of creek bottom land on.
the farm of sJ. M. Long,
which when cleared and pre
pared wIU be planted to par
sley la the spring. - .
i This crop seeuis very prof
itable when a ready market,
whirh he haa lonnd In Port
land, raa be secured,
if Last summer It Is report
ed, he sold f lOO worth front
an acre of ground on als un-"
,cle'a place, j 'V r-
FOR 1 PROGRAM
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State Grange Lecturer
Busy Winter
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Bin. Marie Flint McCall, lecturer
; of the Oregon State Grange
Una , commodities. Dally, a
weather summary will come from
the United States weather bu
reau. Daily, also, a digest of In
formation on new and improved
farm practices will be supplied by
the state agricultural extension
service! ot the region. A '.weekly
program of Information for con
sumers; will be provided by the
food and drug administration of
the department of agriculture.
visiting agricultural scientists
and administrators who will
speak, unless their duties recall
them to Washington from pres
ent field trips, during the first
two weeks ot the program in
clude C. C. Teague of the federal
farm board. Nils A. Olsen, chief,
and Eric Englund, assistant chief
of the bureau of agricultural ec
onomics! in the U. 8. department
of agriculture. The program of
the western farm and home hour
for the period, January 5 to 9,
follows:
Monday. January S "Along
the Forest Trails," W. I. Hutch
inson, forest service; "Meet your
Fruit and Vegetable Market Re
porters,," C. J. Hansen, bureau of
agricultural economics; "With
Western Farmers," R. H. Lamb.
Tuesday, January 6 "With
Western Farmers," R. H. Lamb;
(tentative) Address by C. C. Tea
gue, federal farm board.
Wednesday, January 7 "Meet
Your Livestock Market Report
ers," W. E. Schneider," bureau of
agricultural economics; (tenta
tive) TLooklng into the Farm
Business' Year, 1931" N. A. Ol
sen, chief, bureau of agricultural
economics; "With Western
FarmerB," R. II. Lamb.
Thursday. January 6 "Safe
guarding Your Food and Drug
Supply' W. W. Vincent, chief,
western district, food and drug
administration.
Friday. January 7 ''.Meet
your Dairy and Poultry Market
Reporters." Frank H. McCqmp-
bell, bureau of agricultural econ
omics;!: "Meet Your Grain, Feed
and Seed Market Reporters,"
Frank . L. Lyons, bureau of agri
cultural economics.
Yanihill Herds
Are Improved
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rttW1CVtT.T.l.T Ian. 17 Milk
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production in Yamhill county In
creased; during December, accord
ing toa report by the Yamhill
Herd Improvement association.
During December 349,867 pounds
of milk were produced as com
pared with 2 S 6,3 32 pounds for
November.
OREGON'S CHERRY ACREAGE
From 1,0.0 reports received by
the U. jS. Crop and livestock de
department during the past year
a partial estimate of the number
of cherry trees in Oregon haa been
obtained. The . total number ror
tha entire state Is reported as
353.833. of which about ro per
cent are under seven years old
and classed as non-bearing. Of
the varieties. Royal Anne teaus
with 174,000 trees, and then
Lambert with 74.356, Blng 65,
C96, Black Republican S.332, oth
er black .324, other white
029, sour cherries 28.196. Wasco
county leads in the number of
trees, $7,8(5; Royal Anne 51,
170, Bjng 14,330, Lambert 7,388,
Black Republican 5,249, other
black 1.821, other white 2,624.
sour 5,383. Twenty-three per
cent of the trees in the state are
between 4 and 7 years old. so
there will be quite an increase
this year in bearing trees.
POULTRY SCHOOLS rLAXN ED
Two Poultry schools of one day
each are being arranged for the
latter part of the month accord
ing to jCounty Agent J. i R. Beck..
Independence and Dallas will be
the: places where these, schools
will be 'held. Arrangements are
hlnr mail tctv H E. iCosbV.
ponltryman of the state college.
and un W. x. jonnson. special
ist In poultry diseases, to be the
speakers at each of these meet
ings, details of which will be an
nounced in the near future. ... -
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The federal court of appeals loj
San Francisco recently sustained
the Idaho grading and branding
of potatoes law. on an appeal
from the feaerai aisinct conn. 01
Idaho, r The cat e "nras watched
with deep interest, as It involved
the validity- of similar laws In
Oregon and otter states, -
food were ; canned : byi Alabama
farm wpmen aunng ine iasi suae
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By LOIS SIMPSON CRAWFORD
WALLACE road, January 17
Mrs. Marie "Flint, McCall of
Wallace Road, state grange lec
turer haa been active in grange
i winter, attending
meetings at widely . different
points. , ' - -. !.
la December Mrs. McCall with
deputy stated grange master Ed
wards and-Mrs." Edwards went to
Dallas and -were assisted by ' Mr.
and Mrs. Richmond1 of Dallas In
organizing the Dallas 'grange
with 30 charter members. From
Dallas the group went to Fern-
wood grange with 35 charter
members. State grange master, C.
c. iiuiett aad Mrs. McCall at
tended a community meeting at
Liberty recently where Mr. Hul
ett spoke on the object of ' the
grange and Items of general in
terest and Mrs. McCall gave a
talk on lecturers work. Therr
were 22 signed up to Join and
many others signified their In
tentions to ; join. Applications
were left to be filled out.. .
On January 6, Mrs. ' McCall
went to Corvallls where she met
Paul V. Marls, director of exten
sion service at- Oregon State col
lege, C. C. Jlulett, state grange
master and (Miss Clarabell Nye,
chairman of; the home econom
ics committee tor the state and
arranged , an interesting and In
structive program for the lectur
ers echool toi be held In Corvallls
February 9, 10, and 11. M. J.
Rarey. state lecturer" of Wash
ington will be present and give
a talk. Some interesting: round
table discussions have been plan
ned including literary for the
rirst day, educational the-second
day and music and drama the
closing day. j Various , lectures, in
the state will put on programs
for each afternoon.
Mrs. McCall edits a page in
the state-grange bulletin twice a
month and will get some inter
esting -material at this meetlnr.
John Bradford, who Is sent out
by the Oregon State college will
hold a school In Polk county
from April 0 to April 23. Mrs.
McCall will jsponsor these meet
ings. ; - I
Tuesday night Mrs. McCall ac
companied Mr. and Mrs. Edwards
to FernwOod for installation of
orficers of the Fernwood grange.
Wednesday evening they were to
meet with the Clackamas county
Pomona grange at Tualatin. They
intended to return the same eve
ning. Tuesday they attended Po-
iuona grange iu uoiumDia coun
ty. Mrs. McCall In reporting her
meetlags said that ther are roy
ally entertained whererer they
go. ; '
Of special Interest to Tolk
county grangers will be the Po
mona grange meeting to be held
at Brush College school 'house
January 24. Brush Colleae
grange and j Oak Grove will join
in serving the usual bountiful
dinner. The! program will include
speeches by (Mrs. Marie Flint Mc
Call, state grange lecturer; Dr.
McGruder who will speak on
Observations In Russia;" Miss
Inex Miller J head of the rural
schools department of Monmouth
Normal will apeak on "Training
ot Young people In College."
music i win be furnished by Mr.
Rlchman, dean of music at Mon
mouth college and his assistants.
Mrs. Walter Johnson' of Idaho,'
past state lecturer expects to be'
present and! J. Ralph Beck will
give the usual report of his work
as county agent.
OREGON PIG CROP
ER
The fall pig crop in Oregon
was about 4 per cent larger this
fall than in 1929 according to
the regular semi-annual pig sur
vey summary. The survey , was
nation wide in scope and was
made by the Division of .Crop and
Livestock Estimates in coopera
tion with postmasters, rural car
riers, and contract carriers of the
United States post office depart
ment, j . . - ' .
In Oregon the relatively small
Increase la j the number of fall
Charles R.
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eam Separators, FeRcing, Dairy
I ' ! IS NOW BEING SOLD AT
: 4 "i V 349 North Commercial Street, Salem, Oregon . '
This was one of the largest and most complete stocks of farm machinery ia
the Valley and at the low price at which every article la being sold should In-
: terest every farmer and
Oregon Dairymen !
i To Meet I January i
I ,J 23-24 at Redmond;
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The annual meeting of
the State Dairyman's aasoci-'
atlon which will be held lnj
Redmond January 23 and'
24 la attracting the atten
tion of many members in
the Salem territory, j
II Sidney Miller la president j
of the association and prom-1
inent dairymen from ail!
parts of the state are expect- j
cl to attend." . , , j : j
; Special railway accomino-
datlona have bcrn provided!
. and reduced fare of one!
way plus one dollar is being)
offered for the round trip.
pigs j was due to increased farrOw
Inge of 1 4 . per - cent which . was
sufficient .to - offset thej smaller
average number of pigs per lit
tertfirTbe number of sows farrowing-this
fall was 113.9 per
cent,, ot the number farrowed! a
year ago and practically the same
for the state as a whole as was
Cirrowed last spring, i The total
number of pigs saved amounted
to 103.9 per cent of i the 1923
crop, indicating that fewer pigs
were saved per litter. I The-survey:
shows that the average lit
ter this fall -counting only the
pigs living was 6.5 compared to
7.1 a year ago which ! is an un
usual elump and the! Tiesult of
generally unfavorable conditions.
For the 1931 spring pig crop
the number of sows: "reported
bred: or ta be bred ! for spring
farrowing amount to j 134.61 per
cent-of the number which farrow
ed In the spring of 1930. indicat
ing a considerably larger pig Crop
next spring than last, 4 However,
actual farrowing In (he spring
has averaged in the past five
years about 13 per cent less than
the number shown In the fall pig
survey. On this basis, indica
tions are for about 20 per cent
increase In the Oregon spring pig
crop'jln 19?1 as comipared to
1930.K I f I :- : . .
For tjie United K tales I
In the United Slates (sows far
rowed this fall amount to. 97.4
per cent of the fall farrowing In
1929 and 56.3 per cenV of 1929
spring farrowing. Total plgJ
saved; in the fall of 1330 is re
ported as 98.8 .per cent of the
previous year with average pigs
saved I per litter reported at 6.09
compared to 6.02 In the fall of
1929.;' ' - I .
For the 1931 spring crop, sows
bred or to be bred for spring far
rowing amount to 112.2 per cent
of the number which farrowed In
the spring of 1930 but past sur
veys have shown that the number
of sows reported as -bred in tha
fall were larger than the number
reported as farrowed the follow
ing spring due to changes in in
tentions, death losses,, and other
causes! '!.'- S
This survey shows that the ex
pected decrease in the spring pig
crop next year is not likely to
take place unless there Is a mark-
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Yamhill County to Sponsor
Intensive Campaign
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McMINNVILLE. Jan. 1 17
Yamhill conntv dairvmen ttlacu.
sed plans for a 100 per cent dairy
products campaign at a meeting
held at the McMinnville chamber
of commerce last Monday night.
The first aim ot the campaign is
the elimination ot oleomargarine
from the shelves - of ; county gro
cery stores and Its replacement
with dairy butter, which would
wipe out the surplus and main
tain a satisfactory price.
The 14 representatives present
passed a resolution favoring de
signation of a "dairy products
week" whlcb would be observed
by the granges, unions) and
chambers of commerce in all
parts ot the state.
It was-indicated at the meet
ing Monday that, contrary ! to
general opinion, the farmers were
not using the major part Of the
"oleo". sold in the county. At
least members of the committee
who had carried petition
throughout the county asking the
removal of the substitute, from
grocery stores, declared they had
encountered but few farmers wbo
were consistent users of it.
Representatives present from
the granges, unions, Yamhill
County Dairy Herd Testing asso
ciation and Jeraey Cattle club In
cluded men from Amity, Carlton,
Webfpot. -Yamhill and McMinn
ville. Joe Kendrick, president
of the Amity Farmers' I Union,
was v named chairman" of
the
group.
New Barn to be
Entirely Modern
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BRUSH COLLEGE, Jan. 1 7
A concrete foundation is being
laid for the new barn whichl will '
bel buIlton! the Carrier farm here.
The barn which, will be used
for dairy purposes will be mod
ern In every way. Each coww!l
have an individual drinking foun
tain and the entire barn will be
electrically lighted. Mr. and
Mrs. Charles McCarter are tent
ers on the farm. Mr. Mcdirter
will have charge of construction
work.
More than 1,000 miles of high
ways have been paved In Soma
Carolina, under the state's 3(55,
000,000 road building program.
ed change lnthe corn and hog
situation in the next two months.
See following table for detail- of
western states, the corn belt, I and
the United States. !
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furnish to customers.
are especially adaptable to
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