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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 19, 1920)
I1RNI) nCLIiKTIN, HUM). OIIKOON, THUIWIIAV, I'Klllll'AHV 10, 1020 VAOK ft ih tf & X ? , i. A, -1919 LIVESTOCK INTERESTING HIGH LIGHTS l'oHt-Wnr CoiuIjtioiiH Speculation Droughts and .High Feed PriccH JJring UnuHual Happening. , An array of prlcon which Hit) Ken irnt public dovotitly Immch will not lio noon III 1U20 marked oiio of tint IniponltiK foatiifoH of (ho your 1019 lit tho livestock market. An fur hh tho amount of biiHlnemi transacted In tlio livestock cuiitom of (Iiii country. 1010 wan tlio IiIr Kont year tlio country' Iihh evor hooii. but iuiicIi of tlin combined Incroano or 1,300,000 huiiil In rqcolptn of cat tin, Iiokk. ami hhiMip at movoii of tlio loitdliiK wontorii inurkolK wan tlio re mit of liquidation partly enforced by clliiiiitlr- condlllonn. OwIiik to this Qiiilltlou th blc sales for tho hint your cannot tin considered as mi Increase production. Kxeliislvo of u million ami a half calvon tlio seven InrKo markets In nludliur, Chicago, Kansas City, Omaha, Kant Ht. Louis, fit. Paul fit. JoHoph and Bloux City received In 1910 more than 12 million cattle. 1918 wait n blotter yoar by 800,000, but nrlilo from 1018 last yoar wan tho hli;p)t over, recorded In tho cat tlo marknt. Klilpim-nlM Heavy, i- Tho ikiiih durliiK tho hint yeir fairly croaned under tho uvahiiicho of bovluo rofUKoon Including many fouialo cnttlo, youiiK steers and cal ves from all sections of (ha North wont. DrotiKht forced sale In pas toral roKlonn. Chlonr.o alone ro colvod more than a half million cnt tlo from tho Northwest. However, exports nay that It In probable that a nomiiior and fall run of cattle of nuch utiiiiborn an hint year never yielded an little beef. Not only worn northwestern cattlo deficient In tho point of beef toiinaco, but tho name condition obtalnod In tho bit; grain feodlui: .dlntrlctH whom I Intro Iiiih boon n pravalonco of feeding over lone periods.. Tho average weight of cattlo In all markotn decreased from 100 to 200 pounds under tho pro-war standard. In tho latter part of tho yiyir long fed cattlo practically disappeared front tho markets. Tho Increased cont of feed U kIvoii tho reason for tho decrease In gonwnl wolKht. Draught Hint. Tho drought condltloun of tho Innt yoar reduced tho country's potential hoof niipply to nu uxtont that. It will bo reflected In diminished receipts for several yearn to camu, HtudontH of tho 1920 cnttlo mar kot aro at loss to know ftom what quartern nteick In coming to runtoak tho farms and rancht of tho North went depleted during tho Inst yoar. 1'ronpeetH of IiIkIi fowl bill causo Your Creamery Builds Business for Yourselves The Cenlral Oregon Farmers7 Creamery Will Pay One Cent Above the Market Price for Bulterfat Paid by Portland Creameries Yearly Market Fair, Honest Tests. Tho Creamery Should bo Your Assot. Bring in Your Cream Central Oregon Farmers' Creamery MARKET HAS tho ciittlninon to faco tho year with no llttlo f'uii'. Quality Poor. Vlolotil lliicliiutlons, In valiirtt and demand relatively high pi ho paid frir stoukora and fonder and tho tin prucmlunlod wide range we.ro out aliiiulliig feature of tlio yearn cH tlo trndo. It In hulliivod that waters and fooduiH laid III largo supplies of oat t lo aiiiioipatiur. a Heavy export u uiHiid. Thin wan dono without iiitich regard lo prlcon. Weekly averages at Chicago ranged In prlcen ir,.75 to fl0.no for heof steer. Mockers and fenders averaged within f I to fi of hoof steiu values. During thin Itlino pasture laud wan being con tracted for at tinhdard of prlcen. . With tho toruiliiatlon of Rovoriimcnt contracln (hero camo a tormlnatlon 1 alno of tho crtvit dnmaud for hoef. Thou camo tho alump In prlcen and a Mmiiltaneoiin noarltiR of prlcen In tho corn inarkot. A total of 25,270,102 liORn roach e1 tho novon wentoru markctn, a fl uro 190,252 lonn than tho provlous year. DurliiK tho drift fow in'oiithn tho prlcen of honti wan rei:ulnted by ait aKriMinont between the producern, pncliom mid tho Kovorntnciit. Tho top viilnc.i In prlcon for Iiok.i wnn ruached In July at J2.1.C0, Tho nltnnp ntarted then and continued on until December when Iiorh aver atsed around $10. Tho cranh In at tributed to tho failure of tho killer expected Inventory profltn to niat-r-lallzo owIiik to tho Inability of tho Kuroponn markotn to cntabllnlt Ioiir linen of credit and to tho action of tho llrltlnh coverninent In laklni; over iiiont ntockn In Kiiulniul. Low avuraco welclitn wero duo to dry ' weather and feed nhortnKo. KlHi-p .llnrket I.Urly, Thorn, wan an lucrenno of mora than 2.200,000 nhcep and Inmbn r.t tho bit; livestock markntn over 19 IK. duo to tho Incrouned production In tho fleece ntaten mid tho Went, and to tho enforced liquidation of flockn from tho viut pantoral country went of tho 100th meridian.. There ban boon a norloun depletion In tho breed liiB ntock In Montana, WyoinliiB, Utah, Nevada nnd Oregon. Idaho and WanhliiRtou oncapud any nurloun lonnen. IIIkIi markotn for wool, nklnn and other by-proditctn ware ntroiii; propn under the price lit. Muyern Inok of Intercut In thin eitm iner and fall ntock In hold to have been a llfo navor for many Jlock Tan tern. Pat lamliH at Chlenno hit the $10 nvernne aKnlnnt an ivurnffo it $10 for need mutton nhewp. Aeoordlnic to the T)ttpariitiU f AKrlcullttro'n Market Reporter, the douiMtlc ntoclii of alfalfa med are reported to bo nmallor than nointal. Arrlvnln of Imported nlfalfi jcwI la roported to ho lifgo for onriy In Jan uary. Nearly three mllllo t poundn of alfalfa nood worn ponultie.1 to i itor tho country. 8om i 't mnhr at-t- fa In reported duo In .Settle In February. Local anil distant de mand for timothy nocd In reported to bo only fair, but notwIthBtaiidliiK tho price tiair advanced from GO centa to $1 per 100 poumlH In novoral nur kotn. BIOLOGICAL SURVEY TO AID FARMERS Trais anil KitvIcvn of Trapper Offered tti Clluo HuttoM Handlers to FIkIiI Coyote iyt. FollowliiR a request from tho Des chutes County Farm Ilurouu for as nlstanco In IIkIUIiik tno coyoto post lu the, vicinity of Cllno nuttos, Stan ley Jewott, predatory animal In spector of tho U. H. HloloRlcal Survey wan In tho county during tho lattor lurt of last weok and mado on offer to tho runchora of that district to supply ull equipment In tho way of traps nnd an oxporlonced trappor, Chontor UIkIiI. OwIiir to tho llnnn clul bunions upon tho HIoIokIciiI sur vey tho siiRKostlon was mado to tho fnrmora most vitally concerned that thoy oiikiiro three othor trnppors to woi'k with HlBlit , Tho polta obtained In this cnni palKii will bo mnrlcQtod by tho Illo loRlcal survoy and tho money rocolv- od wll bo turned back to tho fnrmora cooporatlntr lu tho cnmpaiRii. Donr Ornco: I know you did not havo a good tlmo at tho danco last ovoiiIiir. Just a hint Holllator'n ovor for bad bronth, 'sallow color, no pop, pimply faco, bad disposition. Joo, Owl Plmrmucy, ffMIW'IWMWMI'ITWIM FARMERGRAPHS ' Climptri Into the I-Hel ( I'(Oinm'lil Cenltit Crrgon Agricultural). MIIKWIIMMMtf ' .1. V. Ilroun, of TiiiiijiIo anil the Tiiinalo Hull itxMK'Intlonn irlstcrcil purebied mlllilnc Hliiu lliorn bull, ( lrnlile ILilrjiiuiii, p u ) c li a k d . IIimiiikIi Cenlral Orecon I'lilik costing appioxliii.itel) 91,00(1. J W Hi own, of Tumnlo lrrJKatlou'ln alwn tlKbt on Hie llrliiB lino for project In u dIiIiiIiik example of a man who han ntuck to one tbltiK tin til he ban been nuccoeeful den pi to many rovernon. CoiiiIiik from the Wlllaiiunetto Valley In 1804. Mr. liro'wit may ho well considered of tho ploneera on tho project. When Mr. Drown and bin family camo from the low altltudei they did m with Mcry few annctn navo n determination to he Miicconnful In Central Xrei;ou. Forty ucren of Tumnlo land wero purchiiHed of which approximately 38 ucren ban been put In cultivation, principally needed to alfalfa with five acron lunt year to potatoes. To bo twice burned out of a homo and each time rebuild bettor than formerly have beou among bin experience that inlcht have dlncouniKcd Home farmem. According to otio project Hcttler, who tee) hlmnelf acntialntod with thin farmer It Is nald; "Mr. Hrown FINE SHEEP COME FRIDAY KIIIP.MK.NT C().MI(5 TO MUST NATIONAL HANK I'OU siiki:i.mi:. iti:i'Hiisi:.Ts Ki.v.,John Mnr8,1 Grovor 0ork,nK- w 1T I1LOOI) IN NOHTHWl-ST. Sevonty-flvo head of Ilamboulllct shuep, or which one Is an tSOO registered purohrod ram, will ar rived lit Ilentl probably tryunrrow at tho First National Hank of Hond for six well known furmers, most of whom have had experience In sbeop raising on Irrigated ntnehos lu the county. The coat of tho beep In about $7, BOO. Tho nhipmont cornea direct from the ranch of Ilobboa & Clllntt of Cantleford, Idaho. - The ram Is 12 uioutHH old and was sired by tho champion ram owned by 'John Seoly, which was sold at the Salt Lake show, for $3,200. Tho owes have all ifoen bred to the champion ram of tho Salt Lake show, and will have lambs this spring. Last year tho offspring from these owoh topped the inarkot at Salt Laku at $170 per head. f" "The Introduction of those Itam- boulllet snoop brings to Centra Oregon Homo of tho finest sheen blood In tho northwest," says II. A. Ward of tho First National Dank. who mttdo tho trip In company with !HrJ!V r "Tr f--j DORT-The Family 1 Will " v r T i f H TflB diate deliveries on Dorbcars. 1 II REO, Light Six ... . 1 I A'ng15'' CENTRAL OREGON GAAGE SIS0 j & anythlriK and uvorythltu; that Is pro lfroHslv In our community, yet ho In connervntlve. Thin I do know; ho Is substantial. Hrown Is a sticker for Bood dnlry ntuff and tho way ho In KoIiir at It convinces in a that ho will bo a surcees." Urown Is amotiR tho believers that dalrylnK has a big futuro In Cen tral OieRon and that this phano of agriculture can bo accomplished to a IiIrIi deRree on tho Irrigated ranch. Of the breed of dairy stock Drown In partial to PerseyH and is Increasing his herd an rapidly an circumstances permla. Starting with two head of milch cows Hrown Is now handling; 10 head. To the efforta of Hrown much of tho succe,M of tho annual West Sldo Parr anaoclatlon rented lant year. As president of that nsnoclatlon ho gavo a great deal of his tlmo and effort In promotion. Dan llelnlng of Sisters, It Is hoped that the farmers und tho people Interested In hotter livestock pro duction will appreciate this condi tion. It In tho bank's policy to make tho solcctlon of tho best available purebred livostock and in tho purchase of this assortment tho bank In carrying out Its policy." MM m fninuiia t r telinm tttn atiln. I v tuuiiuia w n lit tit btiu aiif- KlXinont will go aro: Dan Helslng, C. Herestroin and Prentiss Van Tassel. FARMERS ORDERING SUNFLOWER SEED One Ton Will Ho Seeded on -OO Acres On lug to Success, of Project Ijtst. Year. The succoee of oxporlments con ducted last yoar through tho ottico of tho county agricultural agont and tho Firfit National 41auk of Hond In the' , planting and growing of sunflowers woro so convincing that sunflowers can bo grown In Cen tral Oregon at a profit and espec ially for feeding sllago that 25 farmera will tako up tho sunflower project this year. Tho First National Hank has or dered approximately 2,000 pounds of sunflower seed which will seed nppromixatoly 200 acres in Central Oregon this year. The fartueri who havo placed or ders and many of whom will erect silos this your aro: Chas. Slpchen, M. K. Landoe, P, A. Sooggln, M. McKltmoy, Vf, M. Knlckorbockor, Carl H Woodn, -KIIIh KddlnRton, II. II. florbnor, V. A. Holmholtz, II. A. Oulornon, J, I.. Parborry, II. A. flroKRln, J. II. Ilalhozor, J. J. Ullln gor, II. O. Plercy, Karl Ilonton, I'.lvenly Ilron., .1. Klklnn, Frank Col felt and A. K. h'oi. DESCHUTES SPUDS BRING FANCY PRICE A carload of oxtni choice Den rhutofl Nettcul Ueinn left Mend oMn day for Nortli Yakima, connlsnod to J W. IIithroKato, a farmer, to bo dis tributed amdng several Yakima po- . eruwera for.seeKl, Tho car Ih valued at $2,20, reprenontlng a alue of $90 per hundred. A second car, at a prlco a few cents per hundred lower than thin ship mut leavee sometime thin week for the Hqiik Uron. of Tonnenpeh, Wanh liiRton, NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS OF iMILLICAN FARMS MILLICAN, Feb, 19.---Mr. and Mrs. Wm. II. Iloam called at tho It. It. Keller homo recently. J, J. Holland called at tho Owen homo Sunday. Mrs. J. J. Holland was a Sunday visitor at tho It. It, Keller homo. Miss Mary M. Holland and Joseph M, Holland wero Sunday visitors at tho C. II. Oraffcnbcrger home. Mrs, Fred Terril called at tho Hol land homo recently. Fred Terril mado a business trip to Head this weok. Mrs, J. J. Holland was a Wednes day helper at tho Keller homo. It. It. Keller went to Hend Wed nesday, roturnlng Saturday. Mrs. Keller Is still on tho sick list. Mrs, L. O. Morgan went to Bend FARMERS LOSE. THOUSANDS of Dollars Every Year by not Keeping m Good Repair their Farm Machinery When a plow share breaks when an axle snaps when a cultivator, seeder or automobile breaks, it is not always necessary to purchase a new part WELDING will save you a great deal of money every year and make the broken part as strong as when new. WE HAVE the most up-to-date acetylene welding plant in Cen tral Oregon, and the expert workmen who can do all kinds of this work. When a metal part of your machinery breaks send in your RUSH WORK to Bend Iron Works where it will be scientifically and quickly repaired. Tuesday rotttrnlnft Wotlnbnday. Wh. A, Ilahn took enro of tho pontofflee, J. J. Holland was employed on tha Stookoy ranch this wo'ok tho rods had broken In tholr woll. Francis K, Leo hauled out a load of hoy this wcelc M.WAVS A lSH 1IET fe At Palace Market Bend, Oregon for Eggs, Butter, Poultry Beef, Veal, Pork Sell your products at home Chas. Boyd o iT,i-wwi.iMiwfwMtiati'mwnt'traratU8 muM.iiU tunwimr hi j iti " " ' ""wvt1 iv i'rwr"'j 9f