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FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1019. PAGE 4 THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS Farmer, Stockman and Relation of the Dalrv Dull Many dairy fnrmors are In tho mar- kot for bulla at this timo of tho year, rhi i n priilrnt 'tfinn for thoso far- mors who nro selecting breeding ant- wals. Tho future of any herd depends unon' tho kind of a slro Uiat Is used in tim imrd. if nn Inferior slro Is so - lectcd. then tho oft-spring of tho cows Shorthorns. will generally bo Ihferlor, even J Tho Milking Shorthorn Is porsls though the cows -themselves may be tent in mllK flow ami there nro many good. Ono should endeavor to select n Riro who has brecdlnK back of him better than tho cows that ho expects to use this sire on. Around this point probably hinges moro failures and moro successes In tho breeding of dairy cattlo than upon any other point. This Is no time for any ian to assume that a poor bull or a grade or scrub bull Is good enough to be used on his herd. Many men assume that becauso tho cows thoy have In their herd nro grado, that It does not pay them to get a good bull. And many others dlsliko to pay tho price necessary to get a good pure bred. No Improvements can como through the use of a grade bull. A good strong, well bred bull from ancestors e-f known, producing ability should be selected in the case of the man who has the grade cows just as In the case of the man who has pure bred. It must always be remembered that to get Improvement, one must get a better sire with better breeding back of him than he has cows on which to use the sire. One of the greatest dairy authorities in the country re cently remarked, "Those who assume that the heifers raised from cows that are retained in the herd on ao count of profitable production will av- j orage the equal of their dams are doomed to disappointment, unless a . sire is used that is much better han the cows. The heifers raised will need jment Station, -found in his experi to be culled almost as much as will , mental work that the cattle when de the dams. While is is certainly ad-'prived of salt, became emaciated and visable to raise the heifers from the . were of low vitality and finally suf- best c?ws in preference to those from.fercd n compl te breakdown. He j inferior cows, this by no means solves the problem of getting a higher pro-, portion of good producers in the com - Ing generation. It frequently happens that a farmer who has tested his cows regularly for some time says that it is no longer necessary for him to select the unprofitable cows out of his herd, or to watch the heifers from the cows that he has remaining in the -herd because the poor cows are all gone, This may partly be true, if the hel- fers from tho cows that remain after the selection are descended from ex- ceptio-nally good bulls, but one must remember fhat constant selection must-be made in order to keep rid of tho- poor cows, and at this time when many farmers are laying the foundations for the kind of herd they will have two or three years from now, It is well to remember that only the best bulls should be used in the herds in Oregon. By M. P. BRANDT, Professor of Dairy Husbandry. O. A. C. lh fbr The room made cheery and comfortable by the glowing warmth of Perfection Oil Heat er. Lights at the touch of a match. No troublesome fires to bother with. No dust, no dirt, no ashes. i (j'vft 8 wives strady, comfortable warmth tor many M I A?2&is-S hours on one RlVs witJiPcarlO Oil . MP. A. H. SPRAGUE, Special Agt., Standard Oil Co., Eugene, Oregon DEALERS Chambers Hdw. Co., Eugene, Ore. Monroo Hardware Company, Eu- . 4 3. W. Quackenbush & Son, Eugene, gene, Oregon. . ,:i . Oregon. Ax Billy Department Store, 'Eu- J? ' Thompson Hdw, Co., Eugeno, Ore, gone, Oregon. iMIIklna Shorthorns From the earliest period of Its his - tory tho Shorthorn has boon famous ns n very prnctlcnl animal. Thoy havo been bred to meet thq demands of the practical farmer. This Is especial ly true of certain strains or families ;wlilcli nro known as tno Milking Shorthorn cows that have .averaged over 10,000 pounds of milk yearly. They have also produeod calves that would develop Into 900 to 1100 pound yearlings and would bring top prices for beef. There are some oxcollont records of Individual cows In tho history of the breed. The cow Strawberry pro duced an average of ovor 10,500 pounds of milk per year for over 15 years and bred regularly until 27 years of age. Buttercup II has a rec ord of 15.60S pounds of milk and 6.4 to 7 pounds of butter fat. There are other cows of this strain of shorthorns with records similar. The question Is often asked if the Milking Shorthorns produce good beef. In several of the livestock, ex--csitlons In the East steers from Milk ing Shorthorn cows have won first In Uecr contests and have been popular winners. The interest in this type of farm cow Is ateadllly increasing and they ire of especial value to the farm with -denty of pasture Salt Required For Dairy Cows An important item that is ( often overlooked in the management of .the dairy herd Is the necessity of provhl- ing salt in the ration of the cow. j 'All animals that consume large quan-; tuies oi vegeiauie ioou require sail, Baboock, of the Wisconsin Experi recommended that they should be fed three-fourths of an ounce por day llvo 'weight with an additional 6-10 ounce i jfor each 20 pounds of milk produced, j While salt may be provided in tho , daily ration by mixing it with the srain, an equally satisfactory method ! -n practice Is t keep it in a conven-! lont place where the animals may , have ready access to It when they so , desire. It may be used in the form j of rock salt or placed In boxes in the ( oed loL However, it should ' be borne in mind that salt is very essen- tial to the economical handling and j health of dairy cattle, Continuous Records j Dairymen who have been In cow testing associations continuously for ! six years show an average production I of 114.9 pounds of fat per cow per . year above the production of the men in the association the first year. I The average monthly production for , of return every day. the 35,000 cows kept on test In the The next step for this poultry con western dairy d!slon in 1917 was ter wjll be the day-old chick business ih.e nidhf fT1 HPl i A Dairyman 34.5 pounds of, fat for those that had, ( booiton tost two yearn, 31 for those on teat from olio to two years, and 27.G" for thoso on teat loss than one year. "If you get an Inrroased nverngo production for your dnlry herd It will , be only because tho daughters of your herd bull nro producing moro thnn their dams," assorts E. U. West over, Hold dairyman of tho O. A. C. extension service "Continuous record keeping Is necessary to chock up on each cow and also on tho herd bull by comparing the record of tho daugh ters with flint of tho dams. "A cow influences but ono offspring, while a, bull will Inlluonco every off spring In your herd. If tho herd Is less than 30 cows, within Ave to six years It will bo mndo up entirely of offsprings from your present dairy herd bull, except for tho cows added by' purchase. Fowor than ono bull out of n thousand has n tondeucy to get daughters- that' wlll produco 600 pounds of fat a year." . Cottage Grove Poultry Center of County Ovor $10,000 Worth of poultry and eggs were produced by poultry misers In the vicinity of CottrigV Grove dur ing 1918. There nro botwecnv 16,000 and IS.000 hens In tho territory tribu tary to tho town, says N. 'S. llobb, County Agent. This section Is tho cen ter of tho poultry Industry In tho county and Is steadily increasing tho output. Last year the production of eggs nearly doubled. Poultry raising is followed on a commercial scale and there nro n num ber of flocks with more than COO birds in them according to tho county agent who stated further: It Is the number of these flocks that tends to contralize the Industry here. The largest flock Is one of 1200 birds and is owned by Mr. J. L. Spray. This tlock nets Its owner ovor . $2500 a year and leaves onoush time j fo;- the owner to engage In a retail business in town besides. Mr. Spray has a number of original ideas about raising poultry and Is a tirm believer in the enclosed system and as a "result his birds aro never during their lifetime allowed outside their house. This Is seemingly a strict quarantine but according to Mr. Spray it pays, for if . you want to get eggs you should keep the hens feet dry. you can't get eggs out of a flock running around in the mud ".with wet foot, says the successful poultryman. Next year Mr. Spray is planning on arranging his poultry plant In town so that he cm handle 1000 leghorn i hens On a tract of ground a little less 1 than 2 acres. This tract will also fur-j nlsh all the green feed for the flock. I There Is a good future In roultry raising especially if one gets a good sized flock. For profits one cannot , beat poultry ralsjng says Mr. Spray, for they bring insomething In the way "He1 ? land already thero Is ioiuo pioneering being douu along this luo. Poultry raising Is llrmly established hero mid I bids (air to become ono of tho Im portant sourcoB of Income from tho I f n rm u ii u llwt Inlnrital In 'nllllliurolltl- UUK (h0 UMfy hy pouUrylIl0n around the Oroo Is steadily growing, EitlmV.lnp, Cost of Ralslno Hogs ltccontly tho Minnesota BtnHon at tempted to .(lutermluo the cobI of raising hogs. Tho cost per hundred was found to be 16.44. This cost lu based on tho asumptlou that only marketable ford was consumed which was valued at l!H cents per pound on tho farm. On farms whoro It Is not necessary to purchase all tho feeds consumed tho cost of production Is reduced. In sumo Instances tho Investigation re ports thocoHt may bo reduced. aH much ns $3 per cwt. by substituting milk, pasture and by products. These figures may or may not bo right. Ono ltum that is of Importanco is the fact that tho results show that B64 pounds of grain woro required for each 100 pounds gain whoro all the feeds fed wore purchased under av erage' conditions, and that tho cost of food was SS.Gft of the total cost of production. It seems that If n good system of hog pasture can be arranged for It Is highly needed as n means of reducing tho cost of producing pork In 1920, Good clover pnsturo Is supposed to produco from 600 to 600 pounds of pork to the acre under present pork conditions This would prove to bo a profitable crop whoro rye has been used. County Needs Larger Berry Acreage Tho acreage of berries In Lnno County should bo increased to an ex- j tent because we lire falling behind on ; production, say's J. O. Holti manager : of tho Eueeiio Fruit Grower's Asso ciation. The county Is practically out of strawberries and does not .produce onough berries for homo demand. There could easily he nn Increase of noucros of struwherrios ovor tho county, continued Mr. Holt; and who states tho berry situation as follows: Thero Is nil uiulersupply of black- cap berries and tho ncreago of rod raspberries could easily bo doubled, j 'Tho canner'a supply of blackcaps Is i j shipped from Newport. It could bo, grown here though Just as well. I There aro three specialties for this j country and they aro tho cherry, tho I berry and tho prune, and fruit men j land truck growers can well ufford to 1 increase tho acreagd somowhat for j tho coming yenr. I' Thero Is going to bo n good demand ,for the cvorgreen and the loganberry too, In the future. This situation should not load to largo plantings by slnglo Individuals. but ruthur to a largo number of smal pat;hos on many farms, Lebanon Is Increasing thai. acre- age of sr.-awberrles, und are njso making extensive plantings of over- gt'oen blackberries on 'some of their ; best lands. Parties there who have i had experience belovo that whore the evergreens are cultivated nnd trel lisod that picking the wild ' berries ; will bo a thing of the- past. This Is j duo to the greater profits obtained from tho cultivation of the crop. Mar lon is also considering tho evergreen proposition and' making somo plant ings. Thero are practically no fields of cultivated evergreens In this county as yet. "Tho -Immortal Hen, Whoso Soj Novcr Sets" was tho slogan on a ban ner carried by Mlnncsata poultry club members at State fair In Iowa last fall. The apple. Is tho king of fruits In ' value of crop as well U3 in the es timation of apple lovcri). . For tho apple crop of 1918 a value of $230, 000,000 has been estimated, or nearly three-eighth of the valuo of all fruits. Catarrh Cannot Be Cured with LOCAL, APPLICATIONS, as tllcj cannot reach the seat of thu illseuao Catarrh Is a local tllioaae, Kreatly In I fluenced by constitutional conditions, am . In order to cure It you must tulta ui Internal remedy. Hall's Catarrh Medi- cine. Is taken Internully and acts thru the blood on the mucous surfaces of tin system. Hall's Catarrh Medicine wai prescribed by one of the beet physician ' In this country for years. It is com posed of some of the best tonics known, I combined wlth some of tho best blood. furlflers. The perfect combination ol lie Ingredients In Hall's Catarrh Medi cine Is what produces such wonderful results In catarrhal conditions Bend foi testimonials, free. , p. J. CHENEY & CO.. Props., Toledo, O All DruKKlsts, 75c. Hall's Family Pills or constipation. NOTICE TO CREDITOR8. Notice Is horebygIven that tho un dersigned has been appointed by the i County Court of tho State of Orogon I or tho County of Lane administrator )f tho estate of Mary Ellon Bowor nan, formerly Mary Ellen Crano. All ersons having claims against said stato aro hereby notified and re uirod to' present tho same, properly orlflcd, to Krank A. DoPuo, uttornoy 'or 'tho uHtato, at hla office In Spring Hold, Oregon, on or before six months from thu date of this notice. Dated at Springfield, Oregon, Feb ruary 1C, 1919.. WILLIAM WOOTEN, Administrator, of tho estate of Mary Ellon Dowonnan, dpecaeod. RED CROSS GIFTS $400,000,000 . , -War Council on Retirement An nounces Cash and. Supplies Contributed. WORKERS WILL "CARRY ON." Five Dig Qocletlct. In World Wide Plan. H P. Davison Mends International American fled Crou Commission. Dr. Livingston Farrand Vermantnt Lender of Peace Organization. WoshltiKton.CSpix'lal.) Henry P. Davison us duilnuiin Issues the follow ing Hiuti'tiH'tit on behalf of tho War Council of-the American lted Crosn: "To thu American People: "Tho War Council of the American ited Cross appointed hy President Wil son on May 10, 11)17, to carry on the work of the American Hod Cross dur ing the war, ut ihelr request and by vole of tho Central Committee, censed at midnight, IVIiruary 28, "Immediately the armlstlco was signed thu Wnr Council Instituted Mtmlli.M tit ilitf.irtultii lthun .flu Ntl-lf't. ly war work of Hie organUallon wouhf Imve been sullUlonlly matured to en able the direction of affairs jo be re sumed by the permanent staff. Henry I. Davison, being In Purls Mien the armistice was signed, miinmoiied a conference there of the heads of all the lied Cross Commissions In Europe to canvass the situation. After con sideling all tho factors It was con eluded to make the transition on March 1. The very fortunate cholcv of'l)r. Livingston I'nrrtuid as the new chairman of the Central Committee, and thereby the. permanent chief ex. eeutlve of the Ited Cross, iimkc possl tile the consummation of thU plan un der the most favorable conditions. Accounts Audited by War Department "Detailed reports to Congress and a complete audit of lis accounts ly the War Department will constitute the llual record of Ited Cross activity dur ing .the' war. Although It has been the rule to make public all oxpciidl lures when authorized' and to give de tailed luforiiiatlon relative to all work undertaken, the War Council In turn-' Ing over Its responsibilities to Dr. Fur rum! ami his iisMiclnti'S desire to give a brief resume of lted Cross war time activities to the American people, to whom the Ited Cross belong, and whose generous conirlliutlotis Imve miide pos sible all that bus beeii nci-otiiillslied. "During the past Hourly twenty-urn mouths the American people have glvoii In ensh and supplies to the Amerk-aii lied Cross more thaii'S-HM),-0OO.WK). No value can be placed upon the contributions of service which have been given without stint and of tentimes at great surrlllce by million of our peoplt. "Tin effort of the American Ited Cross In this war bus constituted by fur the largest voluntary gifts of UHini'.x. of tin n 1 1 nnd heart, ever con tributed purely for the relief of hu man sulTorlng. .Through the Ited Cross the heart and spirit of the' whole American people have been mobilized to take care of our own, to relieve the misery Incident u the war, and nl.so to reveal to the world thq supreme Ideals of our iiiillonal, life. "Everyone who bus Inn! nny part In Ibis wnr effort of the lted Cross. Is en titled to cougrntulnro himself. No tlmnl.'K from anyone could be equal lu value to the self satisfaction every-' one should feel for Hie part taken. Fully 8,000,000 American women Imve exerted thenifelves lu Ited Cross serv ice. Has Over 17,000,000 Adult Members. "When we entered the war the American Ited Cross bail about fiOO.000 members. Today, as the result of the 'recent Christians membership Hull Call, there are upwards of 17.000,000 full paid members outside of the mem bers of the Junior lted Cress, number ing perhaps 0,000,000 school children additional, "The chief effort of tho Bed Cross during the wnr bus been to care for our men In service nnd to nld our army and nnvy wherever tho Ited .Cross may lie called on to assist. As to this phase of the work Surgeon Gen eral Ireland of the U, S. A nny recent ly said : 'The Ited Cross hns been an enterprise as vnst us the war Itself. From the beginning It has dnno thoso things which the Army Medical Corps wanted done, but could not do Itself.' "Tho Hod Cross endeavor In France hns nnturally been upon an 'exception ally large scale where service hns been rendered to the American Army nnd to the French Army and the "French people us well, tht latter par ticularly during tho trying period when tho Allied World was wultlng fpr tho American Army to arise In forco and power. Hospital emergency servlco for our tinny In Franco has greatly diminished, but the Ited Cross Is still being culled upon for Service upon n large sculo In the great base hospitals, where thousands of Amerl run sick and wounded aro utlll receiv ing attention. At thoso hospitals the lted Cross supplies huts nnd faqllltles for the amusement and recrcntlon of tho men as they become convalescent. Our Army of Occupation In (Jormnn was followed with .Medical units pre pared to render the numo emorgoncj aid und supply servlco which was tin primary business of tho Ited Crorn during hostilities. Tho Army Cunteen servlco along the lines of travel has actually Increased since thu armistice. "As for work among the French peo ple, now that hostilities Imve censed, tho French tlietnseUeM imitirAlli' pre fer as far us possible to provide for their own. It litis aeeordlncly been de termined that the Ktilillnu principle of lted Cross pulley lu Franco henceforth shall he to have punrllllutis tenant to Its uvery rcHpniiHlhlllly, hut to direct Ita efforts primarily to assisting U'citch relief societies. The liberated nnd iloviiNtntlMl regions of France have been divided by the coveriimeut Into small districts, each olltclally iissluueil to a designated French relief orgaiil ration, "The American lted1 Cross work In Franco was Initialed by a commission of eighteen men win) lauded on French shores June 111, ,11117. Since then some 0,000 persmiN have been upon thu rolls In Fiance, of whom 7,000 wer actively engaged when the tirinlsllen was signed. An Indication of the pres ent scale of the work will be obtained from the fact that the service of (1,000 pirsoim are still reitilred, "Our American Expeditionary Force having largely evacuated Kunlniid, thu activities of (he Ited Cross Commis sion there are naturally upon n dimin ishing scale period. Active operations aro st LI I in progress In Arehungel and .Siberia. v"The work In Italy bus been almost entirely on behalf of. the civilian pop ulation of that country. In the critical hours of Italy's striigKle the American people, through their lted Cross, sent a practical message of sympathy and relief, for which the (overnuicnt and people of Italy have never ceased to express their gratitude. Supplies and personnel to Near East. "Tho occasion for such concent ra tion of effort tn Itnly, England, Bel gium ittid even In France having nntur ally anil normally diminished, It has hc)'h possible to divert supplies and personnel In largo measure to the aid of those people In the Near East who have hitherto been Inaccessible to out side assistance, but whose sufTerliiKS Imve been upon an appalling scale. The needs of these peoples nro so vast that government alone can meet them, but the American Hod Cross Is making an effort to relieve Immediately (JiO more acute distress. "An extensive group of American workers lias hoeifMllNputehotl, to carry vitally deeded supplies, anil to work this winter In the various Balkan coun tries. In order to co orillnnle their no llvliles, a Balkan commission has been established, with lieadipmrters at Home, Italy, from which point nlono all the Balkan centers can be reached promptly. "A commission has Just reached Po land with doctors ami nurses, medical supplies, and food for sick children ami Invalids. An American Bed Cross ('(iiiiiiiInsIoii has also been appointed to aid In relieving the suffering of Hus sion prisoners still coullueil In Oermati prison camps, "An Important' commission Is si'll working lu Palestine. Through the war special co-operation has been itlvf'n to tbv Armenian nnd Syrian Be lief Commission, which wan the only iigency able lo carry rellel in il.o In terior of Turkish dominion Bed Crocs Will Continue. "Bed Cross effort Is thus far Hun;;. It will continue to be so. Ijm Hie movement represented by ihlTvork has likewise assumed an luiluuilo placo "i tin dally life of our people at home, fin army of workers litci lias been ' eerultod and trained ilui lu:: the Avar -ins! not be demobllUed. All our ex nerleiice lu the war shows clearly that i hero Is mi hiiilinltod Hold for service f the. lilml which can ho performed nlfh peculiar efTecilvoness hy Hie Bed Cioks, What Its future disks may bo it Is yet Impossible In foris-asl. Wo Know that so long us lliero Is nn Amer ican army In the Held the Hod Cross will I. uve a special function to perform. "Nothing could bo of greater Itppur mice ro the Amerlcu'i Hod Cross than the plans Just spt In motion by the live great Hod Cross societies of the world to develop a program "of extended ac tivities )u thu interest of Immunity. The conception Involves not ulmie ef forts to relieve human suffering, hut to prevent It; nut alone n ,iifoveinent by the people of an Individual nut Ion. hut an urtuuipt to nrottse all people to a souse of their responsibility for the welfnro of their fellow beings throiluh out the. world. It Is a program both Ideal and practical. Ideal lu that Its supreme aim Is nothing less than ver itable "Peace on earth good will to men," and practical In that It seeks to take means and measures which aro nclttnlly available and make them ef fective In meeting without delay tho crisis which Is dally recurrent In the lives of all peoples. ' "For accomplishing Its mission In tho years of pence which muftt Ho alieild of us tho Bed Cross will require-' the ablest possible leadership, und. input enjoy tho continued support, sym pathy, 'and participation In Its work of thu whole American people, It Ii particularly fortunate that such n iqaa us Dr. Livingston Fnrmnd should have been selected nsttho permanent head of the organization. Tho unstinted fashion In which ah our penplo gavo of themselves throughout tho wi(r Is I ho best nssuranco that o.ur Hod Cross will continue to receive that co-operation which will muko Its work n sottrco nf prldu and Inspiration (o overy Amor lean.'' Mr. Davison, ns chairman of tho In ternational Commission of Die Ameri can Bud Cross, bus undertaken to rep resent tho American Bed Cross In the preparation of the program for extend ed Red Cross activities, nnd will spend the next several months In Europe In consultation with other Bed' Cross soci eties for Hint purpose THE WAIt COUNCIL Otf THE AMER ICAN RED GRQSS. Hear' P Davison, Chairman, 'i